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Chris McBrien
Pop Goes Your World is a pop culture podcast that features both Gen-X and Millennial movies, TV shows and music.
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Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Aug 20, 2026
Episode 366: “The Lego Movie” (2014): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go back to 2014 to review the animated film “The Lego Movie”. They discuss the box office, cast, behind-the-scenes information, themes, …
1:05:05Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Aug 6, 2026
Episode 365: “Teen Wolf” (1985): Movie Review This week, Chris and Derek go back to 1985 to review the Michael J. Fox movie “Teen Wolf”. They discuss the box office, cast, behind-the-scenes information, themes, …
58:21Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jul 23, 2026
Episode 364: Hall of Fame: 1980’s Action Movies This week, Chris and Derek debut a new segment on the show: the Hall of Fame. The initial instalment focuses on 1980’s action movies. The guys …
1:10:47Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jul 9, 2026
Episode 363: “Contagion” (2011): Movie Review Chris and Derek discuss the Steven Soderbergh pandemic thriller which was released pre-COVID in 2011. The guys discuss the cast, box office, themes, influence, behind-the scenes trivia and …
1:03:49Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jun 26, 2026
Episode 362: “Crocodile Dundee” (1986): Movie Review Chris and Derek discuss the 1986 fish-out-of-water movie “Crocodile Dundee”. The guys discuss the cast, box office, themes, influence, behind-the scenes trivia and more. For the “Fun …
54:26Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jun 18, 2026
Episode 361: Movie Trilogies Chris and Derek discuss movie trilogies including some franchises that should have stopped after 3 instalments (and some after just 1). They then run down their personal top 5 movie …
1:06:21Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jun 11, 2026
Episode 360: “Private Parts”: (1997): Movie Review Chris and Derek are joined by regular guest, Greg Martin to go back to 1997 to review the Howard Stern biopic, “Private Parts”. They discuss the box …
1:18:32Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jun 4, 2026
Episode 359: “Slap Shot”: (1977): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 1977 to review the hockey classic, “Slap Shot” starring Paul Newman. They discuss the box office, cast, scenes, quotes, themes and …
1:03:35Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · May 28, 2026
Episode 358: Movies About Royalty Chris and Derek talk about movies that feature royalty in some way (kings, queens, princes/princesses). The guys then run down their personal top 5 movies about royalty. For the …
1:00:45Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · May 14, 2026
Episode 357: “Tropic Thunder”: (2008): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 2008 to review the Hollywood parody movie, “Tropic Thunder”. They discuss the box office, cast, scenes, quotes, themes and how the …
1:02:43Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · May 7, 2026
Episode 356: “Octopussy”: (1983): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 1983 to review the James Bond movie, “Octopussy” starring Roger Moore and Maud Adams. They discuss the box office, cast, scenes, themes …
1:06:47Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Apr 30, 2026
Episode 355: “Shrinking”: TV Show Review Chris and Derek talk about season 1-3 of “Shrinking” (2023-2026) starring Jason Segel, Harrison Ford and Jessica Williams. They discuss the cast, scenes, themes and more about the …
1:09:49Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Apr 16, 2026
Episode 354: “Frequency” (2000): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 2000 to watch and review the movie, “Frequency” starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel. The guys discuss scenes, themes, cast, box office, …
51:35Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Apr 9, 2026
Episode 353: “History of the World, Part 1” (1981): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 1981 to watch and review the Mel Brooks movie, “History of the World, Part 1”. The guys …
1:07:02Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Apr 1, 2026
Best of Pop Goes Your World 36: Fun With Caveman Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the “Fun With Caveman” segment of the podcast, we have put together a …
28:36Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Mar 26, 2026
Best of Pop Goes Your World 35: Fun With Caveman Based on the positive feedback we have received in regard to the “Fun With Caveman” segment of the podcast, we have put together a …
31:50Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Mar 19, 2026
Episode 352: Oscar Nomination Snubs Chris and Derek talk about actors, actresses, writers, directors and film that were not nominated for Oscars, but should have been. They each run down their personal top 5 …
51:28Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Mar 12, 2026
Episode 351: “Young Frankenstein” (1974): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 1974 to watch and review the Mel Brooks classic, “Young Frankenstein”. The guys discuss themes, cast, box office, behind-the-scenes trivia and …
56:44Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Mar 5, 2026
Episode 350: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 1975 to watch and review the Tim Curry musical, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. The guys discuss themes, …
1:18:36Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Feb 26, 2026
Episode 349: TV Couples Chris and Derek discuss TV couples over the years. The guys discuss chemistry between actors, couples that seem ‘real’ and more. Then, Chris and Derek each run down their personal …
1:14:15Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Feb 19, 2026
Episode 348: “The Terminator” (1984): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 1984 to review the James Cameron science-fiction film, “The Terminator” starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton. The guys discuss the director, …
1:05:45Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Feb 12, 2026
Episode 347: “Top Secret!” (1984): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 1984 to review the Zucker/Abrams/Zucker comedy, “Top Secret!” starring Val Kilmer and Lucy Gutteridge. The guys discuss the directors, the cast, …
1:07:45Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Feb 5, 2026
Episode 346: Family-Friendly Movies from Our Childhood Chris and Derek go back to their childhood to talk about family-friendly movies. They talk about whether or not you should show these movies to your kids. …
1:09:34Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jan 29, 2026
Episode 345: “Superbad” (2007): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 2007 to watch and review the R-rated comedy, “Superbad”. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, themes, scenes and more about …
1:04:57Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jan 22, 2026
Episode 344: “Platoon” (1986): Movie Review Chris and Derek go back to 1986 to watch and review Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War movie, “Platoon”. The guys discuss the box office, the cast, themes and more …
1:15:40Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jan 15, 2026
Episode 343: 1984: The Year in Music Chris and Derek tried to think of the best year ever for music and they both landed on 1984. The guys discuss the top songs, the charts, …
1:04:01Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Jan 8, 2026
Episode 342: 2025: The Year in Pop Culture For the first episode of their 11th season, Chris and Derek take a look back at the year 2025 in pop culture. They discuss the movies, …
1:09:18Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Dec 18, 2025
Episode 341: “A Few Good Men” (1992): Movie Review With the recent tragic passing of Rob Reiner, Derek wanted to go back and review one of his films. Since they’ve already reviewed a few …
1:07:02Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Nov 27, 2025
Episode 340: “Legally Blonde” (2001): Movie Review Derek wanted to go back and re-watch one of his favorite comedies of the early 2000’s, “Legally Blonde” starring Reese Witherspoon from 2001. Chris had never seen …
59:01Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture · Nov 20, 2025
Episode 339: “Back to School” (1986): Movie Review Derek wanted to go back and re-watch one of his favorite comedies of the 1980’s, “Back to School” starring Rodney Dangerfield from 1986. Chris had never …
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