The Popzara Podcast, the official podcast from Popzara.com.
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 23, 2022
Wednesday Nov 23, 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.
Today’s episode it’s a double-dose of silliness as our hosts explore two comedies separated by three+ decades, yet firmly inside the wild, wacky, and wonderful world of the imitable, totally hospitable "Weird Al" Yankovic.
First up is 1989’s UHF, the first (and only) feature-film starring the polka playing impresario himself in a pastiche of comedy vignettes skewering everything from Conan, Rambo, and even the Mahatma. It’s a farce of epic proportions about the power of local broadcasting, imagination, and cheap labor. A box-office dud, it’s since became a major cult classic and early showcase for Micheal Richards, Fran Drescher, and spatulas.
Next is 2022’s Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, the “true” story of how a gifted young man was corrupted by the evil call of the accordion (i.e. the Devil’s Squeezebox). Just kidding! It’s actually Al’s Daniel Radcliffe-starring satirical spin on the typical dour ‘n dreary music biopics that scoop up statues come awards time. Will Weird Al ever win an Oscar? Who needs Oscars when you’ve got the power of polka!
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 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 the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the world of interactive entertainment.
November is typically the biggest month of the year for new releases, and that’s true here. Top contenders for your gaming dollar include: Nintendo’s Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Sega’s Sonic Frontiers, Square-Enix’s Harvestella and Tactics Ogre: Reborn, Sony’s God of War Ragnarok, Bandai Namco’s The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me, Focus Entertainment’s Evil West, Prime Matter’s Gungrave G.O.R.E., Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, Microsoft’s Pentiment, and more.
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast Halloween Spooktacular!, our yearly double-dose of creepy movie mayhem! Joining our own Ev “Exorcism” Wong is special guest Em “E.D.” Casalena, wordsmith and author of the upcoming Psyche: An Anthology of Psychological Horror (have you reserved your copy yet?) to talk about the best Asian Horror films worth watching.
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 2022
It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast Halloween Spooktacular!, our yearly double-dose of creepy movie mayhem! Joining our regular diabolical duo Ethan “Entrails” Brehm and Nate “Evisceration” Evans for this shocking smorgasbord of horror is fellow Popzara ghoulie Christian “Slasher” Stirling adding an extra bite to the bloody buffet. But that’s not all! Listen for a special intro from horror legend John Kassir, aka The Crypt Keeper; frights, camera, action!
Monday Oct 24, 2022
Monday Oct 24, 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 Halloween that's chock full of gaming treats - no tricks necessary.
Heavy-hitters include: Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Blizzard’s Overwatch 2, Focus Entertainment’s A Plague Tale: Requiem, Ubisoft’s Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Warner Bros’ Gotham Knights, Capcom’s Resident Evil: Re:Verse, Square-Enix’s Star Ocean The Divine Force, 2K’s New Tales from the Borderlands, Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky (on Switch), Sony’s Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection arriving on PC, and much more.
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
On this heartfelt episode of the Popzara Podcast our own Nathan Evans speaks with the father and son duo of Dick and Phil Wall, husband and son to author Carol Wall, whose memoir Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart, was released in early 2014 to critical and commercial success. Sadly, it was a success its creator would not live to see; Carol passed away that December, just 9 months after its publication.
Dick and Phil discuss their new film The Book Keepers, Phil’s intimate documentary chronicling his father embarking on the promotion tour of Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening across the country, visiting hundreds of locations in dozens of states. But in the process, however, Dick’s journey becomes less about selling books and more a celebration of Carol’s life, a meditation on not just the effects loss and grief has on each of us, but of healing and celebrating the memory of those we love.
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
In this kkuljaem episode of the Popzara Podcast editor-at-large Ev Wong and special guest Kat Kim (Happy Cleaners) return in another passionate session to chat some more about K-Dramas. The two K-drama gwangsindo explored topics about social class, food, mental health, and subverting traditional gender roles in the previous episode From Squid Game to Business Proposal: How K-Dramas Took the World by Storm.
In this second chapter Ev & Kat dive even deeper to discuss what’s bubbling underneath the polished surface in those slickly produced Korean dramas, but also share their thoughts and stories about this obsession with education, family values, chaebols (entitled rich people), grinding to pass the Suneung (the Korean SAT), and revenge and grudges. Lots of revenge and grudges. There’s plenty of juicy topics to fill your ears and even some mind-boggling personal stories you’ll want to listen out for.
If you’re a K-Drama veteran and know your way around SKY Castle or Vincenzo, then you’ll want to check out the other shows mentioned in this episode: Mine, My Liberation Notes, My Mister, Mystic Pop-Up Bar, The Inheritors, and Remarriage & Desires – all currently streaming on Netflix!
Wednesday Sep 21, 2022
Wednesday Sep 21, 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 what's on tap now and for Fall 2022.
Heavy-hitters include: Sony’s The Last of Us Part I, Nintendo’s Splatoon 3, Nacon’s Steelrising, Gameloft’s Disney Dreamlight Valley, Funcom’s Metal: Hellsinger, Devolver Digital’s Return to Monkey Island, Bandai Namco’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R, Square-Enix’s The Diofield Chronicle, and more.
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.