We Love 2012 & 2013

The 2010s…what a decade, right? There were good times, probably, and bad times too, and pop culture was there to get us through it all. The Pop Culture Junkie Podcast is looking back at the halcyon days between 2010 and 2019 with a five-part series we’re calling We Love the 2010s. This week, Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna take a look at the years 2012 and 2013.<br /><br />2012 was the year of natural disasters like Sharknado, the end of the world as we know it, and Honey Boo Boo, the 50 Shades of Grey book and “Gangnam Style”, Magic Mike and “Call Me Maybe” and so much more. And 2013 had us twerking and doing the Harlem Shake, listening to Lorde and “Blurred Lines,” and wondering what does that stupid fox really say? We will feature the Marvel Minute and the Year of Our Lady Gaga for each year of the decade, too. Join us for a look back at everything that made life worth living (or at least, worth talking about) in the 2010s.<br /><br />Thank you to Olympus Games, the home of the Pop Culture Junkie Podcast.<br /><br />Soundbite credits for 2012:<br />Pitch Perfect | Brownstone Films/Universal Pictures © 2012<br />Arrow | Warner Bros. Television <br />Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm courtesy The Walt Disney Company<br />KGTV ABC 10 San Diego (“Mayan calendar”)<br />Magic Mike | The Estate of Redmond Berry LLC/Warner Bros. Pictures © 2012<br />Inside the ‘Honey Boo Boo’ House courtesy Associated Press<br />KNXV ABC 15 Phoenix (“Fifty Shades of Gray dubbed ‘Mommy Porn'”)<br />WBFF Fox 45 Baltimore {“Fox45 Morning News Shows Off Gangnam Style”)<br />The Hunger Games | Lions Gate Films © 2012<br /><br />Soundbite credits for 2013:<br />Sharknado | The Asylum © 2013<br />Orange Is the New Black | Netflix/Lions Gate Television © 2013<br />Steve Harvey (“Ask Steve: Twerking”) courtesy East 112th Street Productions<br />KSLA News 12 (“Our Take on the Harlem Shake”)<br />Pacific Rim | Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Entertainment © 2013<br />ABC News (“‘Blurred Lines’ Case: Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams Ordered to Pay $7