Comedy podcast
Podcast
Pop My Culture
Pop My Culture was a podcast hosted by comedic actors and improvisers Cole Stratton and Vanessa Ragland. Broadcast approximately weekly, it is an informal, conversational show about movies, television, music, gossip, etc. with the two hosts and their celebrity guests. The show was named the #2 Best Comedy Podcast of the Moment by Rolling Stone,[ 1] one of the Top 20 Comedy Podcasts of 2013 by Paste Magazine,[ 2] and one of 10 Favorite Comedy Podcasts by IFC.com.[ 3] and Mashable.com.[ 4] The show launched March 2, 2010 with inaugural guest Samm Levine, and joined the Nerdist Network [ 5] of shows in December 2011. They have done live recordings at SF Sketchfest, The Rooftop Comedy Festival in Aspen, Co., the LA Podfest, the 2015 Wondercon in Anaheim, CA, and the 2016 Wondercon in Los Angeles, CA.
The Podcast concluded in January 2017, with their 213th and final episode, recorded live at SF Sketchfest with guests Paul F. Tompkins, Samm Levine and Rhett Miller.
Cole Stratton and Vanessa Ragland, Pop My Culture Podcast
Episode list
2010
Episode Guest/Episode Title Release date 1 Samm Levine March 2, 2010 2 Janet Varney March 16, 2010 3 Deanna Russo March 26, 2010 4 Bobby Campo April 7, 2010 5 Chris Hardwick April 21, 2010 6 Mather Zickel April 30, 2010 7 Keith Coogan May 13, 2010 8 Paul F. Tompkins May 20, 2010 9 Linda Cardellini May 31, 2010 10 Mo Collins June 10, 2010 11 Oscar Nunez and Danny Pudi (Live from the Rooftop Comedy Festival in Aspen, Colorado) June 15, 2010 12 Cristine Rose June 22, 2010 13 Matthew Lillard July 1, 2010 14 Simon Helberg July 8, 2010 15 Michael J. Nelson , Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett July 16, 2010 16 Michael Hitchcock July 21, 2010 17 Rob Delaney July 30, 2010 18 Laraine Newman August 5, 2010 19 Frank Conniff August 21, 2010 20 Joe Lo Truglio August 27, 2010 21 Tony Hale September 9, 2010 22 Doug Jones September 16, 2010 23 Graham Elwood September 23, 2010 24 The Sklar Brothers October 5, 2010 25 Savage Steve Holland and Curtis Armstrong October 13, 2010 26 Andy Kindler October 26, 2010 27 Alan Ruck November 4, 2010 28 Joshua Malina November 14, 2010 29 Paul Scheer November 28, 2010 30 Jimmy Pardo December 15, 2010
2011 Episode Guest/Episode Title Release date 31 Pop My Cork: The Year in Review with Simon Helberg , Samm Levine , Danny Pudi , Deanna Russo , and Janet Varney January 9, 2011 32 Bob Odenkirk (Live at SF Sketchfest) January 22, 2011 33 Bobcat Goldthwait February 9, 2011 34 Steve Agee February 25, 2011 35 Eddie Deezen March 6, 2011 36 The Long Shot Podcast (Eddie Pepitone , Sean Conroy, Jamie Flam and Amber Kenny) March 14, 2011 37 The Thrilling Adventure Hour (Ben Acker, Ben Blacker, Marc Evan Jackson , Colin Hanks and James Urbaniak ) March 22, 2011 38 Freaks and Geeks (Samm Levine , Sarah Hagan , Natasha Melnick and Steve Bannos ) (Live at the Improv Comedy Lab in Hollywood) April 1, 2011 39 Casey Wilson April 10, 2011 40 Brice Beckham April 22, 2011 41 Thomas Lennon April 29, 2011 42 Garfunkel and Oates May 10, 2011 43 Paul F. Tompkins May 23, 2011 44 J. Elvis Weinstein May 30, 2011 45 Mindy Sterling June 14, 2011 46 Kevin Pollak June 22, 2011 47 Rob Paulsen July 7, 2011 48 William Zabka July 14, 2011 49 Dave Coulier July 26, 2011 50 Emma Caulfield August 9, 2011 51 Rider Strong August 17, 2011 52 Superego (Matt Gourley , Jeremy Carter and Mark McConville) September 1, 2011 53 Nigel Dick September 9, 2011 54 Julia Duffy September 20, 2011 55 Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher October 3, 2011 56 Jonathan Silverman October 11, 2011 57 Tom Lenk and Adam Busch October 20, 2011 58 Fred Dekker October 31, 2011 59 Meredith Salenger November 10, 2011 60 Dave Anthony and Greg Behrendt November 20, 2011 61 Ethan Suplee November 30, 2011 62 Phil LaMarr December 9, 2011
