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 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.

Welcome to another edition of This Week in Sports with your hosts the Cowboy and the audacious John D'Amato. It is NFL Draft time baby! The guys walk you through Day 1 of the draft and dive deep into the QB selections including Daniel Jones of the Giants and Kyler Murray of the Cardinals. In the second half of the show the boys give you an NBA Playoff round two preview you won't want to miss. Enjoy!

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. This month, the SHAZAM Month continues as the boys examine the 1970s SHAZAM television series! Thanks to the DC Universe app, Greg, Nick and special guest "The Manager" Todd Weber look at an episode of this classic (???) show, learning several moral lessons along the way!

Welcome to the Marvel Age! Each month PTBN Comics’ very own Sarcastic Four (Nick Duke, Tim Capel, Russell Sellers and Todd Weber) take an in-depth,year-by-year look at Marvel Comics’ publishing history, focusing the most significant stories from that year. The team looks at important character debuts, discusses significant comic creators, and places social and historical context of the era onto the books-all culminating in a holistic look at the Marvel Age of Comics.
This fiendish FIFTEENTH episode takes a concentrated look at roughly half of the best of Marvel’s output throughout 1970. The Sarcastic Four talk in depth about Marvel Comics’ Amazing Spider-Man and his battles with the Doc Ock and the shocking death of Captain Stacy, Captain America's campus chaos and a Bogus Bucky, the quiet finale of Lee & Kirby’s The Fantastic Four, more mediocre Mar-Vell and the separation of the Incredible Hulk and Bruce Banner as well as a phony Valkyrie in Avengers; the boys discuss the contributions of creators Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, Gil Kane, Herb Trimpe, John Buscema, Gene Colan and John Romita.

Jenny and Mirandia are together once again to make your day geekier and sassier. In this late night edition, Mirandia discusses her upcoming surgery before diving into Reads, Streams, and Downloads. The ladies offer audio book recommendations and gab about Netflix's Abducted in Plain Sight. In the second half of the show, Jenny and Mirandia deliver a delirious review of DC's Doom Patrol Vol 1 from 2016's Young Animal imprint. The ladies attempt to explain the weirdness of these six issues to pretty hilarious effect. Finally, Nerd Eye Candy closes the show while they try to stay awake.   

Welcome to The Sunday Groove, where David Sunday discusses a musical topic each month with the help of a guest. This episode features friend and podcast veteran, Greg Phillips (co-host of Hard Traveling Fanboys, Talk’N WCW, and What if Wrestling). This is his third appearance on this show and you know it’s gonna be a fun one. We talk about albums that we consider to be “Hidden Gems” and don’t get the love of some of their other albums. Please contact me @SundayGroovePTB on twitter, or David Sunday on Facebook and let me know your thoughts and suggestions for future episodes.

In the latest episode of The Great Debate, host Andy Atherton is joined by J. Arsenio D’Amato, Greg Phillips and Chad Campbell. The gang discusses and debates a variety of sports topics including: what one thing they would change about the NFL, NBA, NHL & MLB each; whether or not the NFL should go to an 18 week schedule that would give each team two bye weeks; which are some of the coolest mascots in sports; if alternative sports leagues would have any chance of succeeding; and some of their favorite sports video games of all time. As well as pop culture topics such as: what Disney animated features should be remade as live-action movies and which ones shouldn’t; Scarlett Johansson movies vs. Emma Stone movies; why is it that Hollywood has had a difficult time making successful R-Rated comedies; TV shows they feel ended a season or two too early; and examples of some of their favorite usage of popular music in movies. And as always, the show closes with a fun rapid fire round that runs the gamut

Kelly and Steve return with a WILD edition of Songs With Friends! This week we review Lil Wayne's "How to Love" and Deana Carter's "Strawberry Wine."  Topics include Hugo's restlessness, bad attention vs no attention, Steve's bias against all things Lil, destruction of budget hotels, unfortunate syringe placement, spicy chocolate bars, Boone's Farm, the influence of mullets in southern pop culture, and the return of Alan Crackson!

Binge, Please's Todd Weber recaps Game of Thrones Season 8 Premiere, "Winterfell." There are many GoT recaps on the internet, but this one is the shortest. SPOILERS for S8E1 and Seasons 1-7, so beware!

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. Over the course of their travels through comicdom, they have encountered numerous stories via the wonder of trade paperbacks and graphic novels. Once a month, Nick and Greg will review one of those collections in The Longbook Hunters. In this edition, SHAZAM Month continues as the boys tackle the 1994 graphic novel "The Power of Shazam!" by writer/artist Jerry Ordway! It's yet another retelling of the classic Captain Marvel tale, modernizing the concept and yet creating a retro feel. How does this story match up against the other Shazam/Marvel origins Greg and Nick have experienced during Shazam Month? And just how creepy is Thaddeus Sivana?!

In the fourth episode of Laugh-In Theater, host Andy Atherton is joined by Tim Capel (Talk N’ Pop, Marvel Age Podcast) to do a live watch of the 1994 comedy Ghostbusters. The guys discuss the character archetypes in the Dan Ackroyd penned script; the scenes that can be remarkably scary to young kids; the multitude of great quotable lines; the 80’s hair, fashions, trends and products featured throughout; whether or not the special effects hold up today. Grab your proton packs , hop in Ecto-1 and please do not forget, don’t cross the streams!

It’s 90 To Nothing, the most excellent and only all-90’s movies podcast on Place to be Nation POP!Cult Classics exist throughout the 90's, but maybe none create as deep of a divide as 1995's Empire Records. You really do either love or hate this movie and for Russell and Sam, there's no exception. One of them still loves this movie and one thinks it earned every negative review it ever got or will get. But can these two, now Frenemies, agree on anything in this movie? Listen and find out!

Fresh off of her second WrestleMania trip, Jenny welcomes returning guest Justin Rozzero to give Tim the scoop on all the comings and goings of Place to Be Nation in the big city! Don't worry, this isn't another reaction show. Justin and Jenny dish about a hilariously disastrous subway ride, concession stand nonsense, a drug fueled trek through Times Square, sneaking into WrestleCon, an amazing private suite at Madison Square Garden, karaoke, tailgating at MetLife and so much more!! So start spreading the news with Talk'n Pop!   

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 Fierce Fifteenth episode takes a concentrated look at about 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 about the Fantastic Four, the Avengers with Captain Mar-Vell, the Fantastic Four, Thor, Spider-Man and the Uncanny X-Men; Morse & Sellers discuss the work of creators Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, John Romita, Sal Buscema, Roy Thomas, and Neal Adams; Ben and Russell talk about character returns from the Black Widow, the Kingpin and Nick Fury as well as debuts from the Schemer, the Zodiac, and the Maggia.