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By Vox Populorum

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Episodes: 398

John Alt
 Dec 16, 2022
entertaining and informative, an easy but engaging listen.

Brian
 Jan 16, 2019
good conversations around pop culture. they don't shy away from difficult topics

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We’ve all had a discussion or an argument about popular culture. Sometimes it happens on Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter. Maybe it was in a literature, history, philosophy or psychology class in college. Perhaps it was at the local comic book shop. Or maybe it was at a bar and you ended up stabbing someone with a bottle or bludgeoning them with a pool cue. All of these discussions are exactly the same. The tenured professor at an academic conference deconstructing Batman through a Derrida lens is really doing the same thing as a bunch of teenagers passing a joint around in their mother’s basement. One just uses bigger words and the other swears more. Honestly, though, we’re not sure which. So why not bring them all together? Vox Populorum is a blog and podcast devoted to pop culture criticism. We believe that the best way to understand culture is to discuss it. Please join our weekly round table of media critics, academics and fans for engaging discussion about movies, novels, comic bo

Episode Date
e387. TV is Our Religion: The Theological Lens of Peak Television
Sep 08, 2025
e386. Unpacking Long-Running TV: From Sitcoms to Soap Operas
Sep 01, 2025
e385. Is Flash Gordon a Bad Movie?
Aug 25, 2025
e384. From Vanderbilt Glam to Oscar’s Shades: The Gilded Age Deep Dive
Aug 18, 2025
e383. Revisiting Milkshake Ducks
Aug 11, 2025
e382. How Catch ’em? Exploring the Inverted Mystery
Aug 04, 2025
e381. It’s Clobberin’ Time! Fantastic Four’s Impact on the Summer of Superheroes
Jul 28, 2025
e380. Monica in Paris: The Tropes of Study Abroad
Jul 21, 2025
e379. and now… Superman
Jul 14, 2025
e378. For Mature Audiences Only: When Nostalgia Grows Up
Jul 07, 2025
e377. The Art of the Sequel: Continuity vs. Creativity vs. Capitalism
Jun 30, 2025
e376. Deconstructing RomComs: Genre, Trope and Capitalism
Jun 23, 2025
e375. Floppy Disks and Fast Cars: Technological Nostalgia in Media
Jun 16, 2025
e374. The Accuracy Dilemma: Balancing Fact and Fiction in Pop Culture
Jun 09, 2025
e373. Collecting Value. Understanding Valuation in Popular Culture
Jun 02, 2025
e372. MCU 2025: Exploring the Current Marvel Cinematic Landscape
May 26, 2025
e371. Retro Revivals and Cinematic Sequels: Summer 2025 Preview
May 19, 2025
e370. Free Comic Book Day and Geek Third Spaces
May 12, 2025
e369. PCA 2025: The After Show
May 05, 2025
e368. PCA 2025: The Presentations!
Apr 28, 2025
e367. Live from PCA 2025: Unpacking Mainstream Sexuality
Apr 21, 2025
e366. What Ever Happened to the Teen Sex Farce?
Apr 14, 2025
e365. Works in Progress: PCA2025
Apr 07, 2025
e364. From the Theatre to the Stream: The Future of Indie Films
Mar 31, 2025
e363. Is The Mummy a Bad Movie?
Mar 24, 2025
e362. Learning in the Stacks: Libraries & Learning from Pop Culture
Mar 17, 2025
e361. Carving Pop Culture Mount Rushmore (Simulcast w/ the Protagonist Podcast)
Mar 10, 2025
e360. Selling Woke: Navigating Complexities of Capitalism and Media Bias
Mar 03, 2025
e359. 2025 Oscar Preview
Feb 24, 2025
e358. Monster Crushes: Infatuation with the Unknown
Feb 17, 2025
X2Z Movies e7. Nimona
Feb 16, 2025
e357. The Museum Dilemma: Ownership, Ethics, and Colonialism
Feb 10, 2025
X2Z Movies e6. Casablanca
Feb 08, 2025
e356. Incidental Genre: Unpacking the Unexpected
Feb 03, 2025
GroundPod Day 2025! Happy Groundhog Day!
Feb 02, 2025
X2Z Movies e5. Return to Oz
Jan 31, 2025
e355. The Great Social Media Sunset: Where Do We Go From Here?
