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Welp, here we go! After two years of planning, Greg and Ryan are finally off on their Camino adventure. And, we're kicking things off with a lot of travel! A journey of well more than 1,000 steps begins here. What big project are you starting in your life right now? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your idea on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Betsy and Greg take a trip to Italy with the foreign entry in the 1995 Best Picture race, Il Postino. What's your favorite non-English nominees? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your favorite foreign recs on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg and Ricardo are back from Europe ready to discuss their favorite Forgotten Gems playlist. These are songs that were big hits at one point in time, but may lost their initial popularity. What hit song has snuck up on you lately? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your favorite forgotten gem on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Another year in the books and Popping Collars is celebrating with what's become our annual tradition, the Birthday Sampler. Catch up on 12 years of podcasting in one episode as we randomly look back at highlights from the last dozen years of content creation. Do you have a favorite episode of the pod? Let us know what it is at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or submit a sample on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg and Ryan head down to THE PITT to discuss one of the most popular television shows streaming right now. What is your favorite medical drama of all time? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your recommendation on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Betsy and Greg never start a pod they can't walk away from in 30 seconds. The action is the juice on this month's Going on 30 when they dig into the 90s classic, HEAT. Check out our thoughts before planning your next heist. What's your favorite 90s action guilty pleasure? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your recs on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg welcomes special guest Kyle Goodman back on the pod to break down their picks for the ultimate James Bond playlist. What are your favorite Bond themes and do they affect your enjoyment of the Bond movie their attached to? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your thoughts on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
We're flashing back to the time Betsy and Liz welcomed Thistle Farms founder, Becca Stevens to the pod to talk about the #MeToo movement. How does a hashtag become a sustained movement and what progress has been made over the last decade? Have your own thoughts on the subject? Email us, at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or fire off your take on our socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Liz and Ricardo are here with some summer reading recommendations. And this time they're keeping it real with a pair of non-fiction selections in Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein and In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man by Tom Junod. They also dig into the recent Pulitzer Prize winners and give their power rankings on the most prestigious book awards. What are you reading this summer? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your summer reading list on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick
We've got a very special episode of the PC Pilgrims podcast this week as Greg and Ryan welcome Sandy Brown, the man who literally wrote the book, the guidebook that is, for many pilgrim trails around the world. Hear Sandy discuss the modern day rise of pilgrimage and what it means for the future of faith. Are you going on pilgrimage this summer? Let us know where you're off to at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your itinerary on socials Check out Sandy's pilgrim reflections Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtu
Betsy and Greg take a long, hard look at a long, hard walk as they discuss the fantastic ethical drama, DEAD MAN WALKING. What are your favorite movies that dig into controversial topics. Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your list on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg and Ricardo are trying something new for the PC Music Diary. They're assembling their Ultimate Band Playlist from the various musicians of rock history. Do you have a favorite drummer, singer, or guitarist that would make your personal supergroup? Let us know who they are at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your lineup on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Time to break out the sunscreen, the pool floats, and the boom box as the Popping Collars crew provides you with the only summer tunes you'll need with the 2026 Popping Playlist! Let us know what you're playing at your summer cookout at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send your own playlist link on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg and Ryan take a trip to Tulsa to scope out the new Sterlin Harjo series, THE LOWDOWN. Could it be the coolest show of the past year? Let us know what's your favorite crime mystery show by emailing us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us a recommendation on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
As if Betsy and Greg's look back at movies from 30 years ago couldn't get any better, this month we're rolling with the homies from Clueless. Find out if it's the best movie of 1995 or if we're totally buggin'. What movie would you drive on an L.A. freeway to go see? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or drop us a line on socials. Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg and Ricardo take to the streets to build the Protest Songs playlist, a 12-song list of inspirational works of marching, unionizing, and calling out the atrocities of the powerful. What protest songs inspire you? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your playlist on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
In honor of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan winning their first Oscars, we're digging back into the Popping Collars archives to the time we had a conversation about Coogler's massive hit movie, BLACK PANTHER. And I've got to tell you, listening back to this pod, we really went deep in the initial aftermath of the film's release. What's your favorite Marvel movie? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or fire away on our socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movie
Greg and Ryan are back with a HUGE announcement on the pilgrimage project. In an era when we're sending human beings further in space than we've ever gone before, it's time to think bigger. Check out what's in store for the pilgrim pods as we near our Camino de Santiago journey next month. Where are you swinging for the fences in life right now? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or hit us up with your big plans on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at
Betsy and Greg head back to the Scottish Highlands to fight alongside William Wallace in Mel Gibson's epic BRAVEHEART. What's the legacy of a great film made by a not-great person? Do you have a favorite sword and sandals war story? Let us know what it is at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or drop us your opinion on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg welcomes special guest Rene Echevarria onto the pod to talk about his new series THE FAITHFUL: WOMEN OF THE BIBLE. This limited series digs into the lives of the matriarchs from Genesis bringing their ancient world into our modern storytelling. What bible story would you like to see explored in our current context? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your ideas on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
It's that time again! It's the Secret Santa unlike any other, the annual Popping Collars Pop Swap. Betsy, Greg, Liz, and Ricardo gift some diverse offerings from around the pop culture world to each other for a fun, thought-provoking, and unforgettable conversation. What would you recommend to a friend? Tell us at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or be our friend on socials and let us know there Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Liz and Ricardo are back for the first PCBC of 2026! They catch up on how their reading goals are going in the early part of the year and discuss some recent literary trends. And, of course, they have a couple of recommendations to share in Mother Mary Comes to Me and A Good Animal. How is your reading going so far? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us a recommendation on Goodreads Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg and Ryan head back in time to the assassination of James Garfield at the hands of Charles Guiteau. What does the historical fiction series DEATH BY LIGHTNING have to say to our current political reality? What's your favorite fictional presidential portrayal? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or mail in your vote (while you still can) on socials. Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Come take a stroll around Vienna with Betsy and Greg as they discuss the first part of the Before trilogy, BEFORE SUNRISE, and debate whether it's a cynical look at romance or a romantic haven in a cynical world. What's your favorite Jesse and Celine moment? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your Vienna itinerary on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
Greg welcomes special guest Jeanine Thomas to the pod to talk about her new movie THE OPTIMIST starring Stephen Lang and Elsie Fisher. Hear her discuss the journey from concept to screen and what challenges she had to overcome in the process. Are you taking a leap of faith to make a creative project? Let us know what it is at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your pitch on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
