The Polytickin' Podcast

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! A workplace "accident" at Marcus's job helped reveal a sign that he's getting older. The Pod Boys relive their own accidents they had growing up. They swear the show is going to be the death of them. Things take a turn when they start speaking on the mother in American Samoa who filed a complaint with the Department...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys get straight to it, discussing the structural integrity of a good sandwich. The boys have gotten choosy about bread over the years. Things get solemn when Marcus starts talking about how surreal it is running across the social media pages of the deceased. To lighten the mood, they get into the cringe on their Facebooks an...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys wonder why British actors are better at doing American accents than American actors doing British accents. It has something to do with being exposed to the culture more than we are of theirs. Sefa is tired of being taken on a hood safari whenever he touches down in a city. The boys then discuss online forums and how they...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys are figuring things out and it's all coming along nicely. The only thing they can't figure out is whether Jamie Lee Curtis deserved to win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress over Angela Bassett and Stephanie Hsu. Sefa doesn't understand why the mom from Freaky Friday got an Oscar over T'Challa's mom. They talk about h...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys get straight to it, discussing the validity, or lack thereof, of Tampico. If you are a fan of it, Sefa would like to know why and to discontinue listening to his portion of the show. They then get into Survivor and the strategies the boys would use to win. Marcus would form alliances and stab everyone in the back, while Sefa...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys didn't come with any topics so they ended up shooting the breeze about nothing. They loved everybody showing off their Top 5 lists and are appreciative of them. Sefa gives his two honorable mentions that he didn't get to delve into the other day. Sefa then gets into the stigma of being called a Poly rapper. The Pod Boys think...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys have been workin' workin' and things are looking up for them. They get in to the TikTok of one wavyteine, who felt a certain type of way when she overheard people outside of her culture using Samoan slang at a wedding. Marcus needs to care more but can't bring himself to do it, while Sefa's stance softened after realizing tha...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys have made it to Episode 19. Last time it only took them three years to get to this many episodes. Progress. They speak on the controversy surrounding Hogwarts Legacy, and think it's ok to have your gripes, but the gripes over this game might be a bit of a reach. Things get serious as the boys discuss the process of grief, and...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys are out here poddin' and they're collaborating, my friends. The Washed Boys play host to two special guests, Lance Faletogo and Forest Duldulao, the duo behind THE BALLINESIAN PODCAST . The two delve into their careers, their accolades, and what brought them together to start their show. Lance wonders how we can think like a...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin’ Podcast! The Washed Boys are poddin’ hard today as they get into the treatment of Pacific Islander women, specifically from other Pacific Islander women. Why do we, and society at large, treat women like they shouldn’t do certain things just because of their gender? Sounds misogynistic to the boys but whatever, women are going to rule the world in...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys almost missed a week because they were fresh out of topics by the time of recording, but luckily they're always able to cobble something together at the last minute. Shout out to school for teaching them that. They speak on Alec Baldwin getting charged for involuntary manslaughter for the October 2021 death of cinematographer...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin’ Podcast! The Pod Boys reflect on their time during the pandemic, which was already 3 years ago, which is wild to think about because people were really fighting over toilet paper. What a time. They then get into Jen Shah of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, and her conviction for committing wire fraud. Sefa hopes for the best while Marcus wan...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Washed Boys are recording on a Monday because Marcus decided to change his days off on a whim, so things are going great. They reminisce about the time in Samoa where they almost got into it with the Nu'uuli Boys at Laufou, and Marcus still thinks about it to this day. The boys were wildin' out there. They then discuss the constant ev...

*Trigger Warning* Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! It is the first episode of the new year and The Pod Boys are poddin'. Who knew they had it in 'em? They reminisce about their terrifying times on rollercoasters and Marcus reveals that he cried on the Ferris wheel. Wimp. They then get in to the fake suicide of author Susan Meacham, and the scumbaggery of her actions. How...

Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The pod boys enjoyed their Christmas and Marcus finally got his seafood, so all is well. They discuss their lack of gift-giving ability and Sefa calls Marcus a Grinch because he's sucking the joy out of Christmas. He is now an Atheist. They get into their New Years resolutions and the boys always add "losing weight" to the list, but for s...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! The pod boys are podding and they’re podding hard about bingo, the good ol’ Samoan pastime that is not hypocritical of Christian beliefs, like at all, they swear. They discuss the community centered around it and their own experiences with bingo. Marcus swears they had a car as a grand prize in Leone. Enjoy the show! Send some questions to The Pod Boys! Instagra...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! The pod boys hate how Hollywood keeps trying to make these old White dudes sexy. Just stop. They then get into the wedding speech of the year and the so-called lack of respect shown by Penrith Panther and Toa Samoa rugby player, Jarome Luai. What are your wildest wedding stories? The pod boys have seen worse. Enjoy the show! Send some questions to The Pod Boys!...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! The pod boys get into which country has the best looking street food and Marcus said India, with confidence. Sefa says poutine is “meh” and to just stick with carne asada fries. They then pivot to Parris Goebel and how she talked about not having support from the Polynesian community when she first started out. It really be your own people. Enjoy the show! Send...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! The pod boys learned that in Indonesia, sex outside of marriage is punishable for up to one year in jail and that confuses them. How are they going to regulate this? And how many snitches are going to reveal themselves? They then speak on abortion, somehow, and Marcus wonders how many Pacific Islander women have had their own, what with the culture being as cons...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! Marcus didn’t get any seafood on Thanksgiving and he’s still sad about that. The pod boys then talk about the dumb drama on their Twitter timeline and the fake pages that expose people and their dirty laundry. It’s kind of hard to take those pages seriously when you know the person behind them isn’t all that great either. They then get into MLM scams and how gul...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! On a special but somber day-before-Thanksgiving episode, Sefa asks Marcus what he’s thankful for and it just gets sadder from there. They reflect on their childhood Thanksgiving memories and speak on the passing of Jason David Frank, better known as the Green Ranger. The fandom runs deep with Sefa. Enjoy the show and Happy Thanksgiving!

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! The pod boys are poddin’ about their love of 90’s wrestling and how the monoculture does not exist anymore. They really used to surround the TV every Monday and Thursday. They then get into what proper representation for your people would look like through the lens of entertainment, specifically through their cousin/uncle/brother Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Is he...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! The pod boys begin the show asking a very important question: 21? Can you do something for me? They speak on 21 Savage saying that Nas is irrelevant in this day and age and how the old heads’ gripes, while legitimate, are wildly out of touch. They then get into Cuuhraig and how his set at Rolling Loud is an inspiration for Pacific Islanders everywhere. Y’all can...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! The boys reminisce about their time in Samoa and how hungry they truly were. They made some pretty great music over there. They then discuss how their parents did so much for them with the little they had, at least compared to now. The boys don’t seem to know anything, but it frees them up to learn everything. Or something, Marcus is drunk, so whatever. And what...

Welcome to The Polytickin’ Podcast! The boys are back and they are poddin’ my friend. Sefa is trying to save Marcus’s life by talking to him about his vices, which mainly seem to be his drinking habit. They then get into the frankly genius marketing that Drake has gotten for his new joint album with 21 Savage. They probably didn’t plan on getting sued by Vogue, but marketing is marketing and 5 mil...