Episódios

  • 420: Our Favorite Anthropomorphic Animals

    420: Our Favorite Anthropomorphic Animals
    Nov 5 2025
    Quack! Welcome to an all new episode of pcmc. Your one-stop-shop for pop culture musings, celebrations, and ephemera! On today's show, host Mike Bongiorno is joined by frequent contributor Janine Gagliardi. The topic of today's episode: Our Favorite Anthropomorphic Animals. Pop Culture is full of animals acting like people, and Mike and Janine are here to discuss why that is, and which are their favorites. If you like this show, please share it with everyone you know!

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    1 hora e 11 minutos
  • 419: Halloween 2025 - General Mills Monster Cereals

    419: Halloween 2025 - General Mills Monster Cereals
    Oct 31 2025
    Surprise! Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your phone, pcmc Halloween 2025 is back! It's Halloween day and pcmc is coming to you with one last super secret Halloween special! Mike is joined by the one and only Emilio Sparks to celebrate the spookiest day of the year. Mike and Emilio got together to both discuss, and taste-test, General Mill's famous Monster Cereals; Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry. The guys have never had these cereals in their lives and thought if there ever was a time to try them it's on Halloween! Thanks so much for spending Halloween 2025 with pcmc. We're back next Wednesday with the usual pop culture goodness you've come to expect from us!

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    1 hora e 7 minutos
  • 418: Halloween 2025 - Disney's Halloween Treat (1982) & DTV Monster Hits (1987)

    418: Halloween 2025 - Disney's Halloween Treat (1982) & DTV Monster Hits (1987)
    Oct 29 2025
    Double, double toil and trouble! Welcome back to Halloween 2025! It's the most important time of year here at pcmc, and we continue coming to you all month long with Halloween specials! On today's show, Mike and Janine discuss two foundational TV specials from Disney. Two Halloween specials that have a strangle hold on the millenial zeitgeist. Disney's Halloween Treat (1982) and DTV Monster Hits (1987). Essentially, they were two Halloween-themed clip-shows featuring footage from Disney's animation vault, but somehow they managed to fire up the imaginations of a generation of people. Both shows are available online, but even if you haven't seen them you'll enjoy Mike and Janine waxing poetic about these specials. Thanks for spending Halloween month with us...there just might be a little more before it's all said and done....

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    1 hora e 37 minutos
  • 417: Halloween 2025 - ParaNorman (2012)

    417: Halloween 2025 - ParaNorman (2012)
    Oct 22 2025
    Oww my boobs! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2025! Spooky season is the most precious time of year for the pcmc brood, and we continue rolling along with our month-long scare-tacular Halloween specials. On today's episode, the host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined by the lovely Jennifer "Grave" Litrell. Mike and Jen are discussing the highly underrated spooky stop-motion film ParaNorman (2012). It's the story of a little boy who can see and talk to ghosts and a misunderstood little witch. It's beautifully designed, funny, and heartfelt. But even if you haven't seen the film, you can enjoy today's episode of pop culture man children! Come back next week for more spooky fun!

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    53 minutos
  • 416: Halloween 2025 - Phantasm (1979)

    416: Halloween 2025 - Phantasm (1979)
    Oct 15 2025
    The funeral is about to begin! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2025! Spooky season is the most precious time of year for the pcmc brood, and we come to you all month long with our scare-tacular Halloween specials. On today's episode, the host, Mike Bongiorno, is joined, once again, by Peter Marsh (Comic Books Transformed / The Lasser Cast). Mike and Peter got together to discuss the 1979 horror classic Phantasm. This movie is weird AF. It's a movie that makes about as much sense as a fever dream. It's like if Davin Lynch directed Night of the Living Dead. And the guys love it, and get super deep on what makes the film so compelling and fascinating. Come back next week for more spooky fun!

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    1 hora e 9 minutos
  • 415: Halloween 2025 - Mr. Vampire (1985)

    415: Halloween 2025 - Mr. Vampire (1985)
    Oct 8 2025
    BoooOOOOOooo! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2025! Spooky season is the most precious time of year for the pcmc brood, and we come to you all month long with our scare-tacular Halloween specials. Today we travel to Hong Kong in 1985 to hop onto the hopping vampire craze! See what I did there? Today's film is Mr. Vampire — a slapstick comedy, martial arts, horror film! This movie modernized the mythology of Jiangshi (hopping vampires) for a new audience and set off a craze for similar movies. This movie is fun as hell, and we recommend you check it out, but even if you haven't seen it, you can still listen to this episode. Come back next week for more spooky fun!

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    58 minutos
  • 414: Halloween 2025 - Dressed to Kill (1980)

    414: Halloween 2025 - Dressed to Kill (1980)
    Oct 1 2025
    BoooOOOOOooo! Welcome to pcmc Halloween 2025! Spooky season is the most precious time of year for the pcmc brood, and we come to you all month long with our scare-tacular Halloween specials. Today we kick things off with the HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC film Dressed to Kill from 1980. It's Brian De Palma's homage to Alfred Hitchcock. The film is suspenseful, sexy, and brilliantly made. Sadly, it's also completely wrong-minded about the experience and life of transgendered people. If you've liked pcmc's previous episodes on slasher movies, this will fit right in with those conversations. Come back next week for more spooky fun!

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    1 hora e 3 minutos
  • 413: MTV True Life: "I'm a Gamer" (2003)

    413: MTV True Life: "I'm a Gamer" (2003)
    Sep 24 2025
    Pcmc does what Nintendon't! On today's all-new episode of pcmc, host Mike Bongiorno, is joined by longtime contributor to the show, Vin Forte. In this episode, Mike and Vin discuss a famous episode of television from the early 2000s; MTV's True Life: "I'm a Gamer." If you haven't seen this (or any) episode of True Life, go watch it right now, then come back! The guys talk about the winners and the losers in this slice of life reality TV episode, speculate on how it was produced behind the scenes, and make fun of one of video game history's greatest clowns, Billy Mitchell. It's a glimpse at early 2000s nerd-culture which is worth checking out if you're a pcmc fan. If you like the show, make sure to subscribe anywhere you get your pods.now,

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    49 minutos