CherryPop
CherryPicks Presents CherryPop: A Female Focused Podcast Tune in Tuesdays as your host, Meg McCarthy, is joined by a rotating group of inspiring and talented co-hosts and guests. Together, they will explore how media has culturally impacted women of all ages and gender expressions covering many topics including the female gaze, sex on screen, queer representation, coming- of- age stories, and much more.
Episodes
On this special episode of CherryPop, multi-hyphenate dancing/singing trio Triple Charm joins Meg to talk all about sisterhood. The real-life sisters shed light on their love and appreciation for each other’s strengths and individualities and share how their strong bond helps them creatively collaborate. We also dive into holiday traditions, swapping clothes, and Barbie.
“I would say I've learned so much about them. And in a stran...
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On this episode of CherryPop, we’re highlighting rising stars in the music industry with special guest La Rhonza. La Rhonza, known as Lee Rodriguez on sc...
On this episode of CherryPop, Meg welcomes educator, advocate, and author Blair Imani.
“If you're a lonely kid who has to eat lunch at the library, like I did, it just feels like that's gonna be your life forever. So, if someone can tell you a real-life story of somebody who was in that situation and overcame it, it can help you be like, ‘Okay, right now, I'm in my cocoon phase and, one day, I'm gonna blo...
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Actor Gia Kim candidly shares her empowering personal growth journey playing Yuri in XO, Kitty, explains the show’s celebration of South Korean culture, and speaks about her positive and productive experience working with a p...
This episode of CherryPop is presented by DSW. This Pride Month, join us and our partners at DSW as we celebrate putting our best foot forward and unapologetically living in full color!
Actor, activist, and writer Nicole Maines shares the powerful impact dreaming big had on her as a young trans woman, the joys and challenges of writing a graphic novel for the DC Universe, and what it’s l...
This episode is sponsored by Buffalo 8 Distribution: A Bondit Company. Buffalo 8 is a full-service film and media company focused on production, post-production, distribution, design, and finance. CherryPop host Meg McCarthy and Head of Buffalo 8 Distribution Nikki Stier Justice discuss the future of women in film, spotlighting Marcella Cytrynowicz’s gripping thriller romance, American Cherry, and Em Johnson’s coming-...
This special episode is brought to you by CherryPicks' founder, Miranda Bailey. Known for producing indie films, Bailey’s work as a filmmaker has helped shape the cultural landscape of the independent films we know today. Founder’s Special is a limited editorial and digital series in which Miranda talks directly to you, sharing deeply personal stories of paving her own path to Hollywood and how she’s now built a new road for women’...
On this week’s CherryPop episode, Meg welcomes actress and star of Grey’s Anatomy, Kelly McCreary. Kelly shares her invaluable experience playing Dr. Maggie Pierce and how the character taught her to embrace her inner nerd. Additionally, she talks about Shonda Rhimes’ impact on the industry and sheds light on the precedent set by Shondaland of a supportive and safe work environment.
“Shonda’s work first impacted me as an actor be...
This episode is sponsored by Wooden Finger Studios. Check out their mobile game Ethereal Run, available now on IOS and google play!
On this episode of CherryPop, our host Meg McCarthy is joined by Never Forgotten director, writer, and star Ty Gordon, star Christy St. John, and producer Rodes Phire. Together they discuss the film's important commentary on mental health awareness and toxic m...
This episode of CherryPop is presented by Gravitas Premiere's sparkling comedy with a magical twist, Mack & Rita. A 30-year-old writer played by Elizabeth Lail spends a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transfor...
Joining Meg this week on CherryPop is actress and advocate Lolo Spencer. Lolo is the founder of Sitting Pretty Productions, a platform devoted to showcasing disability lifestyle authentically, and shares the importance of inclusivity in intimacy on screen.
“That's a topic that I've been advocating for since day one when creating content, because it's one never discussed. And it's never discussed in a way that I feel like is empowe...
This episode is presented by Prime Video. Available now on Prime Video, Harlem is a single-camera comedy following the lives of four best girlfriends from their college days at NYU, as they navigate sex, relationships and chasing their dreams
“…When you go through things, it doesn't mean you have to stop being friends, it means that you love each other more, it means that you push into each other more, you're holding each other acc...
This episode is presented by SHOWTIME. CUSP, a new SHOWTIME feature documentary is a captivating snapshot of girlhood, a coming-of-age story about the intimate passage of girls on the cusp of becoming women as three spirited girls find their voice while grappling with the often dark, traumatic realities of female adolescence.
On a very special episode of the CherryPop podcast, Cusp filmmakers, Parker Hil...
There is so much great and life-changing information about sex and intimacy, but let’s face it, it can be dry as hell! Intimacy expert and sexologist Shan Boodram takes a deep dive into anything and everything about sex, relationships, and the science of attachment every week with expert guests and friends who will tell all. It’s e...
On the finale episode of CherryPop S2, Meg is joined by the very talented and insightful actress and filmmaker Caitlin Stasey. You know Caitlin from such shows as Reign (CW) and Bridge and Tunnel (Epix). Meg and Caitlin discuss nudity and simulated sex on screen, along with the double standard that pits women in mainstream film and adult entertainment against one another.
"I think film and TV show us these ...
There's no shame in it....
Joining Meg for the first half of this week’s educational and inspirational episode is entrepreneur and author Nadya Okamoto. Nadya is the co-founder of August, which provides sustainable, impactful, and inclusive period care; founder of Period Movement; author of Period Power; and host of Tigress Podcast. Meg and Nadya discuss period and sex stigmas and misinformation, along with...
Run the World stars Amber Stevens West and Corbin Reid break down the first half of the two-part season finale and touch upon the importance of female friendships, mutual respect in a partnership, and representing all types of female pleasure and sex on screen.
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This week on CherryPop, the lovely actress Nikohl Boosheri joins Meg to talk all about her beautiful and badass The Bold Type character, Adena. They also chat about representation of Muslim women on screen and the importance of the film Farah Goes Bang, in which Nikohl plays Farah, a twenty-something-year-old woman who has yet to lose her virginity.
“In the past, we've always seen Muslim women and Middle Eastern women portrayed un...
For this week’s powerful and important conversation, Meg hands the mic over to the very talented and inspiring comedian, Sherry Cola (Good Trouble), and the lovely and legendary Kelly Hu from such films and tv shows as Read more
First up, Meg welcomes, country music singer/songwriter Cam on this week's episode of CherryPop! Cam discusses why she stopped being afraid of being sexualized by the country music industry, her experience filming the music video for her hit song "Till There's Nothing Left" (while eight months pregnant!), and why it’s important to dismantle and unlearn patriarchal structures. Cam also bestows some very sage sex advice given to her ...
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