Julia Kay Peterkins
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Fan-brained pop culture at full speed.
The P in Raspberry treats pop culture like a group chat with a microphone: urgent, funny, emotional, and proudly overinvested. Julia moves from Oscars production mishaps to Spider-Man trailer feelings to Zendaya-centered cinema with the speed of someone still processing the headline.
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The P in Raspberry is pop-culture commentary with the volume turned all the way up. Julia treats films, awards shows, trailers, celebrity couples, and festival moments as emotional events that deserve immediate processing. The show is casual, but not lazy. It can sound like a friend sending ten voice notes in a row, then suddenly landing on a surprisingly precise read about grief, performance, fandom, or why one shot in a Spider-Man trailer feels like early adulthood itself. That swing is the point. Recent episodes are built around the 98th Annual Academy Awards, the 2026 Oscar nominations, Spider-Man Brand New Day, The Drama, Coachella, and Tom and Zendaya news. The categories matter. So do the vibes. Julia will talk about production missteps, cueing errors, Best Actor uncertainty, Hamnet discourse, Robert Pattinson in Mickey 17, and the almost sacred place Zendaya projects hold in the show's universe. A trailer is not just a trailer here; it becomes a reason to think about Peter's loneliness, post-chaos vulnerability, and growing up between life cycles. An Oscars episode is not just a winners-and-losers recap; it is a stress report from someone who got too invested and is honest enough to admit it. The tone is often ridiculous. The feeling underneath is real. That combination keeps the show from becoming standard celebrity chatter. It is fan-native without pretending fandom is always rational, clean, or calm. Julia's commentary circles back, restates, clarifies, jokes, and then doubles down, which gives the show a live-wire intimacy. The recurring Zendaya focus is central, but the show also has room for broader film culture, awards-season campaigning, Coachella relevance, and celebrity relationship lore. When the subject turns darker, as in discussion of The Drama, the show slows enough to register discomfort around school violence, suicide, and the moral weight of what characters reveal about themselves. It is not neutral criticism. It is criticism as attachment. The P in Raspberry suits listeners who want pop culture filtered through obsession, humor, memory, and full-body reaction rather than tidy distance. The result feels less like a review desk and more like the loudest, funniest person after the movie, still standing outside the theater because the conversation cannot end yet.
Made for: For listeners who follow Oscars races, superhero trailers, Zendaya projects, celebrity lore, and film discourse with real emotional investment. Best suited to fans who like commentary that is funny, messy, specific, and openly biased.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by treating fandom itself as the critical lens. Julia does not flatten pop culture into detached takes; she turns each topic into a fast-moving mix of recap, confession, argument, and sincere overinvestment.
An opinion is like the “p” in raspberry, it’ll always be there, but remains completely unnecessary! A rambunctious Zendaya-enthusiast, Julia, discusses her thoughts on all things popular culture. From the top trends, to film reviews, celebrity drama, and more, Julia hates to love popular culture in the 21st century. Join this celebrity-obsessed girl in her passionate, but pointless rants with new episodes every Wednesday at 12 AM ET. Email your new best friend at [email protected] or DM her on Instagram with any questions, requests, or just to say hey girl hey. Follow on Instagram! @the.p.in.rasp / @juliap...
Based on 4 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Julia turns film criticism, awards forecasting, and celebrity fixation into funny, intensely personal arguments detailed enough to reward fellow obsessives.
The P in Raspberry turns Julia's pop-culture attachments into detailed, funny arguments rather than tidy verdicts. A film review can move from plot choices to grief, violence, performance, and the experience of watching with a packed audience.
Zendaya devotion meets Oscar-ballot panic, with you beside the most emotionally invested friend at movie night.
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A fan-first reaction that keeps circling the film's hardest turns.
The Pea and Raspberry keeps close to the film's roughest turns, and that focus gives the episode its shape. It returns to Emma's confession, the manifesto, and the strain in Charlie's relationship as marriage starts to feel out of reach.
A fan-first Spider-Man reaction that finds its center in Peter Parker's in-between state.
Julia approaches Spider-Man: Brand New Day with clear affection, and that keeps the episode moving. She keeps coming back to Peter Parker as someone stuck between versions of himself, which gives the trailer talk a real center instead of letting it drift into pure fan reaction.
A breathless, opinionated Oscars recap that stays locked on the race.
The P in Raspberry turns the 2026 Oscar nominations into a brisk, personal dispatch, moving from reaction to prediction to ballot logic without losing its point of view.
A warm, lore-heavy take on Tom and Zendaya Marie's marriage, with a sharp case for keeping some moments private.
Julia spends the episode unpacking Tom and Zendaya Marie getting married, and she does it with real feeling. She treats the marriage as a mix of love, fantasy, whimsy, admiration, and respect, and that mix gives the piece its shape.
Oscar talk from a very strange basement.
Classic movie talk with loose comic edges.
Thai screen talk with friendly chaos.
Awards season, argued in real time.
Julia reviews Euphoria season three, episode five, "This Little Piggy," focusing on Cassie Howard's OnlyFans growth, Nate Jacobs's captivity, and the strained Rue-Jules scene.
Julia, recording tipsy on a Monday night, calls Euphoria Season 3 Episode 4 the season's most realistic episode because the DEA finally confronts Rue Bennett.
The Pea and Raspberry opens by apologizing for missing a week and saying The Drama needed its own space.
Julia is back on Spider-Man, and she is clearly delighted to be here.
The host Julia emotionally reviews the 98th Annual Academy Awards, discussing production mishaps and her intense personal reactions to the event.
Julia returns to the 2026 Oscar nominations with an earlier take she recorded a month before, then updates it as the race keeps shifting.
Julia opens by admitting that this subject is unusually hard to talk about.
The hosts discuss Coachella's declining relevance and plan to talk about Zendaya and other happenings at the festival.