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Join us as we celebrate four hundred episodes of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast with a look back at our favorite moments from the past.  We've hand-selected some of our flat-out funniest bits and fabulous first appearances of inside jokes and running gags.  So whether you're re-living them with us or just discovering KPP for the first time, thanks for listening! Length - 01:25:52 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

Welcome once again to our annual look forward at all of the major movie releases on their way for 2024!  Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is joined by special guest Jared Lowe as we schedule out our theater trips for the entire year and compile a Top Ten list of our most anticipated films. Length - 01:58:19 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

For the final episode of 2023, we are joined by Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast to recap our recent outing to the state capital for GalaxyCon Columbus and play a holiday-themed game of "Either / Or."  From all of us at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Length - 01:47:28 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:40:44 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME Learn a little something about our particular Christmas traditions in a revealing game of "This or That" where we choose between two seasonal options.

Ho ho ho, the holidays are almost here and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast kicks off December by revealing some of our most - and least - liked Christmas content, then settles in for our usual batch of reviews and recommendations.  Our Spotify Wrapped may not have much rizz, but we think we're still pretty swell. Length - 01:21:03 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:04:20 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME Declaring our favorite Christmas songs and the holiday films we find most overrated. - 0:28:50 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS Animated superhero drama "Invincible" keeps up the quality in the second season, catching up on comedic mystery "Only Murders in the Building," 4-part pop culture documentary "1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever!," long-awaited fifth season of rural noir Coen Brothers riff "Fargo," reality TV version of the deadly game show on "Squid Game: The Challenge," learning more about the iconic chef from "Julia" and Showtime's cringe comedy "The Curse" with Emma Stone debuts. - 1:00:30 - MOVIE NEWS Historic

Marvel's latest movie may not have made much money, but we had more fun than a herd of Flerkens at the theater.  Joined again by The OJ, Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast, we review "The Marvels," ace an MCU pop quiz, wrap up the second season of "Loki" and more! Length - 01:42:19 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:11:50 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS "Loki" concludes in cosmic fashion, more episodes of the informative theme park documentary "Behind the Attraction" on Disney+, unknown actors take over the leads on "Rick and Morty," binging the original "Justified" to get hyped for "City Primeval" and the Netflix time travel drama "Bodies" tells a crime story in four eras. - 0:56:00 - THE MARVELS A SPOILER-filled discussion about the divisive sequel to "Captain Marvel," "The Marvels."

Some months ago, when Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast revealed the results of our first annual summer box office predictions, we promised the winner we'd all watch a movie of his choosing and review it. Well, that winner was Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast and that movie was "Grand Tour: Disaster in Time" (aka "Timescape") and that time is now! So listen in as we thoroughly dissect this wild made-for-TV fever dream of a forgotten time travel film starring a young Jeff Daniels. Length - 01:07:54 Language - R. (Contains adult language.)

It's time for some more Riverdale revelry courtesy of your friends at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast with Chapter 109 "Venomous." It's an average week in the 'Dale, as Jughead digs through his shortboxes of comics - and Betty's subconscious - Veronica drips poison and Archie microdoses palladium soup and gets forged. Length - 00:46:29 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

We're talking movies on this week's episode of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast.  We kick things off by diving into Willem Dafoe's vast filmography in order to agree on his "one job," then review some of the recent flicks we've seen, including the sure-to-be Oscar favorite "Killers of the Flower Moon." Length - 00:59:53 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:05:15 - ONE JOB Deciding on the definitive role in the long and varied career of Willem Dafoe. - 0:32:40 - MOVIE NEWS Indie art heist survival story "Inside" arrives on Prime, a new translation of the iconic revenge film "Oldboy," Scorsese epic "Killers of the Flower Moon" getting awards season buzz and comedian Bert Kreischer's over-the-top "The Machine" an epilogue to his famous bit.

Any listener of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast should be used to hearing what is on our minds.  But this week we go even deeper, revealing what type of worries and angst have been busy haunting our every waking thought.  Plus some TV. Length - 00:36:00 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:01:39 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME We reveal what anxieties are currently living rent-free in our heads. - 0:18:25 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS A spinoff of "The Boys," Prime debuts "Gen V" set in a superpowered school, FX concludes British dramedy "Breeders" spanning the entirety of parenthood and the Korean game show on Netflix "The Devil's Plan" involves solving complex puzzles.

