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Grab your towel and stick out that thumb, Dylan and Phil are taking a cue from Douglas Adams and reflecting on life, their kids’ expanding view of the universe, and what it all means. Learn how, in Evanston, trees (much like petunias) just fall from the sky. Be in awe as the kids befriend the most alien creatures Museum Campus has to offer. And reflect on the deep, philosophical questions only a 6 year old could ask. And whatever you do- DON’T PANIC!

How has Sing, a movie that neither Dylan nor Phil like, changed Dylan’s household? How can one movie cause one child to fall in love with Elton John, playing music, and The Muppets? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Lordy, Lordy, HOPC’s 40!... th episode! Huzzah! To celebrate, Dylan and Phil took their families out to the movies together. It was Dylan and Mal’s first time seeing A Minecraft Movie, and Phil and Rebel’s third. Pop in those earbuds and jop into the Overworld! We’ve got jumbo sized pop quizzes, a primer on MInecraft in its many varied forms, an examination of Phil and Dylan’s childhood Jack Black experience vs their kids current one, and so much more!

“The Death of the Author” is a 1967 essay by French literary critic, Roland Barthes, that “emphasizes the primacy of each individual reader's interpretation of the work over any "definitive" meaning intended by the author”. It also sounds like a Harry Potter book title, and in this episode Dylan and Phil tackle the tangled web of being in a fandom with a toxic, bigoted creator. This conversation isn’t about the Harry Potter franchise content, but rather the challenge of separating the artist from the work and navigating the next generation towards a more compassionate tomorrow. WE PROMISE THERE ARE STILL FUNNY PARTS!

Dylan and Phil reminisce about the early 1990’s game show Legends of the Hidden Temple, which they’ve been sharing with their own kids lately. Walk down the steps of knowledge and clutch tight to your pendant of life- you never know where a Temple Guard might be lurking in this episode.

The flu ran through one house, a rare reaction to medicated skin cream in another, sick kid after sick kid after sick spouse after sick selves- our households have been fighting the good fight all month. BUT! Dylan and Phil never say die (unless playing laser tag)! We've managed to put together a brand new episode all about those sick days we spent home from school in the 90's, and what our kids' sick day experience is like in this age of endless screens.

Gotta go fast! Dylan and Phil FINALLY get out to see a movie together with their kids, and it couldn’t have been a better choice. We share our thoughts on the latest addition to the Sonic The Hedgehog movie franchise, relive our kid’s birthday parties, and engage in the deadliest game of Last Tag this side of the Mississippi.

Season finale already? Wow, what a decade this year has been. You deserve a treat! It’s an extra-length special holiday episode of Hop On Pop Culture! Phil and Dylan debate the ethics of making their kids believe in Santa Clause, make some recommendations for board games for the family, and expose their children to violence and larceny via the Christmas classics Home Alone, and The Grinch.

Phil tells the tale of his family’s Thanksgiving curse.

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