Jan 27, 2025
e354. Diamonds Aren’t Forever: The Rise and Fall of Comics Distribution
Jan 20, 2025
e353. Prestige TV vs. Streaming Movies
Jan 13, 2025
X2Z Movies e2. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jan 10, 2025
e352. The 2025 Box Office Fantasy Draft
Jan 06, 2025
X2Z Movies e3. Unpacking Wicked: A Generational Review
Jan 03, 2025
e351. Cinematic Trolley Problems: Exploring Moral Grey Areas Through Film
Dec 30, 2024
X2Z Movies e2. Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? A Generational Debate
Dec 27, 2024
e350. Cheesy Christmas Movies 2024 Extra Thirsty Edition
Dec 23, 2024
X2Z Movies e1: Discovering 'The Book of Life' with Mav and Marie
Dec 20, 2024
e349. Things You Missed 2024
Dec 16, 2024
e348. The True Meaning of Gifting: Connection over Consumerism
Dec 09, 2024
e347. Jack vs. Jack: The Jack Off
Dec 02, 2024
e346: Over the Rainbow: Examining Wicked, Oz, and their Cultural Impact
Nov 25, 2024
e345. Superpowers, Sex, and Science with Diana McCallum
Nov 18, 2024
e344. Creepy Kids & Horror: Exploring Unsettling Youth in Film
Nov 11, 2024
e343. 2024 US Election Special
Nov 04, 2024
e342. Creepy Dolls and the Freudian Uncanny
Oct 28, 2024
e341. #Games4SocialImpact 2024: The Rise of Jerry
Oct 21, 2024
e340. Reimagining Dracula: a Conversation with Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones
Oct 14, 2024
e339. Why Do Smart People Like Trashy Reality Shows?
Oct 07, 2024
e338. Fandom and Identity: The Evolution of Beloved Characters
Sep 30, 2024
e337. Umm… So, is this like a Reboot?!? Or Something?
Sep 23, 2024
e336. So, Why Pop Culture?
Sep 16, 2024
e335. Prequels Unraveled: Stitching Gaps or Snagging Cash?
Sep 09, 2024
e334. From DNC to SDCC: Comparing the Convention Experience
Sep 02, 2024
e333. Twisters, Titanics, & Terror: Deconstructing Disaster Narratives
Aug 26, 2024
e332. The 4th Wall Bounce: The Reflexivity of Media and Culture
Aug 19, 2024
e331. Understanding the Syllabus: Learning Frameworks and Inclusive Practices
Aug 12, 2024
e330. The Immortal Legacy: Aging Actors and Endless Franchises
Aug 05, 2024
e329. Biographies, Blockbusters, And Biden! What a Week!
Jul 29, 2024
e328. What’s the Deal with Presidential Assassinations?
Jul 22, 2024
e327. Decoding Literary Criticism: From BookTok to Shakespeare
Jul 15, 2024
e326. From Mr. Ed to the Minions: Pop Culture Across Generations
Jul 08, 2024
e325. So You Have To Write a Prospectus? Now What Is It, Exactly? (and can an ointment clear it up?)
Jul 01, 2024
e324. Unpacking Bridgerton Season 3: Penelope, Queerness, and Fandom Reactions
Jun 24, 2024
e323. The Complex Legacy of Barbie: Gender, Fashion & Identity
Jun 17, 2024
e322. 4 Killer Out-of-the-Box X-men Movie Pitches for the MCU
Jun 10, 2024
e321. The All-Time Best All-Time Best Albums List of All Time
Jun 03, 2024
e320. Adrenaline and Affection: Exploring the Action Romance Genre
May 27, 2024
e319. X-men ’97 Revisited: Superheroes, Sacrifices, & Saturday Mornings
May 20, 2024
e318. A.I. in Academia: Balancing Technology and Traditional Learning
May 13, 2024
e317: From Field to Frame: Life Lessons from Sports Movies
May 06, 2024
e316. 2024 Summer Movie Season
Apr 29, 2024
e315. Revisiting Classics: The Delicate Art of Remakes and Adaptations
Apr 22, 2024
e314. Fashion, Furniture, and Furballs — Six Years of VoxPopcast
Apr 15, 2024
e313. PCA2024: Adapting X-Men
Apr 08, 2024
e312. PCA2024: The AfterParty
Apr 01, 2024
e311. From Original to Ovation: Tracing the Threads of Musical Covers
Mar 25, 2024
e310. The Biggest Oscar Upsets and Travesties
Mar 18, 2024
e309. The Human Kaiju: Translating the Unstoppable Monster To Human Scale
Mar 11, 2024
e308. 2024 Oscars Predictions!
