Pop Culture Purgatory
by Pop Culture Podcast
To sooth the constant ringing in your own head, insert some headphones into your earholes or place larger headphones over ears, sit back and relax in your favorite dirty reclining chair as friends talk and reminiscence about movies, music and video games.
Episodes
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Episode 376: THE BLOB (1988)
Welcome back to purgatory and prepare to be slowly digested by a shapeless organism from the very coldness of space!!! This week the boys are joined by Jo as they sit down to talk about one of the best sci fi/horror movies of all time The Blob from 1988 written by Theodore Simonsom, Kay Linaker,...
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Episode 375: TICKS (1993)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! Get ready to for that trip and your blood to be sucked because you are there with us SUCKER! We are discussing Ticks from 1993 directed by the great Tony Randel and written by Brent Friendman! The movie stars Rosalind Allen, Ami Dolenz, Seth Greem, Virginya Keehne…
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Episode 374: Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers (1987)
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! The boys are back and on this spooky week we join Shaggy, Scooby and Scrapy as they a trip down south to a haunted plantation inherited by Shaggy. Follow a long as they collect clues to find the secret treasure hidden by Shaggy's grandfather but they are chased by a...
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Episode 373: The Frighteners (1996)
Welcome back to purgatory!!!!!! It's that time kids, the spooky season has arrived, and the boys jump in the right way with Peter Jackson's The Fighteners from 1996 written by Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson and directed by the man himself Peter Jackson!!! The movie stars the great Michael J. Fox,...
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Episode 372: Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Welcome back to purgatory ya filthy lollygaggers!!! This week we celebrate the great Tim Curry with a flick that many people wouldn't directly connect him with, but we think his presence is massive in the flick and his portrayal of Long John Silver is absolutely stunning and phenomenal!!! The…
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Episode 371: Nine Musical Tunes to Massage our Poons
WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!!! This week the boys gather around the mythic roundtable to discuss some of their favorite tracks that they have been jamming and wanted to share!!! It's always a great time when we start discussing music and we hope you enjoy them and please go out and check them out,...
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Episode 370: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys celebrate the great Dolly Parton, the legend has passed and we talk about how incredible of human being she was and what an amazing inspiration she was and is to everyone and a limitlessly talented musician and actor!!! We cover her 1982 film The…
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Episode 369: Tres intonations and melodies that will cure you of all your insecurities
Welcome back to purgatory!!! On this week's episode the boys get hammered on some high volume, flushed and glazed tracks!!! Please go and check out and support these bands!!! Thanks for hanging with us and we hope you dig the bands that we featured on the pod!!! If you want to find our past and...
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Episode 368: SEXY BEAST (2000)
Welcome back to purgatory...remember where there's a will -there is a fucking will-there's a way-and there is a fucking way This week on the pod the boys chat about a fun trip of a flick called Sexy Beast from 2000 directed by Jonathan Glazer and written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto. The…
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Episode 367: FALLING DOWN (1993)
WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!! This week the boys lose their cool as the summer melts their brains and drive's them into certain a madness as they cover Falling Down from 1993 directed by the great Joel Schumacher and written by Ebbe Roe Smith!!! The film stars Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall…
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Episode 366: The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! This week the boys go on one hell of an adventure, join us as we search for lost treasure at sea, fly through the dessert, swash buckle amongst pirates, chase down three secret maps and help a man remember who he really is inside!!! We discussed 2011's The Adventures...
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Episode 365: The X Files (1998)
Welcome back to purgatory and get ready to fight the future!!! This week it's Jeremy's pick and the boy's jump in deep into the conspiracy theory with The X Files from 1998 written by Frank Spotnitz and Chris Carter and directed by Rob Bowman!!! The movie stars Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny,...
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Episode 364: Love and Basketball (2000)
Wwwwwweeeeellllllccccoooommmmmeeeee back sports fans!!!!! This week the boys are back with special guest Jo!!!! She picked Love and Basketball from 2000 written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood!!! The movie stars Glenndon Chatman, Jess Willard, Chris Warren, Kyla Pratt, Alfe Woodard, Kaykia...
