Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys just might start a mukbang OF if you're willing to pay for it. Marcus has left his former job and doesn't know what to do with his time until he starts his new one. Sefa doesn't enjoy the cartoonish violence in TV and movies because it can definitely still mess you up mentally. The Pod Boys talk about culture again when a young Pasefika woman put out a TikTok explaining that she loves being Poly but doesn't like the culture. A little contradictory but whatever. Sefa reminisces about American Samoa's Flag Day and how rowdy they can really get. The Boys end it on alcoholism in the Pasefika community and how overlooked it truly is. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/ohhellomarcus/
The Polytickin Network presents The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit travels back to American Samoa for Taika Waititi's colorful and sacrilegious film about the world's worst soccer team and their battle for World Cup qualification. Based upon the 2014 documentary of the same name, we are taken back to the Motherland to find her national soccer squad lacking in equipment, training and confidence. Disgruntled coach Thomas Rongen is sent to the deeply religious island to train the team up but first must get accustomed to their traditions and rediscover his passion for coaching in time for a match against Tonga. We introduce you to the team, break down each scene and give our final scores for Next Goal Wins Released: 17 Nov 2023 Directed by Taika Waititi Starring Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House Follow The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit - https://www.instagram.com/thepasefikamoviestarterkit/ Follow the Movie Boys - Marcus - https://www.instagram.com/ohhellomarcus/ Lance - https://www.instagram.com/ballinesian/
Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys are out here looking for sponsors so if that's you? Let us know. Marcus had his first Zoom interview and now he appreciates in-person interviews a lot more. Sefa now has his 3-month evaluation at his job and it's terrible for an overthinker like himself. The Pod Boys then talk about the discourse surrounding actor Vairrun Strickland, who was shown to have a Samoan pe'a (sogaimiti) when he posed on the cover of Playboy. Sefa wonders if the Drake vs. Everybody beef will stay hip-hop or if things will escalate because it's getting a little personal out here. The Boys then give their flowers to Alissa Pili, who was the 8th overall pick in the WNBA draft, marking the 2nd time a woman of Polynesian descent was drafted. Hell yeah. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/
The Polytickin Networks presents Way Back Whensday. New episodes every Saturday. In WBW's first compilation episode, we dive back into past chapters for conversations about beating the MySpace rating apps (Show Intro & MySpace), accidentally traumatizing our little cousins by showing them The Lion King (Disney Song Draft), how X-Men could really be about some gangbanging (X-Men), people that like teams outside of their hometowns and if it's valid (Sports Legends), realizing that our music is now older people's music (Halftime Shows), explaining Avatar: The Last Airbender (Nickelodeon) and the lessons and takeaways Mikey and Sefa learned from Goku and Akira Toriyama's DB series (Dragon Ball).
Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys are back in the swing of things. Marcus has been thinking a lot about his professional career and wants to make a change. Sefa has returned from his Grandma's funeral and has some things to say. The Pod Boys then weigh in on the whole Kendrick vs. J. Cole and Drake thing in light of Cole conceding defeat at Dreamville Fest. Some of ya'll aren't real hip-hop fans. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/ohhellomarcus/
The Polytickin Network presents The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit has reviewed over 10 classic Islander films. This episode, we draft our favorite movies of the 11 we've reviewed so far. From Alamein to Moana, Johnny Lingo to Baron To'a, Once Were Warriors to Sione's Wedding, we revisit all the movies we've covered and discuss why we took them high or waited to draft a certain traumatizing movie late. Comment which list you think is better and why! Follow the Pasefika Movie Starter Kit on IG: www.instagram.com/thepasefikamoviestarterkit/ Follow The Movie Boys: Marcus - www.instagram.com/ohhellomarcus/ Lance - www.instagram.com/ballinesian/
Aye! Again! No new recording this week nerds. Sefa is still out handling family business and Marcus dropped the ball last week. Got another Patreon episode for you to listen to and you can see for yourself what you guys are missing over there. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/
Presented by The Polytickin Network The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit is guided past the reef by the light of a giant manta ray as we follow the voyage of Moana (voiced by Auli'i Cravalho), an adventurous teenage chief-in-training as she travels the great ocean to restore the heart of Te Fiti. After a darkness reaches her island, Moana must set out to find Maui, the forsaken demigod of the Wind and Sea, to help get past a lava monster guarding Te Fiti. We went deep diving into this script, reciting our hardest-hitting lines, as well as it's songs by Te Vaka's Opetaia Foa'i and Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda. We'll introduce you to the characters, break down each scene and give our final scores for Moana Released 23 Nov 2016 Directed by John Musker, Ron Clements Music by Opetaia Foa'i, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina Starring Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jermaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, Alan Tudyk Follow The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit on Instagram - www.instagram.com/thepasefikamoviestarterkit/ Follow the Movie Boys - Marcus - www.instagram.com/ohhellomarcus/ Lance - www.instagram.com/ballinesian/
Aye! No weekly recording this week. Sefa has family business to handle. The Pod Boys got into a heated debate a couple months ago on the Patreon about Next Goal Wins so they thought they'd share it with you guys. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/
We are joined by anime expert Mikey Hodges to discuss all things Dragon Ball after a devastating loss in the anime community, the passing of manga legend and Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. Lance is clueless but Sefa and Mikey more than inform and educate while naming their favorite story arcs, most powerful moves, what made Goku worthy and their biggest takeaways from the franchise as a whole.
Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys had some stuff to get off their chest so you know. Do with that what you will. Marcus cannot get enough of Shogun. Maybe now he'll actually finish a show. Sefa's medication has given him a rumbly in his tumbly so I guess he has to die now. The Pod Boys then go in on the vitriol they seen on Facebook when a Samoan gay couple posted a picture of themselves. It be your own people. They then give their flowers to Akira Toriyama, creator of the Dragonball series, among others, who passed away on March 1. Thank you for the memories, sir. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/ohhellomarcus/
The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit takes the bridge back to Grey Lynn to reunite with the Duck Rockers in our first ever SEQUEL review. Set five years after the storybook ending to Sione's Wedding, Sione's 2 deals with friends growing up (and apart), navigating new and old relationships, and grieving/dealing with loss. We'll introduce you to the characters, break down each scene and give our Final Scores for Sione's 2: Unfinished Business Released 19 Jan 2012 Directed by Simon Bennett Written by Oscar Kightley, James Griffin Starring Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi, Iaheto Ah Hi, Robbie Magasiva, David Fane, Teuila Blakely, Madeliene Sami, Mario Gaoa, Pua Magasiva, Nathaniel Lees Follow The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit on IG - www.instagram.com/thepasefikamoviestarterkit/ Follow the Movie Boys - Marcus - www.instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/ Lance - www.instagram.com/Ballinesian/
Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys are out here tipping when they can but they see ya'll trying to put the highest option first on the POS. Marcus was judged after hitting "skip" on the tip option thing at one of the restaurants he picked his food up from. Sefa and his girlfriend were sleepless in Seattle for their little getaway this past weekend. The Pod Boys then get into the Spencer Leniu thing that set Poly Twitter on fire when he used a racial slur at opposing NRL opposing team member Ezra Mam during the Rugby 7's in Las Vegas. The takes coming out of that were amazing. Sefa takes Oprah to task for hogging all the Ozempic that's supposed to be for diabetics. And for stepping down from the Weight Watchers Board. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/
The Polytickin Network presents Way Back Whensday | Ch. 17 - Nickelodeon SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rugrats, all certified classics and all from a television channel made specifically for kids: Nickelodeon. We give a history of how it started as a commercial-free cable package add-on and needed a messy rebrand (SPLAT!) to jumpstart its build into a household mainstay that simulcasted the last Super Bowl. We talked all the classics above plus Hey Arnold! and All That, digitizing VHS tapes, gave an explanation of the premise of Avatar, tell you which one of Drake & Josh is a creep, and then listed off a bunch of shows that you're sure to remember. Let Sefa know if you want him to send you that video he's talking about. Way Back Whensday is a nostalgic conversation podcast hosted by two California-bred Samoans that reminisces about all the things you remember. Sefa M and Lance Faletogo head down memory lane to give their stories and facts on everything from The Lion King soundtrack selling almost 5M copies in 1994 to how to best apply The Sharpshooter submission. You'll say "Oh yup, I remember that" or be screaming the answers to things we forget lol. New episodes every other Friday on The Polytickin Network. #WBW Oh, Animorphs! Remember those books that you could flip the pages and the character in the corner would go from kid to animal?
Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys are still out here dawg. Marcus keeps seeing an ad for the Hallow app and he doesn't know what YouTube is trying to tell him. Sefa was challenged by his girl twice and his pride won out both times. The Pod Boys talk about the Library Guy, who resigned from his position to address his mental health. The internet sucks sometimes. Sefa challenges Marcus to audition for the Moana casting call put out by Nina Sosefina. They speak on Wendy Williams and her Lifetime show chronicling her life as it's been announced she was diagnosed with dementia. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/
Programming Note: Listen to new #PasefikaMovieStarterKit episodes every other Friday on #ThePolytickinNetwork Feed, or watch on The Polytickin Network YouTube page. The Polytickin Network presents The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit The 'Kit heads to Samoa, to the back of a plantation to ask Saili why his parents are buried there, before being thrown into a chain of events we feel is both bizarre and possibly normal for Samoan culture and society. Directed by Tusi Tamasese, this story follows our dwarf protagonist as he navigates island life while being looked down on by the village chief, the many villagers themselves and even his family members. We'll introduce you to the characters, break down each scene and give our final scores for The Orator/O Le Tulafale Released 3 September 2011 Directed by Tusi Tamasese Starring Fa'afiaula Sagote, Tausili Pushparaj Follow The Pasefika Movie Starter Kit on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thepasefikamoviestarterkit/ Follow the Movie Boys: Marcus - www.instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/ Lance - www.instagram.com/Ballinesian/
Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys might start writing for the WWE. Marcus lets Sefa know who the people want to perform at next year's Super Bowl. Can I buy you a drank? Sefa wonders how The Walking Dead is still alive and well. The Pod Boys are reminded of Rachel Dolezal when she hit the news again for having an Onlyfans while being an elementary school teacher. She just never wants to shy away from controversy. They speak on sports fandom in the wake of the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade shooting. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/
Programing Note: New Way Back Whensday episodes will release every other Friday here on The Polytickin Network beginning with this episode. Stay tuned for more details on what changes are coming for WBW and The Polytickin Network. The Polytickin Network Presents Way Back Whensday | Ch. 16 - Fighting Games -- Street Fighter. Mortal Kombat. Tekken. Franchises that have stood the test of time in the arena of Fighting Games. We'll talk about them all and more, as we give a history of how fighting games started in the 70's, and what our dream crossover (and same-game) fight matchups would be. Shout out to Uncle E. Honda. And to everyone button mashing with Eddy Gordo. Way Back Whensday is a nostalgic conversation podcast hosted by two California-bred Samoans that reminisces about all the things you thought you forgot. Sefa M and Lance Faletogo head down memory lane to give their facts and stories on everything from figuring out your profile quotes on MySpace to pretending to be WWF super stars with your cousins. You'll say "Oh yup, I remember that" or be screaming the answers to things we forget. #WBW
Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys have made it to 69 episodes. Nice. Marcus is a lazy bum as soon as his earbuds die in the gym. Sefa had a nightmare about the death of Hugh Laurie. The Pod Boys then get into Super Bowl LVIII and the heartbreaking loss the 49ers, and more importantly Sefa, went through. They then try to figure out who should perform at the next one. Maybe Mariah? The Boys are excited for the release of Moana 2 this year in November. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/
Welcome back to another episode of The Polytickin' Podcast! The Pod Boys have hours of footage it's kinda crazy. Marcus ran into the same Samoan dude at his job and their interactions keep getting worse. Sefa sometimes reads whole chapters with Richard Simmons's voice in his head. The Pod Boys then get into The Grammys that took place on Sunday and Sefa was pissed at Taylor Swift for snubbing Celine Dion. They then talk about the idiot girl who was acting up during family prayer. They end it on Chief Book Series and him calling out the so-called "Culture Lover" who is profiting off of different cultures through his bare-bones language book series. It's gross. Enjoy the show! Follow The Polytickin' Network! http://linktr.ee/thepolytickinpodcast Follow The Pod Boys! Sefa M: http://instagram.com/sefam/ Marcus: http://instagram.com/OhHelloMarcus/