Pop Culture Nation

Join us for a deep dive into the year that was: 1991      The music sampled in this episode is used under the Fair Use Act on the grounds of Commentary and Criticism.   The is no monetary gain being made by this episode.   It is completely ad free.

After a quick segment of news and notes we get to our main topic for this episode.   What are some of our favorite scenes in movies that we would have to admit are not great?

Join us this week for a variety of Pop Culture topics!

After some news and notes the boys quickly get into the task at hand.  We begin our nostalgic journey through the 1990's with of course, 1990.

We are back again and this weeks topic is all about disappointment.   Things in Pop Culture that we were really looking forward to that landed with a thud.  Plus a look at some of the bigger epic fails in Pop Culture history.

Back from hiatus caused by Covid.   Some were sick, some were quarantined etc.  We take a first look at things we are excited about while looking ahead at 2022.

We talk a little bit of the history of Video Game Arcades but we mostly just look back at our early memories of arcades and the games that were in them.

In this episode the boys talk about a variety of pop culture topics, including some related to the current holiday season.  Thanks everyone for listening and please do not forget to Rate, Review or Subscribe to the show!

We start the show with some news and notes before moving on to our main topic.   We each choose a few of our lesser known favorites in Pop Culture.  Thanks again for listening.   Please Like, subscribe or follow, us wherever you listen to podcasts.

The main topic on todays episode is about movie sequels.  Some of our favorites as well as some movies that might have deserved a sequel that never got one.

We chat about a little of this and a little of that this week.   Everything from Horror movie characters to the old days of exclusive theater engagements!  Thanks for listening and sorry for the delay in getting the episode uploaded.   I had some technical issues to overcome.

We continue our year by year tour of the 1980's, this time it's 1989.     Finally this series is complete!   We will do the 1990's some time in the future but in a totally different format.   Something more fun and not so dry I hope.

We finally did it!   We have been asked to each list our favorite films of all time and we decided to do it this week.   Listen in to find out!   Thanks again everybody!

Join us this week for a round table discussion of a little of this and a little of that.    Every bit of it, Pop Culture!   Thanks for listening and sorry for the delay getting this episode uploaded!

We continue our march through 1980's Pop Culture, this time the focus is on 1988!   

What things in Pop Culture do we love but are not so proud of being a fan of?  We dig into some of them on this weeks show.  Ben and Matt challenge each other to watch a show.

In this episode we look into the history of owning physical copies of Movies and look to the future to see what it might bring.  Will Physical media die out completely or remain as a niche for hardcore cinephiles. 

Join us as we continue our journey through the 1980's.  This time well take a look at the highlights and happenings of 1987!

On this episode we take time to talk about some of our Pop Culture pet peeves or bothers.  Also News and Notes.

Sometimes you are enjoying a movie then boom, the ending ruins the whole thing for you.   Or you are a long time fan of a tv show but the series finale sucks.   We look at some of these type of endings and even a bit more on this episode of Pop Culture Nation!

We each pretend we are employees at a modern day video store.   We each choose what we would put in our person Staff Picks sections.

Join us as we continue our journey through the 1980's.  This time well take a look at the highlights and happenings of 1986!

After a long hiatus due to covid, we are back.  Thank you very much for sticking with us.   On this episode, after some news and notes, we talk about TV shows that have at least one season too many.  Join Matt, Ben and Mark for a lively discussion!

On this weeks episode we talk a bit about the loss of acting legend Sean Connery, move on to some Mandalorian talk, and then our main topic concerns some of our favorite acting performances by women.

We continue our year by year tour of the 1980's, this time it's 1985.  Another big year for movies and music.

Special guest Jason joins us for a discussion about movies that have given us genuine scares at the theater.   We also chat a bit about the nature of our fears in general.

We continue our year by year tour of the 1980's, this time it's 1984. An absolutely huge year for movies and music.

We have our friend Ben in as special guest, each giving our top and bottom rated movies from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

We continue our year by year tour of the 1980's, this time 1983.

What makes a movie "Rewatchable" and what are some that we tend to go back to again and again.   In the second segment we chat a bit about the creative structure of a modern television program.  

We continue our journey through the 1980's then in our second segment we discuss some of our early experiences with going to concerts.

We both unveil and discuss our personal Top Ten TV series of all time and then in the second segment we take a few minutes to talk about the latest DC superhero trailers.

We had intended to have a guest and do a show about our favorite movie quotes. Due to a possible virus exposure, our guest could not make it so we decided to save that topic for a later date.   I had already written the script for the 1981 episode so we bumped it to this week.  We shall feature a fresh new topic next week.  Thanks for listening!!

We start our Journey through the 1980's with the first of ten upcoming episodes, 1980.  These episodes will be peppered into the schedule going forward and will not run for ten consecutive weeks.   Then in our second segment we discuss one of my favorite movies, Almost Famous from the year 2000.

We go through and discuss the filmography of Director Steven Spielberg.  In our second segment we chat a little bit about killing time with board games in the 70's and 80's.

We have a quite unfocused but fun conversation about One Hit Wonders then In our second segment we have a short conversation about our earliest memories of video games, both at home and the arcade.

We talk about some of our favorite supporting performances by actors in television, movies and beyond.   In the second segment we start to explore some of the Mysteries of Popular Culture!!

We discuss some of our favorite films that are based on real events or people.   In our second segment we reminisce about the game shows of old.

We take a look at some of the songs that have always driven us crazy.   Later we discuss the new version of Unsolved Mysteries that recently dropped on Netflix.

We are joined by special guest Ben and we each talk about some of our favorite pieces of animation.  Then we have bit of a talk about how toxic mainstream criticism has become.

We discuss some of our favorite villain characters from all areas of Pop Culture plus have a short discussion on the current state and possible future of Movie Theaters.

We discuss movies that everyone seems to love but we just do not get!   Plus Hollywood names that when attached to a project, make it a must see.

We go over the 2016 Rolling Stone Magazine list of the Greatest 100 TV Shows of all time.   Does the list hold up and how would the the Rolling Stone List Differ from our own.     Later, in honor of his illness recovery, we both give our top 5 favorite Tom Hanks Films.