Neighbors, Traitors, Lincoln in the Bardo, Deadloch, and More

Widow's Bay, Hacks, Master and Commander, The Sheep Detectives, and More

If you're only listening in this feed, you're missing out on more than half of what we're releasing. We recently came up with our own cast for the next X-Men movie, talked about some of our favorite cinematic outfits, and broke down several directors who made their feature directorial debuts at age 30 or younger. Plus, we have weekly episodes analyzing the latest box office numbers, and two episodes per month of our rewatch podcast dedicated to The Simpsons. Join us at patreon.com/popcultured [https://www.patreon.com/popcultured] to hear it all! * What we've been Reading: * Ben read part of The Odyssey, but gave up. * Jacob is still plugging away at the Red Rising series, but is also reading North American Lake Monsters and There is No Antimemetics Division. * What we've been Watching: * Ben is watching Widow's Bay, and saw Master and Commander: Far Side of the World and Only Angels Have Wings. * Jacob started watching Hacks and Long Story Short, and saw The Sheep Detectives.

Red Rising, Caught Stealing, The Warriors, and More

* What we've been Doing: * Jacob accidentally stumbled into a small Texas town festival. * BJ went to an Adult Swim FYC event * What we've been Reading: * Jacob read Red Rising and Golden Son by Pierce Brown, and Mister Magic by Kiersten White. * BJ read Rachel Reid's non-Game Changer hockey romance books – Time to Shine and The Shots You Take * What we've been Watching: * Ben watched Caught Stealing, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and The Firm. * Jacob is catching up on For All Mankind, is currently bingeing My Adventures With Superman, and saw Hokum. * BJ saw Devil Wears Prada 2, The Warriors (on the big screen!), The Saviors, and the L.A. premiere of Blue Film. * What we've been Playing: * BJ joined the Filmcast for the Summer Movie Wager

EPIC Universe, Disneyland, Verity, Speed Racer, and More

We'd love for you to join us at patreon.com/popcultured [https://www.patreon.com/popcultured], where you can hear everything we release each week, including ad-free and exclusive episodes that won't be in this feed! * What we've been Doing: * Ben went to Orlando to see The Midnight and visit EPIC Universe. * Brad went to Disneyland for a Toy Story 5 early press day, went to see Michael Longfellow at The Den Theatre in Chicago * BJ saw Purity Ring in concert, went to the Overlook Film Fest & CinemaCon, and moderated at The Academy * This is very late but HT went to SXSW (fave movies there: I Love Boosters & Hokum); also saw Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf in Death of a Salesman * What we've been Reading: * BJ started reading Verity and it's about to be a DNF. * HT has been reading The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury * What we've been Watching: * Ben rewatched Titanic (and wants to talk about the hand in the car). * Brad watched Faces of Death and is enjoying season 21 of Taskmaster so far. * BJ has started a full-series rewatch of The Drew Carey Show, saw a lot of great stuff at Overlook, and checked out Connor Storrie's surrealist short film, Jerry the Ginger Eater. * HT saw Speed Racer again in theaters, and her latest Pluto TV marathon resparked the ultimate debate: who is hotter, young Pacino or young De Niro [https://www.tmz.com/photos/image_jpg_20230514_387f09f3b2734979b3f17b92adf1504a/]? * What we've been Eating: * Brad ate some tasty food at Disneyland's Avengers Campus and Big Hero 6's San Fransokyo, also tried Liquid Death Pop-Tarts Carnage Iced Tea, Dirty Mountain Dew, Birthday Cake Pebbles marshmallow treats. * Ben ate some EPIC Universe food.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, The Drama, DTF St. Louis, Shrinking, and More

Join us at patreon.com/popcultured [https://www.patreon.com/popcultured] for ad-free and exclusive episodes you won't hear in this feed! * What we've been Reading: * Jacob read Cue the Sun by Emily Nussbaum, got completely caught up with the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, and is deep in the classic manga Berserk. * What we've been Watching: * Ben watched DTF St. Louis and rewatched Key Largo. * Brad watched Love on the Spectrum season 4, Lorne, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and The Drama * Jacob watched The Drama and the season finale of Shrinking. * What we've been Eating: * Brad tried the KPop Demon Hunters items from McDonald's, Dill Pickle Oreos, Root Beer Float Ryse Energy Drink, Cadbury Biscoff Filled Chocolate Egg

Neighbors, Traitors, Lincoln in the Bardo, Deadloch, and More

Join us at patreon.com/popcultured [https://www.patreon.com/popcultured] for ad-free and exclusive episodes you won't hear in this feed! * What we've been Doing: * Jacob saw Steven Spielberg get interviewed in-person. * Brad is starting to do video content for Brad's Junk, so follow him on TikTok and whatnot. * BJ got a tattoo in honor of The Bride! And went to The Saturn Awards * What we've been Reading: * Ben read Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. * Jacob read Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, Strange Pictures and Strange Houses by Uketsu, Images Comics' Frankenstein, The Mummy, and Creature From the Black Lagoon Lives!, and the first omnibus of Invincible. * BJ has entered her fanfic era. * What we've been Watching: * Ben watched Pompei: Below the Clouds. * Jacob watched Project Hail Mary, the new seasons of The Traitors and The Traitors UK, and has thoughts on Shrinking season 3. * Brad watched Death of a Unicorn and a couple episodes of Neighbors. * BJ watched Below the Belt, Forbidden Fruits, and Deadloch seasons 1 & 2 * What we've been Eating: * Brad tried the KPop Demon Hunters Cinnamon Toast Crunch flavors, Black Pepper Cheddar Cheez-Its, Little Debbie Banana Puddin and Boston Creme Pies, KFC Colonel's Favorite Jelly Beans, and Alfredo's Pizza Cafe from Scranton, PA. * What we've been Playing: * Jacob is playing Resident Evil 9.