Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture

Oct 30 2024 335 ep. 54 mins 212

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It’s Gen-X vs. Millennial pop culture! Every week, Chris McBrien helps Generation X listeners take a trip down memory lane by reminiscing about movies, TV shows and music from the 70’s and 80’s. Derek Myers promotes everything he can from the Millennial generation.
It’s the pop culture podcast for the generations!

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Episode 305: “An American Werewolf in London” (1981): Movie Review

Oct 30 2024 64 mins

With Halloween around the corner, Derek suggested that he and Chris go back and watch the 1981 comedy/horror John Landis film, "An American Werewolf in London". The guys discuss the themes of the film, the box office, scenes, cast and behind-the-scenes trivia about the making of the movie. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of "Name That Tune" where De

Episode 304: “Zapped!” (1982): Movie Review

Oct 23 2024 70 mins

It's finally available on the streaming services! Chris has Derek go back and watch the 1982 sex comedy, "Zapped!" starring Scott Baio and Willie Aames. The guys discuss the box office performance of the film as well as the cast, quotes, scenes, themes, music and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris play a game of "Pick the Flick" where he has to guess movies

Episode 303: Living Celebrities We’d Like to Have a Beer With

Oct 16 2024 59 mins

We've all heard some version of this idea before. It's a standard question: "If you could sit down and have a beer with any celebrity, who would it be?". This week, Derek and Chris each present a top 5 list of such celebrities. They also discuss one question they'd ask each celebrity if given the chance to sit down for a drink together. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek ta

Episode 302: “Revenge of the Nerds” (1984): Movie Review

Oct 10 2024 89 mins

This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 1984 film, "Revenge of the Nerds" starring Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards and Curtis Armstrong. They focus mainly on how the movie looks through the lens of 2024, with some interesting takes on wither side of the debate. The guys then discuss the box office, the cast, scenes and quotes from the movie. For the trivia segment of th

Episode 301: “The Prestige” (2006): Movie Review

Sep 25 2024 60 mins

This week, Derek and Chris go back and watch the 2006 Christopher Nolan film, "The Prestige" starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. The guys talk about the cast, scenes, box office, critical acclaim and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek questions about magic in pop culture: movies, TV shows and music all featuring magic in some way or another.

Episode 300: A Look Back

Sep 19 2024 71 mins

This week, Derek and Chris look back on 300 episodes of the "Pop Goes Your World" podcast. They discuss some of their favorite episodes, best (and worst) movie reviews, previous guests on the show (and guests they'd love to have on the podcast), and shows they'd like to perhaps 'do over' if given the opportunity. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try and name the

Episode 299: “Bachelor Party” (1984): Movie Review

Sep 11 2024 61 mins

This week, Derek and Chris go back to the year 1984 to a time before Tom Hanks was an award-winning actor and the most-respected actor of his generation. It was a time when Tom Hanks starred in a raunchy sex comedy. The guys review "Bachelor Party". Chris and Derek talk about the box office performance that year, the cast, memorable scenes, quotes and behind-the-scenes trivia about

Episode 298: Third Installments

Aug 27 2024 58 mins

This week, Derek and Chris run down some of their personal favorite movies that are 'third installments' in a movie series or franchise. Chris' movies are al older Gen-X films (surprising, I know). Derek's movies are mostly newer films. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris debuts a new game, "Name the Tagline" (complete with a brand new theme song). In the game, Chris gives

Episode 297: “Logan” (2017): Movie Review

Aug 14 2024 62 mins

This week, Derek wanted to have Chris watch a 'newer' film so the guys watched and review the 2017 Wolverine movie, "Logan". Chris has seen very few of the Marvel movies and he was completely unaware of the Wolverine character going into it (he had never even read a Wolverine comic book), so this gives a fresh perspective. Chris and Derek discuss the box office, the cast and their

Episode 296: “Summer Rental” (1985): Movie Review

Aug 01 2024 58 mins

We're right in the middle of summer so what better time than the present to review a summer movie? Chris and Derek go back to 1985 to re-watch and review the comedy "Summer Rental" starring John Candy. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, script, scenes and quotes from the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris takes a seat in the Winner's Circle of the "$100,000 Py