Popping Collars Podcast

It's an emergency episode of the PC Music Diary pod as Betsy and Greg discuss the rise and fall of the MTV Video Music Awards. What's your favorite VMA moment? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd

The Popping Collars crew is back and ready to go back in time to explore artifacts from pop history. What's an aspect of pop culture that you like to nerd out about? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd

Greg and Ryan hop on a ferry to head to Apple TV's WIDOW'S BAY , the horror comedy that has taken the television world by storm. What haunted island are you looking to get away to this spooky season? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about mo...

Betsy and Greg get their Jane Austen on as they revisit the period drama SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. Do you listen to our pod for the love of it or out of obligation? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or make your heartfelt confession on our socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblin...

Greg welcomes Dolly Parton superfan, Liz, to the music diary to discuss the life and career of the late singer/songwriter and pop culture icon. What are your favorite Dolly memories and songs? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your playlist on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings R...

Take a ride back in time to 2018 when the Popping Collars regulars, Betsy, Greg, Liz, and Ricardo, discussed the rise of celebrity scandal in 2018 and the consequences that resulted (or didn't) for notable figures accused of reprehensible behavior. What's the complicated legacy of bad behavior in the public eye? Let us know your thoughts at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or hit us up on socials F...

Liz and Ricardo are back with some cozy reading recommendations heading into the Fall. They also weigh in with their takes on the NYT's Top 10 Thrillers of the 21st Century. What do you like to read when the weather turns cooler? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your recommendation on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awes...

Welp, here we go! After two years of planning, Greg and Ryan are finally off on their Camino adventure. And, we're kicking things off with a lot of travel! A journey of well more than 1,000 steps begins here. What big project are you starting in your life right now? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your idea on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't...

Betsy and Greg take a trip to Italy with the foreign entry in the 1995 Best Picture race, Il Postino . What's your favorite non-English nominees? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your favorite foreign recs on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies...

Greg and Ricardo are back from Europe ready to discuss their favorite Forgotten Gems playlist . These are songs that were big hits at one point in time, but may lost their initial popularity. What hit song has snuck up on you lately? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your favorite forgotten gem on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick...

Another year in the books and Popping Collars is celebrating with what's become our annual tradition, the Birthday Sampler. Catch up on 12 years of podcasting in one episode as we randomly look back at highlights from the last dozen years of content creation. Do you have a favorite episode of the pod? Let us know what it is at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or submit a sample on socials Find us o...

Greg and Ryan head down to THE PITT to discuss one of the most popular television shows streaming right now. What is your favorite medical drama of all time? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your recommendation on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about mo...

Betsy and Greg never start a pod they can't walk away from in 30 seconds. The action is the juice on this month's Going on 30 when they dig into the 90s classic, HEAT . Check out our thoughts before planning your next heist. What's your favorite 90s action guilty pleasure? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your recs on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com...

Greg welcomes special guest Kyle Goodman back on the pod to break down their picks for the ultimate James Bond playlist . What are your favorite Bond themes and do they affect your enjoyment of the Bond movie their attached to? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your thoughts on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merc...

We're flashing back to the time Betsy and Liz welcomed Thistle Farms founder, Becca Stevens to the pod to talk about the #MeToo movement. How does a hashtag become a sustained movement and what progress has been made over the last decade? Have your own thoughts on the subject? Email us, at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or fire off your take on our socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodc...

Liz and Ricardo are here with some summer reading recommendations. And this time they're keeping it real with a pair of non-fiction selections in Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein and In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod. They also dig into the recent Pulitzer Prize winners and give their power rankings on the most prestigious book award...

We've got a very special episode of the PC Pilgrims podcast this week as Greg and Ryan welcome Sandy Brown , the man who literally wrote the book, the guidebook that is, for many pilgrim trails around the world. Hear Sandy discuss the modern day rise of pilgrimage and what it means for the future of faith. Are you going on pilgrimage this summer? Let us know where you're off to at poppingcollarspo...

Betsy and Greg take a long, hard look at a long, hard walk as they discuss the fantastic ethical drama, DEAD MAN WALKING . What are your favorite movies that dig into controversial topics. Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your list on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg...

Greg and Ricardo are trying something new for the PC Music Diary. They're assembling their Ultimate Band Playlist from the various musicians of rock history. Do you have a favorite drummer, singer, or guitarist that would make your personal supergroup? Let us know who they are at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your lineup on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't...

Time to break out the sunscreen, the pool floats, and the boom box as the Popping Collars crew provides you with the only summer tunes you'll need with the 2026 Popping Playlist ! Let us know what you're playing at your summer cookout at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send your own playlist link on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome mer...

Greg and Ryan take a trip to Tulsa to scope out the new Sterlin Harjo series, THE LOWDOWN . Could it be the coolest show of the past year? Let us know what's your favorite crime mystery show by emailing us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us a recommendation on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerin...

As if Betsy and Greg's look back at movies from 30 years ago couldn't get any better, this month we're rolling with the homies from Clueless . Find out if it's the best movie of 1995 or if we're totally buggin'. What movie would you drive on an L.A. freeway to go see? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or drop us a line on socials. Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't...

Greg and Ricardo take to the streets to build the Protest Songs playlist , a 12-song list of inspirational works of marching, unionizing, and calling out the atrocities of the powerful. What protest songs inspire you? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your playlist on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check ou...

In honor of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan winning their first Oscars, we're digging back into the Popping Collars archives to the time we had a conversation about Coogler's massive hit movie, BLACK PANTHER . And I've got to tell you, listening back to this pod, we really went deep in the initial aftermath of the film's release. What's your favorite Marvel movie? Let us know at poppingcollarsp...

Greg and Ryan are back with a HUGE announcement on the pilgrimage project. In an era when we're sending human beings further in space than we've ever gone before, it's time to think bigger. Check out what's in store for the pilgrim pods as we near our Camino de Santiago journey next month. Where are you swinging for the fences in life right now? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or hi...