KA-POW! The Pop Cultured Podcast

Ho ho ho, the holidays are almost here and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast kicks off December by revealing some of our most - and least - liked Christmas content, then settles in for our usual batch of reviews and recommendations.  Our Spotify Wrapped may not have much rizz, but we think we're still pretty swell. Length - 01:21:03 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:04:20 - YEAH YOU KNOW...

Marvel's latest movie may not have made much money, but we had more fun than a herd of Flerkens at the theater.  Joined again by The OJ, Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast , we review "The Marvels," ace an MCU pop quiz, wrap up the second season of "Loki" and more! Length - 01:42:19 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:11:50 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS "Loki" concludes in c...

Some months ago, when Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast revealed the results of our first annual summer box office predictions , we promised the winner we'd all watch a movie of his choosing and review it. Well, that winner was Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast and that movie was " Grand Tour: Disaster in Time " (aka "Timescape") and that time is now! So listen in as we thoroughly...

It's time for some more Riverdale revelry courtesy of your friends at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast with Chapter 109 "Venomous." It's an average week in the 'Dale, as Jughead digs through his shortboxes of comics - and Betty's subconscious - Veronica drips poison and Archie microdoses palladium soup and gets forged. Length - 00:46:29 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

We're talking movies on this week's episode of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast.  We kick things off by diving into Willem Dafoe's vast filmography in order to agree on his "one job," then review some of the recent flicks we've seen, including the sure-to-be Oscar favorite "Killers of the Flower Moon." Length - 00:59:53 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:05:15 - ONE JOB Deciding...

Any listener of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast should be used to hearing what is on our minds.  But this week we go even deeper, revealing what type of worries and angst have been busy haunting our every waking thought.  Plus some TV. Length - 00:36:00 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:01:39 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME We reveal what anxieties are currently living rent-free in our head...

There are only a handful of shows left before we hit #400, so Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has begun prepping for that extra-special episode.  We've also been road-tripping around in a mad dash to soak in all the late-summer fun we can handle.  So here are all our trip reports for the amazing places we've gotten to go lately, including Baltimore Comic Con , Cincinnati Comic Expo , The Great Ohi...

It was a wild summer at the box office, led by the unprecedented success of "Barbie," but the dust has settled, the season is over and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has the receipts.  Back in May, we were joined by Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast and made some bold predictions on what would end up as the Top Ten films between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  Here are the results...

Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast continues our long trek through the 'Dale with a rollicking recap of Chapter 108 "Ex Libris."  This entire episode is about overdue library books .  For real.  But it's how we get our kicks, us and our good-time buddies. Length - 00:40:18 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

Your pals at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast are back for another go-round. This week, Cliff reports on his trip to the Power Con toy convention in Columbus, Jordan redecorates his shop and Seth tries to repel aliens with the power of film. Then we review some new movies, recommend some recent TV and bid adieu to the one and only "Riverdale." Length - 01:33:31 Language - R. (Contains adult languag...

We don't want to even think about how barren the next few years might be thanks to the current Hollywood strikes delaying and disrupting everyone's entertainment schedules.  But right now?  In this moment we have more content than we know what to do with and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is reveling in it all! Length - 01:11:55 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:01:58 - MOVIE NEWS The...

After a few marathon episodes, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast resets with a brief and breezy trip report from the country's largest gaming convention, Gen Con, and breaking news about... Jesse's dryer? Length - 00:35:41 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:03:53 - GAMING The Poobah survived a "dangerous mob" to report back from his annual trip to Gen Con in Indianapolis, the bigg...

We're in the endgame now!  Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has finally reached the very top of our countdown of every movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  Returning guests Jesse Starcher from The Source Material Comics Podcast and Coach Mayor Jared Lowe help us celebrate our Top Five entries and the Marvel experiment as a whole here in part four... (or part two of part three?) Length - 01:53:5...

We crack into the Top Ten in our ranking of each and every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! In part three, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast and our returning guests Jesse Starcher from The Source Material Comics Podcast and Coach Mayor Jared Lowe reveal our choices for picks #11 through #6 as we approach the very best of the superhero genre and some of our favorite flicks of all time. Length...

Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast's ranking of every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues!  This second episode covers our choices for picks #21 through #12, and features guests Jesse Starcher from The Source Material Comics Podcast and Coach Mayor Jared Lowe to help take some of the blame as the decisions become much more difficult. Length - 01:56:08 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adu...

We think this is an episode.  It has all the hallmarks of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast.  We review some recent big movies.  We catch up on some television.  Jesse from The Source Material Comics Podcast and Jared are here hanging out.  Still... you'll have to listen and judge for yourselves. Length - 00:53:44 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:00:33 - MOVIE NEWS We update the results...

This summer, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has decided on the nigh-impossible task of ranking every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  Starting from the bottom, with some outside help from special guest Coach Mayor Jared Lowe, this episode reveals our choices for picks #32 through #22.  And if these first eleven are any indication, there will be raucous debates aplenty all the way up the li...

As summer movie season kicks into full gear, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is getting out to the theater as often as possible.  This week, we test out our new Regal Unlimited movie passes, share some sad and surprising comic book news and review three of the biggest films of the year! Length - 01:09:41 Language - PG-13.  (Contains adult language.) - 0:13:40 - COMIC BOOK NEWS Definitive Spider-Ma...

Get out the candles because some nasty weather is rolling into the 'Dale.  A mysterious mist has enveloped the entire town in Riverdale's Chapter 107 "In the Fog," bringing with it Mooses and Mumsys and did we mention the candles?  Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast keeps on trying to make sense of it all. Length - 00:45:04 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

We discuss some big breaking news in the comic book industry, say goodbye to a few of the most acclaimed television shows of the decade, try to pick a defining movie moment that impacted our lives and more, this week from your friends at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast! Length - 00:57:34 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:05:01 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME Trying to suss out the most imp...

It's the kind of history lesson you won't get in Florida as a time-traveling Tabitha Tate - and her guardian angel - try to keep Percival Pickens from bringing his version of progress to Riverdale.  Listen as we break down Chapter 106 "Angels in America" and the 'Dale moves one step closer to armageddon! Length - 00:46:00 Language - PG-13. (Contains adult language.)

Coming at you as cute and clumsy as a Muppet in a mech suit, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is back!  This week we discuss the failure of Disney's Galactic Starcruiser Star Wars-themed hotel, wrap up our coverage of the third season of "The Mandalorian," sample a few excellent new television shows and hear about Cliff's night out at a Lizzo concert. Length - 01:29:46 Language - PG-13.  (Contains...

Did "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" stick the landing and cement itself as one of the greatest trilogies of all time?  Listen in as Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast discusses exactly that, along with a number of other brief movie reviews and one of our patented getting-to-know-you sessions. Length - 01:19:50 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:01:45 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME Learn what...

There isn't much we here at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast like more than summer movie season.  We root for the upcoming slate of flicks to live up to the hype and turn into crowd-pleasing blockbusters that we'll continue watching for decades to come.  So this year, we invited our pal Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast to join us in predicting the Top Ten biggest films of the su...

Recently, our pal Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast piqued our interest with an anecdote about a potential goldmine of classic 80s G.I. Joe toys right in our own back yard, including the holy grail of our generation... the U.S.S. Flagg !  So Detective Poobah took the case, discovered the truth and reveals his finding here for the first time. Length - 00:29:47 Language - PG-13. (...