KA-POW! The Pop Cultured Podcast

Monica Posh rides again, with two more thrilling hours of "Riverdale" to enjoy!  First, we reveal the identity of Archie's new bae from the landmark 700th issue of the original comic book, then we sink our Baby Teeth into episodes 4 and 5 of the third season, "The Midnight Club" and "The Great Escape."  We've been waiting on this flashback episode to the parents' high school years for a long while...

Saddle up, cowboys, because Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has a lot to cover this week.  Not only do we stumble on the most obvious name ever for a new segment (and reveal our first celebrity crushes!), but we learn a few secrets about what it's like during game night at Castle Poobah, enjoy our first taste of "Red Dead Redemption II," get the willies from "The Haunting of Hill House" and make l...

Hang up your totems and chug that Blueberry Fresh Ade, because "Riverdale" is in the midst of a serious game of Gryphons & Gargoyles and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is keeping track of it all.  We start off with our spoiler-free first impressions of its Netflix sister-series, "The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina," then move on to covering all the crucial highlights of episodes 2 and 3 of the th...

It's an overstuffed episode of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast, as the arrival of fall has filled our days with dozens of new shows and returning favorites to sink our teeth into.  We sample several debuting pilots, including the rebooted "Magnum P.I.," the Jim Carrey dramedy "Kidding," Netflix's brain-bending "Maniac," the animated "Star Wars: Resistance" and much, much more.  Plus, we introduce...

Summer vacation is over and the "Riverdale" gang is back!  And Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast are right along with them, doing our usual obsessive overview of the first episode of season three, "Labor Day."  Heading to their junior year after wilding through the South Side, Archie's pals are already dealing with a murder trial, a sick tat and a creepy new nemesis, so there's a lot to examine righ...

With Jordan MIA on his hunt for the Mothman, favorite Lowe child Justin Lowe returns to fill his shoes.  We celebrate the career of Burt Reynolds by deciding on his One Job, give some initial reviews on recent releases like "Iron Fist," "Jack Ryan," "Ozark" and "Castle Rock," and speculate on the risks both DC and Disney are taking by launching their own streaming services.  Download and enjoy thi...

Be our guest for the second half of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast's brand new countdown, revealing our choices of #5 through #1 on our lists of the Top Ten animated movies of all time!  Joined remotely by special guest, Disney expert Justin Lowe, our picks end up being varied and wide-ranging, with a bushel of honorable mentions that didn't quite crack the lists, and even the films we agree on t...

It's a piping fresh Top Ten episode, as Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast counts down our favorite animated movies of all time.  Not necessarily the best or most acclaimed films, instead we talk about the ones that have stuck with us longest, moved us or made us laugh like no other.  Styles run the gamut from traditional hand-drawn animation to CGI, anime and stop-motion and from childhood favorites...

The mainstream media finally catches up to our years of Perlmutter reporting in this hard-hitting expose where we blow the lid off the 1,546,045th biggest scandal to ever hit Washington D.C.!  After that, we cover all the news generating headlines in the comic book world, finally get some intriguing details on HBO's version of "Watchmen," review a couple of recent films and decide on the One Job t...

Trust us when we say this is a fun episode, because the fellas of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast play a little game to prove how very bad we are at lying.  Because you demanded it (apparently) we cover recent developments on "Big Brother," dip our toe into Matt Groening's latest animated comedy, test out a few new tabletop games, declare the One Job for which the world will remember composer John...

This week we are joined by special guest, Coach Mayor Jared Lowe, who details his greatest triumph as an actor and proves his chops in the inaugural edition of "Ka-Pow Theater."  We also review the new Disney film "Christopher Robin" and the indie darling "Eighth Grade," continue to gush about "Mission: Impossible Fallout," wade into the for-whatever-reason-controversial casting of Batwoman and se...

This episode is all about gaming, as the Poobah regales us with tales of a weekend spent at the longest-running game convention in the world, Gen Con , and Restoration Games announces a remake of the classic 80s fantasy game Dark Tower .  Then things get tense as we draft our teams for a round of " Running 'Round Riverdale " to be played live on an upcoming episode.  Tune in as Ka-Pow the Pop Cult...

