Geek 101 Podcast

Olivia Rodrigo flexes her songwriting chops with her debut album SOUR. The young High School Musical: The Musical The Series star unleashed a prodigus pop punk album with absolutely no skips. Ariel is joined by Megan and Ellen to talk HSM:TM TS, the inevitable Taylor Swift comparisons, and breakdown the album song by song. 

Liz is back! (Ariel is going to regret this) and joined with friend Jen to talk about Bravo's The Real Housewives. Why we love them, how we got into them and the latest gossip going on in the Bravoverse. Big thank you to @mainlybravo, @thebravobreakdown, @asianswatchingbravo, @bravoduckingbravo @bravobonecollector, @talkofshame and @bravohistorian for their work in providing the latest dish on all the housewives - give them a follow! If you want more of Liz, you can find her at @ebistline on twitter. Find more of Jen @hfhjen on Instagram! 

The 93rd Academy Awards are almost here! Join Ariel and Shruti as they discuss the 2021 Oscar Nominations and the many notable firsts that have happened this year. We also talk about the Oscars as an institution and relitigate some questionable Oscar noms and wins

Ariel is joined by friend of the show Fortuan! Fortuan is the host of the Hunter's Hub podcast; a video game podcast born out of a passion for one of Japan's most beloved game franchises Monster Hunter.  We discuss the new entry coming to the Nintendo Switch and how casual gamers can hop in to the franchise without feeling overwhelmed.  Find Fortuan's podcast @Huntershubpod and find them wherever podcasts are found!

Things are getting real on this episode of the Popculturist podcast. Our very own Colby is joined by friend of the pod Liz to discuss the latest MTV reality television hit, The Challenge! (Ariel could not be bothered to watch reality television and does not share their love for it)

Welcome back to the Popculturist Podcast!This week Ariel is joined by a special guest, Sara Century! Sara is an excellent writer and podcaster! She loves comic books and her work can be found all over the internet! In honor of the excellent Wandavision, Ariel and Sara talk the Scarlet Witch! We discuss the character’s illustrious but complicated comic book history, her relationship with Vision, as well as her inconsistent showing in the MCU. Make sure to follow Sara on twitter @saracentury and @BitchesoncomicsFind her work at saracentury.com and decodedpride.com

Andy and Ariel are back! Your dynamic duo breakdown their ten most interesting pieces of news from a Disney news filled day. We talk Spider-man! Guardians! Black Panther! Disney Animation! And more!

Colby, Martha, and Shruti have a lot to say about the Santa Clause Universe. Is the SCU the birthplace of Avengers: Age of Ultron? Does dying invalidate Santa's immortality? All this and more in this Popculturist Podcast.

Ariel is joined by Rebecca Wei Hsieh to discuss Disney's most ambitious live action remake, Mulan. Rebecca is an actor and writer of Taiwanese descent, and has written to great pieces on the cultural mishaps of Mulan. Hollywood has a history of using white voices to tell Asian stories and we try to expand on that notion in this week's episode.  Find Rebecca's great writing here Cup of Soul Show and Observer

Remember, remember the Fifth of November.  On this episode of the popculturist podcast, Ariel is joined by friend of the show Justin to review Alan Moore's classic V for Vendetta. Your hosts discuss the differences between the comic and film, the misappropriation of Guy Fawkes, and the real world comparisons of the V's fascistic version of modern day England. 

For better or worse, medical dramas are a staple of American TV, and no medical drama is as iconic as Grey's Anatomy. Grey's has been on the air for fifteen years and counting and has changed the way the genre is made. To celebrate and interrogate Grey's Anatomy's legacy, Tessa, Sam, and Martha discuss their experiences with the show and reflect on the drama, the medicine, and the relationships that make the show so binge-able. 

Matt Reeves' new film, The Batman will soon be upon us and it looks unlike any Batman film that came before it! To break it down, Ariel is joined by the appropriately named Batman Shane! Ariel and Shane give a list of recommendations that listeners can check out to prepare themselves for the new era of Batman cinema. 

No Batman movie retrospective is complete without at least ONE of the Joel Schumacher films and that's where Ariel finds himself on this episode of the popculturist podcast. Your host is joined by Ellen Toudouze of the Love That Movie! Pod to discuss the who, where, what, when, why, and how the Batman film franchise went off the rails. 

It's still Batman week so the Popculturist Podcast continues with the fascinating world of Tim Burton's Batman! Ariel is joined by Megan Spell from the On the Download Podcast! Tune in as they discuss brilliant acting by Danny Devito, Michelle Pfeiffer's incredibly magnetism, and discuss the mythos of Batman.

Welcome to the Popculturist Podcast! It's Batman Day this week so Ariel looks back at the Caped Crusader's motion picture debut with Sean from moviebirb! Ariel and guest Sean look at the weird and wonderful filmography of Tim Burton, did he make Batman at the right point in his filmmaking career? They then move on to the legacy of Michael Keaton as Batman and finish off with a breakdown of their favorite scene's in the comic book classic.

On this week's episode we lament the passing of the real life hero Chadwick Boseman. Boseman dedicated his life to promoting the idea of representation and Black excellence. The geek world will sorely miss him.  We also discuss a new project for Game of Thrones show runners Benioff and Weiss...it's not looking great.  To finish off the news we look at New Mutants and the controversy behind the racist director Josh Boone.  Our main topic today is the cult classic Scott Pilgrim vs. The World!

Andy talks with friend of the show Sean about the wonder that is - the musical Cats

DC Fandome dropped some big news and trailers this week! Andy and Ariel call an audible to breakdown the video game, tv, and movie news that came out of the online news event, DC Fandome. We talk Gotham Knights, Suicide Squad, The Flash, the infamous Snydercut, and of course, that illuminating trailer for The Batman. 

Ariel and Andy talk DC news! But mostly about how amazing Misha Green's first episode of Lovecraft Country is! Big announcement in this one at the end!

Andy talks with Steve and Woody about the 20th Anniversary of Christopher Nolan's Momento. Also, somewhere is half of a review of Joker (2019)