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The Pop Cult EX-perienceWho's On FirstSend us a textWith a new series of Doctor Who out there in the universe, and with a new Doctor at the helm of said series, our resident Doctor Who expert, Karen, takes a look back at all the Doctors who have come before and ranks them all. Who is Karen's favourite Doctor? Listen to find out, Agree or don't agree with Karen's rankings? Let us know.Enjoy!!2024-06-0930 minThe Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 99 LastofusballoonsSend us a textWe are back after a short hiatus, and that means we had a bunch of things to talk about. We discuss all the new news we came across on the interwebs, recap how we did on our Oscar prediction, and give you our thoughts on season 1 of The Last of Us. 2023-03-221h 39The Pop Cult EX-periencePop Cultumania: Honey I Shrunk the Superheroes.Send us a textWe get back to business as usual, talking about all the interesting tidbits we have found on the interwebs. Teenage Mutant Street Fighters, Bruce, Bacon and Biker Mice. More live action remakes are headed our way, someone still knows what we did last summer and Spidey goes dark in the 1930s. We end things by reviewing the first half season of The Last Of Us and Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. 2023-02-211h 06The Pop Cult EX-perienceValentines Day 2023Send us a textWE ARE BACK!!And we are starting off the new season, that same wawat we start off each and every season. Bringing you the unconventionally romantic movies, shows and games you can watch and play with the special someone. Enjoy!2023-02-141h 08The Pop Cult EX-perience2022 Year in ReviewSend us a textFor those good folk who couldn't make it to our 2022 Year in Review, here is the replay of it for your listening pleasure. 2023-01-102h 06The Pop Cult EX-perienceYou're a Mean One…Send us a textTis the holiday season, tis also the 65th anniversary of the original telling of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas. To celebrate both those thing we will be talking all things grinchy.. Exploring, analyzing and discussing the book, as well as the three movie adaptations. We talk about and compare the 1966 animated tv movie, the 2000 live action adaptation and the 2018 computer animated version. Which is your favourite version? 2022-12-2456 minThe Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 94 - Vesper the English Vampire.Send us a textAnother week, another episode. RRR gets another R, Margot Robbie loses her arrrrrrrr, Tarantino has a lot to say, horror megapowers unite, Disney trades one Bob for another Bob, Blade finds direction, and I think we have an impromptu conversation about Batmen, After all that nonsense we give out Flying F..ks to Somerville on Xbox, and God of War: Ragnarok and Days Gone for Playstation. as well as The English, the new Interview With a Vampire series, and no indie sci-fi flick, Vesper. Enjoy. 2022-11-251h 19The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 93 - Weird and Wakanda ForeverSend us a textWe are back with another new episode. This week we have some news from the Amazon, a 20 year hiatus comes to an end, a Coven adds an Aubrey, Indiana set for a series, is Lobo a-go-go? Star Wars Episode 10: Studio Ghibli, and the "Cogs" are turning on a new flick. After that we toss around a healthy amount of Flying F...s as the Playstation exclusive, Stray, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever. Enjoy!!2022-11-151h 22The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 92 - A ShocKING End To October.Send us a textIn this weeks episode we dive straight in, talking about all the news we've pulled from the interwebs. We talk Fridays, doctors, witchers, superheroes, and the new faces of the DCEU. We give you our thoughts on the new stop-motion animated film from Henry Sellick, Wendell and Wild, in our Rant, Rave and Review, and we bring our 31 Day "Hail to the King" Shocktoberfest Movie Marathon to an end with a little talk about The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me and Carrie, four of the better film adaptations of Stephen K...2022-11-021h 18The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 91 - Go Sports!!Send us a textWith it being that time of the year where all major sports are being played at the same, we decided to chat about some of our favourite sports movies and shows. 2022-10-251h 19The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 90 - Dark Half Hulk PowerSend us a textIn this weeks news and previews we talk Blink's nine year itch, The Candy Man, Scorsese gets the Gang back together, Netflix revives that which they killed, Indiana Ross, Nudity and Firearms and more Phase Delays. We hand out some homework assignments and we set free a handful of Flying F..ks in our reviews of She-Hulk, The Rings of Power and Stephen King's The Dark Half. We hope you enjoy. 2022-10-181h 39The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 89 - Phone a FriendSend us a textIn this week's episode we discuss all the bits of news we found to be worthy of discussion, we talk the Mario movie controversy, and we make some bold predictions as to the identities of Sauron and Black Panther. In our reviews this week we throw about some Flying F..ks at Mr. Harrigan's Phone, a Netflix film adaptation of Stephen King's story of the same name, and Werewolf by Night, Disney's new homage to 1940s monster flicks. Enjoy!2022-10-121h 31The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 88 - Blonde Ambition: Fact vs FictionSend us a textNew week, new episode. This week we dive in to the Dead-pool with some exciting bits of news, before turning our attention to "Blonde" the fictional retellings of the life and times of Marilyn Monroe and the problematic nature of some Biopics.In this weeks Rant, Rave and Review we give out some Flying F....s to the Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton fantasy "Three Thousand Years of Longing" and we urge people to watch the disaster that is Stephen King's "Maximum Overdrive", one of the movies on our Pop C...2022-10-041h 13The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 87 - The King and I, Talk to Dead People.Send us a textIn this week's episode we talk about all the new news, we give Andor, Emily the Criminal and The Black Phone our reviews and we let you in on what's happening with this years 31 Day Shocktober Horror Fest. Hail to the King. Enjoy!!2022-09-261h 29The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 86 - You Can't Take The Sky From MeSend us a textIt's the 20th anniversary of the premiere of Firefly, the shiniest little space western in all the verse. So we talk about Firefly. 