Today, we talk about our favorite TV shows, when one officially jumps the shark, and our scariest nightmares—TV related, of course.

In this week's episode, Joel discusses Alex Garland's Civil War, the ongoing relocation situation involving the Oakland Athletics (or is it now the Sacramento A's of Las Vegas?), and the end of an era for the 99 Cents Store. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message…

Joel kicks it into Spring by discussing why he can't get into soccer. He also highlights the story Accidental heroes by Aragon II Elessar, a fan fiction crossover between Dragon Ball Z and The Flash. He also explains his abrupt absence of the past few weeks. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message…

As Joel deals with a personal health issue (nothing urgent), check out an odd piece of fan fiction involving Titanic and Harry Potter.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

Today, we discuss our Letterboxd top four, award season, and our favorite red carpet fits. Join us as we roast and boast!

Please join special guest, Manjusha Kulkarni, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, as she talks with the (AAPI)phany team about the surge in anti-Asian harassment and violence during the pandemic, and the innovative work she has done to confront hate and discrimination against AAPI communities with data, partnerships and policy solutions.…

Welcome to Born to Yap! Featuring a (not quick) introduction about your hosts. Featuring life mottos, thoughts on SDSU, and Ragini's irrational fear of skydiving (Maddy thinks it's really cool).

In anticipation of the Series Premiere of Marvel's X-Men '97, Joel discusses the original 90s X-Men animated series and his thoughts on the new show. He also briefly points out why he is not a fan of either X-Men Evolution or Wolverine and the X-Men. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message…

Joel pays tribute to the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama, while also explaining why there is no new episode this Monday. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

This week, Joel highlights his disinterest in pirate adventures, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and looks back at Sunday's sports action involving Caitlin Clark's record-breaking game, NASCAR at Las Vegas, and the Gold Cup W. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message…

'Works In Progress' is a series of short (2-minute) audio stories of our local San Diego community - our SDSU Aztec film students -made in class and on campus. Carefully crafted, intimate, surprising, and often moving, these stories give unique and evocative insight into our young San Diegans, what’s most on their mind, and the future of our city. …

After an unexpected break induced by the flu, Joel highlights the concept of boring films, takes a look at two NBC sitcoms that were frankly not interesting enough for their own segment (including Night Court), and looks back at the weekend's sports action involving the Padres and NASCAR. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…

In this special mini podcast, Joel discusses Sony's latest Spider-Man film Madame Web, a production that is technically considered a Spider-Man film in the most tenuous manner possible. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

Joel briefly explains what happened to him last week that prevented work on a regular episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

This week, Joel recaps Super Bowl 58, looks back at some scrapped segments, and the end of Music + Talk. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

In this special podcast coming out just before Sunday's game between San Francisco and Kansas City, Joel makes his winning pick. And Yes, it involves Taylor Swift. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

This time around, Joel highlights DreamWorks' Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, the obscure broadcaster MyNetworkTV, and takes a look back at NASCAR's Busch Light Clash at the Coliseum. Also the Pro Bowl, I guess. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

On this week's episode, Joel gives his belated thoughts on Disney's Wish, takes a look at The Mandible in the Sky, a crossover fanfic between Bones and How To Train Your Dragon, and looks back at the AFC and NFC Championship games. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message…

Every week on The Pop Culture Shuffle, Joel Garcia talks about the latest in film, TV, sports, and anything relevant in the world of pop culture! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

Somehow, Joel was able to get this episode out on time. Mostly due to having to record portions of this podcast during the Divisional football games. He also discusses The CW's recent changes due to their new owner Nexstar Media Group. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message…

In what became a podcast all about Mean Girls, Joel discusses the original 2004 film as well as the recent 2024 film musical. He also explains why this particular episode is so disappointingly short. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

Joel forgot today is a holiday and delayed the show by a single day. Just like that delayed Bills/Steelers game that had nothing to do with this delay... maybe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

Season 5 of The Pop Culture Shuffle opens with Joel discussing his favorite classic TV sitcom The Brady Bunch, highlighting the new River Park at SDSU Mission Valley, a fanfiction reading of a crossover between Soul Eater and Harry Potter, and reminiscing about the Chargers' failure of a season. He somehow does this while recording this particular …

On the Season Finale of The Pop Culture Shuffle (AKA the last episode of the year), Joel highlights his favorite film, TV shows, and song of the year. Spoiler Alert: They're Disney's The Little Mermaid remake, ABC's Home Economics, Hulu's Only Murders in the Building, HoriMiya: The Missing Pieces, and The Beatles' "Now and Then". --- Send in a voic…

In what unintentionally became the Christmas episode, despite the lack of holiday content, Joel highlights The CW Television Network's existence in San Diego, Hulu's King of the Hill revival, and Top 10 lists. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message

After an unintentional hiatus from podcasting, Joel reminisces about the past year, a TikTok video where he disliked Studio Ghibli's The Boy and The Heron, and the isekai genre. He also highlights Harry James Cartwright, a fanfiction crossover between Harry Potter and Bonanza.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjo…

In this episode, Sydney and Elizabeth explore the world of music by discussing their personal playlists along with their opinions on specific music genres such as indie pop, punk, and hip hop.

