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The Pop Break

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The Pop Break is a collection of podcasts featuring the best conversations about television, film, music, anime, wrestling, and more! This includes weekly pods like Roses & Rejections on Wednesdays, providing coverage of the best of reality dating, & Saturday Morning Adventures on Saturdays, covering the best kids cartoons for adults. We also have biweekly pods like The Anniversary Bros, celebrating the past of TV & film, and Not Couple Goals, celebrating your favorite romantic thrillers. We also have monthly pods like Blerd Watchers, Anime x Pop, Bill vs The MCU, & Batman By The Numbers!
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Episodes

Roses & Rejections: Bachelorette S21 FINALE + The Golden Bachelorette Preview

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs. ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking , are back talking about the latest season of The Bachelorette! It's the finale of Jenn's season of the Bachelorette. DJ and Michelle discuss the heartbreaking finale, and what it means for the future of the franchise. They then co...

Sep 05, 20241 hr 10 min

Bill vs. The MCU: Defenders Disassembled - Luke Cage S2

Hello and welcome to Bill vs the MCU! Each month your hosts ⁠⁠ Pop Break Podcasting Director Alex Marcus⁠ ⁠ and ⁠ ⁠ Pop Break Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin⁠ ⁠ are taking another step into the wider Marvel Multiverse as the MCU dives deeper into their Multiverse Saga. Bill & Alex spent all of 2022 rewatching the first four phases of the MCU, and they just spent 2023 covering the first phase of Netflix’s The Defenders Saga and the first four seasons of ABC’s Agents of SHIELD. This year, they jou...

Sep 04, 20242 hr 23 min

TV Break: September 2024 - Pachinko S2, Kaiju no. 8, NFL Hard Knocks, and 2024 Emmy Preview

Welcome to TV Break, where Pop Break’s Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television. On today’s show, we be doing things a LITTLE differently. As Green Day once said, summer has come and passed, the innocent can never last, and, as it turns out, great new shows can never last either, so in lieu of a new series spotlight this month, we have dared each other to watch a recent favorite of our own, inc...

Sep 03, 20241 hr 53 min

Not Couple Goals: Pearl (2022)

Welcome to “Not Couple Goals” where co-hosts Allie Nelson and Tyler McCarthy do a deep dive into a different ridiculous romantic thriller from the vantage point of their long-term relationship. Allie, a TV writer/producer and actress, has an affinity for romantic thrillers, the more salacious the better. Tyler, an entertainment reporter and critic, often finds himself drawn in despite his better judgment. Join them as they explore all the ways it’s possible to love too hard… like WAY too hard. T...

Aug 29, 20241 hr 31 min

Roses & Rejections: Bachelorette S21 Men Tell All

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs. ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking , are back talking about the latest season of The Bachelorette! This week, Michelle and DJ stay up late to record a hot off the presses pod following this week's 2-night Bachelorette event. They cut right to the chase discussing al...

Aug 28, 202453 min

Saturday Morning Adventures: Jem and the Holograms (2015)

"Synergy!" Find your magical earrings everyone and let Synergy transform you into a Hologram as Saturday Morning Adventures continues to be totally outrageous as we revisit Jem and The Holograms 2015 movie. The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia, The Padme Amidala of Anime, and co-host of The Socially Distanced and Anime x Pop podcasts Amanda Rivas is joined by her unofficial sister and long-time best friend Marissa Ruiz, as Amanda's blood rival, Vanessa Gonzales, is on assignment searching for Synerg...

Aug 24, 20241 hr 4 min

The Anniversary Brothers Podcast: The Sixth Sense 25th Anniversary

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Sixth Sense . Joining them is their cousin, special guest Shawn Lebert. The Sixth Sense is a psychological thriller film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It opened in theaters on August 6, 1999. In the film, child psychologist Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis) attempts to help his patient Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment), who sees ghosts. Other characters include Cole’s mother Lynn (Toni Collette), Malcom’s wife Anna (Ol...

