Great Pop Culture Debate

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Best Comic Book Couple

While mainstream comic books largely focus on exciting stories of good versus evil, over the decades comics have also given us a host of truly iconic romantic couples. From the pulps of the 1920s to the manga of today, comic books have featured inspiring – and sometimes tragic – tales of heroes – and even villains – in love. So for our 2025 Valentine’s Day special, the Great Pop Culture Debate is pulling out the longboxes and diving into comic-book history as we discuss the Best Comic-Book Couples of all time. Couples discussed: Gambit & Rogue, The Flash (Barry Allen) & Iris West, Cyclops & Emma Frost, Cyclops & Jean Grey, Scarlet Witch & Vision, Hulkling & Wiccan, Black Bolt & Medusa, Batgirl & Nightwing, Batman & Catwoman, Spider-Man (Peter Parker) & Mary Jane Watson, Superman & Lois Lane, Green Arrow & Black Canary, Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, Invisible Woman & Mr. Fantastic, Alana & Marko, Apollo & Midnighter. Join host Eric Rezsnyak, GPCD panelist Brendan Hay, and special guest panelists Brad Gullickson and Lisa Gullickson from the Comic Book Couples Counseling podcast as they discuss 16 of the most legendary lovers in comics. For more exclusive content, including the warm-up in which we discuss additional comic-book couples who didn’t make the bracket, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Looking for more reasons to become a Patreon supporter? Check out our Top 10 Patreon Perks. Want to play along at home? Download the Listener Bracket and see if your picks match up with ours! Sign up for our weekly newsletter! Subscribe to find out what’s new in pop culture each week right in your inbox! Vote in more pop culture polls! Check out our Open Polls. Your votes determine our future debates! Then, vote in our Future Topic Polls to have a say in what episodes we tackle next. Episode Credits Host: Eric Rezsnyak Panelist: Brendan Hay Special Guests: Brad Gullickson, Lisa Gullickson of Comic Book Couples Counseling Producer: Bob Erlenback Editor: Bob Erlenback Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch #comicbooks #comics #xmen #batman #superman #spiderman #marvelcomics #dccomics #imagecomics #lgbtq #gambit #rogue #fantasticfour #avengers #scarletwitch #vision #wiccan #harleyquinn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h4min
HÁ 2 DIAS · BÔNUS

Best Comic-Book Couple Preview

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our Valentine's Day special devoted to the Best Comic-Book Couple, as well as walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, February 4, wherever you listen to podcasts. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any upcoming episodes: https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/subscribe And if you love pop culture, sign up for our weekly newsletter to keep up on all the new movies, music, and TV shows dropping every week! CREDITS: Intro/outro music: "Dance to My Tune" by Marc Torch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4min
28 DE JAN.

Best WWE Champion (1990-Pressent)

