Socially Distanced

Socially Distanced is back with glorious purpose to discuss the Loki Season 2 (and series?) finale.

Pop Break's editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin is in the host seat and is joined by "The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas, her sister Vanessa Gonzales and Nynoshka Vazquez Suazo to talk all things Loki -- from Tom Hiddleston's handsomeness to Sylvie's horrible mullet to the amazing final scenes to tears, laughs and cosmic spaghetti corpses.

They discuss the Marvel film calendar post SAG AFTRA strikes as well.

Allonsy, time lords and ladies! The Socially Distanced Podcast is back and we're talking about all things Doctor Who! Pop Break Editor-in-Chief Bill Bodkin is in the host chair as he's joined by "The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas, Pop Break's Podcast Director Alex Marcus, "The Magical Lad" Tyler McCarthy (of the Not Couple Goals Podcast) and Randy Allain -- who'll be joining Pop Break as a part of the Police anthology podcast 'Every Pod You Cast' which premieres in 2024.

In the episode they discuss David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Russell T. Davies' return to the franchise and the potential of Ncuti Gatwa in the role of The Doctor. Then the panel dive into how they became Whovians before picking their favorite Doctor.

Amanda talks about leather jacket daddy Doctor Chris Ecleston and how her super cool aunt got her into the series.

Alex gets the layup by discussing David Tennant - who he describes as the most romantic doctor.

Tyler talks up "The Boyfriend Doctor" Matt Smith who was the perfect choice to market The Doctor to America.

Bill has the unenviable task of defending "The Scottish Doctor" Peter Capaldi. He talks about Capaldi's final season and his chemistry with Pearl Mackie and MIchelle Gomez.

Finally, Randy talks about Jodie Whittaker's groundbreaking role as The Doctor, and how her charm and charisma outshined the series material.

Socially Distanced (Taylor's Version) returns and there's so much to talk about. Bill Bodkin is in the host chair and is joined (as always) by "The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda '1989' Rivas and Pop Break's Podcast Director Alex 'We're Never Ever Getting Back Together" Marcus.

In this episode they discuss all things Taylor Swift -- from her Eras Tour Movie to her impact on the NFL to dating Travis Kelce to her impact on TV ratings to being a dominant pop culture figure ... we're talking all things Taylor.

Bill, Amanda and Alex also talk at length about Loki Episode 4, 'The Heart of the TVA.' This was originally going to be a "mid-season report" but since they literally hit record on the episode minutes after the episode finished, they had to talk about this game changer. They discuss the huge finale, the implications it has on the multiverse saga, the fate of Ravonna Renslayer and Miss Minutes, the future of the TVA, and so much more.

It's time for the annual Socially Distanced Halloween Episode! This spooky season we're going to talk about all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- the TV series, not the Kristy Swanson movie (although that does get brought up!)

We've assembled our own version of the Scooby gang to discuss the iconic series. Pop Break's editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin is in the host seat and is joined by co-host "The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas and special guests "The Commander of Our Hearts" Ben Murchison, Allie Nelson of the Not Couple Goals Podcast and Pop Break Original (and producer of Mutilator 2) Ann Hale.

The gang discuss their history with Buffy and why the show means so much to all of them. They discuss their favorite episodes, the characters they hated the most, the best member of Buffy's team, the most heartbreaking episode and in honor of Allie -- the character we thirst(ed) for the most. They then do a review of the seminal Buffy episode "Hush" and debate whether the episode still holds up, how creepy the Gentlemen are and if this is the definitive Buffy episode.

In the pre-game segment they discuss Netflix's decision to raise rates again. They wonder if this is all a ploy to drive people to their ad supported tier or is it hubris by the company because it seems that they've been bulletproof to crackdowns and rate increases. They also talk about the lack of content coming Netflix's way, the end of way too many tentpole series and the irony of their record stock price but their issues with SAG-AFTRA's demands.

The Socially Distanced Podcast returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it discusses the first two episodes of Loki Season 2.

Bill Bodkin is back in the host chair and is joined by "The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas and her sister Vanessa Gonzalez. Yes, we've got a real Thor/Loki situation on this week's podcast and the heat between these two is real, brother.

In this episode Bill, Amanda and Vanessa discuss the return to the TVA, the debate of to prune or not to prune, Sylvie working in McDonald's, the significance of pie, Deadpool 3, mutants, Renslayer, Key Hu Quan's role, and more.

