Pop and Schlock

We’re back! This week we’re talking about the film adaptation of Joe Kelly’s masterpiece graphic novel I Kill Giants starring Madison Wolfe, Zoe Saldana, and Imogen Poots. Big thanks to Cris Skelton for joining us in the studio once again.

This week we have assembled a collection of comedians, writers, and straight up nerds to discuss SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY. Was it a colossal misfire or is everyone just talking out of the backside of their own Wookiee? Listen to find out!

X gon’ give it to ya’. This week we are in studio to discuss Deadpool 2! Why is Shatterstar so sexy? Why is Vanessa not an actual character? Why can’t Josh Brolin just be everything all the time? Find out as we sit down with Brenda Valdivia of the Mockingbird Podcast network and only drop one accidental f-bomb. Enjoy!

Animation is not a genre, it is a medium. There are myriad ways to explore that particular medium whether it be through traditional hand-drawn techniques to modern evolution in digital and rendered technology.

So what makes animation so versatile? We’ve assembled a rogue’s gallery of guests to discuss the field and learn a little bit about what makes animation so damn great.

It's the biggest pop culture event of 2018 so of course we had to cover it. Enjoy our roundtable discussion of the film that changed the box office game forever.

Wanna hear us try to categorically explain comedy as if it were some sort of scientific principle? This is the episode for you! We sat down with comedian Patrick Simmons to talk about Super Troopers 2 and debate the punchability factor of Rob Lowe's face.

Enjoy!

​This week we welcome Brian Kondrach (@BrianMakesJokes) into the studio to talk about Dwayne Johnson's latest film in which he dons indestructible khakis and is surrounded by things blowing up. Fun times. Enjoy!

This week Meredith returns from what was supposed to be a one-way trip to the sun to discuss A Quiet Place; written, directed, and starring John Krasinski with Emily Blunt, the film is one of the most talked about new horror films of the year, seemingly catching everyone by surprise.

What did we think? Listen and find out!

Last week Meredith picked a whole bouquet of oopsie-daises and the episode was lost. This week, Jake returns to rectify the situation and get the show back on track. Meredith has been loaded into a cannon and shot into the sun. There's a song about it. We're not joking.

KPFT personality Don Freeman drops by to help talk about storytelling choices leading into this week's WrestleMania XXXIV, and Jake still isn't completely over how mean people were to Rian Johnson over that whole Star Wars thing...

​This week on the show we sat down to discuss Cory Finley's directorial debut Thoroughbreds starring Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor Joy. It is also notably the final film of the late Anton Yelchin. We found the film to be masterfully crafted with only minor points to quibble over. The episode is largely a discussion of why the murderous sociopath is such a popular film trope and a treatise on why a well crafted script is the starting point for any great film.