The WWE – formerly known as World Wrestling Entertainment, and before that, the World Wrestling Federation – is the largest professional wrestling promotion in the United States. Since its founding in the the 1950s, the WWE has been home to hundreds of performers, and launched the careers of more than a few bona fide Hollywood superstars. It’s also big business; via its Smackdown, Raw, and NXT shingles, as well as merch, video games, etc., the company grosses more than $1 billion annually, drawing more than 1 million spectators per year to its various live events. While the company is currently in a moment of transition, for this Patreon-sponsored episode of the Great Pop Culture Debate we look back at these kings of the rings, these studs of the squared circle, as we aim to name the Best WWE Champion of all time. Wrestlers discussed: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Goldberg, Triple H, The Rock, The Undertaker, Bret “Hitman” Hart, Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, Edge, John Cena, Randy Savage, Brock Lesnar, Eddie Guerrero, Hulk Hogan. Join host Eric Rezsnyak, Patreon sponsor Dr. Chad Rezsnyak, and tag-team guest panelists Brian Rezsnyak and Brayden Rezsnyak as they discuss 16 of the biggest superstars from the WWE. Play along at home by finding the listener bracket here. Make a copy for yourself, fill it out, and see if your picks match up with ours! For more exclusive content, including the warm-up in which we discuss additional WWE champions who didn’t make the bracket, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Looking for more reasons to become a Patreon supporter? Check out our Top 10 Patreon Perks. Sign up for our weekly newsletter! Subscribe to find out what’s new in pop culture each week right in your inbox! Vote in more pop culture polls! Check out our Open Polls. Your votes determine our future debates! Then, vote in our Future Topic Polls to have a say in what episodes we tackle next. Episode Credits Host: Eric Rezsnyak Patreon Sponsor: Dr. Chad Rezsnyak Special Guests: Brian Rezsnyak, Brayden Rezsnyak Producer: Bob Erlenback Editor: Eric Rezsnyak Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch #wwe #wrestling #wwepodcast #wrestlingpodcast #prowrestling #stonecoldsteveaustin #therock #johncena #hulkhogan #randysavage #shawnmichaels #undertaker #cmpunk #kurtangle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h4min
27 DE JAN. · BÔNUS

Best WWE Champion (1990-Present) Preview

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our Patreon-sponsored episode devoted to the Best WWE Champion (1990-Present), as well as walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, January 28, wherever you listen to podcasts. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any upcoming episodes: https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/subscribe And if you love pop culture, sign up for our weekly newsletter to keep up on all the new movies, music, and TV shows dropping every week! CREDITS: Intro/outro music: "Dance to My Tune" by Marc Torch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4min
21 DE JAN.

Best Melrose Place Character

Fox’s Melrose Place was intended to be an introspective drama about young adult life in 1990s L.A. But by Season 2, the show leaned into its soapy elements, with ever-shifting love triangles, backstabbing office rivalries, and more than a few iconic villains stealing babies, faking pregnancies, and even blowing up the apartment complex. At its height, the show reached nearly 15 million viewers, and its young and restless stars were EVERYWHERE. The show ended on a whimper in 1999, and had a mediocre CW revival in 2009. But for this Patreon-sponsored episode, we’re going to back Melrose, as the Great Pop Culture Debate seeks to determine the Best Melrose Place Character. Characters discussed: Sydney Andrews, Lexi Sterling, Jane Mancini, Jo Reynolds, Dr. Michael Mancini, Billy Campbell, Megan Lewis, Taylor McBride, Amanda Woodward, Jennifer Mancini, Brooke Armstrong, Jake Taylor, Dr. Kimberly Shaw, Dr. Peter Burns, Matt Fielding, Alison Parker. Join host Eric Rezsnyak, Patreon sponsor Bob Erlenback, and Special Guest Stars Courtney Fay and Todd Rezsnyak as they discuss 16 of the most notorious residents of 4616 Melrose Place. For more exclusive content, including the warm-up in which we discuss the other Melrose Place lead cast members that didn’t make the bracket, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. For more reasons why you should become a Patreon supporter, check out this Top 10. Sign up for our weekly newsletter! Subscribe to find out what’s new in pop culture each week right in your inbox! Vote in more pop culture polls! Check out our Open Polls. Your votes determine our future debates! Then, vote in our Future Topic Polls to have a say in what episodes we tackle next. Episode Credits Host: Eric Rezsnyak Patreon Sponsor: Bob Erlenback Special Guests: Courtney Fay, Todd Rezsnyak Producer: Curtis Creekmore Editor: Bob Erlenback Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch #melroseplace #soapopera #90stvshows #aaronspelling #1990s #90s #2000stv #2000sthrowbacks #heatherlocklear #90ssoaps #primetimesoaps #grantshow #courtneythornesmith #marciacross #lisarinna Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h1min
20 DE JAN. · BÔNUS

Best Melrose Place Character Preview

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our Patreon-sponsored episode devoted to the Best "Melrose Place" Character, as well as walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, January 21, wherever you listen to podcasts. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any upcoming episodes: https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/subscribe And if you love pop culture, sign up for our weekly newsletter to keep up on all the new movies, music, and TV shows dropping every week! CREDITS: Intro/outro music: "Dance to My Tune" by Marc Torch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4min
14 DE JAN.

