Pop Culture Cosmos

Ben Arnot from https://smokinghotconfessions.com and the Smoking Hot Confessions Podcast stops by to talk about the success of The Lion King, Avengers Endgame becoming the #1 movie of all-time and all the big news that went down for Marvel this weekend at San Diego Comic-Con. What does the lineup for Marvel look like in Phase Four?  We've got a jammed packed marvel update on our latest Pop Culture...

Josh and Gerald are back in the middle of the PCC Multiverse with an update on the most recent statements made by Netflix on their finances and how their current issues might affect their future plus San Diego Comic-Con has already started with a slew of trailers coming out that has us talking Top Gun 2: Maverick, It: Chapter Two, the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot and more! All this and Jessica Boggs...

It's our 150th episode and we celebrate by going shopping as we discuss the big extravaganza known as Amazon Prime Day (s) and what to look for and what not to miss when it comes to one of the biggest retailing events of 2019. Avengers Endgame is creeping in on being #1 all-time, can it make it? Douglas Haughaboo from Retro City Games has thoughts on why Days Gone for the Playstation 4 should not...

We're back with another great episode of the PCC Multiverse as we decide if Nintendo's newly announced Switch "Lite" is a good option for gamers this holiday. Plus we share our thoughts on what we're looking forward to the most at next week's all-important San Diego Comic-Con and we celebrate forty years of Gundam as Josh weighs in with what was recently announced for this pop culture icon and wha...

Jessica Boggs from www.thetvratingsguide.com is back with her full July TV Update as we go into detail about the hits (and misses) so far this summer on television. How are the broadcast networks doing? What's going on with your favorite cable stations? And what show is hitting record ratings this summer? We talk Yellowstone, Snowfall, Baskets, Instinct, and more plus we debate on if networks can...

NBA Free Agency is upon us and Anthony Barbarin and Gerald Glassford break down what the big moves will do to shake up the Association. We look into the big moves by Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant plus weigh in with thoughts on the biggest winners and losers of the NBA offseason in this special episode!   Presented by Vitabrace from Miracle Fruit Oil ( listen in for a 50% and a Buy One Get One Fre...

This week's show has Josh and Gerald talking some Stranger Things Season Three with thoughts on if this was the best one yet and what might happen next for the series (SPOILERS Included), plus just how well did Spider-Man: Far From Home do over the July 4th holiday and what are the best selling games for the Switch, Xbox One and Playstation 4? What has been the trend on each system and what surpri...

Josh and Gerald return to talk pop culture on this 4th of July weekend with a review (Warning: SPOILERS!) of Spider-Man: Far From Home as Gerald fills you in on if this latest web-slinging flick carries itself as a qualified part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plus Amazon has found a director to kick of its Lord of the Rings series so we talk about what timeline this will cover and if this very...

Josh and Gerald are reunited and it feels so pop culture good as we talk about Spider-Man Far From Home hitting theaters and if this is a truly good way to end this phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plus what is the streaming landscape going to look like after The Office leaves Netflix, we wonder if The Sinking City video game can find a large audience and what anime series has Josh asking l...

We pay tribute to Pride Month as game developer and Professor of Creative & Entertainment Games at Breda University of Applied Sciences Mata Haggis-Burridge stops by to talk about his experiences with LGBTQ+ portrayals in video games and where the industry needs to go from here. He shares thoughts on his past at Electronic Arts with Burnout Paradise, one of his most recent games the award-winning...

Welcome back to the best podcast in the cosmos. On this episode of the Pop Culture Cosmos, we're talking about some of our favorite things . . . food and pop culture. What goes together more than food and pop culture...nothing! And that's why our BBQ Grilling expert Ben Arnot from Smoking Hot Confessions is back to talk not only his love for various aspects of pop culture including DC, Marvel and...

Welcome back to the PCC Multiverse. On this episode of the best podcast in the cosmos, Josh Brennan from the Changing Perspectives podcast stops by to talk about the lasting impact of the Game of Thrones and where future tie-ins and prequels can go to extend the life cycle of the most popular television series of the decade. We also drop by the ground floor at E3 2019 to talk to the good folks ove...

On this episode of the Pop Culture Cosmos, we talk to Jessica Boggs from the TV Ratings Guide about summer programming for broadcast and cable and who has the best (and worst) schedules set for this fall. We also stop by the show floor at E3 2019 to talk to Phil Tam, the developer and community manager of Project Witchstone. All of this and another great song from Hyperschmitt on this episode of t...

