Pop Culture Warrior

A part of the WTF Nation Radio production family of shows Pop Culture Warrior is a weekly deep dive into the world of pop culture — movies, TV, comics, gaming, collectibles, and the fandoms that live and breathe them. Hosted by CQ, the show blends passionate discussion with smart analysis and candid interviews with actors, creators, and pop culture personalities. No hot-take farming. No fake outrage. Just real conversations about the stuff we love (and sometimes love to argue about). If you care about pop culture beyond the headlines, this is your show.

Pop Culture Warrior is a leisure podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 36 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Pop Culture Warrior, a leisure show with 36 episodes published.

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  Episode #255

  PCW : From Fan Art to FORTNITE | Artist Ryan Oakley

  Sep 23, 20262h 18m

  What happens when the art you make just for fun catches the attention of one of the biggest gaming companies in the world? Tonight on Pop Culture Warrior, CQ sits down LIVE with illustrator and comic book artist Ryan Oakley. Ryan's journey has taken her from studying art while pursuing a future in medicine, to making the decision to bet on herself as a professional artist. Her work has since crossed comics, commercial illustration and pop culture, including Bitter Root, Won't Back Down, Adobe, Lifetime TV and, most recently, an official commission for Epic Games' Fortnite. We'll talk about breaking into comics, rediscovering creativity through fan art, representation in pop culture, surviving the business side of being an artist, her love of X-Men and Spider-Man, and what comes next. Follow Ryan: @ryanoakleyart Join us LIVE and drop your questions in the chat! Pop Culture Warrior Powered by WTF Nation Radio

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  PCW Special Interview - Voice of Rouge in X-Men, Lenore Zann!

  Sep 16, 20261 hour

  Tonight on PCW, we’re joined by the legendary voice of Rogue herself, Lenore Zann! From defining the powerhouse Southern belle in the classic X-Men: The Animated Series to reprising her iconic role in X-Men '97, Lenore shares behind-the-scenes stories from the recording booth, her journey bringing Rogue to life across decades, and what it means to return to such an enduring character. Drop your thoughts and favorite Rogue moments in the live chat as we dive into all things mutants, voice acting, and pop culture!

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  Episode #254

  PCW : We Survived Dragon Con! The Good, The Bad & The Absolute Chaos!

  Sep 9, 20261h 34m

  We’re back from Atlanta, and we have STORIES. Tonight on Pop Culture Warrior, CQ and MadMike are breaking down the entire Dragon Con 2026 adventure. The interviews, the crowds, the costumes, the unexpected moments, what went right, what went wrong, and everything we learned during our first trip into one of the biggest pop culture conventions in the country. No guest tonight. No script. Just two guys trying to unpack several days of absolute nerd-fueled chaos. We’ll talk about what it was like covering Dragon Con as media, some of our favorite moments from the convention, the people we met along the way, behind-the-scenes stories you didn’t see on camera, and whether we’d do it all over again. Spoiler: probably. Join us LIVE, jump into the chat, and tell us what you want to know about Dragon Con. ️ POP CULTURE WARRIOR Tuesdays ⏰ 8PM ET LIVE on WTF Nation Radio

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  Episode #253

  PCW : w/ Christian Streaty!

  Sep 2, 20262h 24m

  TONIGHT on Pop Culture Warrior... How do you go from being a Star Wars fan to actually WRITING Star Wars? We're going to find out. Joining me LIVE tonight is writer Christian Streaty, whose journey took her from working behind the scenes at Lucasfilm to writing more than a dozen episodes of Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. We'll talk about breaking into the industry, working inside the Star Wars universe, writing for the next generation of fans, her jump to Days of Our Lives, life after Lucasfilm, and a whole lot more. Plus, you KNOW I'm going to make her answer some ridiculous Star Wars questions before I let her escape.

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  Episode #252

  PCW : w/ Adrian Hough!

  Aug 29, 20262 hour

  Tonight on Pop Culture Warrior, we’re joined by veteran actor and voice performer Adrian Hough, the voice of Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner in X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men ’97. Adrian has spent more than four decades working across film, television, animation, and video games, with appearances in projects including The Man in the High Castle, The Good Doctor, Virgin River, and more. Gamers may also know him as Haytham Kenway in Assassin’s Creed III, a performance that earned him a BAFTA nomination. We talk about his career across pop culture, returning to Nightcrawler more than 30 years after first playing him, what makes Kurt Wagner such an enduring character, and some of the biggest moments from the latest season of X-Men ’97. WARNING: This interview contains spoilers for X-Men ’97 Season 2. Join CQ and the Pop Culture Warrior crew for another night of movies, TV, gaming, comics, and everything happening across the world of pop culture.

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