Best Oscar Winner for Best Actor

Since 1927, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded the Oscar for Best Actor in a Leading Role 97 times, to 86 actors – as of 2024, when we are recording this. The collective winners of the Best Actor Oscar are a Who’s Who of Hollywood, legendary performers who have defined what acting and arguably even manhood look like on screen. After debating the Best Film and Best Actress Oscar winners in previous episodes, for this Patreon-sponsored episode, the Great Pop Culture Debate now turns its attention to where the boys are, as we debate the Best Oscar Winners for Best Actor. Performances discussed: Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs, Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man, Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, Marlon Brando in The Godfather, Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird, Sean Penn in Milk, Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer, Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, F. Murray Abraham in Amadeus, Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, James Stewart in The Philadelphia Story, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote, Robert De Niro in Raging Bull, Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field, Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Join host Eric Rezsnyak, Patreon sponsor Stephan Nikoloff, and GPCD panelists Karissa Kloss and Kevin Dillon as they discuss 16 of the most incredible performances in Oscars history. Play along at home by finding the listener bracket here. Make a copy for yourself, fill it out, and see if your picks match up with ours! For more exclusive content, including the warm-up in which we discuss additional Oscar-winning performances we were bummed didn’t make the bracket, and an extended version of the episode with 20+ more minutes of film conversation, become a Patreon supporter of the podcast today. Sign up for our weekly newsletter! Subscribe to find out what’s new in pop culture each week right in your inbox! Vote in more pop culture polls! Check out our Open Polls. Your votes determine our future debates! Then, vote in our Future Topic Polls to have a say in what episodes we tackle next. Episode Credits Host: Eric Rezsnyak Panel: Karissa Kloss, Kevin Dillon Patreon Sponsor: Stephan Nikoloff Editor: Eric Rezsnyak Theme Music: “Dance to My Tune” by Marc Torch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1h4min
13 DE JAN. · BÔNUS

Best Oscar Winner for Best Actor Preview

Great Pop Culture Debate host Eric Rezsnyak explains how we created the bracket for our Patreon-sponsored episode devoted to the Best Oscar Winner for Best Actor, as well as walks you through the Round 1 match-ups. The main episode will release on Tuesday, January 14, wherever you listen to podcasts. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss any upcoming episodes: https://www.greatpopculturedebate.com/subscribe And if you love pop culture, sign up for our weekly newsletter to keep up on all the new movies, music, and TV shows dropping every week! CREDITS: Intro/outro music: "Dance to My Tune" by Marc Torch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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23/04/2023

Zttyler

The podcast is on my rotation and I really love how much knowledge every pannelist brings to the pod. I especially loved the Best Girl Groups!
THE pop culture show

20/09/2022

LongboxEric

I first listened to this show about a month ago and it's been a go-to ever since. These debates are the best kind: where it's less about proving someone else wrong and more about just having fun and sharing stories. The panelists' anecdotes about their past experiences with songs, foods, shows, etc. etc. always bring something specific and thoughtful to the discussion. Even if you disagree about the final decision regarding the best Animal Crossing character, Madonna song, or whatever the topic may be, it's still great to hear where everyone is coming from. The host Eric in particular always does a very good job steering conversation and keeping the flow of discussion smooth and steady.
Awesome pod

17/08/2022

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What a great podcast. I really enjoy the debate format of the show. It’s a lot of fun and the topics are all over the spectrum.
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25/05/2022

ODPH607

Great podcast that is entertaining and engaging. The hosts bring the fun with each debate, so don't delay. Jump in the debate ASAP! #ODPHpod