Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture

Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture

Pop Goes Your World is a pop culture podcast that features both Gen-X and Millennial movies, TV shows and music.

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April 17, 2025 55 mins
Episode 321: “Crimson Tide” (1995): Movie Review This week, it was over to Derek to suggest a movie to watch and review. He wanted to go back to 1995 to review the Tony Scott film “Crimson Tide” starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. The guys discuss the cast, the box office, the director, scenes and behind-the-scenes trivia. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the...

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Episode 320: “Spies Like Us” (1985): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go back in time to 1985 to review the John Landis comedy “Spies Like Us” starring Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd. The guys discuss the cast, the box office, the director, scenes, quotes and behind-the-scenes trivia. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Derek has Chris try to guess how...

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Episode 319: The Best Movie Posters of All Time This week, Chris and Derek discuss their personal picks for the best movie posters of all time. Movie posters used to be as big a part of pop cultures as the movies themselves. The guys discuss their favorites from before 1970, the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000-present. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show,...

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Episode 318: “Dr. Strangelove” (1964): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go all the way back to 1964 to review the Stanley Kubrick classic, “Dr. Strangelove” starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott. The guys discuss the box office, cast, scenes, music, trivia and more about the film. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Chris gives Derek the titles of songs...

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Best of Pop Goes Your World 31: Fun With Caveman Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the “Fun With Caveman” segment 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 facts, music quizzes, game shows or you just enjoy having fun with...

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Episode 317: “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo” (1984): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go back to 1984 to review the break dancing movie and greatest (worst?) sequel title of all time: “Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo”. The guys discuss the box office, cast, scenes, music, trivia and more about the film. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Derek has Chris try to...

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Episode 316: The Worst Movie Titles of All Time This week, Chris and Derek each compile a top 5 list of the worst movie titles of all time. These are not just bad movies (although most certainly fit that category!). These are movies with exceptionally BAD titles.  For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Derek has Chris try to guess the titles of...

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Episode 315: “Fight Club” (1999): Movie Review After discussing pop culture from the year 1999 on episode 313, Chris and Derek decided to go back and review “Fight Club” starring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. The guys discuss the film, focusing on the cast, director, box office performance, themes, and much more. For the “Fun with Caveman” segment of the show, Derek...

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Episode 314: “Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace” (1999): Movie Review After recently discussing pop culture from the year 1999, Chris and Derek decided to go back and review “Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace) since it was the number 1 film from that year. The guys are joined by regular guest, Greg Martin to discuss the film, focusing on the...

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January 30, 2025 64 mins
Episode 313: 1999: The Year in Pop Culture Chris and Derek go back to the year 1999 to discuss the pop culture from that year. They talk about the movies, music, TV shows, pop culture events and more from this seminal and defining year in pop culture. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of “Pokemon or Drug”. The...

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Episode 312: “The Fifth Element” (1997): Movie Review Derek loves his Sci Fi movies. So this week he has Chris watch “The Fifth Element”, Luc Besson’s 1997 futuristic film. The guys discuss the box office, the director, the cast, scenes, special effects, themes of the film and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek play a game of “Pick the Flick”....

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Episode 311: “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” (1986): Movie Review It was time for Chris to suggest a movie to watch and review. He went back to 1986 with the John Hughes classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara and Jennifer Grey. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, themes, soundtrack, scenes and more. For the trivia segment of the...

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Episode 310: 2024: The Year in Pop Culture In the first episode of the 10th season, Chris and Derek take a look back at the year 2024 in regard to pop culture. The guys discuss movies, TV shows, music, celebrities that died and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris gives Derek a pop culture event and Derek has to guess if it...

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December 12, 2024 67 mins
Episode 309: TV Christmas Episodes With the Christmas season here, Chris and Derek run down their personal top 5 favorite TV Christmas episodes. No Christmas specials or movies were allowed. These had to be TV series’ that featured an episode dedicated to Christmas. For the trivia segment of the show, Chris asks Derek trivia questions about some of the most popular Christmas ‘villains’ of all...

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Episode 308: “Idiocracy” (2006): Movie Review This week, it was back to Derek to nominate a movie to review. He decided to go with the 2006 Mike Judge film, “Idiocracy”, starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph. Chris had never seen the movie, so he brings a fresh perspective. The guys discuss the box office from 2006, the cast of the movie, scenes, quotes, themes and...

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Episode 307: “Wayne’s World” (1992): Movie Review This week, it was Chris’ turn to nominate a movie to review. He decided to go back to 1992 and discuss the pop culture phenomenon that was “Wayne’s World” starring Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. Chris and Derek discuss the film’s box office success, the cast, scenes, quotes, themes and the film’s influence on pop culture in general....

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November 20, 2024 58 mins
Episode 306: The Best Narrated Movies After a few weeks off, the guys return and take a look at some of their favorite ‘narrated’ movies. Chris and Derek each put together a top 5 list of their personal favorite movies that prominently feature a narrator as part of the storytelling process.  For the trivia segment of the show, Chris has Derek try to name the...

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Episode 305: “An American Werewolf in London” (1981): Movie Review With Halloween around the corner, Derek suggested that he and Chris go back and watch the 1981 comedy/horror John Landis film, “An American Werewolf in London”. The guys discuss the themes of the film, the box office, scenes, cast and behind-the-scenes trivia about the making of the movie. For the trivia segment of the show,...

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Episode 304: “Zapped!” (1982): Movie Review It’s finally available on the streaming services! Chris has Derek go back and watch the 1982 sex comedy, “Zapped!” starring Scott Baio and Willie Aames. The guys discuss the box office performance of the film as well as the cast, quotes, scenes, themes, music and more. For the trivia segment of the show, Derek has Chris play a game...

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Episode 303: Living Celebrities We’d Like to Have a Beer With We’ve all heard some version of this idea before. It’s a standard question: “If you could sit down and have a beer with any celebrity, who would it be?”. This week, Derek and Chris each present a top 5 list of such celebrities. They also discuss one question they’d ask each celebrity if given...

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