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A comedian, a movie critic, and a barber walk into a family-friendly pop culture podcast to humorously discuss movies, music, TV, food, video games & more!
Episodes
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- Episode 572: O Captain! Tier Captain! · 1 h 12 min · Season 12Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain tiering. On this episode of Baconsale, we’re saluting famous fictional leaders from film, television, literature, and more. Joel, Kent…
- Episode 571: Aging the Music of 2006 · 1 h 23 min · Season 12When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to be podcast fan. And on this episode of Baconsale, we’re going to Move Along to the music of 2006. Not just the hits On…
- Episode 570: Creatures from the Baconsale Lagoon · 1 h 33 min · Season 12Deep beneath the murky depths, a mysterious episode of Baconsale is bubbling to the surface. Joel, Kent, and Zack have explored every ocean, sea, lake, and river to find the…
- Episode 569: What Would Baconsale Boo? · 1 h 30 min · Season 12Our What Would Baconsale Do episodes have always gotten a little dark in parts, but on this episode, we’re fully embracing the macabre. This time, all of our hypothetical…
- Episode 568: Foreign Horror Endeavors · 1 h 17 min · Season 12Konnichiwa, listener! ¿Cómo estás? Well, we are doing très bien because we’re going to show our chilling cultured side on this episode of Baconsale. Joel and Kent have each…
- Episode 567: Mashle of Chaos · 1 h 21 min · Season 12October has arrived, so Baconsale is kicking things off with a macabre game of M.A.S.H. Joel, Kent, and Zack are each going to be building an epic spook alley. The haunting hand…
- Episode 566: Bugging Out · 1 h 32 min · Season 12Imagine this: you’re sitting comfortably on your couch, snug as a bug in a rug, when you start to feel a slight tickle on your arm. You lift the blanket to find a creepy-crawly…
- Episode 565: The Baddest Non-Disney Villain (Tournament Finals) · 1 h 32 min · Season 12We’re back (A Dinosaur's Story) to finish what we started and finally determine… who some of these animated characters are. After all, these should now be the better-known…
- Episode 564: Tournament of Non-Disney Villains · 1 h 32 min · Season 12Why should Disney villains have all the fun? On this episode of Baconsale, we’re turning the spotlight on evil, animated antagonists from other film studios such as DreamWorks…
- Episode 563: Breaking Bad Boys · 2 h 9 min · Season 12On this episode of Baconsale, we are the danger, because we’re entering the Gilliverse (Vince Gilligan’s Island?) and discussing Breaking Bad, El Camino, and Better Call Saul…
- Episode 562: End of 2026 Movie Preview · 1 h 15 min · Season 12It’s Sunrise on the Reaping of fall movies for Baconsale. Joel, Kent, and Zack have searched the Wildwood of the web and Hope to help you know which films are going Open World…
- Episode 561: Aging the Movies of 2006 · 1 h 32 min · Season 12Listener, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room and talk about movies that are 20 years old. It's for fun. And on this episode of Baconsale, we’ve…
- Episode 560: The Josh Trank Redemption · 1 h 15 min · Season 12Somehow Joel, Kent & Zack were hired as temps at a parole board hearing. However, this is a symbolic cinematic prison for filmmakers who have been put in director’s jail for one…
- Episode 559: Look Who's Topping · 1 h 15 min · Season 12Baconsale has already ranked popular pizza chains and frozen pizzas on previous episodes and now we’re topping it all off with, well, pizza toppings. We’ve compiled a list of 24…
- Episode 558: Concert, iPod, Erase 2 – The Revenge of Michael McDonald · 1 h 23 min · Season 12Believe it or not, it’s been three years since the last time Baconsale played Concert, iPod, Erase. So, we decided to dedicate another episode to contemplating which artists we’d…
- BaconBit: Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review · 47 min · Season 12Your friendly neighborhood Wall-Crawler is swinging back into theaters again with Spider-Man: Brand New Day. But will Tom Holland’s fourth Spidey flick be a leap forward in the…
