The Popzara Podcast, the official podcast from Popzara.com.
Episodes
Friday Sep 02, 2022
Friday Sep 02, 2022
In this daebak episode of the Popzara Podcast our own editor-at-large Ev Wong re-teams with producer, writer, and K-Pop enthusiast Kat Kim (Happy Cleaners) for a sociological deep dive into the explosion in popularity for K-dramas (Korean dramas), and why getting past the language and cultural barriers can open up a whole new world of stories for you.
Monday Aug 29, 2022
Monday Aug 29, 2022
It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans talk about two movies that, at first glance, couldn’t be any more different.
First up is The Stupids (1996), a little-seen John Landis comedy following the world’s stupidest family, led by Tom Arnold, on the world’s stupidest adventure. The other is Under the Silver Lake (2019), David Robert Mitchell’s Andrew Garfield-starring neo-noir acid trip through modern LA with a Hitchcockian sensibility.
Monday Aug 22, 2022
Monday Aug 22, 2022
It’s The State of Gaming Podcast, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the world of interactive entertainment.
This episode goes into the games of August 2022, with heavy-hitters such as the Saints Row Reboot, Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, Rollerdrome, Kirby’s Dream Buffet, Cult of the Lamb, Thymesia, SD Gundam Battle Alliance, Soul Hackers 2, Tinykin, Pac-Man World Re-Pac, and more.
Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
It’s The State of Gaming Podcast, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the world of interactive entertainment.
The guys also gloss over Netflix’s new Resident Evil show, say goodbye to Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi, talk family-friendly burlesque with Bayonetta 3’s hilarious Naïve Angel Mode, and give hands-on accounts for both Sony’s new and improved(?) PS Plus and Valve’s portable powerhouse, the Steam Deck. Listen and learn!
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
On this episode of the Popzara Podcast editor-at-large Ev Wong chats with trailblazing aviator, coach, author, and humanitarian Patricia Campos, one of several authors from Voices That Count, an anthology of nine unique comic stories from nine unique women. Originally published in Spanish, this beautifully illustrated collection is now available in English for the first time thanks to IDW Publishing.
An author in her own right, Patricia tells her own story in Tierra, Mar y Aire about how she went from being the first female fighter pilot in the Spanish Navy to coaching soccer and helping people in Uganda to bringing her story to a new generation in comic form (with illustrations by Sara Soler). Ev and Patricia don’t mince words when it comes to eating disorders, working in male-dominated industries, and understanding how women are always expected to come out perfect - especially if they’re different from the general public.
Saturday Jun 18, 2022
Saturday Jun 18, 2022
It’s The State of Gaming Podcast, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through heavy-hitters for the month such as: Blizzard’s much-maligned Diablo Immortal, Nintendo’s Mario Strikers: Battle League and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, Sega’s Sonic Origins, and 2K Games’ The Quarry.
There’s plenty of other new and upcoming titles that get a mention, too: Bethesda’s Starfield, Capcom’s Street Fighter VI, Sega’s Sonic Frontiers, Yu Suzuki’s Air Twister, and more!
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans take you on an unscripted journey yakking and chatting about some of their favorite movie moments and cinematic scenes, from past and present, presented without snark and snobbery for your listening pleasure.
On deck for this episode are the first two theatrical Star Trek movies; Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) and its sequel, Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982), which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Our hosts explore how a canceled sci-fi TV serial become one of the most popular franchises of all-time, focusing less on franchise trivia and more on how two very different directors, Robert Wise and Nicholas Meyers, approached and helped bring Gene Roddenberry’s endearing vision to the big screen.
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
On this creative episode of the Popzara Podcast our own editor-at-large Ev Wong chats with acclaimed cartoonist Taki Soma about her eagerly-awaited solo release, Sleeping While Standing, a biographical graphic novel where moments in her life (and more) are told via colorful vignettes. These little dips form a story that’s both universally human, yet irresistibly all her own.
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
It’s The State of Gaming Podcast, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered by hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guiding you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines in the world of interactive entertainment.
May is yet another slow month for big releases, led by Saber Interactive’s Evil Dead: The Game, starring none other than Big Chin himself, Bruce Campbell! Ska Studios’ mixes Dark Souls and Monster Hunter with their super sequel Salt and Sacrifice, Devolver Digital hopes your love for Ghosts of Tsushima will net them equal success with Trek to Yomi, Namco Bandai wants you to catch Pac-Man fever again (and again) with their Pac-Man Museum + collection.
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
It’s The State of Gaming Podcast, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the world of interactive entertainment.
Games discussed on this episode include: Warner Bros’ LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, which compiles every mainline SW film (both good and bad) into one whimsical package, Nintendo’s Switch Sports, the long-awaited sequel to the system-seller Wii Sports, Maximum Games’ House of the Dead Remake, which does exactly that to Sega’s original lightgun classic, WhisperGames’ stylish Chinatown Detective Agency, and Cellar Door Games’ fresh-out-of early access generational adventure Rogue Legacy 2.
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans take you on an unscripted journey as they unbox Pixar Animation Studios’ iconic 1995 classic Toy Story, directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen as the iconic mix-matched plastic buddy duo Woody and Buzz Lightyear.
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
It’s The State of Gaming Podcast, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans discuss the biggest new releases for March, of which there were many, including: Square Enix’s Babylon’s Fall, Sony’s Gran Turismo 7, Nintendo’s Triangle Strategy, Bethesda’s Ghostwire: Tokyo, Nintendo’s Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Square Enix’s Strange of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, 2K Games’ Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and much more.
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
It’s The State of Gaming Podcast, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the month of love and its titles such as Dying Light 2, and Sony’s open-world sequel Horizon Forbidden West (starring cover girl superstar Aloy)
There's also Sloclap’s martial arts themed Sifu, Amazon’s Lost Ark, SNK’s The King of Fighters XV, Sega’s Total War Warhammer III, Koei Tecmo’s Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires, NIS America’s MONARK, and Microsoft’s CrossfireX, Bandai Namco’s definitely not Dark Souls sequel Elden Ring, and more.
Saturday Feb 19, 2022
Saturday Feb 19, 2022
It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast…for the year of 2021! And what a year it was, especially when it comes to movies and film. Our OG hosts Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans are joined by Popzara’s own returning champ Christian Stirling for a ridiculously long discussion of the best, worst, and everything else that helped make movie-watching in 2021 the return to normalcy we needed. Let’s get to it!
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Ready to catch 'em all yet again? On this chimeric episode of the Popzara Podcast our own trainer extraordinaire Cory Galliher teams up with special guest Moses Norton of The-Pixels.com to talk about Game Freak's much-needed update to their pocket monster franchise, Pokémon Legends: Arceus!
After nearly three decades of monster hunting, collecting, and trading it was probably time for a change, and that's exactly what fans can expect in the (mostly) open-world adventure awaiting them in Arceus. Cory and Moses brush up on their Pokémon knowledge and dive into Nintendo's latest AAA exclusive for the Switch. Is the new direction for the franchise super effective or does it fail to land a critical hit? If you gotta catch 'em all then you gotta listen!