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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 160: Following the Force Part One — The Phantom Menace

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024


Beginning a new feature! I’m setting down a path that may or may not dominate my destiny: working my way through Star Wars. With this episode, I begin a reading and watching project that will cover the entire nine-movie Star Wars cycle plus television shows and spin-off films. First up [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 159: The Children of the Atom vs. The Prince of Darkness

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024


Just in time for Halloween, it’s mutants vs. vampire courtesy of Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz! I’m joined by Coffee and Comics’ Clinton Robison to talk about Uncanny X-Men #159 and X-Men Annual #6 where Storm becomes a vampire and the team faces off against Dracula! https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pop-Culture-Affidavit-Episode-159.mp3

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 158: VIP Treatment at the Baltimore Comic-Con

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024


It’s time for my annual look at the Baltimore Comic-Con. This year, the convention was held from September 20-22 and as usual, I went to the show on Saturday. It’s a special one this year because it might be Brett’s last convention since they’re a senior in high school So, [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 157: Batman: From Death to Dying

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024


In A Death in the Family, Jason Todd died. In A Lonely Place of Dying, we got our first look at Tim Drake. But what happened between? This episode, I take a look at some of the issues in the very brief set of issues following Robin’s death but before [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 156: Faster, Higher, Stronger

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024


As the 2024 Summer Olympics gets set to begin in Paris, I got together with Professor Alan to talk about our Olympics fandom. Join us as we discuss our love of the Games, my favorite moments, and what makes them so great. https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Pop-Culture-Affidavit-Episode-156.mp3

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 155: Born in the U.S.A.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024


It’s the 40th anniversary of one of the biggest albums of the Eighties, Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. Join me as I go through the album song by song, look at a few of my favorite B-sides, and talk about why it’s one of my favorite albums of all [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 154: Off-Brand Robotech

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024


In 1984, DC Comics published a Robotech miniseries as a tie-in with the Revell model company. But Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, Lynn Minmei, the SDF-1 or anything else we know and love from Robotech was nowhere to be seen. Titled Robotech Defenders, it was a three-part miniseries that became a [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 153: Just Part of the Song

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024


Maybe it’s a lyric. Or a guitar solo. Or the bridge. Whatever it may be, there’s always small parts to songs that you remember. Taking inspiration from a 2004 Retrocrush post, I’m giving you a list of some of my favorite song parts. From classic tunes of the 1960s and [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 152: The Crisis Hangover

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024


Worlds lived. Worlds died. The universe was never the same. But it took a little while for that universe to never be the same, and in this episode, I take a look at the period between December 1985 and July 1986 where DC’s titles began their post-Crisis eras, wrapped up [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 151: The Uncollecting III: The Domination

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024


It’s time once again to dive into The Uncollecting! In this year’s episode, I take a look at the PBS series Legacy List With Matt Paxton along with articles that explore the “legacies” of our generations’ past, like brown furniture and memorabilia collections that are left behind. I also give [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 150: Continuing the Search

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024


It’s episode 150 of the show, and for this episode, I revisit my series of episodes about America: its history, its people, and its culture. After talking about my interest in books about American “stories” (and the many books I’ve read over the years), I return to Peter Jenkins’ A [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 149: The Night They Saved Christmas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023


A corporation is blasting and drilling for oil and if they don’t find it at Site A, they’re going to dynamite a Site B and that means killing Santa! Take a trip back with me to North Pole City in 1984 as I review the TV movie The Night They [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 148: Déjà View

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023


Set at the end of the 1980s, Déjà View is a coming of age novel with a supernatural elements, and joining me for this episode is its author, Michael Thomas Perone. We sit down to talk about his novels Déjà View and Danger Peak and the inspirations behind them. https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Pop-Culture-Affidavit-Episode-148.mp3

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 147: In a Cold World You Need Your Friends to Keep You Warm

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2023


My trilogy of nostalgia-fueled movies comes to an end with a look at The Big Chill, Lawrence Kasdan’s iconic 1983 film that was a touchstone for the Baby Boomer generation. Along for the ride with me is Michael Bailey, who talks about the film and its impact on us as [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 146: Geektacular 2023!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2023