Aug 22, 20241 hr 18 min

Roses & Rejections: Bachelorette S21E7

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs. ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking , are back talking about the latest season of The Bachelorette! This week Michelle and DJ cover a very uninteresting set of hometowns. Unfortunately, for them and anyone who watched this, these dates were rather indistinguishable f...

Aug 21, 202458 min

Batman By The Numbers: Batman Caped Crusader S1 Review

There’s arguably no superhero in existence that has been reimagined, redefined, or reinterpreted more than Batman. No matter how many times he’s been rebooted, audiences are always willing to come back to Gotham City’s greatest defender. With so much Bat content out there, there’s plenty to dissect, analyze, and of course, rank! This podcast is dedicated to a surgical evaluation of Batman’s history, with a focus on ranking several topics in the world of Batman, among other classic Bat themes and...

Aug 20, 20241 hr 4 min

Anime x Pop: Netflix Anime News Deep Dive, The Elusive Samurai: Tokiyuki, and My Deer Friend Nokatan

There’s never a dull moment in the world of anime and Pop Break is diving right into the action! Join anime enthusiasts Amanda Rivas and Josh Sarnecky as they geek out monthly with dedicated experts and special guests on exciting anime news, trending anime in TV and/or movies, and anime recommendations spanning different genres that everyone should be watching. If you are a lifelong anime lover or taking the initial leap into the genre that has something for everyone, this is the podcast for you...

Aug 19, 20241 hr 52 min

Not Couple Goals: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

Welcome to “Not Couple Goals” where co-hosts Allie Nelson and Tyler McCarthy do a deep dive into a different ridiculous romantic thriller from the vantage point of their long-term relationship. Allie, a TV writer/producer and actress, has an affinity for romantic thrillers, the more salacious the better. Tyler, an entertainment reporter and critic, often finds himself drawn in despite his better judgment. Join them as they explore all the ways it’s possible to love too hard… like WAY too hard. I...

Aug 17, 20241 hr 7 min

Roses & Rejections: Bachelorette S21E6

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs. ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking , are back talking about the latest season of The Bachelorette! This week, Michelle and DJ cover a WICKED episode of The Bachelorette, with more spon-con than you can shake your wand at. They talk about the jam packed one on one da...

Aug 15, 202453 min

Blerd Watchers: House of the Dragon Finale, Smiling Friends, SupaCell, & A Magicians Look Back

Welcome to Blerd Watchers! ThePopBreak.com's monthly podcast about TV shows with a Blerdy twist! Come hang out with Courtney & Marshall, two married Blerds, as they navigate all the dopeness on TV and share insights and opinions on the monthly show topics! This month, our dynamic duo breakdown wrap up their coverage of House of the Dragon with Courtney’s hot takes on the finale. Then, they explore the best of recent streaming releases including Max’s Smiling Friends, Netflix’s SupaCell, and ...

Aug 13, 20241 hr 28 min

Saturday Morning Adventures: Jem and The Holograms

"Synergy!" Find your magical earrings everyone and let Synergy transform you into a Hologram as for the next two weeks, Saturday Morning Adventures becomes totally outrageous as we revisit Jem and The Holograms. The Human Star Wars Encyclopedia, The Padme Amidala of Anime, and co-host of The Socially Distanced and Anime x Pop podcasts Amanda Rivas is joined by her blood rival, real-life sister, and Bridgerton enthusiast Vanessa Gonzales to talk about this animated musical TV series created via a...

Aug 10, 20241 hr 19 min

The Anniversary Brothers Podcast: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 25th Anniversary

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here to talk about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for its 25th anniversary. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is the American version of the British game show of the same name. It debuted on ABC on August 16, 1999. The show entered daily syndication in 2002, before returning to primetime in 2020. In the original format of the show, one contestant must correctly answer questions of increasing monetary value to reach the million-dollar question. The contestant has lifelines,...

