Pop Talk: Colbert/SNL/Summer 2026
Jun 23
1 min read
Updated: Jul 23
The "Of the Show" Fellas are here to talk all that pop!
"Best Friend of the Show," Rob, and "Brother of the Show," Trey, join Jason to talk about the end of the Late Show, Stephen Colbert, how SNL picks hosts, and chats a little about the movies this Summer. As usual, it goes off the rails!
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This sounds like a fun episode, especially with the mix of Colbert, SNL, and summer movies. I like podcasts where the conversation can wander a bit instead of feeling too scripted, so the “goes off the rails” part caught my attention . The discussion about how SNL chooses its hosts sounds interesting too, since there’s always a lot happening behind the scenes. Definitely seems like a good one for anyone who enjoys comedy and pop culture talk.
This feels like classic “pop culture chaos podcast energy”
You’ve basically got the perfect late-night media cocktail here — Colbert ending conversations, SNL host selection drama (which is always its own weird ecosystem), and then somehow summer movies sneaking into the same breath like everything is connected in one big entertainment universe.
What’s interesting is how these kinds of podcasts don’t really need a strict structure anymore. The “it goes off the rails” format kind of is the format. People tune in less for information and more for the feeling of hanging out in a room where smart, slightly unhinged conversations are happening in real time.
And SNL casting talk always turns into speculation culture — who’s “in”, who’s “out”, who…