loader from loading.io

Release the Tapes - Kevin Can F Himself S02E05 - The Unreliable Narrator

Pop Culture Role Call

Release Date: 05/08/2025

The Magicians Season 1 Wrap-Up show art The Magicians Season 1 Wrap-Up

Pop Culture Role Call

Hello and welcome to season 1 wrap-up for The Magicians! Thank you to everyone to has been listening along with us these last couple of months. We had a great time summarizing our thoughts about the show and answering your questions. See you next week with season 2 episode 1! This podcast also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dnQn2OOy0LQ

info_outline
Prediction Princess - The Magicians S01E13 - Have You Brought Me Little Cakes? show art Prediction Princess - The Magicians S01E13 - Have You Brought Me Little Cakes?

Pop Culture Role Call

Hello and welcome to the season 1 finale of The Magicians! Remember to get those wrap up questions in. This week, Quentin and Julia make their way through time to meet up with the rest of the group. But they don't leave the past empty handed. They use their timeloop shenanigans to set us all up for Beast fighting success. We have knives, we have knowledge, we have a jar of....milk..ok, it's not milk, but it is necessary. Thanks for listening!

info_outline
Adult Child Soldiers - The Magicians S01E12 - Thirty-Nine Graves show art Adult Child Soldiers - The Magicians S01E12 - Thirty-Nine Graves

Pop Culture Role Call

Welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 12! This week, on the heels of an aggressively awkward morning after. The group decides to bottle their emotions and head into the the Neitherlands. But shortly after emerging from the fountain Quentin is separated from the group and thrust back to campus alone. Can he find his way back to us? Can we find our way to Fillory? Thanks for listening!

info_outline
Magical FDA - The Magicians S01E11 - Remedial Battle Magic show art Magical FDA - The Magicians S01E11 - Remedial Battle Magic

Pop Culture Role Call

Welcome to The Magician's season 1 episode 11! This week, our magical motley crew dips into some forbidden battle magic for an upcoming spar with The Beast. But battle magic is a dangerous and complicated affair, especially for those of us in a heightened emotional state. So to help compensate, we all drain our heightened emotions into little glass vials and then magic missile the crap out of some unsuspecting bottles. Thanks for listening!

info_outline
Leave Room for Zeus - The Magicians S01E10 - Homecoming show art Leave Room for Zeus - The Magicians S01E10 - Homecoming

Pop Culture Role Call

Hello and welcome to season 1 episode 10 of The Magicians! This week we are getting....sexy? Penny is trapped in the Neitherlands, being pursued by a band of disgruntled laborers. The only way to save him is some good old, tried and true sex magic. But can Quentin overcome his lack of lusty experience to save his friend in time? Thanks for listening! Watch a video version of this podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jMZKRA4Q8f8

info_outline
That Episode - The Magicians S01E09 - The Writing Room show art That Episode - The Magicians S01E09 - The Writing Room

Pop Culture Role Call

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 9! This week, we find out that Christopher Plover, the author of Fillory and Further was a massive piece of shit. But we didn't get this second hand from a screen shot of a social media post, we learned it from some kid-ghosts at his haunted mansion. Can Quentin come to terms with his greatest hero turning out to be the worst kind of monster? Thanks for listening! Watch a video version of this podcast: https://youtu.be/tX_jcJ7atmQ

info_outline
Allegedly - The Magicians S01E08 - The Strangled Heart show art Allegedly - The Magicians S01E08 - The Strangled Heart

Pop Culture Role Call

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 8! This week, Elliot and his new loverboy Mike are taking their relationship up a notch. Moving on from sultry kisses to flaming cherries, personal revelations, and maybe still a few sultry kisses. Thank goodness everything is exactly as it seems on the surface and nobody is at risk of being stabbed with a cursed knife. Thanks for listening! Watch a video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/smlDiZ_4oL0

info_outline
Edgy-cators - The Magicians S01E07 - The Mayakovsky Circumstance show art Edgy-cators - The Magicians S01E07 - The Mayakovsky Circumstance

Pop Culture Role Call

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 7! This week, the hosts are split 50/50. Quintin, Penny and the other 1st years have finished their migration north and found an....interesting "educator" in a remote Alaskan cabin. Meanwhile, Margo & Elliot are struggling to find the coolest gift for their upcoming hedonistic, orgy fueled bacchanal. Maybe just a nice bottle of Gin? (djinn?) Thanks for listening! Watch a video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/N5AhtcYFgHI

info_outline
We’re Praying!!! - The Magicians S01E06 - Impractical Applications show art We’re Praying!!! - The Magicians S01E06 - Impractical Applications

Pop Culture Role Call

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 6! This week, the first year students are subjected to another series of obtuse tests of magical skill. But this time, failure means instant an unceremonious expulsion. Can the main movers and shakers make it through the mass culling? Thanks for listening! Watch a video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/SFHNkBQmffQ

info_outline
SherpCorp - The Magicians S01E05 - Mendings, Major and Minor show art SherpCorp - The Magicians S01E05 - Mendings, Major and Minor

Pop Culture Role Call

Hello and welcome to The Magicians season 1 episode 5! This week, the students of Brakebills are all going toe to toe in an attempt to earn the favor of a prime magical mentor. How they earn that favor is a bit all over the place. Maybe it's who you know, or who you are. Maybe it's what you bought. Or, just maybe, it's your ability to tear open the fabric of space in a gymnasium full of your peers. Thanks for listening! Watch the video version of this podcast here: 

info_outline
 
More Episodes

Hello and welcome to Kevin Can F*** Himself season 2 episode 5! The whole town is impacted by a massive blackout after an errant firework hits a transformer. Sure, Kevin was out working on a firework display around that time, but that's just a coincidence. Meanwhile, Allison and Patti take this opportunity to do some crimes and get Allison her ticket to freedom...a death certificate! Thanks for listening.