
Our beginning…
We are Renegade Pop Culture.
So what does it mean to be a renegade in this day and age?
It means we are passionate about the things we love, including animation, video games, movies, TV series, comics, and music!
It means we aren’t gatekeepers. We welcome everyone into our fandom, and we respect and acknowledge the differences among ourselves.
It means that we aren’t about clickbait articles, sensationalistic headlines, or manipulative techniques. We talk about what we love, and sometimes the things we dislike, but we’re always honest.
It means that sometimes we step outside of our fandom circles and wade into discussions about mental health, and yes, even the occasional current event. We aren’t experts, but we care about the world outside our pop culture-focused bubble, and we like to express that.
It means that we love the free exchange of ideas, perspectives, and opinions. We don’t tear each other down when we disagree; we listen and respect each other.
At the end of the day, life can be tough. We know that. So…
Need an escape? So do we!
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The present and future.
Our Latest Posts:
In this episode, Captain Kaye and the Animation Guru discuss the latter half of Jellystone Season 3, Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, and The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie!
In this episode, Captain Kaye and the Animation Guru discuss the first 3 episodes of a new Spring anime, Witch Watch, Plankton: the Movie, and 2 titles from this year's New York International Children's Film Festival, Living Large, and Savages!
Today’s new Jukebox episode is a special one guys, Ascendancy by Trivium is 20 years old now. As horrifying a fact as that is, Nick & Mike as part of their Trivium retrospective decided to give it the full podcast treatment. And the only spoiler we’ll give? It holds up spectacularly well! Listen to it and help us celebrate one of the best metal albums ever made.
In this episode, Captain Kaye and the Animation Guru discuss Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning, The Sloth Lane, and hand out their own awards for 2024 in film.
Jukebox is back with a brand new series, this time on Trivium. Nick & Mike are back with renewed energy for one of their all time favorite bands. Starting with the band's small beginnings when Matt Heafy was only 17, so how is the album? Listen and find out.
In this episode, Captain Kaye, The Animation Guru, and Teresa give their honest impressions of what Winter 2025 had to offer in the wonderful world of anime.
In this episode, Captain Kaye, T-Money, Neoplasmic, and the Crazy Lemur regroup to give their final predictions for the winners of the 97th Academy Awards!
In this episode, Captain Kaye and the Animation Guru discuss the second (and final) season of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, while briefly sharing their thoughts on the winners of the 52nd Annie Awards!
In this episode, Captain Kaye and the Animation Guru discussHer Blue Sky,The Colors Within, andDog Man!
Why We Love This Band returns with a new episode, this time on metal’s next huge band. And deservingly so. Nick has been pressing Mike to do an Orbit Culture episode for Jukebox for a long time. The 4 piece from Sweden making some of the best melodic death metal of the last decade has been getting bigger and bigger. Take a listen and find out why you should be on the hype train for Orbit Culture!
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