2022-09-201h 07The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 85 - Rebels, Heroes and LosersSend us a textIt's a new week, and with that comes a new episode.Before this episode hets proper started i get a little something off my chest. But as soon as that foolishness is done with it's in to the news, where we talk about all the fun stuff that came out of The Venice Film Fest, The Toronto International Film Festival and D23. We then discuss the fantastic and dark comedic works from Martin McDonagh. We then finish things off with a new segment, Better Late Than Never, with Karen finally getting arou...2022-09-191h 07The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 84 - Resist The Rings of PowerSend us a textOn todays episode we have a quick chat with the boys from Resist the Throne and talk about all the new and exciting in their worlds, including some newly announced live shows and some new music for all our listening pleasures.After we bid the boys adieu, we do what we usually do and talk about all the interesting news and tidbits from the week before setting some Flying F...s free with our reviews of the first two episodes of the LOTR prequel series, The Rings of Power and the superhero...2022-09-071h 23The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 83 - Zombies!!!Send us a textWith White Zombie, the movie thought to be the very first feature length zombie film, celebrating it's 90th anniversary, we decided we would talk about zombies and zombie movies. 2022-08-291h 02The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 82 - Prey ShiftSend us a textNew Episode.This week we dive in to the all the news bits we could find before deciding how many Flying F....s we fell like giving Prey, I Love My Dad and Day Shift.Enjoy2022-08-231h 29The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 81 - The Bullet Train to Dreamland.Send us a textNew week, new episode.In this week's episode we lament about the current state of the DCEU, we speculate about the return of Sarah Michele Gellar to tv and we give out a fair amount of Flying F...s to As Dusk Falls, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, The Sandman, Black Bird and Bullet Train. Enjoy!!2022-08-101h 21The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 80 - Just Say Nope to Gray Men.Send us a textIt's new episode time!!In this episode we get defensive over the news of a Roadhouse remake, we discuss all the shiny and new that came out of the San Diego Comic Con and we confusingly and potentially unsuccessfully attempt to give Flying F...s about a trio of flicks, Men, Nope and The Gray Man. Enjoy!2022-08-041h 25The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 79 - RRRRRRRSend us a textThis episode is all about the 7 R's: Rise, Roar, Revolt, Ritchie, Rant, Rave and Review. We start things off by tossing around some speculations regarding the live action Hercules movie that is currently in the works from director Guy Ritchie. Our Film Club is off to a grand start with the insanely entertaining Tollywood epic, RRR: Rise, Roar, Revolt, and we finish everything off with a few reviews of Ms. Marvel, Strange New Worlds and The Umbrella Academy.Enjoy!2022-07-191h 31The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 78 - Screaming GoatsSend us a textA whole new episode for your listening pleasure. Kevin Smith goes Inception, the question of Who's The Boss gets asked again, we will still only have half a Dune movie for longer than expected, My Neighbour Totoro gets the Muppet treatment, people are being cast in things, James Bond to get a makeover, and we get ocean bound with mention of sharks and shells. We also put on our judgey hats and throw some flying f...s around with reviews of the indigenous horror/comedy Slash/Back, The Boys se...2022-07-121h 05The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 77 - Thing BladeSend us a textIn this weeks news, there is various Star Wars talk, you sex doll just got a little more realistic, Formula One gets the Maverick treatment, Phase Five will be revealed shortly, Alan Rickman kept a diary, and Bruce Davis gives us a behind the scenes look at the Academy Awards.Tyler went and saw Our Lady Peace at the NAC and discusses all the fun he had. We then give out some Flying F....s for the full season of Obi-Wan Kenobi.And we end with the o...2022-06-271h 13The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 76 - Talk To Me GooseSend us a textIn this week's episode we talk Top Gun and have ourselves some other pop culture-related fun. The Joker sings, Josh Brolin talks to himself, Taika wants to create worlds and Netflix wants to give you 4.56 million dollars. And somehow we're in a universe with Guy Ritchie and Disney: The Odd Couple. All that and more in this week's News and Previews. Karen gets between the covers with The Yellow Wallpaper, a haunting and powerful short story from 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman brought to glorious graphic novel life by illustrator Hannah Flügle...2022-06-221h 21The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 75 - The Real World: JurassicSend us a textIt's been a week, as every Showcase, Con and Fest brought us news and previews of a bunch of the things we can look forward to for the rest of the year, The Joker seemingly has more jokes to tell, Marvel reveals their Suicide Squad, an extra-terrestrial went home 40 years ago and dinosaurs run amok (again).2022-06-131h 14The Pop Cult EX-perienceI Can't Think of a Clever Title For This Episode (June 6, 2022)Send us a textWe manage to make it two episodes in a row without something catastrophic happening. This week our News and Previews is filled with a bunch of stories from all over the world of pop culture and entertainment.We follow that up with a Rant, Rave and Review of the first 3 episodes of The Boys, before hitting the Retro Rewind button to talk about a true classic in the horror genre, Poltergeist, and possibly the best of the Star Trek films, Wrath of Khan both of which are celebrating 40th anniversaries.We f...2022-06-061h 29The Pop Cult EX-periencePop Cult and the PeanutSend us a textIt has been but a minute since we did this thing we do, and in this spanking brand new episode we explain our unintentional absence as well as talk about a few of the things that happened in the world of entertainment and pop culture while we've been away as well as all the things we've managed to watch and consume over the last little