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What has the Nickelodeon slime recipe, a Cher Christmas album, celebrities behaving badly in public (we're looking at you, Selma Blair and Kelly Clarkson), Roseanne Barr's questionable return, and scaredy-cat tourists jumping off Disney water rides? The October 14th episode of the Swish Edition, of course. It's all that, and a whole lot more pop culture craziness of the week. Your hosts Scott and...

Faster, louder, more important — the SWISH EDITION is back for Season 17, y'all, and this is our season premiere! If for nothing else, watch or listen to hear Robbie say, "I am a fan of things that kick a dead horse." This week we're talking about deadly mechanical penises, missing real paper magazines like 'Entertainment Weekly,' the New York Times' stupid Top 100 TV Shows of the 21st Century, Ra...

A week before the Season 17 premiere episode drops on Wednesday, October 7, your Swish Edition cohosts, Scott and Robbie, jumped back behind the mics (and cameras, of course) to breakdown and criticize this past Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. From Madonna's opening and awards, to all the performances and tributes, we're talking all the ins, outs, ups, and downs from the sometimes chaotic, but ve...

This is a very special SWISH EXTRA --  As everyone on the planet knows by now, Dolly Parton passed away at the age of 80-years-old this past Tuesday, August 25, in Nashville. And we just had to fire up our cameras and mics and record a loving tribute.   She was universally loved by literally everyone. She was more than just a singer. She was also an actress, a businesswoman, and a humanitarian who...

The Season 16 Finale is Here! Scott and Robbie are back in the studio together, live (on tape) from Las Vegas!   • Backstreet Boys at The Sphere • "The Odyssey" in 70mm IMAX • Columbia House closes after 7 decades   • VMA nominations announced! • AI-enabled apps under fire • And much more pop culture news and views Don't miss our special episode! **Note** We're taking a break for September. Mark y...

Can we have your undivided attention, please? On this penultimate episode of Season 16, your charismatic and dashing hosts, Scott and Robbie, bring you the news, as well as their skewed views, on all the pop culture things for the week that was.   Pour yourself a cocktail and join us, won't ya? Here's what we're talking about… A hail storm People behaving badly on planes You can't believe ANYTHING...

What has Spider-Man, Evel Knievel, Blockbuster Video, Ella Langley, The Jetsons, Jim Carrey, Christine Baranski, BMWs, the Las Vegas Sphere, BTS, The Wizard of Oz, influencers, Nantucket, and hunky Jack Reacher? This episode of the Swish Edition for August 12th, titled, "A Cowboy Always Finds a Way to Leave." Saddle up and come join us for a cornucopia of pop culture news and views, y'all! A new w...

Grab your ticket and your favorite tour t-shirt and join Scott and Robbie on this deep dive into their decades of live concert going! From the very best, to the worst, and everything in between, they're discussing Aerosmith, Taylor Swift, The B-52s, Cher, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Fleetwood Mac, the Backstreet Boys, No Doubt, and Whitney Houston…among many, many others. This Swish Extra is titled, "M...

Back in their respective studios this week, Scott and Robbie are talking about how Grandma's happy hour is happier now that the liquor laws were changed in Minnesota; because Generation Z and other young people aren't drinking much at all, bars are going the extra mile to court Gen Xers and Millennials with themed events and earlier start times; DoorDash has received FAA approval to develop and de...

Things can only get batter when Robbie is LIVE in Las Vegas in the flesh with Scott! This is our very special July 29th episode in a nifty new studio. Together, your co-hosts are talking about the retro 1980's concert they went to with Howard Jones, Modern English, The English Beat, and Wang Chung at Resorts World…Washington, DC's new Resale Act that goes after ticket resellers…this Fall's "The Ro...

There's an extra seat at our lunch table. Y'all come sit with us and we'll shoot all the shit.   On this all-new cornucopia of pop culture episode, Robbie and Scott discuss celebrity stalkers and respecting their privacy when you encounter them in the wild…a review of the FIFA World Cup final halftime show…a wide-ranging discussion about the sad lack of color and style all around us these days—lik...

In honor of National Hot Dog Day, Scott and a reluctant Robbie ('cause he doesn't eat real hot dogs, doncha know), are talking about Pringles' new line of Pringles-flavored hot dog buns (say what?!); Jenifer Lewis' "Jackie's Back!" mockumentary is also celebrated today, Jackie Washington Day; a California Chinese restaurant levies fees if your kids act a fool; Pepsi apologizes for a funny social m...

