My First Time - Pop Culture Podcast

Hyuck! Hyuck! Aiden thinks Dan will like A Goofy Movie. Big call. Will it pay off?

Eden thinks Aiden will like Plane, Trains and Automobiles. Will Aiden embrace the 80s charm of megastar pair Steve Martin and John Candy? Or will Eden's hopes get a flat tire?

It's the classic Tom Hanks comedy Big! How has it stood the test of time? Can a 13 year old boy have a sexual relationship with a 30 year old woman without repercussions? Let's find out!

Cornfields. Cary. Classic cinema. It's Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.

Aiden makes Dan and Eden listen to Kayne West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It doesn't go well.

It's macho. It's moustachioed. It's the Australian football classic - The Club.

Three white men, who can't jump, discuss White Men Can't Jump. It's Woody. It's Wes. What's not to love? Let's find out...

You play ball like a girl!!! It's The Sandlot (Kids) and is it any good?

Christmas with your friends and family? Bah humbug! Put on your headphones and enjoy some you time with our Love Actually podcast!

Is Singin' in the Rain a delightful summer shower or a Hollywood water torture?

De Niro and Pacino together at last. But can our panel endure the elongated length of this Michael Mann classic?

Will be held hostage to the violent charms of this Bruce Willis classic? Alan Rickman scene stealing, the dad from Family Matters, a shoeless everyman - it's all in the podcast and more.

The MFT crew are back with some recommendations, pop culture chat and a glimpse into the future. (Apologies for some minor sound issues as we trial new recording software. We are working hard to unkink our kinks)

Pop a wheelie, bust a bunny hop and enjoy an endo as we hit the streets with the BMX Bandits.

Pod people! Jeff Goldblum! Priest on a swing! It's Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Whatcha gonna do when Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Michael Bay come blockbustering for you? It's Bad Boys time.

It's the film that announced Russel Crowe to the world. Romper Stomper is a dark and daring movie that plots the destruction of a small gang of Australian Neo-Nazis.

The MFT panel are thanking their microphones and praying to their recording studio as they give themselves a spruce up.

Put on your high heels and your best red dress - it's time to dissect the Dustin Hoffman classic 'Tootsie'!

Swords, sandals and English accents abound in Ridley Scott's Gladiator.

Ok campers - rise and shine! It's Groundhog Day podcast time.

Stand-up comedian Amos Gill is our special guest as we get Aiden to try to embrace Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Jump aboard the D train to Coney Island as we rip into another cult classic, 1979's The Warriors.

Join us on a most non-heinous trip back in time as we delve into the 80s cult classic Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

This week we are waggling our wands with The San Sebasatian’s Dan Crannitch as leap into the Harry Potter film series right where it started, with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

What happens when you partner with McDonalds to blatantly rip off ET?

We delve into the sweat, meaty world of professional wrestling.

Comedian Simon Taylor joins the panel for a heated discussion about Twilight.

It's shark fighting time as we punch JAWS right in the nose, Mick Fanning style.

This episode we are Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' with Alex from Bad Dreems as we debate the merits of Limp Bizkit's mega-selling album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is having a hard time on Christmas Eve, and most the the panel are having a hard time watching him - except Eden.

Oh hi Mark - it's the worst movie of all time! Opinions are strongly divided as to the merit of the Tommy Wiseau master/disaster piece.

We flashback to 1982 and check out the gnarliest Vietnam Vet there ever was - John Rambo

We get physical - physical! - with a gruelling sweaty session of Hot Pilates! We sweat, we struggle, we swear it's much hard than it sounds.

We take a break from pop culture catch up, and explore some of the pressing issues in film, TV and music

*sound issue fixed* We get down, dirty and slightly incest-y with teen 90s drama Cruel Intentions.

Is Blade Runner a sci-fi masterpiece or a dull, dragging movie where Harrison Ford is actually the villain?

Comedian James McCann joins the panel as we go on an epic run with Forrest. We tackle the hard hitting Gump issues - did Jenny give Forrest HIV? Is Forrest Gump a sneakily conservative piece of political propaganda? And why did the author of Forrest Gump want John Goodman instead of Tom Hanks? Also James sells the panel on NZ band Ha the Unclear.

Creep down the hallways of Stanley Kubrick's horror / thriller masterpiece The Shining. In this episode: what the Shining has to do with moon landing conspiracies, the horror of the patriarchy, what guest panellist Kerry Hawke's husband likes to do with his finger, kids in horror and more!

Irish music superstar Enya is sailing away with actor Sam Griffin's will to live, as Sam and the MFT panel dive into Enya's hugely successful sophomore album, Watermark. In this episode: What links Jean-Claude Van Damme and Enya? How many cats does a lady need to be a crazy cat lady? How does Bono/U2 dodge the Irish taxman and why is Eden so obsessed with Loreena McKennitt?

Comedian Jon Brooks joins the panel to dissect 80s teen classic The Breakfast Club. What do Jon and the MFT crew make of all the stereotypes, romance, rebellion and freeze frames? Plus, what the movie teaches us about parenting, janitorial arts and how crap boredom was pre-internet.

See what's lurking beneath the surface of classic role playing game Dungeons and Dragons, as the My First Time crew crack out the D20s and find out for themselves what millions of nerds have been getting up to for more than 40 years. Will the panel embrace their new lives as bards, gnomes and dragon-born or rush back to the safety of reality?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show takes centre stage, as we discover what it's like to experience this cult phenomenon for the first time in 2017. What did the panel make of this singing, dancing, sex-crazed musical genre mash-up? And was/is Tim Curry sexy? The panel discuss that and much more!