The guys from the Pop Culture Cosmos are back to talk the tremendous recent success (once again) for Keanu Reeves and where this "Keanussance" can go from here. We wrap up E3 with thoughts on the experience, a behind the curtain look at Borderlands 3 and we talk about the growing home arcade marketplace and the impending battle between Arcade 1up and the Legends Ultimate Arcade Machines from AtGam...

We catch up with the rest of the E3 2019 press conferences as Josh and Gerald break down what happened with Ubisoft, Square Enix, and Nintendo and what was announced. Who impressed? Who didn't and who came out overall shining the brightest on video games' leading world platform. Presented by Vitabrace from Miracle Fruit Oil ( listen in for a 50% and a Buy One Get One Free code then go to tinyurl.c...

Josh and Gerald are back talking the disappointments of The Secret Life of Pets 2 and X-Men: Dark Pheonix and the possible long term questions the failure of each signify. We also recap all the major news from the weekend at E3 2019 with XBOX, Electronic Arts, Google and Bethesda all having their say. Was it a slew of blockbuster announcements or are all these publishers waiting for what's to come...

Josh and Gerald are back talking the latest battle this weekend at the box office with X-Men: Dark Pheonix going up against The Secret Life Of Pets 2. Who do we think is going to win and with the move of the X-Men to Disney should this latest movie be the last appearance in a while for many of our favorite mutants? We also talk the quick cancellation of Swamp Thing after one episode aired and our...

Rayson Choo from The Raygacy Show on Anchor and Apple Podcasts is back to talk about the early success of AEW and if that future might lead them to be a viable contender to World Wrestling Entertainment. Presented by Vitabrace from Miracle Fruit Oil ( listen in for a 50% and a Buy One Get One Free code then go to tinyurl.com/y9vnoxtn ), Rob McCallum Films, and Retro City Games!

Amine Chabane, the CEO of Marseille Inc., the creators of the line of awesome mCable HDMI Connectors chats with Josh about the wonders of improving your HDMI cabling and the effect it will have on your television, streaming and video game experiences. With 8k right around the corner, Amine lets you know why now is a great time to upgrade your high-definition landscape. To find out more about the G...

Josh and Gerald talk Godzilla's weekend at the box office and how its future now has become very unclear plus we also have our dream picks for E3 for games we would love to see become a reality. All this and Rayson Choo from The Raygacy Show stops by to talk about what the right steps would be for the future of AEW, Octavio and Erik Gomez from Go Bros. Gaming preview why Playstation fans still nee...

Godzilla: King of the Monsters is set to demolish the box office but Josh and Gerald talk about how much damage is this film really going to make at theaters, there's a new/old Modern Warfare on the way from Activision, will the new Avengers video game still be able to feed off the success of Endgame and why the latest Death Stranding video leaves us totally bewildered but has us wanting to play t...

Aladdin is flying high at the box office as we give you an update on what movies scored and what films missed this Memorial Day Weekend. We also have new information on some of the new characters coming to Episode IX the Rise of Skywalker including a possible scoundrel to the Star Wars universe and we talk of a possible new entry using elements from a much-beloved game from the previous decade. Da...

We're back to preview the slate of movies hitting theaters this Memorial Day Weekend, but while Disney's Aladdin is getting all the hype, what are our thoughts on the two other major releases Brightburn and Booksmart and which one do we feel could be the sleeper hit of 2019? Sam Petralia from the Bullhorn Podcast App returns to voice what so many others are still talking about when it comes to the...

Josh and Gerald are back together talking the future of the John Wick Franchise, the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, how the zombie genre may have run its course, the brilliance of Cobra Kai, the possibility if Avengers Endgame can still become the biggest movie of all time and we review the series finale for the Game of Thrones. Warning *SPOILERS*   Presented by Vitabrace from...

Tony Monroy from Game Source sits in with Gerald as they discuss how the John Wick series has come from cult status to a big movie blockbuster with John Wick 3 Parabellum poised to set its sights on Avengers Endgame this weekend at the box office. Plus can Rage 2 solidify its status as a franchise Bethesda can lean on in the years to come? The guys from Topicocalypse weigh in with their thoughts o...