Mar 04, 2024
e307. Madame Web, Morbius, and Movies of Obligation
Feb 26, 2024
e306. Kaiju Kachoo: From Gojira to Godzilla Minus One
Feb 19, 2024
e305. Dark Academia: a Deep Dive into Murder, Mystery & Midterms
Feb 12, 2024
e304. Barbie, the Oscars & Leavisism (What’s That Now?)
Feb 05, 2024
GroundPod Day 2024! Happy Groundhog Day!
Feb 02, 2024
e303. Our Lives in Pop Culture
Jan 29, 2024
e302. So, A.I. George Carlin… WHY?!?!?
Jan 22, 2024
e301. Is Saltburn A Good Movie?
Jan 15, 2024
e300. The 2024 Box Office Draft
Jan 08, 2024
e299. Things You Missed in 2023!
Jan 01, 2024
e298. Why Does Everyone Hate Mary Sues?
Dec 25, 2023
e297. Cheesy Christmas Movies Five!
Dec 18, 2023
e296. The Great Christmas Tree Debate
Dec 11, 2023
e295. Superhero Fatigue & The Illusion of Change
Dec 04, 2023
e294. Black Friday and Toy Riots!
Nov 27, 2023
e293. Soundtracks, Scores & Race in the Superhero Film (Remastered)
Nov 21, 2023
e293. Soundtracks, Scores & Race in the Superhero Film
Nov 20, 2023
e292. Monstrous Women and the Horror Gaze
Nov 13, 2023
e291. Fables, Fanfic and Fair Using the Public Domain
Nov 06, 2023
e290. Figuring Out Fall & Analyzing Autumn
Oct 30, 2023
e289. Superman in Cleveland
Oct 23, 2023
e288. Games4SocialImpact 2023
Oct 16, 2023
e287. We Made This! Why We Love DIY!
Oct 09, 2023
e286. The Legend of Harley Quinn
Oct 02, 2023
e285. The Legend of Hercule Poirot
Sep 25, 2023
e284. Making the Band of Theseus
Sep 18, 2023
e283. Is Josie and the Pussycats a Bad Movie?
Sep 11, 2023
e282. Misunderstood Pop Music Politics
Sep 04, 2023
e281. Saying Goodbye to Riverdale, the Best Show on Television
Aug 28, 2023
e280. The VoxPopcast Protagonist Movie Calendar Playlist Game
Aug 21, 2023
e279. Is Sucker Punch a Bad Movie?
Aug 14, 2023
e278. Hollywood is on Strike! (But, what does that mean?)
Aug 07, 2023
e277. The VoxPopcast #Barbenheimer Double Feature Double Date
Jul 31, 2023
e276. Old Heroes Never Die! (But Do They Even Fade Away?)
Jul 24, 2023
e275. Concert Amnesia and the Power of Flashbulb Memory
Jul 17, 2023
e274. Indiana Jones and the Legacy of Pulp
Jul 10, 2023
e273. Is Pixar Over?
Jul 03, 2023
e272. Why Are So Many Superhero Adaptations So Very, Very, Bad?
Jun 26, 2023
e271. Crossing The Spider-Verse
Jun 19, 2023
e270. Why Do Fans Hate Things They Love?
Jun 12, 2023
e269. Wide World of Disney Reboots
Jun 05, 2023
e268. Fasterer and Furiouserer
May 29, 2023
e267. Ages of Superhero Movies!
May 22, 2023
e266. Everybody’s A.I. Critic?
May 15, 2023
e265. 2023 Summer Movie Preview
May 08, 2023
e264. Do You Remember Nostalgia? Do You Want To?
May 01, 2023
e263. We Gotta Talk About MILF Manor! We Just Do…
Apr 24, 2023
e262. Hey! So, How Do Museums Work?
Apr 17, 2023
e261. PCA2023 After Dark!
Apr 10, 2023
e260. Why Do We ♥ Stories Where Old People Still ƒµ¢&?
Apr 03, 2023
e259. The Enduring Cultural Legacy of Cocaine Bear!
Mar 27, 2023
e258. A Primer on the Ages of Disney
Mar 20, 2023
e257. Glasses Off, Hair Down! The Magic of Movie Makeovers
Mar 13, 2023
e256. Oscars, Oscars, All at Once!
