Back To School

Published: Aug. 23, 2017, 9:49 p.m.

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This week on Pop Rocket Karen hosts and the gang goes back to school. It\'s that time of year again and the crew looks back on the quintessential school movies that taught them about life. Wynter shares her desire to have a\\xa0Sixteen Candles\\xa0high school experience, and Alonso discusses his relation to Tom Cruise in the film\\xa0Risky Business. The gang also dives into adult education, discussing the films and TV where adults go back to school. Karen shares with us the lessons learned from Will Smith\'s character in the film\\xa0Six Degrees of Separation. Plus, the crew explores the current lack of value placed upon education and how that may be the death knell for future classic movies about the school experience.

This week Karen reveals some\\xa0*SPOILERS*\\xa0for the show\\xa0Insecure\\xa0and is also all about it. While Alonso is all about Netflix\'s\\xa0The Defenders. Plus, Wynter gets her popcorn ready as she is all about Taylor Swift\'s social media scrubbing and her ongoing feud with Katy Perry.

With\\xa0Wynter Mitchell,\\xa0Alonso Duralde, and\\xa0Karen Tongson.

Jams:

Alonso -\\xa0Axolotl - The Veils
Wynter -\\xa0Mediate - INXS
Karen -\\xa0Haim - Little of Your Love

Each week we\\u2019ll add everyone\\u2019s jams to this handy August\\xa0Spotify playlist.

You can let us know what you think of Pop Rocket and suggest topics in our\\xa0Facebook group\\xa0or via\\xa0@PopRocket\\xa0on Twitter.

Produced by\\xa0Christian Due\\xf1as\\xa0and\\xa0Casey O\'Brien\\xa0for\\xa0MaximumFun.org.

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