Place to Be Nation POP Experience

Adam and Andrew, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, are back for the Conference Finals preview you have to listen to! The boys take an in-depth look at Toronto/Milwaukee and Golden State/Portland. So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!

Glenn & Scott are back to discuss Star Trek: Discovery's second season, including the show's new old characters, its whirlwind tour of Original Series episodes & concepts, and the priorities of the show's writers. How did the show shift its focus from the first season, and how does its plot developments impact the bevy of spinoff shows on the horizon? Scott has things to say about the finale; Glenn has things to say about character deaths.
 
Musical Selections:Star Trek: Discovery Main Title by Jeff Russo"Pike's Punishment" from Star Trek, "The Cage" by Alexander Courage"Powersurge" from NFL Primetime by Ken Nelson and Jim Long of FirstCom MusicStar Trek: Discovery End Title by Jeff Russo

Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys. In Off the Page, the boys take a look at comic book media outside the books themselves -- games, TV shows, movies and so forth. Avengers Month rolls on this week with a live-play review of the XBOX 360 game Marvel Ultimate Alliance! Nick, Greg, Russell Sellers and David Sunday give the game a playthrough for the first time in years, offering their thoughts on this action RPG, which came out when they were all in college!

Welcome to the Marvel Age Master Class Podcast! Each month, former Marvel Editorial Director of Digital Media Ben Morse joins with a member of PTBN Comics’ very own Sarcastic Four (Nick Duke, Tim Capel, Russell Sellers or Todd Weber) to take a closer look at the year previously highlighted in that same month’s Marvel Age Podcast! Ben brings his wealth of behind-the-scenes knowledge to catch things the S4 missed and brings his unique perspective to talk about the stories and creators of the selected year.
Ben’s Sultry Sixteenth episode takes a concentrated look the other half of the finest of Marvel Comics’ output throughout 1970. Ben is joined by DC Post-Crisis Management host Russell Sellers (also from the Sarcastic Four) to talk in-depth about the Amazing Spider-Man and his battles with Doc Ock as well as the legendary death of Captain Stacy, Captain America’s Campus Chaos and his ‘Easy Rider’ phase, the quiet finale of Lee & Kirby’s Fantastic Four, more mediocre Mar-Vell and the separation of the Incredible Hulk and Bruce Banner in their titles as well as a phony Valkyrie in Avengers; Morse & Sellers discuss the work of creators Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, John Romita, Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, John Buscema, Gil Kane and Herb Trimpe; Ben and Russell talk about character returns from Baron Zemo, Modok, and the Enchantress as well as yet another Bucky fake-out return.

Pull into the Freak Out Drive-In, a live watch horror podcast with host Jennifer Smith. In the totally tubular tenth episode, Jenny welcomes Todd Weber to watch Yoga Hosers.
 
There are Kevin Smith films and then there are Kevin Smith horror (?) movies.  This one can currently be found on Netflix if you dare to watch it. This is actually a first watch for both Todd and Jenny and their conversation includes Gordon Lightfoot, sailboat sweaters, breastfeeding erotica, moles, DDP yoga, the correct pronunciation of Reese's and so much more!! So assume the Downward-Facing Dog and relax at the Freak Out Drive-In!!

In this PTBN POP Special Podcast, JT Rozzero, Peter Winson and Don Carrara pay tribute to HBO's wonderful series VEEP.
The group talks about their favorite moments and episodes, compare Julia Louis-Dreyfus' legendary TV characters and also lay out their predictions for the series finale plus much more.
Join us in honoring of the greatest sitcoms ever and also be sure to share your thoughts and memories as well!

In the fifth episode of Laugh-In Theater, host Andy Atherton is joined by Russell Sellers (90 To Nothing) to do a live watch of the 2008 comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The guys discuss Jason Segal’s penchants for full-frontal nudity; the debut of Russell Brand; rough breakups and getting over exes; what it would be like to live in Hawaii; the plethora of very funny supporting characters; and of course, all of the great quotable lines throughout the movie. Hop on a plane for Oahu, grab a drink at the bar with Duane, get a hug from Kemo and ride a wave with Kunu. 

PTBN Pop's Todd Weber continues his look at Season 8 of HBO's Game of Thrones, this time recapping and briefly reviewing the epic episode 3, "The Long Night."

Kelly and Steve are back to cover "C'est La Vie" as performed by B*Witched and "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia! Topics include euphemisms, an unfortunate sidebar involving a washing machine, Bob Seger, VH1 Storytellers, and we reveal the plans for the first anniversary show!

On this episode of Pop Goes The Movies, Andy Atherton and Mirandia Berthold get together to discuss the biggest movie of the summer, Avengers: Endgame. In this spoiler-filled review, they go over all of the major plot points including the ending as well as talk about  where the MCU could go from here. They do not want this movie spoiled for you, so if you haven’t seen it, please don’t  listen until you do. P

Hoo boy! Here it is — every step on the Hard Travelers for Hire journey has led to this moment. Now, Nick and Greg are joined by Tim Capel, Jennifer Smith and HTF newcomer Sam Neely to discuss, review and recap the motion picture event of the decade, Avengers: Endgame! It’s a group therapy session as the gang shares laughs, tears and joy over what might be the MCU’s greatest achievement! Mild-mannered reporters by day, Greg Phillips and Nick Duke share an intense love of comic books that has made them the Hard-Traveling Fanboys. Now, by listener request, Greg and Nick are embarking on a chronological voyage through the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

On this super-sized Summer Movie Preview episode of Looking Forward, Looking Back, host Andy Atherton is joined by a superstar lineup from the Place To Be Nation Pop Feed. This includes: Scott Criscuolo, Russell Sellers, Mirandia Berthold, Jennifer Smith & Tim Capel. The gang looks at all of the major movie releases coming to theaters this summer. This includes: Avengers: Endgame, The Lion King, Toy Story 4, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, Aladdin, Hobbes & Shaw, Men In Black International, Godzilla: King of Monsters, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and many more. Also, we participate in a summer movie wager contest that tests how well everyone can predict the domestic summer box office. The winner of which gets to subject the losers to a live-watch of a movie of their choice. When it comes to the choices to make when it comes to this summer’s movie releases, let this episode be your guide.

Welcome to DC Post-Crisis Management, a limited monthly series exploring the major Crisis events from 1986 to the present day. Russell Sellers is joined by various guests to explore the meanings, ramifications and quality of the stories while trying not to lose his mind.
Faced with a familiar, yet vastly different world, Russell's quest to fully grasp the DCU reaches its penultimate episode as he travels to...Queens? Yes, his journey has, at long last, brought him to the home of Steven Ferrari of thecasualgeekery.com. It's the first time anyone has actually invited Russell into their home for this nonsense, so of course he's gonna go...I mean, err, listen and find out what secrets are revealed in the epic Geoff Johns and Jason Fabok event The Darkseid War and how it all leads to... oh come on, not another reboot! D

 One round later, all the 5 to 8 seeds have been eliminated from the NBA Playoffs, leaving only the best of the best to duke it out, and Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, are here to cover all four series in the Conference Semi-Finals. Will Boston beat Milwaukee again and pull the upset (or is it an upset)? Can James Harden beat the Warriors by himself? Which second round newbie will step up between Portland and Denver? And in the Now or Never Series, who will triumph between the Raptors and Sixers? So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!

Todd Weber recaps Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 2: "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms." SPOILER WARNING for both this episode and the entire series.