The Popaganda Podcast
Shannon Perez-Darby & Tashmica Torok
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Do you love reality television, true crime, memes, TikTok and all other forms of pop culture? Are you also interested in communal care outside of harmful state systems? Do you struggle to reconcile the two? Join Tashmica Torok and Shannon Perez-Darby on Popaganda, as we dive deep into our love of transformative justice, pop culture and where the two meet.
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Sponsored in part by: Accountable Communities Consortium and The Firecracker Foundation.
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Content Warning: The Popaganda Podcast explores the intersections of transformative justice, prison abolition, and pop culture. We will be talking in general about the existence of domestic, sexual and state violence and our experiences with these forms of violence.
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Executive Producers: Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok
Audio Production: Shannon Perez-Darby
Show Notes + Graphic Design: Tashmica Torok
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Recent Episodes
S4 Law & Order SVU: Hubris with special guest Erin Miles Cloud
In this episode, Erin Miles Cloud joins pop culture besties Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok for a breakdown of the Law & Order: SVU episode Hubris. Erin is the co-founder of Movement for…
S4 Rising Through the Fray
This special episode was made in partnership with the Capital City Film Fest, where Tashmica moderated a live panel with filmmaker Courtney Montour and skater Hawaiian Blaze following a screening of…
S4 Taylor Frankie Paul, The Bachelorette, and Clocking DV Patterns in Reality TV
Days before Taylor Frankie Paul’s season of The Bachelorette was set to air, TMZ released footage of a violent incident between her and her ex, Dakota, from 2023. ABC pulled the season.Together,…
Adult Braces: Polyamory and Minding Other People's Relationships
Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok dig into Adult Braces, Lindy West's new memoir, Adult Braces. The internet is in a tizzy about her 15-year partnership with Aham Oluo and the process of opening…
S4 ANTM: Aging Like Hot Ice Cream
What does it mean when the person who built the door is also the one controlling who walks through it? Netflix's Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model pulls back the curtain on two decades…
S4 BAFTAs and BBC Broadcast the N-Word—On Purpose?
In this special short episode of The Popaganda Podcast, hosts Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok talk about the BAFTAs moment that hit Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo in real time. The N-word…
S4 Pluribus
What if the apocalypse showed up… as excellent customer service?In this episode of The Popaganda Podcast, survivor activists Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok bring pop culture obsession and…
S4 Virginia Guiffre told you.
In this episode of The Popaganda Podcast, survivor activists Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok bring intimate storytelling and expert analysis to Virginia Giuffre’s posthumously published…
Breaking Up with Platforms: Boycotts, Billionaires and Fascist Creeps.
What happens when your comfort shows stop comforting—and your “fun little apps” start feeling like tiny extensions of state power?In this episode, Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok talk about…
S3 Die Hard: Copaganda Final Boss
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? In Tashmica’s house, absolutely—and it’s also a masterclass in copaganda.In this special holiday episode, Shannon and Tashmica rewatch Die Hard the way Tashmica’s…
S3 Wayward
What if our best tool for fighting fascism is embracing all of our ‘Wayward’ teens and their imagination for resistance?In this episode, Shannon and Tashmica rave about the talented nonbinary artist…
S3 Pee-Wee as Himself
Fascism trains us to shrink. Pee-wee shows another path: bold, maximal, unashamed. What can Paul Reubens teach us about refusing to comply in advance?In this episode, hosts Shannon Perez-Darby and…
S3 We Are Lady Parts
This week on Papaganda, Shannon and Tashmica dive into We Are Lady Parts, the brilliant British sitcom about an all-Muslim punk band that has captured hearts with its humor, complexity, and radical…
S3 Pop Culture Chisme 2025
What if you could sit in on our group chat—unedited, unfiltered, and supported by a quick check-in with Daddy Google? In our 2nd annual Pop Culture Chisme episode, we unpack the messiness of reality…
S3 Sinners: Black History, Biracial Hauntings, and the Horrors of White Supremacy Culture
What do you get when you mix juke joint resistance, supernatural horror, and a masterclass in Black storytelling? Sinners—Ryan Coogler’s 2025 genre-defying masterpiece—sets the Mississippi Delta on…
S3 Adolescence
Adolescence isn’t your typical TV crime drama. Stephen Graham, creator and writer of the hit Netflix miniseries, isn’t asking you to figure out who did it—he’s asking you to consider why.Shot…
S3 CCFF x Popaganda Presents: Firebreak
The Popaganda Podcast is an official Cast & Crew Sponsor of the 15th Annual Capital City Film Fest.Join cohosts Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok in an episode spotlighting the Midwest…
S2 King of the Apocalypse
Dakota Adams and the Cost of Extremism.This episode unpacks King of the Apocalypse, a new documentary exposing Stuart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers and key figure in the January 6th…
S3 Neil Gaiman: Power, Control, & Consent
What do Neil Gaiman, Scientology, and NDAs have in common? More than you'd think—and none of it is good.Join hosts Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok as they break down the accounts of harm, the…
S3 Anatomy of Lies
On this episode of The Popaganda Podcast, Tashmica and Shannon talk about the explosive new psychodrama series, Anatomy of Lies, which uncovers the jaw-dropping story of Elisabeth Finch, a Grey’s…
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