Episodes 52
Avg. Duration 36m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (6)
Since Apr 2023
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Monthly
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Episodic
Consistency
84%
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About This Podcast

Dylan and Phil are old friends and newer dads. Escape with them into the basement as they dive into the movies, shows, and songs their toddlers - and subsequently themselves- are really into.

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S4E51 Episode 51: Little Shop of Horrors

Apr 20, 2026 35m

This episode uses music by Kevin MacLeod:"The Escalation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S3E50 Episode 50: The Lord of the Rings

Apr 05, 2026 40m

Dylan and Phil celebrate the 50th episode of Hop On Pop Culture, and the third year anniversary of the podcast with a special episode recorded LIVE AND IN PERSON at Phil’s basement. They did it up…

S3E49 Episode 49: The Hobbit

Feb 28, 2026 37m

It is a universally known fact that children love dragons- conversely, dragons love children (especially with ketchup). Dylan and Phil have used this fact to start getting their kids into some…

S3E48 Episode 48: Toy Story 5- TOYtal Recall

Jan 28, 2026 12m

Phil gives his pitch for Toy Story 5: TOYtal Recall, an idea he had before learning that there will be an actual Toy Story 5. Enjoy what is certain to be a whimsical take on the world of Toy…

S3E47 Episode 47: Elf

Dec 24, 2025 34m

Happy Holidays! Dylan and Phil get into the seasonal spirit by introducing their kids to the 2003 instant classic Christmas movie ELF starring Will Ferrell and James Caan. Phil makes a controversial…

S3E46 Episode 46: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Nov 26, 2025 23m

Yeah yeah, they watched and talked about the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special from 1973, sure, but the REAL draw of this episode is just how tired both Dylan and Phil were when they recorded it.…

S3E45 Episode 45: Fall Sh**

Oct 31, 2025 38m

While Dylan’s away, the at-home dads will play! A lone Phil welcomes Danny and Brock from Home Dad Chat, the official podcast of the National At Home Dad Network, to talk about all the autumnal…

S3E44 Episode 44: K-Pop Demon Hunters

Sep 30, 2025 37m

Phil subjects Dylan to a “blind react” of the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack, and the two have a conversation about expanding their worldviews and helping their kids connect to other cultures. A quiz…

S3E43 Episode 43: Where the Podcast Ends (Shel Silverstein)

Aug 29, 2025 37m

If you are a listener, come in.If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,A parent, a friend, a J.K Rowling supporter,Wait. Screw that. We support trans rights.If you’re a defender, come sit by our…

S3E42 Episode 42: Life, the Universe, and Everything

Jul 30, 2025 35m

Grab your towel and stick out that thumb, Dylan and Phil are taking a cue from Douglas Adams and reflecting on life, their kids’ expanding view of the universe, and what it all means. Learn how, in…

S3E41 Episode 41: Sing, Elton John, and The Muppets

Jun 30, 2025 34m

How has Sing, a movie that neither Dylan nor Phil like, changed Dylan’s household? How can one movie cause one child to fall in love with Elton John, playing music, and The Muppets? You’ll have to…

S3E40 Episode 40: Minecraft

May 26, 2025 44m

Lordy, Lordy, HOPC’s 40!... th episode! Huzzah! To celebrate, Dylan and Phil took their families out to the movies together. It was Dylan and Mal’s first time seeing A Minecraft Movie, and Phil and…

Episode 39: Harry Potter and the Death of the Author

Apr 29, 2025

“The Death of the Author” is a 1967 essay by French literary critic, Roland Barthes, that “emphasizes the primacy of each individual reader's interpretation of the work over any "definitive" meaning…

S3E38 Episode 38: Legends of the Hidden Temple

Mar 31, 2025 43m

Dylan and Phil reminisce about the early 1990’s game show Legends of the Hidden Temple, which they’ve been sharing with their own kids lately. Walk down the steps of knowledge and clutch tight to…

Episode 37: Sick Daze

Feb 27, 2025

The flu ran through one house, a rare reaction to medicated skin cream in another, sick kid after sick kid after sick spouse after sick selves- our households have been fighting the good fight all…

S3E36 Episode 36: Sonic 3

Jan 30, 2025 39m

Gotta go fast! Dylan and Phil FINALLY get out to see a movie together with their kids, and it couldn’t have been a better choice. We share our thoughts on the latest addition to the Sonic The…

S2E35 Episode 35: Home Alone/ The Grinch - Season 2 Finale

Dec 20, 2024 44m

Season finale already? Wow, what a decade this year has been. You deserve a treat! It’s an extra-length special holiday episode of Hop On Pop Culture! Phil and Dylan debate the ethics of making their…

S2 Bonus Content: The Funerary Follies of Phil’s Family

Nov 28, 2024 11m Bonus

Phil tells the tale of his family’s Thanksgiving curse. Heavy Pizza Jam by Ə is licensed under a Attribution 4.0 International License.

S2E34 Episode 34: Inside Out

Nov 19, 2024 36m

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and feelings at the dinner table are guaranteed to be running HIGH this year. Why not give yourself an emotional vocabulary and a respite with a family movie…

S2E33 Episode 33: Goosebumps

Oct 24, 2024 35m

With Halloween on the horizon, we’re looking for age appropriate horror for our kiddos. Luckily R.L. Stine is a prolific author of young reader horror, and now we get to share his work with ours!…

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