while. It's good to be back. Enjoy!2022-05-311h 29The Pop Cult EX-perienceThe Woes of Netflix, The Highs and Lows of Nicolas Cage and The Life and Times of Elisabeth Shue.Send us a textNew week, new episode. In this week's episode we talk about the droves of subscribers leaving the once all-mighty Netflix and we question our credibility as so-called cinephiles and pop culture podcast hosts. The release of Nic Cage's new film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, has us talking about some of our most favourite and least favourite films from this enigmatic actor, and we finish it all off with a fictional retelling of the life and times of Elisabeth Shue, using some of the characters she has played in a n...2022-04-251h 13The Pop Cult EX-perienceNational Canadian Film DaySend us a textToday is National Canadian Film Day, and therefore we are talking about all things Canadian film. National Canadian Film Day is a massive one day celebration of Canadian film and filmmaking. This year the spotlight is shone brightly on Indigenous voices and their stories. We watched and discuss a few of the spotlighted films and Canadian film in general. 2022-04-201h 06The Pop Cult EX-perienceGrosse Pointe Blank, Beautiful Bayhem and Other Wonderful BSSend us a textIn this episode we get our talk on about the little hidden treasure of a film celebrating its 25th anniversary, Grosse Pointe Blank. We then give out our traditional Flying F...s to Michael Bay's latest, Ambulance, and proceed to discuss the rest of the Bayhem catalogue. We end things with a little talk about those great scenes from movies that look so very cool - until you stop and consider their logistical issues - in our new segment, Wonderful BS. 2022-04-111h 20The Pop Cult EX-perienceWe Talk About BrunoSend us a textWhat happens when we hit the record the button without so much as a plan? Almost two hours of pure Pop Cult gold. It's a long one today, as we get our babbles on about a whole slew of stuff. Oscars, E3, a new film festival for 2022, casting news, and bunch of other tasty tidbits. We celebrate the start of National Poetry Month with a shoutout to a local poet.We review intentionally hilarious The Bubble and the unintentionally hilarious Moonfall.To finish things off, we take a look back...2022-04-041h 43The Pop Cult EX-perienceI Bificus: The Vampire SlayerSend us a textAfter a brief and unexpected hiatus we are back behind the mics and bringing you our ramblings on all things pop culture, On this episode we finally get to babble on about and celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the best television shows of ever and ever, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, we share our love for Canadian Alt/Rock/Punk goddess, Bif Naked in our Pop Cult Celebrity Profile, and we awkwardly and with mild shame giving a generous amount of Flying F...s to the family friendly Disney/Pixar flick Tu...2022-03-231h 16The Pop Cult EX-perienceHappy Vampire's DaySend us a textWe are back!!As per usual we are starting a new season of the podcast with our traditional, if slightly unconventional Valentine's Day episode. This year we share with you some of our favourite Vampires from film and tv.So why not cuddle up with that special someone or curl up by yourself and get sucked in and seduced by the lure and the lore of a movie monster that has hidden away in the shadows of our screens big and small for past 100 years. Happy Vampire's Da...2022-02-141h 21The Pop Cult EX-perience2021 Year in ReviewSend us a textWe take one last look back at everything that was 2021.2022-01-022h 00The Pop Cult EX-perienceSeason 2 Comes to an EndSend us a textIt's our final episode of season 2, and in it we say good bye to a literary legend we say hell to the final season of The Expanse and in between we do all that other babbling and rambling we tend to do., Enjoy!2021-12-171h 18The Pop Cult EX-perienceSundays are for News, Reviews and Riots.Send us a textIt's a brand new episode of the Pop Cult Ex-Perience Podcast, Joining us on the show today is Alexandre Maheux from Sunday Riot Club to talk about the band and all the good stuff they have coming our way in the nearest of futures.Before we get to that we of course bring you all the exciting (to us) news, previews, rumours and stories from around the entertainment world.It's an 80's and 90's television revival as The Golden Girls, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes a...2021-12-061h 29The Pop Cult EX-perienceWho You Gonna Call?Send us a textWe have a brand spanking new episode for you,In this weeks News and Previews we say nay to the idea of Bond, Dwayne Bond, yay to a little Delroy in our Blade, and ask why an American remake of Train to Busan needs to get made.Ridley Scott working on Bladed Runner and Aliens tv series and casts himself as a Grumpy Old Man, and we are getting the story of Pam and Tommy starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan.Olivia Colman and David Thewlis do some landscaping, Rey, F...2021-11-241h 15The Pop Cult EX-perienceOne Notice, Two Notice, Red Notice, Blue Notice,Send us a textIt's another episode filled with all of the news, and a few reviews too We talk about the new Spider-man: No Way Home trailer (yay!), the new Ghostbuster: Afterlife trailer (less yay), and a bunch of other news including Disney's next Star Wars movie, Creative Differences (harhar). We then yabber on about some other newsy things including Dune and Squid Game getting 2's, Morgan Freeman lending his sweet, sweet voice to prison breaks, and all of the news and announcements from Disney+ Day, including the discovery that one of us is afraid of...2021-11-171h 38The Pop Cult EX-perienceThe Bigger The Eternals The Harder They FallSend us a textIt's a new month and a new week and a new episode We say goodbye to a month of things that go bump in the night and hello to a regular brand of news, previews and reviews. In the news this week, people don't want Chris Pratt as a big fat cat, the only real guns on a Dwayne Johnson movie set will be his own, the McManus brothers are back for the third time, cult classic RAD is in Canadian theatres for the first time, Taika takes on Jodorowsky and Moebius' gr...2021-11-091h 20The Pop Cult EX-perienceBatman, Superman, Aquaman, and Candyman.Send us a textIt's new episode time...We go reverse Three's Company this time around as we invite Chris Starr from Atoms to Ashes to come on the program and gabber with us about all of the things. This week those things are: the return of The Expanse for a short and final season, a new show