It’s that time of year again! The Baltimore Comic-Con was held the weekend of September 8-10 and once again Tom and Brett were there. Join us as we talk about what we saw and what we bought; plus, interviews with Joe Staton and John K. Snyder III. Music in this [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 145: Alright, Alright, Alright

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023


My look at nostalgia-themed movies continues! This time around, Amanda joins me to sit down and talk about a formative movie for the two of us: Dazed and Confused, the 1993 Richard Linklater film that takes place during one night in 1976. We look at the movie, its soundtrack, and [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 144: Where Were You in ’62?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023


It’s the first of three episodes that look at the nostalgia subgenre of films, and I’m starting with the granddaddy of all of them, 1973’s American Graffiti. Directed by George Lucas, this is a seminal film and soundtrack that takes a look back at the teenage years of a generation, [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 143: JLMay 2023, The Brave and the Bold

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023


It’s JLMay 2023! Join me as I take a look at issue #10 of the 2007 version of DC’s classic team-up series, The Brave and the Bold. The Challengers of the Unknown! Superman! The Silent Knight! Aquaman! The Teen Titans! It’s some Silver Age DC goodness brought to you by [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 142: Cover Songs (Part One)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023


It’s the first part of an EXTRA-SIZED CROSSOVER with Fire and Water Records! Ryan and Neil, The Brothers Daly, join me for a look at cover songs. What makes a good cover song? Which covers are iconic? What covers have surpassed the originals? Which ones do we personally love? Join [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 141: Shut Up and Sing While I Eat My Freedom Fries

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023


It’s been twenty years since the United States invaded Iraq, a key moment of the last two decades. During the lead-up to war, there were controversies over opinions on the war and support for the military. In this episode, I take a look at two of the more well-known of [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 140: My Batman Phase

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023


If I can point the true origin of my comic book collecting career to one point in time, and especially one character, it’s the spring of 1990 and the character is Batman. For this episode, I’m going to take you through “My Batman Phase,” starting with how I first got [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 139: The Uncollecting II: The Clutter Strikes Back

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023


New Year, New You! At least that’s what they tell ourselves. Back in episode 96, I talked about my efforts to “uncollect” the piles of stuff I own. Well, it’s been a few years, so how is it going? That’s what this episode is about. I talk about two books [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 138: Geek Yourself 2022

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2022


It’s been TEN YEARS since I started this podcast, and it’s time for my TENTH trip to the Baltimore Comic-Con. Once again, Brett cosplays up and joins me to meet creators and buy comics. I’ve got interviews with Bob Hall, Joe Staton, Jill Thompson, and a number of other creators [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 137: And Walked Off to Look

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022


It's third and final episode in a series of three episodes about America: its history, its people, and its culture. This time around, I am looking at walking across America through the lens of the seminal travel memoirs A Walk Across America and The Walk West: A Walk Across America [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 136: Teen TV Movies from 1988

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022


In 1988, NBC produced three television movies starring a gaggle of teenage stars from some of the most popular sitcoms of the day. And for this episode, I sit down and talk about them. So strap in for “Crash Course,” get on the floor for “Dance ’til Dawn” and set [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 135: Time-Traveling Teens from 1988 on TV

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022


We’re back to the world of Paper Girls with the release of Amazon Prime’s new series. Once again, Stella joins me to talk about the show and we give our takes on the characters, the story, and its faithfulness to its source material. Warning: Spoilers abound! https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Pop-Culture-Affidavit-Episode-135.mp3  

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 134: A Day in the Life

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022


It's second of a series of three episodes about America: its history, its people, and its culture. This time around, I am looking at A Day in the Life of America. My coverage includes a 1968 Department of Defense film called “A Day in America”, the 1986 photo book A [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 133: Some Kind of Wonderful

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022


After four years and six films, John Hughes left the teen movie subgenre behind in 1987, but not before producing one last film, Some Kind of Wonderful. Join me as I take a look at the film, its novelization, the soundtrack, and evaluate its place in the teen movie canon [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 132: Where We’re Going Because of Where We’ve Been

