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Bob Sham (former host of the Documenteers podcast) and his revolving co-host friends come together to talk trash about the cultural zeitgeist past, present and future. Music, Sports, Politics, Society, Film, Internet Schlock, and many other things we can barely wrap our heads around. We give our half-baked perspectives on all of it and we do it as sensually as we can. This podcast WILL enlarge your genitalia.* *(No it won't) Help the show out by subscribing and leaving a nice review at this Apple Podcast link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cult…ot/id1542469950 Also listen and subscribe here: Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/3QMvM3DUhi4onJ56I3Mjk8 Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/bob-sham-630074406 TuneIn link: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Culture-Rot-p1386809/ Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/culture%20rot Iheartradio link: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-culture-rot-74852044/?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9fIvG6ad-mYnJ_caqzExrA Weak-ass social media game here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theculturerotshow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CultureRotter

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United States

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Bob Sham (former host of the Documenteers podcast) and his revolving co-host friends come together to talk trash about the cultural zeitgeist past, present and future. Music, Sports, Politics, Society, Film, Internet Schlock, and many other things we can barely wrap our heads around. We give our half-baked perspectives on all of it and we do it as sensually as we can. This podcast WILL enlarge your genitalia.* *(No it won't) Help the show out by subscribing and leaving a nice review at this Apple Podcast link: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cult…ot/id1542469950 Also listen and subscribe here: Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/show/3QMvM3DUhi4onJ56I3Mjk8 Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/bob-sham-630074406 TuneIn link: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/Culture-Rot-p1386809/ Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/search/culture%20rot Iheartradio link: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-culture-rot-74852044/?cmp=ios_share&sc=ios_social_share&pr=false YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9fIvG6ad-mYnJ_caqzExrA Weak-ass social media game here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theculturerotshow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CultureRotter

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English


Episodes
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The Evolution of Culture Rot

5/11/2021
A special drop regarding the future of the podcast and the future of Culture Rot. For more of us in podcast format go here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/documenteers-the-documentary-podcast/id1321652249 Follow us here for upcoming LIVE Culture Rot: https://www.twitch.tv/theculturerot Follow us here for mostly not live stuff: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9fIvG6ad-mYnJ_caqzExrA

Duration:00:03:02

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#22 - Our Sporting Youth

4/27/2021
It's another personal episode! This one might be even more personal than last week as Bob and Drew reminisce on their completely different childhood paths and how that led them to appreciate the physical competitive world known as SPORT. One quiet country Tennessee kid and another scrappy sporty New York kid cumming together from their divergent paths to discuss SPORT. Is there genuine inspiration in this episode? Maybe. Are there weird sex jokes? Probably. Is there a robot that reads the...

Duration:01:19:12

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#21 - The Love Linguists

4/20/2021
This week, Bob and Angela spread their hearts open way wide and let you get it into their personalities. - Angela answers questions that were actually meant for "conservative influencer"/Average Opera Singer/Ben Shapiro's sister "Classically Abby". - Angela tries to guess the Cameo prices of some "celebrities" - Bob and Angela take the "5 Languages of Love" quiz to see if their marriage will survive. DO THEY GET DIVORCED ON THE SHOW? NOW WITH 100% MORE TEEN ANGST Help the show out by...

Duration:01:04:50

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#20 - Mister McMahon's Big Peacock Show

4/13/2021
Bob and Angela get timely as hell in this episode where they discuss last weekend's Wrestlemania 37 which streamed on the Peacock app. We discuss the ups and downs of WWE over the past COVID year (and in general, the prolific nature of Wrestlemania in the cultural zeitgeist, the streaming experience on Peacock, and the return of the fans in the first WWE show with this many in attendance in over a year. Also...what is that song? What is the sound a Fox makes? What's the deal with the Outro's...

Duration:01:10:18

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#19 - Zack Snyder's Justice League Thicc

4/6/2021
Bob and Akil took a deep breath and watched all 4 hours of the Zack Snyder Justice League cut on HBO. This movie is THICC as hell. It might be the most dense thing we've seen in a long time. We just about drowned in the dripping melodrama that enveloped us, but there is some laughs here thanks to Puffy Batman and the League of Flat Actors. Poor Flash being written like that. It was four hours but it felt like five. Let Akil and Bob drop the final word onto this cinematic curiosity of...

