Episode 01. Welcome to a new era! The Whatnauts is a pop culture gabfest with a decade of history behind it. Your hosts Kyle and Melissa kick off the new podcast with context on our past shows, traditions, trends, and running jokes, and how this new show is the same conversations in one more streamlined package. New mask, same task! We discuss our favorite media from 2025, talk about our story trope bingo sheets for 2026, catch up on movie trailers and casting news, review a new M&Ms flavor, and begin a multi-year project to predict obscure Marvel characters who will appear in either Doomsday or Secret Wars.
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- (00:00) - - Intro
- (00:05) - - Welcome and banter
- (01:50) - - What we did over the holiday break,
- (07:34) - - Previously on The Whatnauts
- (23:20) - - What is Whatnauts Bingo?
- (31:09) - - Recurring motifs for The Whatnauts
- (36:17) - - Formula 1 is for Every 1
- (37:07) - - Previously on The Whatnauts continues
- (41:50) - - Purple, Perry, Cotton Candy
- (01:00:02) - - Housekeeping
- (01:10:03) - - Melissa is eating M&M's
- (01:14:05) - - Tattoo's and a hat
- (01:16:17) - - The Cinema Corner
- (01:46:33) - - Pop culture lightning round
- (01:59:59) - - Pull Up A Chair: An MCU casting game
- (02:11:04) - - Outro
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