Pol and Pop (Politics/Pop Culture)
One episode about politics, then one episode about pop culture. And repeat. Note: Episodes are published once (a) editing is complete and (b) a reasonable amount of time has elapsed from the publishing of the previous episode. The plan is to have 2.5 to 3 hours of content released per month (with months starting on the 24th), which should be roughly 3 episodes.
Episodes
92 episodes
So... if the Election Was Stolen, Why Didn't Anyone Say Anything?
This is the second episode I'm putting up for people who just found out about the 2024 Presidential Election having been stolen. I'm trying something a little different here-- a carefully put-together, very quick episode that answers the ...
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You Just Found Out the Election Was Stolen—Now What?
You just found out the 2024 Presidential election was stolen... or, maybe you've come across some jaw-dropping data that makes you question what really happened.If you're looking for clarity in the chaos, you're in the right place. In th...
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1:23:31
POLITICS: Our 2024 Predictions... and Some New Ones
Yes, we finally got back to it-- seeing how all of the predictions Woody and I made in December 2023 for the calendar year 2024 turned out.After that, we go into some current events discussion, including about people in the U.S. governm...
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1:27:58
POLITICS: SoreyNotSorey-- a Quick Update on Trump's Return
It's been almost two months since Trump got back in and started the whirlwind of chaos. So Woody and I decided to check in and take stock of things. We delve into tariffs, economic blackouts and boycotts, Trump as a Russia asset, an...
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1:00:07
POP CULTURE: Daredevil: Born Again episodes 1 and 2 with John (full spoilers)
The Pop Culture half of the podcast is back!In this episode, I talk with John about the first two episodes of Daredevil: Born Again (essentially Daredevil season 4) which were eagerly awaited and just released this past week. We a...
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1:02:53
POLITICS: Some Thoughts from Woody, Post 1/20. And Maybe This Is All for Now?
I got Woody's perspective on this whole situation with the Trump Presidency starting anyway, despite the fact that he didn't actually win... and that now he's basically admitting that Elon and he hacked the voting machines.We recorded t...
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POLITICS: Post-Inauguration Full Debrief-- the Steal, the Silence, and the Future
It's January 20th. The inauguration of Donald Trump happened today, with no apparent action by the Democrats or anyone else beforehand to address the numerically-provable fact that he stole the election from Kamala Harris. Before th...
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POLITICS: The End of Limbo... Does Trump Still Get In after All?
We're very, very close to January 20th now. The public at large is certainly expecting that Trump will be inaugurated and begin his Presidency at noon on the 20th. But things are very crazy right now, and, if it's all business as us...
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POLITICS: A Stolen Election about To Be Revealed... So, What Next?
About a month has gone by since my last episode. We're still in limbo in terms of hearing official word from the powers that be. But we aren't crazy-- we know something is up. Those in the know have been collecting the evidenc...
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1:15:29
POLITICS: How Trump Stole the Election! Allegedly.
This may be the most controversial episode of Pol and Pop ever released. In fact, let me start with the following disclaimer:****This episode is for entertainment purposes only. Any persons accused of committing a crime are ...
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1:29:27
POLITICS: Trump beats Harris?!! We Discuss.
It's November 9th, Woody's 70th birthday, and we have here the 70th episode of Pol and Pop! And, of course, it is yet another politics episode, once again with Woody.We recorded this one in Clarksville on Thursday 11/7, after a sp...
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1:23:58
POLITICS: Final Status and Predictions for the 2024 Election!
Woody and I sat down on Halloween night for one last podcast recording before Election Day. With only 5 days to go, so much had already happened and so many people had already voted that the pieces were mostly falling into place. We...
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1:23:11
POLITICS: Harris Fox Interview Thoughts, and... Who's Going to Win the Election?
Well, no October Surprise or Black Swan event has happened yet (as of 10/21), but the Kamala Harris appearance on Fox News was big enough to be well worth Woody and I discussing nonetheless. Also, I for one have been doing a _ton_ of rese...
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1:09:33
POLITICS: Our VP Debate Reactions... and Further Thoughts
After catching the Vice-Presidential debate on Tuesday 10/1, Woody and I got our initial impressions together, then also incorporated more of what we heard about it afterwards before recording this on Thursday. After going through that, w...
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1:36:54
POLITICS: Election Homestretch Check-in with Dave!
We're past Labor Day in our election year here now, and I was just visiting my brother Dave in Jacksonville Beach. So I figured I'd take the opportunity to get his perspective on the situation, from outside the DC area in a red, but almos...
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POLITICS: Our Harris vs. Trump Debate Reactions!
Woody and I watched the first (and possibly only) debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on Tuesday night, September 10th. These are our own reactions from just afterwards, before hearing the general media consensus.
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POP CULTURE: Deadpool and Wolverine spoilercast with John!
In this episode, John and I discuss the MCU's only cinematic release for this calendar year, Deadpool and Wolverine! And we also discuss where it looks like things are heading in the MCU next.Note that this is a full spoilercast, ...
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1:08:15
FLASHBACK: Kamala Harris Thoughts from 2022
This flashback episode includes part of the seventh episode of the Spaghetti Sass podcast, from January 2022 (with a quick new introduction). The centerpiece of that episode involved some thoughts on Kamala Harris and impressions of her a...
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POLITICS: July 18th-- A Snapshot in Time (part 2)
Sometimes in politics, events happen and circumstances change so quickly that it's virtually impossible to record, edit, and upload a podcast episode before the whole political world changes.That said, every podcast episode is a reflect...
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1:11:19
POLITICS: July 18th-- A Snapshot in Time (part 1)
Sometimes in politics, events happen and circumstances change so quickly that it's virtually impossible to record, edit, and upload a podcast episode before the whole political world changes.That said, every podcast episode is a reflect...
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1:08:47
Trip Journal: New England and Ontario, Canada!
In mid-June, I took a Friday through Tuesday trip where I drove through New York City, over to Rhode Island, up to New Hampshire, across Vermont, to Toronto and Niagara Falls, and back home.My main goals were: to drive in Manhattan, to ...
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1:10:24
POLITICS: Biden vs. Trump Debate Reactions!
Woody and I watched the debate via our phones after trivia, then recorded our reactions to it just afterwards.It's amazing to see how different our takes on it were compared to what all the media seems to be saying about it. I can...
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1:26:38
POP CULTURE: X-Men '97 Review with Joe and John (full spoilers)
The first season of X-Men '97, continuing from the 90's animated series, has now all been released. For this episode, I bring in fellow family Marvel TV series aficionados John and Joe to discuss the whole season, and to some extent how t...
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