Wow! We're excited, and hope you'll dig it, too, because we've brought back old-school 'Swish Edition' by spending the first 20-minutes of the show in a free-flowing, all-over-the-map conversation. We think it's fun, y'all.   After that, Scott insisted that this week's new episode should be dedicated to the world of country music of the 1970s, but Robbie kinda sorta mandated that we HAD to discuss...

A few days before America's big fat 250th birthday, hosts Scott and Robbie are talking about one of the most American things of all time—Dolly Parton's new Tennessee truck stop! Then, they're talkin' about the increasing (and very troubling) Big Brother-like AI surveillance systems that are being deployed in the U.S. at places such as bars, stop signs, and crosswalks. Plus we have the U.S. Air For...

Brad, Janet, Frank-N-Furter, and company from the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" are coming back in a BIG way to the Las Vegas Sphere; legendary sitcom director James Burrows and music industry legend Clive Davis have left us; Madonna tells "Interview" magazine why her biopic died at Universal Pictures; Scott ran into stars from "The Young and the Restless" and "Glee" in the same wee...

As we all get older and our time is more valuable, do we actually know the best way to weed people out of our inner-circles? Well, it's actually pretty easy and It involves two beers and a puppy. Are you ready to put 'em through the test? Then, Scott and Robbie talk about Coors Light's new 18-inch 'Tallerboy' beer can cooler promotion for the FIFA World Cup…why a Pennsylvania neighborhood said "no...

Two episodes in one week?! Yup, it's true. In this Friday BONUS episode, we try to figure out what those people are doing in New York City's sewers at night…question Elmo's allegiance to the Knicks…tell ya what we thought of "Scary Movie 6"…find out why a new movie is being released exclusively on VHS…why an environmentalist drag queen is getting sued by a clothing company…and warn you that AI voi...

Sometimes great plans don't come together as intended, but then something altogether different happens. This week, Scott wrote an inspired 10-story outline, but he and Robbie only got to four of the topics! So, y'all get today's show, then a bonus episode this coming Friday, June 12. Yup, we've got A LOT to say this week. Episode 518 curiously starts with an age-old question: "Is ketchup an approp...

With Robbie in Walla Walla, Washington, and Scott in Palm Springs, California, this week, the boys are all over the place even though they attempted to stay on track…but that's what makes the episode more fun!   They're talking about a super fun Guinness World Record set in Palm Springs this past weekend; General Motors' fleecing of America; alligators are popping up in unusual places (and in more...

For our last episode in May, we're talking about Hooters' effort to get back to their family-friendly roots (say what?! why?); Marilyn Monroe's 100th birthday is this coming Monday, June 1; Robbie is digging' "Widow's Bay" on AppleTV; a new prequel series, "Very Young Frankenstein," is coming to FX and Hulu next year; we tease our new advice special, "Ask Robbie & Scott," coming this summer; Scott...

For your listening (through all the leading podcast apps and sites, like Apple Podcasts and Spotify) and viewing (on the Swish Edition YouTube page) pleasure, we present our pop culture people and topics of the week, including… Yungblud James Bond Liza Minnelli Cher Britney Spears RuPaul Lisa Rinna Humanoid Robots Lazy-Ass Airline Passengers Madonna Shakira BTS Lisa Vanderpump All of them, plus ma...

This week, (an utterly exhausted) Scott is on the east coast and (a much more coherent) Robbie is on the west coast…so they come together in the middle to talk about the suicide-by-commercial-jet incident at Denver International; the enterprising TikTok creator who secured pledges of over $330 million to buy Spirit Airlines; talk about fun and funny misheard pop song lyrics from the 1990's— "Hold...

It's 05-06-26, y'all! It's fun to say that date out loud. It's also fun to listen and/or watch our newest pop culture round up, as long as you keep in mind that, "Past Performance Does Not Guarantee Future Results." That episode title is kind of a nod to one of our big stories this week…the new concept of 'Blue Dot Fever.' (And don't worry if you don't know what that is; we'll tell ya). Also up th...

Robbie and Scott have launched their podcast rocket to planet 'Rock Lobster' in order to explore all the out-of-this-world pop culture news and view of the week, including: We are officially Halfway to Halloween. Star Wars Day is next Monday. Henry Winkler, Laurie Metcalf, and Sally Field tell us stuff we didn't know about classic TV shows and movies. Wile E. Coyote finally gets his day in court....

The new "Michael" biopic from director Antoine Fuqua and writer John Logan—produced and approved by the (majority of ) the Jackson family—is genuinely a feel-good, sing-along inspiring ride. However, even though it's the biggest film opening of 2026 so far, it is not a hit with professional critics; many have pointed out misaligned timelines and the blaring omission of key people, events, and cont...