The Pop Break

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 dive deep on Ahsoka S1E5 as they wonder whether this was the best live action episode of Star Wars ever. They also review Netflix’s K-Drama Bloodhounds, which debuted on the service earlier this summer, and the Prime Video sports doc Kelce. Plus, they give the Snap Trailer Reaction treatment to Prime Video’s The Boys’ Spinoff series Gen V and discuss what their expectations are for the upcoming John Wick prequel series The Continental, debuting this Friday on Peacock. 

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Blerd Life with My Wife -⁠ ⁠⁠John Wick 4⁠

Follow Courtney on⁠ Twitter⁠ &⁠ Instagram⁠ and Marshall on⁠ Twitter⁠,⁠ Instagram⁠,⁠ Twitch⁠,⁠ Youtube⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠.⁠ Merch⁠ now available!

Make sure to check out their other podcast,⁠ Blerd Life with My Wife⁠ on your favorite podcasting app and on⁠ Twitter⁠ &⁠ Instagram⁠.

And head on over to their⁠ Patreon page⁠ for extra content.

Hello and welcome to Bill vs the MCU! Each month your hosts⁠⁠ Pop Break Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus⁠⁠ and⁠⁠ Pop Break Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin⁠⁠ take another step into the wider Marvel Multiverse, with reviews and interviews on the film and television series that may be drawn upon as the MCU dives deeper and deeper into its Multiverse Saga.

In this episode, we will be giving a brief rundown of some of the pivotal events from Agents of SHIELD S3 before jumping into an in depth discussion of S4E1-8, aka the Ghost Rider arc, where Daisy, Coulson, and the gang become acquainted with the Spirit of Vengeance, currently inhabiting host Robbie Reyes, as they battle science ghosts.

To help us become better acquainted with the classic Marvel Comics character of Ghost Rider, we are excited to welcome onto the pod the host of the ⁠Superhero Cinephiles⁠ podcast and a lifelong Ghost Rider fan, Perry Constantine.

We also breakdown all the ⁠Disney Plus Marvel TV release calendar news⁠ in this month’s Miss Minutes Marvel Memo, where he and Bill try to cram in a month’s of MCU headlines in five minutes!

Don’t forget to come back next month when they’ll be reviewing Agents of SHIELD S4E09-16, aka LMD!

Agents of SHIELD S1-7 are available to stream on⁠ ⁠Disney+⁠⁠.

Senior Writer Aaron Sarnecky and Senior TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky are back. This month they’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Joining them is Anthony Desiato, founder/owner of Flat Squirrel Productions and host of Summoning the Zords.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is the first iteration of Power Rangers, which is based on the Japanese franchise Super Sentai. The first episode aired on Fox Kids on August 28, 1993. The show ran for 145 episodes and ended on November 27, 1995, in the lead up to the Alien Rangers miniseries.

The Power Rangers are a superhero team of “teenagers with attitude.” Together they defend Angel Grove and the world from evil. The initial Rangers are Jason (Austin St. John), Billy (David Yost), Zack (Walter Emanuel Jones), Trini (Thuy Trang), and Kimberly (Amy Jo Johnson). Quickly joining their ranks in Season 1 is Tommy (Jason David Frank).

Power Rangers took the world by storm, and new series continue to follow. 2017’s Mighty Morphin reboot movie was a commercial failure, leaving the franchise’s future on the big screen uncertain.

Aaron, Josh, and Anthony look at the show’s first episode, also discussing their history with the franchise and the 30th anniversary special on Netflix.

You can listen to Josh and Aaron’s podcasts on the first Power Rangers movie, as well as Power Rangers Wild Force. 

You can follow Anthony @DesiWestside on Twitter.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is streaming on Netflix and YouTube.

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 waiting for dual debuts of The Golden Bachelor & Bachelor in Paradise later this fall. Until then, they are taking a tour of some of their other reality dating favorites every other week.

This week, Michelle and DJ are joined by Allie Nelson of Not Couple Goals to talk Season 2 of The Ultimatum on Netflix. The trio cover all of the couples' drama along with who should and should not be together. The gang wraps up with a quick preview of the Golden Bachelor coming soon.

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!

There’s never a dull moment in the world of anime and Pop Break is diving right into the action! Join anime enthusiasts Amanda Rivas and Josh Sarnecky as they geek out monthly with a panel of dedicated experts and special guests on exciting anime news, trending anime in TV and/or movies, and anime recommendations spanning different genres that everyone should be watching. If you are a lifelong anime lover or just taking that initial leap into the genre that has something for everyone, this is the podcast for you!

To kick things off on Anime x Pop, Amanda and Josh are joined by Editor-in-Chief of ThePopBreak.com and host of The Socially Distanced podcast Bill Bodkin, and one of the hottest professional wrestlers in the Texas indy scene, The Flamingo King Branden Vice, to search for the legendary One Piece! They share their thoughts on the recently announced Bruce Lee anime project slated for 2024, the debut of Monkey D. Luffy’s Gear 5 form in the One Piece anime, and the highly anticipated Netflix live action One Piece series. We hope you enjoy this adventure with our own version of the Straw hat crew!

