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Send us a textIn today's episode, we explore the harmonica's important role in 90's alternative rock and the need for more of it in modern music.  We discuss the impact of horror in literature and film, our appreciation of the genre, and the challenges of adapting the works of Stephen King into film. We then give a mostly positive review of the film 'Long Legs,' analyzing its atmosphere, character development, and the effectiveness of its ending. Enjoy!

Send us a textWe start this weeks episode by diving into the live music scene as one of took in some live music over the weekend. We then confess our music crushes over the years, reflect on reality TV and music competitions, and share their ideal casting choices for films. The conversation culminates in a spoiler-filled review of the movie 'Strange Darling', where we discuss its themes, storytelling techniques, and character interpretations, ultimately expressing their admiration for the film's execution and depth.

Send us a textIn this all new episode of the Pop Cult Experience podcast, we, and a special guest fill out our respective movie line-ups in the Movie Draft. We had to select films from various genres including thrillers, romance, crime, fantasy, and musicals from the year 1994. We each presents our picks, discusses our choices, and debates the merits of each film. The episode concludes with a call to action for you, our lovely listeners to vote on which collection of flicks you'd want to watch.We apologize for any sound quality issues in this episode,

Send us a textIn this week's all new episode, we have friend of the pod Erin on the cast as she has some questions she wanted to ask our opinion on.  We talk about life imitating art, censorship, streaming vs theatrical releases and more.  We review Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and we finish things off by picking the year and genres of the film draft. Enjoy.

Send us a textIn this week's episode we celebrate Canada's Day by offering up some suggestions of some all Canadian things to watch, things to read, things to listen to, things to play and things to eat. Enjoy and Happy Canada Day!!

Send us a textThis episode we discuss some new news, recast a classic 80's movie, review a few things, and rank all the men who've donned the cape and cowl. Enjoy.

Send us a textWith just a month to go before they hit the stage here in Ottawa, the lovely lads from Cevilain jump on the podcastr for a lengthy chat about everything going on with the themselves and the band.  We laugh, we cry, we laugh again.  Joining me and the boys on this rollercoaster ride is the always wonderful Kat, making her second appearance in the poscast in as many episodes. Enjoy, and pledge yourself.

Send us a textWith a new series of Doctor Who out there in the universe, and with a new Doctor at the helm of said series, our resident Doctor Who expert, Karen, takes a look back at all the Doctors who have come before and ranks them all.  Who is Karen's favourite Doctor?  Listen to find out, Agree or don't agree with Karen's rankings?  Let us know.Enjoy!!

Send us a textA new episode, a new guest host.  A new friend and guest host joins me on this episode, as me and said friend took in a few events in the last little bit and decided we should have ourselves a conversation about it,. So after we play a few games to let all of you get to know Kat, we settle in and reminisce about our nights at The SAW Gallery, where we had the pleasure of taking in a plethora of live music.We  also travelled to a galaxy far, far away for a night of sexy Star Wars parody, as we sat front and center at the Kailash Mital Theatre for The Empire Strips Back, a Star Wars themed burlesque show.   Did we enjoy the show?  Listen to find out, Enjoy.

Send us a textIn this week’s episode one half of us comes to you live from inside The Womb, a new and unique music and community venue here in Ottawa. We sit down with Sarah and talk about why and how The Womb came to be and all the ideas she has to expand it and what the future holds for her and The Womb. We have a great talk, she feeds me banana bread and a small child makes a few appearances. Enjoy.

Send us a textWith The Bloodbash only a few days, we jumped online with the five bands who will be entertaining the masses over two nights.  Here are all the things that were said,  The Bloodbash is a two night music fest put together by ourselves and Resist The Throne in support of and raising money for The Canadian Blood Services.  The boys from Resist the Throne will be joined on stage by Complicit, The Scarecrowz, Ultimus, and Wyntr.  This is us talking to each of those amazing bands. Enjoy

Send us a textIt's the start of a new season.  And season 5 of the podcast is a bit of a special one as it is also the 25th anniversary of when we met and subsequently dated and pretty much the reason this podcast exists. So we start things pff this year letting you know what to expect from this season and how the 1999 will be integral and a big part of this season. We then continue with our trend of starting each season off with out anti-Valentines Day narrative and we go back to 1999 to talk about and review the first movie we ever to see togther, Cruel Intentions.  Does it stand up 25 years later?  Give a listen to find out. We finish things off by finding out how well we know each other after 25 years.  We'll give you  a hint, not well. Well back to 1999.