Duration:01:05:52

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#18 - The Reality Virus

3/30/2021
Bob and Angela analyze three different reality shows that are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and judge the hell out of them. Which one is doing it right, which one is doing it dumb and how are they all wrong? We discuss: - Real Housewives of Orange County (Hot Elizabeth & MAGA Kelly) - RuPaul's Drag Race - Unpolished - Alec Baldwin's fake import wife - Would you hook up with Dolly? - The Frack Queen - Angela's hatred for poetry - How Angela is too pretty for makeup - Sex robots & more...

Duration:00:50:41

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#17 - Angela v. Allen v. Farrow v. Baldwin v. Bob

3/23/2021
This week, Angela and Bob have a long and emotional discussion surrounding the HBO docuseries "Allen v Farrow" by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering and all the cult and culture rot regarding Woody Allen that surrounds it. We discuss the sexual abuse allegations, art and artist, the good and bad of Allen's films, and ponder a very important question...does Alec Baldwin drink pee pee? If you or someone you know is experiencing sexual abuse then please contact 1-800-656-HOPE or go to...

Duration:01:33:19

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#16 - Board Game Movie Wars - Ouija vs Candyland: the Great Lollipop Adventure

3/16/2021
Bob and Ginger finish what they started and complete the Board Game Movie Wars by pitting the 2014 horror flick "Ouija" against the 2005 direct-to-DVD animated feature "Candyland: the Great Lollipop Adventure". Will the winner between these two tiresome movies be able to stand up to the board game film juggernaut that is CLUE??? lol You can watch these movies for peanuts, and by that I mean "free". Here's Ouija (for now):https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ka7h7 and Candyland (if you dare):...

Duration:00:56:59

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#15 - There's Actually A LOT of Crying in Baseball

3/8/2021
Bob and Drew persevere in the face of mediocrity as they rise up to the challenge of watching every ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. This go around we discuss the whimpering, surprisingly uninformative documentary "House of Steinbrenner" directed by Barbera Koppel. It's about the Yankee's and their eccentric owner(s), but mostly it's fans sobbing uncontrollably at a camera as old stadiums get torn down and new stadiums get put up. They're really irate about the sushi. So much crying. We also...

Duration:00:56:23

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#14 - Jonni Hates Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace

2/28/2021
Jonni and Bob kick off their “Pop culture Hate” series by starting off on a chronological journey of a pop culture sensation that Jonni has often passed right by. After having not seen it in over 20 years, Bob and Jonni sit down to discuss “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” as well as the past remembrances of the phenomenon of this movies release and the critical fallout. Featuring clips from the making of documentary that features the voice of George Lucas himself in contrast to what...

Duration:01:14:41

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#10 - Trepanation Joe at the LSD Party with the Sugar

2/24/2021
In this episode our resident Cultbait, Jonni, joins Bob in discussing a book by a guy named Joe Mellen who drilled a hole in his head to get permanently high. Ah yes, Trepanation. Jonni and Bob tackle the deep cut counterculture autobiography "Bore Hole" by Joe Mellen. The strange story of a counterculture at a time of counterculture. LSD, celebrities, privilege, more LSD, Dutch "doctors", scrolls, sugar lack, bad parenting, and LSD. If only you could snort this podcast. Help the show out by...

Duration:01:43:52

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#13 - Wokenstein

2/21/2021
Eldridge from the Documenters finally joins Bob in a prelude conversation devoted to our upcoming reading series. A series we have tongue-in-cheekily dubbed the “Wokenstein” series in which we will, at least to start, be covering Black intellectual history, black revolutionary literature, and anti-colonialist history. All of this will probably be leading to various topics like feminism and regional world histories and modern cultural analysis. The Wokenstein series is all about the marginal...

