John Elliott and Patrick Ricciardi

Pop Culture Continuum

Comedy EN ↓ 300 episodes

John and Pat have no experience and are uniquely unqualified to discuss Pop Culture. Yet, week after week they get together to take one piece of Pop Culture from history, and compare it to something more modern. Never offering insight, but often finding new ways to insult.

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John Elliott and Patrick Ricciardi

Episodes

Episode 286: The Go-Gos: Beauty and the Beat vs. Taylor Swift: Lover 06.01.2020 52:31

If you can’t get enough of middle-aged men reviewing music for teenyboppers, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for. (Teenyboppers? Yes. What of it?)

Episode 285: The Golden Girls vs. Grace and Frankie 02.12.2019 45:00

Yet another podcast about elderly women in Hollywood.

Episode 284: Thanks, T. Hanks. 25.11.2019 41:16

John & Pat have done it again – by which we mean they spent an entire episode talking about nonsense.

Episode 283: Sleater-Kinney: Dig Me Out vs. The Center Won’t Hold 18.11.2019 49:57

John & Pat once again bring their critical acumen to bear on pop music, so be sure you’ve got your dictionaries ready for their articulate reading of the work of Sleater-Kinney.

Episode 282: The Wolf Man vs. An American Werewolf in London 11.11.2019 58:00

John and Pat look at the most popular movie genre ever: the werewolf film. Suck it, Marvel Universe!

Episode 281: Another One About Nothing 04.11.2019 37:27

More nothing. Come stare into the void with us, won’t you?

Episode 280: 1989 vs. 2019 21.10.2019 1:03:23

The fall of the Berlin Wall vs. the Trump impeachment hearings – these are just a few of the things we won’t be discussing in favor of the mostly terrible pop detritus foisted upon us in these two forgettable years.

The Best Songs Of 2019 Part 1 14.10.2019 1:11:33

Pat & John return from their hiatus to discuss the best music of 2019. They provide insightful comments such as “This song sounds good.” “I could listen to this in a bathtub. Not with water in it, because of shock safety!” “This song reminds me of a room.” Enjoy!

Episode 278: Who Were the Party of Five? 12.08.2019 53:33

John & Pat talk. No further information available.

Episode 277: Griping About Netflix 22.07.2019 48:57

John & Pat argue about whether Stranger Things sucks and other politically-charged debates about these troubled times.

Episode 276: Who Would Melissa Fumero Play on Barney Miller 01.07.2019 55:13

Once again, John & Pat tackle the questions no one else has the guts to ask: Who should replace Alex Trebek? And why did we forget Terry Crews was a cast member of Brooklyn 99?

Episode 275: Its All Balls 17.06.2019 47:15

John & Pat ramble on about nothing of import – perfect for the intoxicated listener.

Episode 274: Cheers vs. Abbys 10.06.2019 48:36

John & Pat get drunk by proxy from watching two sitcoms set in bars. Not that you’d be able to tell the difference.

Episode 273: The Jeffersons vs. The Jeffersons Live 03.06.2019 47:30

John & Pat take another episode to talk about this spectacle on ABC. I’m sure they will be getting a check any day now for all the free advertising.

Episode 272: All in the Family vs. All in the Family Live 27.05.2019 54:34

John & Pat look back to a more quaint time in entertainment, when racism and misogyny were issues to be dealt with. Ah, how times have changed.

Episode 271:Dear Abby Part 2 14.04.2019 58:26

John & Pat answer questions submitted to Dear Abby. Who will be better – a professional advice columnist or two raging idiots? You be the judge!

Episode 270: Star Trek S1 Ep28 vs Star Trek Discovery S1 Ep1 11.03.2019 49:47

John & Pat nerd it up with the nerdy nerd nerd nerd Star Trek franchse nerd (nerd)

One Day at a Time (1975) vs. One Day at a Time (2017) 25.02.2019 49:17

Travel to yesteryear and today-year as John & Pat’s guests aboard the SS Hokey Old-Fashioned Sitcoms.

Episode 268: Grant Hart – Intolerance vs. Bob Mould – Sunshine Rock 19.02.2019 57:47

John & Pat talk music again, so you can rest assured you’ll be in for an erudite, enlightening conversation. As long as you’re talking to a professor instead of listening.

Episode 267: Pop Culture Ephemera 12.02.2019 53:55

John & Pat once again didn’t prepare a topic, but if you’re in the market for Girl Scout cookies trivia, this is the episode for you!

Episode 266: The Best Songs of 2018 – Part 2 04.02.2019 1:11:45

John & Pat pick their favorite songs from the second half of 2018. Sadly, since Creed didn’t release an album last year, they will all be second-rate.

Episode 265: The Best of 2018 21.01.2019 53:24

John & Pat pick their top 10 pop culture artifacts from 2018. Will The Big Bang Theory finally make the cut? Only their hairdressers know for sure.

Episode 264: Happy New Year 2019! 15.01.2019 47:32

John and Pat ring in the new year by talking about the exact same dumb subjects they’ve discussed every other year. Their resolution is to never grow.

Episode 263: White Christmas vs. Black Christmas w/ Michael Morris 24.12.2018 1:10:43

Michael Morris is back to help celebrate the season with a couple holiday classics that teach us that the true meaning of Christmas is character actors, boxers on 50 year-olds, bisexuality, and blacksploitation versions of The Christmas Carol.

Episode 262: Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady vs. Pete Shelley: Homosapien 17.12.2018 48:24

John & Pat honor the memory of Pete Shelley by looking at two of his classic albums. Don’t worry – there’s plenty of inarticulate gibberish as well.