Join us in our regular time slot on the last Monday of the month as we talk about the highly anticipated Shibuya arc on Jujitsu Kaisen and the second cour of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War as it comes to an end!

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, & Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month including MAX’s My Adventures with Superman, Hulu’s Reservation Dogs, FX’s What We Do In The Shadows, HBO’s How To with John Wilson, Netflix’s One Piece & Derry Girls, & Disney Plus’s Ahsoka.

News Break – Alex, Bill, and Josh break down the latest on the WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes and the AMPTP’s couldn’t failure to read the room with the unions and the public. If you would like to support the Hollywood community who are enduring a financial hardship with no end in site, please donate to the ⁠Entertainment Community Fund⁠.

Streaming Wars – Alex, Bill, & Josh pick a streamer they think “won the month” based on new shows airing/upcoming shows announced etc. Bill & Alex surprise each other by both picking Disney Plus after a month with Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 at the top of the streaming movies board, Ahsoka making its debut, Indiana Jones, The Little Mermaid, What If S2, and Doctor Who all receiving premiere dates, and the Loki S2 trailer dropping to huge numbers⁠. Meanwhile, Josh opted to embrace Netflix, thanks to the continued dominance of Suits, the success of the film You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, the reality series Love Is Blind & The Ultimatum, and the live action One Piece adaption.

New Series Spotlight – Alex, Bill, & Josh review the new MGM+ series The Winter King, based on Bernard Cornwell’s The Warlord Chronicles book series. Adapted for TV by Kate Brooke & Ed Whitmore. The series stars Agents of SHIELD star Ian De Caestecker as the would be king Arthur, Nathaniel Martello-White as his druid ally Merlin, and Eddie Marsan as his father the king, who banishes Arthur following the death of Arthur’s half brother and the king’s only living heir. The series also features Valene Kane & Stuart Campbell.

There’s arguably no superhero in existence that has been reimagined, redefined, or reinterpreted more than Batman.  No matter how many times he’s been rebooted, audiences are always willing to come back to Gotham City’s greatest defender.  With so much Bat content out there, there’s plenty to dissect, analyze, and of course, rank!  This podcast is dedicated to a surgical evaluation of Batman’s history, with a focus on ranking several topics in the world of Batman, among other classic Bat themes and characters.

Join host Daniel Cohen, Pop Break’s former Film Editor and Resident Bat-Maven, as he brings on several guests every month to share his passion for the one and only Dark Knight.  From Adam West to Robert Pattinson, no bat stone will be left unturned.  Bottom-line: If you’re a Batman fan, this is required listening.

In 2008, Christopher Nolan made a movie that would not only make him a legend for years to come, but it also happens to be widely considered by many as the greatest comic book movie ever made – The Dark Knight.  Does it still hold that title fifteen years later?  That’s one of the many topics this month’s panel discuss as they celebrate fifteen glorious years of The Dark Knight.

Daniel is joined by Editor-in-Chief of the popbreak.com, Bill Bodkin, and as this is an anniversary episode, Aaron Sarnecky of the Anniversary Brothers Podcast makes his Batman by the Numbers debut.

If you love The Dark Knight (and who doesn’t?), this is your episode.  Favorite scenes.  Crowd pleasing moments.  Heath Ledger praise.  It’s all there.  For a movie that’s been dissected maybe more than any other film of the last fifteen years, the panel have a lot of fun finding new ways to talk about this masterpiece, and even give some criticisms of the film!

And for a few bonus topics, the group also get into some general superhero talk, where The Dark Knight ranks in the Nolan pantheon, and discuss the influence this movie did, and did not have on the superhero genre, and the film industry at large.

What else is there to say, except for…”WHY SO SERIOUS?”

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 for the Season 20 of The Bachelorette! 

It's the Bachelorette Season 20 Finale and Michelle and DJ cover all of the dramatic moments. From Joey's tearful exit to the announcement of the new Bachelor, it's a jammed packed episode. They wrap up with the announcement of Bachelor Thursdays coming this fall with Bachelor and Paradise and Golden Bachelor airing on the same night.

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

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 recap the latest ins and outs of Hollywood’s Striking Hot Summer. They also review the new AppleTV+ thriller Hijack, starring Idris Elba as a business negotiator turned aircraft hijacking victim. Plus, they double back to give their big picture thoughts on Secret Invasion and preview some of the upcoming shows they are most looking forward to!

Topics:

Blerd Life with My Wife -⁠ ⁠⁠John Wick 4⁠

Follow Courtney on⁠ Twitter⁠ &⁠ Instagram⁠ and Marshall on⁠ Twitter⁠,⁠ Instagram⁠,⁠ Twitch⁠,⁠ Youtube⁠,⁠ TikTok⁠.⁠ Merch⁠ now available!

Make sure to check out their other podcast,⁠ Blerd Life with My Wife⁠ on your favorite podcasting app and on⁠ Twitter⁠ &⁠ Instagram⁠.

And head on over to their⁠ Patreon page⁠ for extra content.

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 for the Season 20 of The Bachelorette! 

This week Michelle and DJ cover a rather uneventful Men Tell All. They talk about Brayden's future on Bachelor in Paradise, whether Xavier can be redeemed or not, and wrap up with a preview at The Golden Bachelor.

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