The Sit-Down
Thirty minutes at the table with a guest Pops actually wanted there. Real talk about being a dad, work, the road, the music that shaped them. The kind of conversation you can’t fake.
ON AIR · FALL 2026
Pops goes live.
A guest at the table for thirty minutes of real conversation, then thirty more cooking it up. Plus solo kitchen sessions and live DJ nights from the WCP vault. Going live Fall 2026.
What’s Live
A seat at the table. Live.
Pops Live is one chair, one mic, one guest, and one real meal. Thirty minutes of conversation about life, fatherhood, travel, music, and what’s actually cooking. Then thirty more in the kitchen, making the guest’s favorite dish. Plus solo cooks and live DJ sets in between.
The Cook
Thirty more minutes at the stove. The guest’s favorite meal, made the way they actually make it at home. Conversation keeps rolling between flips, burns, and the occasional kitchen disaster.
Open Chat
Drop questions in real time, suggest the next guest, request a song. Pops reads the chat between bites and answers on the spot. The chat helps shape the show.
The Lineup
Three kinds of Live.
The flagship is the sit-down. In between, Pops cooks solo, the family takes over the kitchen, or the records come out for a long late-night set.
Pops Live
The flagship. Pops invites a guest he actually wants at the table, talks for thirty minutes about life, fatherhood, the road, and the work, then cooks the guest’s favorite meal for thirty more. Dads, musicians, creators, chefs, friends. Real conversations, real meals, no PR-speak.
Sit & Talk
Cook & Talk
30 / 30
Kitchen Sessions
Pops cooking solo, or handing the spatula to the missus and the kids for a takeover night. Real-time, no edits, no plated food porn. Just dad meals on a real stove, made by the people who actually live in the house.
Solo Cooks
Family Takeovers
DJ Sets
Some nights it’s vinyl from the WCP vault. Some nights it’s the controller or the laptop. Some nights it’s just a playlist running while Pops cooks and chats. Hip-hop, soul, reggae, and whatever the night calls for.
Live Sets
Cook-Along Mode
Simple. Real. Live.
How a Pops Live show works.
Four steps, no overproduction. Here’s the flow once we go live in the fall.
01
Pops picks up the phone
No booking agents, no PR pitches. Frank reaches out personally because he actually wants the person at his table. If they say yes, we make it happen.
02
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.
03
The guest fires up the stove
Then it’s off to the kitchen and cook. Their dish, their hands. While it’s happening, the conversation keeps going. You can’t fake what comes out of a kitchen.
04
It goes live, everywhere
Streamed on whatscookingpops.com plus Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Drop questions in chat, request a song. Every show lands in the replay library.
Behind The Curtain
The studio’s getting built right now.
Cameras getting tested, lighting getting hung, the kitchen getting wired for sound, and the guest list getting built one phone call at a time. We’ll share the build along the way, because the messy middle is the fun part.
- [01] Studio room buildout, lighting, set design
- [02] Camera, mic, and switcher setup tests
- [03] The Pops Live show book (guest outreach in motion)
- [04] Pilot interviews with early guests
- [05] Public launch, Fall 2026
Quick Answers
Before you ask.
When does Live actually launch?
Fall 2026. We’re locking the exact week closer to summer’s end. Subscribers get the date first.
Where will the shows stream?
Right here on whatscookingpops.com, plus simulcast on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. Watch wherever you already are.
Is it free?
The live shows are free. Subscribers get extras: early access, after-shows, and behind-the-scenes drops.
Can I miss a show and catch up?
Always. Every show goes into the on-site replay library, sorted by channel, with chapters and links to anything we mentioned.
Who comes on as a guest?
Pops picks up the phone himself. Dads, musicians, creators, chefs, friends, and the occasional surprise. Have someone in mind? Suggest them. The chat helps shape the calendar.
How do I see the schedule?
Sign up above. You’ll get show times, the guest lineup, special drops, and the heads-up when something unscheduled goes live.