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Soda Speak
by Evan Mead
We talk about entertainment, politics, societal issues/current events, and more!You know...important stuff. The stuff we live for.Join Evan and Lyle every week if you're in the mood to listen to our discussions, retrospectives and other malarkey!
Episodes
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Pop Talk #30 - LOST
And now it's time to talk about the big one (according to Cody.) In this series finale of Pop Talk, Cody MacDonald sat down with his parents to talk about Lost. The ABC television drama show that aired from 2004-2010 about a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious island. They watched this...
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Soda Speak #92 - Nostalgic Toys
Since its the holidays, Evan, Lyle and Josh look back at some of the toys that made them the people they are today.
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Pop Talk #29 - 1994 (The Best Year in Film)
Cody MacDonald is joined with the Soda Speaks hosts Evan Mead and Lyle Groniger to talk about some movies. And not just random movies, but the ones that were released in 1994; the best year in cinema. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:52 - Speed / True Lies 0:09:45 - The Crow 0:11:49 - Wes Craven‘s New...
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Soda Speak #90 - South Park
Cody and Evan have a lengthy discussion about the infamously envelope pushing adult animated comedy: South Park. Lyle died before he could comment. I think he liked it well enough.
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Pop Talk #28 - Movie Theatre Experiences
And now for our feature presentation! Have a seat and give a listen to Cody MacDonald and his best friend Kj Proulx talk about movie theatre experiences they’ve had in life.
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Pop Talk #27 - Resident Evil 4 & The Last of Us
Calling all gamers! Cody MacDonald and the love of his life Veronica both talk about their personal favourite video games of all time! Resident Evil 4 and The Last of Us… yes, ironically both survival zombie games. Happy Halloween everyone!
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Pop Talk #26 - Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, El Camino
Join Cody MacDonald and his buddy Patrick talk about the AMC shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, including the film El Camino. Thank you Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould and the cast & crew for creating this excellent universe. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:56 - Breaking Bad 0:47:29 - Better Call Saul...
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Soda Speak #88 - Wes Anderson
Josh and Lyle pick an episode with a numerical palindrome as the perfect time to discuss one of the most symmetrical men on the planet: Wes Anderson. Did you know his mother's name is actually Texas? I'm not joking. His mother's name is Texas Ann Anderson. And guess what? He was BORN in Texas!...
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Pop Talk #25 - Foreign Films
In this very special episode of Pop Talk, Cody MacDonald and Lyle Groniger share their personal favourite foreign language films from around the world. Feel free to share below your favourites! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:00:57 - Foreign Films 1:38:59 - Outro
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Pop Talk #24 - Toronto
On Cody MacDonald’s ten year anniversary of living in Toronto, he is joined by long time Torontonian Michael Lake (the actor) and they discuss their experiences here in the big city. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:12 - Toronto 0:55:01 - Outro
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Soda Speak #87 - Coming Of Age Movies
Lyle, Cody and Evan recount their favorite films that show the trials and tribulations of growing up. 0:00 – Intro 4:36 – Holes (2003) 13:34 – Dazed and Confused (1993) 26:12 – School Of Rock (2003) 42:27 – Ghost World (2001) 53:06 – The Sandlot (1993) 1:03:53 – Superbad (2007) 1:22:57 – mid90s...
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Soda Speak #86 - West Coast Excursion
Evan, Lyle and Brandon reminisce on their newest road trip in an episode that was akin to their previous episode about their East Coast Excursion.
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Pop Talk #23 - School Days
Back to School, my beautiful audience! Take a seat! Today’s lesson is hearing Cody MacDonald and Evan Mead reflect on their lives in both grade school and high school.
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Pop Talk #22 - Live Concerts
Ladies and gentlemen! Please welcome to the stage Cody MacDonald and Josh Weinberg! They both look back on all the live concerts they’ve attended. Please share below your favourite experiences. Cheers!