- Episode 557: Aging the Music of 1996 · 1 h 17 min · Season 12I'll tell you what we want, what we really, really want. We really want to talk about songs that are, No Diggity, turning 30 years old this year. And so, on this episode of…
- Episode 556: The Baconsalia Summer X Games · 1 h 5 min · Season 12Get ready for an extreme, action-packed episode of Baconsale! The country of Baconsalia has decided to host the X Games this summer and we’re using all the exclamation…
- BaconBit: The Odyssey Review · 45 min · Season 12After years of war, no one could stand between Kent and Sir Christopher Nolan’s new epic, The Odyssey. And since fortune favors the brave, Kent and Zack have seen this fantasy…
- Episode 555: Schoolyard Pick – Worst Superhero Movies · 1 h 20 min · Season 12In brightest day, in blackest night, no bad superhero movie shall escape our sight. Because we asked you, the listener, to research spiders in the Amazon and give us your worst…
- BaconBit: Moana (2026) Review · 23 min · Season 12We've been staring at all these Disney live-action remakes ‘long as we can remember, never really knowing why they keep making them. But they do, and Joel and Kent are now ready…
- Episode 554: This Show is Nuts! · 1 h 20 min · Season 12On this episode of Baconsale, a throwaway joke from our fruit tiering episode has now become a reality. Joel, Kent, Zack, and our friend Babs have created a list of 18 varieties…
- Episode 553: Sidestepping the Sophomore Slump · 1 h 25 min · Season 12On Baconsale Episode 503, Joel, Kent, and Zack shared some of the best and worst debut albums of popular bands. Now, we’re following up that conversation with a direct sequel…
- Episode 552: Toy Mashtory · 1 h 6 min · Season 12The Toy Story franchise has been so successful that it’s time for a reboot/spin-off! On this episode of Baconsale, Joel, Kent, and Zack will be playing the classic game of…
- Episode 551: Aging the Movies of 1996 · 1 h 21 min · Season 12Welcome to Earth in 1996, listener! On this episode of Baconsale, we’ve got cows because we’re talking about movies that were released 30 years ago. Your mission, should you…
- BaconBit: Disclosure Day Review · 39 min · Season 12If you found out we weren't alone, if Baconsale showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? Well, the day is finally here. On this BaconBit, we’re ready to review…
- Episode 550: Woman Crush Wednesday II: A Spritz of Style · 1 h 11 min · Season 12Since we did our man crush episode last year, it’s time to balance the scales once again and discuss beautiful female celebrities. Our friend Babs is joining us to share her…
- Episode 549: We Ate Everything at Chick-fil-A · 1 h 48 min · Season 12This year, Joel, Kent, and Zack decided to Eat Mor Chikin. However, what we thought was going to be a quick & simple menu quest ended up grilling us pretty hard. Nevertheless, we…
- Episode 548: Inside Outworld · 1 h 11 min · Season 12Get over here! The Baconsale temps have been taken to the prison realm, where they will be in charge of sorting 18 characters from the Mortal Kombat video game franchise into…
- Episode 547: Michael in the Mirror · 1 h 59 min · Season 12We don’t Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’, but Michael Jackson holds the record of being one of the best-selling artists of all time and no one has been able to Beat It. Wooo! And we…
- Episode 546: The Mom Show Returns · 1 h 44 min · Season 12It’s time for Baconsale to bring back the mother of all episodes! Can you believe it’s been eight years since we last gave our moms the microphone? We’ve invited Abby, Renae, and…
- Episode 545: The Defense Awakens · 1 h 46 min · Season 12The dead speak! Having decimated the once peaceful STAR WARS fandom, the SEQUEL TRILOGY caused Baconsale to largely avoid talking about the whole franchise as of late. However, a…
- Episode 544: 2026 Summer Movie Preview · 1 h 14 min · Season 12Okay, listener, we know we have a slight Obsession with these summer preview episodes, but we also know it’s our duty to disclose which films are lurking in the Backrooms. And it…