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Episode 363: NECESSARY ROUGHNESS (1991)
Aaaaaallllllllllrriigghhtt sports fans your boys are back!!! We jump back into the game with 1991's Necessary Roughness!!! Directed by Stan Dragoti % written by Rick Natkin & David Fuller!!! The movie stars Scott Bacula, Hector Elizondo, Robert Loggia, Harley Jane Kozak, Larry Miller, Sinbad…
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Episode 362: Making Contact aka Joey (1985)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week it's just Mike and Jeremy but Tron is out of town for his family reunion. On this episode Jeremy brings up a very bizarre and sort of forgotten sci fi, adolescence, horror movie from 1985 Making Contact aka Joey (the German title) the movie is written by…
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Episode 361: BAD NEWS BEARS (1976)
Wwwwwwwweeeeeellllllcccccccooooommmmmmeeeee back sports fans!!!! This week it's Tron's pick with Bad News Bears from 1976 written by Bill Lancaster and directed by Michael Ritchie!!! The movie stars Walter Matthau/, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Ben Piazza, Jackie Earle Haley…
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Episode 360: MAJOR LEAGUE (1989)
Wwwwwweeeelllllcccccooooommmmeeee back all you sports fans to purgatory!!!! This week it's Mike's pick Major League from 1989 Written & Directed by David S. Ward!!! The movie stars Charlie Sheen, James Gammon, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton, Rene Russo, Dennis...
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Episode 359: ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (1999)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! Pop Culture Purgatory welcomes you to SPORTS MOVIE MONTH!!! We are gonna jump into every type of sports movies as possible this month starting of with Jeremy's pick Any Given Sunday from 1999 written by Daniel Pyne, John Logan & Oliver Stone also directed by Oliver...
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Episode 358: More visuals & audio art that won't let you contain your farts
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! This week the boys are back with more music and them music videos!!! Please go out and support all these incredible musical artists, check them out and spread the word!!! Our dear friend Slaygoth has asked us to pass the word around for a great friend of his Aubrey....
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Episode 357: Kitty Kitty Fang Fang: Secondhand Lions (2003)
Welcome back to ppppuuurrrgatory!!! We finish out our Kitty Kitty Fang Fang month with a sweet sort of a banger with Secondhand Lions from 2003 written and directed by Tim McCanlies!!! The movie stars Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osment, Kyra Sedgwick, Nicky Katt, Josh Lucas, Michael...
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Episode 356: Kitty Kitty Fang Fang: Beast (2022)
Welcome back to pppppppuuuuuurrrrrrgatory!!!! Meow this is gonna be a good time! We jump back into big cat month with 2022's Beast Directed by Baltasar Kormakur and written by Jaime Primak Sullican and Ryan Engle!!! The movie stars Idris Elba, Kazi Khuboni, Leah Sava Jeffreies, Iyana Halley,...
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Episode 355: Kitty Kitty Fang Fang: The Ghost and The Darkness (1996)
Welcome back to pppppppuuuuuurrrrrrgatory!!!!! The boys are back and with a theme month that's....very different, may be the weirdest month on the pod, we are talkin about lions...that we are calling Kitty Kitty Fang Fang!!! We start off the month with a banger, an underrated classic from 1996…
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Episode 354: Sights and Sound's that'll turn your pants brown
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! Once upon a white moon there was a smell of a beloved dissolved girl who was a windowlicker for the man who sold the world! The boys are back with more music & music videos!!! Sit back, relax, hang out and have some fun with us! We hope you dig these incredible bands...
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Episode 353: Peel back your lids, rip open your ears, here are three bangers that'll fill you with beer.
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! Get ready to count the ways to desire and regulate them dirty boyz and their Caribbean Queen!!! The boys are back with more music and music videos!!! Sit back, relax, hang out and have some fun with us! We hope you dig these incredible bands and their amazing music,...
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Episode 352: Three visuals & three tunes that'll make you cream your pantaloons
Welcome back to purgatory!!! Get ready to sweat, croon, headbang and ding dang!!! The boys are back with some more music and more music videos!!! Sit back, relax and hang out and have fun! We hope you dig these incredible bands and their amazing music and please go out and support them and if you...