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Soda Speak #85 - Albums Vol 6
0:00 - Introduction 1:26 – Jar of Flies by Alice In Chains (1994) 11:09 – Runners High by the pillows (1999) 19:55 – Jamaican Funk-Canadian Style by Michee Mee and L.A Luv (1991) 25:48 – Queen of the Clouds by Tov Lo (2014) 36:20 – The Suburbs by Arcade Fire (2010) 43:46 – Pop Food by Jack…
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Pop Talk #21 - Independence Day (1996) The Mummy (1999) & The Mummy Returns (2001)
Welcome back to another season of Pop Talk! In celebration of the summer season, Cody MacDonald and Hunter Birch talk about three of their favourite dumb summer blockbusters: Independence Day (1996) (dir: Roland Emmerich), The Mummy (1999) & The Mummy Returns (2001) (dir. Stephen Sommers)
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Soda Speak #84 - The Outdoor Episode
Cody, Evan and Lyle thought it would be a good idea to leave the Android's Dungeon and record outside on a summer day. That's about it.
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Soda Speak #83 - Top Ten Spongebob Squarepants Episodes
OHHHHHHHH- I guess this isn’t really a Top Ten episode. It’s more like a Top 30 since three separate people made their individual lists. However, some of them picked the same episode so it’s not really 30 unique episodes.. blah. It's time for the Soda Speakers to solidify their countdowns for…
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Soda Speak #82 - Kim Possible
Anything’s possible for a (Kim) Possible (podcast)! On it's 20th anniversary, Veronica, Lyle and David figure out what the sitch was on Disney's Kim Possible and more importantly, why they got so absolutely thirsty for Shego! No Big! Booyah! Hicka-Bicka Boo Hoosha!!!
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Soda Speak #81 - Pixar Bracket Tournament
Which Pixar film comes out on top when pitted against one another? That's for Lyle, Evan, Josh and Veronica to find out! Also, apologies for Josh and Veronica's audio being so low. Lyle did a sound check and has no idea why it turned out lower than it actually was and he is very, very frustrated...
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Soda Speak #80 - Female Directors
In this spotlight episode, Evan, Lyle and Cody discuss the works of three of their favorite female directors as well as what each of them brought to cinema. 0:00 – Introduction 3:41 – Ava DuVernay (13:52) 17:33 – Patty Jenkins (24:51) 42:24 – Katheryn Bigelow (15:14) 57:38 – Marielle Heller…
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Pop Talk #20 - A24
In this season two finale of Pop Talk, Cody MacDonald and his best friend Kj Proulx chat extensively about their favourite independent film company A24. 0:00:00 - Intro/ Shooting the S*** 0:11:44 - A24 0:43:26 - Top 24 A24 Films 1:38:14 - More to come and final thoughts 1:49:37 - Outro and thank...
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Soda Speak #79 - Home Movies
We all have to start somewhere. Watch as Cody, Evan and Lyle recount their numerous early experiences getting into the art of filmmaking. 0:00 – The Moment We Wanted To Become Filmmakers 4:07 – The First Time We Made A Video 21:27 – YouTube 1:04:40 – High School & ComTech 1:34:11 - Post-High...
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Pop Talk #19 - The Drinks Episode
Cheers my beautiful audience! Grab a drink and join Cody, Veronica and Cathie talk about their favourite alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages. Advisory: drink responsibly. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:45 - Water 0:12:36 - Juice 0:29:46 - Java 0:47:50 - Alcoholic Beverages 1:02:02 - DRUNK STORIES!…
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Soda Speak #78 - Book Club
Veronica, Josh, Evan and Lyle grace us to have a carbonated conversation about the novels that they enjoyed most in their formative years. 0:00 – Introduction 6:16 – Matilda 13:50 – The Hunger Games Trilogy 25:45 – Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief 35:21 – Magic Tree House series 43:53 –...
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Pop Talk #18 - David Fincher
Cody MacDonald is joined once again with movie lover Jess to discuss the genius film director David Fincher and his filmography. 0:00:00 - Intro / Shooting the S*** 0:14:47 - David Fincher 0:21:59 - Se7en (1995) 0:30:16 - The Game (1997) 0:34:51 - Fight Club (1999) 0:46:30 - Panic Room (2002)...