- Episode 543: Sneak Peaks · 1 h 22 min · Season 12Mount Everest is over 29,000 feet above sea level. It is unquestionably the highest peak in the world. But what about the peak of actors? On this episode of Baconsale, Joel…
- BaconBit: Team Listener vs. Team JK (2026) · 19 min · Season 12We have crowned a new Listener of Baconsale, and now it is time for Taylor, Kris, and KP (Team Listener) to face Joel and Kent (Team JK) in a battle of trivial knowledge…
- Episode 542: Our 542nd Episode! · 1 h 36 min · Season 12It’s time to celebrate another year of Baconsale! Our returning Listener, Taylor, is here to defend his title against two worthy opponents: Kris and KP. The three of them will…
- Episode 541: Aging the Music of 1986 · 1 h 12 min · Season 12Everybody Have Fun Tonight, because Baconsale is ready to chat about songs that turn 40 years old this year. Bad Boy Kent, Danger Zone Zack, and selfish Sledgehammer Joel have…
- Episode 540: T is for Tiering Cookies · 1 h 17 min · Season 12Chips Ahoy! On this episode of Baconsale, we’re chewin’ (Oreo, rather, crunchin’) a bunch of store-brand cookies. We bravely navigated the cookie aisle in the supermarket and…
- Episode 539: The Greatest 2010s Pop Artist (Tournament Finals) · 1 h 22 min · Season 12One Last Time, Baconsale is going to be discussing 2010s pop stars. We have to Humble ourselves a little and Take Care during this tournament, because while we may not Treasure…
- BaconBit: And the 2026 Oscar Winners Are… · 34 min · Season 12With this BaconBit, Baconsale is going to revive the ballet and opera industries. None of us sat down and fully watched the 98th Academy Awards this year, but we all watched the…
- Episode 538: Tournament of 2010s Pop Artists · 1 h 39 min · Season 12When it comes to tournaments, this isn’t the First of the Year, but Ain’t It Fun to do a bracket for popular music of the 2010s? Some of these bands found International Love…
- Episode 537: 2026 Oscar Predictions · 1 h 18 min · Season 12With the 98th Academy Awards coming up, it’s time, once again, for Baconsale to describe the various nominees since people haven’t seen most of these films (including most of…
- Episode 536: Pardon Our French · 1 h 25 min · Season 12Bonjour, listener! Comment allez-vous? On this magnifique episode of Baconsale, messieurs Joel, Kent, and Zack will be sharing their thoughts on French pop culture. We also have…
- Episode 535: Baconsale-Approved Roommate Etiquette · 1 h 20 min · Season 12Okay, listener, it’s time for an apartment meeting. We need to set some ground rules for living with other people. And whether you’re rooming with college students, a spouse…
- Episode 534: Aging the Movies of 1986 · 1 h 19 min · Season 12Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight, the films we’re discussing on this episode of Baconsale are going to turn 40 years old this year. We’ll begin this highway to the…
- Episode 533: The Love Song of Love Songs · 1 h 35 min · Season 12Well, Fly Me to the Moon! Is Baconsale doing another episode about Unforgettable romantic tunes? Yes, we are, and we’re doing it with Open Arms. However, this time we examined…
- Episode 532: Twinner Winner – Band/Solo · 1 h 16 min · Season 12Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? That’s the question we’re debating on this episode of Baconsale. We have created a list of 21 match-ups that pit popular bands…
- Episode 531: 2026 Prediction Spree · 1 h 41 min · Season 12Don’t call it a comeback, we do this type of Baconsale episode each year. We’re going to take our best guesses as to what pop culture drama and events are going to unfold in…
- Episode 530: Best & Worst Movies of 2025-ish · 1 h 11 min · Season 12Welcome to another season of Baconsale! As is tradition for our premiere episodes, we’re going to be taking a look back at the movies we watched in 2025. Joel and Kent will be…
- Episode 529: Oh, Thank Heaven for Season Eleven · 1 h 34 min · Season 11Would you know our names, if you heard season eleven? We sure hope so, because we say them a lot on this episode of Baconsale! We’re ending this year by reminiscing about topics…
