Hello April,
The first plant looks like a Dracaena. It does look really dead, but, if that trunk still feels firm all the way down even below the soil level, and if you are willing to wait, if it were mine, I will uproot that plant, and remove all soil, and those dried out leaves. As you remove the dried out leaves, you may be able to gently scrape the bark, if it shows there is some fresh green beneath, then the plant is still alive.
You can either try to encourage some rooting, in water or in a very reduced size of container with some soil. But it will be rather long haul, it is winter, and the tropicals are into slow down phase and your plant has been too stressed. But that's me, I have seen dracaenas form roots at the very edge of the root base, or suddenly push out a leaf growth at the top end, but is a long wait.
Now for the pothos, trim off all the dried out parts, and rescue any green stem with a leaf, stick it in water, and it may still try to grow new roots, but just wait patiently. Again the season is for these plants to be on a slow down. I grow my pothos in water gels, so it allows the plant to get moisture and air circulation at root level.
Now if it is too much to wait for, just get a new plant and learn from the growing experience to avoid this scenario. Good luck!