from the creator of Little Mosque on the Prairie, and all the big news that came out of DC Fandome. I throw some Flying F...ks at recently-released run and gun zombie shoot em up, Back 4 Bl...2021-10-181h 51The Pop Cult EX-perienceNo Time To Play Games You Guilty SquidSend us a textWe get back to our regularly scheduled programming this week with some news and previews and some rants, raves and reviews. In the news this week, we find out that one of us actually reads, or is at least looking to start. We trade in the 70's for the 90's and Rockstar games wants your money but don't want to give you anything new for it. Following the news we introduce a new segment where we take North American remakes and put them up against their foreign language counterparts to see whic...2021-10-151h 28The Pop Cult EX-perienceMy Favourite SitcomSend us a textWe are back doing this thing we love to do, and we decided to get back at it today of all days, as today marks the 20 year anniversary of the premiere episode of one of our favourite shows, Scrubs, which debuted on Oct 2, 2001.There isn't much more to say, It's a full episode of us bantering about all the fantastic stories and all the wonderful characters that lived, loved and learned inside the fictional walls of Sacred Heart Hospital. 2021-10-021h 41The Pop Cult EX-perienceFantasia 2021 and the Mad God-castSend us a textYou know what time it is. It's new episode time. We start our News and Preview by saying goodbye to a legend and 7-time Emmy-winner, Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista just became best friends, the Doom Patrol have found their Madame Rouge, we All Hail The King, and we swing through the first Spider-man "No Way Home" teaser. We then take a deep dive into the Fantasia 2021 Film Festival bringing you all sorts of weird and wonderful films that we recommend you keep an eye out for in the near fut...2021-08-311h 36The Pop Cult EX-perienceReady Player Son-ny Chiba.Send us a textNew episode time!!On this episode we wish a happy anniversary to Jay and Silent Bob, I go on a road trip with a boy and his bubble, K takes a trip back to Arthurian times, for the second week in a row we ask the question "What If...?", I go guns blazing into the wild wild west, and we say goodbye to an absolute cinematic legend. It's then time for us to enter the Oasis and celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One.Stick around...2021-08-231h 22The Pop Cult EX-perienceFree Subway For the New GuySend us a textIt's new episode time. This week Snyder is out and Rodriguez is in at HBO, Evans raids Netflix, DeVito heads back to Gotham, and The Addams Family has a new Morticia. We then take a look at some other reboots and remakes that should or possibly shouldn't find their way on to the big and small respectively, before falling down a bit of a rabbit hole and finding ourselves in the maze-like wonderment of the Paris Metro, In our reviews this week, we asked ourselves "What If...?" and sampled Net...2021-08-181h 31The Pop Cult EX-perienceWe take a road trip with Val and The Suicide SquadSend us a textIt's a short but sweet episode this week.In our News and Previews this week the Addams have their Gomez, Vince Vaughn and Bill Lawrence are Bad Monkeys, and some folk possibly eat some other folk. We also take a moment to say hello to new music from Prince, we say goodbye to the 99, and we ask the question "What If..." before giving out a substantial amount of Flying F...s. Squad Goals!! 2021-08-1143 minThe Pop Cult EX-perienceHoward and the Masters of the Jungle CruiseSend us a textIt's new episode time. This week in news and previews, Amazon and Gaiman continue their love affair, Black Superman will soon be flying onto our screens, some familiar faces are returning to Vegas, everyone is suing Disney, Pink does Pink things, Deadpool could be showing up everywhere, Shark the Musical, in Taika we trust, Matt and Ben are friends again, Tom joins Wes's family, and Angel Olsen adds new life to some 80's classics. We follow that up with Hidden Treasures (A Little Bit Zombie) and Guilty Pleasures (Hudson Ha...2021-08-032h 03The Pop Cult EX-perienceMy Milkshake Brings all the Fear to the StreetSend us a textIt's new episode time. On today's episode Titane takes top honours, Wright likes Knight, The Emmys are woke af, Black Widow takes a dive, Clerks of the Universe, a new show from Taika Waititi and Henry Cavill can't get enough of capes. We also give out some Flying F....s. With Gunpowder Milkshake, Fear Street 1666, the season finale of Loki and Scandinavian Sci-fi drama Katla getting the Rant, Rave, and Review treatment,Enjoy! 2021-07-211h 04The Pop Cult EX-perienceWhy I Fear Becoming a Super Widow in 1978Send us a textNew episode time. We start things off as we usually do, by delving into our traditional News and Previews of the week. We then take a look back at Boyz in the Hood as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. After that we dive into Shark Week, and the impact that sharks have on pop culture, before finishing things up with reviews of Loki, How I Became a Superhero, Fear Street 1978 and a spoiler-free review of Black Widow, followed by a spoiler-rich review of Black Widow. Enjoy!2021-07-131h 39The Pop Cult EX-perienceMove the Tomorrow War to 1994Send us a textIt's new episode time.This week, we talk about a bit of news that caught our attention, including some news about Dexter, Star Wars: Detours, Good Omens 2, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and the Netflix/Spielberg deal. Then we jump in, talk about and review the things we got around to watching this week including Episodes 3 and 4 of Loki, No Sudden Move, Amazon Original The Tomorrow War, and Netflix Original Fear Street 1994. How many flying fucks did we give each of these? Not a lot, it wasn't a lot, not at all. ...2021-07-061h 06The Pop Cult EX-perienceOur 2021 Movie GuideSend us a textWith the world slowly opening back up and life getting back to normal for some, it seems that all those movies that we expected to hit theatres last year or earlier this year may have finally found a home on the 2021 release calendar. So, on todays podcast we take a look at that calendar and talk about all the flicks and film that we are looking forward to coming out in the second half of 2021. 