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This is Pop Culture Uncovered. This show is dedicated to those who have a love for comics, gaming, TV and everything geek related. Visit us at www.popcultureuncovered.com and follow us at PCUncovered on Twitter and Instagram @PCUncovered!

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    Episode 4: Sinners

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 54:30


    Armand and Belle do their best to convince Pete why he (and you!) should go see Sinners immediately! Turns out, it took very little convincing. 

    Episode 3: AwesomeCon 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 18:29


    AwesomeCon in Washington D.C. is a convention well-known for its themed celebrity appearances, panels, cosplay and community ties. Belle and Pete report on how this year's con stacked up. 

    Episode 2: Kathleen Kennedy: Not Out Yet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 19:16


    We are back, and not holding back this year. Armand, Belle and Pete talk about the false or premature news of Kathleen Kennedy's departure from Disney/Star Wars and what it means for the fandom and the franchise. 

    Episode 1: Losing David Lynch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 17:49


     Renowned filmmaker David Lynch, the creative force behind Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, and the 1984 adaptation of Dune, passed away on January 15 at the age of 78. In this episode, Pete, Belle, and Armand discuss Lynch's influential career, his unique approach to storytelling, and the impact of his work on film and television. 

    Episode 6: Dune Prophecy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 41:04


    In a mostly spoiler-free review, Armand, Belle and Pete discuss the Dune Prophecy HBO series. What we know so far, and how it fits into the overall mythos. 

    Episode 5: Halloween Traditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 29:10


    Armand, Belle and Pete share their favorite #Halloween-themed movies and TV episodes. 

    Episode 4: Agatha So Far ...

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 31:47


    Belle and Pete, three episodes into Agatha All Along, discuss what they like so far, what they don't, and where they think/hope the show is going.

    Episode 3: VHS Chronicles: The Running Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 45:03


    In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom. Pete and Armand discus the 1987 movie: The Running Man.

    Episode 2: Saying Goodbye: Frankie Beverly and James Earl Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 32:57


    Armand< belle and Pete discuss the passing of singer, songwriter, and producer Frankie Beverly and the legendary James Earl Jones. They look at the legacy and impact of these two men, through the lens of pop culture.

    Episode 1: VHS Chronicles: Iron Eagle

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2024 31:00


    In this first episode of PCU's VHS Chronicles, Pete and Armand discuss the *other* 1986 military warplane movie, Iron Eagle, starring Jason Gedrick and the late Louis Gossett Jr.The VHS Chronicles are PCU's retro review of video store classics from the the golden age of VHS home video.

    Episode 10: Unpacking Brats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 25:55


    Pete discusses with Belle the Andrew McCarthy-helmed documentary Brats, and all the baggage that comes with it. 

    Episode 9: Favorite Summer Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 28:39


    Pete, Belle and Armand come up with their favorite go-to summer movies. A couple of them might surprise you!

    Episode 8: The X-Men and Deadpool

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 52:21


    Pete, belle and Armand look back on X-Men 97 and forward to Deadpool and Wolverine

    Episode 7: New Stuff: May Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 31:52


    Pete, Belle and Armand talk about the upcoming Star Wars series Tales of the Empire, Deadpool and Wolverine, and the return Marvel's Ultimate line. 

    Episode 6: X-Men97 - THAT episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2024 47:32


    Belle and Pete react to the midseason episode of X-Men97. A lot happened!

    Episode 5: The Monstervere

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 47:34


    Belle and Pete take a look back at the Monsterverse so far, as we prepare for Godzilla x Kong

    Episode 4: Dune: Part 2 - The Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 78:00


    Belle and Armand just got out of the theater to see Dune: part 2, and have a lot of thoughts to share.  WARNING! This podcast contains all the spoilers we could fit into one episode!

    Episode 3: Dune: Comparing the Films (2 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 36:30


    Armand, Belle and Pete return to Arrakis to revisit Dune Part 1 and the 1984 David Lynch Dune film. We talk prophecy, fate and whole bunch of other nonsense.

