Media/Lit

Welcome back to Remedial Rewatch: Community 101 Kris, Randy, and Tyler are here to look back on the first three seasons of Community and explore the impact of creator Dan Harmon on the initial run of the series before his ouster. They also reflect on the Chevy of it all and discuss the Harmontown podcast. In addition to reviewing on-set drama, the guys imagine what they might have done if they had...

This week, we are men of constant sorrow.  Randy and Kris are joined by special guest Bill Bodkin, Editor in Chief of The Pop Break , to revisit O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). It’s a deep dive into the Coen Brothers adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey that embraces the hero’s journey, the power of character actors, and the blustering blatherskite who spawned a whole Ocean’s 11 franchise: Ulysses...

Welcome to the Midnight Coterie of Cinephile Podcasters. What would happen if Wes Anderson were trapped in a dreamscape with a team of his own misfit characters? Media/Lit has several answers for you. In this episode, Randy crosses another item off of his podcast bucket list by celebrating the filmography of auteur Wes Anderson. In yet another signature Media/Lit draft, the guys turn these quirky...

Randy and Kris are getting hyped to return to Westeros and the Game of Thrones universe with the impending premiere of House of the Dragon S3! In fact, their hype is so big that a simple draft of their favorite characters wasn’t enough. Instead, Randy built an entire gamified draft that also serves as a multiversal battle for the Iron Throne!  Joining the guys on this adventure are Anna Stone of S...

Randy and Kris celebrate the upcoming 25th anniversary of The Fast and the Furious (2001) with a couple who have embraced the “Fast” franchise as a staple of their shared watch list. Liz Sherry and Andy Apperson are a research librarian and a high school history teacher who celebrate the franchise with an annual “fast” in which they rewatch all of the films to remember what it truly means to be fa...

Welcome back to Remedial Rewatch: Community 101 Kris, Randy, and Tyler are here to welcome Dean Pelton to the inner circle and celebrate Community’s ability to balance the silly and absurd with truly epic stakes.  Please enjoy the latest episode. We hope you'll register at Greendale Community College and share YOUR favorite moments at media.slash.lit@gmail.com! If we prove to be untutorable, y...

Randy and Kris take a break from their regularly scheduled programming to get HYPED for the summer cinema landscape in 2026. They subject each film to a litmus test and reveal their top five most anticipated movies of the summer. Only time will tell if their hype is rewarded or blown off course with the force of a bag of wind from Aeolus himself - but no matter what, the summer is sure to bring so...

Hey dol! Merry dol! Ring a dong dillo! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo! Randy and Kris head to Tolkien’s Middle Earth and take a detour through the Old Forest with ⁠⁠Doug Lief⁠⁠ , host of the ⁠ ⁠Nostalgium Arcanum⁠⁠ podcast. Together, we make the case for Tom Bombadil: The Eldest, and Master of the Old Forest.  We don’t accuse any of our beloved adaptations of missing the mark, but we do take t...

Randy and Kris are joined by their good friend, and Editor-in-Chief of The Pop Break , Bill Bodkin. The boys follow up the Easter season and their recent podcast on Wake Up Dead Man for another examination of Catholicism and faith in popular culture. This time, the crew dives into the View Askewniverse to revisit the 1999 classic Dogma and embrace its message of kindness, support, and personal gro...

Here at Media/Lit, we are always ready to return to the land Down Under, but this time we get to do it in scholarly style. Randy and Kris are joined by returning guest Timm Freitas, the English teacher and creative mind behind the Garden of English YouTube channel. Together, these dads jump into the world of Bluey to dive deep into S3 episode, “Curry Quest” as a vehicle for teaching the Hero’s Jou...

Have you ever locked eyes with your crush and felt like time stood still? If so, it’s time for you to join us as we enter the world of K-Dramas. Pop Break entertainment writer Nynoshka Vazquez-Suazo stops by the pod to introduce Randy and Kris to a bold new world of TV entertainment with the first episode of “Business Proposal,” a K-Drama romance marked by heightened reality and big emotional swin...

Welcome back to Remedial Rewatch: Community 101 Kris, Randy, and Tyler are here to dissociate from reality with our favorite Greendale study group as they unleash a full multiverse on the sitcom landscape. Please enjoy the latest episode. We hope you'll register at Greendale Community College and share YOUR favorite moments at media.slash.lit@gmail.com! If we prove to be untutorable, you can s...