Aug 08, 202454 min

Roses & Rejections: Bachelorette S21E5

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs. ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking , are back talking about the latest season of The Bachelorette! This week Michelle and DJ discuss the drama from last week's cliffhanger that proved to be...uneventful. They discuss who among the final 7 are their favorites, who th...

Aug 07, 202444 min

Pod of Doom: A Black Sabbath Appreciation Podcast

This is Pod of Doom , a podcast dedicated to the British band Black Sabbath! The hosts of Every Pod You Cast return to discuss all things Sabbath: Justin Mancini of TheCineMaverick.com & Cinema Joes , Chris Mancini, and Randy Allain of Media/Lit will be covering the Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio eras of the metal pioneers. In the preliminary episode, the hosts discuss the blueprint for subsequent episodes, how they discovered the band, why they love them, and their thoughts on the band’...

Aug 06, 202450 min

TV Break: August 2024 - NBA's Landmark TV Deal, House of the Dragon's Epic Season, Peacock Olympic Month & Batman: Caped Crusader's Fresh Take

Welcome to TV Break, where Pop Break’s Podcasts Editor Alex Marcus is joined by editor-in-chief Bill Bodkin, and TV Columnist Josh Sarnecky to talk about the happenings in television. Here’s the format of the show: The Best Thing I Saw on TV Last Month – Alex, Bill, & Josh talk about a show/episode/event they liked from the last month including HBO’s House of the Dragon S2 & Fantasmas S1, Max’s My Adventure with Superman S2, and Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai. News Break – Alex, Bill, and Jo...

Aug 05, 20241 hr 16 min

Batman by the Numbers: Second Anniversary Batman Bat Draft

There’s arguably no superhero in existence that has been reimagined, redefined, or reinterpreted more than Batman. No matter how many times he’s been rebooted, audiences are always willing to come back to Gotham City’s greatest defender. With so much Bat content out there, there’s plenty to dissect, analyze, and of course, rank! This podcast is dedicated to a surgical evaluation of Batman’s history, with a focus on ranking several topics in the world of Batman, among other classic Bat themes and...

Aug 04, 20242 hr 5 min

Not Couple Goals: Scoop (2006)

Welcome to “Not Couple Goals” where co-hosts Allie Nelson and Tyler McCarthy do a deep dive into a different ridiculous romantic thriller from the vantage point of their long-term relationship. Allie, a TV writer/producer and actress, has an affinity for romantic thrillers, the more salacious the better. Tyler, an entertainment reporter and critic, often finds himself drawn in despite his better judgment. Join them as they explore all the ways it’s possible to love too hard… like WAY too hard. I...

Aug 01, 20241 hr 36 min

Roses & Rejections: Bachelorette S21E4

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs. ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking , are back talking about the latest season of The Bachelorette! This week The Bachelorette goes to Auckland, New Zealand! Michelle and DJ cover the continuing feud between Sam M and Devin as they go on their respective one-on-ones....

Jul 31, 20241 hr 1 min

Bill vs. The MCU: X-Treme X-Watch Part VI - Deadpool & Wolverine

Hello and welcome to Bill vs the MCU! Each month your hosts⁠⁠ Pop Break Podcasting Director Alex Marcus⁠ ⁠ and ⁠ ⁠ Pop Break Editor in Chief Bill Bodkin⁠ ⁠ are taking another step into the wider Marvel Multiverse as the MCU dives deeper into their Multiverse Saga. Bill & Alex spent all of 2022 rewatching the first four phases of the MCU, and they just spent 2023 covering the first phase of Netflix’s The Defenders Saga and the first four seasons of ABC’s Agents of SHIELD. This season, they sp...

Jul 30, 20242 hr 8 min

Bill vs. The MCU: 2024 SDCC MCU News Bonus

In this special bonus episode of Bill vs. The MCU, your hosts Bill & Alex breakdown all the news that broke this weekend at the 2024 San Diego Comic Con. They get into a heated debate over the shocking news that Robert Downey Jr. will be returning to the franchise as Doctor Doom in the new film Avengers: Doomsday, before reviewing other highlights from the panel, including new footage and details on Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. They cl...

