A Whole New Pod

Two friends taking a critical eye to the entire Disney Channel Original Movie filmography. Join them on their nostalgic and humorous journey as they chronicle everything from Under Wraps to Descendants and beyond!

Ep #120 - Good Burger (1997) 04/11/2024

Ep #120 - Good Burger (1997) Lucas and Jacob finish out their goal of reviewing every movie they off-handedly mentioned covering on AWNP, but will they follow through on their threat to become an all-Good Burger podcast?! Plus, Lucas shares a VERY old story... to mixed results. /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/30772188

Ep #119 - Dunston Checks In (1996) 03/08/2024

Ep #119 - Dunston Checks In (1996) Basically the AWNP equivalent of Captain America picking up Thor's hammer. /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/30282423

Ep #118 - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) 02/07/2024

Ep #118 - High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) After an atypical hiatus (check out our if you haven't yet!), Lucas and Jacob are back to bring A Whole New Pod into the new year and its next phase of monthly episodes. And what better way to start off the new era than by checking back in one last time with our favorite Wildcats in High School Musical 3! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/29816443

Ep #117 - The Naughty Nine (2023) 12/18/2023

Ep #117 - The Naughty Nine (2023) What better way to finish off AWNP's "perfect" 2023 than with a well-timed review of a Christmas movie. And on top of that, it's a Christmas movie that didn't make Lucas want to kill himself?! Have a happy holiday season, and see all of you in 2024 for the next chapter of A Whole New Pod! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/29114638

Ep #116 - The Slumber Party (2023) 12/04/2023

Ep #116 - The Slumber Party (2023) Following the path forged by Christmas...Again?!, Disney has kiddified yet another "classic" film, just probably not one you'd expect! But don't fret, there's still plenty within AWNP expectations for this episode, such as Jacob loving random movie references and Lucas being pushed closer and closer to the brink. Just in time for the holiday season! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/28899688

Ep #115 - Prom Pact (2023) 11/20/2023

Ep #115 - Prom Pact (2023) Truly the end of an era. At long last, the AWNP boyz can finally say: this ain't your daddy's DCOM. /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/28705318

Ep #114 - Under Wraps 2 (2022) 11/06/2023

Ep #114 - Under Wraps 2 (2022) This one's for the dads (Apologies for the late upload/reupload! There was an error with our hosting site, and it wasn't possible to fix it until after the workday. Hopefully it was worth the wait!) /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/28537262

Ep #113 - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022) 10/23/2023

Ep #113 - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022) Surprisingly, not really about racism! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/28386797

Ep #112 - Christmas...Again?! (2021) 10/09/2023

Ep #112 - Christmas...Again?! (2021) After nearly ten years to the day, Disney Channel decided to make a Christmas DCOM...AGAIN! What gifts do the AWNP boyz have in store for their dear listeners? How about some unpleasant noises, a nasty A Whole New Pop, and Lucas somehow being meaner than usual to Jacob? Truly, the Christmas spirit has come early. /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/28256480

Ep #111 - Under Wraps (2021) 09/25/2023

Ep #111 - Under Wraps (2021) Time is a flat circle. /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/28125002

Ep #110 - Spin (2021) 09/11/2023

Ep #110 - Spin (2021) Lucas and Jacob are feeling like it's 2021, not because that's when the surprisingly fantastic Spin came out, but because that's when they were covering the (good) DCOMs that it seems to be harkening back to. Plus, a much-needed rundown of an uninteresting character from Jacob's past, and how did they forget this episode would be releasing on 9/11?! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/27990642

Ep #109 - Upside-Down Magic (2020) 08/28/2023

Ep #109 - Upside-Down Magic (2020) You're telling me they went for almost an hour on Upside-Down Magic and didn't even address it having the same director as American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile?! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/27860235

Ep #108 - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2 (2020) 08/14/2023

Ep #108 - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 2 (2020) Zombies aren't the only thing that won't die. Lucas starts to regret sticking with the podcast this long. Jacob is also on the episode. /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/27738678

Ep #107 - Descendants 3 (2019) 07/31/2023

Ep #107 - Descendants 3 (2019) At long last, the dark chapter has ended. #FuckEm /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/27604419

Ep #106 - Kim Possible (2019) 07/17/2023

Ep #106 - Kim Possible (2019) If there's not a bird constantly chirping can you even call it a podcast? Plus, Lucas and Jacob suddenly agree with a rabid internet fanbase hating on an unnecessary Disney Channel remake? Ummm, hypocritical much?! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/27473265

Ep #105 - Freaky Friday (2018) 07/03/2023

Ep #105 - Freaky Friday (2018) Lucas and Jacob are positively FREAKing with two guests in the "studio," including one who just won't stop squawking! The other is Dustin. Getting to the topic at hand: Does a modern musical Freaky Friday get a fair shake or are the AWNP boyz blinded by their millennial nostalgia? Well, you know what they say: a bird in the air conditioner is worth two chirps a second! What?! #SexySaturday /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/27348213

