The Brandon Peters Show

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. Now we have talked Phil Collins, but at the exact time he’s banging out hits with Genesis. Matt Pelsor is back again to give his thoughts on Collins and dig deeper into his time with Gene...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. SURPRISE! Jessica Alsman is back and part of The Summer of 86 at 40! Like Aaron, this is her birth year. And she landed the biggest music video of the decade – Peter Gabriel’s &#822...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. A song that goes hard from the jump, “Your Love” has stood the test of time and endurance for The Outfield. Jacob Givens joins me to discuss the song as well as the video. Thank you...

Our last feature in the 1943 run, The Ghost Ship, features a ship but no real ghosts. Steven Warren Hill and I dissect this tense thriller about a man losing control of his mind and another who struggles to be believed. A film that was crafted out of necessity to get mileage out of an expensive set built for another film! When next this retrospective picks up, we’ll be talking about The Curs...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. Chris Johnson takes a break from reacting on The Normies to share with us his reactions to some 1986 music videos on another Summer Of series for him. He starts out this summer with the one hit...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. Matt Pelsor is back for another summer of music discussion. He starts off with Simply Red’s soft moody hit “Holding Back The Years”. And of course, Brandon ties this into both...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. Phil Collins ruled the pop music charts in the 1980s. “Take Me Home” was the final single from his No Jacket Required album. Jacob Givens checks back in to discuss this one. Thank y...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. “West End Girls” was a huge club hit and released twice as a single by euro sensation synth pop group Pet Shop Boys. Taylor Deatheridge joins me as the first person not yet born in...

Still in 1943, this time we are talking about The Seventh Victim in our Val Lewton retrospective. There’s a change in director for this film and we have an addition on the hosting of the show. Yancy Berns returns to the show to discuss this highly influential thriller in the Val Lewton canon with us. When next this retrospective picks up, we’ll be talking about The Ghost Ship from 1943...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. The music video for Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” has been strongly hailed as one of the greatest music videos of the 80s and all time. In this episode, I have questions...

I had a very special presentation at PopCon this year. Guest of the show and the person I’m making the Doctor Who documentary with, Russell McGee of Starrynight Productions shared with me his great find – footage from 1930’s lost Universal Horror Film THE CAT CREEPS! Russel shares his story with me, the importance of this film in history and also images from the footage which is...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

It’s your favorite game once again! I continue to be excited and grateful that people show up in droves for Poorly Described Movies: The Game. It’s also a great joy to share the stage and mic with the fantastic Chris Johnson of The Normies. This 2026 PopCon edition features some masterpieces by Brandon and then a crowd member turns the tables on Chris! Check it out – Terrence the...

PopCon’s favorite game of old trivia and weird prizes is back! Jessica is currently on maternity leave, so Meg Splichal of Anime Crossroads joined Patches and I for another round of vintage Trivial Pursuit and strange prizes! And my mom and sister are in the crowd for this one as well as a rogues gallery of Batman villains! Fun times as always, looking forward to bringing it back in 2027! Th...

As I usually do, I launch the PopCon Live Podcast Stage every year with a kick-off show that showcases some of the events and guests featured at that particular PopCon. Of course, when I release these, they are already dated. However, some of the events and guests recur at the show, so this might entice you to come to PopCon to check them out someday. Anna St. Angelo, director of Secret Games at P...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. Whitney Houston catapulted to heavy MTV rotation with her smashing single “Greatest Love Of All” in 1986. Jennifer Wreyford hops on board for her 5th Summer Of series, putting her i...

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pock...

The Summer of 86 at 40 Music Video Companion series will post every Friday, featuring a discussion of an artist, song & music video from a song featured in the top 10 of the Casey Kasem American Top 40. Van Halen relaunched with Sammy Hagar as its frontman in 1986. “Why Can’t This Be Love” was the first look of an era of the band that would be deemed “Van Hagar”....