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Soda Speak #77 - Cliches That MUST DIE!!!
Evan and Lyle discuss their least favorite cliches as well as the films that pull them off terribly or terrifically! 0:00 – Intro 2:55 – Fake Out Fantasies 8:55 – Obvious Needledrops 17:39 – “Hacking” 23:28 – Jingoism 30:23 – Flawless Fight Scenes 38:10 – Step Dads Suck 49:47 – Will They/Won’t…
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Soda Speak #76 - Albums Vol 5
Four Hosts Four Hours Twenty Unique Albums Press play?
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Pop Talk #17 - Bad Music
In this very loose and transparent episode of Pop Talk, Cody, Evan, Lyle and newcomer Sean discuss a wide range of bad music like a bunch of cranky old farts. One love! 0:00:00 - Intro / Shooting the s*** 0:19:39 - What is a bad song? 0:35:28 - Post Grunge bands 0:56:14 - Radio stations over...
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Soda Speak #75 - Bad Job Experiences
In order to seek out an existence in this world, you must be a productive member of society. However, there comes a time where your designated field of work is one of the most annoying, disgusting, disinteresting, unfulfilling, and unacceptable places to be, as Lyle and Evan discuss their mishaps...
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Pop Talk #16 - Have YOU Seen These Movies?
Cody is joined again with Troy, the 80’s enthusiast, to talk about some movies you probably never heard of before. 0:00:00 - Intro/ Shooting the S*** 0:18:11 - The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) 0:26:26 - Coma (1978) 0:31:06 - Rage (1995) / The Sweeper (1996) 0:41:26 - Striking Distance (1993)...
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Soda Speak #? - Chicken Little
At least we can sell this audio to Chickens Gone Wild
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Soda Speak #74 - A Final Word From Us Kids: The Arthur Retrospective
Josh and Evan reminisce about the longevity of Arthur, a children's show that has been around for 25 entire seasons. Yes, Josh somehow managed to watch all 25 seasons before the recording of this episode. As they breakdown their favourite moments and episodes, Lyle and Cody remain "absent"...…
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Soda Speak #73 - The Fries Episode
Evan, Lyle and Josh have a sizzling discussion as they wait for their UberEats to arrive. The topic is about french fries and the many other ways you can make a raw potato appetizing by deep frying it. The real question is: will their deliveries make it to them in one piece or will be another…
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Soda Speak #72 - Underrated Movies Vol. 2
"Came and went", "forgotten", and "slept on" are often spoken whenever these movies are brought into the conversation. Enjoy as Cody, Evan and Lyle discuss some undeservedly disregarded gems. 0:00 - Intro/Warm Up 18:20 - Overrated Movies? 20:36 - Point Break (1991) 32:16 - The Brave Little…
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Pop Talk #15 - Platform Games
Calling all gamers! Grab your controllers and join Cody MacDonald, his sister Josslyn and her finance Andrew talk about some of the best platform games ever made! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:25 - Super Mario Bros 0:03:10 - Sly Cooper 0:11:28 - Crash Bandicoot 0:17:11 - Spyro the Dragon 0:19:07 - Super...
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Soda Speak #70 - Firefly
Fellow Browncoats rejoice! Lyle and Michael divulge in discussing Firefly, a show that should have been a hit, yet became successful despite it's cancellation. Do you have any idea how rare that is in a pre-social media era? Like, Brooklyn 99 got cancelled and picked up within like three days but...
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Pop Talk #14 - Natural Disaster Movies
It’s the end of the world as we know it! Cody MacDonald is joined with Evan Mead and Michael Lake. Together they will tackle natural disaster movies; a guilty pleasure sub genre of theirs. (Forgive me for the confusion with the numbers of categories) 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:54 - Category #1…
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Soda Speak #68 - Steven Spielberg
The Soda Speak crew do a full deep dive into the filmography of one of the best filmmakers of all time: Steven Spielberg. Like, one of the greatest. Like Top 10 greatest... maybe Top 5 if you don't watch foreign films. Intro/Early Life - 0:00 Duel - 10:48 The Sugarland Express - 17:30 Jaws…
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Pop Talk #13 - Sketch Comedy Shows
Happy New Year everyone! Join Cody MacDonald and the two Soda Speak hosts Evan and Lyle have quite a few drinks! They discuss as many sketch comedy shows as they can, while trying to keep this show on topic…cheers! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:38 - This Hour Has 22 Minutes 0:06:35 - SCTV 0:17:03 - The...