2021-06-281h 43The Pop Cult EX-perienceWannabe Barenaked and Covered in Glitter.Send us a textIt's another jam-packed and fun-filled episode of the podcast.On the episode we talk about some interesting news in the worlds of music, movie and television. We toss out a few reviews for Loki, Luca, and Canadian film, Anything For Jackson. K talks about an Indigenous animated series that we think is well worth the watch. The Barenaked Ladies have new music out and a new album on the horizon, so of course we had to talk about them and that, and we finish up by talking about one of the worst m...2021-06-231h 38The Pop Cult EX-perienceBack to BasicsSend us a textAfter a few months of interviewing a bunch of wonderful folk, this episode it seems it's just the two of us getting back to the basics, talking news and doing reviews. We toss out reviews of the premier of Loki, the Netflix original series, Sweet Tooth and the gory and fun 2020 grindhouse flick, Spare Parts. We get a little nostalgic with our Retro Rewind segment taking another look at Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. All 3 flicks celebrated milestone anniversaries on the weekend and so...2021-06-151h 25The Pop Cult EX-perienceRant, Rave and Review and Danielle Allard InterviewSend us a textIn this episode we rant, rave and review about Love, Death and Robots Volume 2 and Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, before inviting superstar singer, songwriter, teacher and streamer, Danielle Allard on to the podcast to talk about music, keeping busy during a pandemic, dinosaurs and all the other wonderful things going on in her life.2021-05-251h 40The Pop Cult EX-perienceGetting Explicit with ComplicitSend us a textWe talk to Andrew Parmalee (who recently appeared on the podcast to talk about his band, Cevilain) about his new musical endeavour, Complicit, How did it come to be? Where is it going? What does it all mean? and Nickelback? Andrew, and special guest and collaborator Ella Wile answer those and all of the other questions. 2021-05-182h 01The Pop Cult EX-perienceGetting Into A Little Late Night Trouble (Just What The Rock Doc Ordered)Send us a textWith the Apr 30 release of Dave Grohl's "What Drives Us", we start off this episode by delving into some rock doc talk and then proceeded to get into all sorts of "Late Night Trouble" as we are joined by Roxanne and Yuri of the aforementioned Montreal-based band. They stick about for awhile and pull back the curtain on their beginnings, some recent changes that brought about a new name and a new mentality.Give it all a listen and enjoy. 2021-04-301h 52The Pop Cult EX-perienceLet's Get Cynical, Cynical, I Wanna Get Cynical.Send us a textWe start things off by getting back to the basics with a little Rant, Rave and Review, of the action packed and stylistic Nobody, the mostly unnecessary Mortal Kombat remake/reboot/retelling, and the uneven but ultimately enjoyable full season of Falcon and The Winter Soldier. (SPOILERS) Then it is back to our Merry Months of Music Spectacular as another bunch of musically inclined individuals grace our little podcast with their presences. That's right boys and girls, Cynical Sons jumps on the line to talk about all the things going on with them...2021-04-261h 39The Pop Cult EX-perienceTaming Sari: Making Music in Wild TimesSend us a textWe had the pleasure of being joined on the podcast by Alex and Warren of Taming Sari, an absolutely amazing indie rock band from the wilds of Ottawa/Gatineau. They discussed the early days and evolution of the band, they give us an inside scoop of their song making process, and as it is 2021, we talk about the struggles of making music in the Pandemic Years.Give the episode a listen and then go find all their musics and fill your earholes with the untamed sounds of Taming Sari.2021-04-191h 15The Pop Cult EX-perienceChillin' Like Some Villains with Some Members of Cevilain.Send us a textOn this weeks' episode of the podcast, we scrap most of what we had planned, as 2/4s of Ottawa rock band extraordinaire CEVILAIN decided, to our absolute joy, that they wanted to chat with us for the entire runtime of the episode. Stories were shared and fun was had. 2021-04-051h 55The Pop Cult EX-perienceGetting to know Atoms to Ashes (and some other fun and games)Send us a textIn this episode, Chris Starr, lead singer and guitarist for Atoms to Ashes comes on to talk about the band and life in general and then sticks around to join in on the conversation as we rant, rave, and review the most recent episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, a new animated superhero show from Robert Kirkman called Invincible. We then have a little fun taking 80's classic Stand By Me and recasting it for different generations. We hope you all enjoy.2021-03-302h 13The Pop Cult EX-perienceResist The Purge (Purge Night Livestream/Resist The Throne Interview)Send us a textHey there folks! We have a new episode for you! It was a special week for us as we recorded some of our ‘cast during our Purge Night livestream event last weekend. We had some fun pop culture news to share, dished on our thoughts about the Oscar noms, and K gave a couple of comic book reviews: Watch How I Soar (out of the Firefly ‘verse) and Plume by K. Lynn Smith.The special bit though is our interview with the talented Ottawa based heavy metal musician and singer, Resi...2021-03-242h 46The Pop Cult EX-perienceGirl Power: Women Who Have Helped Shape Pop Culture.Send us a textHappy International Women’s Day! We celebrated in one of the best ways we know how, by talking about some of the women in pop culture who have brought us something special. We even brought on a special guest, Jennifer Mulligan, a screenwriter and director herself, to share some of her favourites too. Pop culture has so often helped to move ideas forward and shape the cultural mindset, and the leadership roles of women continue to grow and expand. We can’t possibly name everyone, but we covered a lot of bases...2021-03-081h 54The Pop Cult EX-perienceCinematic Movie Moments (and the Importance of the Theatre Going Experience.)Send us a textOne of our favourite filmmakers, Edgar Wright, has an article (we recommend you check out) in the upcoming March issue of @empiremagazine where he and multiple other Hollywood alum talk about THOSE cinematic moments, the moments that are enhanced by watching them unfold onscreen in a movie theatre. These are the moments that amaze, the ones that shock or scare, the ones that have you shifting toward the edge of your seat, and the ones that have you spilling out into the aisle with laughter. It’s about the deeply communal experience of...2021-02-231h 09The Pop Cult EX-perienceLovers in a Pandemic Time (aka Things to Do This Valentines Day with the Person You Tolerate)Send us a textWeeee’re baaaack...and we are bringin’ the