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Episode 351: Three music videos and three music tracks that'll tickle you from your anus to your crack
Welcome back to purgatory!!! The boys are happy to report that the month of The Cost is over and we are happily moving on and sitting down and just listening/watching some of our favorite tracks and music videos, going back to the old school ways of the pod, we hope ya'll enjoy it as we did and…
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Episode 350: Kevin Costner shits himself Month: Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1 (2024)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week oof...yeah so we are finally done with The Cost...at least for now and with this he has shat himself to the highest of proportions. So, come along with us as we stare into the sun, gamble our lives and our brain cells in a desolate dry, slow and over bloated...
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Episode 349: Kevin Costner shits himself Month: The Postman (1997)
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! Grab your one hundred year old TV Magazine, talk about how many channels you got with Bill The Mule, perform a shitty Shakespearean play with Bill, make sure to lie to everyone and pretend you are someone else even to children, impregnate a woman who doesn't love or...
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Episode 348: Kevin Costner shits himself Month: WATERWORLD (1995)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! Sip on some pure fookin hydro, keep a fat stack of chits in the pocket of your fishnet crop top, turn your piss into agua for you lime tree as we sail above a dead civilization in Waterworld from 1995!!!! Directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Peter Rader & David...
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Episode 347: The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! Ninety-Nine will die...Denver nine... This week Tron is on a family vacation so Jeremy and Mike venture on and cover something maybe forgotten to time, a little conspiracy theory thriller called The Mothman Prohecies from 2002 and adapted for the screen by Richard…
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Episode 346: Kevin Costner shits himself Month: Wyatt Earp (1994)
WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY...with Kevin Costner...in hell!!! This month the boy's travel into the seven layers of hell...watching Kevin Costner epic movie failures! Fun! Exciting! Mesmerizing! We start off with 1994's Wyatt Earp! Directed by Lawernce Kasdan and written by Dan Gordon & Lawrence...
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Episode 345: MANBRUARY: MIAMI VICE-Director's Cut (2006)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week we wrap up our Manbruary month with Michael Mann's 2006 way to serious adaptation of Miami Vice, Mann writes and directs, we focus on the director's cut which adds seven more minutes (not in any way needed). The movie stars Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Naomie...
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Episode 344: MANBRUARY: THE INSIDER (1999)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys continue on with MANBRUARY a celebration of director Michael Mann's filmography. This week we dive into his biographical film from 1999 The Insider. Based off of true events and from an article in Vanity Fair by Marie Brenner in 1996, adapted for…
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Episode 343: MANBRUARY: The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! This week we continue our adventure through Michael Mann's incredible filmography with his movie from 1992 The Last of the Mohicans!!! Based off of the 1826 novel by James Fenimore Cooper and written for the screen by Michael Mann and Christopher Crowe!!! The movie...
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Episode 342: MANBRUARY: Thief (1981)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This month we celebrate one of the influential directors on cinema history, Michael Mann!!! We kick off our series Manbruary with Michael Mann's first theatrical film Thief from1981, based off of the novel The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer, the screenplay is adapted...
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Episode 341: The Hunted (2003)
Welcome back to purgatory!!!!! The boys are back together again and this week we jump into an early 2000's thriller and underrated in our opinions The Hunted directed by the great William Friedkin!!!! The film is written by David & Peter Griffiths and Art Monterastelli!!! The movie stars Tommy…
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Episode 340: The Hunted (1995)
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! This week Tron is out of town so Mike and Jeremy take a trip to Japan, sell some microchips, slam some sake, fight some ninja assassins and train to be samurai with a little flick from 1995 called The Hunted written and directed by J.F. Lawton!!! The movie stars...
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Episode 339: SPARTAN (2004)
WHERE'S THE GIRL?! WHERE'S THE GIRL JERRY?! WHERE'S THE GIRL?! Welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys are back with another flick that Tron has yet to see, an underrated, forgotten gem Spartan from 2004 written & directed by the great David Mamet!! The movie stars Val Kilmer, Derek Luke,...
