Pop Culture Man Children

Nevermore! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2026! Our yearly month-long Halloween festival of frights! This year on the show our theme is Edgar Allan Poe. Every week in October, tune in for a Poe-tastic Halloween special. On today's episode, Mike and long-time friend of the show, Nadia, are discussing the film Spirits of the Dead (1968). An anthology film that adapts three of the lesser known tales of Po...

TRIGGER WARNING — for a discussion on the film Primetime (2026), which is based on the TV series To Catch a Predator (2004), which deals with the subject of SA/CA. Hello! Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's all-new full episode of the show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by dear friend, Janine Gagliardi. Mike and Janine review the trailers f...

Yip Yip! Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by longtime contributor Janine Gagliardi. Together they're discussing the new animated film Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026). The long-awaited movie from the original creators of Avatar , which follows the story of Aang and his friends from the groundbrea...

TRIGGER WARNING — In this episode there are multiple discussions about school shootings and violence in schools, both in fiction and reality. Hello! Welcome to another brand-spanking new FULL episode of pcmc. "Full" episodes have three segments: trailer corner (where we review new trailers), the "Chill Session", where we talk about what we're currently watching, reading, playing, etc. And "Obsessi...

You can't kill me, you can only make me dead! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined again by friend of the show, Peter Marsh ( The Lasser Cast / Comic Books Transformed ). Mike and Peter are back again talking about the oddball sci-fi/horror screenwriter Dan O'Bannon. This week's topic is the 1981 horror fi...

Hello! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by friend of the podcast Peter Marsh ( The Lasser Cast / Comic Books Transformed ). Mike and Peter are big fans of the oddball sci-fi/horror screenwriter Dan O'Bannon, and this is the first episode in a series of podcasts looking at his work. Dan O'Bannon is most...

It's time to meet "the head!" Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined, once again, by the nerdtastic Nadia Kader. Together they are discussing the 2026 gem of a film, They Will Kill You. It's the story of a badass woman who goes ballistic on a cabal of bougie devil worshipers all while trying to find and libe...

Girl Power! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by the lovely and charming Jennifer Grace Litrell (JGL). Jennifer is a huge fan of today's topic, the 1997 cult classic Spice World , starring the 90s phenom group the Spice Girls. Mike had never seen the film and watched it for the very first time before th...

Phew, Phew! Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, host Mike Bongiorno is flying solo in the studio as he nerds all-the-way out about the 2019 documentary series Looking for Leia . A series that examines Star Wars fandom through the perspective of female, queer, and POC fans. There is a galaxy of fans out there that hold Star Wars dea...

Roll'em! Welcome to another brand-new episode of pcmc! Your one-stop shot for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined, once again, by his brother and confidant, Anthony Bongiorno. Today's topic is Our Favorite Movie Opening Credits. The guys have a list of 10 movies (plus many more honorable mentions) that feature opening credit sequences that are...

Dead by dawn! Dead by dawn! Welcome to another episode of pcmc! Your one-stop shot for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by regular contributor, Anthony Bongiorno. These screw-heads got together to discuss the new movie Evil Dead Burn (2026). It's the second film in the current Evil Dead trilogy, following Evil Dead Rise (2023) and preceding...

SPOILER ALERT for the final season of The Bear Hello! Welcome to another fully episode pcmc! Your one-stop shot for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined once again by dear friend of the show, Vin Forte. The guys got together to review new trailers, talk about what they're currently watching, reading, and playing, then lastly, to confess their cu...

Rut Roh! Welcome to another fun-filled episode pcmc! Your one-stop shot for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined once again by long-time contributor and part-time sleuth Vin Forte. Together they discuss the short-lived 1985 series The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. This was a Scooby for the 80s. It was more colorful, weirder, wackier, and for the firs...

We all have a story to tell, and sometimes we need to share that story with the world... Welcome to pcmc! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno gets together once again with Janine Gagilardi to discuss the hilarious web/streaming series Very Important People . A show where improv comedians are transformed by makeup and costume into characters they aren't prepared for, then have to sit for an interv...

Welcome to a brand-spanking new full episode of pcmc! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno sits down with the grande dame of the podcast, Janine Gagilardi, to review new trailers, confess current pop culture obsessions, and chat about what they are currently watching, reading, and consuming. Topics on today's show: Adventure Time: Side Quests (2026), Klara and the Sun (2026), The Social Reckoning...

Howdy! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's episode, host Mike Bongiorno, is joined once again by Peter Marsh (Lassercast / Comic Books Transformed). Mike and Peter are discussing the best and worst Redemption Arcs in pop culture. A Redemption Arc is when a villainous character goes on a journey to become a good guy. When it's done right, it...

SPOILER ALERT for Masters of the Universe (2026) I HAVE THE POWER! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's episode, your host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by dear friend of the show Peter Marsh (Lassercast / Comic Books Transformed) to once again discuss the world of MOTU. Today is a big day, after almost 40 years, a new live action Masters of th...

Happy Pride everyone! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's all-new full episode, Mike is joined, once again, by Anthony, and together they review new trailers, talk about what they're currently reading/watching/consuming, and confess their current pop culture obsessions. Topics in today's show: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), To...

Happy Pride everyone! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, host Mike Bongiorno sits down with frequent contributor, Anthony, to discuss their favorite Queer texts. The movies, shows, poems, and more, that are by, about, or speak to the sensibility of, an LGBTQIA+ audience. Here at pcmc all are welcome and we hope you stay a while! I...

Trigger Warning: Extreme Imagery dealing with themes of SA, dead fetuses, and other violence. Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom! On today's all-new episode, host Mike Bongiorno is joined, once again, by good friend of the show Nadia Kader. This episode is about the work of the great pop artist H.R. Giger. Giger is best known as the man who designed the Xenomorph for the Alie...

Off with her head! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom. On today's all-new episode, host Mike Bongiorno got together with good friend of the show Nadia Kader to discuss the 1966 BBC version of Alice in Wonderland . This version features British acting legends like Peter Sellers, Peter Cook, and Sir John Gielgud in the classic roles we all know and love, but with a twist, none...

Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom! On today's all-new episode, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by long-time friend, but first-time guest Stephanie Ward. Mike and Steph met in college where they were both majoring in Film Studies. They got together today to discuss their film school memories; the movies, the lectures, the professors, the classmates, the projects, and a heaping...

Well excuuuuussssee me! Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom! On today's all-new episode, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by fellow adventurer of Hyrule, Bill Gagliardi. The guys came together to discuss the 1989 Legend of Zelda animated series. This 13-episode series aired as a segment on the cult favorite TV show The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Produced by DIC Entertainment,...

Hello! Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom! On today's all-new full episode, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by dear friend of the show Bill Gagliardi. Together, Mike and Bill review the trailers for Coyote vs. Acme (2026), Clayface (2026), Street Fighter (2026), Mortal Kombat II (2026), and Godzilla Minus Zero (2026). The guys then go into the "chill session" and talk about wha...

Hello! Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom! On today's episode, host Mike Bongiorno is joined once again by Janine Gagliardi. It's Love, Death + Robots time! We're back in the world of LDR, and we're finally covering volume 4 of our favorite animated series! Volume 4 was a mixed bag to say the least. Many fans of LDR claim it's the worst of the series (and some of it is) but M...