love! We started our little podcast right around a year ago with a V-Day episode about unconventionally romantic movies, mostly because the conventional doesn’t much resonate with either of us, and we decided to do something similar this year, though this year we decided to expand on the theme. So enjoy as we banter and babble about fictional couples that we admire, seriously romantic moments that turn up unexpectedly in TV and film, some fun video games to play with your significant other, a...2021-02-111h 58The Pop Cult EX-perienceMerry Mental HealthSend us a textWhile it is the season to be jolly, not all of us find ourselves immersed in the festive spirit. In this week's episode we share some of our own experiences dealing with the stresses and pressures that the holidays can put on people, while offering suggestions on possible ways to deal with the holiday turmoil. We also discuss the ways in which pop culture media can reinforce negative self image at this time of year.And we once again defend Die Hard's inclusion as Christmas canon. Stick around at the end of...2020-12-091h 08The Pop Cult EX-perienceThe Great Holiday Movie DebateSend us a text'Tis the season to argue the finer points of what makes a holiday movie a holiday movie. To do that we recruited two of our friends to come on and argue with us. Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? We have our opinions, on that and many other holiday classics and favourites. Stick around at the end of the episode as we continue to play songs from local and/or independent artists/musicians/bands. On this week's episode it is The Town Pants and their song "Broken" from their 2018 album Something To Say...2020-12-011h 38The Pop Cult EX-perienceProblems With Hollywood Part 2: Risky BusinessSend us a textThis week is one of those weeks where we invite you to our table, so to speak, while we have a conversation. There are always things about the entertainment industry that really grind our and the public’s gears. The lack of originality in Hollywood is definitely one of them. What happened to both production companies and A-listers taking risks? Where are the dark comedies that help us cope with the world around us? How do we go about finding the edgier stuff that most definitely exists but doesn’t get the prom...2020-11-231h 18The Pop Cult EX-perienceThe Things We LikeSend us a textAnnnnnd here’s a new episode just for you! We share some news announcements including upcoming tech, an album release, livestream show, casting, and a virtual film festival that’s opening with a film about a lovely group of dancing dudes from the Maritimes called The Bhangra Boys. One tidbit that surfaced has K SUPER stoked. There are a fair amount of streaming suggestions too, from a star-studded drama to a LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (no no, not THAT one). T reviews Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order as it showed up on...2020-11-161h 38The Pop Cult EX-perienceFun and GamingSend us a textThe week is still newish and we have a shiny new episode for ya! We chat about some changes in the works for streaming services in Canada, share some entertainment news, diss The Mandalorian, and T chats about the new Xbox and Playstation consoles that are coming to all those fore-thinking pre-orderers out there. The pending series finale of Supernatural got us thinking about best and worst finales and we share some of our picks for both of those. Of course we also have a couple of streaming picks to recommend! The...2020-11-101h 57The Pop Cult EX-perienceThe Band is Back Together.Send us a textAfter a few weeks of one or both of us being away for various reasons, we are back at full strength and bring with us a bunch of exciting news, previews and things to banter about. We offer up our reactions to some newly released trailers, casting news, and discuss some new and some old shows that will be coming to the small screens in the nearish future.We give our thoughts on The Boys season that was, the current and final season of Supernatural, and a rundown of everything we have...2020-10-261h 39The Pop Cult EX-perienceHocus PocusSend us a textWe invoked the power of three for this episode when K chatted with Jennifer Mulligan and Kait Kenel: 1 screenwriter, 1 archaeologist, & 1 archaeogenetics student studying abroad. It was a chat about Halloween and spooky fiction in general: costumes, local traditions, movies, stories. We talked about what Halloween is for us culturally and personally, about bringing kids up to enjoy the spooky things. Then, given what Kait and K do for a living, there was a dive into recounting some of our own more haunting encounters. We’re all changing things up given the pandemic, bu...2020-10-201h 09The Pop Cult EX-perienceShocktober Has BegunSend us a text'Tis the haunting season, and in honour of the month of scary movies we decided to take it upon ourselves to watch & review 31 scary movies in 31 days. We've watched the first few and we have a slightly spoiler-y chat about them, as well as discussing some news in the world of pop culture, including new casting announcements, some streaming options, and more.We also bring you our thoughts on the newest episode of The Boys and the season so far, and tell you what we think of the new game Star Wars...2020-10-051h 07The Pop Cult EX-perienceMistakes Were MadeSend us a textIt's a bit of a weird episode this week, as due to a possible alien abduction and/or narcotic induced forgetfulness we couldn't do what we had originally planned. With nothing else planned for the episode we could have taken the week off. But no, instead we adapted, we improvised and we overcame, all so we could bring our dozens and dozens of listeners the sweet soothing serenading sounds of us shooting the sh..So we hope you enjoy a small sampling of our News and Previews, our reviews of Enola Holmes a...2020-09-2800 minThe Pop Cult EX-perienceNews, Reviews and MulligansSend us a textWelcome to the new week everyone! In News & Previews this week we chat about changes in DC Universe, the ongoing conflict between Ray Fisher and Warner Bros, and share a fun Marvel cast announcement. We express some hopes for TIFF and the Emmys and share a couple of new streaming suggestions too. Also tied into TIFF was our Retro Rewind review of Almost Famous, as it premiered at TIFF 20 years ago. After a number of less-than-stellar streaming movie reviews, we were pleasantly surprised by both #Alive and I’m Thinking of Ending Th...2020-09-211h 31The Pop Cult EX-perienceWe Are Not RockstarsSend us a textA new