Pol and Pop (Politics/Pop Culture)

In this episode, I give my quick impressions for a group of additional Metroidvania games I've played through since part 3.  Hopefully this will give you enough of a feel for each one to determine which ones you might enjoy playing yourself. Games addressed in this episode: Afterimage, Ghost Song, Grime, Souldiers, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Transiruby. And there's also some discu...

Woody and I answer the hypothetical question: What happens if Biden or Trump dies at any given point in time between now and Inauguration Day, 2025?

In the miscellaneous topics section of our latest extensive politics discussion, Woody and I go into these subjects: The Trump situation after four indictments, Mitch McConnell's ongoing health concerns, Wagner leader dies, Biden vs. Big Pharma, the writers' and actors' strikes, the first Republican debate, and Clarence Thomas' ethics questions

From May 17th, 2022-- episode 7 of Get 2 the Point. ---- In this episode, I start out by delving into how humans evolved tribalism, how our news media has become less objective and more biased over time, and how social media makes that even worse. Then I go into the psychology of Donald Trump, how the Republican Party progressed to the point of nominating someone like him, and how he gets people t...

In part 2 here, finishing the conversation from last episode, Woody and I discuss: Homicide rate in DC, The status of the war in Ukraine and Ukraine working towards joining NATO, the Wagner group in Russia, China's economic power status, Washington Commanders ownership, Elon Musk rebranding Twitter, online services with ads, Cher Flair and Barbieheimer, the Hollywood actors' strike, cabl...

In part 1 of our 2 part conversation, Woody and I cover: Hunter Biden's scandals and plea, Trump's legal concerns and their impact on the election, Biden's heat crisis relief and the impact of hotter beach water, What the Presidential election may look like in 2028 and VP Harris's chances then, the Republican candidates in the 2024 race now, mental health, Senator Tuberville bl...

From March 1st, 2022-- episode 2 of Get 2 the Point.  As the world thinks about artificial intelligence in relation to the destructive capabilities of the atomic bomb with the release of the movie Oppenheimer, we look back to how computer thinking actually works. -- Will machines ever come to life and take over the world?  Here are the important basic facts behind what "you" are, ensoulm...

In this episode, we continue discussing the videogame that I recently played quite a while every day for over two and a half months-- Tactics Ogre Reborn, on PlayStation 5. My brother John played through it as well during that time, on PC. For part 3 here, we look at our overall assessments of the game and continue with comparisons with other Tactics games and other RPGs. Games like Tactics Ogre a...

In this episode, we continue discussing the videogame that I recently played quite a while every day for over two and a half months-- Tactics Ogre Reborn, on PlayStation 5. My brother John played through it as well during that time, on PC. In this part, we focus more on comparisons with other Tactics games and other RPGs, then get back into other facets of the game and the characters you get. Ther...

In this episode, we discuss the videogame that I recently played quite a while every day for over two and a half months-- Tactics Ogre Reborn, on PlayStation 5. My brother John played through it as well during that time, on PC.  Not for as long, but certainly for long enough to have a lot to say about it! There are spoilers in this episode regarding gameplay and recruitable characters, but probabl...

We've been a little short on Pop Culture episodes lately, so I've gone back to the vault!  This is a discussion that Kelli Comberiate and I had about female-led superhero shows as part of episode 17 of Spaghetti Sass. The Spaghetti Sass podcast series is archived online, as well as Get 2 the Point.  So you can check them both out where you find Pol and Pop, or at any of the major places...

In this episode, I'm back in Jacksonville Beach for another visit.  So, Dave Comberiate and I follow up on our earlier conversation about Ron DeSantis and the Jacksonville mayoral election.  Since we spoke before, the election is over and DeSantis has officially announced he is running for President. We look at what the results of the mayoral election mean for Jacksonville going forward, and...

Woody and I cover a variety of current topics, all highly relevant whether it's late May, mid-June, or later. DeSantis makes it official, how the election could play out if Biden can't run anymore at various points over the 2024 campaign, thoughts on relative popularity levels of DeSantis and Trump, free speech versus the importance of factual accuracy, some thoughts on Trump's lega...

