Pol and Pop (Politics/Pop Culture)

My voice hasn't been that great for much of this past month, but I've reached the point in time where either I use up some of the 3 hours of time I have for uploading, or I lose it.  So, I figured, what the heck-- we'll do it live!  I had a draft for this episode all written up (core concepts and discussion points determined by me, script fleshed out by ChatGPT) as of June 5th.  So,...

This episode of Pol and Pop explains how the 2024 Presidential Election was stolen.  The technical details are explained in a way that people without a technical background can understand them.  Go ahead and share this with anyone who doesn't already know it was stolen or is trying to argue that it was legitimate. REFERENCES & RESOURCES Core References: Election Truth Alliance Independent...

This is the second episode I'm putting up for people who just found out about the 2024 Presidential Election having been stolen.  I'm trying something a little different here-- a carefully put-together, very quick episode that answers the title question thoroughly, from many angles.  It should be very accessible, so go ahead and share it with anyone you know who's is curious, or is...

You just found out the 2024 Presidential election was stolen... or, maybe you've come across some jaw-dropping data that makes you question what really happened. If you're looking for clarity in the chaos, you're in the right place. In this special episode, Woody flips the script and interviews me—diving into fourteen key questions that get to the heart of it all: the evidence, the...

Yes, we finally got back to it-- seeing how all of the predictions Woody and I made in December 2023 for the calendar year 2024 turned out. After that, we go into some current events discussion, including about people in the U.S. government who are Russian assets, as well as the topic of the moment, tariffs.  After that, we finish up with some new predictions, for the rest of 2025. We had some fur...

It's been almost two months since Trump got back in and started the whirlwind of chaos.  So Woody and I decided to check in and take stock of things.  We delve into tariffs, economic blackouts and boycotts, Trump as a Russia asset, and more!

The Pop Culture half of the podcast is back! In this episode, I talk with John about the first two episodes of Daredevil: Born Again (essentially Daredevil season 4) which were eagerly awaited and just released this past week.  We also discuss Captain America: Brave New World a little at the beginning and throughout.  (I don't recall there being any spoilers in here for that movie, though.) H...

I got Woody's perspective on this whole situation with the Trump Presidency starting anyway, despite the fact that he didn't actually win... and that now he's basically admitting that Elon and he hacked the voting machines. We recorded this on Tuesday night 1/21-- our only good opportunity of the week to discuss and record for a decent duration when it's consistently this cold...

It's January 20th.  The inauguration of Donald Trump happened today, with no apparent action by the Democrats or anyone else beforehand to address the numerically-provable fact that he stole the election from Kamala Harris.  Before this happened, I gave it only a 40% chance that this would go through... even though the general public consensus certainly would have been closer to 100%. So, why...

We're very, very close to January 20th now.  The public at large is certainly expecting that Trump will be inaugurated and begin his Presidency at noon on the 20th.  But things are very crazy right now, and, if it's all business as usual, then some things don't add up. So, I'm trying to balance out my rational understandings of all the pieces with my intuition and various peopl...

About a month has gone by since my last episode.  We're still in limbo in terms of hearing official word from the powers that be.  But we aren't crazy-- we know something is up.  Those in the know have been collecting the evidence.  If they can show how the perpetrators caused what the experts have proven has happened, they just need to present it to the public.  And then this will be an...

This may be the most controversial episode of Pol and Pop ever released.  In fact, let me start with the following disclaimer: **** This episode is for entertainment purposes only.  Any persons accused of committing a crime are innocent until proven guilty. **** You know things are getting serious when you have to start out with that!  So, in this episode, I present the argument that Donald Trump...

It's November 9th, Woody's 70th birthday, and we have here the 70th episode of Pol and Pop!  And, of course, it is yet another politics episode, once again with Woody. We recorded this one in Clarksville on Thursday 11/7, after a special in-person trivia game with our other trivia group.  There was no need to put a whole bunch of notes together this one, because there was only one topic:...

Woody and I sat down on Halloween night for one last podcast recording before Election Day.  With only 5 days to go, so much had already happened and so many people had already voted that the pieces were mostly falling into place.  We discussed the closing arguments and went into our general commentary about the candidates and the status of the race at this point.  And we made our predictions abou...

Well, no October Surprise or Black Swan event has happened yet (as of 10/21), but the Kamala Harris appearance on Fox News was big enough to be well worth Woody and I discussing nonetheless.  Also, I for one have been doing a _ton_ of research on all sorts of things about the election since last time.  (Everything from hard science to vibes to... astrology?!!  Yeah, because, heck, why not, right?)...

After catching the Vice-Presidential debate on Tuesday 10/1, Woody and I got our initial impressions together, then also incorporated more of what we heard about it afterwards before recording this on Thursday.  After going through that, we continued on with some further thoughts about the election and how things are progressing now.

We're past Labor Day in our election year here now, and I was just visiting my brother Dave in Jacksonville Beach.  So I figured I'd take the opportunity to get his perspective on the situation, from outside the DC area in a red, but almost swing state.

Woody and I watched the first (and possibly only) debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on Tuesday night, September 10th.  These are our own reactions from just afterwards, before hearing the general media consensus.

In this episode, John and I discuss the MCU's only cinematic release for this calendar year, Deadpool and Wolverine!  And we also discuss where it looks like things are heading in the MCU next. Note that this is a full spoilercast, and there are definitely some key surprises in the movie that are much better if you don't know about them going in.  So, if you're not one of the people...

This flashback episode includes part of the seventh episode of the Spaghetti Sass podcast, from January 2022 (with a quick new introduction).  The centerpiece of that episode involved some thoughts on Kamala Harris and impressions of her at that time.  Obviously, since she's become the Democratic Nominee for the 2024 election, she's become much more significant in the political landscape...

Sometimes in politics, events happen and circumstances change so quickly that it's virtually impossible to record, edit, and upload a podcast episode before the whole political world changes. That said, every podcast episode is a reflection of the point in time at which it is recorded... so it's really just a snapshot anyway. This episode is meant to create a record, for posterity, of a...

Sometimes in politics, events happen and circumstances change so quickly that it's virtually impossible to record, edit, and upload a podcast episode before the whole political world changes. That said, every podcast episode is a reflection of the point in time at which it is recorded... so it's really just a snapshot anyway. This episode is meant to create a record, for posterity, of a...

In mid-June, I took a Friday through Tuesday trip where I drove through New York City, over to Rhode Island, up to New Hampshire, across Vermont, to Toronto and Niagara Falls, and back home. My main goals were: to drive in Manhattan, to set foot in Rhode Island, to actually go to Vermont, and to visit Canada twice.  And I wanted to drive this time, partially so it'd cost less than my last tri...

Woody and I watched the debate via our phones after trivia, then recorded our reactions to it just afterwards. It's amazing to see how different our takes on it were compared to what all the media seems to be saying about it.  I can promise you that we focused more on the actual topics discussed... none of that "I think this guy needs to drop out" stuff which seems to have dominated...

The first season of X-Men '97, continuing from the 90's animated series, has now all been released.  For this episode, I bring in fellow family Marvel TV series aficionados John and Joe to discuss the whole season, and to some extent how the prospects of the MCU in general are looking at the moment as well. Note: This is episode 58, and the previously released politics episode is episode...