The Occasionalists Podcast

Chemma returns for the third installment of our Summer Break Top 4s. This time, we are discussing exactly what the title says: The most important pieces of pop culture in our lifetimes. With only a few ideas to guide us, we determine what is most important to us and what is most important to the pop culture zeitgeist.
Join us as we take you into some pretty surprising pop culture properties.  

We are back with another Top 4, this time we'll be looking at some classic songs that owe a major debt to...other classic songs. 
We're charting four songs that sampled other songs across genres and decades to create unique modern classics, some of which might be considered all-time greats in their respective genres.
Jump in and count down with us! 

We are back! And it's summer break! We usually take some time off and play a few classic episodes, but instead, we're giving the people what they want: money fresh new episodes!
We are doing a month of listicle minisodes and ranking our choices. The number crunchers say people love it when you rank stuff, so we're ranking stuff!
First up: Media properties that should have been TV shows.

Our final episode for Half-Baked June is coming at you piping hot! We made it just under the wire on the final day of June. For this month's finale, we are talking about Artificial Intelligence and its growing influence in the more "human" aspects of humanity: personal relationships, art, and entertainment, among others.
We also let AI run wild and create some stories for us based on Nested Narratives (aka stories-within-stories). Of course, we revisit the greatest sci-fi film that never was, Dark Matter—this time with an AI twist. 
Did I mention there's voice acting? THERE'S VOICE ACTING, BABY!

Do you think our entertainment media is getting worse? Does it feel like you're seeing the same thing over and over and over again? Do you think AI might be controlling the internet?
The answer is yes to all of it!
Jump in and explore the uniquely terrible system that rewards minimal effort and creativity: The Derivatocracy!

Howdy cowpolks! The second episode of Half-Baked June explores how our shortening attention spans have irrevocably reshaped the pop culture we consume. 
Will you Doom Scroll with us? 

We are back, albeit a day late, but no matter! We have a great episode on tap for a brand new theme month.
This month, all of the wandering ideas that were cooked up in a brainstorming session but could not sustain a whole show are being smashed together, rolled up, and smoked for a month we're calling Half-Baked June.
First, we start by pissing off young people. Always a good idea.
 

We are wrapping up this year's Movie May with a musical set hundreds of feet underground in a giant salt mine, amidst an ongoing apocalypse ravaging the Earth. What better to do at The End than sing about it?! 
Easily one of the most interesting, confounding, gorgeous, and weird movie reviews we've had in quite a while.
Put on your tap shoes, grab some salt, and let's get to it!