Duration:01:21:18

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#12 - Uncle Kevin's Haunted House

2/14/2021
This episode, Bob and Greg continue their journey into mid-nineties WCW by discussing the 1995 Fall Brawl. Ashville, North Carolina hasn’t seen such fear and brutality since Ric Flair last showed up and spent more than your years salary on spilt liquor. STAY TO THE END OF THE EPISODE for a tribute to the late Dustin Diamond that features an original song. Here’s what else goes on in this episode. - Johnny B. Badd vs Flyin’ Bryan Pillman - DDP vs the “Wish” version of the Ultimate Warrior -...

Duration:01:18:41

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#11 - Soapy Chicken

2/7/2021
Akil joins Bob to chat about a variety of things such as: - The Nashville Bombing last Christmas and how brave we were - Whoever Armie Hammer is and his cannibal rape fantasies - Wonder Woman 84, one of the hardest movies to describe ever - A public service announcement regarding board game erotica - A poultry epidemic in America’s kitchens - YELP reviews of Bob’s favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Nashville - All this and more Help the show out by subscribing and leaving a nice review at...

Duration:01:30:15

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#10 - Trepanation Joe at the LSD Party with the Sugar

1/31/2021
In this episode: the official Culture Rot cult-bait correspondent, Jonni, joins Bob to discuss a personal 1960s journey in swinging' England, France, Spain and back again. It's a story of drugs, journeys, terrible parenting, and drilling a damn hole into your skull. We're talking about the counterculture book "Bore Hole" by Joe Mellen and it's about a guy who drills a hole in his head to get permanently high. We got to hand it to Joe. He paints a vivid picture of how annoying he is at...

Duration:01:43:52

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#9 - Live Laugh Love Tennis

1/25/2021
Bob and Drew continue, on the Culture Rot, a journey they began previously on the Documenteers podcast. Drew will be talking about all things sports (and sex apparently) and that includes continuing the endless odyssey of watching every ESPN 30 for 30 documentary. Our first 30 for 30 on Culture Rot is…..a movie. We’re talking about two timeless tennis rivals, Martina Navratilova and Chrissy Evert, and their friendship bracelet journey to a very special Martha’s Vineyard edition of the Lilith...

Duration:01:02:18

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#8 - Board Game Movie Wars: Clue v Battleship

1/18/2021
There aren’t many movies out there that are truly derived from a board game. But out of that limited number, which one is the best? For this episode, Bob and Ginger (Official Clue enthusiast) smash two feature films themed after board games against each other. Who will win? It’s Jonathan Lynn’s 1985 farce “CLUE” against Peter Berg’s 2012 low thought experiment “BATTLESHIP” Why are these good? Why do they suck? What do they say about the US in the times of their release? Help the show out by...

Duration:01:19:07

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#7 - I Left My Kidney at Bayside High

1/11/2021
In this special episode about caffeine pill abuse, Bob and Akil reminisce on the uncanny valley of high school that is SAVED BY THE BELL and the world surrounding this iconic pop culture sensation that can’t seem to die. We discuss the original show, reference other iterations of Saved by the Bell, discuss Jeffrey Epstein’s penis, rap about the “Unauthorized Saved by the Bell” TV movie, acknowledge Screech porn, and dive into the brand new 2020 reboot. What was that about Selina Gomez’s...

Duration:01:14:30

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#6 - Pastamania Brothers

1/3/2021
In a preview of our upcoming Pro Wrestling themed sister podcast, Bob sits with his friend Greg to discuss the first two episodes of WCW Monday Nitro. The fashions, the icons, the wrasslin', and an unhealthy obsession with Hulk Hogan's long defunct Mall of America restaurant "Pastamania". Seriously...we wish we could go back in time and eat a bowl of "Hulkul-Os" and make our kids eat them too. Turkey Tetrazinni, anyone? Oh Yeah!

Duration:01:04:39

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#5 - The Mope Cup: Round 2 Thru Finals

12/29/2020
(NOTE: Slight Audio issue here as Bob's track seems to favor one side. Our Bad.) Akil, Bob and Angela come together to finish off the clash of 90s bands and determine which group rises above it all to be worthy of "The Mope Cup". Some shocking twists and turns. Can friendships survive? One thing is for certain...all final opinions and selections throughout the tournament should be considered fact. Get your Dr Seuss hat ready and put on that backless singe strap blouse thingy and see if BUSH...

Duration:00:58:36