The Word on Pop Culture

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Philip Price of Tavern Talk by Initial Reaction to discuss the upcoming 95th annual Academy Awards and make predictions on the four acting categories, best director and best picture.

In the second episode of The Word Podcast’s My Fantasy Concert Setlist, Julian Spivey & Aprille Hanson-Spivey both reveal which songs they’d most want to hear Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band do when they see them live in Kansas City on their current 2023 U.S. tour.

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Tyler Glover continue their annual tradition of predicting the major Grammy Award winners and sharing who they would vote for. The 65th annual Grammy Awards are Sunday, Feb. 5 on CBS & Paramount+ at 7 p.m. (central) #Grammys

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Tyler Glover go through the major film and television categories at the Critics’ Choice Awards, held on January 15, and give their predictions!

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey share their pop culture wishes for 2023 including an original script busting into the yearly Box Office top 10, Doctor Who getting back on track, finally getting around to watching Succession and more!

The Word Podcast’s Best in Pop Culture of 2022 Extravaganza. Philip Price of Initial Reaction joins us to talk about his favorite films and film performances of the year (2:22). Tyler Glover talks about his favorite album of the year: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights,” as well as a couple of his new favorite TV shows “House of the Dragon” and “Wednesday” (39:30), Aprille Hanson-Spivey and Julian Spivey d...

The dukes are up in the first ever The Word Podcast Draft where Julian Spivey, Tyler Glover and Aprille Hanson-Spivey make their Christmas Song selections to see who can come up with the best roster!

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Eric Fulton to discuss the best teams, athletes, coaches, games, plays and moments of the year in sports.

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by frequent collaborator Eric Fulton to count down a list of the 10 best players currently in the NBA.

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Cassity Gipson, Tyler Glover and Aprille Hanson-Spivey for a discussion of their favorite one-hit wonders and what makes a one-hit wonder.

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey celebrate the 50th anniversary of the television classic “M*A*S*H” by talking about its legacy, sharing their favorite episodes and moments and ranking the major characters.

The Word’s Julian Spivey and Eric Fulton discuss the NFL Network’s 2022 top 100 list’s top 10 and reveal their own top 10 picks. Article referenced in podcast on MVP position bias: https://thewordwebzine.weebly.com/sports/why-isnt-derrick-henry-in-nfl-mvp-conversation-because-he-isnt-a-quarterback-and-thats-wrong

The Word’s Julian Spivey and Tyler Glover predict who they believe will win the major Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 12.

The Word Podcast debuts a new series called “My Fantasy Concert Setlist” where we set out to craft the perfect concert setlist we’d love to see our favorite musicians perform live. Tyler Glover joins us for Lady Gaga.

Every year The Word gives out awards the best in broadcast network television and here are the nominations for the 2022 awards.

The Word’s Julian Spivey asked some of his friends for their thoughts on queer representation in pop culture: is there enough? Can it be improved? What are some current good examples?

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey discuss the end of NBC’s “This Is Us” and their feelings about the series finale and series as a whole.

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Eric Fulton to discuss the 2022 Baseball season.

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Tyler Glover for predictions of the major Grammy Awards before this upcoming weekend’s ceremony.

The Word Podcast is joined once again by Tavern Talk’s Philip Price for our third annual Oscars prediction show! https://youtube.com/c/InitialReactionReviews

Hollywood’s most prestigious awards show took a backseat to Will Smith showing his ass on live television. That’s a shame because the awards were awesome.

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by frequent contributor Tyler Glover to give predictions on the major Critics’ Choice Awards film and television categories.

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey share some of their hopes and wishes for pop culture in 2022, including Bruce Springsteen to once again tour with the E Street Band, “This Is Us” to end on a good note, Klay Thompson to return at a high caliber for the Golden State Warriors and more …

The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by frequent contributors Aprille Hanson-Spivey, Tyler Glover and Philip Price to discuss their favorite pop culture things and moments of 2021, including albums by Adele, Ed Sheeran and Miranda Lambert. The best tv shows & movies of 2021. And a sporting moment Julian has waited more than a quarter of a century for!