There are only a handful of shows left before we hit #400, so Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has begun prepping for that extra-special episode.  We've also been road-tripping around in a mad dash to soak in all the late-summer fun we can handle.  So here are all our trip reports for the amazing places we've gotten to go lately, including Baltimore Comic Con, Cincinnati Comic Expo, The Great Ohio Toy Show and the Mothman Festival! Length - 01:06:28 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

It was a wild summer at the box office, led by the unprecedented success of "Barbie," but the dust has settled, the season is over and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has the receipts.  Back in May, we were joined by Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast and made some bold predictions on what would end up as the Top Ten films between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  Here are the results! Length - 00:58:38 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast continues our long trek through the 'Dale with a rollicking recap of Chapter 108 "Ex Libris."  This entire episode is about overdue library books.  For real.  But it's how we get our kicks, us and our good-time buddies. Length - 00:40:18 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

Your pals at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast are back for another go-round. This week, Cliff reports on his trip to the Power Con toy convention in Columbus, Jordan redecorates his shop and Seth tries to repel aliens with the power of film. Then we review some new movies, recommend some recent TV and bid adieu to the one and only "Riverdale." Length - 01:33:31 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:05:32 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME What movie would we show to invading aliens to convince them to spare us? - 0:10:50 - MOVIE NEWS Jaime Reyes gets his time to shine in DC's "Blue Beetle" and the feel-good racing movie "Gran Turismo." - 0:29:45 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS HBO's "How To with John Wilson" wrapping up its final season, 1980s NBA drama "Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" returns, 3-part documentary about the history of comics "Superpowered: The DC Story," "Titans" concludes with a dreamy fourth season, new episodes of "Harley Quinn the Animated Series," "Hard Knocks" harder to root for when fo

We don't want to even think about how barren the next few years might be thanks to the current Hollywood strikes delaying and disrupting everyone's entertainment schedules.  But right now?  In this moment we have more content than we know what to do with and Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is reveling in it all! Length - 01:11:55 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:01:58 - MOVIE NEWS The "Barbenheimer" phenomenon injects life into the summer movie season with simultaneous blockbusters "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer," big budget thriller "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One" worth the wait, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem" an updated take on the classic heroes with a killer voice cast, "Haunted Mansion" fits all the details of the beloved theme park ride into a satisfying flick and the sci-fi satire "They Cloned Tyrone" arrives on Netflix. - 0:32:05 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS We've been hit with a glut of great TV this summer including the return of Raylan Givens in "Justified: City

After a few marathon episodes, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast resets with a brief and breezy trip report from the country's largest gaming convention, Gen Con, and breaking news about... Jesse's dryer? Length - 00:35:41 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:03:53 - GAMING The Poobah survived a "dangerous mob" to report back from his annual trip to Gen Con in Indianapolis, the biggest hits of the show "Thunder Road: Vendetta" and Disney's "Lorcana" trading card game, checking out the episodic adventure "The Expanse: A Telltale Series," a wet and wild session of Dragon Age and utilizing some free tickets to the Dublin Irish Festival.

We're in the endgame now!  Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has finally reached the very top of our countdown of every movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  Returning guests Jesse Starcher from The Source Material Comics Podcast and Coach Mayor Jared Lowe help us celebrate our Top Five entries and the Marvel experiment as a whole here in part four... (or part two of part three?) Length - 01:53:50 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.)

We crack into the Top Ten in our ranking of each and every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! In part three, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast and our returning guests Jesse Starcher from The Source Material Comics Podcast and Coach Mayor Jared Lowe reveal our choices for picks #11 through #6 as we approach the very best of the superhero genre and some of our favorite flicks of all time. Length - 01:25:39 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.)

Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast's ranking of every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues!  This second episode covers our choices for picks #21 through #12, and features guests Jesse Starcher from The Source Material Comics Podcast and Coach Mayor Jared Lowe to help take some of the blame as the decisions become much more difficult. Length - 01:56:08 Language - PG-13.  (Contains mild adult language.)

We think this is an episode.  It has all the hallmarks of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast.  We review some recent big movies.  We catch up on some television.  Jesse from The Source Material Comics Podcast and Jared are here hanging out.  Still... you'll have to listen and judge for yourselves. Length - 00:53:44 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:00:33 - MOVIE NEWS We update the results of our current summer box office contest then provide some quick SPOILER-FREE reviews of recent releases "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny," "The Flash," "Somewhere in Queens" and "No Hard Feelings," plus the new Disney+ documentary "Stan Lee." - 0:20:50 - GAMING Game company Monster Fight Club rewards the Poobah with a killer prize, getting deep into mythology with "TIME Stories Revolution: A Midsummer Night" and a return to the local pub trivia scene. - 0:25:25 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS The debut of Marvel's latest small screen endeavor "Secret Invasion," an abbreviated series order for HBO's "The Idol," th

This summer, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has decided on the nigh-impossible task of ranking every film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  Starting from the bottom, with some outside help from special guest Coach Mayor Jared Lowe, this episode reveals our choices for picks #32 through #22.  And if these first eleven are any indication, there will be raucous debates aplenty all the way up the list! Length - 01:58:06 Language - PG-13.  (Contains adult language.)