Pops Live is the live show at What’s Cooking Pops. Pops Live runs as scheduled live sessions plus on-demand replays of every previous Pops Live broadcast. Pops Live covers music sets from the booth, family conversations with real guests, and travel debriefs from recent trips. Frank books every Pops Live guest personally because Pops Live skips the booking-agent runaround. See the schedule and the latest Pops Live replay below.
The Latest Session
On the Calendar
Backyard Grill & A Reggae Set
Fire up the grill, spin a reggae set, and talk through the best cuts for a Saturday afternoon. Recipes in the newsletter the next morning.
RSVP & ReminderSimple. Real. Live.
Pops picks up the phone
No booking agents, no handlers. Frank reaches out personally because he genuinely wants to know this person’s story. If the feeling is mutual, we make it happen.
They sit down and talk
Thirty minutes. Cameras roll. Frank asks the questions he actually wants answers to. Guests say things they don’t say in other interviews. It gets real, fast.
The guest fires up the stove
Then they head to their kitchen and cook. Their dish, their recipe, their hands. While it’s happening, the conversation keeps going. You can’t fake what comes out of a kitchen.
Three Kinds of Live
DJ Sets
Two-hour vinyl sets from the WCP room. Mostly hip-hop, soul, and reggae. Occasional Saturday afternoon curveball.
Kitchen Sessions
Cooking a real dinner in real time. No cuts, no perfectly styled plates. The missus usually makes a cameo.
Dad Talks
Honest conversations with other dads about the stuff nobody puts on Instagram. Parenting, marriage, money, midlife.
Catch What You Missed
Kitchen Sessions: Cast Iron & Classic R&B
Cooking dinner in real time with a playlist to match. Missus on camera, kids running through the kitchen. Unedited and honest.
Watch the ReplayFriday Night Vinyl: 90s Hip-Hop Deep Cuts
Two hours of the tracks that did not make the radio but kept the block rolling. Live on Twitch with requests open in the chat.
Watch the ReplayFriday Night Chili and a Soul Set
One pot, two hours of real-time cooking, and a playlist built to match. Cameos from the missus, running questions from the chat, and a recipe … Read More
Watch the Replay