Pop Zach’s Culture

We debate the most American things! Coke or Pepsi, Ford or GM, Blue Jeans or leggings and much more! #4thOfJuly, #America250, #Cocacola, #Pepsi

The original goal was to choose new patriotic music, Zach doesn’t follow directions so we pivoted. I chose patriotic country songs and Zach made his list. We argue, sing, and generally get on. #America250, #Patriotism, #USA, #4thOfJuly, #CountryMusic, #DariusRucker, #America

We talk 2026 FIFA World Cup. We discuss our lack of knowledge of soccer but try to explain international popularity. We discuss fun facts and figures from the World Cup. We mention Messi and Ronaldo and GOAT status. Then, we give our soccer movie pitches to try to get a soccer movie made! #FIFA, #WorldCup2026, #Messi, #Ronaldo, #KickingAndScreaming, #WillFerrell, #TheRock, #MichaelBJordan, #DavidB...

Zach takes a blockbuster movie challenge! Has he been paying attention? Will he know Pixar from pizza? Will he know Avengers from Avenged Sevenfold? Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise? Top Gun or Top Chef? #summerblockbuster, #StarWars, #MandolorianAndGrogu, #Masters, #MOTU, #Avengers

Pomp and circumstance, cap and tassel, gown and diploma, we talk all things graduation! Traditions, movies and tv, music, and of course food! Graduation is a right of passage and a huge part of American culture so we cover all of it! #Graduation, #America, #CapAndGown, #GoodRiddance, #GreenDay

The Sandlot(1993) The legendary coming of age baseball movie. Benny the Jet, Smalls, Yea Yea, Ham, and the rest of the team. Everyone’s favorite childhood baseball movie. A movie about friendship, baseball, and of course The Beast! We talk about Zach’s impressions and the deep dive! #TheBeast, #You’reKillingMeSmalls, #BennyTheJet, #Ham, #TheGreatHambino, #BabeRuth, #TheGreatHambino, #NewYorkYankee...

The Proposal(2009) first watch and deep dive. The Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, and Betty White classic. The 7th highest grossing romantic comedy of all time. This movie changed so many careers for the good. Ryan Reynolds used it to be a bankable leading man, Sandra Bullock won the Oscar the same year, and Betty White reinvented herself yet again. Loosely based on Taming of the shrew the frosty M...

Star Wars! May the 4th Be with you and Revenge of the 5th! We talk all things Star Wars, plus the upcoming movie The Mandalorian and Grogu coming out May 22nd! We talk Rebels, The Clone Wars, Rogue One, Andor, and all the Star Wars movies. Are you an Empire strikes back fan? Do you Stan for The Phantom Menace? Darth Maul or Darth Vader? Luke Skywalker or Han Solo? Princess Leia or Queen Amidala? J...

Two of the greatest albums of all time, Thriller and Come on Over. In honor of the movie Michael in theaters now we talk about the greatest album ever Thriller by Michael Jackson and one of the greatest country albums of all time Come on Over by Shania Twain. Thriller gave us, Wanna Be Starting Something, Billie Jean, Beat It, PYT, Human Nature, The Girl is Mine, and of course Thriller. Come on Ov...

Singing in the rain, Twister, and Sharknado! Weather movies and weather in movies have been around since movies started. Which are the best ones? Which look the most real? Which are the most overrated? We talk all things weather and the movies that have used weather the best! #Twister, #SingingInTheRain, #Geostorm, #Hurricane, #DayAfterTomorrow, #CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs

Party, spring break, fun, renewal, excitement and then Zach’s list of songs! We talk spring break playlists to party or put you to sleep! #Springbreak, #party, #SouthPadre, #Cancun, #MTV

The world or Mario or Zelda? Want to find a sword and save a princess or drive real fast and beat a dinosaur? We discuss different video game worlds and where we want to live. #Mario, #SuperMario, #SuperMarioBrosGalaxy, #Zelda, #StarWars, #Link, #BreathofTheWild, #FinalFantasy, #HarryPotter

Jesus Christ, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Barack Obama, or Donald Trump? Who is the most famous person of all time? Is it Donald Trump? Is it Muhammad Ali? Is it maybe Martin Luther King Jr? We discuss fame, celebrity, and popularity. Maybe it’s because of social media? Maybe it has to do with television? Who does everyone know? #DonaldTrump, #47, #DJT, #BarackObama, #JesusChrist, #Famous, #M...

