The Occasionalists Podcast

Why I Love Sports

Sports September kicks off this week with a dive into some of the many reasons why sports are beloved by so many people, but especially the one person doing this podcast.
Lightning Round Question: Who was your first favorite athlete? 

Back To School Movie Review: PCU

Our final stop of Back To School month takes us to our college years and the cult classic PCU from 1994. However, you would be forgiven if you thought this was a modern-day critique of the current culture wars. 
The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Back To School Movie Review: The Substitute

We have graduated from elementary school and are heading on to high school, with the review of The Substitute (1996). 
It is a deeply flawed but fun action movie that will remind you of simpler times in the world of action movies when squibs, practical effects, and physical stunts were still in demand.
One tip for enjoying this movie: don't let the horrid messaging on the education system, teachers and the inner city get in the way.

Back To School Movie Review: Major Payne

We are back with our first of three big movie reviews for Back To School month.
Obviously, we have have to start at the elementary school with an entry that deals with younger kids. What better way to start off than with Damon Wayans barking insults at teenagers as Major Payne.
Nearly 30 years later, does this movie still hold up? (Yes.)
Is some of it problematic? (Maybe. Context is king!)
Would I do anything Ms Walburn asked me to do? (Absolutely Yes.)
Is this the most quotable movie of my childhood? (10000% Yes.)

Back To School Essential Movies

Our second minisode (and one of these times it will actually be short, pinky promise) for our Back To School month has us discussing some essential school-related movies, but maybe not the ones you're thinking about.
From scandal at the ballot box to kidnapping, impersonation, frightening powers, and serial murder, these movies have it all.
Are you taking notes?

Back To School Mixtape

WE. ARE. BACK. 
That's right. Vacation is over, and it's time to get back to the podcasting grind. A newish season starts this month with a brand new theme: Back to School!
August is the final countdown for students and teachers alike, as they watch their last few days of sun, fun, and freedom slip by. What better way to celebrate such a glorious time than to kick off a whole month dedicated to the pursuit of education in the field of pop culture with a mixtape spanning the academic years of your typical elder millennial?
It's rhetorical. There is no better way! Pencils down, headphones on.
 

Vacation Rewind: Drinking w/ Buds

Looks like we can get one more episode in before summer vacation officially wraps up around here.
Why not revisit one of the best episodes of this past year: The Four Way Fatal Drinking Deathmatch! Yes, we got the whole crew together to crack a few drinks, reminisce, and generally have a great time on the pod.
Enjoy! 

Vacation Rewind: B Movie May Part 2

Part two of our B Movie May vacation episode. Enjoy it!