Over the past five years, Place to Be Nation has been fortunate to feature written and audio pieces by a plethora of very talented individuals. Here is a sampling of some of our content from June 1, 2013 – June 1, 2018 for your enjoyment and to highlight our variety and insight into wrestling and pop culture since our launch. Enjoy!
A Long December: The Story of 12/29/98
We Miss the 90s: America Online
Ready To Rumble: Everything is Real, Everything is Fake
A Look Back at 24: Ranking the Seasons
Strutting Out a Legacy: RIP Jackie Fargo
Exclusive: Tim Kennedy: “It’s Good to Have Another Job Because the UFC Doesn’t Pay Well”
Oh The People You’ll Meet: Little League Edition
JT’s Running Diary: 2013 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
Wrestling and Politics: A Look at a Turbulent Relationship
Three’s Company: The Wyatts, The Shield, and Trios in Wrestling
Titans of Wrestling #1: WWWF January – March 1979 (Audio)
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Win?
Summer-Slammed: Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake & The Summer of 1990
The Chamber of Broken Dreams: SummerSlam 2003’s Main Event
Prime Time Player: Darren Young Comes Out
‘Headlocked’ Writer Looks to Change Perception of Wrestling Based Comics
In Too Deep: Is WWE’s Roster Oversaturated?
Weber Has Issues Special Edition: Calm Down, Nerds!
Ashton Kutcher Is A Douche aka “A Tale Of Two Kelsos”
The Winding Road to Lowell: Attending Raw in 1998
Oh the People You’ll Meet: IWC Edition
Parv’s Guide to David Bowie Albums
Wrestling With the Past #3: Celebrating Bret Hart (Audio)
Why the Browns Won the Trent Richardson Trade
What Happened to New & Original?
The Fiefdom of Sports Officials
The Lost Franchises of the ABA
The Alternative That Wrestling Needs
“Lightning Bolt” in Worcester: Pearl Jam Live
Welcome to Friartown, Section 103 – Meet the CWO
A Hero’s Exit: Chris Hero Departs WWE
Filth, Pollution & Corruption: The Ballad of Ludvig Borga
Richer & The Mailman 15: Cars, Death, Humor, Irony, and Richurrences (Audio)
The High Spot: WWE Network is Here (Really) and the Top Stories of the Week
Wrestling Across America: Philadelphia with The Blue Meanie (Audio)
The Other Five Count – Greatest TV Dads
The Kevin Kelly Show #1: Adam Cole (Audio)
We Miss the 90s: Royal Rumble 1994 & An Ode to Friendship
JR’s Treasure Trove #4 – Mom Song by Old Spice
“The Cowboy and The Animal” – A Rundown of My First Live WWE PPV Event
A Tribute to Phillip Seymour Hoffman
The Kevin Kelly Show #2: AJ Styles (Audio)
Valentine’s Day: A Love Story?
Parv’s Guide to the Wu-Tang Clan: Part 1 – The Knowledge
WWE Network Launch: First-Watches, Favorites and Gems from the WWE Library
The Kids Are Alright: NXT Arrives
Welcome to Friartown, Section 103: Providence vs. Marquette – 3/4/14, A Video Essay
The First Time They Didn’t Listen
Place to Be Podcast #300: An Extravaganza Three Years in the Making
Mended Harts – How Vince McMahon Apologized to Bret Hart & WWF Fans in March 1994
Brad and Chad’s WrestleMania Rewind Special: Ranking the WrestleManias (Audio)
Why Didn’t We Get This?? WrestleMania Matches We Wanted
A Tribute to The Ultimate Warrior
Philosophy of the Shield: The Case for Cap – Part 1
Happy Birthday Hot Rod! Remember When You Saved Virgil?
Draft Day – The Tale of Two Trades
The Cowboy Goes to Class – Rise of the nWo
The Other Five Count – Favorite TV Season Finales
Movies of the P2B Generation: 1976
Hey, Hey, Hey…What is Going On Here? The Saved by the Bell Lifetime Movie is On the Way!
JR’s Treasure Trove #5: 2014 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
Five Reasons To: Get Over the New Thor Being a Female
Fandom, I Would Have Words With Thee
JR’s Treasure Trove #6: The Birth of Mr. Backlund – Bret Hart vs. Bob Backlund – 7/30/94
Guardians of the Galaxy Takes the Marvel Cinematic Universe to New Heights
Brad and Chad’s SummerSlam Rewind Special: Ranking the SummerSlams (Audio)
A Step By Step Breakdown of the “Step By Step” Music Video
PTBN SummerSlam Rewind Series: SummerSlam 1992 w/ Steve Corino (Audio)
Bray Wyatt, God Complexes, and (Breakable) Glass Ceilings
Titans of Wrestling #36: Interview with Tito Santana (Audio)
Forget Ebola – What about Anthrax?