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Episode 338: RAVENOUS (1999)
WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!!! We are...what we eat... This week the boys dine on a somewhat forgotten classic with 1999's Ravenous directed by Antonia Bird & written by Ted Griffin!!! The movie stars Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeffrey Jones, Sheila Toussey, Joseph Runningfox, David Arquette,...
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Episode 337: Home Alone (1990) Commentary
Welcome back to purgatory!!!! We hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends for the holidays!!! This episode we wanted to do during December but it was a little harder to line up everyone but...better late than never. This week the boys are joined by Bryce, Jeremy's kiddo first…
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Episode 336: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Welcome back to purgatory & Happy Holidays!!! This week the boys wrap up the holiday season with a Thanksgiving/ Christmas ish classic Planes, Train and Automobiles from 1987 Written and directed by the great John Hughes!!! The film stars Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Roberts, Michael McKean,...
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Episode 335: Reindeer Games (2000)
Welcome back to purgatory and happy fookin holidays to all!!! This week we jump into some holly jolly action mixed with some sleeze and lots of stupidity with Reindeer Games from 2000 directed by the late great John Frankenheimer and written by Ehren Kruger!!! The movie stars Isaac Hayes, James...
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Episode 334: Son in Law (1993)
Welcome back to purgatory bbbbbbbuuuuuuudddddy & happy holidays!!! This week the boys get together to talk about the comedy classic Son in Law from 1993 directed by Steve Rash and written by Patrick . Clifton, Susan McMartin and Peter M. Lenkov. The film stars Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino, Lane…
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Episode 333: Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Happy Holidays and welcome back to purgatory!!! This week the boys gather around to talk about 1993's Grumpy Old Men directed by Donald Petrie and written by Mark Steven Johnson!!! The film stars Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollack, Ossie Davis,...
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Episode 332: The Sound of Animals Fighting- The Maiden (2025)
The boys are all back together again and so are The Sound of Animals Fighting, after a sixteen year break they have released their fourth studio album The Maiden!!! Thanks for checkin us out! You can find our most recent and past episodes on Podbean.com and where most other podcasts are found!...
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Episode 331: Tales from the Crypt S5 Ep1 Death of some Salesmen & The X Files S4 Ep2 Home
WELCOME BACK TO PURGATORY!!!! This week Tron is out so Mike and Jeremy sit down for one more Halloween episode for all of yous out there, first up is Tales from the Crypt Season five, episode one Death of some salesmen starring Tim Curry, Ed Begley Jr. and Yvonne De Carlo!!! Next up we have The X...
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Episode 330: Some of our favorite horror videogames Part I
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! On this last episode of the spooky season the boys gather around the campfire and shoot the shit about some of their favorite horror videogames!!! So strap in and hold onto your cohonjes because its gonna be one spooky fucking ride!!! Thanks for checkin us out! You can find…
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Episode 329: THE BONEYARD (1991)
Welcome back to purgatory and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! This week Mike and Jeremy chat about the 1991 straight to video classic The Boneyard written and directed by James Cummins and film stars Ed Nelson, Deborah Rose, Norman Fell, James Eustermann, Denise Young, Willie Stratford, Phyllis Diller, Robert...
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Episode 328: The Descent (2005)
Welcome back to purgatory and Happy Halloween!!! This week the boys are back with a terrifying, brutal, claustrophobic masterpiece The Descent from 2005 written & directed by Neil Marshall!!! The film stars Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora Jane…
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Episode 327: The Willies (1990)
Welcome back to purgatory!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! This week on the show the boys cover a underrated kid's horror classic an anthology from 1990 called The Willies, written & directed by Brian Peck. The film stars Sean Astin, Jason Horst, Joshua John Miller, The great James Karen & Clu Gulager…
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To sooth the constant ringing in your own head, insert some headphones into your earholes or place larger headphones over ears, sit back and relax in your favorite dirty reclining chair as friends talk and reminiscence about movies, music and video games.
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