We look at the POWER of pop - with the return of girl power and the Spice Girls, who are getting back together to perform a stadium tour in 2019, sans Posh. Then there's the power of self-love with Ariana Grande’s latest song: thank u, next. Finally we just can’t stop bellowing Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s power ballad, Shallow, at the top of our lungs – does this mark the triumphant return of the power ballads? Are we indeed far from the shallow now?

Our power pop panel includes JJJ presenter and Saskwatch lead singer Nkechi Anele and Charlie Harding, songwriter and cohost of the Switched on Pop podcast.

What happens when your very serious, nonfiction book becomes a viral, pop culture hit? British writer, activist and journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of a viral blog post ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race’ and a 2017 award winning, best-selling book of the same name, stops by to talk about how things change when your work takes on a life of its own, offer some reflections on cultural conversations post #MeToo and share what she’s loving in pop culture right now.

Finally, the Stop Everything! team discusses Rebel Wilson’s twitter stumble, and her attempt to make peace with critics who blocked her.