Pop Culture Man Children

Hello! Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom! On today's all-new full episode, your host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by dear friend of the show, Janine Gagliardi. Mike and Janine review movie trailers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), The Drama (2026), Dune: Part Three (2026), and The End of Oak Street (2026). In the "chill session," Mike and Janine talk about what current po...

Ahoy! Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop shop for non-toxic fandom! On today's all-new episode, your host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by good friends of the show, Emilio Sparks and Vin Forte. The boys are together to discuss their all-time favorite action figures. That's right. The show is diving back into the plastic odyssey that is toy collecting. This episode is a fun one and sure to press your nost...

Ahoy! Welcome to Pop Culture Man Children— what the kids on the streets call pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by both Emilio Sparks and Vin Forte. The guys got together to crack open some cold ones! And by cold ones we mean microwavable frozen dinners. The guys are taste-testing various entries in the Kid Cuisine...

For the honor of Grayskull, this is Pop Culture Man Children! — what the kids on the streets call pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by Peter Marsh (Lasser Cast / Comic Books Transformed) to once again discuss the world MOTU. Today's episode is on the 1985 animated feature film He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the...

Helloooo ::wiggles fingers:: This is Pop Culture Man Children — what the kids on the streets call pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's episode, your host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by Peter Marsh (Lasser Cast / Comic Books Transformed) to discuss the MasterClass of David Lynch. MasterClass is a boutique streaming service where industry leaders and acco...

Welcome! This is Pop Culture Man Children — what the kids on the streets call pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's episode, Mike is joined once again by Anthony. The guys are together to dish about the phenomenon: Heated Rivalry. Anthony is a huge fan who has reheated (rewatched) the show many times. Mike is new to the show but loves it. They discuss t...

SPOILER ALERT! for Scream 7 (2026) Do you like mid-scary movies? Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera! On today's episode, Mike is joined by Anthony Bongiorno to react to Scream 7 (2026). Mike and Antony have discussed EVERY Scream movie on pcmc (check out our backlog on the feed) and today the tradition continues. The guys just got back from the movie...

Do you read Sutter Cane? Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, Mike is joined by dear friend of the pod, Nadia Kader. Nadia is a big fan of today's topic; the 1994 film In the Mouth of Madness, directed by horror icon John Carpenter. The film is Carpenter's ode to H.P. Lovecraft, and the third in his "apocalypse trilogy." It's a weir...

I've been doing this for fifty years! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, Mike is joined again by good friend of the show, Nadia Kader. Mike and Nadia sat down to discuss Megadoc (2025), the feature-length documentary that chronicles the disastrous production of Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis (2024). Neither Mike nor Nadia have...

Come on! No whammies, no whammies! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, Mike is joined once again by good friend of the show, Vin Forte. Today Mike and Vin are talking about the classic TV game show Press Your Luck. In particular, they are discussing the "scandal" that rocked the show in 1984 when a contestant won over $100,000 by e...

Hey, when did you grow a beard?! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, Mike is joined once again by good friend of the show, Vin Forte. Together Mike and Vin are discussing the grimy 1985 action/comedy The Protector. A wild buddy-cop movie starring Jackie Chan and Danny Aiello! If you liked Lethal Weapon but wished it had 100% more m...

Good morning happy campers! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for non-toxic fandom and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, Mike is back with Emilio Sparks, and together they are talking about the film John Candy: I Like Me (2025). If you weren't here last week, the guys discussed John Candy's greatest film, Uncle Buck (check it out on our feed). This week, Mike and Emilio are diving deep i...

Oh let's have a cow! Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for fandom talk and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, Mike is joined once again by Emilio Sparks, and together they are discussing the 1989 classic John Hughes film Uncle Buck. One of the guy's all-time favorite films and an absolute tour de force performance by the legendary John Candy. Mike and Emilio discuss their childhood memori...

You shot who in the what now? Welcome to pcmc, your one-stop-shop for fandom talk and pop culture ephemera. On today's episode, Mike is joined once again by Bill, and together they are discussing the 1995 pop culture phenomenon "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" At the end of season 6 of The Simpsons, the producers decided to create a cliffhanger wherein the most evil man in Springfield would be shot by an uns...

Welcome to pcmc! Your one-stop-shop for fandom talk and pop culture ephemera. On today's full episode, Mike is joined by dear friend of the show, Bill Gagliardi. Mike and Bill talk about the trailers for The Odyssey (2026), Avengers Doomsday (2026), Supergirl (2026), and Madden (2026). The guys also discuss what they're "chilling with" (reading, watching, playing) and confess their current pop cul...

Happy New Year! It's 2026 and this year has got to be better, right?....right? On today's show, Mike and Janine look forward to the pop culture coming our way in 2026 and list their most anticipated new releases. This is going to be a great year in media and a great year for your favorite podcast pcmc! If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe anywhere you get your pods so you'll get all the...

Oh boy! Welcome to a spectacular holiday episode of pcmc! On today's show, Mike is joined by Janine, and together they are discussing "From All of Us to All of You", an episode of the classic TV show Walt Disney Presents, which first aired in 1958. In the show, Jiminy Cricket and Mickey Mouse host an arrangement of classic Disney shorts and clips from their feature films. But to understand the rea...

Primeee! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for media musings, nostalgia, and pop culture ephemera! Transformers conversation continues on today's show, as Mike is joined once again by Peter Marsh. Today's episode is about the would-be reboot of the Transformers franchise, 2024's Transformers One. The prequel film was great, but no one cared about it. Peter is a huge Transfo...

Autobots roll out! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for media musings, nostalgia, and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, Mike is joined once again by Peter Marsh. Peter is a long time friend of the show and something of a podcaster himself (The Lasser Cast / Comic Books Transformed). This episode's topic is the fan favorite animated film The Transformers: The Movie fro...

Hello! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for media musings, nostalgia, and pop culture ephemera! On today's show, Mike is joined once again by Anthony. Together the guys are returning to a concept first visited in episode 280. Describing movies they haven't seen. Each person has given the other the titles for three movies they know the other has never seen. That person has...

Jellybeans! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, Mike is joined by Anthony to discuss the Bravo franchise The Real Housewives of New York City. Specifically, an infamous three-episode arc known to fans as "Scary Island." This was a foundational moment in Real Housewives history, as one of the housewives stra...

I'm pcmc and you're not. Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined, once again, by Vin Forte, and they continue last week's deep dive into the dark and desperate world of failed late-night talk shows. Today's subject: The Chevy Chase Show (1993). Like many a failed talk show before i...

Can I buy a vowel?! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by Vin Forte, and they dive into the dark and desperate world of failed late-night talk shows. Today's subject: The Pat Sajak Show (1989). This show ran for one season before being put to sleep like an old sick dog. Pat Sa...

Quack! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by frequent contributor Janine Gagliardi. The topic of today's episode: Our Favorite Anthropomorphic Animals. Pop Culture is full of animals acting like people, and Mike and Janine are here to discuss why that is, and which are their f...

Surprise! Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your phone, pcmc Halloween 2025 is back! It's Halloween day and pcmc is coming to you with one last super secret Halloween special! Mike is joined by the one and only Emilio Sparks to celebrate the spookiest day of the year. Mike and Emilio got together to both discuss, and taste-test, General Mill's famous Monster Cereals; Count Chocula, Fran...