2012 Episode Guest/Episode Title Release date 63 Jim Rash January 3, 2012 64 Pop My Cork Part 1: The Best of 2011 with Tony Hale , Rob Paulsen , Meredith Salenger , Paul F. Tompkins and James Urbaniak January 11, 2012 65 Pop My Cork Part 2: The Worst of 2011 with Tony Hale , Rob Paulsen , Meredith Salenger , Paul F. Tompkins and James Urbaniak January 18, 2012 66 John Lehr January 26, 2012 67 Drew Carey (Live at SF Sketchfest ) February 3, 2012 68 Dave Holmes February 13, 2012 69 Pop My Oscars! with Myq Kaplan and Samm Levine February 22, 2012 70 Timothy Omundson February 29, 2012 71 Fred Stoller March 9, 2012 72 Judy Greer March 16, 2012 73 John Hodgman , Aimee Mann , and John Roderick March 26, 2012 74 Amber Tamblyn March 30, 2012 75 Felicia Day April 5, 2012 76 Jane Espenson April 13, 2012 77 Daniel O'Brien and Soren Bowie April 20, 2012 78 Damien Fahey May 1, 2012 79 Jenny Mollen May 11, 2012 80 Ken Marino May 20, 2012 81 Mary Lynn Rajskub June 1, 2012 82 Joe Dante June 11, 2012 83 Elizabeth Laime June 19, 2012 84 Jake Fogelnest July 1, 2012 85 Kathleen Rose Perkins July 10, 2012 86 Doug Jones July 25, 2012 87 Barry Bostwick and Diani & Devine August 3, 2012 88 Ian Edwards August 12, 2012 89 Lake Bell August 21, 2012 90 Jesse Thorn August 30, 2012 91 Iain Morris September 6, 2012 92 Arden Myrin , April Richardson and Guy Branum September 19, 2012 93 Legends of Voice Acting with Rob Paulsen , Maurice LaMarche , Tara Strong , Cree Summer and Phil LaMarr (Live at RIOTLA Comedy Festival) September 28, 2012 94 Brooklyn Brothers (Ryan O'Nan and Michael Weston ) October 7, 2012 95 Jim O'Heir October 15, 2012 96 Layla Kayleigh October 24, 2012 97 Matt Walsh November 1, 2012 98 Retta and Meredith Salenger November 9, 2012 99 Deborah Ann Woll and E.J. Scott November 19, 2012 100 "Weird Al" Yankovic November 26, 2012 101 Dan Harmon and Erin McGathy December 6, 2012 102 Jane Espenson and Brad Bell December 19, 2012
2013 Episode Guest/Episode Title Release date 103 Pop My Cork Part 1: The Best of 2012 with Dave Holmes, Laraine Newman , Timothy Omundson , Fred Stoller and Rider Strong January 7, 2013 104 Pop My Cork Part 2: The Worst of 2012 with Dave Holmes, Laraine Newman , Timothy Omundson , Fred Stoller and Rider Strong January 11, 2013 105 Stephen Tobolowsky January 21, 2013 106 Rachel Dratch (Live From SF Sketchfest ) February 11, 2013 107 Erinn Hayes March 5, 2013 108 David Wain March 14, 2013 109 Carla Gallo March 21, 2013 110 Lamorne Morris April 1, 2013 111 Ari Shaffir April 12, 2013 112 Brent Weinbach April 25, 2013 113 Ian Brennan May 8, 2013 114 Jodie Sweetin May 16, 2013 115 Arye Gross May 28, 2013 116 Dana Gould June 3, 2013 117 Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi June 11, 2013 118 Missi Pyle June 26, 2013 119 Mike Lawrence July 4, 2013 120 Timm Sharp July 16, 2013 121 Mel Harris July 26, 2013 122 Paul F. Tompkins August 5, 2013 123 Melissa Claire Egan August 16, 2013 124 Luke Edwards August 23, 2013 125 Jason Antoon and Tricia O'Kelley September 3, 2013 126 Robyn Lively September 16, 2013 127 Molly Quinn September 25, 2013 128 Chris Gore October 3, 2013 129 Stars of TGIF with Reginald VelJohnson , Jodie Sweetin , Stuart Pankin and Brice Beckham (Live at LAPodfest) October 14, 2013 130 Armin Shimerman October 22, 2013 131 Doug Benson November 4, 2013 132 Paul and Storm November 12, 2013 133 Danny Tamberelli November 20, 2013 134 Kevin Heffernan December 6, 2013 135 David Nadelberg December 18, 2013
