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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Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 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 80’s One-Hit Wonders. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Take On Me” by a-Ha from 1984.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we head back to school while taking a field trip to the Starship Enterprise.
First, we start this week talking about why some movies should not make the transition to TV shows. Ferris Bueller had very little in common with the movie, and the title character makes that known in the first 2 minutes of the pilot. But it did have Jennifer Aniston.
Next, we focus not on a TV show about the students, but rather the educators themselves. Teachers Only had a short first season, but underwent a major overhaul of the cast (and even a new theme) for a slightly longer second season.
Finally, September 8th was Star Trek Day and we're talking about what is considered a continuation of the original series, done four years after the original's cancellation. Is this true Star Trek canon? Judge for yourself as we dive into Star Trek: The Animated Series.
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Timestamps
0:30 - Ferris Bueller
1:02:59 - Teachers Only
2:19:02 - Star Trek: The Animated Series
Wednesday Sep 14, 2022
Wednesday Sep 14, 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 80’s One-Hit Wonders. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell from 1984.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Andrew and Adam are back to preview the upcoming NBA Season. This Episode deals with the Tanks of the Tanks, those who have mortgaged their present with Lottery Tickets in the Present and the Future, including this year's #1-4 Draft Picks - Orlando, Oklahoma City, Houston, and Sacramento. Enjoy!
Tuesday Sep 13, 2022
Tuesday Sep 13, 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 80’s One-Hit Wonders. On today’s episode, Scott Crisuolo is watching “Come On Eileen” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners from 1982.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BODDyZRF6A
Monday Sep 12, 2022
Monday Sep 12, 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 80’s One-Hit Wonders. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Harden My Heart” by Quarterflash from 1981.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqeKV2UYq1Q
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
Saturday Sep 10, 2022
Greg and Chico resume their livewatch of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ as they look at the middle episodes as Obi-Wan and Young Leia encounter a not-so friendly alien truck driver, imperial spies and Ice Cube's kid.
Here are the timecodes to sync up with Episodes 3 & 4, if you are following along on Disney+.
Episode 3 - 1:46
Episode 4 - 45:35
Friday Sep 09, 2022
Friday Sep 09, 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. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “You Make My Dreams” by Hall & Oates from 1981.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EErSKhC0CZs
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
On the twenty-ninth installment of the Pop Goes The Classics series looking at the Disney animated features, Mirandia Berthold, Andy Atherton & Steve Riddle look at 1995’s Pocahontas. They discuss the many aspects of the film including: the challenge the film had following the massive success of The Lion King; the effective setting the stage of the explorer’s dangerous voyage to the America as well as the conveyance of the native American way of life; the Romeo & Juliet aspects of the story with John Smith & Pocahontas; the fun sidekicks Meeko, Flit & Percy; the musical score and how the songs “Just Around The Riverbend” & “Colors of the Wind” move the story forward; Grandmother Willow’s sage advice; the delusions, ignorance and ruthlessness of Governor Ratcliffe; how the movie doesn’t shy away from violence; how historically accurate it is and whether or not the ending is a satisfying one.
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 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. On today’s episode, Scott Criscuolo is watching “I Ran (So Far Away)” by A Flock Of Seagulls from 1982.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpfWORQWhU
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we celebrate our 299th and 300th editions by revisiting two of our earliest topics!
First, in our second 'revisited' episode, we go back to the first half of episode 3 and take a second look at the short-lived NBC perennial bomb Manimal. We get deeper into the show, the guests, and we have Chico present this time around.
Then, we have reached another milestone, this time looking back at the show covered in the second half of episode 3. Unlike the first time, Chico is with us this time and thankfully can make the trip with us to Zippers?!?! Also, Greg has a major announcement which is truly a game changer. What is the major announcement? You have to listen to Episode 300 and find out!
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Timestamps
0:30 - Manimal Revisited
1:36:33 - Automan Revisited
Wednesday Sep 07, 2022
Wednesday Sep 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. On today’s episode, Ben Locke & Calum McDougall are watching “Don’t Look Back In Anger” by Oasis from 1996.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://youtu.be/cmpRLQZkTb8
Tuesday Sep 06, 2022
Tuesday Sep 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. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “The Warrior” by Scandal feat. Patty Smyth from 1984.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47y5bo8wtqM
Monday Sep 05, 2022
Monday Sep 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. On today’s episode, Jon Keselica is watching “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel from 1983.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuMWrfXG4E
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Bianca and Mirandia are at it again, with episode number 3. Back to discuss something they both love so much, reading and all the things that go with it. This month they decide to keep with the format of each of them reading long separate books to review and then go over and explain it to the other one. However, they are sticking to the same genre. So, this one is for all you YA lovers out there.
Bianca gives us a little insight and opinions on "A Darker Shade of Magic" by V.E. Schwab. Mirandia then brings in the old with the new when talking about "Mythos: The Greek Mythos Retold" by Stephen Fry.
After that, it's another fantastical round of “adaptation minute” where they tell you shows or movies they have recently watched or even highly anticipated ones that are an adaptation of a book.
Of course, as promised, here is a full list of books mentioned, discussed, or reviewed on this episode, in order of mention:
The Guest List by Lucy Fowley
Southern Book Club Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendricks
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Postin
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments and The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren
Dewberry Farm Mysteries by Karen MacInerney
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osmann
Percy Jackson Series by Rick Rioridan
Song of Achilles and Circe by Madeline Miller
Neverwhere and Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Riverdale comic series
Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien