The Mainstream with Jesse and Brian

Jesse Noonan and Brian McMenaman
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Welcome to The Mainstream, the pop culture podcast no one has been waiting for! Join music and pop culture nerds Jesse Noonan and Brian McMenaman as they journey through the week's events in entertainment and try to have a little fun along the way. Will they succeed? Only one way to find out!

Episodes

  1. 06/10/2025

    Our Lord and Savior, Geoff Keighley

    Because what else would have us come back from hiatus than two gaming presentations? Not much, so get ready to hear us ramble about Sony's State of Play and Summer Games Fest! On this episode: - Our most extensive intro yet - A game is played (Not a video game mind you) - AHH!!! DIRT!!!! - Digimon rips off Mission Impossible - Brian needs to be left alone for a couple minutes - Ape Escape fans will have to wait till the next State of Play to get their own game -Straight white men are too woke now - Make sure to go check out Days of Play! - We nail down the podcast's Geoff Keighley lore -The Nicktoons get together and play D&D and that's pretty cool - Finally, something that isn't Butch Hartman's fault! - Mundfish: What Are You? - Pixar Presents: A Fun Little Short Film From Hideo Kojima - We have a desire to asassinate Mads Mikkelsen - Jesse fawns over a singular LEGO block - Capcom are merry little pranksters FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    1h 44m

  2. 04/06/2025

    The Mainstream Presents: MARCH BADNESS (Part 2)

    March Badness continues as Jesse and Brian continue counting down the best movie villains of all time! Who will come out victorious? Who, I ask you, WHO???? - An intro where Brian gets to speak a lot - Which Disney character is hotter than the Beast's human form? (Answer: most) - Should you fill out your March Madness bracket based on dad vibes? - Talking about the Joker for at least ten minutes, I'm so sorry - Our most hyped matchup is over in 30 seconds, this is a good podcast, thank you for listening - Finally thinking about what makes a good villain after 3 consecutive hours of recording - Lost cat: lives in the ocean, 6 stories tall, answers to Godzilla - Say Frollo, I hear you like 'em young - RIP Thanos, you would have loved 9/11 - Going to Middle-Earth f****n' wasted - Contemplating why we even did this FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    1h 33m

  3. 04/05/2025

    The Mainstream Presents: MARCH BADNESS (Part 1)

    The Mainstream is back with the movie villain bracket to end all movie villain brackets! Jesse and Brian embark on a scientific journey to find the baddest baddie in movie history, complete with controversial seeding, tough first round matchups, and heated arguments. On this episode: - Jesse's Rotten Tomatoes philosophy - Please send all hate mail to @brianmc9891 on Twitter - Baron Zemo: just a little guy (who is also a terrorist) - Play-in Battle of the Hitlers - Recasting Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - The most evil animated villain of all time - All action movie villain have bad names tbh - Going to see Guardians of the Galaxy 3 in a burning building - Multiverse of Madness is a good movie, you fools - The most villainous Godzilla - Explaining why President Snow sucks (which turns into a rant) FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    1h 53m

  4. 02/17/2025

    Kang the Conqueror Got Defeated by Ants lmao (The Mainstream 2/17/25)

    Hey remember Kang the Conqueror? The villain the MCU spent all of phase 4 building up to? Probably meant to be the villain of the Multiverse Saga? Remember how he was defeated by ants? Microscopic ants, no less! One of the most powerful villains in the MCU, defeated by one of the smallest animals on the planet. I'll give you a moment to laugh hysterically. Better? Good, cause we're talking about a movie that's better than Quantumania at least. On this episode: - DJ Khaled feat. Betty White - Did Kendrick Lamar eat literal sh*t right before the halftime show? - Morgan Wallen would not make a good halftime show, you fools - Can we remember literally anything about the State of Play? - Return of Divergence, coming 2025 to the PS5, probably - Brief clowning on Disney live action movies - Immediately apologizing to Disney live action movies after seeing the new HTTYD trailer - Two full minutes of laughing at Kang the Conqueror being killed by ants - Brian liked the new Captain America movie/Incredible Hulk sequel - Jesse didn't like the new Captain America movie and he's almost figured out why FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    2h 13m

  5. 02/11/2025

    Why Do We Always End Up in Court? (The Mainstream 2/10/25)

    Updates and recaps and trailers, oh my! Yes this episode is long, but the recording session for it was an hour longer. Think of the good jokes and goofs and bits that had to be cut in order to bring this down to a reasonable length. R.I.P. bits. We hardly knew ye. On this episode: - Creating the world's most Key West business - Update: someone save Cleatus the NFL Robot from Fox - Update: EA will make profitable games soon, we promise - Update: MultiVersus accepts Jesus into its heart before death - Update: yeah WB Games is still bad - Shuhei Yoshida pees his pants a little - Wheel of Fortune, a Crunchyroll Original - Grammys were uncharacteristically good this year - I want to be Hailee Steinfeld when I grow up - You won't believe where Jesse knows Tony Todd from - The most marketable Thing yet - Brian loves the Jurassic World franchise! - Trying to find a single new idea in the Smurfs trailer FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    2h 11m

  6. 02/03/2025

    The Comedy Central Roast of MultiVersus (The Mainstream 2/3/25)

    I didn't plan on this show becoming a weekly rant about live services and debating on whether or not WB Games deserves to still exist. I also didn't plan on the neighbors having a party that ruins our audio. I did plan on releasing two episodes this week and the fact that we actually managed to is kind of impressive. I should get something nice for myself. Like a pint of ice cream. Or a Maserati. On this episode: - Steve Rogers vs. Kevin McCallister - One more currency could have saved MultiVersus - WB Games must be taken deep into Mordor and cast back into the fiery chasm from whence it came - Video games peaked with Adventure for the Atari 2600 (no woke nonsense) - Having sympathy for EA, unfortunately - Quentin Tarantino listens to our podcast - This week on Mainstream Court: Superman is illegal in four countries - Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Kiss Each Other on the Mouth, this Sunday on Fox - Jason Kelce nip slip - How many times will Kendrick perform Not Like Us at the Super Bowl? O/U: 8.5 FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    1h 49m

  7. 02/02/2025

    BONUS: The Mainstream Grammy Predictions 2025

    A bonus episode of our Grammy predictions, recorded around the time they came out in November! My only regret is that I had to cut out the part about Scrat from Ice Age being responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall. FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    1h 49m

  8. 01/27/2025

    Excited to Watch That at Some Point, Maybe (The Mainstream 1/27/25)

    Yes, I'm aware that I said the 2016 Grammys instead of the 2016 Oscars. I apologize. Though, to be fair, the 2016 Grammys also said the wrong name for their biggest award, as album of the year clearly should have gone to E•MO•TION by Carly Rae Jepsen. On this episode: - Debating on whether or not Red One was written while drunk - Our pop culture podcast's very first Star Wars conversation - Ryan Gosling, cantina owner - Having a $200 million time at South Park - The only movie studio greedier than Warner Bros. Discovery - Hell has frozen over (XBOX has compelling exclusives) - id Software will give me a heart attack - Exactly two Oscar nominations - Sonic and Shadow Kiss Each Other on the Mouth, in theaters now - Briefly becoming the music podcast this was meant to be - Laughing the hardest we have in our adult lives at the BRIT nominations FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    1h 52m

  9. 01/22/2025

    The Mushroom Kingdom's Coolest Goomba (The Mainstream 1/20/25)

    Welcome to The Mainstream, a music podcast that talks about video games for an hour. In our defense, the Switch 2 was announced and that occupied a lot of our collective brainspace. On this episode: - The world's first Limewire-exclusive podcast - Please stop making Live Service games - Oh no, maybe Sony sucks a little - WB Games sucks a lot, no surprise there - HULU FUBO VENU SUE BRO - Sling sucks and it's ESPN's fault - 45 minutes of analyzing the Switch 2 reveal FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

    1h 30m
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Welcome to The Mainstream, the pop culture podcast no one has been waiting for! Join music and pop culture nerds Jesse Noonan and Brian McMenaman as they journey through the week's events in entertainment and try to have a little fun along the way. Will they succeed? Only one way to find out!

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