The World Baseball Classic got us ready for the MLB season, and that got us talking about walk up songs. What’s the best walk up song in all MLB? What is a walk up song? Where did they come from? Why don’t we have one for all of life! With Major League Baseball right around the corner we talk all things walk up songs! We also dip our toes into March Madness N.C.A.A. tournament talk. #WalkUpSong, #...

The NCAA Men’s basketball Tournament is here! March madness at its finest. We pick games based on mascots not team talent! Could a badger beat a panther? What about a bear vs. a solider? We argue our cases through each region of the bracket, including the First 4. NCAA March Mascot Madness! #Bracket, MarchMadness, #Mascots, #Illini, #BigBlue, #ThunderingHerd, #RedStorm, #TarHeels, #BlueDevils, #Wo...

What is the most overrated snack? What’s the most underrated? What’s your go to snack that people think is weird? We get into with our longest episode to date! #MarchMadness, #Bracket, #Snack, #Bugles, #Ritz, #Doritos, #Jello,

We test Zach on how well he listens and give him a mid term exam. Wide ranging questions about general knowledge and things that are Zach’s favorites. Play along and see how you do! #SpongeBob, #BlueBloods, #AcademyAwards, #Oscars, #TomHanks, #BruceWillis, #FruitLoops, #TonyTheTiger, #Illini, #NickOfferman, #UConnBasketball, #KanakaeeTornado, #Weather, #Bam83, #MiamiHeat, #BamAdebayo

We do our best to not break our speakers! We do our top 10 choices for karaoke. We rap, we sing, we cover our ears. Zach to no one’s surprise chose songs you’d expect and I probably rapped too much! #MCHammer, #IceIceBaby, #TimMcGraw, #TobyKeith, #SnoopDogg, #JustinTimberlake, #Nsync, #You’veLostThatLovingFeeling

We talk USA Hockey and all things upsets! We also talk about the greatest upset in sport history the Miracle on Ice! The USA beat the Russian hockey team in one of the greatest victories in team sports history! We then talk about all things upsets. Buster Douglas, the 2002 New England Patriots, and the 2008 New York Giants. Also, the 1996 Magnificent 7 USA women’s gold medal gymnastics team! #USA,...

Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Jim Carrey, Jeff Foxworthy, Kevin Hart, and Dave Chappelle just to name a few. We talk about laughing and humor and the funniest people of all time. Zach goes sideways at his top 2 listen to find out! #Funny, #JimCarrey, #RobinWilliams, #EddieMurphy, #BillMurray, #RichardPryor, #Peoria, #Redneck, #BillMurray

21 Jump Street(2012) starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Rob Riggle, Dave Franco, and Ice Cube( and Johnny Depp) Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The highest grossing High School comedy movie of all time. Higher than The Breakfast Club or 10 Things I Hate about you. This underrated comedy is an extension of the successful tv show from 1987-1991 of the same name. The show...

We talk about the Olympics! Both the winter and summer games but our focus is the Winter Olympics! We talk facts, figures, music and have some fun with new events! #2026WinterOlympics, #MilanCortina, #Italy, #WinterGames, #USA, #USAHockey, #FigureSkating, #Bobsled, #CoolRunnings, #TonyaHarding, #NancyKerrigan, #Olympics

We talk about a record number of viewers of the Super Bowl and the halftime show. Bad Bunny rocked it and it was as much a Broadway performance as it was a concert! We also talk about songs you don’t know the words to but still get down to! #SuperBowlHalftime, #Apple, #AppleHalftime, #BadBunny, #Record, #NBC, #Peacock, #WinterOlympics, #WisconsinBadgers, #Illinois

The unofficial in no way affiliated with the NFL history of the Super Bowl. We talk about the history of the name, halftime show, and the commercials. #SuperBowl, #Patriots, #Seahawks, #BadBunny, #HalftimeShow

Ryan Coogler’s vampire masterpiece Sinners!! Micheal B. Jordan as twin, Delroy Lindo as Delta Slim and introducing Miles Canton and Preacherboy Sammie Moore, this movie brings it all. Set in the Jim Crow south, this movie is about so many things a rewatch makes it even better. Micheal B. Jordan is at his best and hums in every scene. The acting, writing, costumes, effects, and music are supreme! T...