Socially Distanced

Welcome to Part One of the first-ever Socially Distanced Holiday Special! In this special, Bill Bodkin, Amanda Rivas and Ben Murchison "review" the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. The special which aired on November 17, 1978 starred Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Bea Arthur, Art Carney, Harvey Korman, Jefferson Starship and Diahann Carroll. It's one of the wil...

It's the final review episode of 2022!  Hosts Amanda Rivas and Bill Bodkin are joined by "Socially Distanced Hall of Famer" Ben Murchison to dive into the new world of LucasFilm properties. They begin the episode discussing the trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (aka Indiana Jones 5). They discuss their hopes and fears about the fifth (and probably final) Indy film. Willow, the...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Socially Distanced celebrates the beginning of the holiday season with a present -- the return of Al Mannarino! Al joins Bill Bodkin, Amanda Rivas and Ben Murchison to talk about the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and the first season of Andor . Drax, Mantis and Kevin Bacon are on everyone's minds when discussing the excellent Guardians of the Gal...

Socially Distanced heads back to the MCU to discuss the latest record-breaking Marvel Studios film, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever starring Letitia Wright, Tenoch Huerta, Angela Bassett, Lupita N'Yongo and Danai Gurrira. Host Bill Bodkin is joined by Pop Break wrestling editor and senior writer Murjani Rawls (also the lead film and TV writer for Substream Magazine) and Nynoshka Vazquez Suaro -- a...

James Gunn and Peter Zafran are the new heads of DC Studios, so the crew at Socially Distanced Podcast are discussing the future of the DC Extended Universe. Hosts Amanda Rivas and Bill Bodkin are joined by Dan Cohen -- a former Pop Break film editor, the current host of the Batman by the Numbers Podcast and the author of the Bold Box Office Predictions column. In the episode they discuss the curr...

Are you ready for some football? Good! The NFC East (now BEAST) Group Therapy Session has reconvened and we're excited to talk about all things football. Hosts Bill Bodkin and Amanda Rivas are joined by "The #1 Commander in Our Hearts" Ben Murchison, "The Voice of God" Marshall Stevenson (of Blerd Life with My Wife & Blerd Watchers) and Lucas "Picks Terribly in Fantasy" Jones.  In the epi...

It's time to re-enter the House Pop Break as we're talking all things about the Game of Thrones Universe. Hosts Bill Bodkin (third of his name) and Amanda Rivas (Queen of Dragonstone) are joined by Ben Murchison (The #1 Commander of The Kingsguard) to discuss Season 1 of HBO's House of the Dragon .  Prior to HOTD talk, they discuss Doctor Who moving to Disney+ and the reveal of the new (inter...

Welcome to the spookiest episode of The Socially Distanced Podcast! This week host Bill Bodkin is joined by venerable panel of horror aficionados -- Pop Break staff writer Tommy Tracey, the #1 Commander of our Hearts Ben Murchison (admirably filling in for Ann Hale - get well soon!) and the absolute ace, Kelly McGovern to discuss Halloween Ends. They gruesome foursome talk about the highly divisiv...

The Socially Distanced Podcast dives deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a review of Werewolf by Night and the entire first season of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law . Hosts Bill Bodkin and Amanda Rivas are joined by Matt Kelly -- host of Nando v. Movies , The Nando Cut and The Mostly Nitpicking Podcast (as well as the guy behind the name "The Pop Break" and the current design of the site). In...

Hello you lucky people, you! Socially Distanced heads to 23 Meteor Street in Northern London (metaphorically speaking) to discuss the brilliant British sitcom -- SPACED. The series air in 1999 and 2001 on Channel 4 in the UK and starred Simon Pegg, Jessica Stephenson, Nick Frost, Mark Heap, Katy Carmichael and Julia Deakin and was directed by Edgar Wright. Hosts Bill Bodkin and Al Mannarino (in hi...

Socially Distanced returns to a galaxy far, far away as we're talking about the first four episodes of the new Star Wars Disney+ series, Andor. Hosts Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin are joined by resident Star Wars walking encyclopedia Amanda Rivas and Pop Break staff writer Ben Murchison to discuss the Rogue One prequel series. Before they jump into the Star Wars Universe, the gang talks about the a...

Sea. Hear. Now 2022 is in the books and there's lots to talk about. Hosts Bill Bodkin and Al Mannarino are joined by their least favorite person Ryan DeMarco to discuss the annual music fest that takes place on the Asbury Park Beachfront. Ryan, Bill and Al discuss this year's lineup as opposed years prior, the evolution of the festival, the change in vibe of the festival, improvements that could b...

