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PODCAST

The Potential Podcast!

Chris Duir + Taylor Sokol

Join world travelers, nerds and best friends Chris and Taylor as they discuss all things pop culture, entertainment and nerdom. In each episode, they dive into movies, TV shows, video games, and more, sharing their thoughts and insights with a fun and engaging vibe.

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10:44

Potential Pick - Super Mario Bros. Wonder

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2023/11/10

Chris reviews the latest Nintendo Switch platform game Super Mario Bros. Wonder developed and published by Nintendo with direction by Shiro Mouri. Mario and his friends must traverse different lands within the Flower Kingdom to help collect Wonder Seeds to stop Bowser from unleashing his devious plan. Chris discusses game mechanics, power-ups, design, music, and the overall creativity of this latest edition in the Mario series.Follow us on:Instagram:

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14:48

Potential Pick - Assasin's Creed Mirage (PS5)

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2023/11/09

Chris and Taylor review the action-adventure game, Assassin's Creed Mirage, which developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux and published by Ubisoft. The game is the thirteenth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series and the successor to 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla. While its historical timeframe precedes that of Valhalla, its modern-day framing story succeeds Valhalla's own. Set in 9th-century Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age—in particular during the Anarchy at Samarra—the story

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7:26

Potential Pick - Dumb Money

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2023/11/08

Taylor reviews the biographical comedy-drama film, Dumb Money, directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. It is based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen.Follow us on:Instagram:

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17:28

Potential Pick - Our Flag Means Death (Season 2)...

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2023/11/03

Chris and Taylor review season 2 of the period romantic comedy television series, Our Flag Means Death, created by David Jenkins. In the season, Stede and Ed attempt to mend their romance, Izzy Hands begins to crack his hardened exterior and the Revenge crew is reunited once and for all. The series stars Rhys Darby, Taika Watiti, Con O'Neill, Ewen Bremner, Joel Fry, Samson Kayo, Nathan Foad, Vico Ortiz, Matthew Maher, David Fane, Nat Faxon, and Leslie Jones.Follow us on:Instagram:

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15:55

Potential Pick - Five Nights At Freddys

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2023/11/02

Chris and Taylor review the supernatural horror film Five Nights at Freddy's, based on the video game series and franchise of the same name created by Scott Cawthon. Directed by Emma Tammi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cawthon and Seth Cuddeback, from a story by Cawthon, Chris Lee Hill, and Tyler MacIntyre, the film stars a troubled security guard who accepts a night-time job at an abandoned family entertainment center, where he discovers its four animatronic mascots come alive and are

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12:03

Potential Pick - Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

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2023/11/01

Chris reviews the concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour directed by Sam Wrench and produced by Taylor Swift. The film is a "cinematic rendering" of the Eras Tour, the sixth headlining concert tour by singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It represents Swift's discography conceptually in 10 different acts with dazzling production, spectacle, energy, direction, and Swift's artistry and showmanship.Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepotentialpodcast/Facebook:

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17:24

Potential Pick - The Creator

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2023/10/27

Chris and Taylor review the epic sci-fi action thriller, The Creator, a film produced and directed by Gareth Edwards, who co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Weitz. Set in 2070, 15 years after a nuclear detonation in Los Angeles and a war against artificial intelligence, an ex-special forces agent is recruited to hunt down and kill the "Creator," who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war. The film stars John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Ken

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13:41

Potential Pick - Old Dads

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2023/10/26

Chris and Taylor review the Netflix comedy film Old Dads written by Bill Burr and Ben Tishler with Bill Burr making his directorial debut. The film follows three men who after selling their business, find themselves out of step with the modern world. The film stars Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine, Katie Aselton, Reign Edwards, Jackie Tohn, Miles Robbins and Rachael Harris.Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepotentialpodcast/Facebook:

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Potential Pick - The Fall of the House of Usher

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2023/10/25

Chris and Taylor review the gothic horror drama television miniseries, The Fall of the House of Usher, created by Mike Flanagan. Loosely based on the short story of the same name and other works by Edgar Allan Poe, it premiered on Netflix. In the series, the CEO of a corrupt pharmaceutical company faces his questionable past when his children start dying in mysterious and brutal ways. The series stars Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Kate Siegel, Rahul Kohli,

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22:34

Potential Pick - The Exorcist: Believer

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2023/10/20

Chris and Taylor review the supernatural horror film The Exorcist: Believer written by Peter Sattler and David Gordon Green with direction by Green. A widower must confront the nadir of evil when his daughter and her best friend are possessed. The film stars Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia O'Neill, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Ann Dowd, Raphael Sbarge, Okwui Okpokwasili and Ellen Burstyn.Follow us on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepotentialpodcast/Facebook:

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Potential Pick - Ahsoka Spoiler Review with Tim...

