The Afternoon Special
Bobbi Miller | QCODE
Your friend who knows just a little bit too much about pop culture. Each week, join Bobbi Miller as she takes deep dives into everything in pop culture that you never knew to ask about, but now need the answer to.
“I started The Afternoon Special as a series of videos on TikTok to keep me sane in the beginning of the pandemic. Soon, I decided to take my pop culture love to podcasts and The Afternoon Special Podcast was born,” says Bobbi Miller, host and creator of the show, which was chosen as the Apple Podcasts' Spotlight pick for March 2023.
Bobbi, who describes herself on the show as “your friend who know just a little bit too much about pop culture” takes her audience on an eclectic deep dive of topics that range from adult animation to vampires in media, and what makes the perfect holiday special.
“The main approach I have when deciding topics for the show begins with the question of ‘What’s a pop culture question that you didn’t know to ask, but now you’re dying for the answer to?’ and then the episode is born from there,” she says.
Bobbi has great ambitions for the show, but ultimately, she wants to keep it enjoyable for both herself and the audience. “I hope the show will continue to expand into other formats like listen-alongs or live shows,” she says. “No matter what, I just want to make sure the show remains fun. I hope the audience always walks away from each episode either having learned something new or just having had a good time.”
- 20 episodes
- Avg 36 min
- English
- S5 · E11Dec 20, 2023 · 39 min
- S5 · E10Dec 13, 2023 · 29 min
Snoopy: Gen Z's Animated Antidepressant
- S5 · E9Dec 6, 2023 · 59 min
Why May December is the Sleeper Hit of the Year
- S5 · E8Nov 29, 2023 · 44 min
Irony is Killing Rom Coms
- S5 · E7Nov 22, 2023 · 37 min
Scott Pilgrim is a Loser and I Can Prove It (Missed Connections)
- S5 · E6Nov 15, 2023 · 45 min
Are The Looney Tunes Going to Save Hollywood?
- S5 · E5Nov 1, 2023 · 35 min
The Curious Case of Betty Boop
- S5 · E4Oct 25, 2023 · 36 min
It's Alive!: A Brief-ish History of the Movie Monster
- S5 · E3Oct 18, 2023 · 28 min
A Dish Best Served Scary: A Look At How Food Can Scare Us in Film
- S5 · E2Oct 11, 2023 · 36 min
The Kids Don’t Know Their Pop Culture History
- S5 · E1Oct 4, 2023 · 54 min
Please Stop Asking Martin Scorsese About The MCU (or Thoughts On Franchises in Hollywood)
- Sep 27, 2023 · 2 min
Welcome to The Afternoon Special!
- Jul 26, 2023 · 4 min
A message from The Afternoon Special!
- S4 · E18Jul 19, 2023 · 36 min
The Wonderful Wardrobe of Barbie: The Fashion History of a The World's Tiniest Model
- S4 · E17Jul 12, 2023 · 36 min
The Good, The Bad, and The Complicated World of Barbie
- S4 · E16Jul 5, 2023 · 44 min
Plastic It Girl: A History of America’s Favorite Blonde, Barbie
- S4 · E16Jun 30, 2023 · 37 min
The Afternoon Special News Hour - Superman: Legacy, Barbie and Ken's Malibu Dreamhouse, and SAG Strike Looms
- Jun 28, 2023 · 3 min
A Special Announcement from The Afternoon Special!
- S4 · E16Jun 21, 2023 · 1 hr 29 min
Top 5 Best Spider-Man Films (with Emily Uribe!)
- S4 · E15Jun 14, 2023 · 36 min
The Greatest Comic Book Movie Ever Is Full of Spiders