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Podcast about entertainment, sports and pop culture.
Traylor? Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce are the Talk of Pop Culture
Are pop sensation Taylor Swift and NFL superstar Travis Kelce dating or is it a public relations ploy? What does it mean to Swifties and football fans and how could this possibly end well for Kelce?
32:3730/09/2023
NFL’s Top 10 Players Right Now
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Eric Fulton reveal who they believe are the 10 best players in the NFL right now and compare it to the list compiled by the league’s players for the NFL Network.
42:2103/09/2023
Warner Bros. Movie Draft
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey, Aprille Hanson-Spivey and Tyler Glover compete in a draft to select their favorite Warner Bros. movies for the studio’s 100th anniversary.
36:1914/08/2023
My Fantasy Concert Setlist: Eric Church
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey share their fantasy setlists for an upcoming Eric Church show!
51:5025/07/2023
What We Do in the Shadows
The Word Podcast's Julian Spivey is joined by "What We Do in the Shadows" superfans Alex Betz and Cori Flowers to discuss the Emmy-nominated vampire comedy series from FX based on the 2014 New Zealand film of the same name and play a little 'WWDITS' trivia!
35:4716/07/2023
Emmy Award Nominations & Quick Reactions
Julian Spivey reveals the major nominees for the 2023 Emmy Awards and shares some quick thoughts about those shows, actors and actresses nominated.
28:0413/07/2023
Disney Song Draft
The Word Podcast’s latest pop culture draft sees Julian, Aprille, Tyler and a newcomer Heidi Hall duking it out to see who could pick the best roster of Disney songs!
59:0623/06/2023
HBO’s “Barry” Comes to an End
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by friend Brittany Oviedo to talk about their love of the HBO dark comedy “Barry,” which came to an end on Sunday after four terrific seasons. *Spoilers included in episode.
40:0831/05/2023
My Fantasy Concert Setlist: Taylor Swift
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by frequent contributor Tyler Glover who has crafted his fantasy concert setlist for his all time favorite singer Taylor Swift.
54:3201/05/2023
My Fantasy Concert Setlist: Tyler Childers
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined my his friend Hannah Rodriguez, who will be going to see Tyler Childers soon and shares what her fantasy setlist would be!
27:2021/04/2023
Major League Baseball 2023 Season Preview
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Eric Fulton to predict all the MLB playoff teams, the major award winners and rank the 10 best players currently in the league.
59:5927/03/2023
Best Picture Oscars Movie Draft
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey, Aprille Hanson-Spivey and Tyler Glover partake in an Academy Awards Best Picture Draft to see who can field the best team of Best Picture winners. Be sure to listen and then go to our socials to vote on which of us had the best draft!
47:0810/03/2023
Academy Awards Predictions: Will ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ take home Oscar glory?
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Philip Price of Tavern Talk by Initial Reaction to discuss the upcoming 95th annual Academy Awards and make predictions on the four acting categories, best director and best picture.
52:2004/03/2023
My Fantasy Concert Setlist: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
In the second episode of The Word Podcast’s My Fantasy Concert Setlist, Julian Spivey & Aprille Hanson-Spivey both reveal which songs they’d most want to hear Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band do when they see them live in Kansas City on their current 2023 U.S. tour.
49:5812/02/2023
Grammy Awards 2023 Preview & Predictions
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Tyler Glover continue their annual tradition of predicting the major Grammy Award winners and sharing who they would vote for. The 65th annual Grammy Awards are Sunday, Feb. 5 on CBS & Paramount+ at 7 p.m. (central) #Grammys
50:2330/01/2023
2023 Critics’ Choice Awards Predictions
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Tyler Glover go through the major film and television categories at the Critics’ Choice Awards, held on January 15, and give their predictions!
57:4909/01/2023
Pop Culture Wishes for 2023
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey share their pop culture wishes for 2023 including an original script busting into the yearly Box Office top 10, Doctor Who getting back on track, finally getting around to watching Succession and more!
23:5806/01/2023
Best in Pop Culture 2022
The Word Podcast’s Best in Pop Culture of 2022 Extravaganza. Philip Price of Initial Reaction joins us to talk about his favorite films and film performances of the year (2:22). Tyler Glover talks about his favorite album of the year: Taylor Swift’s “Midnights,” as well as a couple of his new favorite TV shows “House of the Dragon” and “Wednesday” (39:30), Aprille Hanson-Spivey and Julian Spivey discuss their favorite television of the year including standouts like “Severance” and “The Bear” (60:37) and then Julian shares his 10 favorite Americana or Country Music songs of 2022.
01:27:4829/12/2022
Christmas Song Draft
The dukes are up in the first ever The Word Podcast Draft where Julian Spivey, Tyler Glover and Aprille Hanson-Spivey make their Christmas Song selections to see who can come up with the best roster!
32:2623/12/2022
Best of Sports in 2022
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Eric Fulton to discuss the best teams, athletes, coaches, games, plays and moments of the year in sports.
22:3512/12/2022
NBA’s 10 Best Active Players
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by frequent collaborator Eric Fulton to count down a list of the 10 best players currently in the NBA.
24:5723/10/2022
One-Hit Wonders
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Cassity Gipson, Tyler Glover and Aprille Hanson-Spivey for a discussion of their favorite one-hit wonders and what makes a one-hit wonder.
49:2010/10/2022
M*A*S*H at 50
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey celebrate the 50th anniversary of the television classic “M*A*S*H” by talking about its legacy, sharing their favorite episodes and moments and ranking the major characters.
