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Hello and welcome to Bill vs the MCU! Each month your hosts⁠⁠ Pop Break Podcasting Director Alex Marcus⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ Pop Break Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin⁠⁠ are taking another step into the wider Marvel Multiverse as the MCU dives deeper into their Multiverse Saga.

Bill & Alex spent all of 2022 rewatching the first four phases of the MCU, and they just spent 2023 covering the first phase of Netflix’s The Defenders Saga and the first four seasons of ABC’s Agents of SHIELD. This season, they are journeying into Fox’s X-Verse with their X-Treme X-Watch as they prepare for Deadpool & Wolverine this July.

Last week, they took a break from X-Men to give you a sneak peak at all the Phase 5 and Phase 6 projects in the works for the MCU. Now, they are closing out their coverage of X-Team related films by shining a lot on those forgotten Fox films Disney reluctantly released post merger. That’s right, they will finally discuss 2019’s Dark Phoenix and 2020’s The New Mutants. Are these overlooked masterpieces? The worst of the X-Universe? Something in between? Tune in to find out!

Watch along with us! Next month's titles are X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine, and Logan (available to stream on⁠ ⁠Disney+⁠⁠).

Welcome to Blerd Watchers! ThePopBreak.com's monthly podcast about TV shows with a Blerdy twist!

Come hang out with Courtney & Marshall, two married Blerds, as they navigate all the dopeness on TV and share insights and opinions on the monthly show topics!

This month, our dynamic duo give an in depth preview of S2 of House of the Dragon, while giving some shine to a few other hype magnets on the calendar this summer. Then, they break their silence on the first half of X-Men ‘97’s first season before providing their thoughts on the premiere of Kaiju No. 8 and recent seasons of Solo Leveling, Invincible, & Reacher. Finally, they took a look back at the complete series of Warrior, currently available on both Netflix and Max.

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Hello and welcome to Pop Break TV’s brand new sometimes podcast: Saturday Morning Adventures, where contributors to ⁠ThePopBreak.com⁠ and their friends kick back, tune in, and zone out to the kids cartoons that defined their childhoods and the ones that are still giving them life today.

For the next ten weeks, this podcast will be led by Pop Break Podcasting Director ⁠Alex Marcus⁠ and ⁠K Anderson⁠, the host of the wonderful interview podcast ⁠Lost Spaces⁠, as they give you instant reactions to every episode of X-Men ‘97, the Disney Plus revival of the beloved 1992 classic X-Men: The Animated Series. 

This week, Alex & K dive deep into the inner psyche’s of the many mutant love triangles filling up the series, before being blown away by the carnage and destruction when Genosha fell.

Tune into X-Men ‘97’s next episode this Wednesday only on Disney Plus and then check to this feed Saturday morning to hear just what Alex & K had to say!

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs.

ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking, are taking a tour through the wider world of reality tv while waiting for the latest season of The Bachelorette, coming this summer!

This week, Michelle and DJ are covering The Traitors US Season 2 Episodes 1-6 on Peacock (full spoilers). They cover all of their favorite contestants and who they've fallen in love with. They give their thoughts on what works well with the show and what could improve, and ending with their final recommendations. Michelle also gives her predictions for the finale of this season of Ru Paul's Drag Race.

If you have thoughts or suggestions for what you’d like Michelle and DJ to cover during the offseason or opinion about all things Bachelor & Bachelorette, be sure to reach out via twitter @Roses&Rejections!

Hello and welcome to Bill vs the MCU! Each month your hosts⁠⁠ Pop Break Podcasting Director Alex Marcus⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ Pop Break Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin⁠⁠ are taking another step into the wider Marvel Multiverse as the MCU dives deeper into their Multiverse Saga.

Bill & Alex spent all of 2022 rewatching the first four phases of the MCU, and they just spent 2023 covering the first phase of Netflix’s The Defenders Saga and the first four seasons of ABC’s Agents of SHIELD. This season, they are journeying into Fox’s X-Verse with their X-Treme X-Watch as they prepare for Deadpool & Wolverine this July.

HOWEVER, in this special bonus edition of Bill vs. The MCU, Podcasts Director Alex Marcus & Editor in Chief of ThePopBreak.com Bill Bodkin convene to run through the latest update on every single MCU property currently in development or production. Below, you will find the time codes for each project discussed, in case you'd like to hop around or refer back to a specific section later.

MCU News Updates:

3:17 - Deadpool & Wolverine (July 2024)

7:39 - Agatha (Fall 2024)

11:12 - Captain America: Brave New World (February 2025)

17:22 - Daredevil: Born Again (2025)

23:51 - Thunderbolts (May 2025)

30:54 - Fantastic Four (July 2025)

41:46 - Ironheart (TBD)

44:02 - Wonder Man (TBD)

47:28 - Blade (November 2025)

52:53 - Spider-Man 4 (TBD)

59:21 - Avengers 5 (May 2026)

1:04:03 - Shang Chi 2 (TBD)

1:08:02 - Young Avengers (TBD)

1:09:41 - Avengers: Secret Wars (May 2027)

1:10:26 - Canceled MCU Projects

1:20:25 - Most Anticipated Phase 5 or Phase 6 Project

Don't forget to tune back in this time next week for the second half of this two part episode, where Alex & Bill finally get around to Part III of their X-Treme X-Watch series, where they will review Dark Phoenix & The New Mutants!

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here to talk about the 25th anniversary of Digimon Adventure.