PTBN’s Greatest Song of the 90s Tournament: Pool Round One, Group A
The High Spot: An Interlude on Intergender Wrestling
The Kevin Kelly Show #24 – Dennis Stamp (Audio)
Hulk Hogan, As He Should Have Been
Woodstock ’94: Three More Days of Peace, Music…Drugs and Mud
Adam’s Top Music Videos of 2014
The Kevin Kelly Show #25 – Jim Ross (Audio)
Place to Be Podcast #353: Jeff Jarrett (Audio)
Seinfeld: The PTBN Series Rewatch – “The Outing” (S4, E16)
The Ghost of Randy Savage Is Coming for Revenge
The Dichotomy of a Pro Wrestling Fan on the Internet
Teams Back Again – The Debut Episode! (Audio)
30 Years of Mania Madness (1985-1987)
The Best of Kevin Kelly at Place to Be Nation
The Great WrestleMania Re-Book: WrestleMania
Wrestling With Optimism #2 – The History of WWE.com Anniversary Special (Audio)
Place to Be Network: P2B Comics Draft Podcast (Audio)
22-1 or 21-2?: The Future of WWE Collides with its Past at WrestleMania 31
PTBN’s Main Event #30: WrestleMania 31 Preview (Audio)
The Five Count: Undertaker’s WrestleMania Opponents
Place to Be Podcast #368: King of the Ring 1993 and Kendra & Wes Mayle (Audio)
PTBN’s Real World Champion (1989 – 1994)
WDWorld Traveler: The P2B Guide to Walt Disney World (Part 1: The Basics)
Brad and Chad’s King of the Ring Special: Rankings, Rebooking and More (Audio)
Dangerous Alliance Wrestling Podcast #1 (Audio)
The Ballad of the Erstwhile Main-Eventer
1995: The Best Summer of Music Ever
JT’s Treasure Trove #7: 2015 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
PTBN’s Wrestling What If… The NWO’s Third Man
The Scientific Ranking of SummerSlams Part 1
Good Will Wrestling: Building the Perfect SummerSlam (Audio)
PTBN’s Excellent WWE Network Adventure: MSG House Show – 4/6/81
9/11 Remembrance: What Is Really the Least We Can Do?
Parv and Chad’s Top 100 Matches of All Time
Fair for Flair: The Complete Five Part Series (Audio)
Rank & File #1: Top 10 Favorite Current Wrestlers (Audio)
JR’s Treasure Trove #3 – Ghostbusters: The Music Video (1984)
Thoughts I Think… As The Ratings Sink
PTBN Holiday Tournament Spectacular – Round 1, Peanuts Region
Titans of Wrestling #55: Roddy Piper Tribute Part 1 (Audio)
Holiday Five Count: PTBN’s Favorite Christmas Movies
Why Roman Reigns Isn’t Over, Or: A Study in Parallels – Roman Reigns, Bob Backlund and Dory Funk Jr
Peyton’s Last Stand – Super Bowl 50 Preview
Thoughts I Think… After Daniel Bryan’s Retirement
RAGEWATCH!!! – Fuller House (S1, E1)
The WrestleMania Top Ten: Part 1
In Search of Five-Star Matches: Part 1
Batman v Superman Brings Big Characters, Bigger Action
Place to Be Podcast Episode 400: A Celebration, WrestleMania Match Rankings & An Old Friend (Audio)
Tears Fallen, Too Late: The Passing of Chyna
Sometimes it Snows in April: My Journey with Prince
Andre the Giant’s Lost 1991 Comeback
Lucha Undead #28: “Talk Soup with Chad Campbell” (Audio)
Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast #10: GIANT-SIZE – The 2016 Halfie Awards (Audio)
Parv’s Top 100 Music Artists, Part 1: Introduction and 100-76
JT’s Treasure Trove #8: 2016 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
All Hell is Breaking Loose: The Complete Story of Continental Wrestling (Audio)
Survey Says: A WCW Retrospective #1 (Audio)
Letters from Kayfabe #1 (Audio)
Lucha Undead: AMA w/ Brad from PTBN (Audio)
The Definitive Guide to the Suits of the Million Dollar Man
Rogue One Rebels Against Typical Star Wars Formula
The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular, Episode 29: Rogue One (Audio)
The Brad and Chad Show: Putting a Bow on 2016 (Audio)
PTBN POP Special: Tribute to Artists Who Passed Away in 2016 (Audio)
PTBN DadCast #1: Paw Patrol (Audio)
We Miss the 90s: Aerosmith’s Crazy (1994)
Place to Be Podcast #437: Sixth Birthday Celebration (Audio)
PTBN Network Special: Hot Takes on Cold Issues (Audio)
PTBN’s WrestleMania List-a-Mania – Day Twenty-Three: WrestleMania’s Most Overrated Matches
CouchMania 2017 Live Blog: Dealing With a Newborn and the Graps
Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast: 50TH EPISODE GIANT-SIZE EXTRAVAGANZA! (Audio)
PTBN Question Of The Day Weekly Recap (April 3-9 2017)
Letters From Center Stage #1 (Audio)
In Defense of Baseball: LEAVE THE GAME ALONE!!
Jeff Learns Wrestling #1: Basics of the Business, Jesse Ventura, The Mega Powers & more! (Audio)
PTBN’s Greatest WWE Wrestler Ever Project – Introduction
Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast #72: PTBN Pop! Comic Book Theatre — Watchmen
Hard-Traveling Fanboys Podcast #105: PTBN POP! Comic Book Theatre — Watchmen, Part 2
Talk’n Pop #3: Nick Duke and WrestleMania Weekend
Wrestling War Zone: The Monday Night Wars – Episode 1
Marvel Age Podcast Featuring the Sarcastic Four: Episode One – 1961-1962