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2023/10/19

Spoiler Warning! Chris and Taylor joined by Star Wars guru and friend Tim Fitzsimons as they review the sci-fi television mini series, Ahsoka, also known as Star Wars: Ahsoka, created and written by Dave Filoni for Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and a spin-off from the series The Mandalorian (2019–present), taking place in the same timeframe as that series and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983), while also serving as a

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17:29

Potential Pick - Haunted Mansion (2023)

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2023/10/18

Chris and Taylor review the supernatural horror comedy film Haunted Mansion written by Katie Dippold and directed by Justin Simien. Based on the Walt Disney attraction of the same name, a single mother and her son hire a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to exorcise their newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts. The film stars LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Tiffany Haddish, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chase W. Dillon and Jared

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11:59

Potential Pick - Reptile

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2023/10/13

Chris and Taylor review the crime thriller film, Reptile, directed by Grant Singer in his feature-film directorial debut, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Benjamin Brewer and Benicio del Toro, and a story he co-wrote with Brewer. Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent in Scarborough, Maine, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life. The film stars Benicio del Toro,

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19:48

Potential Pick - The Continental: From the World of...

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2023/10/12

Minor spoilers! Chris and Taylor review the crime-action thriller miniseries The Continental: From the World of John Wick developed by Greg Coolidge, Kirk Ward, and Shawn Simmons. Set in the 1970's the show follows how Winston Scott became the proprietor of the New York branch of "The Continental" chain of hotels, safe havens for legal assassins on the grounds of which no business may ever take place. The series stars Colin Woodell, Mel Gibson, Mishel Prada, Ben Robson, Hubert Point-Du

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Potential Pick - Only Murders in the Building Season...

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2023/10/11

Spoiler Warning! Chris and Taylor review season 3 of the comedy mystery television series, Only Murders in the Building is an American comedy mystery television series created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman. This season follows Ben Glenroy is a Hollywood action star whose Broadway debut is cut short by his untimely death. Aided by co-star Loretta Durkin, our trio embarks on their toughest case yet, all while director Oliver desperately attempts to put his show back together. The cast

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21:22

Past Potential Pick - RAMBO First Blood Trilogy

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2023/10/06

Chris and Taylor go back to the action packed 80s to review the original Rambo First Blood Trilogy, a series of action films featuring John J. Rambo. The three films consist of First Blood (1982), Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), and Rambo III (1988) Rambo is a United States Army Special Forces veteran played by Sylvester Stallone, whose Vietnam War experience traumatized him but also gave him superior military skills, which he has used to fight corrupt police officers, enemy troops and

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12:46

Potential Pick - Gran Turismo

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2023/10/05

Chris and Taylor review the biographical sports drama film Gran Turismo written by Jason Hall and Zach Baylin with direction by Neill Blomkamp. Based on a true story, the film follows Jann Mardernborough, a teenager Gran Turismo player who became a professional race car driver. The film stars Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Darren Barnet, Geri Halliwell, Djimon Hounsou, Takehiro Hira and Maeve Courtier-Lilley.Follow us on:Instagram:

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Potential Pick - A Haunting In Venice

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2023/10/04

Chris and Taylor review the mystery film, A Haunting in Venice, produced and directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Michael Green loosely based on the 1969 Agatha Christie novel Hallowe'en Party. It serves as a sequel to Death on the Nile (2022) and is the third film in which Branagh reprises his role as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The ensemble cast includes Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo

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18:26

Potential Pick - The Nun II

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2023/09/29

Chris and Taylor review the gothic supernatural horror film, The Nun II (also known as The Nun: Chapter Two), directed by Michael Chaves, with a screenplay written by Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing, and Akela Cooper from a story by Cooper. This serves as a sequel to The Nun (2018) and the eighth installment in The Conjuring Universe franchise. In the film, in 1956 France, a priest is violently murdered, and Sister Irene begins to investigate. She once again comes face-to-face with a powerful

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11:54

Potential Pick - Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers...

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2023/09/28

Chris and Taylor review the second season of the sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty created by Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht and based on the book Showtime by Jeff Pearlman. The second season continues to follow the professional and personal lives of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team between the years of 1980 and 1984. The series stars John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke, Adrien Brody, Jason Segel, Gaby Hoffman, Hadley Robinson, DeVaughn Nixon,

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