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Pop Culture Yearbook

Pop Culture Yearbook

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Join lifelong friends Pete, Brad, and Giff on a nostalgic adventure with Pop Culture Yearbook! Delve into the 1980s to the present as they explore the movies, TV, music, and sports that shaped their lives. Each episode of PCY contains diverse opinions and entertaining stories, sure to spark your own cherished memories along the way!

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  • Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream & Drafting Rock's Most Unique Voices

    Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream & Drafting Rock's Most Unique Voices
    Jun 29 2026
    In 1993, the Smashing Pumpkins released Siamese Dream—an album packed with massive guitar tones, vulnerable lyrics, and some of alternative rock's most enduring songs. This week we revisit the 1993 classic and discuss what makes tracks like “Cherub Rock,” “Today,” “Disarm,” and “Mayonaise” continue to resonate decades later. We also complete our rankings of the 90s albums we've been discussing all month.

    Then it's time for another draft as we select the most unique voices in rock history. From instantly recognizable frontmen to singers whose sound could never be mistaken for anyone else, we debate the artists whose voices became their signature. Whether it's raw power, unusual tone, emotional delivery, or pure originality, every pick had to pass one test: you'd know who it is within seconds.

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    1 hr and 59 mins
  • Core Memories: Stone Temple Pilots and the Best Original Band Names

    Core Memories: Stone Temple Pilots and the Best Original Band Names
    Jun 22 2026
    This week we're turning the clock back to 1992 to revisit Core, the breakout debut album from Stone Temple Pilots. From "Plush" and "Creep" to "Sex Type Thing" and "Wicked Garden," we discuss the album's biggest songs, its place in the grunge era, and whether it deserves more credit as one of the defining rock records of the decade.

    Along the way, we dig into the history of the band, the criticism they faced during their rise, and how Core has held up more than 30 years later. Was STP unfairly dismissed by critics?

    Then it's draft time as we select the best original band names in music history. From legendary classics to creative oddities, we build our ultimate rosters of bands whose names were memorable before we ever heard a single note of their music.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Alice in Chains’ Dirt: The Dark Masterpiece of Grunge + Seattle Pop Culture Draft

    Alice in Chains’ Dirt: The Dark Masterpiece of Grunge + Seattle Pop Culture Draft
    Jun 15 2026
    This week on Pop Culture Yearbook, we dive deep into Dirt, the landmark 1992 album from Alice in Chains that helped define the darker, heavier side of the Seattle grunge explosion. Dave from Totally 80s and 90s Recall join us to break down classic tracks like “Would?,” “Rooster,” “Them Bones,” and “Down in a Hole,” while discussing Layne Staley’s haunting vocals, Jerry Cantrell’s riffs, and why the album still hits so hard.

    Along the way, we talk about where Dirt ranks among the greatest grunge albums ever made and how Alice in Chains stood apart from Seattle peers like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden with a sound that was heavier, bleaker, and deeply personal.

    Plus, we hold a Seattle Pop Culture Draft, picking our favorite music, movies, TV shows, athletes, landmarks, and cultural icons connected to the Emerald City.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
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