We organized a heist, debated movies and shows, and even uncensored all the swears! (this is a joke, we are PG, right?)

Something that can set apart artists from one another is their lyrics. They make us cry, they make us happy, and they make us feel everything. For this episode, we’ll explore songwriting as an opportunity to tell stories, the trends around it, and of course, we’ll also have a little tips section for our artists at the end. So keep listening to get …

In this episode, Dr. Sara Vogel shares an intimate conversation with us about her experiences as a Title IX Coordinator and sex educator, and how we can talk about sex differently.

Whether the title was meant to symbolize the characters breaking free from their troubled pasts or a reference to how we felt after finally finishing this franchise, we are finally done! This film needs no further explanation, please enjoy our review of the final 50 Shades of Gray film. Why did we even do this?…

We take a deep dive into the truth about fraternities at SDSU including some personal anecdotes and common assumptions.

HOT SEAT TIME! We interview each-other and ask questions about aliens, capuchin monkeys, and your dad's homemade steaks.

Give a bear cocaine and you feed it for a day. Teach a bear to cocaine, you feed it for life.

“Say so”, “Running Up That Hill”, “As It Was”, “Blinding Lights”, and the list goes on and on. What list? Well, of songs that trended on TikTok. On this episode of Local Ambition, Melissa and Amara dive into TikTok within the music industry from a promotional tool to the new songwriting trends to their own experiences with the app.…

In this episode, Sydney and Elizabeth welcome their friends on their podcast to expose everyone's icks and compliments within their friend group. Additionally, they finish the episode off by describing everyone's flirting styles and how each correspond with their personality.

On Thursday, February 23rd, “Evening On Aux” had the pleasure of having the members of Almost Monday on the show for an interview. Capping off their recent North American tour with a hometown show that night at the Music Box, Almost Monday had a lot to celebrate. Additionally, their latest single “only wanna dance” was released that night, commemor…

If the title doesn't explain it enough, we also talk about whether you'd want to live every day twice, how would you choose to live?

The gang returns to the live studio to talk wacky weather, top picks from Trader Joe's, and when to hit the ARC. Then, residents of the Techs' hop on the mics to share their best advice on sophomore housing.

The boys are back to talk Shakesmart, SDSU Hockey, Aztec Lanes, and more. Then, members of the athletic training department of SDSU jump on the mics to share their knowledge of the field.

EPISODE 100!!! Thank you all so much for listening to 100 hours of us spewing baseless movie opinions and rattling off the dumbest of bits. We appreciate each and every one of you. For this very special episode, please enjoy a video review - a format we hope to keep moving forward! Oh, and also Paul Rudd as Ant-Man of course!…

When the Super Bowl making it's way back to our TVs once again, it's time to breakdown the best part of America's biggest sporting event... The trailers! Just like the past big football games, we are breaking down the newest movies and shows that were highlighted at Super Bowl 57!

Girls really do run the world, at least in the music industry. Many artists have to thank their success and journey to stardom to teenage girls: One Direction, Lana del Rey, Taylor Swift, BTS, and even The Beatles. These girls seem to know something about the next big hit, but fangirls are seen as a stigma, why is that anyways? Well, on this episod…

Well, aren’t we excited? This episode features the first-ever guest artist in Local Ambition: Annie Tonyo (@annie_tonyo on Instagram)! With three people on this episode, we discuss the basics of starting off as an artist: motivations, debuts, inspirations, and a few silly jokes here and there. We talked about quite a bit here, so let’s get right in…

*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK* Oh no, its Dave Bautista! This episode we take a look at M. Night Shyamalan's latest venture on the big screen, filled with twists and turns (but hold the twists.) We can't wait to see what you all think of this movie that not really a horror movie and not really an action movie, but more like reading a book for 2 hours.…

We're back, Roomies! After a relaxing break we review two of the biggest movies to release over the break. Avatar 2: the Way of Water, which boldly asks the question "What if they just did Avatar again pretty much, but this time more space whales." We raise the good and bad on the sequel that has been over 10 years in the making. Puss in Boots: The…

In this short podcast, Joel discusses the 2023 Clash at the Coliseum, a NASCAR exhibition race to be held at the LA Coliseum this Sunday, February 5th.Also, he is experimenting with some new audio editing software.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message…

On this episode of The Pop Culture Shuffle, Joel discusses the closure of Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World (or in Disneyland's case, impending). He also looks at the fan fiction Be Careful What You Wish For by RebelComicNerd, a crossover between Harry Potter and the 1996 film Titanic. Finally, after some procrastinating, he reviews Dreamworks' …

On the belated Season Premiere of The Pop Culture Shuffle, Joel unearths a vintage interview from year 2013. Back then, he talked to San Diego TV journalist Artie Ojeda about working at KNSD NBC 7 and getting into journalism.In honor of his recent retirement from NBC 7, it is being made publicly available for the first time ever.Plus, Joel compares…

As he takes a bit more time to edit his Season Premiere, Joel celebrates his birthday by highlighting another one of his favorite British films.It has nothing to with wizards, magic, or even broomsticks.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mrjoelgarcia9/message