Popping Collars Podcast

This podcast is too big for just Betsy and Greg, so they've called in Liz Easton for a dino-sized Going on 30. We're discussing the technological marvel that is Stephen Spielberg's JURASSIC PARK and where it stands with the greatest blockbuster movies of all time. What's your favorite dinosaur in the series? Tell us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or dig us up on your favorite social media plat...

An interview with Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss about their film GIRLS STATE

Sometimes there are some real standout conversations in the Popping Collars' archives and this is definitely one of them. We were lucky enough to have David Frankfurter from the Department of Religion at Boston University on the pod to talk about new religious movements, popularly called cults, in media. It's like our own personal seminar in a world that we knew very little about. Do you have expe...

Spring has sprung and so have the reading recommendations from the PCBC crew! This month, Liz and Ricardo pick two books for you to check out, Anita De Monte Laughs Last and North Woods . What are you reading these days? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or tell us on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com  Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about m...

Greg and Ryan discuss the Hulu series SHOGUN

Daniel Day-Lewis is back and so is Golden Poppers winner, Emma Thompson as Betsy and Greg discuss IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER for this month's Going on 30. We've got a streak of Irish films going from the last few years. Which do you think will be next on our list? Tell us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or reach out on socials to educate us on possible films for the future Find us on the web at...

An interview with Kelly McPherson about his series TESTAMENT: THE STORY OF MOSES

A conversation about Pop Culture Recommendations

Greg and Ryan discuss the Hulu series LEGION

Betsy and Greg are looking back at GROUNDHOG DAY for this month's Going on 30! Betsy and Greg are looking back at GROUNDHOG DAY for this month's Going on 30! Betsy and Greg are looking back at GROUNDHOG DAY for this month's Going on 30! Betsy and Greg are... Which day would you like to live over and over again? Tell us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or just email us at poppingcollarspodcast@gm...

Greg and Ricardo take a tour of America when they pick their favorite songs with American cities or locations for their City Songs playlist . What city can you not stop singing about? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or check in on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com  Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd  

We're going in the wayback machine to the time in Popping Collars history when Betsy, Greg, and Liz welcomed their old seminary pal Edwin Johnson onto the show to talk about nostalgia in pop culture. We thought there was a lot then, there seems to be even more now! What do you want to see get a remake or reimagining? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your pitch on socials F...

Greg and Ryan discuss the Disney+ series ECHO

There's only one movie that Betsy and Greg would watch in a gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse and that's the stone cold classic THE FUGITIVE . Where would you watch Harrison Ford run away from Tommy Lee Jones? Why don't you email us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com and let us know or find us on socials and tell us there Find us on the web at poppingco...

What makes a good cover? Is it a faithful devotion to an original arrangement or a completely new interpretation? Greg and Ricardo discuss that very thing when they countdown their top 5 favorite songs for their Cover Songs playlist . What are your favorite covers? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or drop us a pick on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com  Check out...

Another conversation about Music Videos

Liz and Ricardo depart from their usual discussion of the New York Times Top 10 books of the year in favor of making a list of their own. They each discuss their Top 5 books of 2023 and still save some time to recommend a couple of novels, Bright Young Women  and  All the Sinners Bleed . What are you looking forward to reading in the new year? Email us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us...

Greg and Ryan discuss the Max series THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES

Alright, Alright, Alright! Betsy and Greg keep getting older, but the films of 1993 stay the same age. We're back to talk about movies that have just turned 30 years old for another season of Going on 30 and we're kicking it off with the cult classic DAZED AND CONFUSED . How close was this movie to your high school experience? Tell us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or wax nostalgic on one of o...

An interview with Sean Durkin about his film THE IRON CLAW

An update on YouTube

Greg and Ryan discuss the Hulu series DOPESICK

Betsy, Greg, and Emily celebrate the movies that were nominated or should have been nominated for Academy Awards in 1993

An interview with Jesse Moss about his film THE MISSION

A conversation about Pop Culture in the year 2023