Pop Culture Reflections

It’s finally Friday the 13th here on Pop Culture Reflections, in spirit that is. After all this time, I’m finally covering one of the OG Paramount F13 films! It’s my favorite franchise and it’s time to stop being nervous to cover it and just do it!

I’m joined by the incredible Shane @urfavfinalgrrl, an awesome horror reviewer and content creator, to talk all about the sixth installment in the franchise, Jason Lives.

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Join the entire Pop Culture Reflections Family, Justin, Greg and Kate, as they breakdown their highlights of 2025 in podcasting, movies, music, tv and more. They also discuss 2026 preview and the future of the show and sub-series.

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Justin and Greg are back on Slice of Pop Culture to discuss Episode 2 of Alien Earth, Mr. October. Join the guys as they breakdown incredible shots, fun visuals and more alien goodness!

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In this episode, I’m joined once again by the film rat himself, the incredible Newman from Movies 4 Dayz. We talk all about the sci-fi thriller from 30 years ago, Species.

Join us for this fun conversation all about an attractive alien-human hybrid, a rag tag group of characters and all the interesting moments from this film.

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My co-host on Slice of Pop Culture, Greg Hoey, joins me, this time on the guest chair, to reflect on a mutual favorite from 20 years ago, Four Brothers! We can't contain our love for this flawed yet awesome flick starring the Wahlberger, Andre 3000 and Tyrese Gibson and Garrett Hedlund.

Join us as we break down five reasons we love this film, our favorite shots and quotes, as well as recast scenarios, of course the Point Break ...

This is a very special episode of Pop Culture Reflections, as I have the absolute honor and privilege to interview the amazing band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Buzie. I discovered this band back at the beginning of the year and they've quickly become one of my favorite bands making music today.

I was thrilled to have Greg Hoey join me for co-hosting duties as we both brought questions and fun scenarios to discuss with our incr...

Justin and Greg are thrilled to bring you their coverage of the latest installment in the Alien Franchise, the new FX Series Alien: Earth.

The guys will breakdown their thought episode by episode, starting with episode 1, Neverland. In this episode, Justin and Greg discuss the standout moments, alien creatures and the incredible cast and much more.

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In this episode, I’m joined once again by my friend and frequent collaborator Kate from Down Under as we talk about our relationships with the 1985 classic, The Breakfast Club.

Join us as we breakdown the poorly aged aspects, the awesome script and memorable lines, the unforgettable characters, a joke with no punchline, an imperfect door, make-over cliches and so much more!

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It's the Survivor Serieeeesssss! I say in my best McMahon. We're traveling back to 1995 once again to review the WWF/WWE pay per view event, The Survivor Series. This year in wrestling is infamously bad, but that doesn't mean it's not fun to talk about.

I'm fortunate to have a special guest with me for this one, the founder and leader of the You Run Podcast Network, Scott Harding. Scott and I reflect on this pro wrestling from ...

I’m joined by the awesome Becky from The Girl and The Gay Podcast and we’re traveling back to the iPod era to put each of our respective top 5 albums of the first decade of the 21st century into a Top 10 Tier List.

This is an eclectic group of albums and Becky and I had fun talking about our thoughts and deciding the tiers for each.

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Just in time for the Halloween season, this episode is all about Halloween activities from the awesome decades of the 1980's, 90's and 2000's. I'm joined by the incredible Amy Lewis from Pop Culture Retrospective Podcast.

Amy and I talk about about our experiences with Halloween growing up during the 80's, 90's and early 2000's. Join Amy and I for this entertaining retro conversation about trick or treating, tv specials, movies...

In this exciting fourth episode of Slice of Pop Culture with Justin & Greg, the guys are joined by Greg's co-hosts from You Gonna Eat That Crust sub-series Pizza Bones, to put together a wildcard, multi-year, multi-genre albums Top 10 Tier List!

Join the guys and amazing guests Nate and Kate (and some active crickets) as they each justify and defend their picks, try not to upset one another during their takes and debate on what ...

I'm thrilled to welcome back musician, friend and amazing human being Sean Faust back to the show. We're taking a journey back to the 90's to discuss another year in music, this time 1993.

Sean and I delve into some of the Billboard Year End Hot 100 as well as albums released that year. I leave out a bunch of stuff, Sean corrects me, we talk about personal feelings on the music scene and highlight some artists and albums that di...

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a movie I’ve appreciated and been fascinated with for 20 years. Finding someone to talk about this movie was a tall task considering how few people have seen this, somewhat, hidden gem. I got lucky to find out that someone I respect and enjoy in the podcast world just so happens to love this movie as well. I’m joined by the incredible Anastasia from Attack of the Killer Objects, What in the ...

In this episode of Pop Culture Reflections, I had the privilege of sitting down and interviewing the uber talented singer-songwriter Olivia Elizabeth Basar.

We talk about her background as a musician, the lyrics and composition of her singles and what the future holds for this incredible artist.

Olivia and I also discussion pop culture like favorite albums and movies as well as fun hypothetical questions.

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Those of us pro-wrestling fans have rebooked the territories a time or two in our own heads. This guy or gal should've been champion, these two stars should've wrestled each other, this person should've main evented, this person should've been world champion. Surely, you know what I mean.

Well in this episode, Jeremy from Fans of the Dead returns to the podcast and we talk about World Wrestling Federation from 1990. This is one of m...

In this episode of Slice of Pop Culture, Justin & Greg take a bite out of Billboard's Year End Hot 100 from 1996. The guys do their own remix of the Top 10 from that year, selecting 5 songs each from the Year End Hot 100 and drafting their reimagined Top 10 for 1996.

Who gets the first pick? How will they decide the draft order? Do the boys show love for Toni Braxton? Does Macarena make the cut?! Join Justin & Greg as they t...

It’s a POP-pourri episode of Pop Culture Reflections, ‘cause we’re all over the map on this one! I’m joined by my friend, the amazing Shawn Jones from Smokin’ Sounds Podcast as we have a Smokin’ Pop Culture Discussion about a variety of topics including Bjork’s first band, The Sugarcubes, pro-wrestling, movie franchises, horror villains and much more!

Join us for this entertaining episode.

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Welcome to Wonderland, meatballs! Sure, a lot of horror fans have the fourth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise pretty low in their rankings, but not my guest and I.

I am joined once again by friend of the show and one of the most awesome people out there, Kate from Down Under and now one of the co-hosts of Pizza Bones on You Gonna Eat That Crust? Podcast.

Kate and I breakdown our top 5 highlights, favorite shot...