John Elliott and Patrick Ricciardi
Pop Culture Continuum
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
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Latest episode
Mar 31, 2025
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Episodes
Episode 185: RIP 206 16.01.2017 59:52
John & Pat drink a toast to the dearly departed of the previous year. Unfortunately, they both try to drink actual toast and end up choking to death in beautifully thematic fashion.
Episode 184: The Best of 2016 09.01.2017 1:16:26
John & Pat pick their best pop culture items of the year. If only they were picking the incoming cabinet, this might be meaningful instead of just masturbatory. But why change the format now?
Episode 183: Definitely Not Happy Days vs. Life In Pieces 18.12.2016 59:01
The holiday season is upon us, so instead of letting crazed shoppers and awful relatives bring your blood pressure up, allow John & Pat to do it instead with their half-assed attempt at entertainment.
Episode 182: Under the Weather 12.12.2016 43:25
John & Pat are both feeling under the weather, but decided to give you a podcast anyway out of the kindness of their hearts. Sure, there’s no topic and they’re really more lazy than sick, but still – shouldn’t you be sending them money?
Episode 181: Small Wonder vs. People of Earth 05.12.2016 1:02:29
Having a terrible year like the rest of us? Need something to cheer you up? The Earwolf network has plenty of podcasts for that. If you want to stay confused and angry, John & Pat are where it’s at!
Episode 180: Yet Another Show About Nothing 28.11.2016 1:13:13
Nothing. It’s a theme Pat & John have explored before, both on the podcast and in their mental states. They once again stare into the void and the void stares back. Then the void takes them out for beers and they watch a VHS copy of Caddyshack. The void’s not so bad.
Episode 179: Joy Division – Substance vs. New Order – Substance 21.11.2016 1:10:29
John & Pat go back to the ’80s (like they ever left) to indulge in their goth and dance sides. Since neither of them can dance, it ends up just being more dreary than usual.
Episode 178: The Castle vs. Kenny w/ Michael Morris 14.11.2016 58:20
Michael returns to triumphantly take his place among the geniuses of podcasting by choosing to discuss 2 movies nobody in America has ever seen. Also; debates about the best way to kill whitey.
Episode 177: Westworld (1973) vs Westworld (2016) 31.10.2016 1:17:17
John & Pat look at the different versions of “Westworld” and use the discussion to finally reveal which one of them is the robot. The answer will shock and delight you!
Episode 176: SNL Election Special 24.10.2016 1:06:03
John & Pat examine the rich history of SNL debate skits. So, just like at the real debate, the topic mostly centers on “The Girl On The Train” and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Episode 175: New Fall TV Shows w/ Vivian 10.10.2016 1:25:51
Vivian makes her annual appearance on the podcast to talk about the new fall season. Spoiler alert: if you’ve been dreaming of day when numerous decades-old mediocre movies were made into series, 2016 is going to be a bonanza.
Episode 174: Our Top 10 Seinfeld Episodes 03.10.2016 1:05:35
John & Pat pick their favorite Seinfeld episodes, but, being cultural rebels, they completely ignore the ones where Ross and Rachel get together and Edith is assaulted in her home. These guys can’t be tamed, America! They’re too pure for this world.
Episode 173: Our Top ’80s Movies 26.09.2016 1:06:29
John & Pat pick their top 10 ’80s movies, which turns out to be utterly pointless since there were only 6 Police Academy films released during the decade. History is a series of disasters.
Episode 172: 2016 Emmys 19.09.2016 1:08:37
John & Pat continue their streak of correctly predicting every awards show race – not predicting the winners, mind you, but the categories. As a bonus, you’ll get to hear the aural equivalent of a slideshow of Pat’s summer vacation! Life is pain.
Episode 171:The Housemartins – London 0 Hull 4 vs. The Coup – Pick A Bigger Weapon 28.08.2016 1:20:36
John & Pat compare the two most famous Marxist music acts (sorry, Gang Of Four!) of the modern era and manage to say nothing about politics or philosophy in the process. But at least they look good doing it. As far as you know.
Episode 170: Our Top 10 Dramas 22.08.2016 1:11:01
John & Pat pick their top 10 favorite TV dramas, and only one of their lists is complete b.s. See who you agree with and determine whether you’re a Pat or a John. Or whether you’re somebody with an actual life.
Episode 169: Best Songs of 2016 Part 1 15.08.2016 1:22:15
John & Pat do their semi-annual list of their favorite songs of the year. Will yours make the cut? Nope. But you will be educated on some great music bubbling under the radar. Educated, but not entertained. Just like an Aaron Sorkin script!
Episode 168: Our Top 10 Sitcoms 07.08.2016 1:03:32
John & Pat turn their critical eye to the only subject either of them can discuss with any degree of expertise: sitcoms. Listen to see if your favorites (Dallas, Oz, Dragnet) made their lists, or if they just blew it like they have with their miserable lives. Comedy!
Episode 167: 1986 vs. 2016 01.08.2016 1:25:21
Pat & John relive the glory days of their youth and contrast it with their decrepit, bitter present in this episode that’s sure to make you question your concept of mortality, art and what it means to be human in the modern era. Or else they just recite a bunch of lists. It’s really not for us to say.
Episode 166:Police Squad vs. Angie Tribeca 25.07.2016 1:05:47
John & Pat. Police Squad! and Angie Tribeca. Possibly the single most intellectual podcast episode anyone’s ever made. Bring your thinking caps and don’t forget to [fart noise].
Episode 165: Wikipedia Rabbit Hole 18.07.2016 1:18:52
John & Pat go down the Wikipedia rabbit hole. Where will they end up? If you guessed “boring science page”, you’re right 9 times out of 10.
Episode 164: 1776 vs. Hamilton 04.07.2016 1:15:07
On this most patriotic of days, the guys celebrate the only way true Americans can: by talking about fanciful songs! And also by tag-team wrestling Vladimir Putin in Jell-O. USA!
Episode 163: The Twilight Zone vs. Black Mirror 27.06.2016 1:02:31
Prepare to enter a dimension of sight and sound, where time and space lose all meaning and poop jokes rule the day. As with all things sci-fi, Pat speaks excitedly and eruditely about the topic and John strives mightily to pretend he gives a !#*@.
Episode 162: Nothing: The Final Chapter 20.06.2016 1:04:36
John & Pat set out to prove that conversations can be interesting, even when they veer off of the show’s premise. Unfortunately, as they were trying to provide this proof they began discussing mid 80’s sitcoms and fell asleep.
Episode 161: Nothing Part Deux 13.06.2016 1:08:50
John & Pat present the second in their 3-part series examining the effects of talking about nothing. The results are sure to delight and educate you! We don’t know what some words mean.
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