The Occasionalists Podcast

Top 5 of 2024: #4 Secret Movie Review - Upgrade

Our review of the secret cyberpunk movie Upgrade from Totally Not Australia is coming in at #4 on our countdown of the most popular episodes of the year! It's underrated and underappreciated, and it's a rare movie where the villain thoroughly wins. 

Top 5 of 2024: #5 The Vault - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

Counting down the top 5 most popular episodes of 2024 has us cracking open The Vault and deep-diving into It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, the greatest sitcom ever made. You can quote me on that.

2025: A Look Ahead

For our final new episode of the year, we look ahead at what could be for 2025.

Year In Review 2024

The title is pretty self-explanatory as we take a look back at the year in podcasting. The highs, the lows, the drunken arguments with friends. What a great year it was!

Political Rewind: Scenes From A Pandemic

For our final Political Rewind episode, we go all the way back to almost the very beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Do you guys remember that? April 2, 2020, we were but innocent babes wading through a very shallow pool of political shit that was about to become a tidal wave of misinformation and distrust in all of our institutions. Good times!
More importantly, we pitch our coronavirus movies, one of which is more than a little out there and one that turned out to be closer to life than expected. 
Is anyone else still waiting on their N95 mask?

Political Rewind: Fright Fest V - The Dead Zone & They Live

Our next Political Rewind episode has us looking at one branch of a villain archetype we established years ago: The Body Politic.
The Body Politic was the inspiration for last year's Fright Fest as we looked at the cross-section of horror and politics and found that there is much more crossover than people would think.
This Fright Fest episode looks at The Elites, the individuals in the ruling class that make things a nightmare for the rest of us.
Enjoy!

Political Rewind: The Misinformation Machine

We are replaying a few of our best political episodes this month, starting with an absolute doozy!
The Occasionalists vs The Misinformation Machine: From February of 2022, the third in a series of episodes from "Factual February," where we tackle rampant misinformation clogging social and traditional media.
Bonus: Movie recommendations where lying is central to the plot!

Fright Fest 666: Late Night w/ The Devil Review

Our final Satanic Panic episode is here! Despite some unusual technical difficulties, we were able to dissect the wonderful, frightening, freaky and all-around fun Late Night With The Devil! 
What happens when Jack Delroy, a desperate TV host, sells his soul for ratings? A lot of things and none of which are particularly good for him, but great for this discussion.
Also, we may have accidentally summoned Satan from the depths of Hell, but check out this outstanding episode before darkness overtakes us all.