Episode CCLXXXIXI: The Year in Pop Culture - 2021

This is the end of 2021 and the X Millennial Man is here to talk about the best pop culture the year had to offer.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best movies, music, television, and other pop culture from 2021.

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Episode CCLXXXIX: The Sadness, and Gladness, of Our Favorite Holiday Specials

For some the holiday season is about being poor and playing in a jug band. Or the season is about being Bill Murray and alone on Christmas. Maybe the season is about forgetting the trauma and finding joy in the little things. Maybe, just maybe the holiday season should be about pure unbridled happiness.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the hows and whys of their love for their favorite holiday entertainment and what their choices says about their views of Christmas and the whole Christmas season.

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Episode CCLXXXV: The Best, and Worst, Fictional Presidents

Some presidents inspire, some disgust. Some leaders are meant to lead, and some are meant to be ignored.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss some of the best, and worst, fictional presidents in movies and tv.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCXXXVIII: The Good, Bad, and the Horror

This episode originally premiered on October 24th, 2020

It is time for some scary stuff.

Join the X Millennial Man as they discuss the horror pop culture they like, and the stuff they definitely do not like.

Monsters, horny teenagers, and existential dread, we have you covered for the Halloween season.

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Episode CCLXXXIII: An Oral History of Our Favorite Toys - Ghostbusters

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It started in the 1940's with idea that ghosts could be busted. It tried again in the 1970's, and it finally hit in the 1980's. Once we finally could say that we are not "afraid of no ghosts" the marketing began.

Join Ty and RD as the recount the history of ghost busting as a film and cartoon franchise and then follow the evolution into toys.

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Episode CCLXXX: An Oral History of Disney in Our Lives

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It started with "The Black Hole", it is currently on "The Black Hole" on Disney +.

Join Ty and RD as they look back on the last 40 years of Disney and how it went from "Splash" to "WandaVision" and what the future may host for the House of Mouse.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCXXII: The All Star Team of Pop Culture Villains

This episode originally premiered on June 6th, 2020

If we needed to select the best villains to fill a baseball All Star roster, who would we pick?

Join Ty and RD as they fill out their dream lineups of villains from pop culture.

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Episode CCLXXVI: We Believed the Hype.

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Sometimes something is so hyped up that it is hard to believe it is that good. What happens when the hype is worth it, or even better. Well, we have a podcast for you.

Join Ty and RD as they look back on the pop culture that had a bunch of hype, and in the end the hype was well deserved.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCXXXII: A Look at the First Four Broadcast Hours of MTV

Ed Note: This podcast originally premiered on September 12th, 2020.

August 1st, 1981.

A rocket launch followed by the words "Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll". MTV is born.

Join Ty and RD as they go through the first four hours of one of the most influential cable channels of all time. Some of the videos were great, many more were terrible.

Join us for this trip into a very important time capsule for Gen Xers and Millennials by downloading the podcast for free.

Episode CCLXIX: Best Go America Pop Culture Speeches

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Can a movie or television show make you stand up and yell AMERICA. Hell yeah it can, and we are here to tell you what are the most hell yeah America speeches in pop culture during our lifetimes.

Join Ty and RD as they go all in for America this weekend by playing these great speeches.

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Episode CCLXVIII: An Oral History of Our Favorite Toys - Transformers

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More than meets the eye.

How about, Robots in disguise.

Yes we are talking Transformers on an all new X Millennial Man Podcast.

Join RD as he tells Ty the history of Transformers from their toyline to their comic book, to their tv show, and all the way through the robots’ multiple films.

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Episode CCLXV: The Most Memorable Deaths in Television and Movies

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WARNING - MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD

Some character deaths are very sad, some are very sudden, and some are strangely very funny.

Join the X Millennial Man as they discuss the sad, sudden, and funny deaths of television and movie characters.

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Episode CCLXIII: Our Hottest Takes - Volume 1

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Are the Guardians of the Galaxy movies just like Batman and Robin? Was the Game of Thrones finale actually pretty good? What decade had the best pop music?

Join Ty and RD as they give their hottest of hot takes on the pop culture of our times. It is quite spicy.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CXXXIII: The Great, or Not So Great, Moms of Pop Culture

The episode originally premiered on May 12th, 2018

Happy Mothers Day from the X Millennial Man. Join Ty and RD as they look at a few moms from television and movies who people think are terrible, but we look deeper to see if they are actually great. Download for free.

Song credit: "Treat your Momma Right" by Mr T., check out the awesome video.

Episode CCLVIII: The Next Great Pop Culture Fights After "Godzilla vs Kong"

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Now that Godzilla has fought King Kong, what other pop culture figures do we need to see fight?

Join Ty and RD as the pitch the next great blockbuster of pop culture figures from different genres, and media, that need to go toe toe.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCVIII: The Movies that Became Television Shows

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This podcast originally premiered on February 29th, 2020.

Many of us know MASH as a great tv show. Buffy is a beloved character from tv, not the movies.

Join the X Millennial Man as they talk Hawkeye, Buffy, Laszlo, and Ferris Bueller and decide if they did it better on the big or the small screen.

Stick around for the second half when we pitch our own ideas for movies that need to be made into television shows.

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Episode CCXLIX: The Years of Our Lives - 1998

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It is time to hop into our chosen time machine and revisit a year of our lives.

Join Ty and RD as the look back at the pop culture, sports, and politics of 1998. Was it a year that led to the dumbening of all of us?

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Episode CCXLVIII: What to Look Forward to In 2021

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Goodbye 2020, it is time to look forward to 2021.

Join Ty and RD as they lay out the movies, television, music, sports, and other events in 2021 they are most looking forward to.

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