Over the weekend, tape leaked of Donald Trump bragging to innocent eunuch Billy Bush that he would walk up to women and grab them by the pussy. And, to be honest, I hated it. Not because I’m a good human being, but fuck him for being born with a silver […]
Last year’s OJ-fest combined with this year’s deluge of programs exploring the JonBenét Ramsey case made me realize something: we are now, as a nation, nostalgic about murders. Is it a cheap ratings grab, or is it truly an odd way we use to remind ourselves of the good old […]
I fancy myself a more-than-competent driver. I log a lot of time on the road for work, and I know my way around. So, when someone freaks out on me about my driving hard enough to pull up aside me and scream, well, it’s worth debating whether or not I […]
“Why do you build me up, Buttercup Just to let me down and mess me around And then worst of all, you never call, baby When you say you will, but I love you still I need you, more than anyone, darlin’ You know that I have from the start […]
The loss of one’s virginity is a special event For some of us, anyhow. For others, it’s just something to check off the list, like graduating high school or taking a full body shower after using public transportation. Pete, Othello and Papa each tell their tale of how they came […]
Let’s be honest: Improv class is a lot like Alcoholics Anonymous. You’re in a room with a bunch of other tortured souls you only know on a first name basis because your life isn’t where you want to be and something needs to change before you wind up dead. That’s […]
(We have picked a name for uncensored the Pete, Othello, Papa show. POPcast. Tada.) The show begins with Othello revealing he has tried Arby’s new gyro (listen to the show to get his take) before exploring a bias against the chain from a very unlikely source: The Simpsons. And I’ll […]
On the way in to the station to record this episode, co-host Pete and I heard REO Speedwagon’s “Keep On Loving You” pop on the radio. Because being a superb wealth of useless trivia is one of my skills in life, I explained to Pete that the song, despite seemingly […]
While working at WJFK many moons ago, I became good friends with Othello, the producer who worked the shift before me. Through the years, we’ve often talked about doing something – anything – creative together during countless trips to Hooters where we ate away our frustrations with life tot by […]