We do it all for you, Mulder!  Randy and Kris are joined by world-class Dana Scully cosplayer Xandra Michele and her own personal Fox Mulder: Pete Richards ! These panelists know that the truth is out there, so they dig deep into what makes The X-Files fandom click with a deep dive into a fan favorite one-off episode: “Bad Blood.” Join us for the conversation and then let us know if you think Scul...

Young men love risks because they can't imagine the consequences… This week we’ll risk spoiling Mad Men by jumping straight to the season three finale. Randy and Kris welcome Mad Men expert Alex Marcus of ⁠ the ⁠Pop Break⁠⁠⁠⁠ to introduce them to one of their biggest pop culture blind spots. The panel explores why this show was so special and why it has such a devoted following. Then, Alex edu...

Get ready for our zaniest draft & pitch episode yet! Randy and Kris welcome Doug Lief of Nostalgium Arcanum along with Pop Break⁠⁠⁠ all-stars Amanda Rivas, Josh Sarnecky, and Allie Nelson to explore an unusual piece of 90’s anti-drug propaganda: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990). The crew visit the zaniest moments from the special before drafting THEIR OWN teams of cartoon all-stars to ed...

Randy provides a quick preview of one of our most ambitious drafts to date, reveals some very special guests, and shares the draft order for this event. Tune in later this week for the full episode!

Do your job, Podlings. We’re on to Cincinnati with a surprise season three premiere episode! Randy and Kris welcome first time Podling Dan Cohen of ⁠The Pop Break⁠⁠ ’s Batman by the Numbers podcast to celebrate the storied New England Patriots dynasty ahead of the team’s first return to the Super Bowl in the post-dynasty era. Love them or hate them, this team generated decades of storylines for th...

Welcome back to Remedial Rewatch: Community 101 Kris, Randy, and Tyler are joined by the great Allie Nelson of Not Couple Goals, a podcast she runs with her husband…Tyler! Allie is here to heighten our discussion of the back half of season two and share her very favorite episode of Community! Pop, pop! Please enjoy the latest episode. We hope you'll register at Greendale Community College and...

Randy and Kris wrap up season two of Media/Lit by, once again, sharing the gift of music. That’s right, Randy and Kris swap all new “Mix Tapes” and then rank the tracks on their respective mixes. It’s a beautiful tradition and the season two mixes reveal even more common ground than last year. But first, the boys look back to reflect on their favorite moments of heart and humor from season two. Th...

Bless us, Podlings. It has been five months since our last Knives Out episode. We are fresh out of the confessional and dressed in our most somber wake attire. You know what that means...That’s right, Randy and Kris are back with Bill Bodkin⁠, manager of ⁠The Pop Break⁠ digital culture magazine, for the last leg of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out trilogy: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025). T...

Watch out for the icy patch! Once again, Media/Lit celebrates the holidays with Jim Henson’s Muppets. Randy and Kris are joined by Amanda Rivas of the Socially Distanced podcast and AJ Rebecchi of the Should I Go See It? podcast. This time, the panel is off to Emily Bear’s house to join the ensemble of Henson creations for a not-so-quiet Christmas celebration.  After reflecting on some of their fa...

Welcome back to Remedial Rewatch: Community 101 Kris, Randy, and Tyler find themselves in the holiday spirit and have a holly jolly good time embracing Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas before stepping back to take a broader look at a very strong batch of Season Two episodes! Please enjoy the latest episode. We hope you'll register at Greendale Community College and share YOUR favorite momen...

Randy and Kris are joined by anti-burnout coach , and podcast host, Nicole Havelka to dive deep into one of the formative films of her life: Contact (1997). We cover everything from interstellar transmissions to a killer performance from Jodie Foster. We compare this piece of media to other important cultural texts, and most importantly, we explore the intersection of science and faith. As always,...

Randy and Kris swing into action with the help of Case Aiken , general manager and cofounder of Certain POV Media . Together, the panelists become kings of the jungle as they explore Disney’s Tarzan (1999). Randy shares what it was like watching the movie for the very first time in 2025, then invites Case and Kris to share their lifetime connections to the film. In addition to sharing personal con...

Randy and Kris get classy with Jennifer Han and Sarah Callen . These longtime podcasters are hosts of the Movies & Us Podcast and the TV & Us Podcast ; they are also founding members of the newly launched Movie Archer Podcast Network (this project was still under wraps at the time of recording) to discuss the Cate Blanchett vehicle, Tár (2022). In addition to celebrating the performances,...