Place to Be Nation POP Experience

Steve Williams and Kelly are back for another fun filled episode of Songs With Friends!  The songs on this week's docket are "Not Ready to Make Nice" by The Dixie Chicks and Nirvana's "On A Plain."  Along the way we get into Myspace memories, the stress of picking a Top 8, manipulative folks, Abducted in Plain Sight (SPOILERZ), The Price is Right, preferred siblings, Freedom Fries, Diane Sawyer, and much more!  

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. This month, it’s a crossing of the streams as the Fanboys’ pop culture sweet spots intertwine in BOOM! Studios’ WWE comic book. This first trade collection from writer Dennis Hopeless and artists Dan Mora and Serg Acuna focuses on the breakup of the Shield faction and the rise of Seth Rollins as a solo superstar. Does this continue the historic track record of bad wrestling comics, or does it manage to buck the trend?

Pull into the Freak Out Drive-In, a live watch horror podcast with host Jennifer Smith. In the eclectic eighth episode, Jenny chats with PTBN Comics star, Russell Sellers.
 
The Faculty borrows a little from the Breakfast Club and a lot from Invasion of the Body Snatchers but with a 90s flair. Jenny and Russell discuss miserable high school teachers, cherry flavored condoms, bangs, hache mache Josh Hartnett, the seduction of becoming an alien, terrible 1998 CGI and so much more!  So grab a pen filled with alien death meth and join us at the Freak Out Drive-In!

It’s 90 To Nothing, the most excellent and only all-90’s movies podcast on Place to be Nation POP! The results are in and the people voted for The Wedding Singer, a true romantic comedy classic from 1998, but how did it fare with Sam and Russell? Does it survive when nostalgia goggles are removed? Is it a contender for best movie soundtrack of all-time? How many is too many? wink wink All that in more in Episode 3!

It’s the Saved By The Bellcast, an episodic journey back to the halls of Bayside High! Join hosts Jordan Duncan and Aaron George as they watch the series together and discuss what is going on with Zack and the gang. 
 
In the debut episode, they review “Dancin’ To the Max” and discuss: Who were the best dancers? Does Slater ALWAYS have spandex on underneath his clothes? Who’s uglier, Screech Powers or King Kong Bundy?  And so much more! Come for the nostalgia, stay for the ridicule!
 

In a Place To Be Nation Pop Special, Andy Atherton is joined by Jason Sherman, Miranda Berthold and Andrew Riche to preview the 2019 Oscars. After some fun banter about the Academy Awards show in general which includes their likes and dislikes about the ceremony, the lack of a show host and some ideas on how to make the broadcast a better experience for the viewers, the gang goes through all of the major categories and gives their thoughts who they think should and will win each of the awards. Break out your tuxedos, grab your swag bag and walk down the red carpet as Place To Be Nation celebrates the movies.

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 time around, the boys celebrate Valentine’s week by turning once more into the HEART Traveling Fanboys with a look at the divisive Zack Snyder film “Man of Steel.” Though it’s hated by many, the HTF love this movie, and in this episode, you’ll hear why!

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.
 
Russell's journey west has left him in a state of shock as he learned of yet one Final Crisis. Now he heads back east to the only person who can help. The world's foremost expert on all things Grant Morrison, the other half of the Hard-Traveling Fanboys: Nick Duke! Little does he know, Nick has been anticipating this and has a special surprise waiting for our "hero." The Night will be the Blackest he's ever seen.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In the latest episode of The Great Debate, host Andy Atherton is joined by Jennifer Smith, Andrew Riche and J. Arsenio D'Amato. The gang discusses and debates a variety of sports topics including:  how bad and useless Allstar games have become, trends that athletes need to stop doing, what city could be the next big sports city and sports that you have trouble getting into either as a participant or a spectator. As well as, pop culture topics such as shows from the past that should be remade, TV series that you can binge over and over, can Universal’s Dark Universe ever succeed, actors or actresses that have been MIA we would like to see return and musical acts that we’ve never seen live but always wanted to. And as always, the show closes with a fun rapid fire round that runs the gamut. 

Welcome to The Sunday Groove, where David Sunday discusses a new music topic each month with a different guest. This episode skips the normal segments to provide more time for Queen discussion. It features my friend and frequent guest, Andy Halleen. We explore one of our all-time favorite bands, Queen. Please contact me @SundayGroovePTB on twitter, or David Sunday on Facebook and let me know your thoughts and suggestions for future episodes.