We're reacting to all the LucasFilm news from Disney's D23 Expo last weekend. Hosts Bill Bodkin and Amanda Rivas are joined by the newly married Pop Break senior staff writer Ben Murchison to discuss Willow: The Series , Indiana Jones 5 , and all things Star Wars . They dive deep on the future of a potential "Indyverse" and how Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge could make for an interesting successor...

Socially Distanced makes its return to Middle-Earth! In this episode host Bill Bodkin is joined by Alex "The Grey" Marcus -- the wizard of all things podcast on Pop Break and Rachel Freeman -- The Galadriel of The Pop Break (aka Comic Books and Anime Editor) to discuss Amazon Prime Video's high-priced new series, Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power . In the episode we discuss our relationship with P...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has so many new films and TV shows on the horizon. Hosts Bill Bodkin and Al Mannarino are joined by Allie Nelson and Tyler McCarthy of The Not Couple Goals podcast to predict the future of the MCU. In the episode they stunt cast the roles of the entire Fantastic Four, Wonder Man, Wolverine, Professor X, Doctor Doom, Storm, Jean Grey, Cyclops and other X-Men. They talk...

After three years, the doors to "The House Pop Break" have re-opened as we return to Westeros to discuss the brand GoT Universe series, House of the Dragon. Host Bill Bodkin is joined by the new third host of the show, Amanda Rivas to discuss the new series along with Socially Distanced regular, Pop Break staff writer and the #1 Washington Guardians fan Ben Murchison and Aaron Sarnecky, the co-hos...

It's time for the lawyer show. The incredible packed month of August rolls on with Socially Distanced's review of Disney+'s latest Marvel Cinematic Universe entry, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law starring Tatiana Maslany. Hosts Al "Smart Hulk" Mannarino and Bill "Smug Hulk" Bodkin are joined by the hosts of Not Couple Goals -- Tyler McCarthy (our resident guest for Moon Knight) and Allie Nelson (making...

Welcome dreamers, collectors and vortexes to Socially Distanced's review of the hit Netflix series, The Sandman. Hosts Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin are joined by their favorite childless millennial and Pop Break senior writer Alisha Weinberger and Bill's longtime (and long suffering) friend Ed Chang to discuss the adaptation of Neil Gaiman's famously "undapatable" comic series. The quartet of drea...

ARRRRRRR!!!!! The Socially Distanced Podcast heads to the high seas to wax poetic about HBO Max's original series, Our Flag Means Death. Hosts Bill Bodkin and Al Mannarino are joined by the scourge of the seven seas (and one of our favorite people), Kelly McGovern ( @KelatTheMovies ) to go in-depth about the love between Stede (Rhys Darby) and Ed/Blackbeard (Taika Waititi) and why it's become so p...

It's a bit of a different episode of Socially Distanced this week. Al Mannarino is off searching for Love and Thunder (aka taking the week of to hang with the family), so we're throwing it back to our old format and talking about news stories! Bill Bodkin is joined by Pop Break senior writer and editor Murjani Rawls (also of Substream Magazine) and resident Star Wars expert Amanda Rivas to talk ab...

Author Preeti Chhibber ( http://www.preetichhibber.com )joins The Socially Distanced podcast this week! Preeti joins Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin to discuss her new book Spider-Man's Social Dilemma which drops on Tuesday July 26 in all major book stores. She discusses her journey creating a fresh take on Peter Parker, working within the Marvel Universe and her immense Spidey fandom. She recommends...

It's Love and Thunder time! This week, Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin are joined by the actual, better hosts of the Socially Distanced Podcast, our version of the West Coast Avengers -- Kat Manos (Pop Break Music Editor) and Cole Rothacker. In this episode, they discuss the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and where any of Thor: Love and Thunder and frankly all the current and upcoming...

Socially Distanced goes to the upside to review Stranger Things Season 4. Bill Bodkin is joined by special guests Kelly McGovern ( @KelattheMovies ) and Dan Cohen (Pop Break's first film editor & host of the Batman by the Numbers Podcast). Later they head into the Upside Down to talk to Al Mannarino who is holed up in Eddie Munson's trailer.

Tommy Siegel returns to Socially Distanced! The wildly talented musician and artist returns to the podcast for the first time in two years. Tommy sits down with Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin to discuss his band, Jukebox the Ghost's new record (Cheers!), his solo music, his acclaimed artwork, being an artist during the pandemic, HalloQueen, performing at The Stone Pony with a Queen Tribute act and s...

The finale of our Obi-Wan Kenobi review series "Sith Happens" has arrived. Bill Bodkin hosts the episode (Al is on assignment) and is joined by resident guest Amanda Rivas (Mission Pro Wrestling), Kenboi review Ben Murchison (The #1 Commander of Our Hearts), and "The Rainmaker" Murjani Rawls (resident guest for Hawkeye, film & TV writer for Substream Magazine). In the episode they discuss the...