    Episode 2: Dune: Comparing the Films (1 of 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 35:38


    As Armand, Belle and Pete wait for Dune Part 2 to drop , we look at Dune Part 1 and the 1984 David Lynch Dune film. How they compare, what they get right and what we wish we'd seen. 

    Episode 1: Losing Carl Weathers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 24:09


    Armand and Pete discuss the loss and the legacy of actor, athlete and icon, Carl Weathers. 

    Episode 19: Best of 2023: Armand's Picks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2024 24:47


    It is finally Armand's turn. with his picks for the best of 2023.We talk: The Creator, Last On His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century and Blue Eye Samurai. Armand and the bool club cover Last On His Feet here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/popcultureuncovered/episodes/2023-05-09T19_12_10-07_00

    Episode 18: Best of 2023: Pete's Picks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2023 22:33


    Pete gets sneaky and shares with Belle and Armand  his top *four* picks for the best shows of 2023.We talk Poker Face, Star Treks: Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds and hard sci-fi in the form of Scavenger's Reign.

    Episode 17: Best of 2023: Belle's Picks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 30:15


    Belle shares her picks for the best shows of 2023 with Pete and Armand.We talk Loki, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Willow. 

    Episode 16: Declassified: Real Genius

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 41:15


    Pete and Armand discuss one of their favorite 80s movies, and early Val Kilmer vehicle, Real Genius. We are constantly impressed with how well it still holds up, how it was a standout model for representation and genuine science. 

    Episode 15: Loki - How it's going so far

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 42:11


    Armand joins Pete and Belle to talk about Season 2 of Loki. The good and the devilishly bad. 

    Episode 14: Did The Creator finally deliver a superior sci-fi film?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2023 34:48


    Pete listens as Armand discusses The Creator, and whether a science fiction movie can actually live up to its promise - and the demands of fans.  

    Episode 4: Rebel Rundown: Checking in with Ahsoka

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 60:36


    Belle, Pete and Armand discuss the latest Star Wars show's fifth episode and what it means for the final three episodes. We talk about what we like, what we wanted to like, and where we think it's going. 

    Episode 13: Bad Dads. The worst comic book fathers of all time

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 39:38


    The gloves come all the way off when Armand, Belle and Pete talk about the worst comic book dads in history. 

    Episode 12: The Basics: Writers and Actors strike.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 33:16


    The Writers Guild of America (WGA) was joined this month by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). Belle breaks down the whos and whys, and we try to determine the long-term effect this will have on TV and movies in the next few years. 

    Episode 3: Rebel Rundown: Ahsoka and the return of Thrawn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 21:16


    Belle and Armand join Pete to dfiscuss the latest trailer for Ahsoka, streaming on Disney+  Aug. 23. We speculate on who we might see, and who - Ezra - we are hoping to see!

    Black Excellence Book Club:Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 86:40


    Meagan and Armand talk to writer & comic book publisher David Crownson about his comic series Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer, part of his Kingwood Comics line of comic books.

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    Episode 11: What we're streaming: Interview with the Vampire

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2023 22:02


    Belle talks AMC's Interview with the Vampire: the politics, the casting, what they got right and what's new for this latest take on the Anne Rice characters. 

    Episode 10: What we're streaming: Silo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 19:22


    Pete talks this season of  Apple TV+'s Silo, based on the Silo series of post-apocalyptic science fiction books by Hugh Howey.

    Episode 9: The Flash Review (Spoilers!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 32:28


    Armand explains to Pete the good, the bad and the absolute trainwreck of The Flash 

    Episode 8: Tina Turner - Losing a Legend

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 32:01


    Pete sits down with Jason from The Ear Candy Update podcast to discuss the recent passing and the incredible legacy of music legend Tina Turner. 

    Episode 7: Writers Strike

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 0:28


    Belle and Armand discuss the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, an ongoing labor dispute between the Writers Guild of America labor union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. We look at some background behind this strike, and how all of us who enjoy popculture will be affected. 