Still trying to catch up with all the head-spinning headlines from this year's San Diego Comic Con, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast talks movies for this entire episode.  Things kick off with a long, loving review of "Ant-Man & the Wasp," then we decide on the career-defining role of Ms. Janet Van Dyne herself, Michelle Pfeiffer.  With that business settled, then it's on to other news, trailers, t...

We recorded this episode smack dab in the middle of this year's San Diego Comic Con hoopla, and attempt to cover as many of the major stories breaking over the weekend as possible.  Some news about what's coming to our television screens wowed us and some confounded us, but Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is here to try and make sense of it all.  And if you haven't completely zoned out by then, we...

Today, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast presents our "Westworld" wrap-up.  We use a deep-dive into episode #10, "The Passenger," as a way to share our thoughts and theories on Season Two as a whole.  The Poobah's Little NotebookTM is full of information, and on a show with so many twists and reveals, expect SPOILERS as we attempt to trace the timelines. Length - 01:20:52 Language - PG-13.  (Contain...

In an effort to lure Michael back to the podcast, we invited his arch-enemy, carbs, to sit in with us.  So join Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast and our new loaf of bread co-host as we discuss all the most recent topics making waves in the entertainment world.  Along with new seasons of "GLOW" and "Luke Cage," the passing of Spider-Man's co-creator and DC's recent marketing missteps, we even find t...

Concluding our countdown of Top Ten Video Games of all time, this episode covers #4 through #1, along with a boatload of honorable mentions and a few favorites provided by our Facebook fans.  The picks get even more personal and nostalgic as we reach the top of the list, so catch up with Part One , then join Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast and our in-studio guest Russ Casseday as we reveal the gam...

It has been too long since our last Top Ten episode, so we picked a topic a little bit out of left field from our normal conversations and are counting down our Top Ten Video Games.  Most of us are what you would call "casual gamers" at best, so this isn't a comprehensive list of critical darlings and all-time greats.  Instead, these are the games we had the best time playing with a room full of f...

Have we got some stories to tell!  From Michael's grueling new exercise regimen, to the Poobah's trip to Origins Game Fair, to our team's return to the local trivia scene, to Jordan's sudden, scary fight against pneumonia, there's been a lot going on here at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast.  But we've still made time to see plenty of movies and keep abreast of everything popping in popular culture...

In order to graduate nerd school and move on to our summer vacations, our pal Jesse Starcher of the Source Material Podcast and The Unspoken Decade returns to administer our final exam: Wizard Magazine's Comic Book Intelligence Quotient from June of 1993.  Listen in as we flash back 25 years and struggle to answer questions about Valiant and Image and all the other trendy fanboy topics of the day....

There is a lot of information to cover in any given week, and we here at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast try to get to as much as humanly possible.  But some pop culture events have a much bigger impact than others, and deserve our full and undivided attention.  That is why we are devoting this entire episode to just three recent spectacles: "Deadpool 2," "Solo: A Star Wars Story" and, of course,...

The last few episodes of the second season of "Riverdale" have hit as hard as getting wanged with a shovel.  So leave it to the faithful crew at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast to cover every moment, big and small, from episode #20 "Shadow of a Doubt" and #21 "Judgement Night."  Featuring some of the most exciting television of the year, the town is in flames, the Black Hood is revealed (we think)...

Recorded live from the velvet tables of Castle Poobah, we wrap up this year's Free Comic Book Day festivities, introduce a new segment called "One Job" where we choose a performer's most iconic role, give our initial opinions of the 80s-centric "Cobra Kai," then conclude with a SPOILER-filled review of the blockbuster "Avengers: Infinity War."  So join us for yet another trip into the entertainmen...

For all the "Riverdale" fans who have been waving their mourning pom poms in our direction for slacking on our coverage recently, we get up to date with this discussion of the last four episodes.  From the mayoral election drama of "Primary Colors" to Cheryl's institutionalization in "The Noose Tightens" to musical-themed murder in "A Night to Remember" to the return of the Black Hood in "Prisoner...

After that massive episode #100, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is back doing what we do best, bringing you news and reviews for as much pop culture as we can possibly squeeze out of a week.  Free Comic Book Day is almost here again, and we preview a lot of the titles that will be available at your friendly neighborhood comic shop this weekend.  Plus, Cliff reports on scaling the berm to check ou...