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Your favorite podcast about nu-metal. It's your boys @johncullen.bsky.social and @murderxbryan.bsky.social reviewing one classic nu-metal album per month. Bonus episodes available on Patreon too! patreon.com/thepodkast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 8d

Episode 74: Dope's "Felons and Revolutionaries", or a Band Who Are Neither of Those. We get some top-tier myth-making as we meet Dope, who are named that because they are drug dealers (?) who rode the Marilyn Manson wave of nu-metal to moderate success.

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Episode 74: Dope's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-10-06 · 2h 1m

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 19h

Y'All Want a Single #115: "Old Friends Don't Mean Shit" by Weekend Nachos. Bryan and John learn about "powerviolence" as we cover the shortest song in YWAS history, clocking in at a lean and mean 38 seconds.

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Y'All Want a Single #115: "Old Friends Don't Mean Shit" by Weekend Nachos | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah it should be fixed now

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 8d

It’s the perfect confluence of my interests

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 8d

Episode 74: Dope's

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 22d

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #72: "Post-Human: Survival Horror" by Bring Me the Horizon. A band that certainly owes at least a little bit to nu-metal, we discuss our metalcore histories and how this band got so freaking huge. $4 for three bonuses a month!

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B.O.N.U.S. Kast #72: "Post-Human: Survival Horror" by Bring Me the Horizon | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · 28d

Y'All Want a Single #113: "I Shot Lucifer" by Bionic Jive. One of the more rap-forward groups of the era, this album and song arrive 5 years too late with some of the most vague "guy says stuff to try to sound deep/political" lyrics we've ever covered.

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Sep 5

Episode 73: (hed)pe's "(hed)pe", or Are You Sure About That? It's the debut album that makes a lot of choices that leave us saying "are you sure about that?" Plus, the Aaron Lewis/Springsteen thing, we review "private music", and a guy jacks off at a Korn show.

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Episode 73: (hed)pe's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-09-05 · 2h 20m

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Sep 1

The people in this airport don’t even know I’m listening to (hed)pe

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Aug 29

Y'All Want a Single #112: "Time 2 Shine" by E-Town Concrete. We're going hardcore on this episode and we discover ETC later went rap-metal, so we dive into that too. $4 for 3 bonuses a month!

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Aug 29

We will be discussing this on next week’s episode

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Aug 25

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #71: "The $UICIDEBOY$ Mix" w/ @libbycwatson.com. It's trap-metal time on the POD Kast as we turn into old men yelling at clouds over this deeply strange collection of songs. Well, Bryan is happily yelling at the cloud because he somehow likes it.

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B.O.N.U.S. Kast #71: The $UICIDEBOY$ Mix w/ Libby Watson | The P.O.D. Kast

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Aug 15

Y'All Want a Single #111: "Holy Man" by One Minute Silence. We hop across the pond for some Irish nu-metal, brought to you by a band that clearly listened to a lot of Rage and a lot of Tool. And hey, it kinda works. $4 for 3 bonus episodes a month!

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Aug 5

Episode 72: 30 Seconds To Mars' "30 Seconds To Mars", or How To Say a Lot Without Saying Anything At All. Jared Leto is here, and he's as dumb as we all hoped. Insane lyrics, even more insane interviews, and surprisingly, music that's kind of ok for an actor band.

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30 Seconds To Mars'

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-08-05 · 1h 47m

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Aug 5

We had to leave quite a bit of stuff on the cutting room floor with that guy

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 29

Y'All Want a Single #110: "System" by Jonathan Davis. If Jonathan Davis records all the songs for a movie soundtrack but then his label won't let him be on the actual physical OST, does it make a sound? It does to us, as we review this QOTD soundtrack classic.

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 24

We love having ya!!!

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 23

B.O.N.U.S. Kast #70: "12 Stones" by 12 Stones w/ @riviera.bsky.social. Riv is back to discuss Youth Group bands, artist substitution cards, and this painfully mid album that accomplishes almost nothing it sets out to do. Other than worship Jesus, I guess.

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 22

It is the first tie we have had, and we decided on yesterday's bonus episode to let @riviera.bsky.social choose which of the tied albums we should do. She selected....30 Seconds to Mars. See you next month

boston96.bsky.social @boston96.bsky.social · Jul 22

Is this the first tie we have ever had??

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 20

The August Poll is live on our Patreon and it's one of the closest polls ever! If you haven't voted yet, you have just over 24 hours to make your vote count! Voting is free, but decisions last forever.

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arr @arr.bsky.social · Jul 19

make some space in the part of your brain that remembers important quotes because a new important quote just dropped

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 15

Y'All Want a Single #109: "Linda Claire" by Fleshwater. It's a new nu band that has toured with Deftones, which is more than enough to get us in the door. The song whips ass and so does talking about the Wu-Tang Clan farewell tour at length. $4 for 3 bonuses a month!

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 13

Rick Rubin was right

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Rocktober Hardloween Carcass @rockhardcauc.us · Jul 8

if you're a fan of @thepodkast.bsky.social talking about Slipknot, we had them on our show last year to talk about .5: The Gray Chapter

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The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 8

Oh interesting. Which one, Duality or Before I Forget? I don't agree that either is the best, but curious

The POD Kast @thepodkast.bsky.social · Jul 7

Episode 71: Slipknot's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)" or Stories=Bullshit. Slipknot decides on a slight pop turn for their third record and indulges in the most egregious myth-making to date, which is crazy for a band whose entire thing is myth-making.

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Episode 71: Slipknot's

Podcast Episode · The P.O.D. Kast · 2025-07-07 · 2h 4m

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