After 20 long years stranded at sea, Seamus and Garrett return home to talk Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey! Joining us this episode is esteemed guest, scholar of Greek and Roman literature, and real-life bard Joe O'Neill.
Episode timecodes:
The Odyssey spoilers - 16:53
Pop Culture Reference (The Odyssey)- 37:05
Save The Rec Center (Song of Achilles, Circe, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey) - 1:10:54
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Email: popculturereferencepod@gmail.com
Bluesky: @pcr-podcast.bsky.social
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Music from filmmusic.io "Wallpaper" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
25 Jul 2026
Ep 216 - The Minions BA-NA-NAnza Marathon Special
In what just may be the stupidest idea Seamus and Garrett have ever cornered themselves into, 4 Despicable Me films, 3 Minions stand-alone films, and a seemingly endless lineup of in-universe short films have our brave hosts asking the real questions that might all be answered by one universal truth; BA-NA-NA!
Bob help us all...
Reach the show:
Email: popculturereferencepod@gmail.com
Bluesky: @pcr-podcast.bsky.social
TikTok: @PCR_Podcast
Instagram: @PCR_Podcast
Facebook: facebook.com/PopCultureReference
Music from filmmusic.io "Wallpaper" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
25 Jun 2026
Ep 215 - Backrooms
On this episode, Seamus and Garrett say the word "backrooms" about a hundred thousand times while discussing Kane Parsons' Backrooms!
Episode timecodes:
Backrooms - 1:08
Backrooms spoilers - 18:27
Pop Culture Reference (Kane Pixels vs Wikidot Backrooms) - 53:45
Save The Rec Center (Project Hail Mary & Until Dawn) - 59:42
Reach the show:
Email: popculturereferencepod@gmail.com
Bluesky: @pcr-podcast.bsky.social
TikTok: @PCR_Podcast
Instagram: @PCR_Podcast
Facebook: facebook.com/PopCultureReference
Music from filmmusic.io "Wallpaper" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Who has been a guest on Pop Culture Reference
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
Garrett Parker
Robert Eggers
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Jeremy Allen White
Chris Evans
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
12 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
15 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
94
Social presence
0
YouTube
0
Engagement
77
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