    Episode 6: Black Excellence Book Club: Last On His Feet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2023 75:13


    On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nevada, to witness an epic showdown. Jack Johnson, the world's first Black heavyweight champion―and most infamous athlete in the world because of his race―was paired against Jim Jeffries, a former heavyweight champion then heralded as the “great white hope.” It was the height of the Jim Crow era, and spectators were eager for Jeffries to restore the racial hierarchy that Johnson had pummeled with his quick fists.Fantom Comics and Pop Culture Uncovered proudly present another installment in the Black Excellence Book Club series.A groundbreaking graphic portrait of boxing legend Jack Johnson, Last On His Feet offers a front-row seat to the Battle of the Century.

    Episode 2: Rebel Rundown: State of The Mandalorian

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 37:01


    For May the 4th, Pete and Armand discuss the third season of The Mandalorian. What went right, what could have been better, and where we go next.

    Episode 5: Star Wars Announcements

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 37:16


    Armand and Pete talk about the film and TV announcements from Star Warce Celebration, including a "Feloni-verse" film, a Return to Rey, and the Ahsoka series. 

    Episode 4: D&D: Exceeding expectations

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 31:13


    Pete and Belle discuss every thing we loved about the Dungeons and Dragons film.

    Black Excellence Book Club: Wash Day Diaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 72:15


    Megan and Armand discuss Wash Day Diaries, a young adult (YA) graphic novel written by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith that follows four young Black women in New York.

    Black Excellence Book Club: Queenie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 63:24


    Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair-the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s. But with Prohibition ending, and under threat by Italian mobsters seeking to take control of her operation, she launched a merciless war to save her territory and her skin. Megan and Armand discuss this amazing work.

    Black Excellence Book Club: After the Rain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 66:09


    Megan and Armand discuss “After the Rain” a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story, "On the Road" by John Jennings and illustrated by David Brame. begins in Nigeria during a powerful and unexpected storm. While visiting her grandmother, a young Nigerian-American woman named Chioma answers a knock at the door and is horrified by what she sees-a young boy with a severe head wound is standing on the doorstep. This event sets off a chain of mysterious occurrences that become more and more terrifying. Chioma knows that something is wrong, and that the boy has 'marked' her in some way. . . . Haunted and hunted, Chioma must embrace her heritage in order to survive.

    Episode 1: Rebel Rundown: State of The Mandalorian

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 40:43


    In the Season 2 Opener, Pete and Armand talk The Mandalorian episodes 1-4 - highlights, hits and misses and the big qiestion, "What are people even complaining about?"

    Episode 3: John Wick 4: Recap and Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2023 27:48


    Armand catches Pete up on the John Wick films, while also sharing his review of the franchise's fourth installment.

    Episode 2: Zulu: movies and extremism - S8:E2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 16:38


    Actor Michael Caine has hit back a t a recent U.K. counter-terrorism report that says that several works of art, including Caine's 1964 Zulu could incite white supremacists. We discuss why it's not as sinple as anyone is saying.

    Episode 1: Saying Goodbye to Dave - S8:E1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 18:57


    Armand discusses with Pete and Belle the legacy that De La Soul's David Jolicoeur, also known as Trugoy the Dove, and Plug 2, left on Hip Hop, and the impact he had on popular music as a whole.

    Episode 11: PCU Podcast S7;Ep11 - Silk, Swifties and Saying Goodbye

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 32:37


    Pete and Bell discuss the live-action Silk series planned for Amazon Prime Video, yet another Ticketmaster debacle, and the loss of Kevin Conroy, the quintessential Batman voice for three decades.

    Episode 9: PCU Podcast S7;Ep9 - Black Panther news, The mystery of Rogue Squadron and the reality of MCU Fatigue

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 59:27


    Pete, Armand and Belle talk about the newly announed Black Panther and Captain America video game adventure set in the Marvel Universe's version of World War II, the quiet disappearance of the Rogue Squadron film, and we ask ourselves "just how real is Marvel/MCU fatigue?"

    Episode 10: The Rebel Rundown - Andor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2022 35:29


    Pete and Armand talk about everything we know so far about the Disney+ series Andor.

    Episode 9: PCU Podcast S7;Ep8 - More Heat and Bringing Back the Highlander?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 45:09


    Armand, Belle and Pete talk about the uexpected sequel to the 1996 movie Heat, and we ask: is it time for a full Highlander reboot?

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