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Best Girl Scout Cookie Flavor

Girl Scout Cookies have been spreading sugary joy, teaching millions of children entrepreneurial skills, AND raising funds for a terrific organization for more than 100 years. Girl Scout Cookies are an American institution! And for…Read more

Best TV Family

Families have been central to TV shows almost since the invention of the medium. Whether we're talking about the Rockwellian families from classic sitcoms, sprawling soap-opera dynasties, dysfunctional reality TV clans, or the blended families…Read more

Best “Les Miserables” Song

Les Miserables – in lay terms “Les Mis” – is one of the most awarded and impactful musicals of the late 20th Century. Based on the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, which was turned into…Read more

Best Nintendo Villain

Over its five-decade history -- and multiple generations of gaming systems -- Nintendo has been home to some of the most notable bad guys in video-game history. Some are original creations who only torment the…Read more

Best “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Runway Looks (S7-S12)

Since “RuPaul’s Drag Race” debuted in 2009, its runway has become home to some of the most jaw-dropping looks on television. Those blockbuster fashion moments only became more common as the show progressed, and in…Read more

Best 90’s Dance Hit

Technological advancements, European influences, and a deep societal need to shake that ass created the perfect breeding ground for the explosion of dance music in the 1990s. From dance club floors to wedding receptions, dance…Read more

Best Super Bowl Halftime Show

Since its debut in 1967, the National Football League’s Super Bowl has provided viewers as a little diversion amidst all the tackling and running and sports-ing: the halftime show. What began as the wholesome, kitschy…Read more

Best of 2023: Books

It’s hard to encapsulate a year in books. When looking at 2023, the obvious standouts are a slew of major, much-anticipated celebrity memoirs – Britney Spears, Prince Harry, Barbra Streisand, just to name a few.…Read more

TOP 10: Most Popular Great Pop Culture Debate Episodes of 2023

BY Eric Rezsnyak This was a big year for the Great Pop Culture Debate podcast. We hit our 100th episode in September, after just three years in existence. We had some amazing guest panelists join…Read more

Best of 2023: Film

2023 was a newsworthy year for film. After three years of pandemic-induced cratering, the box office came roaring back thanks in part to the marketing and artistic triumph that was Barbenheimer. The year saw a…Read more

Best of 2023: Music

If you’re looking for a theme for popular music in 2023, I think it can actually be summed up by a song from 2011. Who run the world? Girls, y’all. Six out of the seven…Read more

TOP 10: Video Games of 2023

BY Harry Loizides When it comes to games, 2023 has been STACKED. Scores of major Nintendo tentpoles, bombastic open-world experiences, and powerfully evocative indie games have been showcased nonstop over the past 12 months. Regardless…Read more

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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 16 FINALE Recap

BY Eric Rezsnyak Sisterrrrrrrrs! It’s the grand finale of Season 16! And what a season it was. I would put Season 16 toward the top of the list of at least the “modern” phase of…

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TOP 10: Fake Shows on “30 Rock”

BY Eric Rezsnyak In addition to being an absolutely terrific sitcom on its own, NBC’s “30 Rock” also poked fun at the television landscape with a host of TV show parodies. Over the course of…

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“The Circle” U.S. Season 6, Episodes 1-4 Recap

BY Eric Rezsnyak “The Circle” is back! The Great Pop Culture Debate podcast crew absolutely loves Netflix’s social-media competition; in fact, we kiki about it in real time on our Patreon-exclusive Discord. It has been…

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“X-Men ’97” Episode 6 Recap

BY Eric Rezsnyak After last episode’s explosive, traumatizing ending, “X-Men ’97” took a beat and shifted focus to two simmering subplots. “Lifedeath Part II” resolves the Storm/Forge/Adversary plotline last seen in Episode 4, and also…

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