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Two friends discuss the history of their favorite pieces of pop culture from the very beginning. They’re currently working on a watch through Classic Doctor Who as well as the history of American superhero movies.
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- 3 days ago1h 13m
TMNT (2007)
This week, the Pop Culture Historians return to the sewers to review the 2007 animated feature TMNT! Can an all-star voice cast (Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chris Evans, Patrick Stewart, Laurence Fishburne, an uncredited Kevin Smith) keep this from feeling like a TV movie? Listen and find out!
- 1 weeks ago1h 37m
GHOST RIDER (2007)
This week, the Pop Culture Historians light their skulls on fire with 2007’s GHOST RIDER! Our first Nicolas Cage movie for this podcast has it all. Death-defying stunts! Peter Fonda and Sam Elliot! Donal Logue! Nick Cage watching weird monkey movies! If only this movie were good.
- 2 weeks ago1h 20m
ZOOM (2006)
This week, our journey through the superhero films of the 2000s continues with 2006’s ZOOM! Tim Allen stars in this bottom-of-the-barrel family-friendly X-Men riff that also stars Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase and about a million Smash Mouth songs. Insert the Home Improvement grunt here?
- 3 weeks ago1h 18m
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND! (2006)
This week, we return to the world of capes and cowls with 2006’s MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND! What happens when your crazy ex-girlfriend ends up having superpowers? Well, we watched this Uma Thurman-Luke Wilson rom-com to find out. Turns out…nothing all that funny?
- Apr 20, 202623 min
Classic Doctor Who Bonus: The Recovered Episodes of THE DALEKS’ MASTER PLAN!
This week, as we tinker away at our upcoming season, we emerge from the depths to cover the recent Doctor Who news. Let’s take a few minutes to review the recovered Episodes 1 and 3 of THE DALEKS’ MASTER PLAN! How is the viewing experience now? What’s it like dipping back into the Hartnell era? Is there any hope for more found episodes? Listen along and find out!
- Feb 16, 20261h 31m
Classic Doctor Who Season 7 and 8 Season Review!
This week, let’s take a final look back at Classic Doctor Who Season 7 and 8! We hand out some awards to the nine serials that made up the first two years of the Jon Pertwee era. Best Guest Star! Best Episode! MVP! Worst Special Effect! All are up for grabs this week!
- Feb 9, 20261h 20m
THE DAEMONS: Classic Doctor Who Season 8 Concludes!
This week, the Pop Culture Historians battle THE DAEMONS! The Master has come to town to conjure the evil daemon Azal, and the only ones who can stop him are the Doctor, Jo and the Brigadier’s UNIT team! Celebrate May Day with us!
- Feb 2, 20261h 46m
COLONY IN SPACE: Classic Doctor Who Season 8
This week, the Pop Culture Historians break exile to go to the COLONY IN SPACE! This six-part serial has it all: the TARDIS interior in color, a sinister mining company, a weird robot, and an insane looking guy named The Primitive! You simply can’t miss this one!
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Two friends discuss the history of their favorite pieces of pop culture from the very beginning. They’re currently working on a watch through Classic Doctor Who as well as the history of American superhero movies.
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