episode has arrived and in it we bring you lots of news and previews pulled from this week’s headlines. Controversies abound, old school animation is returning and we share info on some upcoming and returning series. We ponder whether or not you can hear engines roar in space? We continue to chat about TIFF which continues through this week, with a mention of Good Joe Bell and One Night in Miami. We of course have some streaming and movie suggestions.For the fun of it we...2020-09-141h 14The Pop Cult EX-perienceThe Return of the TheatreSend us a textA new week means a new episode of The Pop Cult Ex-perience Podcast. This week brings us some news, some previews and some controversy. This week also brings us back to the theatres as we both got to check out Tenet, and give not only our review of the film but our impressions of the new theatre going experience. As well as our review of Tenet, we also share our feelings on Bill and Ted Face the Music, the first three episodes of Raised by Wolves, and the fi...2020-09-081h 15The Pop Cult EX-perienceThe Rise of DC and Our Lives in SongSend us a textIt’s podcast release day! This week’s episode has so many things! We have news of the week: some of it fun, some not so much. We give a big rundown of DC Fandome with how we felt about the con overall and what we thought of all those trailers that dropped with it. There is gaming chat too where T talks about Gamescom and shares some of the games he’s excited about. As per usual, there are our streaming picks for the week if you’re looking for new media su...2020-08-311h 33The Pop Cult EX-perienceFantasia Film Fest and Special GuestSend us a textWe wish you a horrific week, and by that we mean filled with horror movies! Today’s episode has us talking about the Fantasia Film Festival happening online from now through to Sept. 2. This amazing event brings us independent cinema from around the world and we chat about some of the films that have piqued our interest. Even better than that though is that we got to talk to producer Christopher G. Giroux about life as a producer in Canada, the film industry, and two of the films that he has...2020-08-2445 minThe Pop Cult EX-perienceAu-Guests AkimboSend us a textTime for the new episode! You know those moments from film, game or page that just make the whole thing for you? We shared a few of ours from Pirates of the Caribbean, Supernatural, The Long Dark and House of Leaves. Got a few of your own to share? We would love to hear them! We did a dip into the past on our Retro Rewind talking about a favourite production of both of ours, Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. For his Hidden Treasures, T brought out the soul-touching indie video ga...2020-08-181h 13The Pop Cult EX-perienceAugust Rant, Rave and ReviewSend us a textIt’s a brand new week and we have a brand new episode for all you awesome people! We took a look at a whole bunch of stuff over the last few weeks and here’s where we get to share what we thought about them with you, We listened to 2 new albums, 1 from an Ottawa alternative rock band we enjoy, Cevilain, and the other from the ever-evolving Ottawa-born pop music star Alanis Morrisette. We even listened to another podcast for our podcast. Aren’t we nice? There were also a couple of Xbo...2020-08-101h 15The Pop Cult EX-perienceAugust News and PreviewsSend us a textWant to know what a virtual Comic Con was like? We share our experiences and impressions and a bit of the news we encountered along the way. We talk TIFF picks, we mention space a lot, and of course bring you show and streaming news for August. There are some really great movies coming and more than a few shows you can learn about and catch up on if you haven’t checked them out already. I mean, some days it is too damn hot to go outside!2020-08-031h 07The Pop Cult EX-perienceWhat's Wrong With Hollywood. Part 1Send us a textThe new episode is here, in Part 1 of what will be a multipart discussion, we let you in on a few of the things we believe are wrong with Hollywood and the film industry today. Also in the episode we have our new friends, Kornicky and Mel, from the Rebel 101.7 morning show back on to conclude our new Simon Says segment, and talk about the things, good and bad, that we forced each other to watch over the last week. Enjoy. 2020-07-271h 08The Pop Cult EX-perienceJuly Rant, Rave and ReviewSend us a textIt's review time here on the podcast, and today we take a few movies to task, yes we are looking at you The Old Guard, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, and Palm Springs. We have a few guests come aboard to help us review Hamilton on Disney+. We give our impression on the groundbreaking graphic novel anthology, This Place, which explores the past 150 years in Canada told through the eyes of its indigenous creators. We also talk about another graphic coming to us in slightly different medium, Neil Gaiman's Sandman gr...2020-07-201h 06The Pop Cult EX-perienceJuly News and PreviewsSend us a textIt's our first episode of July, which means it is time for our News and Previews episode, where we let you fine folk in on all the happenings in the world of pop culture for the month of July and general near future. On this episode we run the gamut from theatre re-openings, new movie release dates, changes to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, lost films, and found documentaries, to comic cons and game cons being brought to us virtually to other podcasts, aside from our own, that we f...2020-07-131h 17
The Pop Cult EX-perienceOh Canada!Send us a textHappy Canada Day Everyone! We hope you're chillin' and enjoying yourselves. If you're looking for some Canadian entertainment for the day, give us a listen! We build you a fantastic driving playlist if you feel like taking a tour down one of our highways. We have some awesome Canadian movie recommendations if you feel like hiding out in the air conditioning and share some Canuck TV memories and give a few suggestions that would work for that too. Both of us build fantasy Canadian music festivals that we would love to be...2020-07-011h 59The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 13 - Pride and Pop CultureSend us a textWe have a new cast for you! We brought on some fantastic guests to talk about pop culture that’s special to them, and there was a whole lotta LGBTQIA+ pride going on, as there should always be! They shared some terrific movies, TV, book series, and music, and we all got to rejoice in how pop culture can bring us forward in accepting others and ourselves.It is full