50:4718/09/2022
NFL’s 10 Best Players
The Word’s Julian Spivey and Eric Fulton discuss the NFL Network’s 2022 top 100 list’s top 10 and reveal their own top 10 picks. Article referenced in podcast on MVP position bias: https://thewordwebzine.weebly.com/sports/why-isnt-derrick-henry-in-nfl-mvp-conversation-because-he-isnt-a-quarterback-and-thats-wrong
33:1704/09/2022
2022 Emmy Awards Predictions
The Word’s Julian Spivey and Tyler Glover predict who they believe will win the major Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 12.
59:4628/08/2022
My Fantasy Concert Setlist: Lady Gaga
The Word Podcast debuts a new series called “My Fantasy Concert Setlist” where we set out to craft the perfect concert setlist we’d love to see our favorite musicians perform live. Tyler Glover joins us for Lady Gaga.
39:5608/08/2022
2022 Broady Award Nominees
Every year The Word gives out awards the best in broadcast network television and here are the nominations for the 2022 awards.
14:1602/07/2022
Pride Month: Queer Representation in Pop Culture
The Word’s Julian Spivey asked some of his friends for their thoughts on queer representation in pop culture: is there enough? Can it be improved? What are some current good examples?
01:07:0226/06/2022
This Is Us: This Is The End
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey discuss the end of NBC’s “This Is Us” and their feelings about the series finale and series as a whole.
20:1025/05/2022
Major League Baseball 2022 Season Preview & Predictions
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Eric Fulton to discuss the 2022 Baseball season.
01:00:0904/04/2022
Grammy Awards 2022 Predictions & Preview
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Tyler Glover for predictions of the major Grammy Awards before this upcoming weekend’s ceremony.
54:1329/03/2022
2022 Academy Awards Predictions
The Word Podcast is joined once again by Tavern Talk’s Philip Price for our third annual Oscars prediction show! https://youtube.com/c/InitialReactionReviews
01:03:2128/03/2022
Oscars Recap (Or How Will Smith Ruined Hollywood’s Big Night)
Hollywood’s most prestigious awards show took a backseat to Will Smith showing his ass on live television. That’s a shame because the awards were awesome.
39:1028/03/2022
Critics’ Choice Awards Predictions & Hopes
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by frequent contributor Tyler Glover to give predictions on the major Critics’ Choice Awards film and television categories.
56:4801/03/2022
Pop Culture Wishes for 2022
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey share some of their hopes and wishes for pop culture in 2022, including Bruce Springsteen to once again tour with the E Street Band, “This Is Us” to end on a good note, Klay Thompson to return at a high caliber for the Golden State Warriors and more …
25:5306/01/2022
Favorite Pop Culture Things of 2021
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by frequent contributors Aprille Hanson-Spivey, Tyler Glover and Philip Price to discuss their favorite pop culture things and moments of 2021, including albums by Adele, Ed Sheeran and Miranda Lambert. The best tv shows & movies of 2021. And a sporting moment Julian has waited more than a quarter of a century for!
01:14:4929/12/2021
The Atlanta Braves are World Series Champions!
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined today by his oldest friend in the world Bobby Beard to discuss their mutual passion of Atlanta Braves baseball and the most surprising championship team baseball has seen in years.
36:0205/11/2021
Ted Lasso Season 2 Recap
Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey discuss the season two finale of AppleTV+’s award-winning “Ted Lasso” and the second season as a whole.
37:1811/10/2021
2021 Emmy Award Predictions
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Tyler Glover predict the major winners from next Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards.
48:2118/09/2021
NFL’s 10 Best Players of 2021
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Eric Fulton unveil their rankings of the 10 best players going into the 2021 NFL season.
26:3101/09/2021
Olympics Ratings Decline: What’s the Reason?
The Word’s Julian Spivey and Aprille Hanson-Spivey discuss reasons for the massive decline in Olympic viewers for the 2020 Tokyo games.
22:0905/08/2021
Olympics Preview: Most Anticipated Events & Athletes
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Eric Fulton list the events and athlete they’re most wanting to see during the 2020 (in 2021) Tokyo Olympics.
23:3219/07/2021
2021 Broady Award Nominees
Nominees are revealed for The Word’s 12th annual Broady Awards, representing the best in broadcast television.
11:0207/07/2021
Greatest Athletes by Number - Part 10 (#91-99)
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by Eric Fulton for part 10 of their 10 part series on the greatest athletes ever by jersey.
23:4407/06/2021
Greatest Athletes by Number: Part 9 (#81-90)
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Eric Fulton continue their 10-part series of the greatest athletes in sports history by number. Today’s episode features part 9 - numbers 81-90.
20:1302/05/2021
2021 Oscars Preview & Predictions
The Word Podcast is joined by film critic Philip Price (ReviewsFromaBed.com and YouTube’s Tavern Talk) to discuss the major categories of the upcoming Academy Awards.
01:30:2220/04/2021
2021 MLB Season Preview & Predictions
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Eric Fulton ranked the 10 best players currently in Major League Baseball and predict every division in the game.
50:0528/03/2021
2021 Grammy Awards Recap
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey is joined by his wife and frequent The Word collaborator Aprille Hanson-Spivey to discuss the best and worst performances and biggest winners from the 2021 Grammy Awards
23:5015/03/2021
Grammy Awards Preview & Predictions
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Tyler Glover preview and predict the major winners from the upcoming 63rd annual Grammy Awards
01:05:2908/03/2021
Greatest Athlete by Number (Part 8: #71-80)
The Word Podcast’s Julian Spivey and Eric Fulton continue their series of the greatest athletes in sports history by number. Part 8 features athletes who wore numbers 71-80 and features many high profile NFL offensive and defensive lineman, as well as the greatest wide receiver of all-time.
18:2301/03/2021