Great Pop Culture Debate

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our Best 1980s Duet episode, and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Monday, August 12, wherever you listen to podcasts. Head to www.greatpopculturedebate.com to find the downloadable listener bracket so you can make your own decisions and play along with us at home! Make sure...

The Baby-Sitters Club books, by Ann M Martin, were first published in 1986. With the help of Scholastic book fairs and order forms, they became one of the most popular YA series of the 80s and 90s. Over the initial run of the series, there were 131 primary books published, along with dozens of specials, super specials, mysteries — and that’s not even counting the whole Little Sister series. Now th...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our Best Baby-Sitters Club episode, and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Monday, August 5, wherever you listen to podcasts. Head to www.greatpopculturedebate.com to find the downloadable listener bracket so you can make your own decisions and play along with us at home! Make...

The Summer Olympics are back in 2024, as the XXXIII Olympiad will take place in Paris, France, July 26-August 11. While we at the Great Pop Culture Debate might not generally be super into sports, we LOVE the Olympics. As part of our 2024 Summer Specials, we're doing an episode devoted to the pageantry, the display of peak human abilities, and most importantly, the barely concealed muscles. Join u...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our Best Summer Olympics Sporting Event episode, and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Monday, July 29, wherever you listen to podcast. Head to www.greatpopculturedebate.com to find the downloadable listener bracket so you can make your own decisions and play along with us at...

Pop music is as quintessential to the summer as warm breezes, lazy afternoons, and margaritas by the pool. And for decades, musical artists have been inspired by the season to create memorable, catchy songs that have, in turn, become required listening every time the warmer months roll around. So for one of our 2024 Summer Specials, the Great Pop Culture Debate wants to feel the heat as we name th...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our Best Summer Song episode, and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Monday, July 22, wherever you listen to podcast. Head to www.greatpopculturedebate.com to find the downloadable listener bracket and a playlist featuring all 16 nominated songs (as well as some extras from th...

Board games have been popular for more than a century -- some date back to the ancient world. But in the late 20th Century up until now, the buzzword has been tabletop games -- broadly speaking, elaborate games of skill, strategy, and luck that have generated intense fandoms since the late 1990s. While we've already covered the classic board games popular in our youth, the Great Pop Culture Debate...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown on how we came up with the bracket for our Best Modern Tabletop Game episode. To listen to the warm-up, in which our panelists discuss even more board games we wished had made it to the Sweet 16, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, July 1, when the episode itself is released for everyone, and...

For most of the past 40 years, NBC has absolutely owned Thursday nights. The network was never more successful in that endeavor than during the heyday of its "Must-See TV" programming block in the 1990s and early 2000s. Legendary comedies provided the anchors for smaller, but still great, sitcoms to find their footing, and tentpole dramas closed out the night. While the best days of "Must-See TV"...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown on how we came up with the bracket for our Best NBC "Must-See-TV" Series episode. To listen to the warm-up, in which our panelists discuss additional NBC shows we wished had made it to the Must-See 16, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, June 24, when the episode itself is released for everyon...

Join host Eric Rezsnyak, GPCD panelists Kevin Dillon and Michael Schwarz, and special guest Jordan Morris (" Youth Group ") as they discuss 16 of the most iconic Batman bad guys, covering decades of Bat-history and dozens of Bat-media. Play along at home by  finding the listener bracket here . Make a copy for yourself, fill it out, and see if your picks match up with ours! For more exclusive conte...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown on how we came up with the bracket for our Best Batman Villain episode. To listen to the warm-up, in which our panelists discuss even more Batman bad guys we wished had made it to the Sinister 16, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, June 17, when the episode itself is released for everyone, an...

Country remains one of the most popular genres in American music. While men have a tendency to dominate the awards and accolades –- look at the sausage fest that is the Country Music Hall of Fame -– country music is home to a constellation of incredible women stars. The Great Pop Culture Debate wants to pay tribute to those incredible women singers and musicians as we debate the Best Female Countr...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown on how we came up with the bracket for our Best Female Country Music Artist (AKA Best Country Music Diva) episode, as well as the decisions made in Round 1, in which we went from a Top 32 to a Sweet 16. To listen to Part 1, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, June 10, when Part 2 of the episod...

Nickelodeon -- or NICK -- has been entertaining kids and annoying their parents since at least the 1980s. Over the years, the preeminent kid-focused channel has produced dozens of original series, ranging from cartoons to variety shows to comedies to game shows. Now the panelists of the Great Pop Culture Debate want to relive the Orange Years and dodge the slime buckets as we attempt to determine:...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown on how we came up with the bracket for our Best Nickelodeon Original Series episode, as well as the decisions made in Round 1, in which we went from a Top 32 to a Sweet 16. To listen to Part 1, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, June 3, when Part 2 of the episode is released for everyone, and...

Since bursting onto the scene in the early 1980s, Madonna has become one of THE defining music video artists of all time. Over her four-decade career, she has put forward dozens of literally iconic videos to accompany her equally iconic pop music. Now the Great Pop Culture Debate wants throw our very own Celebration as we try to determine the very BEST Madonna music video of all time. Join host Er...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown on how we came up with the bracket for our Best Madonna Music Video episode, as well as the decisions made in Round 1, in which we went from a Top 32 to a Sweet 16. To listen to Part 1, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, May 27, when Part 2 of the episode is released for everyone, and we name...

Teens of the 1980s were blessed with some of the most memorable coming-of-age films ever made. They were bold, they were brash, and while they varied wildly in tone and subject matter, they defined what teenagers looked and acted like for not only their peers, but for teens (and adults) in generations to come. Forty years later, some of these films are considered critical pop-culture touchstones,...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown on how we came up with the bracket for our Best 80s Teen Film episode, as well as the decisions made in Round 1, in which we went from a Top 32 to a Sweet 16. To listen to Part 1, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, May 20, when Part 2 of the episode is released for everyone, and we name our p...

Since at least March 1968, the world has been gifted with original music by Reginald Dwight, the artist better known as Elton John. From the 60s up through the 2020s, Mr. John would go on to have one of the most successful music careers in pop history, spanning 31 studio albums, 10 soundtracks, 5 live albums, 16 compilation albums, and a slew of awards and accolades. Now that Elton has recently re...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown on how we came up with the bracket for our Best Elton John Single episode, as well as the decisions made in Round 1, in which we went from a Top 32 to a Sweet 16. To listen to Part 1, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, May 13, when Part 2 of the episode is released for everyone, and we name o...

Sir Ian Fleming's James Bond has been a Hollywood mainstay for more than 60 years. In that time, a handful of actors have brought to life the British super spy's thrilling adventures, and made box-office bank in the process. With the Bond property currently on hiatus as producers work on a bold new direction for the character, the Great Pop Culture Debate wants to look back at all the bombs, the b...

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak gives you a quick rundown of how we came up with the 16 films we discuss in our Best James Bond Film episode. To listen to the warm-up, which includes the panelists' thoughts on the Bond films that didn't make the bracket, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Then come back Monday, May 6, when the full episode is released for everyone. Subscr...