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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Monday Oct 10, 2022
Monday Oct 10, 2022
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 is all about Songs That Were Used For TV Show Themes. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “We Used To Be Friends” by The Dandy Warhols from 2003, which is the theme for “Veronica Mars.”
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm1g5Yg0hUw
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
Sunday Oct 09, 2022
In this double It Was a Thing on TV Live Show pack we got football and we once again return to the world of Beyond Belief.
First, Greg and Chico look at the Pilot episode of "Friday Night Lights" from 2006 as they look at and examine the cast of characters that surround the Dillon Panthers football team. Also, we're here for that Mack Brown cameo in the middle of the episode with Coach Taylor.
Then, Mike, Greg and Chico are back for their second livewatch of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. We watch another episode from Season 2 as Jonathan Frakes shows us stories about a retiring pro wrestler, a haunting VHS tape, a woman haunted by the ghost of her dead mother at a clothing store, an insurance scam and an escaping prisoner.
Play along with Mike and Chico as they determine what is truth and what is downright bullfunky.
Timestamps
0:30 - Friday Night Lights Premiere
59:45 - Beyond Belief Live Show 2
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Communication is key in this 5th episode of Belles with Books. Bianca and Mirandia have a discussion about BookTok and various amazing things and not some amazing issues that come from it. Where many things could be solved with communicating. Then they jump into their next adventure in their spooky season shared read with a discussion about Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman. Again, they talk about good and bad bits of the book and where communication, or lack there of, became a topic again.
Stick around to see what they think of the movie and their mentions of what they are reading or recently acquired for and from their respective TBR piles.
Books mentioned or discussed in this episode:
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
What Unites Us by Dan Rather
Ham Helsing: Vampire Hunter by Rich Moyer
Lord of the Fly Fest by Goldy Moldavsky
Kill Joy by Holly Jackson
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Friday Oct 07, 2022
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 is all about Cover Songs. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Smooth Criminal” by Alien Ant Farm from 2001.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
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 is all about Cover Songs. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Venus” by Bananarama from 1986.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4-1ASpdT1Y
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we got a mostly forgotten show starring one of the Wet Bandits and we revisit a subject all the way back in Episode 31.
First, NBC might have made a big comeback in the mid-1980s, but there was one huge weakness for them--Friday nights at 9 PM against shows like Benson and Dallas. Half Nelson was another Friday at 9 victim, succumbing after a month and a half. But it had a lot of big names!
Then, Our 4th show revisited is a show that was beloved among fans for decades, which unexpectedly turned up on BUZZR in 2021. Before then, roughly 15 episodes were available. We felt we needed to revisit this classic since we now know much more about Whew!
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Timestamps
0:30 - Half Nelson
44:22 - Whew! Revisited
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
Wednesday Oct 05, 2022
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 is all about Cover Songs. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “It’s My Life” by No Doubt from 2003.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubvV498pyIM
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Our Previews continue with the NBA's Upper Class - the group who are poised to play this year's spoilers. One final little trade, one favorable matchup, no injuries....just a little luck. This week Andrew and Adam preview Memphis, Denver, Minnesota, and Brooklyn. Enjoy!
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
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 is all about Cover Songs. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Whiskey In The Jar” by Metallica from 1999.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsrvmNtWU4E
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
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 is all about Cover Songs. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “You Keep Me Hanging On” by Kim Wilde from 1986.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_3gLp6k7ZE
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
In the thirty-fifth episode of Making Mt. Rushmore, panelists Jennifer Smith, Matt Souza & Keith Langston join moderator Steve Riddle to discuss which 2000’s Comedy Films deserve a place on their respective lists. Is Superbad a no-brainer? What about The 40-Year-Old Virgin? Does Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy grab a spot? Does Forgetting Sarah Marshall or The Replacements deserve a place? After that, they discuss which 2000’s Action Movies will be part of that grouping. Can you argue that Kill Bill Vol.1 shouldn’t get a spot? Will The Fast And The Furious be included? Is Taken in the conversation? What about The Bourne Identity & Mission: Impossible 3?
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
Thursday Sep 29, 2022
On the nineteenth episode of Blockbuster Rewatch, Andy Atherton welcomes Nate Milton to do a live watch of 2018’s Black Panther continuing his MCU rewatch. Originally broadcasted live on Stream Lounge, the duo discusses mixing of the ancient and technology; the parallels between T’Challa & Kilmonger; the different tribes of Wakanda; the movie “The Warriors”; the incredible cast of the movie; The Ancestral Plain; wrestling references; the Wakanda Salute; MCU kids; what is the right music for car chases; black superheroes; the DCEU’s mistakes; Kilmonger’s truth; Sterling K. Brown’s emotional range; Dan & Dave; ocular teeth; rhinos! and where the MCU will go from this point.
To watch the Stream Lounge Broadcast, click on the link below:
https://www.streamlounge.io/watch/b0743f1d-436a-4ad0-9273-9f9801864a37
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we look at a pair of forgotten game shows along with crazy shenanigans with funny cars and monster trucks.
First, usually around this time of the year BUZZR would air their “Lost and Found” marathon except they aren’t doing it seems. Whatever, we’ll have our own version! (with blackjack and hookers!) The week starts with a show from the 1950s, hosted by podcast favorite Tom Poston. Split Personality didn't last long, though it technically aired in the 50s and 60s.
Next, as we've said many times, NBC in 1979 was desperate for anything that would draw eyes. Mindreaders was helmed by a former primetime personality, trying to capitalize on an ESP craze at the time. If only the people behind this show had ESP and could see this show not lasting all that long…
Finally, Saturday Night Live starts it's 48th season on NBC. In this special minisode we look back at a weird commercial parody making fun of monster truck shows where those boring funny cars turn out in the ad to be sentient beings able to achieve perpetual motion. Sadly those monster trucks are not amused by what these funny cars manage to accomplish.
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Seriously, that spoon truck by Yuri Gellar sucks.
Timestamps
0:30 - Split Personality
41:55 - Mindreaders
1:15:01 - SNL Funny Cars at Worcester Centrum
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday Sep 27, 2022
The NBA is a harsh mistress. You have to spend A LOT of money - just to be a 6 seed AT BEST?! Whaaaaat?! In this episode, Andrew and Adam preview Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, and the LA Lakers. Enjoy !
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Friday Sep 23, 2022
Join Bianca and Mirandia on their 4th episode of Belles with Books as they shake things up a little. They begin with a small discussion for Adaption Minute: things that bother them and worries on when books are turned into a show or movie. Then, stick around as this month the girls decided to “seize the spooky season”, I mean it is September already, and read the same book. They start off this autumnal gathering with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. How did it fair in their world? Will they continue the series? And, what about that adaptation?
Books discuss in this episode;
The Selection Series by Kierra Cass
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Twilight series and The Host by Stephanie Meyers
The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
LOTR by J.R.R. Tolkein
Nostradamus: the complete prophecies of the future by Mario Redding
City of Villains by Estelle Laure
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting Series by Jo Ballerini
Lumberjanes: vol 1 (graphic novel)
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World by Steven Rinella
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Gary Hendrix
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
Lightlark by Alex Aster
Maus by Art Spiegelman
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee