Pop Culture Roulette

Once again at full strength the boys go behind the scenes of We Are Family. Dive deep into the story of getting casted on a major network game show and what happened after. Apologies up front for some audio issues, not sure what happened but there are some pops, hisses and general jumpiness. Join in the discussion on Facebook or Instagram, the episode can be found wherever you find your podcasts....

PCR decides to look forward to the entertainment that 2024 has to offer. Justin and Nicholas miss Jeremy while they rant about the state of college sports and get excited about the upcoming NCAA video game. We get sidetracked by a really strange sasquatch movie and then get some side business ideas from another. Join in and find out what we are looking forward to watching in the world of movies, t...

In a man down episode Justin and Nicholas discuss some big topics. We discuss butts, the Super Bowl and being accused of a secret Swiftie. Discussions of the most watched broadcasts of all time break out amongst discussing our favorite commercials. Join in the fun wherever you get your podcasts. While your there leave a review, like, rate and subscribe. Then do us and yourself a favor and share us...

Better late than never we present to you loyal listener the bracket of the winner of our March Madness contest. Steve chose for us to do the bracket based on parody movies. So, here we present to what might be the first in a series of brackets. We ranked 32 top parody movies and debate them until we have a winner. Give it a listen and let us know where you disagree with what we decided or on the o...

Magician Andy Garces joins in with the boys and regals us with tales of magic and weight loss. Tricks are shared and friends were made so join in as we learn a lot about Andy along the way. I will post video clips in the near future so keep an eye out for that on our socials. In the meantime, give the episode a listen wherever you get your podcasts. While there please like, rate and subscribe then...

After a string of interviews, the boys are back and we are bringing you a fun episode. We start out with a celebration of the Packers win and then get a little deeper into the game show- "We Are Family." A discussion of Hollywood's obsession with making sequels long after they should happens and we deep dive into crazy gaps between sequels. It was a good time getting back into the groove with the...

Due to a scheduling snafu I had to bring a pinch hitter and what better person to bring in at this time of year than Charlie Semar. Sports aficionado and gambling expert Charlie joins me in a conversation about the start of the playoffs and happenings of the offseason of the MLB. You can find us all major podcast directories and while you are there like, rate and subscribe. Please share us with yo...

In a PCR first (and possibly last), I go solo for an episode. This is by far the shortest episode we have ever done. I breakdown my favorite movies, tv shows, and music of the year that was 2023. Give it a listen and let me know if you ever want to hear a solo episode again or if we should stick what we do best. You can find us wherever you get your podcasts. While you are there please like, rate,...

This is a super special episode where I got to sit down with director and musician Josh Roush. Josh has directed Wrong Reasons, many music videos, and an upcoming documentary on Michael Parks. We have a real insightful conversation on movies, music, MS3TK, and Michael Parks. Please give this episode a listen on which ever podcast provider you use. If you would be so kind as to like, rate and subsc...

The holiday season rolls on, so the PCR boys decided to get deep in the history of Krampus. Since we didn't cover as much Halloween as we normally do we figured we would go into the darker side of Christmas and delve into the origins of Krampus himself. We discuss some pop culture elements of Krampus including a strange movie about Bigfoot. Jeremy ends up going a rant and we make plans for the nex...

In this episode I sit down with multiple time game show contestant and one of the luckiest people in the country- Tim Sternberg. We discuss his game show appearances, contest winning and life in general. Comic book and the steaming pile that is "The Flash" get discussed along the way. Join in the conversation and let us know what you think, we can be found on all major podcast directories. While y...

A little bit ago we changed our theme song and now it is time to sit down with the guy who gave it to us. I sit down with Nick Testa from Nightbeast and get deep about life, music and Greg Garcia. Join in the conversation and learn about where Nightbeast came from and our unlikely meeting on a game show. It was a real pleasure getting to do this episode and I hope you enjoy listening to it. You ca...