2014 Episode Guest/Episode Title Release date 136 Pop My Cork Part 1: The Best of 2013 with Dana Gould , Jim O'Heir , Kevin Pollak and Jodie Sweetin January 12, 2014 137 Pop My Cork Part 2: The Worst of 2013 with Dana Gould , Jim O'Heir , Kevin Pollak and Jodie Sweetin January 16, 2014 138 Josh Gondelman January 28, 2014 139 Christine Lakin February 7, 2014 140 Omar J. Dorsey February 18, 2014 141 Dana Snyder February 28, 2014 142 Julie Brown March 10, 2014 143 Sarah Burns March 24, 2014 144 Andy Daly April 3, 2014 145 Haley Joel Osment April 14, 2014 146 Stephen Root April 24, 2014 147 John Michael Higgins May 10, 2014 148 Mackenzie Astin May 19, 2014 149 Bruce McCulloch May 25, 2014 150 Patton Oswalt June 2, 2014 151 John DiMaggio June 13, 2014 152 Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi June 26, 2014 153 Katie Findlay July 16, 2014 154 Lauren Lapkus and Chris Alvarado July 30, 2014 155 Skeet Ulrich and Amelia Jackson-Gray August 12, 2014 156 Sam Richardson August 20, 2014 157 Romy Rosemont and Mary Birdsong September 1, 2014 158 Jay Chandrasekhar September 10, 2014 159 Cary Elwes September 18, 2014 160 Michael Showalter September 29, 2014 161 Legends of Voice Acting with Dee Bradley Baker , Richard Horvitz , Maurice LaMarche , Laraine Newman and Janet Varney (Live at LAPodfest) October 8, 2014 162 Patrick Fischler October 16, 2014 163 Pamela Adlon October 27, 2014 164 Mindy Cohn November 5, 2014 165 Michael Ironside November 18, 2014 166 Ed Crasnick December 2, 2014
2015 Episode Guest/Episode Title Release date 167 Pop My Cork Part 1: The Best of 2014 with Sarah Burns , Michael Hitchcock , Missi Pyle and Stephen Tobolowsky January 11, 2015 168 Pop My Cork Part 2: The Worst of 2014 with Sarah Burns , Michael Hitchcock , Missi Pyle and Stephen Tobolowsky January 16, 2015 169 James Adomian , Ron Funches and Ryan Lambert (Live from SF Sketchfest) January 29, 2015 170 Leonard Maltin and Baron Vaughn February 19, 2015 171 Scott Adsit March 3, 2015 172 Todd Glass March 12, 2015 173 Daniel Franzese March 19, 2015 174 Phil Hendrie March 29, 2015 175 Jessica Chobot and Whitney Moore (Live from Wondercon ) April 8, 2015 176 Brian Palermo April 23, 2015 177 Agnes Bruckner May 3, 2015 178 Paul Adelstein May 14, 2015 179 Laura Dreyfuss May 25, 2015 180 Harland Williams June 4, 2015 181 Ilene Graff June 14, 2015 182 Josh McDermitt June 24, 2015 183 Diane Franklin and Amanda Wyss July 6, 2015 184 Dan Van Kirk and "Mark Wahlberg" July 16, 2015 185 Ginger Gonzaga July 29, 2015 186 Jess Harnell August 9, 2015 187 Wayne Federman and Jaime Fox August 24, 2015 188 Paul Brittain September 11, 2015 189 Matt Kirshen September 24, 2015 190 Dee Wallace October 7, 2015 191 Lori Alan October 15, 2015 192 Scott Aukerman October 28, 2015 193 Matt Mira November 17, 2015 194 Rob Huebel November 29, 2015 195 Sarah Baker December 16, 2015
2016 Episode Guest/Episode Title Release date 196 Pop My Cork Part 1: The Best of 2015 with Pamela Adlon , Guy Branum , Wayne Federman and Janet Varney January 7, 2016 197 Pop My Cork Part 2: The Worst of 2015 with Pamela Adlon , Guy Branum , Wayne Federman and Janet Varney January 10, 2016 198 Fred Willard (Live from SF Sketchfest ) January 24, 2016 199 Matt Braunger February 13, 2016 200 Maria Bamford February 28, 2016 201 Craig Cackowski March 20, 2016 202 Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen (Live from Wondercon ) March 30, 2016 203 Grey Griffin April 17, 2016 204 Rick Overton May 12, 2016 205 Quincy Jones May 31, 2016 206 Lyric Lewis July 6, 2016 207 Epic Lloyd (Lloyd Ahlquist) and Mary Doodles (Mary Gutfleisch) August 3, 2016 208 Andre Gower and Ryan Lambert August 17, 2016 209 Illeana Douglas September 29, 2016 210 Toby Huss October 12, 2016 211 Brian Huskey November 6, 2016 212 Kirsten Vangsness December 7, 2016
2017
References ^ Joe Berkowitz, "The 10 Best Comedy Podcasts of the Moment", "Rolling Stone", April 6, 2011 ^ Mark Rozman, "The 20 Best Comedy Podcasts of 2013", "Paste Magazine", December 27, 2013 ^ Andy Hunsaker, "Our 10 Favorite Comedy Podcasts That You Should Be Downloading", "IFC", December 16, 2011 ^ Christine Erickson, "These 10 Hilarious Podcasts Will Make You LOL", "Mashable.com", March 29, 2012 ^ "Nerdist Podcast Network Website". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2012-01-03 .
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