Glenn and Scott are back in the Oscar vault, on time and as expected! They're breaking down the nominees for the Best Original Score Oscar: Black Panther by Ludwig Göransson, If Beale Street Could Talk by Nicholas Britell, BlacKkKlansman by Terence Blanchard, Isle of Dogs by Alexandre Desplat, and Mary Poppins Returns by Marc Shaiman. Best Original Score is one of the categories that's actually being awarded on the broadcast this year, so you know it's a big one. There are major digressions aplenty in this outing, including your dose of Hamilton hot takes!
Musical Selections:WWE Hall of Fame Intro Theme"Waterfall Fight" from Black Panther by Ludwig Göransson"Glory to Bast" from Black Panther by Ludwig Göransson"United Nations/End Titles" from Black Panther by Ludwig Göransson"Eden (Harlem)" from If Beale Street Could Talk by Nicholas Britell"What Have They Done?" from If Beale Street Could Talk by Nicholas Britell"New Life" from If Beale Street Could Talk by Nicholas Britell"The Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly by Ennio Morricone"Killmonger" from Black Panther by Ludwig Göransson"The Ecstasy of Gold" from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly by Ennio Morricone"Encomium" from If Beale Street Could Talk by Nicholas Britell"Eden (Harlem)" (Double Speed) from If Beale Street Could Talk by Nicholas Britell"Encomium" (Double Speed) from If Beale Street Could Talk by Nicholas Britell"Blood and Soil" from BlacKkKlansman by Terence Blanchard"Ron Meets FBI Agent" from BlacKkKlansman by Terence Blanchard"Ron's Search" from BlacKkKlansman by Terence Blanchard"Shinto Shrine" from Isle of Dogs by Alexandre Desplat"First Crash-Landing" from Isle of Dogs by Alexandre Desplat"Jupiter and Oracle + Aboriginal Dogs" from Isle of Dogs by Alexandre Desplat"First Bath of a Stray Dog" from Isle of Dogs by Alexandre Desplat"Outside the Tent" from Mary Poppins Returns by Marc Shaiman"Royal Doulton Chase" from Mary Poppins Returns by Marc Shaiman"Trip a Little Light Fantastic" from Mary Poppins Returns, music & lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, vocals by Lin-Manuel Miranda & cast"Ancestral Plane" from Black Panther by Ludwig Göransson"The Place Where Lost Things Go" from Mary Poppins Returns, music & lyrics by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, vocals by Emily Blunt"Flying with Chewie" from Solo by John Powell"Main Title" from Ready Player One by Alan Silvestri"Hooray for Hollywood" by Richard A. Whiting & Johnny Mercer, arranged & conducted by John Williams, performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra

Settle in with Kelly and Steve for episode 20 of Songs With Friends! First, we dive deep into Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "Shallow."  Then we hip hop into our time machine to cover Skee-Lo's "I Wish."  We break down the Louisville health department restaurant rating system, work field trips, how Steve ended up in choir, the struggles of being a late bloomer, Kelly riding the coattails of her tall younger brother, and our first ever unanimous song pick for the next show! 

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. This time around, the boys are joined once again by the ubiquitous Jennifer Smith to watch and discuss the sequel to 2015’s Ant-Man: Ant-Man and the Wasp! Are even a better villain and superior action enough to melt Nick’s cold, cold heart?

The 31st edition of Geek and Sassy finds Jenny and Mirandia happy to be podcasting together again after a bit of a break. And there's a lot to catch up on! Reads and Streams covers a multitude of topics including Steven King, brother and sister love, Mirandia's brutally honest book reviews, and thoughts on the CW superhero shows to date. A new segment called Geek Love is debuted and then its time to Netflix and Chill. The ladies take a look at several shows and movies available on that platform, from Carmen Sandiego to Ted Bundy. Plus, a historic Nerd Eye Candy!

Holy Trade Demand, Batman! Anthony Davis wants out of New Orleans, and Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, have reconvened to see if Adam can somehow talk Riche off the proverbial ledge for the Pelicans. They also discuss the shocking Kristaps Porzingis-to-Dallas trade, potential buyers and sellers for the trade deadline, how good the Lakers truly can be with LeBron and AD, and more in this quick hit edition! So suit up and take it out with the NBA-Team!