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we set out to discuss parades and all that go along with them. However Justin hijacks the episode with talk of Thanksgiving horror movies and talk of Black Friday. We eventually get into a brief history of turkey day parades and discussion of the balloons of the Macys parade. Then we breakdown our eventual Thanksgiving Day parade floats and balloons for when we hit i...

In a lead up to a big announcement the gang decides to get in deep on the history of game shows and discuss some of their favorites. Join in the conversation as we hopefully trip your nostalgia button as we cover a wide range of game shows and try to determine what is a game show actually is. We can be found wherever you get your podcasts from and while your there give us a like, rate us and subsc...

Happy Halloween!!! In this episode we bring you some creepy content and get in deep with cryptid talk. We focus on the cryptids of Wisconsin and discuss some of their more interesting features. There is also a little alien talk and some other discussions along the way. Join in the fun and then let us know what you think. What are your favorite cryptids and do you want to join us on our future fiel...

In an effort to bring some creepiness to the season the PCR crew explores some of the famous and not so famous urban legends centered around Halloween. We get to the bottom of poisoned candy, mummies, cats and several more. Join in and learn with us as we unravel some of the mysteries of Halloween. We can be found on all major podcast directories so join in and give us a like, rate us and subscrib...

It is finally here!!! After multiple scheduling delays and secret projects episode 100 has finally arrived. We tackle a subject that we don't handle very often- music. For whatever reason, music is an aspect of pop culture we haven't handled very often so we went heavy on the subject. We discuss some of our favorite bands and do a deep dive on the albums or bands that make us who we are. Join in t...

After an unexpected break 2/3 of PCR returns for a "mini" episode. We break down some current sports news, discuss Taylor Swift taking over the NFL and recommend some movies we have been watching. Also we debut our new opening theme song given to us by Nick Testa of The Nightbeast. We thank him profusely for what will surely be a part of the show for a long time to come. As always you can find us...

After a quick holiday break your intrepid team of podcasters tackle the subject of Wisconsin. To be more specific, the subject of Wisconsin on TV. We cover all the shows we could find based in real or fictional towns here in our great state. So join in the fun as we learn all we can about the long and varied history of TV in the land of the Cheeseheads. You can find us on major podcast directories...

Join in as I host Gerry Davila from Totally Rad Christmas in a wide ranging conversation about a host of topics. We talk about of course Christmas in the 80s but then we get into some Halloween, music, college plans gone awry, and the ever-present Marvel/DC debate. This was a fun conversation and I hope you agree, please let us know what you think. You can find Gerry over at TotallyRadChristmas.co...

As we prepare the next big event, we bring you this mini bracket based on the Batmobile. We tease the upcoming event as we discuss why the classic Batman vehicle gets its own bracket. Give it a listen and let us know what you agree with or what you think we got wrong. You can find us on all major podcast directories and while you are there please like, rate and subscribe.

In what might be our shortest episode we get deep into discussing favorite colors, cars and rants about Hulu. We also discuss Taylor Swift and memorialize Paul Reubens. We can be found on any podcast directory and while you are there make sure to like, rate, and subscribe. Please also leave a review as it helps us immensely. Then do yourself and your friends a favor and share us with them.

Your intrepid podcasters take a look at the sorted past of movies based on board games, toys and even trading cards. We then look into the future as we go over Mattel's announcement of their upcoming slate of movies. Then we breakdown some ideas we have for potential movies. Join in the fun and let us know what we missed or what you want to see yourselves. Reach out to us on Facebook or Instagram...

With the ongoing writers' strike and the actors now joining we discuss what that means for to us the consumers. So, with that knowledge we decide what we should do if Marcus Theaters gave us a marathon to plan. We also discuss cooking shows, Wolverine, Green Lantern and a host of other things. There also is a deep conversation on James Bond. As a reminder you can find us on all major podcast direc...

In this episode we discuss a handful of trailers and some other upcoming projects. We breakdown what we have been watching recently. Also we would like you to check out the Media Pod Smash Youtube channel for some of our other projects. We can be found on all the major podcast directories, and while you are there please like, rate and subscribe.