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The Stranger Things Finale Attempts to Flip the Monoculture Rightside-up

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Nearly a decade ago, Netflix dropped the first season of Stranger Things and launched the opening salvo of the streaming wars. In the intervening...
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AEW Dynamite New Year’s Smash 2025 Review: AEW Closes The Year with One Final Surprise

Michael Dworkis -
The final AEW Dynamite of 2025 is a big one! Title bouts! Feuds continue! This past Saturday night saw some massive game-changing results heading...
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Socially Distanced: Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 Deep Dive + Top Hate Watches of 2026

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6IHzMK9gZ0pM9H9F8vkQRi?si=065fe0c69c324d7f The Socially Distanced Podcast was created by two pop culture-obsessed dads during COVID who decided to take their Facebook messenger conversations and turn them...
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Podelay: The Early Indie Albums of Beck (1993-1994)

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/0N1s2T4FjUBx87l5kiI6QX?si=d5dbdf4e9b1d4388 This is Podelay, a podcast dedicated to alternative rock pioneer Beck Hansen! After completing their Pod of Doom series, Randy Allain (Media/Lit) and Justin...
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Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival is the Ultimate Indie Rock Destination

Sam Cohen -
There is no better place to find new music than the Solid Sound Festival. Every other year, Wilco gathers its favorite artists at the...
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Pop Break’s 2025 Matches of the Year

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2025 has had no shortage of excellent matches across the world. It's a highly difficult task to pick just one "Match of the Year"...
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Stranger Things Dead Pool: Who Ends Up Colder Than a Frozen Eggo By The End of the Series?

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Stranger Things comes to a conclusion in dramatic fashion on New Year's Eve. The series is no stranger (pun intended) to killing off characters in...
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Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 Episode 7 Review: The Force Awakens in ‘The Bridge’

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There are many beautiful things in the opening of Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 Episode 7, 'The Bridge' where Max (Sadie Sink) finally...
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Fallout Season 2 Review: Viva New Vegas & This New Season

Bill Bodkin -
This review is based on the first two episodes of the series... While audiences might be obsessed with the happenings in the Upside Down, they...
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No Skips: The Staff Picks for Album of the Year

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Music had a major comeback for Pop Break in 2025. Interviews, reviews, concert coverage and editorials abounded on the site en masse for the...
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AEW Worlds End 2025 Review: AEW Completes a Year of A+ PPVs

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“It’s the End of the World As We Know It…” The end of the year approaches, and AEW caps off the year with the annual...
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