KA-POW! The Pop Cultured Podcast

It's an all-gaming episode of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast!  First, we recap our most recent online trivia night with the Patrons, then the Poobah explains how he snagged a PS5 and how this next generation of consoles is shaping up.  And finally, we answer the burning question: what would it be like to live as a video game character? Length - 00:44:10 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult lan...

Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast condenses all our Star Wars chatter into a single episode this time around, breaking down the latest two episodes of "The Mandalorian" and how it ties in to previously established canon, then celebrating Life Day with a new animated holiday classic! Length - 00:47:34 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:05:10 - STAR WARS First, we connect the dots...

"The Mandalorian" is back and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast can barely contain our excitement.  After we get all the Star Wars out of our system, it's time for more reviews and recommendations for comedies, dramas and documentaries from across the TV landscape.  Plus: Is "Star Trek: Discovery" the best Trek of all time?  And what, exactly, do each of us owe Corey Feldman? Length - 01:16:20 Langu...

After a week of our entertainment being limited to counting delegates, studying maps of every county in Pennsylvania, scanning footage from Arizona for Sharpies and worrying about how sleep-deprived Steve Kornacki must be, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast emerges from election hibernation to talk about movies. Length - 01:02:05 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:04:00 - ONE JOB...

The small screen gets the spotlight in this latest episode of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast.  After a fun discussion about characters who improved the shows they joined, we take a dive into what streaming service Apple TV+ has to offer and can't quite shake the Halloween spirit with a campfire story about an obscure Ohio legend.  Join us! Length - 01:25:18 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult...

We didn't think there was enough comic book news to fill an entire episode, but are happy to be proven wrong this week!  Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast will let you know what recent books to add to your pull list and reveal the behind the scenes business dealings affecting your friendly neighborhood comic shops, along with another classic time travel novel and a recap of our latest virtual trivia...

Happy Halloween!  In this episode of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast, we learn which movie scientists have proven to be the scariest of all time instead of curing covid, catch up with our favorite Kazakhstani journalist, realize we don't know much about Ethan Hawke, relive history with both a popular manga title and a Best Picture contender and much more. Length - 01:21:16 Language - PG-13.  (Cont...

Our running time goes a little long this week, but there is SO MUCH great content out right now that we need every spare second to tell you about it.  Whether it's on network TV, cable or a streaming service, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast chronicles the most recent shows that are making us laugh, making us cringe, disturbing us, uplifting us, educating us, disappointing us or entertaining us.  (...

It's a movie-centric new installment of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast this week, as we cover more recent bad news for the theater business, review a handful of recent releases and celebrate the career of the beloved and the beguiling Mr. Jeff Goldblum.  And we manage to do it all in one take, as usual! Length - 01:09:20 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:05:02 - THE TIME WARP...

Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast returns with an episode full of time travel, award shows, 70s sitcoms, football, TV trailers and more fun-ass documentaries than should be allowed by law.  So hop aboard our train of thought and hang on for the ride! Length - 01:20:32 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:07:30 - THE TIME WARP A time travel mystery with an Agatha Christie feel in "...

Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast takes another brief diversion from our regular sort of episode in order to watch the "Dune" trailer from director Denis Villeneuve.  We run down the star-studded cast, share our memories of the cult-classic 80s iteration, review the original Frank Herbert novel and react to our first taste of the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster! Length - 00:17:26 Language - PG-13.  (Con...

We step away from our regular broadcast for the Poobah to fill us all in on the recent developments surrounding his favorite reality show with this mini-episode all about "Big Brother."  Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has the scoop on the Season 22 All Stars and all the wall-yellers and fake-criers in the house through Friday, September 25th 2020. Length - 00:16:45 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mi...

Rising up the ranks to become the #3 TV review podcast in Cambodia hasn't gone to our heads and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is working as hard as ever to bring you the kind of insightfully off-kilter discussions that got us to this peak.  So prepare for even more "Happy Days," shoehorning "Riverdale" into completely unrelated topics and a documentary about a theme park where you take your life...

Movies are starting to return to the big screen, so Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is giving the industry a closer look, including early box office results, shuffled release dates and brand new controversies.  Plus, we take a moment to reflect on the 15th Anniversary of Jordan's comic shop, revisit a literary classic and recommend even more fun-ass documentaries! Length - 01:08:43 Language - PG-1...

Allow the Poobah to fill you in on all the recent developments and controversies surrounding his favorite reality show with this mini-episode all about "Big Brother."  Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has the scoop on the Season 22 All Stars and all the machinations going on within the house up through Friday, September 11th 2020. Length - 00:23:07 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.)

While this episode is primarily about the comic book industry, we also sneak in some toy talk, listener feedback, restart old arguments about "Karate Kid" and learn of Chadwick Boseman's passing mid-recording.  But if you stick with us through all of that, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast gets to toast a friend's movie deal, dissect the recent "bloodbath" at DC editorial and slice a few surprising...

With an entire show full of DC Comics properties to discuss, we shined the Illustrious signal into the sky and he appeared!  Original Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast co-host Michael K. Easton returns to fill us in on his new job, wax nostalgic about Transformers and drop some of that patented DC knowledge as we break down all the trailers, teases and tidbits from the recent Warner Brothers FanDome...

Journey through time with your friends at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast, as we discuss television from the 70s, a comic book from the 80s and one of today's most hot-button topics, along with a new sci-fi series on HBO with something to say and an expert primer on the latest All-Star season of "Big Brother." Length - 01:11:36 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:01:55 - THE TIM...

Welcome back for another all-new episode of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast!  This time around, we have anecdotes about introducing our kids to a comedy classic, getting to share our knowledge with new faces at the comic shop, hearing the siren song of our favorite vintage toys and all the other ways we're trying our best to make lemonade out of 2020's pile of lemons. Length - 01:07:47 Language -...

Find out why "The Mandalorian" is not special and our pick to win Outstanding Lead Levy as Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast breaks down this year's Emmy nominees!  Get an in-depth primer on all the major award categories before the big event, plus a TV-adjacent edition of Yeah You Know Me and a brand new segment about time travel stories. Length - 00:59:13 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult la...

In this loose and loony episode of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast, we take tangents about yard signs, baseball blackouts and bug hunting before ever getting to the discussion about all the latest streaming content and another recently departed actor.  Feel free to recommend it to your friends before you even listen, or at least honk and yell when you drive past our houses. Length - 01:08:32 Langu...

Welcome back to another remotely-recorded Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast.  This time out, we have a glowing review for the biggest video game launch of the year, several excellent new films streaming on the small screen, a never-before-attempted double One Job and so much more.  The audio may be dubious, but the content is always sparkling! Length - 01:22:46 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adul...

It may feel like Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has been a little lack-a-daisy with our episode schedules and content lately.  And that's absolutely true.  (We are totally phoning it in.  Over Zoom.)  But that doesn't mean it's not entertaining, as you can see for yourself in this brand new episode all about decades old reruns, blockbuster Broadway shows and probably some other stuff if we rememb...

If you need something to help fill the time while sitting around waiting for all your misplaced packages to arrive, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is here for you.  We have loads of television to talk about, both new and old, network and streaming, so point your rabbit ears thisaway and give our new episode a listen!   Length - 00:48:06 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language) - 0:07:26...

The entire comic book industry has been on quite a roller coaster ride all year, but DC just spun us all through the biggest loop-de-loop yet with their sudden departure from Diamond Comic Distributors.  Hear how this seismic shakeup has affected things in the short term, our worries about what the long term results might be, and how it's all much-too reminiscent of a bleak moment in recent publis...