In the pre-game segment they discuss the Hollywood reporter article on Disney's plans to scrap all of Daredevil: Born Again and how this might actually be a good thing.

Socially Distanced returns to a galaxy far, far away for the final time in 2023!

"The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas hosts Socially Distanced's final episode of the Ahsoka review series. Joining her this week is Pop Break's editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin and the "Mortis Gods" themselves -- Marshall & Courtney Stevenson -- the hosts of Pop Break's Blerd Watchers!

In this episode they discuss "The Jedi, The Witch & The Warlord." They go in-depth about Sabine's force abilities, her relationship with Ahsoka, the potential of a live cameo from Kaanan, Morgan Elsbeth's demise, the bad decisions of the Jedi, the future of the Filoni-verse and why the Skywalkers need to be far away from subsequent Filoni-verse shows.

In the pre-game segment they discuss the anniversaries of The Clone Wars and Rebels animated series.

Socially Distanced returns to a galaxy far, far away as they review Ahsoka Part 7 'Dreams and Madness.'

"The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas steps into the pergill's mouth with Bill Bodkin and the "Prince of Penultimate" Alex Marcus as they discuss this exciting, but head scratching episode. They marvel over the use of C3P0, Lars Mikkelsen's performance as Grand Admiral Thrawn, the evolution of Ahsoka as a Jedi and a character the character of Sabine and what lies in the future for the finale. However, all is not perfect as they bring up their issues with Baylin's "quest," the lack of emotional wallop between Sabine and Ezra and the faulty logic in some of the choices made in the episode.

In the pre-game segment they discuss the cessation of the strike between the WGA and AMPTP this past week and how it was a major W for writers. They then discuss if the SAG-AFTRA strike will resolve as quickly and if the strikes will lead to a mad rush for content to be created.

Ahsoka continues its run of excellent episodes and Socially Distanced is here to talk all about it.

"The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas hosts Episode 177 which takes a deep dive into the "purgill's mouth" of Ahsoka Part 6, "Far, Far Away." Amanda is joined by Bill Bodkin and Ben Murchison to discuss this episode that featured not one, but two major character reveals -- Grand Admiral Thrawn and Ezra Bridger.

In the episode the trio of wandering Jedi discuss the motives behind Baylin's quest for power, Shinn's potential face turn, the menace of Lars Mikkelesen's performance as Grand Admiral Thrawn, zombie Stormtroopers, space witches, ninja turtles, the quickness with which Sabine found Ezra, and the weaknesses of the episode plus tons of theories on where the final two episodes could take the series.

In addition to Ahsoka, Amanda, Ben and Bill discuss the Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion coming from Audible. The reunion features longtime, original cast members like James Marsters, Charisma Carpenter and Anthony Stewart Head.

"The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas is joined by "The Shadow Warrior" Bill Bodkin (Pop Break's Editor-in-Chief) and special guest Jeff Grettler of the Dos Incredibles Network are here to discuss Ahsoka Part 5, "The Shadow Warrior."

In the episode they debate whether Anakin Skywalker was a force ghost or not, they bask in the glory of the callbacks to Clone Wars and Rebels, they discuss the brilliance of Arianna Greenblatt who plays young Ahsoka, plus how emotionally impactful the episode was. They revel in the comeback of Hayden Christiansen as Anakin Skywalker and how he went from pariah to perfection. They talk about the brilliance of Dave Filoni -- who wrote and directed the episode -- and how he should become the full-time Kevin Feige of all things Star Wars. 

In the pre-game segment they discuss the news of The Crow starring Bill Skarsgard and FKA Twigs being picked up by Lionsgate Films.

The Socially Distanced's Ghost Crew -- "The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia" Amanda Rivas, Bill "King of the Pirates" Bodkin and "The Commander of our Hearts" Ben Murchison -- head to a galaxy far, far away to discuss Ahsoka Part 4, 'Fallen Jedi.'

In this episode the crew discusses the return of Hayden Christiensen, the World Beyond Worlds, Ray Stevenson's incredible performance, the tension between Sabine and Ahsoka, theories for the Dave Filoni written and directed next episode, the Carson Tiva of it all and more!

In the pregame segment they review the trailer for Studio Ghibli's latest film, "The Boy and the Hero" -- potentially creator Hayao Miyazaki's final film.