Great Pop Culture Debate

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our episode devoted to the best cinematic score by American composer and legend John Williams, and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, November 18, wherever you listen to podcasts.

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1965 may feel like an entirely different lifetime, but even if you’re Gen X or a Millennial, chances are you know the songs and the icons from that incredible year. Cher! The Beatles! The Rolling Stones! The Supremes! Legends in their prime whose music continues to hold cultural cache 60 years after its release. So join the Great Pop Culture Debate as we do the time warp and try to determine the Best Song of 1965.

Songs discussed: “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers, “Help!” by The Beatles, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones, “My Girl” by The Temptations, “Ticket to Ride” by The Beatles, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” by The Righteous Brothers, “Stop! In the Name of Love” by The Supremes, “I Got You Babe” by Sonny & Cher, “Do You Believe in Magic?” by The Lovin’ Spoonful, “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” by Marvin Gaye, “What the World Needs Now is Love” by Jackie DeShannon, “It’s Not Unusual” by Tom Jones, “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” by The Four Tops, “California Girls” by The Beach Boys, “We Got to Get Out of This Place” by The Animals

Join host Eric Rezsnyak and panelists Derek Mekita, John Higgins, and Zack Derby as they discuss and debate 16 of the biggest hits from 60 years ago.

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Host: Eric Rezsnyak

Panelists: Derek Mekita, John Higgins, Zack Derby

Producer: Bob Erlenback

Editor: John Higgins

Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch

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Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our episode devoted to the best American popular-music songs from 1965, and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, November 11, wherever you listen to podcasts.

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From 2009 to 2015, “Glee” burst into song on the Fox network. The musical TV series about group of outsiders in an Ohio high school finding a purpose and community through song pulled in millions of viewers and produced numerous musical singles that charted on radio, iTunes, and beyond, with a collective 36 million singles purchased digitally and 11 million albums sold worldwide. While the show’s legacy has been tarnished by a stunning number of scandals and tragedies, it also minted several bona fide superstars and introduced Millennials to 20th Century popular music and Broadway classics. Ten years after the show’s finale, the Great Pop Culture Debate wanted to look back at the 750-plus tracks performed on the series and attempt to name the Best “Glee” Song of all time.

Songs discussed: “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Somebody to Love,” “When I Get You Alone,” “River Deep Mountain High,” “Cough Syrup,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Make You Feel My Love,” “Don’t Rain on My Parade,” “Landslide,” “Maybe This Time,” “If I Die Young,” “Rumor Has It/Someone Like You,” “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” “Halo/Walking on Sunshine,” “Teenage Dream”

Join host Eric Rezsnyak and all-Millennial all-star GPCD panelists Andrea Guerrero, Gary Jackson, Jake Pitochelli, and Trey Radu-Blackburn as they discuss and debate 16 of the slushiest songs from “Glee.”

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Panelists: Andrea Guerrero, Gary Jackson, Jake Pitochelli, Trey Radu-Blackburn

Producer: Derek Mekita

Editor: Bob Erlenback

Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch

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Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our episode devoted to the best songs featured on the Fox musical-comedy-drama TV series "Glee," and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, November 4, wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Everything was big in the 80s. The hair. The fashion. The movies. That included a slew of romantic comedies with modest budgets, but which became box-office smashes thanks to their novel concepts, sparkling scripts, and charismatic leads. In what other decade could you have a film about a magic mannequin that was secretly a naive sexpot, or gruff Australian hunter who charms the pants off a big-city reporter? Only the 80s, baby! So crack open a Bartles & James, warm up your crimper, and plate your McDLT, because the Great Pop Culture Debate wants to make love, not war, as we attempt to name the Best Romantic Comedy Film of the 1980s.

Films discussed: When Harry Met Sally, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Mannequin, Big, Moonstruck, Hairspray, Overboard, Sixteen Candles, Coming to America, Arthur, Roxanne, Pretty in Pink, Look Who’s Talking, Crocodile Dundee, Splash, Romancing the Stone

Join host Eric Rezsnyak, GPCD panelists Jonny Minogue and Kevin Dillon, and special guests Maggie Hartman and Anna as they discuss and debate 16 of the most swoon-worthy films of the 1980s.

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Host: Eric Rezsnyak

Panelists: Jonny Minogue, Kevin Dillon

Special Guests: Anna, Maggie Hartman

Producer: Derek Mekita

Editor: John Higgins

Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch

#80smovies #80sfilms #1980s #80s #romance #romanticcomedy #romcom #romancemovie #film #movies #classicmovies #whenharrymetsally #comingtoamerica #splash #roxanne #sixteencandles #prettyinpink #mannequin #overboard #moonstruck #arthur #romancingthestone #big #hairspray #lookwhostalking #tomhanks #megryan #johntravolta #pennymarshall

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Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our episode devoted to the best romantic comedy movies of the 1980s, and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, October 28, wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Grunge music emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the late 1980s, replacing the outrageous styles and slick solos of hair metal with grinding guitars, growling vocals, and ample ennui. The so-called Seattle Sound broke into the mainstream via bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Hole, and others, before fading away after just a few years. While the genre’s cultural footprint may have been brief, if you were a disaffected young person in 1990s America, grunge was likely part of the soundtrack of your life. Now, more than 30 years after we all pretended not to care, the Great Pop Culture Debate is donning our flannel and attempting to name the Best Grunge Song.

Songs discussed: “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana, “Man in the Box” by Alice in Chains, “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam, “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” by Smashing Pumpkins, “Even Flow” by Pearl Jam, “Cannonball” by Breeders, “Everlong” by Foo Fighters, “Glycerine” by Bush, “Black Hole Sun” by Soundgarden, “Down by the Water” by PJ Harvey, “Doll Parts” by Hole, “Heart-Shaped Box” by Nirvana, “Today” by Smashing Pumpkins, “Pretend We’re Dead” by L7, “Seether” by Veruca Salt, “Interstate Love Song” by Stone Temple Pilots

Join host Eric Rezsnyak and GPCD panelists and fellow 90s teens Jim Czadzeck, Joelle Boedecker, and Karissa Kloss as they discuss and debate 16 songs that spawned from the Seattle Sound.

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Episode Credits

Host: Eric Rezsnyak

Panelists: Jim Czadzeck, Joelle Boedecker, Karissa Kloss

Producer: Bob Erlenback

Editor: Jim Czadzeck

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Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our episode devoted to the best grunge song, and walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, October 21, wherever you listen to podcasts.

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While fantasy films have existed almost as long as cinema, the genre cast a particularly potent spell on the movies of the 1970s and especially the 1980s. Studios needed new horizons for adventure films, and bigger budgets led to awe-inspiring tales of warriors and wizards, magic and dragons. Fans of high fantasy films were awash in epic tales in the last quarter of the 20th Century. So strap on your shield and sandals as the Great Pop Culture Debate begins its quest to name the Best Fantasy Film from 1975 to 1999.

Movies discussed: The NeverEnding Story, Ladyhawke, The Princess Bride, The Hobbit, Legend, Masters of the Universe, The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, Willow, The Beastmaster, The Black Cauldron, Conan the Destroyer, Clash of the Titans, Army of Darkness, Excalibur, The Dark Crystal

Join host Eric Rezsnyak and GPCD panelists Bob Erlenback, Kevin Dillon, and Michael Schwarz as they discuss 16 of the most fantastical movies from the end of the 20th Century.

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Host: Eric Rezsnyak

Panelists: Bob Erlenback, Kevin Dillon, Michael Schwarz

Producer: Derek Mekita

Editor: Bob Erlenback

Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch

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