Jul 29, 20241 hr 10 min

Saturday Morning Adventures: The Owl House S4

Pour a tall, cold glass of apple blood and snuggle up with your favorite palisman, because Saturday Morning Adventures is back to wrap up their retrospective on Disney’s The Owl House . Pop Break writer and podcaster Randy Allain is joined by his Media/Lit co-host Kris Ingersoll and Pop Break television editor Avani Goswami to bid farewell to Dana Terrace’s unique and groundbreaking fantasy series about a young girl escaping her conventional life to become a witch. After taking a closer look at ...

Jul 29, 20241 hr 26 min

Pop Break Pro Wrestling: Tony Khan on Ring of Honors Death Before Dishonor 2024

Pop Break Pro Wrestling returns as Bill Bodkin hops on the Ring of Honor Media Call with Tony Khan to discuss the promotions upcoming Death Before Dishonor PPV. On the call Tony Khan goes in on WWE PR, remembers the late Jay Briscoe, discusses television rights deals for AEW and potentially ROH, praises the Arlington, TX fans and previews the entire card.

Jul 26, 202447 min

The Anniversary Brothers Podcast: A Hard Day’s Night 60th Anniversary

Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here to talk about A Hard Day’s Night for its 60th anniversary. A Hard Day’s Night is a musical comedy film directed by Richard Lester. It shares the name of the song and album by The Beatles. It opened in theaters in the United Kingdom on July 10, 1964. It debuted in the United States on August 12. In the film, Paul, John, George, and Ringo fool off when they should be rehearsing for a television performance. Accompanying them in London is Paul’s mischievous grandfat...

Jul 26, 202458 min

Roses & Rejections: Bachelorette S21E3

Welcome back to another episode of our podcast all about the ABC reality series The Bachelor and its many spin-offs. ThePopBreak.com's Michelle Coraci, who has been recapping all things Bachelor for The Pop Break for years, and co-host DJ Chapman, of Mostly Nitpicking , are back talking about the latest season of The Bachelorette! This week Michelle and DJ are treated to some Thunder from Down Under. They cover all of the drama between Devin and Sam M, as well as the Sam N antics. They wrap up w...

Jul 25, 202449 min

Anime x Pop: Suicide Squad Isekai + Anime Expo 2024 Recap

There’s never a dull moment in the world of anime and Pop Break is diving right into the action! Join anime enthusiasts Amanda Rivas and Josh Sarnecky as they geek out monthly with dedicated experts and special guests on exciting anime news, trending anime in TV and/or movies, and anime recommendations spanning different genres that everyone should be watching. If you are a lifelong anime lover or taking the initial leap into the genre that has something for everyone, this is the podcast for you...

Jul 22, 20242 hr 1 min

Saturday Morning Adventures: The Owl House S3

Prep some glyphs (or grab the nearest baseball bat), because Saturday Morning Adventures is back to explore Season Three of Disney’s The Owl House . Pop Break writer and podcaster Randy Allain is joined by his Media/Lit co-host Kris Ingersoll and Pop Break television editor Avani Goswami to explore Dana Terrace’s unique and groundbreaking fantasy series about a young girl escaping her conventional life to become a witch. After a quick discussion about Amity, Willow, and Gus adjusting to life in ...

Jul 20, 20241 hr 16 min

Not Couple Goals: A Simple Favor (2018)

Welcome to “Not Couple Goals” where co-hosts Allie Nelson and Tyler McCarthy do a deep dive into a different ridiculous romantic thriller from the vantage point of their long-term relationship. Allie, a TV writer/producer and actress, has an affinity for romantic thrillers, the more salacious the better. Tyler, an entertainment reporter and critic, often finds himself drawn in despite his better judgment. Join them as they explore all the ways it’s possible to love too hard… like WAY too hard. I...

Jul 19, 20241 hr 20 min
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