Popping Collars Podcast

Betsy and Greg are back for a new round of movies that were nominated OR should have been nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards 30 years ago. This time we're looking at the 1996 nominees (the movies of 1995) and we're launching with the absolutely thrilling APOLLO 13. What's your favorite movie set in space? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your recommendation on socials

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What's in a name? Well, quite a bit on this episode of the PC Music Diary! Greg and Ricardo have put together a super-sized list of their favorite songs that feature a person's name in their Name Songs Playlist. Have you ever met someone named after a song? Let us know the story at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or drop us a line on socials

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We're going way back to a time most people think is only a myth: when Pixar consistently released good movies! Join Betsy, Greg, and Liz as they discuss the first time we met Joy, Sadness, and the gang living inside Riley's head in the brilliant INSIDE OUT. What's your favorite emotion and what do you think it would look like? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us a picture of your emotional spirit animal on soc...

Liz and Ricardo are wrapping up the year in reading by recapping the New York Times Top 10 and highlighting their personal Top 5 books of the year. What's on your best of list for 2025? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your top 5 on socials

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Greg and Ryan's first year exploring the Camino has come to an end and we're wrapping it up by discussing the documentary CAMINO SKIES. What does this look at the Camino experience get right and what does it get wrong? Do you have a journey you want to take in the new year? Let us know what it is at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your itinerary on socials

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It's a holiday tradition like no other when Betsy and Greg welcome special guest Emily Carmody onto the show to crown the best movies from 30 years ago. Hear us chat about the films of 1994 while handing out fake trophies on behalf of our audience votes. What was your favorite movie from 30 years ago? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your top 10 list on socials

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It's another two for one deal on Under the Stole this month. We've got two interviews with some up and coming young directors. First, we talk to Lotfy Nathan about his apocryphal horror story THE CARPENTER'S SON starring Nicholas Cage and Noah Jupe. We follow that up with a completely different type of film, Max Walker-Silverman's REBUILDING, a beautiful reflection on life and loss starring Josh O'Connor. What movies are you checki...

We have made it through another year and your favorite Popping Collars Podcast hosts are reminiscing on the year that was. See what we've chosen as our best pop culture items of 2025. What was your favorite piece of pop this year? Tell us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or drop us a line on socials. 

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We've got a very special interview for this month's PC Pilgrimage Project. Greg and Ryan welcome Doug and Laurie Challenger, the organizers of the Franklin Pierce University Camino Semester Program. Every other year, Doug and Laurie take a group of college students on the Camino Frances for a Fall semester like no other. Students learn the values of pilgrimage life and the impact that it can have on the world around them. What was ...

Salvation lies within...this podcast, as Betsy and Greg discuss the TNT channel classic, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. What is your favorite prison escape movie? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or drop us a line on socials

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We've got a buy one get one free deal on interviews this month! First, Greg sits down with Justin Lin, the director of the film LAST DAYS, the story of Christian missionary John Chau and his doomed journey to North Sentinel Island. Greg then follows that up with an interview with Rebecca Miller who has a new documentary on Apple TV called MR. SCORSESE. Hear her thoughts on the man behind some of the greatest films of all time. Who ...

Where have you gone, Fred Rogers? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you. On this look back into the Popping Collars archives, Greg welcomes special guests Tony Jones, Richard Lindsay, and Ryan Parker to discuss the legacy of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and its impact on a generation of children. Do you think the age of American civility is over? Send us your feedback at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or wade through the muck of ...

Greg and Ryan have been talking around this topic for almost a year now and it's time to take it head on. Does the Camino de Santiago have to be a spiritual journey or can it be a perfectly fine non-religious experience? Find out where we fall on this question and let us know what you think at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or by posting on our socials.

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This month, Betsy and Greg decide to break out some flannel, part their hair down the center and fire up some MTV on the tube while they chat about REALITY BITES, the darling of the Generation X defining movies. Does it still hold up thirty years later or have your favorite disaffected hosts become [gasp] sellouts? Find out on this month's episode. Also, let us know what kind of slacker you were back in the day by emailing us at po...

It's spooky season and Greg is celebrating by welcoming film critic, Josh Larsen, on the show to discuss his book Fear Not!: A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies. Josh dives into various subgenres of horror films in order to discover what we're actually afraid of when we scream at the zombies, monsters, and ghosts on the screen and where we can learn to find the breadcrumbs of hope hidden in the terror. What's your favorite mo...

The Popping Collars crew is back in the podcast studio! This time Betsy, Liz, Greg, and Ricardo are discussing what moment they would travel back to in pop history. They also take some time to do deep dives into items that may be flying under the pop culture radar. What do you wish you could see from pop history with your own eyes? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your thoughts on socials

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Liz and Ricardo are back (kind of) from sabbatical to talk about Sun House and Patriot They're also bringing along a PCBC superfan this month, Greg Knight. After reading every PCBC recommendation ever made, Greg sits down with the hosts to discuss his personal Top 10 PCBC reads. Did one of your favorites make the list? Email us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com and let us know, or send us your own Top 10 on socials. 

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We've got one for the cinephiles this month as Greg and Ryan break down the Luis Bunuel masterpiece, THE MILKY WAY. Join them on a pilgrimage trail like no other, one littered with heresy, temptation, existential crisis, and time travel. Which heresy would you put in your movie? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your favorite heresy on socials

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Put on your thinking cap for this month's Going on 30 because Betsy and Greg are discussing the 1994 Best Picture nominee QUIZ SHOW. Do scandals still exist in America 30 years later or do live in a post-ethical society? Found out when we discuss the lasting legacy of the film. Let us know what you find scandalous at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or pour out your soul on our social media platforms

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