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Pop Tournaments
A podcast for Pop Tournaments; daily polls for match-ups in bracket style tournaments to decide who is the ultimate champion in any given pop culture category. Some categories will be broad (like best 80's bands or best Disney movie), some very specific (like best hip-hop one hit wonders or cartoon TV dads). Follow to play daily and make your voice heard!
Episodes
Pop TournamentsEp 333: Third Wheel
Jake and Ryan get back to the JACK NICHOLSON/ROBERT DENIRO tourney
Pop TournamentsEp 332: The Godfather of Spooky Season
Jake and Ryan proceed with the new tourney, Nicholson v DeNiro
Pop TournamentsEp 331: Truth Seeker
Jake and Ryan wrap up the MOVIES OF 96 tourney and start the new one...
Pop TournamentsEp 330: F. Murray Abraham Completists Only
Ryan and Jake get back to the MOVIES OF 96 bracket

Pop TournamentsEp 328: It Was Mostly Your Fault
Jake and Ryan get back to the MOVIES OF 96 tournament

Pop TournamentsEp 326: Train Reaction: A Documentary
Jake and Ryan get back to the MOVIES OF 1996 bracket



Pop TournamentsEp 322: Mr. 3000
Ryan and Jake get back to the BEST SONG OSCAR WINNER tournament and start the new bracket...MOVIES OF 1996
Pop TournamentsEp 321: During Shrimpfest?
Jake and Ryan get back to the BEST SONG OSCAR WINNERS bracket
Pop TournamentsEp 320: One of his Contemporaries
Ryan and Jake get back to the BEST SONG OSCAR WINNERS tournament
Pop TournamentsEp 319: Before Post-Nanny
Jake and Ryan get back to the BEST SONG OSCAR WINNERS bracket

Pop TournamentsEp 317: After Sliced Bread
Ryan and Jake wrap the MOVIES OF 1986 convo and start the new bracket; BEST SONG OSCAR WINNERS

Pop TournamentsEp 315: It’s Called Kung-Fu Training
Ryan and Jake get back to the MOVIES OF 1986 bracket
Pop TournamentsEp 214: This is Called "Miles Ahead"
Ryan and Jake get back into the MOVIES OF 86 tournament

Pop TournamentsEp 312: They Used to be Bigger
Jake and Ryan move on to the new tourney, the MOVIES OF 1986

Pop TournamentsEp 310: Literary Duo
Ryan and Jake finish up the ALBUMS OF 2001 tourney and discuss the first round of the new bracket, SNL DUOS.





Pop TournamentsEp 304: Now
Ryan and Jake finish up talking MOVIES OF 2001 and move on to our next tourney, ALBUMS OF 2001



Pop TournamentsEp 300 pt. 2: Shteven Shpielberg
IT'S EPISODE 300...PART TWO!!! Ryan and Jake do their annual Oscars preview, and finish the SURPRISE episode 300 tournament!
Pop TournamentsEp 300 pt. 1: We’re Sparta
IT'S EPISODE 300!!! Ryan and Jake catch up the MOVIES OF 2001 tourney, and start a very special SURPRISE tournament!

Pop TournamentsEp 298: He Doesn’t Talk About Family
Ryan and Jake get back into the MOVIES OF 2001 tournament

Pop TournamentsEp 296: She’s All A24
Jake and Ryan wrap up our ALBUMS OF '76 tourney and break out the new bracket, "MOVIES OF 2001"


Pop TournamentsEp 293: Apropos of Nothing
Ryan and Jake finish up the SLJ talks and move on to our new tournament; ALBUMS OF '76


Pop TournamentsEp 290: Even Wetter [2025 Top Ten Movies]
Ryan and Jake share their TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2025 lists, wrap up the ALBUMS OF 1995 bracket, and get into the new tourney, THE MOST ICONIC PERFORMANCES OF…



Pop TournamentsEp 286: Chain Slang
Jake and Ryan wrap up the FILMS OF 1985 tourney and move on to the new bracket; ALBUMS OF 1995
Pop TournamentsEp 285: I'm a Big Boy
Jake and Ryan get to the final four of the MOVIES OF 1985 tourney



Pop TournamentsEp 281: Welcome to the Ball Pit
Jake and Ryan get into our new bracket, THE MOVIES OF 1985!

Pop TournamentsEp 279: The Best of Dorf
Jake and Ryan sink their teeth into the second round of the VAMPIRE FILMS tourney
Pop TournamentsEp 278: Tubi and Chill
Jake and Ryan continue their fascinating discussion on vampirism in film

Pop TournamentsEp 276: The Fans are the Third Member
Ryan and Jake break out the new bracket...VAMPIRE MOVIES!
