The P.O.D. Kast
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The P.O.D. Kast
Keep on rollin', baby. It's your favorite podcast about nu-metal, featuring Bryan Quinby (Guys) and John Cullen (Blocked Party) covering a classic nu-metal album every month. More than just the music, the podcast really digs into the vibes of the time from two guys who lived it, and never stopped th...
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Episode 74: Dope's "Felons and Revolutionaries", or A Band Who Are Neither of Those
Dope has titled this album "Felons and Revolutionaries" because they really want you to be invested in the idea they sold drugs to fund the making of...
Episode 73: (hed)pe's "(hed)pe", or Are You Sure About That?
It's the debut album that leads us to asking the question "are you sure about that?" perhaps more than any other, as we tackle (hed)pe's first record,...
Episode 72: 30 Seconds To Mars' "30 Seconds To Mars", or How To Say a Lot Without Saying Anything At All
As we know, nu-metal is not exactly a genre filled with smart guys. But as far as dumb guys in the scene go, Jared Leto might take the cake. A man who...
Episode 71: Slipknot's "Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)", or Stories=Bulls**t
There may not be a band on earth that is more invested in their own myth-making and Slipknot truly slide over the edge on this, their third record, as...
Episode 70: Rage Against the Machine's "The Battle of Los Angeles", or Rage's Last Stand
Whether or not you think Rage Against the Machine is nu-metal, we can all agree on one thing: they definitely did not like each other while making thi...
Episode 69: Brian "Head" Welch's "Save Me From Myself", or How Korn Gave Head to Christ lol
It's a rare album on the P.O.D. Kast that has us eschewing the normal preamble because we know there'll be so much to talk about with the album, but n...
Episode 68: Coal Chamber's "Chamber Music", or the Nu-Sophomore Slump
We really, really liked Coal Chamber's self-titled debut. We really, really do not like this. One of nu-metal's most famous cases of a sophomore slump...
Episode 67: Deftones' "Adrenaline", or Bryan's Favorite
After a few months in a row of investigating the silly side of nu-metal, we get back to business here with one of the absolute pillars of the genre, i...
Episode 66: Bloodhound Gang's "One Fierce Beer Coaster", or Once You Jimmy Pop, the Fun Does Stop
Truly one of the most heinous and terrible albums we've ever listened to for an episode, we go wildly deep on this monstrosity that Bryan thought was...
Episode 65: Methods of Mayhem's "Methods of Mayhem", or Nu-Metal's Densest Text
For the first time in the show's history, there is no preamble, there is no nu-metal news, there is no lead-up into discussion of the album. No, this...
Episode 64: Insane Clown Posse's "The Great Milenko", or Finding Meaning in a Storm of Faygo
It's one of the most highly-anticipated episodes in POD Kast history, as Bryan finally gets a chance to delve into his long and complicated history wi...
Episode 63: DMX's "It's Dark and Hell is Hot", or [insert dog noises]
We love covering a nu-metal-adjacent album, and perhaps no rapper was toeing that line more than DMX in 1998, as his debut album came out equal parts...
Episode 62: Mudvayne's "L.D. 50", or the Mighty Mighty Bass Tone
We finally get around to covering Mudvayne on a main (hey, that rhymes), and it catches Bryan by surprise, as he ends up liking the album a lot more t...
Episode 61: Korn's "Untouchables", or How To Spend 4 Million Dollars Without Really Trying
One of the most expensive albums in history–#9 to be exact–Korn's fifth album that reportedly cost $4m to make was a sign of the changing times in nu-...
Episode 60: Staind's "Dysfunction", or Sometimes I Sing, But Mostly I Fish
Aaron Lewis really, really likes fishing. While there's lots of interesting stuff to unpack with Staind's major label debut, from the probably made up...
Episode 59: N.E.R.D.'s "In Search Of..." or Finding Meaning in Horniness
An album that was seminal for John and one he had tried to get on the show forever, we take a long look at N.E.R.D.'s debut album "In Search Of...", a...
Episode 58: System of a Down's "System of a Down", or SUGAHHHHHH, Doot Doo, Da Doo Doo, Doot Doot
It took over 4 years, but we are finally reviewing System of a Down again on this program and doing what a lot of people did after hearing "Toxicity":...
Episode 57: Trapt's "Trapt", or Feeling Trapt in a Glass Case of Soft Music
It was always going to come down to this. A band that got absolutely massive off of their early single "Headstrong" and has since begun a long, downwa...
Episode 56: Stone Sour's "Stone Sour", or How Corey Taylor Became the Omega Dog
It's one of our longest episodes ever, but we simply had to do it, as there's too much here to process, even with a 2-hour running time. A complicated...