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Soda Speak #67 - RedLetterMedia
RedLetterMedia has, for the past ten years, been a cornerstone in media commentary and have gained wide respect on the internet community for their insights. Lyle and Cody chat about this brilliant group of content creators/hacks/frauds who excel at film discussion and tearing down Hollywood in…
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Soda Speak #66 - The Very Merry Christmas Episode
Evan, Lyle, Veronica and Cody reminisce about their favourite things about Christmas on the Eve of Christmas Eve. If you have anything you love about the holidays, please comment down below and let us know! Intro - 0:00 Christmas Movies - 4:10 Christmas Specials - 46:39 Christmas Songs We…
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Soda Slurp - Spider-Man: No Way Home (spoiler discussion)
Evan and Lyle give their first impressions... on the newest... Spider-Men movie... I mean Spider-Man movie.
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The Last Straw #3 - Hype Culture, Ranking Tim Allen's Christmas Movies, Shut Up And Enjoy The Movie
Josh demonstrates a distaste for the damaging deeds of hype. Lyle discusses and determines the quality of the dreary dreck that is Tim Allen's numerous Christmas Movies. Evan divulges into a dialogue surrounding movies and their dogged discourse by droves of dissenters 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Hype...
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Pop Talk #12 - Denis Villeneuve
Cody MacDonald and his two movie loving friends Hunter and Patrick share their passion over one of the best film directors of this generation and his filmography, Denis Villeneuve. 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:45 - Denis Villeneuve 0:12:18 - August 32nd on Earth (1998) 0:16:36 - Maelstrom (2000) 0:22:12…
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Soda Speak #65 - Overrated Movies
These movies aren't baaaaaad but we have a few casual gripes about each and every one of them. Let's just try and keep this civil. 0:00 - Intro 4:40 - Lady and the Tramp (1955) 19:10 - Grease (1978) 25:56 - Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961) 37:26 - Zoolander (2001) 50:05 - Interstellar (2014) 1:03:00…
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The Last Straw #2 - Aqua, I Hate Sitcoms, COVID Conspiracies
Cody waxes poetic about a whimsical pop group. Lyle whines about a wimpy television format. Evan warns about worrying social outlook on the pandemic. 0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Aqua's Aquarium (1997) 18:00 - I Hate Sitcoms 30:03 - COVID 19 Conspiracies
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Soda Speak #64 - Scott Pilgrim
Lyle and Josh display how much they are in lesbians with the Scott Pilgrim franchise! 0:00 - The Epic Intro 8:12 - The Epic Graphic Novels 39:43 - The Epic Movie 54:50 - The Epic Video Game 1:01:20 - NEGATIVE XP 1:06:56 - Criticisms and Final Thoughts
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Pop Talk #11 - Pink Floyd
It’s the premiere of Pop Talk Season Two Much Of Everything! Join Cody MacDonald and music enthusiasts Lyle Groniger and Josh Weinberg discuss one of the greatest rock bands of all time: Pink Floyd. They will be diving into their history and doing a tier list on every studio album released from...
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Soda Speak #63 - Educational Games
Double clicks galore as Josh brings Lyle and Evan back to the good old days with a plethora of classic games they played in both the school library and at home.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We talk about entertainment, politics, societal issues/current events, and more!You know...important stuff. The stuff we live for.Join Evan and Lyle every week if you're in the mood to listen to our discussions, retrospectives and other malarkey!
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Evan Mead
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We talk about entertainment, politics, societal issues/current events, and more!You know...important stuff. The stuff we live for.Join Evan and Lyle every week if you're in the mood to listen to our discussions, retrospectives and other malarkey!
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