of awesomeness, and very little of us. These things are not related, we swear (ok we hope). It mus...2020-06-221h 47The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 12 - June - Rant, Rave and ReviewSend us a textWe have a new Rant, Rave and Review episode for you to enjoy! We dish on our impressions of the TV series Upload (Prime) and Space Force (Netflix). T talks Minecraft Dungeons (Xbox Game Pass). The Raconteurs new live EP and documentary, Live at Electric Lady (Spotify) got us into a good groove. Our last two reviews for the episode are for the movies The Vast of Night (Prime), a tense period SciFi, and The King of Staten Island, a Judd Apatow character piece (on demand streaming). We have some definite hits, some...2020-06-151h 08The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 11 - June - History and Callbacks and Recasts Oh MY!!Send us a textIn this episode we share some of these moments in our Pop Culture History spot (for more information, see the links below). With all the heavy out there, we call back to a whimsical, quirky movie that we talked about in our very first episode, Wristcutters: A Love Story. We bring you news of a streaming concert by some of Ottawa's own on Jun 27th for Rock the Quarantine. We also have some fun re-casting the lead characters in the fantastic heist film Heat. We hope you enjoy the new episode.2020-06-081h 02The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 10 - June New and PreviewsSend us a textAfter 13748 days of May it is finally June, and with that comes our newest episode of The Pop Cult Ex-perience. In this episode we bring you all the news and previews from Spider-man to Superman to Indy 5 to Borderlands. We talk director cuts, new director hires and other casting news. And we give you our picks for what to play and what to watch in our June gaming and streaming previews.2020-06-011h 12The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 9 - Everybody Was Kung Fu FightingSend us a textThe new episode is out! This week we are talking about our love for East Asian cinema, and we encourage y’all to join in the fun by sharing some of the films we think could bring you into the fold. What makes them special? Why do we love them so? Why might you? There are beautiful epics, ambitious animes, and action-packed (and often hilarious) martial arts extravaganzas. We share some of the history of films out of Hong Kong and Japan and how they finally got some traction in North America. We...2020-05-251h 13The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 8 - Panels, Pages and PlaylistsSend us a textIn this weeks episode we talk new music from Fiona Apple and The Hu and take you back to the early 00's with Poe. We entice you to flip through the pages of House of Leaves, and the works of Brian K. Vaughan. We finish on a special interview with Christopher Merkley, a talented Canadian comic creator and artist out of Thunder Bay, where we merrily chat about how one goes about bringing life to pages and some of his excellent work.And stay passed the end of the of the...2020-05-181h 04The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 7 - Rant, Rave and ReviewSend us a textThis is the review show. In it we review the Netflix original Extraction, I let everyone know what to expect from the resource management survival game, Stranded Deep. For it's 30th anniversary, K sings the praises for Good Omens, and we both have a little something to say about Meredith Quill's Complete Awesome Mix, the James Gunn Spotify playlist made up of the unused music that was considered for Guardians of the Galaxy flicks. Enjoy. 2020-05-111h 20The Pop Cult EX-perienceMay the 4th Be With YouSend us a textMay the 4th be with you all!In the spirit of the day, we decided to rank the Stars Wars movies from our least liked to our most liked. Below is each of our lists. We want to see yours too, at least your best & worst!If you want to hear the reasonings behind where these films landed in our rankings, please give a listen to our special May the 4th episode of the podcast.2020-05-041h 03The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 6 - The Merry Month of MaySend us a textWe’re bringing you a whole whack of Star Wars news: even more Mandalorian on its way, some great Cassian Andor (Rogue One) series casting, the shapers of the Obi Wan series have been announced, & we discuss a new series announcement that’s resulting in some ridiculous internet bs. There’s a new comic set in Firefly ‘verse on it’s way, that has us soaring like a leaf on the wind. We share some exciting new series that are being adapted for TV, as well as giving you our picks on what’s new...2020-05-041h 11The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 5 - The Story of USSend us a textThis Was UsThe journey to this very podcast was 20+ years in the making. For our 5th episode, we thought we would take you back to the times when neither of us were the ex in Ex-perience. We share the raw, unfiltered tales of where it all began, the (rather crazy) fun adventures we had while together, and the how and the when it all went so terribly, terribly wrong. Pop culture was always a thing we had in common though, and we show how that was woven through much of...2020-04-191h 42The Pop Cult EX-perienceApril Fools Day On All Of UsSend us a textIn this episode we talk Star Wars news and rumours. We give you more ideas of how to spend your quarantine time, from virtual tours, to virtual concerts, to skype get togethers and movie watch parties. We discuss some significant happenings in April throughout history. We review The Hunt. We bring you new and upcoming Blu-ray and video game releases. We hope you enjoy.2020-04-011h 40The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 3 - Pop PandemicSend us a textIn this episode we talk about thing affected by the recent pandemic. We give you reasons and options to help you social distance yourself. I talk about a hidden treasure, we talk video games coming to tv. We give you an extensive list of streaming options during quarantine. 2020-03-172h 05The Pop Cult EX-perienceEpisode 2 - Many Happy ReturnsSend us a textWe talk Oscars, Rick Moranis, The Mighty Ducks, Jurassic World Dominion, Rage Against The Machine, Friends. We talk some Hidden Treasures and Guilty Pleasures, and we review Birds of Prey.2020-02-261h 40The Pop Cult EX-perienceUnconventionally Romantic Movies to Watch on Valentines DaySend us a textA list of flicks that we feel should be watched by those who enjoy a little romance, but not in the conventional sense.2020-02-131h 46