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Randy Allain
@bertrandallain.bsky.social
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Teacher, dad, and overthinker.
Host of Media/Lit: @media-lit.bsky.social
Writer/Podcaster @thepopbreak.bsky.social
Portfolio: http://randyallain.weebly.com/
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Grab a free ticket and catch our reading of the original Severance pilot script: "Mister." Think of it as a multiversal echo of the Severance you know and love. #Severance 📺

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November 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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We're almost ready to record the very first episode of Podelay, A Beck Podcast for @thepopbreak.bsky.social. Please consider sharing your thoughts, whether or not you are very familiar with his work, and we'll see you soon at a destination a little up the road. #Beck docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Logo for the podcast, Podelay, A Beck Podcast for The Pop Break Digital Culture magazine. It features pieces of various Beck albums as if they've been ripped up and rearranged into a new image to reflect the eclectic, eccentric, cut-and-paste nature of his work.
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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We are incredibly excited to bring you our table read of the original Severance pilot script: "Mister." Sign up for a good time and some all new insights into how one of our favorite shows got started! #severance #tableread #lumon

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an add for the a Severance Table Read on November 23rd from 2-4pm PST...tickets available at SeveranceTableRead.eventbrite.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Me searching previous episodes to find an unclaimed property:
October 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Please let the SIGSI boys know that I won this draft!
5 Horror Movie Poster: Get Out: featuring main characters faces on shards of broken glass. Saw: featuring a distressed person wearing a complicated metal apparatus on their head. The Witches: A witch in a flowing purple cap over a grotesque green with. She points at a small mouse in the foreground. Shaun of the Dead: Shaun is flanked by his friend and girlfriend...while the arms of zombies reach in from both sides of the poster. Shaun holds a cricket bat and a bouquet of flowers. The Exorcist: The Silhouette of a man stands outside of a home as a beam of light shines down on him from above.
October 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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This show is unhinged in the BEST way possible!
guinevere wakes from sleep amidst cute and cuddly forest critters. guinivere droid writhes in pain as tubes twist around a laboratory.
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Trump/Hegseth Vision Board
Kaos logo from TV Show get smart. MAD logo with Doctor Claw's hand from Inspector Gadget Agents of Hydra promo skynet logo with flaming evil robot
September 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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This year, The Mighty Crabjoys will dominate our nerdy fantasy football league!
a cartoon crab with a mischievous grin is the center of a logo on a black background. The logo uses a punk rock font. The top reads "The Mighty Crabjoys." The bottom reads, "kindness is the new punk rock."
August 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I interviewed the "Mark Watcher" himself for some behind-the-scenes insight into how #Severance S2 captured our imaginations and racked up a whopping 27 #Emmy nominations! @benstiller.redhour.com #DanErickson #AdamScott

Article: thepopbreak.com/2025/08/08/w...
An image of Eric J. Carlson as "Mark Watcher" in Severance Season 2, Episode 7, "Chikhai Bardo." He is wearing a white short sleeve button down shirt and black tie. He stares intently at a screen. The text over the image reads "Who Watches the Watchers: An Interview with "Mark Watcher" Eric J. Carlson
August 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I’m just saying.
Joseph Quinn in Fantastic Four. Freddie Prinze Jr. in Scooby Doo
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Lex Luthor and his team defeat Superman. #Superman2025 #Superman #DC #DCcomics #Friends
July 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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If you want to celebrate today, reach out and recognize someone in danger from this administration. Build bridges. Tear down walls.

Make the tyrants surrender to the power of humanity and love.
A black and white image of Pete Seeger’s banjo, which famously displays the inscription: “This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.”
July 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Suddenly craving a #thepenguin rewatch.📺
An image of the sign for a slushy stand that encourages customers to pick their own flavor combo.
June 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Disney prepping another great animated film for a forced live action remake.
June 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Consider checking out my review of the penultimate #DoctorWho S2 episode, #WishWorld, ahead of the finale tonight! @thepopbreak.bsky.social #therealitywar

Full Article: thepopbreak.com/2025/05/27/d...
May 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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When you accidentally reference "Jessica" Walters instead of Jennifer Walters on your #Marvel podcast, You get THIS look from Jessica Walter:
May 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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I'm just saying. #Thunderbolts #SonictheHedgehog
Wyatt Russell as John Walker in Thunderbolts...looking annoyed. Adam Pally as deputy in Sonic the Hedghog...looking annoyed and/or confused.
May 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Prepping a pastry for the Imperial torture artist. #Andor 📺
May 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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'The Well' is one of my favorite episodes of Disney+ #DoctorWho, and I was ECSTATIC when they tied it back to one of my favorite episodes of ALL TIME. Please check out my review for The Pop Break!

Full Article: thepopbreak.com/2025/04/29/d...
April 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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"Now take my jokes, my lovely folks, ‘cause I know just one thing! For I am he, oh yes! I’m Mr. Ring-A-Ding!"

Lux was a total blast, and this Doctor & companion have chemistry for days! Check out my @thepopbreak.bsky.social review! 📺

#DoctorWho #Lux #MrRingADing

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April 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Tomorrow is a VERY special episode of @media-lit.bsky.social! @kris-ingersoll.bsky.social and I chatted with some former members of the Media Literacy course that inspired the show. These folks made teaching extra special for me, and they brought the same energy to the podcast! #StrangeMagic
A group of about ten high school students stand on classroom desks and raise their hands toward the camera to evoke the "Oh Captain, My Captain" scene from Dead Poets Society.
April 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Mythic Quest cancelled!? #MythicQuest 📺
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April 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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A meme from the film high fidelity. John Cusack's character is leaning toward's a coworker's ear. He says, "I will now sell five copies of The Three E.P.'s by The Beta Band.
April 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Join us for the latest POD OF DOOM! We break down one of Black Sabbath's most divisive albums, Technical Ecstasy. After the episode, follow us over on the @thepopbreak.bsky.social podcast feed! #BlackSabbath #TechnicalEcstasy #Ozzy

Full Episode: open.spotify.com/episode/6L8d...
April 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM