The “Very Special Christmas” compilation albums gave us iconic takes on holiday favorites by some of pop-music’s biggest stars, and raised funds for Special Olympics. We look back at the series and pick the very best song.

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was first published in 1843. Since then, the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his Christmas Eve hauntings has been adapted on stage, and on film and TV, countless times. For our 2026 Holiday Special, the Great Pop Culture Debate podcast wants to look back at the very best — and we need YOUR votes!

“Doctor Who” has had more than a dozen actors playing its lead character over the show’s 50-year history. For an upcoming LIVE debate, we want to get YOUR votes on your favorite Doctor incarnation.

Hollywood loves a disaster! We want to look back at the best — or at least most outrageous — movies about disasters manmade, natural, and otherwise.

Playwright William Shakespeare may have died centuries ago, but he remains a major influential on stage, screen, and cinema today. We look back at the Bard’s greatest tales — and look to you select your favorites, as you like them!

We love funny women! Pick your favorite female-led films from the 1980s to present. We need YOUR votes!

Great Pop Culture Debate is coming to MCM Con Birmingham (UK) for our Best Anime Film panel. Before we debate this topic LIVE, we need YOUR VOTES to help us pick the 16 best anime films of all time.

Prolific writer Stephen King has had numerous stories adapted for the screen. We want to determine the best of his movies.

Japan’s Studio Ghibli introduced many American audiences to the unique, fantastical storytelling of anime. We want to look back at its catalogue and pick the best of the bunch.

Kylie Minogue has been topping charts across the globe with her pop and dance hits for more than four decades. We want to celebrate this dance-floor diva who is still int he prime of her career — but we need your votes!

MTV basically invented the reality-TV genre with its groundbreaking documentary series "The Real World" in 1992. The show would go on for several dozen seasons, each following a different group of strangers in a different city, to see what happens when they stopped being polite and started getting real. While "The Real World" ended in 2019, it has potent nostalgia for both Gen X and Millennials. So we want to look back on the long-running, genre-defining show and determine the best cast.

The Bond films have often had theme songs as bombastic as the superspy himself. We want YOUR picks on your favorites, to whittle the field down to the very best 16.

Have your say on what topics covering the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, and 10s we should cover in future seasons of the podcast.