Number 1s

The final episode of Number 1s (for a while, at least)! Ryan Sartor returns to help tackle the extra meaty lineup of READY PLAYER ONE (3:35), the XXXTentacion album ? (22:43) and the Stormy Daniels episode of 60 MINUTES (40:27). We also get into a broad and kind of bleak discussion about modern communication. Thanks to everyone for listening, and good luck engaging with pop culture without me telling you what to think about it!

Alex Ptak joins me to talk PACIFIC RIM UPRISING (2:41), Logic’s new album BOBBY TARANTINO II (17:33) and 48 HOURS S31E19, “The Fitbit Alibi” (31:07).

Ryan Sartor is back to give his take on BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM (6:37) and discuss the new TOMB RAIDER (15:49) and BLUE BLOODS S8E16, “Tale of Two Cities” (35:15).

It’s all books (and one movie) this week as I cover all the bestsellers that have been piling up for the last month or so! Michael Lewis joins me to talk Madeline L’Engle’s A WRINKLE IN TIME and its new film adaptation (3:52), Devon Talbott and I discuss J. D. Robb’s DARK IN DEATH (27:22), and my mom Jane McNichol reports on Kristin Hannah’s THE GREAT ALONE (42:18).

Andrei Alupului and Keith Bevacqua join me for the first Number 1s “Rewind” episode! We flash back to March 8th, 2008 and cover 10,000 B.C. (5:27), the Jack Johnson album SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC (26:01), AMERICAN IDOL S7E14 (35:19) and the Eckhart Tolle book A NEW EARTH (45:29).

Se Joe and Nick Cardona join me to discuss BLACK PANTHER: THE ALBUM and the February 22nd episode of THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW. Maddow wasn’t actually #1, I screwed that up, but it’s still a fun conversation!

Charles “Otter” Holmes (MTV News, Complex, Genius) returns to talk BLACK PANTHER (1:31), the Justin Timberlake album MAN OF THE WOODS (36:15) and CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER S1E6 (1:08:04). We also take a sobering look at the bleak realities of a career in entertainment!

Brandon Scott Wolf returns to talk FIFTY SHADES FREED (1:53), the Migos album CULTURE II (37:37) and NCIS S15E14, “Keep Your Friends Close” (1:01:06). He also reveals a dark secret from his past!

Brandon Scott Wolf returns to talk FIFTY SHADES FREED (1:53), the Migos album CULTURE II (37:37) and NCIS S15E14, “Keep Your Friends Close” (1:01:06). He also reveals a dark secret from his past!

Lizzie Martinez and Melissa Rocha return to discuss KEVIN CAN WAIT S2E15 “Fight or Flight” (1:52), WINCHESTER (15:40) and the Fall Out Boy album M A N I A (34:14). We jump onto the true crime podcasting bandwagon with our investigation of who killed Kevin James’s TV wife.