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022


It’s first of a series of three episodes about America: its history, its people, and its culture. And to start us off, I’m looking at how American history is related through the comics medium by looking at the comic book “A Picture Story of the United States,” The Cartoon History [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 131: Hail! Hail! Corporate Rock and Roll

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022


It was generic. It was kind of lame. And it was everywhere. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, “Corporate Rock” ruled the airwaves. But what, exactly, was “Corporate Rock”? Join me as I plumb the depths of middling rock radio with a playlist of mid-tempo rockers, power ballads, [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 130: The Diane Lane Rock & Roll Cinematic Universe

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022


Corinne Burns is the teen girl who fronts a band who is scraping to make something of themselves. Ellen Aim is a pop star about to soar into the stratosphere until she's kidnapped by a biker gang. What do they have in common? They were both characters in 1980s films [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 129: Continuity, Sagas, and Histories

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022


When you start reading comic books decades into a character or even an entire publisher’s existence, how do you go back and find out all of the stories that got them to that point, especially when it’s 1991, you’re fourteen, and you don’t have money, a car, or the Internet [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 128: She’s the Man

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022


It’s the second of a two-part crossover with Required Reading With Tom and Stella. Last week, part one was our discussion of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. This time around, we’re looking at a movie that took The Bard’s comedy, updated it, and placed it squarely in the teen comedy genre: [...]

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Fallen Walls Open Curtains Episode 10

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2021


It’s the tenth and final chapter in a podcast miniseries that looks at the fall of the Iron Curtain and the popular culture of the Cold War. To start us off, I look at what happened in Eastern Europe in December 1991 with a special focus on the final days [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 127 Merry PBSmas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021


It’s a holiday-themed follow-up to last episode, as Amanda joins me to talk about what we watch on PBS during the holidays.  From European Christmas Markets to Rick Steves to GBBO, we talk about all of the programming that brings us comfort and joy in December. https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Pop-Culture-Affidavit-Episode-127.mp3  

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Fallen Walls Open Curtains Episode 9

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021


It’s the ninth chapter in a podcast miniseries that looks at the fall of the Iron Curtain and the popular culture of the Cold War. To start us off, I look at what happened in Eastern Europe from September 1991 to November 1991 with a special focus on real-life spies [...]

Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 126: This is PBS

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021


From Big Bird to Antiques Roadshow, PBS has programming that is part of our lives from beginning to end. As a longtime viewer, I have a lot of memories and favorite shows and in this episode, I spend time going through them, looking as far back as my preschool days [...]

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Pop Culture Affidavit Episode 125: Back in Baltimore

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021


Fully vaccinated and masked up, Brett and I returned to the Baltimore Comic-Con for the first time since 2019! Join us as we talk about what we bought, who we saw, and interview creators such as Thom Zahler, Cliff Chiang, Wayne Vansant, Angela McKendrick, and Rod Van Blake. Plus: yet [...]

9/11 and Popular Culture Part Six

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021


And while I did answer feedback this episode, I still would love to hear from you, so feel free to leave leave comments on the Pop Culture Affidavit Facebook page, follow me on Twitter, or email me at popcultureaffidavit@gmail.com. I’ll read your feedback on a future Pop Culture Affidavit episode. https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-11-and-Popular-Culture-Part-Six.mp3 It's [...]

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9/11 and Popular Culture Part Five

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021


It's the fifth episode of a six-part miniseries that examines the books, movies, music, comics, and other popular culture that directly addresses or is about the attacks of September 11, 2001. In this episode, I look at music, covering the music that was popular on the charts in September 2001, [...]

9/11 and Popular Culture Part Four

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021


It's the fourth episode of a six-part miniseries that examines the books, movies, music, comics, and other popular culture that directly addresses or is about the attacks of September 11, 2001. In this episode, I look at film and television, including the big budget films United 93 and World Trade [...]

9/11 and Popular Culture Part Three

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021


It's the third episode of a six-part miniseries that examines the books, movies, music, comics, and other popular culture that directly addresses or is about the attacks of September 11, 2001. In this episode, I look at literature. Selections include poems by Toni Morrison, Abigail Deutsch, Deborah Garrison, and others; [...]

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