Pop Culture Continuum

John and Pat discuss vacations, what TV shows they’re watching and all the movies they haven’t seen. It’s like hanging out in an assisted living facility, but without the smell.

Michael Morris returns for the umpteenth time in the umpteenth episode about godawful movies no one should ever be forced to watch. And yet we watch them freely, because we hate ourselves.

Vivian joins the guys for their annual new fall shows episode. Once again, the networks top themselves in creating magnificent works of art that will hold up for eons to come. Get ready for rave reviews all around!

John & Pat shoot themselves in the foot by giving listeners advice on other podcasts to listen to. Next week: tips to steal their loved ones away from them!

John & Pat continue to make their way through The Wire at the glacial pace that’s sure to infuriate fans. They also check out Ozark – which, despite the presence of Jason Bateman, is neither funny nor enabling to abusive men!

If you’ve ever watched a monkey try to do calculus, you know what you’re in for: John & Pat, with no improv background between them, play improv games. Aren’t you tired of professionals like Paul F. Tompkins and Jason Mantzoukas giving you polished, reliably entertaining comedy? Of course you are. Welcome to the future.

The end of the Reagan years vs. the end (hopefully?) of the Trump years: who made better art? Or, for that matter, better TV, movies and pop music? The answer will both delight and sicken you! Just like life.

Bust out your Nickelback and Nelly CDs and journey back to the year 2002 – a simpler time, when cable cop shows dealt with lighter subject matter like heroin addiction and pedophile rings.

John & Pat tackle philosophy by discussing nothing to highlight the meaninglessness of existence. Or they were just to lazy to come up with an actual topic. Listen and decide for yourself.

It’s that time of year again! John and Pat each pick their top 10 songs from the first half of the year. Note to listeners: your terrible band didn’t make the list.

For their milestone 250th episode extravaganza, Pat & John celebrate by doing the exact same thing they do every year at this time: looking at the new fall shows. What did you expect, Paul F. Tompkins? Get a grip.

John & Pat discuss the Emmy nominations and predict the winners with their usual well-informed accuracy. And if there are any Emmy voters reading this: you’re idiots. And if there are any Emmy voters not reading this: you’re not idiots.

Michael Morris returns to discuss the 2 greatest films of the 20th century. And we mean 20th century B.C. when films didn’t exist, which is the only way these would qualify

John & Pat compare these two albums. Seems obvious enough this description hardly seems necessary.

John & Pat disregard the expertise of the professionals and offer their own advice to the dum-dums who write in to weekly columnists – with sometimes shocking results! Mostly not, though.

John & Pat once again prove they quickly run out of things to say when talking about music. Then again, this is free, so who are you to complain? Check your privilege, doofus.

John & Pat have nothing to say, but that doesn’t stop them from saying it for an hour. Why are you even reading this? It’s as pointless as life itself.

John & Pat take a look at the latest clueless idiocy coming out of stars’ mouths, and counter it with some clueless idiocy of their own. Everybody loses!

With the new fall season on the horizon, John & Pat decide to pitch their own TV shows – which, since they don’t work in Hollywood, already makes them better than 99% of what’s on TV. They’re still mostly awful, but better.

John & Pat return to discussing crime shows – but the real crime would be missing this episode! So if you want to be just another piece of low-life filth, by all means, skip this one.

Pat pays tribute to his late brother by sharing the songs they bonded over. John, meanwhile, is his usual damn fool self.

Whenever beloved entertainers reunite after a 20-year absence, the result is always magical. Just look at the Pixies! So what could possibly go wrong with a new season of Roseanne? Nothing at all, that’s what.

John finally convinces Pat to start watching The Wire, but how? Was it peer pressure? Blackmail? An intense buttocks massage? You’ll have to listen to find out! Oh, they also watched Hill Street Blues, if anybody cares (and they shouldn’t).

John & Pat once again amuse themselves by recasting movies with the casts of other movies. The listeners might amuse themselves by switching over to another podcast.

John & Pat try to relive their high school years through two sitcoms about kids ten times smarter than they ever were. Another failed experiment!