Pop Icon: The Podcast

About Pop Icon: The Podcast

🎙️ Welcome to Pop Icon with David Carson — your ultimate weekly dive into pop culture & pop music! 🎶 Every week we're talking about the Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten, the Box Office Top Ten, the top ten most interesting pop culture stories of the week, and finally, naming a Pop Icon of the Week - the person who's having the best week ever and deserves a shoutout!

Publisher

Pop Icon with David Carson

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 Aug 2023

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

183 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   131 - “Glee” reboot, Madison Beer joins “Fortnite”, 2026 Pop Icon Song of the Summer

   On this episode of Pop Icon with David Carson, host David Carson breaks down the box office top ten, the Billboard Hot 100 top ten, and the ten most interesting pop culture stories of the week - from the New York Times Top 100 Shows of the 21st Century, an icon dropping a deluxe version of an album, another star joining the "Fortnite" universe, and finally the 2026 Pop Icon Song of the Summer.

2. 

   3 Sept 2026

   130 - “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” season five, “Dutton Ranch” drama, RIP Dolly Parton (1946 - 2026)

   On this week's episode of Pop Icon with David Carson, host David Carson talks the top ten most interesting pop culture stories of the week, from the newest book that serves as a continuation of "Big Little Lies", the drama is scorching hot on "Dutton Ranch, scammers are out there getting exposed, and finally we celebrate a country star who made the world a better place.

3. 

   1 Sept 2026

   BUCKLEY '81 | The Shards | "Homecoming 1 & 2"

   [S1E6] [S1E7] Host David Carson breaks down the two part "Homecoming" episode of FX's The Shards, based on the book series written by Bret Easton Ellis from Ryan Murphy Productions in a new podcast series on Pop Icon with David Carson called "BUCKLEY 81" with some thoughts on the two parter that ended with a shocking revelation about Susan Reynolds.

Who has been a guest on Pop Icon: The Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Grace O'Malley
• Alabama Barker
• Brian Jordan Alvarez
• Karen Huger

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

224

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

71