Pop Culture Continuum

Ami joins Pat & John to discuss two films that are virtually mirror images of each other – as long as you ignore genre, quality of acting, plot, cinematography, and critical acclaim.

As they have done semi-annually for 59 years, John and Pat pick their top 10 songs of 2017 so far. Will Michael Bolton finally make the list? You’ll have to listen to all 2 hours to find out. Or skip it and go watch a movie, because he doesn’t.

John & Pat pick their 10 favorite movies from the decade they were born. Unfortunately for them (and you), they weren’t born 2 decades later, so the Problem Child franchise is off the table.

John & Pat look at 2 popular but terrible TV shows, but unfortunately John’s audio gets all squirrelly halfway through the episode. Still, it’s easier to get through than either of these shows.

John & Pat do another episode about classic albums celebrating anniversaries, but who cares? Does anybody read these descriptions anyway? Rutabaga jetpack flim-flam Pocahantas do-rag.

John & Pat delve into 2 classic rock albums because they figured they had more to say than the thousands of critical analyses already written about them. Look forward to them mansplaining The Beatles and Star Wars soon!

John & Pat celebrate Father’s Day a week late with two sitcoms about dads, in honor of all the real dads out there who were always late for the important events in their children’s lives. Thanks for the years of therapy, family!

John & Pat read the funny pages just like the man-children they are, so naturally they end up spending half an hour discussing the word “cuck”.

Pat & John compare two shows about drunks and drug abusers, subjects they certainly have no familiarity with. As children they, like most of their generation, took Nancy Reagan’s words to heart. Straight edge 4ever!

John & Pat pick their favorite new shows from the fall 2016 season. Consequently, this episode is only 2 minutes long.

John & Pat pick their favorite John & Pat bits from all the John & Pat Johns & Pats. John & Pat!

Pat & John rate their favorite Simpsons episodes – because who better to judge comedy legends than two guys whose qualifications are talking on the phone?

Pop culture guru Steve Mockus returns to settle the most important debate of our time: Prince vs. Michael Jackson. As with most debates, there is disagreement – and also murder most foul.

John & Pat pick their favorite movies from the 2000s, which, strangely, end in 2009. For some reason 2010 is considered the teens, even though that’s obviously complete nonsense. Thanks for nothing, PYTHAGORAS.

John & Pat travel back (mentally) to the 1950s for a radio show where racism, misogyny and terrible jokes were the cultural norm. They also listen to an old episode of Amos ‘n’ Andy.

John’s program of torturing Pat with screamy music finally comes to an end with the last installment of their Hüsker Dü album reviews. Will Pat exact his revenge? Or will John force him to do a series on the discography of Motörhead? Why are there no bands with umlauts anymore? And most importantly: why should you care?

John & Pat tackle the classic debates: Dogs vs. cats! Surrealism vs. Hallmark! Alien vs. Predator! Or, you know, they just talk about comic strips like a couple of 12-year-olds.

Are you in the mood to listen to 3 middle-aged white guys talk about the difficulties of their high school days and geek out over ’80s culture for a couple hours? Then look no further than this episode. And also 90% of the other podcasts out there.

John & Pat compare two political sitcoms from different eras: one from a time when a criminal republican in the White House nearly destroyed the country, and one from when Nixon was in office.

John & Pat pick their favorite movies from the ’90s – hope everybody loves hearing about Jim Carrey for an hour!

Michael returns to discuss a pair of horror movies – one legitimate, one where the horror come from the realization you spent an hour and a half watching garbage when you could have been folding laundry. So i’s all a good metaphor for life in general.

David returns to talk time travel movies with John & Pat. Will they inadvertently solve the problem of quantum gravity through their musings? Or will it just be more poop jokes? Find out…in the future!

John reads Pat’s letters from his vacation in New Orleans. Literally, that’s it. Don’t expect much and you’ll still be disappointed.

John & Pat pick their favorite songs from the second half of 2016. But with Lemmy gone, it’s just a pale shadow of what it could have been.

John & Pat embrace the new regime by constantly talking while saying nothing – also by coming up with creative new ways to screw the lower classes!