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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Sunday Dec 17, 2023
Sunday Dec 17, 2023
In this re-release of podcast special from the Christmas season of 2019, Andy Atherton got together show hosts from PTBN’s podcasts present and past. They talk about their favorite holiday movies, what they look forward to the most about this time of year and what is the one tradition they do every holiday season including: JT Rozzero, Roger Morrissette, Chad Campbell, Nick Duke, Mirandia Berthold, Kevin Pittack, Peter Winson, David Sunday, Jordan Duncan, J Arsenio D’Amato, Steve Wille, Todd Weber, Jennifer Smith, Glenn & Scott Butler, Russell Sellers, Nate Milton, Jason Sherman, Tim Capel, Greg Phillips, Ben Zani & Scott Criscuolo. We hope you enjoy this audio "Christmas card” and from everyone here at Place To Be Nation: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Festivus & Happy New Year!
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
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 “Big Time” by Peter Gabriel from 1986.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBAl9cchQac
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
In this episode, Scott is joined by Scott to talk all things music in 1987. How many epic songs make both lists? How much homework does Criscuolo have? And can Grimes continue to justify his love for “Mall Pop?”
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
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, Keith Langston is watching “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish from 2019.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyDfgMOUjCI
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
In this re-release of an episode of Laugh-In Theater from the Christmas season of 2021, Andy Atherton is joined by Shawn Kidd & Logan Crosland to do a live watch of the 2008 comedy, Four Christmases. The guys discuss couples role playing; bathroom sex; Kevin from “The Office”; backgammon; “A Christmas Story”; amateur UFC fighters; life before cable TV; canned meat; the smell of puke; getting into character; being named after a city; pot brownies; flipping the tube; the dangers of procreating; babies with reflux; cougar dens & unusually large babies. So remember, the code word is “mistletoe”!
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
This week on It Was a Thing on TV
First, you are the network with the most watched show on television. What do you do? Create a spin-off. But not just any spin-off, a sequel, to outdo anything the mother program ever did, up to and including alien abduction. That’s what ABC did with Dynasty and The Colbys. We break down why that was a mistake with the help of a special guest.
Then, 9ne of our current favorite shows from the past is The New Liar's Club, a reboot of the popular game from the late 1970s. The game's the same but the caliber of celebrities was very much Canadian because, as Greg would say, John Barbour's son did all the casting for the show. Maybe all the money was spent getting a Rolls Royce in the show's open...
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Timestamps
0:41 - The Colbys
1:09:10 - This Week in Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour History
1:13:00 - The New Liar’s Club
1:43:54 - The Russell Westbrook Update
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
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 “Lose Yourself” by Eminem from 2002.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YuAzR2XVAM
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
The inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament is now over, with AD and LeBron’s Los Angeles Lakers taking down Tyrese Haliburton’s Indiana Pacers for the first-ever NBA Cup. But it’s now time to move through December, and Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation’s NBA-Team, are back to keep you up and look forward. How important is “defense” in the must-have department for successful teams like the Timberwolves and Magic? Is the story of Zion Williamson a sad one, and is there still time to turn it around? All this and more! So suit up and take it out this holiday season in episode 291 with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
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 “In Da Club” by 50 Cent from 2003.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qm8PH4xAss
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
In this re-release of an episode of Laugh-In Theater from the Christmas season of 2021, Andy Atherton is joined by Ben Locke, Calum McDougall, Scott Shifflett & Logan Crosland to do a live watch of the 1990 comedy, Home Alone. The guys discuss Macaulay Culkin’s filmography; “The South Bend Shovel Slayer”; massive amounts of pizza; viewing films multiple times in theaters; doing the “McAllister airport run”; international in-flight meals; “Angels With Filthy Souls”; penalties for shoplifting; scary furnaces; spotting characters actors; “McGyver’ing” the house; Christmas baubles & love spuds; crappy video games and the concussion count for The Wet Bandits . So remember, keep the change, ya filthy animal!
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
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 “Little Lies” by Fleetwood Mac from 1987.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCGD9dT12C0
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
In this re-release of an episode of Laugh-In Theater from the Christmas season of 2020, Andy Atherton is joined by Tim Slomka & Shawn Kidd to do a live watch of the 1989 comedy, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. The guys discuss wood-panel station wagons; The Smell Club; relating to Clark Griswold; Christmas decorating methods; putting up Christmas lights; 80’s workout wear; mixed nuts; eggnog; beaver teeth; Christmas Eve traditions & eating squirrel. So remember, it’s Christmas and we’re all in misery.
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
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 are covering songs featured on the soundtrack for non-Disney animated films. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, off the soundtrack of “The LEGO Movie”, “Everything Is AWESOME!!!” by Tegan and Sara featuring The Lonely Island from 2014.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StTqXEQ2l-Y
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
On a special Christmas episode of Laugh-In Theater, Andy Atherton is joined by Shawn Kidd & Jennifer Smith to do a live watch of the 2007 comedy, Fred Claus. The gang discusses having Santa-envy; Vince Vaughn’s acting range; OTB; Santa mobs; game show hosts; under-the-radar Christmas movies; Vince’s romantic comedy leading ladies; Christmas songs on a loop; holiday movie bombs; Elf bars; Kevin Spacey’s filmography; violent snowball fights; tracking your kids; support groups for siblings of famous people and the rule of Christmas. So remember: if you Scrooge, you lose.
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
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 are covering songs featured on the soundtrack for non-Disney animated films. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching, off the soundtrack of “Sausage Party”, “Joy To The World” by Three Dog Night from 1971.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9uoq9gfeL0