The deep pains of two factor authentication and the bliss of never having to touch a bare can with your bare hands *said in a Parker Posey voice*

On today's Pop and Circumstance, Hart Pops Off with thoughts on Chappell Roan's new single 'The Subway' (00:29), the cancellation of 'And Just Like That' on HBO Max (01:58), Cynthia Erivo and Adam Lambert in Jesus Christ Superstar (08:03), and the Celsius/High Noon mix up (11:39).

Then, Elizabeth gives us some Shift Happens with the topic of Strategic Ignorance (18:26) as a way to reduce the information overload we all suffer from.

LINKS

Chappell Roan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woLfAvD5iXI

Elizabeth covers the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle campaign backlash over jeans and genetics then serves up the tea on Gavin Casalegno's Dunkin' ad controversy. Hart talks about how movement can be preventative medicine for us and how we were built for motion.

Justin Timberlake Lyme Update 00:45

Hulk Hogan cause of death 02:20

Sydney Sweeney and Gavin Casalegno ad campaigns 2:40

Movement as medicine 14:45

Benefits of movement on the brain 19:25

Benefits of movement on the body 27:45

Justin Timberlake's Lyme Disease diagnosis: https://www.eonline.com/news/1420644/what-is-lyme-disease-what-celebrities-have-said

Hulk Hogan's cause of death: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2025/08/01/how-did-hulk-hogan-die-heart-attack-what-kind-cancer-leukemia-cll/85471894007/

Sydney Sweeney American Eagle Ad: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5487286/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-explained-why-controversy-racist-eugenics-trump-bathwater-ad-klein-statement

Gavin Casalegno Dunkin' Ad: https://www.today.com/food/news/dunkin-gavin-casalegno-ad-genetics-controversy-rcna221951

Movement Increases BDNF: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4915811/

Physical activity boosts brain health: https://www.cdc.gov/physical-activity/features/boost-brain-health.html

Study on midlife cardiovascular fitness and dementia: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5894933/