We say farewell to almost half of our contestants. We get into the circumstances behind Jurina's untimely departure, the last Senbatsu, and wrestling. We also talk about voting trends, rising/falling trainee stock, and the lowest budget scare prank ever concocted.  Covers episode 5 of the show.

SNACK IN YOUR AREA Covers episodes 3 and 4 of the show. We talk about the highs and lows of the Group Battle, the carnival games of democracy played by MNet, insane fan reactions, f**king nerds, Chris Paul, and uhh Girls Planet 999

Neko Neko Neko Neko Nekkoya The girls get graded and then re-graded, MNet editing team is still having fun. That's all about to change. Also, we cover Tonari no Banana and explain MNet's narrative sleight-of-hand

A doozy of a 2 part episode, finally we talk about the show (after about an hour of talking about the pre-show) If you're watching along, we cover everything through halfway through Episode 2 of the show.

In Episode 1 of POD48, we talk about the announcement at MAMA 2017, the state of J-Pop and K-Pop leading up to the announcment, AKB48's struggles, how the Idol Survival Show became such a huge hit in Korea, Senbatsu, Yogurt, the eternal cool of Sasshii, Netizen Rumors, and everything else that isn't actually the show itself.