Socially Distanced

Socially Distanced goes to the upside to review Stranger Things Season 4. Bill Bodkin is joined by special guests Kelly McGovern (@KelattheMovies) and Dan Cohen (Pop Break's first film editor & host of the Batman by the Numbers Podcast). Later they head into the Upside Down to talk to Al Mannarino who is holed up in Eddie Munson's trailer.

Tommy Siegel returns to Socially Distanced! The wildly talented musician and artist returns to the podcast for the first time in two years. Tommy sits down with Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin to discuss his band, Jukebox the Ghost's new record (Cheers!), his solo music, his acclaimed artwork, being an artist during the pandemic, HalloQueen, performing at The Stone Pony with a Queen Tribute act and so much more!

The finale of our Obi-Wan Kenobi review series "Sith Happens" has arrived. Bill Bodkin hosts the episode (Al is on assignment) and is joined by resident guest Amanda Rivas (Mission Pro Wrestling), Kenboi review Ben Murchison (The #1 Commander of Our Hearts), and "The Rainmaker" Murjani Rawls (resident guest for Hawkeye, film & TV writer for Substream Magazine). In the episode they discuss the two major action set pieces in the episode (the Ben/Vader fight and Reva vs. The Skywalkers), whether the series has any sort of stakes and the problems with that, the issues with the series in general, will there be a second season and so much more.

Sith Happens in the penultimate episode of our Obi-Wan Kenobi review series. This week Al and Bill are joined by resident guest Amanda Rivas (Mission Pro Wrestling) and Pop Break's podcast guru Alex Marcus (Cinema Joes, Bill vs. The MCU, TV Break) to talk about Obi-Wan Kenobi Part V. The episode examines the big reveal with Reva (The Third Sister), the menacing nature of Darth Vader, plot holes, excellent action sequences, and those incredible flashbacks. They dive deep into Jedi lore, talk about Hayden Christensen's redemption within Star Wars, where the finale will go and if we're destined for a second season.

Sith Happens! This week Socially Distanced welcomes the DJ & Michelle Chapman from Pop Break's Roses & Rejections Podcast -- the premier Bachelor and Bachelorette podcast. DJ and Michelle join resident guest Amanda Rivas and hosts Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin to discuss Obi-Wan Kenobi Episode 4. They discuss DJ's frustrations with the series so far, Michelle's Star Wars theming of their baby's room, the secret Jedi tomb, connections to other Star Wars properties, the major issues the episode suffered and more.

Sith certainly does happen when Socially Distanced tackles the latest Disney+ Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Hosts Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin are joined by returning resident guest Amanda Rivas and their producer/engineer Lucas P. Jones. The foursome discusses Obi-Wan Kenobi Episodes 1-3 and examine the greater impact the series will have on the Star Wars Universe, the rebirth of Darth Vader as a monstrous villain, Star Wars Celebration, Moses Ingram, Ewan McGregor and much more.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers is easily one of the must-see movies of 2022...and we're going to convince you to watch this movie. Hosts Bill Bodkin and Al Mannarino are joined by Pop Break senior writer and Mighty Ducks diehard Tommy Tracey and one of our favorite humans and cinephiles, Kelly McGovern...as well as the debuting seven-year old sensation Sophie Bodkin to discuss the Lonely Island's reimagining of the 1989 series. They discuss the cameos, the Disney afternoon, Ugly Sonic, Sweet Pete, the amazing voice cast and more.

It's summer concert season and that means one thing -- huge multi-day, genre-spanning festivals. Have you ever thought about what it would take to create the ultimate summer festival? Well, Bill Bodkin, Al Mannarino and Kat Manos of Socially Distanced sure have. In this episode, Al, Bill and Kat take part in the inaugural concert draft to create their perfect festival. In the draft they choose a tour to construct the ultimate musical festival. They chose from the top Stadium Tours, Reunion Tours, Rock/Alternative Tour, Hip-Hop & R&B Tours, Country/Folk/Jam Band tours, and Music Festivals to create their ultimate lineups!

Socially Distanced's NFC East* Group Therapy Session is back! Why the asterisk? This episode the group is joined by a representative of the AFC West -- Los Vegas Raiders fan Mike Mueller (Pop Break staff writer & co-host of Sweet Chin Musings). Mike joins hosts Bill Bodkin and Al Mannarino (repping the Giants), Ben Murchison (repping The Washington Commanders) and Marshall Stephenson (repping The Philadelphia Eagles). 

The Group Sessions discuss: how everyone's team did in both the draft and free agency; the trades of Russell Wilson, Matt Ryan, Carson Wentz, Davante Adams, Tyreek Hill, AJ Brown and Hollywood Brown; the Giants' new regime; the Eagles chance of winning the East; the Raiders chance of winning the West, have the Chiefs taken a step back, the Tom Brady situation, early Super Bowl predictions and why Bill cannot get the name of the Washington football team right

Our MoonKnighting mini-series concludes with a review of Moon Knight Episode 6, 'Gods and Monsters' -- which turned out to be a highly divisive conclusion to Season 1 (????) of Moon Knight.

Hosts Al Mannarino and Bill Bodkin are joined by resident guest Tyler McCarthy to discuss if the lack of MCU connection for Moon Knight hurt the finale. They also dive into the emotion of the finale, the reunion of Steven and Marc, Layla's introduction transformation to the Scarlet Scarab, the kaiju fight between Khonshu and Ammit and the revelation of Jake.