Episode 55: Soulfly's "Soulfly", or the Plastic "Oh No!" Band
After being in SEVEN Polls, Soulfly finally get their day in the sun, and not a moment too soon as we dig into their weird and wonderful history, with...
Episode 54: Linkin Park's "Meteora", or How John Learned to Stop Worrying and Skipped School to Buy Linkin Park
It took exactly FIFTY episodes, but Linkin Park is back on the show and we are talking about their legendary, 16 million copy-selling, sophomore album...
Episode 53: Saliva's "Every Six Seconds", or How To Make the Perfect Album (For Us)
It's one of the longest episodes of the show ever, and how could it not be when we're discussing an album that so perfectly captures the strange gap p...
Episode 52: Primus' "Frizzle Fry", or The Cult of Virtuosity
Who is a Primus Guy, exactly? We turn to Bryan's expertise on the subject (both Guys and Primus) to dig in on one of the 90s' most confounding top-sel...
Episode 51: Chevelle's "Wonder What's Next", or Band of Brothers: Like the Miniseries, but Worse
After a little detour and something a little different on our last episode, we are back to covering a regular album this month, and what a regular alb...
Episode 50: Our Favorite Nu-Metal Songs w/ Raina Douris, Dan Ozzi, Ed Zitron, and Andy Anaya
We made it! Who knew that this podcast, birthed out of a random DM from John to Bryan after they effectively hijacked his episode of Blocked Party and...
Episode 49: Limp Bizkit's "Three Dollar Bill, Y'All$", or Some Days It's Wack
When Limp Bizkit gets in the studio, some days it's heavy, some days it's mellow, some days it's good, and some days...well, some days it is wack. Fre...
Episode 48: P.O.D.'s "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown", or P.O.D. and the Works of Darkness
For just the second time in the show's history (and perhaps the last time), we are covering our namesake band, as we dive into the P.O.D. well once ag...
Episode 47: Metallica's "St. Anger", or My Pod Style Determines My Death Style
It was perhaps an inevitability that we got around to covering one of the most maligned albums in the "nu-metal" genre, when the biggest metal band of...
Episode 46: Adema's "Adema", or a Nu-Metal Cinderella Story
After a Poll of bands we thought may never get a chance to win, Adema's "Adema" emerged as the clear victor and how could it not: an album we loved a...
Episode 45: Rage Against the Machine's "Evil Empire", or Answering Nu-Metal's Toughest Question
It took 45 episodes, but we finally answer the question of whether or not Rage Against the Machine counts as nu-metal. It's a question that has rocked...
Episode 44: Disturbed's "Believe", or You Can Lead The Guy to Water, But You Can't Make Him Rock
He's baaaaaack! We are covering our favorite nu-metal Capital-G Guy for the third time on this show (including bonuses), as David Draiman and Disturbe...
Episode 43: Sevendust's "Home", or the Dickpick Papers
An episode nearly 4 years in the making, John finally gets Sevendust to win a Poll and tries to help Bryan realize that they're good, actually. It's a...
Episode 42: Deftones' "Deftones", or We Are Definitely Not a Ska Band
It's been nearly two years since we've covered Deftones on the podcast, and not a moment too soon, as we go over 2 hours talking about our favorite bo...
Episode 41: Avril Lavigne's "Let Go", or Take Me Somewhere New, I'm With Nu
We are with you this month, listeners, as we calm things down a bit and review the seminal sorta-pop-punk, sorta-pop, sorta-country, barely-nu-metal "...
Episode 40: Sepultura's "Roots", or Podcast Bloody Podcast
It took 7 polls and 40 episodes but Bryan's dream finally comes to life as we review one of his favourite nu-metal albums, Sepultura's "Roots". Headin...
Episode 39: American Head Charge's "The War of Art", or The Seventy Percent
American Head Charge's reputation in the online nu-metal community is very strong, with some critics putting this album amongst the very best in nu-me...
Episode 38: Incubus' "Make Yourself", or Libertarians on Psychedelics
In what will likely be the last Incubus record that could be considered nu-metal enough for the show, John and Bryan dig in to Incubus' third album, "...
Episode 37: Korn's "Life is Peachy", or To Infinity and Beyond
You can be a nu-metal fan but not be constantly engaging with the classics, particularly a band's--by their own admission--rushed second album. We kno...
Episode 36: Alien Ant Farm's "ANThology", or Lessons in How Not to Be La-Hoo
It's an episode that begins with us talking quite frankly about our balls (and our strength), and you might need a lot of strength to get through almo...
Episode 35: Coal Chamber's "Coal Chamber", or the Silliness of Nu-Metal Realized
BIG TRUCK! BIG TRUCK! After literal years of trying to get this album to win a Poll, Bryan's dream finally comes true and the boys cover Coal Chamber'...