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I'M SO POPULAR
Hosted by Zach Langley Chi Chi · EN
I’M SO POPULAR is an audio program from the end of the world by American drag queen in Japan, Zach Langley Chi Chi. Scream into the abyss, find another way: discussing with anyone and everyone homosexual beauty, art, culture, Madonna, Marxism, J-Pop, James Joyce, drag, death, all of it, none of it. What can be salvaged.
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SEASON SIX PREMIERE: POPULARITY
Jan 2801:19:08Tap to summarizeChi Chi and Maggie begin a whole new season of I'M SO POPULAR with an investigation of POPULARITY itself... what it means to be popular, how one becomes popular and why popularity is the magic of life itself. Join Maggie and Chi Chi on Patreon for exclusive episodes of the scandalous SIRENS aftershow along with dozens of paywalled episodes of ISP: patreon.com/imsopopular
Transcribe →DO YOU REMEMBER 2025? with maggie
Dec 2602:59:17Tap to summarizeSurprise! And happy New Year.... Maggie and Chi Chi recapped literally everything that happened in 2025 in a five hour extravaganza of exhaustion, kpop, online politics, Smurfs, horses and more. Sorry I meant for this to be free for everyone but it's 5 hours long so you have to subscribe on Patreon for the whole episode: patreon.com/imsopopular
Transcribe →SEASON FIVE FINALE: GRAPEFRUIT 1980 with maggie
Dec 1801:33:23Tap to summarizeOn the season finale of I’M SO POPULAR, Maggie and Chi Chi recount a year of violence, heartbreak and political turmoil and look to a more beautiful future beyond the parabola with a discussion of JD Salinger’s CATCHER IN THE RYE (1950) + the murder of John Lennon + Yoko Ono’s SEASON OF GLASS (1981) + Yoko Ono’s GRAPEFRUIT (1964). For the full three hour episode, join us on patreon for just five dollars at PATREON.COM/IMSOPOPULAR
Transcribe →TRAIN MAN, or LOVE IN THE REAL WORLD with maggie
Nov 2601:09:34Tap to summarizeOn the penultimate episode of I’M SO POPULAR Season 5, we discuss the internet legend of Densha Otoko and the 2005 film adaptation of said legend: TRAIN MAN 電車の男 + love and actualization of the otaku + escaping the constricted panopticon of the online world. For this week's salacious SIRENS along with over a hundred and seventy five paywalled episodes, join us at PATREON.COM/IMSOPOPULAR
Transcribe →CHLORINE SAMEN CHESTNUT FLOWER with kiku and maggie
Aug 1301:40:46Tap to summarizeHigh quality version available only for patrons. Bidding goodbye to my first home in Tokyo, Shinjuku Ward, with a discussing legendary Japanese singer-songwriter SHEENA RINGO 椎名 林檎 (1978年〜) + her first three albums MUZAI MORATORIUM 無罪モラトリアム (1999年) SHOSO STRIP 勝訴ストリップ (2000年) + KALK SAMEN KURI NO HANA 加爾基精液栗ノ花 (2003年). Join us for the paywalled SIRENS series and Patreon exclusive episodes at patreon.com/imsopopular
Transcribe →TOO MUCH with jack mason [preview]
Aug 7, 202501:30:56Tap to summarizeJack Mason from The Perfume Nationalist podcast joins to discuss the new Lena Dunham created Netflix series TOO MUCH (2025年). Full episode only for subscribers: patreon.com/imsopopular
Transcribe →YEAR TWENTY NINE with natalie
Jul 30, 202501:00:43Tap to summarizeIt’s the classic ISP birthday special: birthday twin Natalie joins to celebrate the closing of another year on planet Earth as Zach turns twenty nine and Natalie hits thirty. Join us on the Patreon for more: patreon.com/imsopopular
Transcribe →I'M SO POPULAR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY (LIVE)
Jul 27, 202500:35:59Tap to summarizeA live recording of the I’M SO POPULAR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY from Koenji, Tokyo, Japan.
Transcribe →REBUILD OF EVANGELION with maggie
Jul 27, 202501:21:06Tap to summarizeEnding the endless time loops of Evangelion, Maggie returns to celebrate the fifth anniversary of ISP with a discussion of the REBUILD OF EVANGELION film franchise: EVANGELION 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序 [2007年] + EVANGELION 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:破 [2009年] + EVANGELION 3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:Q [2023年] + EVANGELION 3.0 + 1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME シン・エヴァンゲリオン劇場版: 𝄂 [2021年]. *Full episode available only on Patreon at patreon.com/imsopopular)
Transcribe →THE END OF EVANGELION with deniz
Jul 16, 202501:46:12Tap to summarizeContinuing our month long celebration of ISP’s fifth anniversary, Deniz joins to discuss one of the best films ever made: THE END OF EVANGELION (1997年) + its experimental prelude EVANGELION DEATH [TRUE]² (1997年). Find Deniz at his blog: falions.net And for the HQ version of this episode plus a steamy Gundam discussion, join us at patreon.com/imsopopular (ISP S5.E34)
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