Pop Goes Your World

Episode 191: Movies Based on Real Life This episode, Chris and Derek each run down their top 5 movies based on real life events or real people. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek the titles of movies and Derek must try and guess the real life person depicted in each film. […]

Episode 190: “The Last Starfighter” (1984): Movie Review This episode, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1984 movie “The Last Starfighter”. The guys discuss the cast, favorite scenes, quotes from the film and provide their take on how the movie holds up after almost 40 years. For the trivia segment of the show, […]

Episode 189: “Ghostbusters” (1984): Movie Review This episode, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1984 blockbuster “Ghostbusters”. The guys discuss the cast, favorite scenes, quotes from the film and provide their take on how the movie holds up after almost 40 years. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek gives Chris clues […]

Episode 188: 1984 Pop Culture Fantasy Draft This episode, Chris and Derek combine pop culture with fantasy sports. They each draft a ‘team’ of pop culture from the year 1984. Each team must be comprised of the following: 3 movies 3 songs 3 TV shows 1 personal pick All of the picks must have debuted […]

Episode 187: ZZ Top With the passing of bassist Dusty Hill, Derek and Chris reminisce about one of their personal favorite bands of all time, ZZ Top. The guys discuss the musical style of the band, the iconic music videos from the 80’s, the individual band members and some of their favorite songs. For the […]

Best of Pop Goes Your World 15: Fun With Yancy/Caveman Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the “Fun With Yancy/Fun With Caveman” segments of the podcast, we have put together a “Best of” episode containing only the final segment of the show. If you enjoy Millennial trivia, Generation-X trivia, movie […]

Best of Pop Goes Your World 14: Fun With Yancy/Caveman Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the “Fun With Yancy/Fun With Caveman” segments of the podcast, we have put together a “Best of” episode containing only the final segment of the show. If you enjoy Millennial trivia, Generation-X trivia, movie […]

Episode 186: “Major League” (1989): Movie Review This week, Derek and Chris review the 1989 classic baseball movie comedy “Major League“. The guys talk about the movie, box office performance, the cast, trivia about the movie and some of their favorite quotes and scenes. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek asks Chris trivia […]

Best of Pop Goes Your World 13: Fun With Yancy/Caveman Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the “Fun With Yancy/Fun With Caveman” segments of the podcast, we have put together a “Best of” episode containing only the final segment of the show. If you enjoy Millennial trivia, Generation-X trivia, movie […]

Episode 185: “Moneyball” (2011): Movie Review This week, Derek and Chris are joined by Mark Myers to review the 2011 baseball movie “Moneyball“. The guys talk about the film and the actors but also discuss some of the themes of the film like the use of advanced statistics and the viewpoint of baseball as an […]

Episode 184: Movie Winning Streaks This week, Derek and Chris discuss actors and directors that have had impressive career ‘winning streaks’… a consecutive run of films that are impressive without any ‘stinkers’ in between. Surprisingly, even the most accomplished actors, actresses and directors often fail to put up very many consecutive good movies. For the […]

Episode 183: “Thor” (2011): Movie Review Derek has Chris watch yet another superhero MCU movie. This time, it’s the 2011 film “Thor”. Will Chris enjoy this instalment of superhero flicks? For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives a list of arch villains and Derek has to name the superhero associated with them. You […]

Episode 182: “Johnny Dangerously” (1984): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go back and watch the 1984 Amy Heckerling film “Johnny Dangerously”. This Gen-X comedy classic stars Michael Keaton and Marilu Henner. The guys discuss the cast, how the movie has held up after 37 years and also talk about scenes and quotes from […]

Episode 181: Favorite 80’s Rock Songs This week, Chris and Derek are joined by Michael Govier (“Hey, It’s Enrico Pallazzo Fantasy Baseball Podcast“, “Cinema 9 Podcast“) to run down their personal top 5 lists of their favorite 80’s rock songs. It’s time to bust out the big hair and power ballads! For the trivia segment […]

Episode 180: “Reservoir Dogs” (1992): Movie Review This week, Chris nominated director Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 debut film “Reservoir Dogs”. Last episode, Derek had Chris watch “The Departed” (2006), so Chris thought “Reservoir Dogs” was a good Gen-X complement to Martin Scorsese’s film. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek asks Chris questions about Best […]

Episode 179: “The Departed” (2006): Movie Review This week, Derek has Chris watch the 2006 Martin Scorsese Oscar-winning film, “The Departed”. The guys review the film and discuss the cast, favourite scenes, box office performance and critical reception of the film. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek several questions about Martin […]

Episode 178: TV Shows that Deserved One More Season Have you ever thought that a TV show got cancelled too early or maybe just ended a little too soon? We all know TV shows that we felt deserved one more season. Chris and Derek run down their personal top 5 lists of TV shows that […]

Episode 177: “Unstoppable” (2010): Movie Review This week, Derek nominated the 2010 Tony Scott action film about a runaway train, “Unstoppable”. Naturally, Chris has not seen this movie. Since the movie came out after 1989, we all know how much Chris will love it! For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek a […]

Episode 176: “The Cannonball Run” (1981): Movie Review Chris has Derek go back and watch the 1981 Hal Needham car race movie, “The Cannonball Run”. 40 years later and the movie has some issues that might or might not stand the test of time. What do you think? How does it hold up? What were […]

Episode 175: The Best Drummers of All Time Yancy is back! Chris McBrien and Derek Myers are joined by the original co-host of the podcast, Yancy Eaton this week as they run down their top 5 lists of the best drummers of all time. The guys all agree that Neil Peart is the greatest drummer […]