Media/Lit

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,...

Welcome back to Remedial Rewatch: Community 101! Kris, Randy, and Tyler mine one of the richest veins of Community content and find themselves "streets ahead" of where they were in Part One (if you don't understand that reference, we're sorry to say that you are already streets behind). Please enjoy the latest episode. We hope you'll register at Greendale Community College an...

In this Media/Lite minisode, Randy and Kris reunite with Avani Goswami, TV editor for The Pop Break digital culture magazine. Previously, Avani joined the guys on The Pop Break Podcast Feed for a “Saturday Morning Adventures” retrospective on The Owl House .  Now, the team is back together to take on the latest project from Owl House creator Dana Terrace and Glitch Productions: Knights of Guinever...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, PODLINGS! It’s Spooky Season once again, and on Media/Lit, that means that POEmance is in the air. This year, the hosts snuggle up to the works of Edgar Allan Poe with with teacher & writer Timm Freitas, the creator of the ⁠ Garden of English ⁠ YouTube channel. Together, they’re just some Poe boys from some Poe families. Before they delve into the catacombs with Montresor and...

Remedial Rewatch: Community 101 Part One: Community, Podcasting, and You Kris, Randy, and Tyler share their earliest memories of Community , tackle their favorite moments and select their favorites from the first batch of episodes. Each month, we'll take you through a full batch of Community episodes or surprise you with a special campus event. We hope you'll register at Greendale Communit...

Strike First. Strike Hard. No Mercy. In this episode, we are joined by The Chairman of The United States Department of Nerds to watch the finale of one of his favorite shows of all time: Cobra Kai ! There’s just one catch: Randy and Kris had never watched a single episode of the series before! Nevertheless, they fired up the final three-episode arc of Cobra Kai, leaned into their nostalgia for the...

Randy and Kris join forces with ⁠ Bill George ⁠ and the ⁠ Should I Go See It? ⁠ (SIGSI) crew to go trick-or-treating across the spooky season movie landscape and face our greatest fears. After debating their favorite Halloween candies, the gentleman draft essential spooky season films and do their best to hold on to their bags of candy. Listen now and vote on IG for who you think built the best li...

Welcome to Remedial Rewatch: Community 101 ! Please join us next week for the very first episode of our very first FULL television rewatch adventure! We drafted our good buddy ⁠Tyler McCarthy⁠ to join us for a 12-episode deep-dive into the groundbreaking and beloved sitcom: Community ! Each month, we'll take you through a full batch of Community episodes or surprise you with a special campus event...

In this episode, Bill George of the Should I Go See It? podcast stops by with a very special homework assignment: he asks Randy and Kris to examine the trajectory of director Christopher Nolan’s career by examining one of his earliest films, Memento (2000), alongside his most recent Academy Award darling: Oppenheimer (2023). It’s a task fit for a trio of cinephiles, and a task deserving of its ver...

90s kids, it's time to hitch up your pants and do the Urkel, because Media/Lit is celebrating ABC’s beloved TGIF programming block with a very special draft! Randy and Kris are joined by three millennial podcasters: Pop Break podcasting director Alex Marcus , Socially Distanced host Amanda Rivas , and CertainPOV general manager Case Aiken . Together, the team embraces their nostalgia, tests th...

In this Media/Lite minisode, Randy and Kris revisit the vibes of their episode on Rilo Kiley’s “More Adventurous” album by checking out a live performance from the indie rock darlings on the Boston leg of their 2025 reunion tour - which is aptly named “Sometimes When You’re On, You’re Really Fucking On Tour.”  The guys do their best to tap into the band’s energy and ability to bring the audience t...

Imagine if your Severance experience began with the major revelations of the iconic season two episode “Chikhai Bardo.” Now, imagine if you could get a key crew member to help walk you through that experience. If you are a Severance fan, you’ve probably been mulling over your theories for years, but our very own Kris Ingersoll agreed to break with convention and start his Severance journey with on...

Randy and Kris are joined by Tyler McCarthy , one of the hosts of the Not Couple Goals podcast, to revisit a formative film from Kris’ life: Wild America (1997). Together, these boys do their best to explore a film starring 90s teen heartthrobs Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Devon Sawa. Surprisingly, once they get past some questionable animal puppetry, the chat shifts to the dangers of toxic masculin...

We are looking through the bent backed tulips to see how the other half live. We are looking through a glass onion … That’s right, Randy and Kris welcome back Bill Bodkin⁠, manager of The Pop Break digital culture magazine, for part two of the trio’s deep dive into Rian Johnson’s Knives Out trilogy. This time, they explore Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) and don summerwear to properly emb...

“We have to GIVE baaaack!” Randy and Kris welcome Cancer Gets Lost co-founder Jo Garfein to hype the non-profit’s upcoming auction to support the Lymphoma Research Foundation . CGL is a non-profit that auctions off unique and/or signed fandom props and memorabilia, then donates all profits to groups fighting cancer. Get a sneak peek at some of the exciting items up for auction (first 25 minutes) a...