If you're a fan of pop culture, you should be listening to the Pop My Culture Podcast hosted by Cole Stratton and Vanessa Ragland. If you're a fan of animation (especially animation voice-work), you should at least be listening to their latest episode.
In the first part of their Best of 2011 edition, voice talent Rob Paulsen--Raphael of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yakko and Pinky of Animaniacs, and Arthur of The Tick (also G.I. Joe, Transformers, Johnny Quest, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Darkwing Duck, The Mask, Spider-Man, Samurai Jack and so much more)--discusses his love of the IFC show Portlandia, AMC's Walking Dead, and Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.
James Urbaniak (Dr. Venture of The Venture Brothers) discusses Ashton Kutcher's Twitter account and proclaims Rebecca Black a "fascinating individual."
Meredith Salenger (who provided several voices for Star Wars: The Clone Wars and who appeared in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) focuses on "the five year old in all of us," discussing The Muppets, then brings the conversation around to the darkness found in AMC's Breaking Bad.
Plus, for you comedy fans, Arrested Development's Tony Hale and, host of the Pod F. Tomkast podcast, Mr. Shows' Paul F. Tompkins also participate. And yes, some silly voices do pop up throughout the conversation, along with many other topics of interest to visitors of this website.
Leave your own personal Top 5 favorite pop culture moments of 2011 on the site to be entered to win a copy of Entertainment Weekly's Entertainers of the Year signed by the guests.
About The Author:
C. James Bye is the Arts & Media editor of Knee-Jerk Magazine and the co-creator and editor of The Way We Sleep, an anthology of comics, illustrations, prose and interviews connected by the theme of sleep (Curbside Splendor Press, 2012).