Ep #104 - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018) 06/19/2023

Ep #104 - Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018) It's all been leading up to this. Will Disney Channel Original Movies ever be the same? Will Lucas and Jacob ever be the same? Is this the exact same description as the High School Musical episode? Who cares! It's mother fuckin' Z-O-M-B-I-E-S time! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/27188220

Ep #103 - Descendants 2 (2017) 06/05/2023

Ep #103 - Descendants 2 (2017) You're probably coming to this episode with lots of questions. Is Descendants 2 a good DCOM sequel? How magical did Jacob find it? How hard did it make Lucas cringe? But the AWNP boyz only want to know one thing: Where the hell's Whoopi?! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/27040545

Ep #102 - Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) 05/22/2023

Ep #102 - Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) Trust us, it's a DCOM! Tangled: Before Ever After catches the boyz off guard with its sheer uniqueness, not the least of which being its extremely short length! Plus, a double dose of A Whole New Pop, Lucas shares his definitive Disney Princess ranking, and Jacob gets taken to task by a listener. /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/26905860

Ep #101 - The Swap (2016) 05/08/2023

Ep #101 - The Swap (2016) Lucas and Jacob may have entered a new chapter in their lives (in more ways than one!), but nothing has prepared them for the ultimate challenge: keeping character names straight in the body/gender-swapping DCOM The Swap! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/26767905

Ep #100 - Adventures in Babysitting (2016) 04/24/2023

Ep #100 - Adventures in Babysitting (2016) You're telling me they made a HUNDRED of these?! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/26627376

Ep #99 - Invisible Sister (2015) 04/10/2023

Ep #99 - Invisible Sister (2015) If you think about it, Jacob and Lucas are just like an Invisible Sister: disembodied voices springing forth from the void via the magical medium of podcasting... Does anyone even read these things?! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/26445951

Ep #98 - Descendants (2015) 03/27/2023

Ep #98 - Descendants (2015) The boyz have finally entered the modern DCOM era with the first entry in the highly anticipated Descendants franchise. Will it "Set It Off" on a good note, or will Lucas and Jacob find it "Rotten to the Core?" The answer might surprise you! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/26343069

Ep #97 - Teen Beach 2 (2015) 03/13/2023

Ep #97 - Teen Beach 2 (2015) How are the boyz supposed to know if a DCOM is a "real" movie if they don't even put the word "movie" in the title?! Well, despite not apparently being an actual movie, Teen Beach 2 is still pretty fun! Plus, Lucas overshares about a trip to the beach, while Jacob tries to quickly change the subject after bringing up OnlyFans. /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/26204652

Ep #96 - Bad Hair Day (2015) 02/27/2023

Ep #96 - Bad Hair Day (2015) What are the chances that a DCOM called Bad Hair Day has more going on than its name implies? Well, that might be overselling it a bit, but this is not a DCOM you should sleep on... cause you might get bedhead! But seriously, this movie's alright. Plus, the great Milk versus Malk debate! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/26049294

Ep #95 - How to Build a Better Boy (2014) 02/13/2023

Ep #95 - How to Build a Better Boy (2014) Dustin's back for a decidedly less "cursed" episode than his previous appearance (but still not totally clean!), and that wasn't the only surprise for the AWNP boyz. Will 2014 Disney Channel's "girls rule, boys drool" philosophy continue, or does How to Build a Better Boy have something more lurking under the surface? Well... not really! But it's got Bart! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/25903857

Ep #94 - Zapped (2014) 01/30/2023

Ep #94 - Zapped (2014) The boyz have at long last reached Zapped, the final Zendaya DCOM, but were they able to pull off the impossible? It's not like Lucas and Jacob have ever disappointed their "fans" before... Right? /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/25760550

Ep #93 - Cloud 9 (2014) 01/16/2023

Ep #93 - Cloud 9 (2014) Is snowboarding the most cursed sport for a DCOM? The boyz (or at least Lucas!) think so, as Cloud 9 is easily in the running for the most creatively bankrupt movie Disney Channel's ever produced. Mismatched male and female love interests? Emotionally distant business daddies? Dog shenanigans? This movie's unfortunately got it all... except where the hell was Shaun White?! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/25612392

Ep #92 - Teen Beach Movie (2013) 01/03/2023

Ep #92 - Teen Beach Movie (2013) Might've been able to get this one out sooner, but Lucas had to keep shoveling all this damn Minnesota snow! Anyways... Happy New Year! This movie's weird! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/25497432

Ep #91 - Girl vs. Monster (2012) 12/19/2022

Ep #91 - Girl vs. Monster (2012) Staying true to their word (for once), the AWNP boyz are back with their holiday tradition of reviewing a Halloween DCOM at Christmas time! But the gifts don't stop there: a timely A Whole New Pop segment, the final chapter of Lucas's high school drama, and more talk about Jacob's penis than you're likely comfortable with. Happy Holidays from A Whole New Pod! /episode/index/show/awholenewpod/id/25362579

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