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In the midst of a nationwide winter storm Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is here to keep you company. Even if you've run out of bread, we have some of our favorite classic segment comfort food and a look back at a banner year in the comic book industry. Length - 01:05:06 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:06:15 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME Choosing our last meals and which super power we'd prefer. - 0:19:05 - COMIC BOOK NEWS Free Comic Book Day joined by Comics Giveaway Day to make life more complicated, 2025 a boom year for the comic industry, organizing our collections and watching the new "Masters of the Universe" movie trailer. - 0:48:05 - ONE JOB Remembering actor / director / activist Rob Reiner.

2026 has arrived, marking Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast's 10th year in existence. And we kick it off the same way we have every January for the past decade, with a look ahead at all the movies set to be released in the coming year. Joined again by special guest Jared Lowe, we are previewing the next twelve months of films and deciding on a Top Ten list of what we are anticipating the most. Length - 01:51:10 Language - R. (Contains adult language.)

In our final episode of 2025, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast celebrates the publication of a book, mourns the humble, hardworking penny and reports back from one of our favorite yearly comic con destinations. Length - 01:26:10 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:03:15 - KPP RENT FREE Seth published a book about his adventures in genealogy, holding on to Barnes family holiday traditions with older kids and Jordan stresses about the discontinuation of the penny. - 0:26:10 - TRIP REPORT Recounting our annual visit to GalaxyCon Columbus and an improv show starring Ben Schwartz.

Celebrate the holidays with your friends at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast! To mark the season, we decided to draft our favorite media from three different categories in five different eras. So listen along as we pick and choose the best of the best Christmas movies, Christmas television specials and Christmas songs from every decade. Length - 01:13:54 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

It's time for another rousing round of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast, where we recap some fun trips we've taken and try to remember all of the television that's come and gone over the last couple months. Length - 01:07:05 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:04:45 - TRIP REPORT Jordan's recent return to the Cincinnati Comic Expo and Cliff's visit to some new vintage shops on the Ohio Toy Trail. - 0:48:10 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS "IT: Welcome to Derry" provides a prequel to the Stephen King story, more hilarious superheroics in season two of "Peacemaker," Tim Robinson brings his signature cringe comedy to "The Chair Company," Ethan Hawke stars in twisty crime story "The Lowdown" on FX and "Poker Face" and "English Teacher" canceled before their times.

The truth comes out! Even film lovers like us at Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast can't see everything, so we've decided to reveal our cinematic blind spots with Top Ten lists of the most surprising movies we've never watched. Be it a cult classic, a genre favorite or even a stone cold masterpiece, we purge ourselves of the shame and finally admit the most embarrassing gaps in our film educations. Length - 01:26:58 Language - R. (Contains adult language.)

Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast is back after a brief hiatus, but luckily we've got stories about all the places we've been traveling to in the meantime. The OJ Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast pops in to hang out and join in the discussion about toy shows, concerts, Moth This and Moth That. Length - 01:16:17 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:02:57 - YEAH YOU KNOW ME We each reveal the one comic book holy grail we'd most like to add to our collections. - 0:09:20 - TRIP REPORT Recollections of our late-summer journeys to fun events like the Columbus Toy Show at the Ohio State Fairgrounds with some friends and family, eight buildings worth of vintage awesomeness at the Great Ohio Toy Show, So Pro Comics returning to Point Pleasant, WV for the Mothman Festival, and getting our polka on with "Weird Al" Yankovic on the "Bigger & Weirder" tour at Blossom Music Center and Cincinnati's famous Octoberfest celebration.

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You heard us make our individual predictions this Spring, and now that Fall has arrived we have the results of our Third Annual Summer Movie Challenge! Join Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast, Jesse Starcher of The Source Material Comics Podcast and former Coach-Mayer Jared Lowe in learning which films were the biggest box office draws of the season and who ended up with a near-perfect list. Length - 01:08:12 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:24:54 - JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME Chosen by the winner as the film we all had to watch, we discuss the feel-good 2011 Duplass Brothers comedy "Jeff, Who Lives at Home."

We're a quarter century into the new Millennium, so it feels like the right time to take a look back and celebrate the finest films released in the modern era. In this episode, Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast will nominate, debate and narrow down our individual picks into a consensus list of the best 25 movies since the year 2000! Length - 03:33:11 Language - R. (Contains adult language.)

Wake up early, pour a big bowl of cereal and plant yourself in front of the TV because Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast has an episode all about Saturday morning cartoons! Each host picks their own lineup of shows to kick off their ideal childhood weekend, spanning from the 1970s to the 90s. But because this is a cartoonerment, we all know what that means: no one can pick the same thing twice! Length - 02:03:39 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.)

It's time for our annual report from the largest tabletop game convention in North America, Gen Con! Then we catch up on some recent television, including two old-school animated series on the comeback and a Marvel property that managed to make us furious. Length - 00:55:21 Language - R. (Contains adult language.) - 0:00:55 - TRIP REPORT Seth travels to Gen Con 2025 and a live "Critical Role" show while Cliff heads up the Toy Trail to visit vintage shops in Dover and Canton, Ohio. - 0:31:22 - TV RECAPS & REVIEWS "King of the Hill" revival picks up the sitcom's story years later on Hulu, "South Park" finds new cultural relevance mocking the president and "Ironheart" struggles to make its lead character into a hero.

It's been an exciting summer movie season so far, but we couldn't let it pass without sharing our thoughts on two of the best superhero blockbusters to grace our screens in years! It's Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcastin' Time. Length - 00:52:12 Language - PG-13. (Contains mild adult language.) - 0:04:15 - TRIP REPORT A visit to the Buckeye Comic Con in Columbus, Ohio. - 0:12:25 - MOVIE NEWS Spoiler-light thoughts and reviews on this summer's comic book tentpoles "Superman" and "Fantastic Four: First Steps," plus the political satire "Eddington" and the Netflix debut of "Happy Gilmore 2."

And now for the finale of Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast's Battle of the Fake Bands! Aided by debate moderator Jared Lowe, we've knocked our initial list down to an eclectic and unpredictable Sweet Sixteen. Which pretend musician will go down in the annals of KPP history as the greatest of all time? Listen and find out! Length - 01:20:48 Language - R. (Contains adult language.)

We've reached the final quarter of our tournament-style bracket of fictional musicians! Moderator Jared Lowe returns to guide us through the last region of contenders as Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast whittles down our list to the remaining Sweet Sixteen. Length - 01:21:58 Language - R. (Contains adult language.)