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Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture
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Join Josh Widdicombe (Parenting Hell) as he tells the greatest stories in the history of popular culture.
Partnered each time by one of his best friends in the world (comedians Tom Craine, Matthew Crosby or Suzi Ruffell) Josh takes us through the wildest and most entertaining stories of unhinged genius, world dominating success and shaming failure.
Mr Blobby, The KLF, East 17, Dallas, Ghostwatch, the Sinclair C5, U2, Mary Whitehouse, Apocalypse Now, David Hasselhoff… all will be covered at some point plus many more from the world of film, TV, music, celebrity and pop culture!
A Keep It Light Media Production
(Copyright 2026)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes (Part 2)
1w ago00:40:13Tap to summarizeEPISODE 2Welcome back to part 2 of the story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes...Coming up in this episode - Sherlock Holmes is killed and resurrected by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle… and we discuss other instances where famous celebrities have solved crimes! All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes (Part 1)
2w ago00:43:46Tap to summarizeJoining me to discuss the incredible life and work of perhaps my favourite author - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - and his most famous creation - Sherlock Holmes, is comedian and friend Tom Craine. EPISODE 1To the world, he was the architect of logic. The man who brought us the deerstalker, the magnifying glass, and the brilliance of 221B Baker Street.But Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a man of startling contradictions... A medical doctor and surgeon whose globe trotting career took him from the rugged whaling ships of the Arctic, to the bloody battlefields of the Boer War. His life was an odyssey of high-stakes adventure, where his interests and experiences were to converge into his defining creation - Sherlock HolmesBut as the character became the global icon of reason, he bristled against the success of his literary masterpieces,and after killing off Holmes, Doyle himself plunged into the occult. In an amazing life story full of unbelievable twists and turns,He risked his reputation to prove the existence of spirits, and swore to the world that photographs of garden fairies were real.This is the incredible true story of the creator who couldn't escape his own shadow… Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes.All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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2w ago00:39:48Tap to summarizeIn this latest episode of Archive of Pop Culture we discuss and respond to all the brilliant emails, messages, corrections and suggestions that you, the wonderful AOPC community, have sent us.Thanks to everyone for joining the AOPC fan club community and getting in touch with the show...If you want to become a part of the Archive of Pop Culture Community you can join the fan club and support the show at;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comNew episodes are released twice weekly.Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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The Chippendales (Part 4)
3w ago00:32:53Tap to summarizeEpisode 4: In the final episode of this series,, you guessed it, more attmpted murder and inept criminal activity from the Chippendales gang. But will those involved finally get their comeuppance? All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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The Chippendales (Part 3)
3w ago00:33:17Tap to summarizeEpisode 3: Coming up in this episode - incredibly there are ven more murder plots, blackmail, and police suspicions grow as the battle for the Chippendales empire takes even more sinister turns...All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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The Chippendales (Part 2)
4w ago00:36:43Tap to summarizeEpisode 2: Back for part 2 of the unbelievable story of The Chippendales is comedian and friend Suzi Ruffell…Coming up in this episode - there’s more murrder plots, and a hilarious Chippendales calendar misprint ends up costing those involved $700,000!All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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The Chippendales (Part 1)
4w ago00:43:20Tap to summarizeEpisode 1: Joining me today to discuss the unbelievable story of The Chippendales is comedian and friend Suzi Ruffell…Los Angeles in the late 1970’s…A city of reinvention, excess… and opportunity.In the wake of the sexual revolution, nightlife was shifting and the scene was ready for something different…Enter the Chippendales.What began as a small club scene soon became a global cultural phenomenon. Males dancers turning fantasy into a booming business across the United States in the 1980s.But behind the spectacle the ambition turned toxic...Creative disputes became bitter rivalries...Control of the empire became everything…And in 1987, that tension exploded…Plots to eliminate competitors...Arson attacks on rival clubs...A conspiracy that stretched far beyond the stage, and into the world of contract killers and murder for hire...It was an insane collision of culture, capitalism… and crime.A story where fame, power, and obsession blurred the line between success and destruction...Where the pursuit of the American dream came at a deadly cost…This is the incredible story of The Chippendales…All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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It's A Royal Knockout (Part 4)
Apr 2500:47:14Tap to summarizeEpisode 4:Welcome back to the final episode of the definitive story of ‘It’s a Royal Knockout’…We discuss Royal divorces, toe sucking tabloid pics, the Princess Diana ‘squidgeygate’ scandal, and her infamous interview with Martin Bashir…And Prince Andrew reflects on the legacy of the event as his reputation and business are left in tatters.All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly.Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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It's A Royal Knockout (Part 3)
Apr 2100:36:04Tap to summarizeEpisode 3:Welcome back to part 3 of the story of the PR disaster that was ‘It’s a Royal Knockout’....Coming up in this episode - we discuss the fall-out of the event one reviewer called;“the single most damaging attack on the royal family since Cromwell…” All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly.Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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It's A Royal Knockout (Part 2)
Apr 1800:41:47Tap to summarizeEpisode 2:Coming up in this episode - we meet the celebrities taking part in the show, and discover the reasons why her majesty The Queen and Charles and Diana quite wisely give the event a wide berth!All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to;https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/And join the Archive of Pop Culture fan club.If you want to get in touch with the show...Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.comInstagram: archiveofpopculture_podNew episodes are released twice weekly.Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!!A Keep It Light Media Production(Copyright 2026)
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