In this episode, we discuss the new Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. In part 2 here we continuing covering the different characters with Mantis, Nebula, Gamora, The Ravagers, Cosmo, Nathan Fillion's character (Master Karja), The High Evolutionary, and Adam Warlock... delving both into them specifically and how they relate to the other characters. Then we look ahead to James Gunn m...

In this episode, we discuss the new Marvel movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. We have some opening thoughts, then we jump into the different characters.  In part 1 here we cover Rocket, Groot, Drax, and Peter, delving both into them specifically and how they relate to the other characters.  This is part 1 of 2 from our interview. Spoiler Alert: All of the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, and, to...

We're a little heavy on the Pol episodes over the Pop episodes with this upload, but this is what I have recorded and edited now, so it's going up now. In this general news roundup, Woody and I discuss the following topics: Biden makes running for President official DeSantis planning to announce run in mid-May Who benefits from the Democrats' primary calendar shakeup Fox News settle...

We recorded an episode the day that Trump was indicted.  As it worked out, we ended up recording for well over an hour and a half.  That included a lot of discussion specifically tied to that topic, but also a lot of discussion on other political topics along with it. In the interest of getting a "same day" reaction podcast up sooner rather than later, I tried chopping out everything tha...

In this episode, I give my quick impressions for the last 10 from my list of 50 Metroidvania games I've played through in recent years.  Some of these games are relatively well-known, others are pretty obscure... but hopefully this will give you enough of a feel for each one to determine which ones you might enjoy playing yourself! Special "guest" game-describer for this episode: Ch...

Trump gets indicted, and Woody and I do a special same-day reaction podcast. We ended up recording for much longer than this, and discussing a whole bunch of other things as well.  But I trimmed it down in order to focus more on all our commentary specifically related to the indictment... and in order to get the episode up sooner rather than later.  I may or may not use the rest for a separate epi...

It's been a slow couple months in political news, but Woody and I are back to cover the little bits and pieces. In this episode, we touch on: The revelations about Fox News from the Dominion Voting Machines trial, Classified documents, Speaker votes, Trump potential indictments, Approval ratings and polling errors, Biden's age, Who'd be President now if Hillary had won in 2016, Play...

In this episode, I sit down with fellow Elden Lord and/or Ranni Consort Joe Comberiate and we talk Elden Ring. Part three goes into all the little things that annoyed us about the game, then touches on some of the key points of the lore. The game is absolutely massive, with all sorts of different facets to it, so it's impossible to cover everything. Theoretically, this discussion contains spo...

In this episode, I sit down with fellow Elden Lord and/or Ranni Consort Joe Comberiate and we talk Elden Ring. Part two picks up with some of the other specific things we really enjoyed about the game. The game is absolutely massive, with all sorts of different facets to it, so it's impossible to cover everything. Theoretically, this discussion contains spoilers for the whole game... but, in...

In this episode, I sit down with fellow Elden Lord and/or Ranni Consort Joe Comberiate and we talk Elden Ring. Part one starts us off with general thoughts, comparisons to other great games, and some of the specific things that we really enjoyed about the game. Elden Ring is absolutely massive, with all sorts of different facets to it, so it's virtually impossible to cover everything.  So we...

In this episode, I take advantage of being in Florida to find out more about this Ron DeSantis guy, who is quite likely to be a major factor in the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election... perhaps even the Republican nominee. Dave Comberiate and I also discuss the election for Mayor of Jacksonville which is being held on March 21st.  It's a more moderate city than most in this country, so the resul...

In this episode, I sit down with long-time Super Nintendo Entertainment System aficionado, Dave Comberiate! This is a tie-in with my Metroidvania episodes, so-- after discussing the Super Nintendo in general-- we start off with the Mother (Brain?) of all Metroidvania games, Super Metroid itself.  Then we go into a bunch of other SNES games.  I give a quick overview of each first, then we discuss D...