Send us a textIn this extra special episode of the podcast, we got the chance to interview the charismatic and charming Charlie Kerr, lead singer of Hotel Mira, who are currently in the last legs of a cross-Canada tour in support of their new album, “I Am Not Myself”.  A tour that finishes up right here in Ottawa at The SAW Gallery on Feb 18th. We talk to Charlie about some highlights and awesome moments from the tour, the new album, with its wonderful blend of catchy beats and introspective lyrics, and the connection people make through music and other mediums.  We even take some time to delve into some pop culture shenanigans with Charlie talking about unapologetic love of cinema and other arts, the nonsense of toxic fandom, and he takes us behind the scenes on a few of the tv sets he’s had the pleasure of working on.

Send us a textIt's a news heavy episode as we start things off catching up on all the things we've missed the last few weeks.  We finish things off talking about the interesting story behind the 1984 martial arts flick, New York Ninja,

Send us a textGrab yourself a coffee, sit back, relax and enjoy the experience as we talk to one half of Double Experience,  They are a band, they are Twitch streamers, they are self-professed nerds. Brock sits down with us to talk about the band, their streaming channel, the writing and recording process and some u[coming live events that you'll want to add to your calendar,  We also find out what "Nerd Rock" is  Stick around at the end of the episode to hear their hit song, Bill Murray, Enjoy,

Send us a textWhen a Friday the 13th just happens to fall in October, there is only one thing to do. Dedicate an entire episode to talking about Friday the 13th franchise. 12 movies.  29 years.  198 kills.  The creation of numerous horror movie rules and tropes.  2 horror movie fans bantering on about it for around an hour,

Send us a textIt’s an all Canadian episode this week on the podcast as we get ready to celebrate Canada Day. Not only are we shining a spotlight on the day, but also on the month as we talk about some Canadian films focused on Queer and Trans stories that were recommended by Can Film Day. C.R.A.Z.Y. Can be streamed on Apple TVBreakfast with Scot can be streamed on CBC GemsDawn, Her Dad and the Tractor can be streamed on Crave. If sitting out in the sunshine and flipping through the pages of a good book is more your speed, we talk about ‘Pageboy’, the memoir from @elliotpage, and ‘The 38 Impossible Loves of Naoko Nishizawa’ by @monnamcdiarmidwrites , two fantastic books by Canadian authors. Check out Monna McDiarmid here —> https://monnamcdiarmid.comAnd what are outdoor festivities with out music?  This week we take a listen to and talk about @tamingsariband’s amazing sophomore album, ‘My Heart, My Love’. Give it a listen wherever you gets your music. We then play a Canadian version of stuck on a deserted island, picking one movie, one tv series, one album and one book that we would take with us to keep us entertained if we were stranded and alone. We end the episode with a wonderful chat with @thespacebetweenofficial, a stellar hard rock three piece from Ottawa, coming in fresh off the release of the first EP, that EP’s release party and a nomination for best Newcomers of the Year at this years Capital Music Awards. Stick around at the end of the episode to hear their song 'Time', off their new album. Enjoy!!

Send us a textOn this week's episode we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day by talking about some indigenous artists, musicians, movies and events that you can enjoy from all across Canada, and right here in our home town of Ottawa.   Enjoy!!

Send us a textIn this all new episode, we show off our fondness for Jurassic Park and give it some much deserved banter as it celebrates it's 30th anniversary,  We then go head to head and pick the flicks we will be putting up against each other in our Pop Cult Pick 'em Draft.  The year, 2010, the genres, action, adventure, animated, drama and documentary.  Go on our socials and vote on which movie watchlist you prefer, We end the episode putting the spotlight on some creative forces in the LGTBQ2S+ community.  Enjoy!!

Send us a textWe have a new episode for you!It's a simple but fun episode.  We talk about our love for Ted Lasso before making our way Across The Spider-Verse.  We then give mention to Art by Veya and Alanna Sterling, two artists/creators that we have a fondness for and felt like sharing with our listeners and followers.We finish things off with the introduction of a fun new game, a game we have borrowed from The Big Picture podcast (check them out), where we take a specific year and five genres of film and we both create our own binge-worthy movie watchlist that you then get to vote on. Enjoy!!