The Pop Culture Obscurists

The Obscurists return to the topic of fictional fashion

To celebrate the release of Resident Evil: Requiem, the group discusses the shambling history of the Resident Evil franchise.

The group discusses popular media that they were late to the party in discovering.

The Obscurists give you a behind-the-scenes look at how the podcast is made!

The Obscurists review their picks for Game, Movie, and Comic of the year for 2025

The Obscurists celebrate the long awaited release of Metroid Prime 4, by discussing the history and cultural impact of the Metroid franchise.

The Obscurists discuss the Addams Family!

We talk about Ghostbusters. All the Ghostbusters. Every bit of it, from Filmation, to Real, to Extreme, to 2016, to Frozen Empire.

We finally manage to record the second part of our resurrected franchises discussion, focusing on live action franchises, and comic books

We discuss the dead video game and animation franchises we'd like to see revived.

Super heroes got problems, and we're here to discuss them!

Part 2 of our JRPG discussion

The Obscurists FINALLY get to PT 1 of that JRPG discussion.

The Obscurists discuss the launch of the Switch 2, including early impressions of the hardware and launch titles.

The group sits down to discuss live action comic book shows.

The Obscurists combat technology hurdles to bring you a review of the recent Captain Planet revival!

The second half of our history of Nintendo.

The Obscurists discuss the history of Nintendo.

To celebrate the one year anniversary of the podcast, the Obscurists provide and updated and more in-depth introduction.

The Obscurists present a very special episode about the greatest video game console ever released.

The Obscurists emerge from the either to discuss those cartoon franchises that just won't die.

The Obscurists discuss comic book revivals of retro properties.

The Obscurists discuss the latter eras of Power Rangers. To Disney, and beyond!

The crew discusses as much of the history of the Power Rangers franchise as they can manage to fit into roughly 2 hours. Spoilers: there WILL be a PART 2!

The Obscurists discuss their favorite games of 2024 and 2004, and the awkward state of the video game industry in 1984

The Obscurists discuss their favorite films of 2024, 2004, and 1984

Scott, William, and Cassandra discuss the year in comics, as well as 2004 and 1984 in comics

The crew sits down to discuss all things Bioware. And we do mean ALL things. Remember, true Paragons subscribe, share, and comment.

The Obscurists discuss two different kinds of unexpected pop culture frights. In the first segment, we analyzed special Halloween episodes of otherwise spook-free television shows. In the second segment, we discuss the completely unscary things in our childhood that somehow still managed to terrify us!

The gang's all here for an extra large Halloween Special, discussing all of our favorite spooky pop culture media. ALL OF IT.

In this extra mini episode, the gang is all here to discuss 16-bit gaming cult classic, Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

In this episode, the fashionably late Obscurists discuss the weirdest, oddest, and most tragic of super hero costumes. *This description will be updated in the future with image links*

Scott, William, and Marlon carve out 30 minutes to carve up some zombies (and some pop culture controversy) in this first episode of our new Bonus Mini format. Bite sized Obscurists, for the peckish Pop Culture Zombie.

The Obscurists start a conversation about the founding of the ESRB, that turns into a conversation on gaming censorship in general, along with many, MANY other things.

The Obscurists introduce an experimental new segment (wherein they discuss and critique Extreme Ghostbusters at length, as a followup to the previous episode), before discussing movie tie-in merchandise at EXTREME length in the main segment.

The Obscurists chat about the obscure cartoons from their childhood.

The Obscurists return once more to the world of the X-Men, for this special 10th episode!

The Obscurists discuss the pop culture impact of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

The Obscurists discuss the dramatic history of fighting games.

The Obscurists discuss the insane amount of great Sci-Fi from the 1980's, and the longterm influence it had on pop culture.

The Obscurists discuss the various television adaptations of Batman, with a primary focus on the 1960s Adam West series.

The Obscurists discuss the history of Anime localization, from the mid-70's up to modern day.

The Oscurists discuss the toys of the 80's and 90's, from the toys that nobody remembers, to the toys that shook pop culture, and even the toys that nearly removed body parts.

Inspired by the positive fan response to X-Men '97, the Obscurists look back at the massive impact of the 90's animated series, and discuss their love for the franchise in general.

The Obscurists take a walk down video game memory lane, and share their Console War PTSD. We explore the TRUE history of Sega consoles, unpacking and deconstructing the lie that Sega was EVER a successful console maker.

Meet the hosts in this introductory episode! Scott, Cassandra, William, and Marlon discuss their pop culture background.