Place to Be Nation POP Experience
Place to Be Nation’s Pop Culture podcast feed featuring shows on movies, TV, books, comics, music, sports, nostalgia and much more!
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Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025
1hr 41 min
“God bless us, every one!” is the quote heard every Christmas season from Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. We are covering a prequel of the beloved Christmas classic this month, Miss Marley, by Vanessa Lafaye. Be sure to check out the NYT Most Notable of 2025 and the Goodreads Choice Awards lists that we discuss this episode (links listed below).
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/books/notable-books.html
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2025
Books Mentioned This Episode:
Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye
A Heart for Christmas by Sophie Jomain
Mystery Escape Room Advent Calendar by Nicklas Falkner
The XMas Day Butcher by Spencer Guerrero
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
The Things God Break by Abigail Owen
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Scythe by Neil Shusterman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Intruder by Freida McFadden
The Will of the Many by James Islington
Dec 10, 2025
Dec 10, 2025
6 min
Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Bitch” by Meredith Brooks from 1997.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ivt_N2Zcts
Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025
26 min
Adam is solo this week sharing his thoughts on this weeks most recent firing (Chris Paul), potential divorce (Giannis), the NBA hard cap, LeBron, and of course FIFA World Cup. Enjoy!
Dec 9, 2025
Dec 9, 2025
6 min
Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Just Like You” by Three Days Grace from 2004.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04fQTmvFfGo
Dec 8, 2025
Dec 8, 2025
1hr 9 min
In this episode of Pop Goes Degrassi, James and Jon cover Degrassi Next-Generation S2 Ep14 "Careless Whisper" & S2 Ep15 "Hot For Teacher." In Careless Whisper, Ellie wants to become more than just friends with Marco but after a presentation from Dr. Sally, Marco begins to question if he likes the opposite sex. And in Hot For Teacher, JT gets guinea pig duty with Miss H. who he finds attractive. Will his feelings for a teacher make him neglect his responsibilities as a student in her class? If you have whatever it takes, listen right here on Pop Goes Degrassi.
Dec 8, 2025
Dec 8, 2025
6 min
Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Wicked Garden” by Stone Temple Pilots from 1992.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oPeZFOpPAM
Dec 5, 2025
Dec 5, 2025
30 min
In this special episode, Adam Murray and Andrew Riche dive into the dorms and talk about this season's men's college basketball batch for prospects of the 2026 NBA Draft. Adam does his yearly tradition of running down the top prospects going into the season that NBA scouts may or may not ogle over while Andrew does word salad about how much upside, downside, or NIL money each of them should have. Do we have maybe a top-three consensus this year between Darryn Peterson, A.J. Dybantsa & Cameron Boozer and how surefire of a bet are each of the three? Are the have's and have not's between power conference schools and mid-majors distancing themselves even more in this new higher-scoring NIL era where rivalries practically don't exist? Is Dan Hurley going to win ANOTHER national title at UConn? Tune in and find out! Enjoy!
Dec 5, 2025
Dec 5, 2025
6 min
Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we’re heading to The Big Apple so all of the songs featured are from artists from New York. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee from 2018.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApXoWvfEYVU
Dec 4, 2025
Dec 4, 2025
1hr 16 min
Welcome to a special Holiday Edition of Pop Goes the Couch, a limited series that looks at some of the greatest Christmas TV Specials in history.
In this edition, Steve Riddle is joined by James Gruenberg as they live-watch the 1978 special, "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street". Join the pair as they discuss what was on TV that same night, Christmas memories, differences between Sesame Street and the Muppets, favorite Christmas songs, the opening scene at the skating rink, Big Bird's dilemma of how Santa can come down a chimney, Kermit making random appearances, Bert and Ernie giving up their prized possessions for each other, Cookie Monster having a stomach of iron, the fun songs throughout the special, thoughts of a crossover with Oscar the Grouch and the Grinch, Big Bird's final plan to see Santa, and the simple yet heartwarming ending to the special.
So join Steve and Gruney as they tell you how to get to Sesame Street and discuss a forgotten Christmas TV Special.
Dec 4, 2025
Dec 4, 2025
8 min
Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we’re heading to The Big Apple so all of the songs featured are from artists from New York. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching, “Criminal” by Fiona Apple from 1997.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFOzayDpWoI
Dec 3, 2025
Dec 3, 2025
6 min
Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we’re heading to The Big Apple so all of the songs featured are from artists from New York. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Poker Face” by Lady Gaga from 2008.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo
Dec 2, 2025
Dec 2, 2025
38 min
In a week where the talk of the sports world will be who gets the best draw in the FIFA World Cup (which we discuss) and the College Football Playoff, the NBA Cup is still trying to find its own footing as the knockout rounds are set. Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, THE NBA-Team, are back together after traveling the world (or, at least, one of them did) to play catch-up on the last couple weeks of the regular season. Are the Raptors and Pistons for real and the Knicks and Cavaliers are just happy to play the tortoises to their hares? Is it too early to declare that the geriatric L.A. Clippers' season is already dead on its feet? Is it possible for the Chicago Bulls to trade their best scoring guard and become a better team in the process? Riche and Adam also discuss the long-term dominance of the Thunder, the joyful transformation of the Miami Heat offense, soft tissue injuries, Lane Kiffin to LSU, and more! So suit up and take it out in episode 369 with the NBA-Team!
Dec 2, 2025
Dec 2, 2025
7 min
Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we’re heading to The Big Apple so all of the songs featured are from artists from New York. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching, “Live To Win” by Paul Stanley from 2006.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuHS9NI_xwY
Dec 1, 2025
Dec 1, 2025
6 min
Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we’re heading to The Big Apple so all of the songs featured are from artists from New York. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Are You Gonna Go My Way” by Lenny Kravitz from 1993.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhCd1W2V0Q
Nov 28, 2025
Nov 28, 2025
30 min
B-B-B-Bonus Episode! Rescued from an old hard drive, this minisode from last year talks about NBA players draft rights who were flipped multiple times, but never made it to the NBA. So treat yourself this holiday weekend and listen to Adam mispronounce every name and Andrew go "who, never heard of him" over and over and over. Enjoy!