Digimon Adventure is the first anime series based on the Digital Monster virtual pet toy, which itself is a spinoff of Tamagotchi. It first aired in Japan on March 7, 1999, with an English dub debuting on Fox Kids later that year. The series ran for 54 episodes, ending in 2000.

Digimon Adventure follows the eight DigiDestined children who team up with their Digimon (short for Digital Monsters) to save the Digital World. The DigiDestined are Tai (Joshua Seth), Matt (Michael Reisz), Sora (Colleen O’Shaughnessey), Izzy (Mona Marshall), Mimi (Philece Sampler), Joe (Michael Lindsey), T.K. (Wendee Lee) and Kari (Lara Jill Miller).

Digimon Adventure launched the Digimon anime franchise, which includes the direct sequel Digimon Adventure 02. In North America, Saban Entertainment combined the two short films from the first series and one from the second to create Digimon: The Movie. A remake of Digimon Adventure aired from 2020 to 2021.

Aaron and Josh discuss their relationship with Digimon before going into the show’s plot, characters, animation, and monster designs. They also discuss the inevitable comparisons to Pokémon and the legacy of the Digimon franchise.

For more anime, you can listen to Josh and Aaron’s podcasts on Cardcaptor Sakura and Kirby: Right Back at Ya!

Digimon Adventure is streaming on Hulu

Hello and welcome to Pop Break TV’s brand new sometimes podcast: Saturday Morning Adventures, where contributors to ⁠ThePopBreak.com⁠ and their friends kick back, tune in, and zone out to the kids cartoons that defined their childhoods and the ones that are still giving them life today.

For the next ten weeks, this podcast will be led by Pop Break Podcasting Director ⁠Alex Marcus⁠ and ⁠K Anderson⁠, the host of the wonderful interview podcast ⁠Lost Spaces⁠, as they give you instant reactions to every episode of X-Men ‘97, the Disney Plus revival of the beloved 1992 classic X-Men: The Animated Series. 

This week, Alex & K flex their sidescroller skills as they discuss this double stuffed episode featuring a short story all about Jubilee’s reluctant coming of age and the first part of the epic Lifedeath arc, wherein we realize how much Forge sucks and praise Storm catching on fast enough to slap him before the demons show up. 

Tune into X-Men ‘97’s next episode this Wednesday only on Disney Plus and then check to this feed Saturday morning to hear just what Alex & K had to say!

Welcome to TV Break, where Pop Break’s Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television.

Here’s the format of the show:

The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month – Alex & Bill talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month including DisneyPlus’s X-Men: ‘97 and Netflix’s Girls5Eva. 

News Break – Alex and Bill react to the news that Amazon Prime Video has reached a deal with YouTuber Mr. Beast to create the world’s largest game show.

Streaming Wars – Alex and Bill pick a streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows airing/upcoming shows announced etc. Bill went with the newly colored Disney Plus, which has brought Hulu content online for all Hulu subscribers, debuted The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version), The Marvels, and Elemental, and doubled down on the hype zone with trailers and release date announcements for The Acolyte, Doctor Who, and Bluey. Oh and X-Men ‘97 has dominated the internet, The Pop Break included.

Meanwhile, Alex gives the nod to AppleTV+ thanks to exciting trailers for projects like Colin Farrell’s Sugar and Michael Douglas’s Franklin, exciting new docs like Girls State and Steve! (martin), new episodes of Loot, Fraggle Rock, Palme Royale, Manhunt, and Masters of the Air, a new season of Friday Night Baseball, and free access to major 2023 films like Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon.

New Series Spotlight – Alex and Bill  review 3 Body Problem⁠, Netflix’s adaptation of the acclaimed novel by  Liu Cixin. The series was created by former Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss and Alexander Woo. It stars a massive ensemble led by Benedict Wong of Doctor Strange.

Hello and welcome to Pop Break TV’s brand new sometimes podcast: Saturday Morning Adventures, where contributors to ⁠ThePopBreak.com⁠ and their friends kick back, tune in, and zone out to the kids cartoons that defined their childhoods and the ones that are still giving them life today.

For the next ten weeks, this podcast will be led by Pop Break Podcasting Director ⁠Alex Marcus⁠ and ⁠K Anderson⁠, the host of the wonderful interview podcast ⁠Lost Spaces⁠, as they give you instant reactions to every episode of X-Men ‘97, the Disney Plus revival of the beloved 1992 classic X-Men: The Animated Series. 

This week, Alex & K air their grievances over the series attempt to cram five years of comic stories which crescendoed into the epic crossover even Inferno into a single thirty minute episode of television. They marvel at Maddie’s roller coaster 24 hours, wonder about what Morph and Wolverine get up to when they have the showers to themselves, and celebrate the fact Bishop finally got a few lines of dialogue, even if he was punted to the future immediately thereafter. 

Tune into X-Men ‘97’s next episode this Wednesday only on Disney Plus and then check to this feed Saturday morning to hear just what Alex & K had to say!

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs.

ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking, are back covering the franchise mothership, with season twenty-eight of The Bachelor!

It's the season finale of the Bachelor. Michelle and DJ play a game of "Winners and Losers" to talk about who won and who lost after the finale (spoiler, we all lost). They give out final grades for the season and look ahead to how the next season of the Bachelorette will go with Jenn at the helm. They preview some upcoming content including Season 2 of Peacock's "The Traitors."

If you have thoughts or suggestions for what you’d like Michelle and DJ to cover during the offseason or opinion about all things Bachelor & Bachelorette, be sure to reach out via twitter @Roses&Rejections!