Pop My Culture Podcast
Returning guests Dave Holmes (longtime MTV VJ), Laraine Newman ("Saturday Night Live"), Timothy Omundson ("Psych"), Fred Stoller ("Seinfeld") and Rider Strong ("Boy Meets World") join Cole and Vanessa for part one of this special look back at the year that was 2012. Wine and conversation flow freely as each guest and the hosts navigate through personal Top 5 lists and argue the merits of their selections.
Leave your personal Top 5 of 2012 on our website for a chance to win a copy of Entertainment Weekly’s The Best and Worst of 2012 issue, signed by all of our guests! Stay tuned for Part 2 -- The Worst of 2012, coming soon!
Direct download: PMC103_popmycorkP1_bestof2012.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:27pm PDT

Jane Espenson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Brad Bell (Husbands) goof off with Cole and Vanessa about Donnie and Marrie, The Hobbit, Twitter proposals, Up-Skirt Filmmaking, kitten slot machines, Streamie Nominations, Spock's stained uniform, YouTube, weird phobias, John Mayer covers, Burning Man, torso ticklers, and that OTHER Brad Bell from The Bold and the Beautiful.
Leave your answer to the Firsts question (the first big road trip you can remember taking) on our website for a chance to win a Husbands hard-cover comic book from Dark Horse Comics (releasing in March, 2013) signed by Jane and Brad!
Direct download: PMC102_Espenson_Bell.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:56pm PDT

Dan Harmon (creator of "Community") and Erin McGathy (host of the "This Feels Terrible" podcast) stop by to chat with Cole and Vanessa about Pocket Planes, newscaster gaffs, Snagglepuss, kinds of rice, Chris Brown vs. Jenny Johnson Hi5, Halloween relevance call in shows, the most Yahoo searched people of 2012, Liz and Dick, Heat Vision and Jack, killing off Starburns, Kickstarter promises, making a guest cry, and Dan's attempt to hold his breath for 3 minutes on air.
Leave your answer to the Firsts question (the first web video you were obsessed with) on our website for a chance to win a Community Season 1 DVD signed by Dan!

Direct download: PMC101_DanHarmon_Erin_McGathy.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:31pm PDT

"Weird Al" Yankovic (king of pop culture parody and star of "UHF") joins Cole and Vanessa for their super-special shiny 100th Episode! They talk Dr. Demento, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, Bedazzlers, Guy Fieri's Ass Blast Nachos, the final Twilight, GAZOOOOOO!, People's Sexiest Man of the Year Channing Tatum, accordions, The Madonna Inn, utilizing Leslie Nielsen, mountains of fan letters, the White and Nerdy explosion, Kevin McCarthy, Sadgasm, holiday cards from Robert Goulet, the Wheel of Fish, a very bizarre Homeland episode, and Al's hiring of a young Tress MacNeille!
Leave your answer to the Firsts question (the first parody film you were really into) on our website for a chance to win an Alpocalypse CD/DVD and UHF DVD signed by Al!
Direct download: PMC100_WeirdAl_Yankovic.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:30pm PDT

Deborah Ann Woll ("True Blood") and EJ Scott (12 Marathons in 12 Months) join Cole and Vanessa to chat about Gordon Ramsay, The Roctuplets, Ark Music, Roller Coasters vs. Condoms, Choroideremia, Frances McDormand's wooden statue, MST3K, Survivor, DIY shows, filming sex scenes, tiny homes, shark ratings, bowling with Buffy, and Cole's eventful quest for Hostess Twinkies.
Leave your answer to the Firsts question (the first organized sport you can remember being a part of) on our website for a chance to win a comfy Pop My Culture T-Shirt! And please visit ejscott.com and help support Choroideremia research!
Direct download: PMC99_Deborah_Ann_Woll_EJScott.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 8:49pm PDT

Retta ("Parks and Recreation") and Meredith Salenger ("The Journey of Natty Gann") talk with Cole and Vanessa about movie theater mix-ups, Anne Hathaway vs. Oprah, Beyonce's Superbowl Extravaganza, Burger King Japan's Pumpkin Burger, the indignant mute, Hollywood Heights, frumpy characters, Moesha, being taft-hartley'd, Duke and Harvard, TV show live tweeting, Girls, dirty sounding ballplayers, Magic Mike routines, rom-com cat fights, "vom bombers," and Meredith's uncanny knack for "star-making."

Leave your answer to the firsts question (the first time you had an allergic reaction to something) on our website for a chance to win a Parks and Recreation Season 4 DVD signed by Retta and a Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon DVD signed by Meredith! Nice!

Direct download: PMC98_Retta_Meredith.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:50pm PDT

Matt Walsh ("Veep," "Upright Citizens Brigade") chats with Cole and Vanessa about Old Baseball uniforms, Chicago, Argo, Frankenweenie, diet Robots, Golden Globes hosts, the Unabomber, The High Road, Wii Fit, Armando Ianucci, The Bear Down Podcast, Snoop Dogg vs. Snoop Lion, Sweding, mean monkeys, Gloc Poppers, college dreams, and Cole and Matt's Looper moment.
Leave your answer to the firsts question (the first Halloween costume you made that was an epic fail) on our website for a chance to win Upright Citizens Brigade Seasons 1 & 2 signed by Matt!
Direct download: PMC97_Matt_Walsh.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 11:58pm PDT

Layla Kayleigh ("America's Best Dance Crew," "World Poker Tour") pops her podcast cherry with Cole and Vanessa and chats about The Walking Dead, Honey Boo Boo vs. Christopher Walken, surly goats, face plates, Breakin' or Fakin', haunted hotel rooms, professional gamblers, tutting, Mario Lopez, Disney hookups, Whoopi and the Astronauts, making eye contact with Jennifer Aniston, lots and lots of Wayans siblings, and Layla's "extra on the Olsen Twins show" story!

Leave your answer to the firsts question (the first time you ever gambled, and if you liked it) on our website for a chance to win a super snuggly Pop My Culture T-Shirt!

Direct download: PMC96_Layla_Kayleigh.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 10:49am PDT

Jim O'Heir ("Parks and Recreation") joins Cole and Vanessa to chat about Justin Bieber's on-stage barfstravaganza, TLC, the Danny DeVito/Rhea Perlman split, Cabbage Patch Kid hoarding, the bear community, giant cheeseburgers, "murinals," Honey Boo Boo, James Spader, The Hunting Trip episode, Amy Poehler, Stumpy's Gang, Wet People fetishes, Jonathan Banks, and Kathy Griffin without her face on.

Leave your answer to the firsts question (the first camping or outdoors-y trip you ever took, and if you liked it) on our website for a chance to win a comfy Pop My Culture T-Shirt!

Direct download: PMC95_Jim_OHeir.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 9:11pm PDT

Brooklyn Brothers (actor/musicians Ryan O'Nan and Michael Weston, stars of the indie rock n' roll road trip comedy "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best") stop by to chat with Cole and Vanessa about Choccywoccydoodah, Seth MacFarlane, saggy old vampires, John Hughes films, Green Day vs. the IHeartRadio festival, Portland's potent brews, RPatz and KStew's reconciliation, Steve Garvey, tandem flutists, poop rivers, playing music live, moonshiners, our terrible approximation of a "roaring crowd" noise, and Ryan's problem with ketchup and avocado.

Leave your answer to the firsts question (the first movie soundtrack you can remember being obsessed with) on our website for a chance to win a comfy cozy Pop My Culture T-Shirt!

Direct download: PMC94_Brooklyn_Brothers.mp3
Category:Podcast -- posted at: 9:55pm PDT