Mar 06, 2023
e255. The Mystery of the Disappearing Media!
Feb 27, 2023
e254. A Primer On the Ages of Comics
Feb 20, 2023
e253. So… Is Princess Diaries 2 a Bad Movie?
Feb 13, 2023
e252. Velma and Pouring Some Edgy on It!
Feb 06, 2023
GroundPod Day 2023! Happy Groundhog’s Day!
Feb 02, 2023
e251. Eating the Rich! (on film)
Jan 30, 2023
e250. We Always Figured We Would Do a Show on Quiet Quitting (Eventually)
Jan 23, 2023
e249. The Media Guilt Pile
Jan 16, 2023
e248. 2023 Box Office Draft
Jan 09, 2023
e247. 36-ish Things You Missed in 2022
Jan 02, 2023
e246. a Very Star Wars Andor Holiday Special
Dec 26, 2022
e245. Cheesy Christmas Movies IV
Dec 19, 2022
e244. An A.I. Took Your Art, Daddy!
Dec 12, 2022
e243. What’s in a Name? (or Several)
Dec 05, 2022
e242. A Specifically Very Positive Thanksgiving Ep
Nov 28, 2022
e241. Wakanda Forever & MCU Diversity
Nov 21, 2022
e240. Reality Twitter? (and Politics)
Nov 14, 2022
e239. Why Doctor Who?
Nov 07, 2022
e238. Dragons and Rings and Other Fantasy TV
Oct 31, 2022
e237. So, We Need to Talk About Kanye…
Oct 24, 2022
e236. Is The Rocky Horror Picture Show a Bad Movie?
Oct 17, 2022
e235. Is Jennifer’s Body a bad movie?
Oct 10, 2022
e234. Games4SocialImpact
Oct 03, 2022
e233. Is Under the Cherry Moon a bad movie?
Sep 26, 2022
e232. Paige v. Ariana: The Right to be Sexy on the Internet
Sep 19, 2022
e231. So, You Should Be Watching A League of Their Own
Sep 12, 2022
e230. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ratings But Were Afraid to Ask
Sep 05, 2022
e229. She-Hulk: Sensational & Savage
Aug 29, 2022
e228. Investigating the Style Cycle
Aug 22, 2022
e227. the Endless Culture of the Sandman
Aug 15, 2022
e226. So… uh… what is a Dissertation? (and why would you do one?)
Aug 08, 2022
e225. Can We Talk About Climate Change?
Aug 01, 2022
e224. A Filler Episode on Filler Episodes
Jul 25, 2022
e223. The Cultural Impact of Ms. Marvel on Disney+
Jul 18, 2022
e222. So, The World’s On Fire… Everything is Fine…
Jul 11, 2022
e221. Exploring the World of Stranger Things
Jul 04, 2022
e220. Obi-Wan Kenobi & the Star Wars Legacy
Jun 27, 2022
e219. Why We Still Love the Jurassic Park Franchise
Jun 20, 2022
e218. Does the Bechdel Test Fail the Bechdel Test?
Jun 13, 2022
e217. Online Shopping, Thrifting, and The Death of Mall Culture
Jun 06, 2022
e216. Chip’n Dale: Rescue Rangers & The Art Of The Cameo
May 30, 2022
e215. Taboo Teen TV Tropes
May 23, 2022
e214. How To Make A Great Documentary! (and Why?)
May 16, 2022
e213. Everything Everywhere in the Multiverse of VoxPopcast
May 09, 2022
e212. Pour Some Gritty On It!
May 02, 2022
e211. #PCAACA22: The Presentations
Apr 25, 2022
e210. #PCAACA22: The Afterparty
Apr 18, 2022
e209. PCA2022 Conference Paper Workshop & Preview
Apr 11, 2022
e208. What Time Is It? It’s Bridgerton Time! (Again)
Apr 04, 2022
e207. The Voice of the Crowd is Close to Madness!
Mar 28, 2022
e206. Return of the Oscars Preview – 2022
Mar 21, 2022
e205. Why Do We Love Batman?
Mar 14, 2022
e204. Viral Grammar: Rhetoric, Semiotics, and Emoji
Mar 07, 2022
e203. Consumption, Capitalism, and the Culture of Luxury Fashion
Feb 28, 2022
e202. To Kill a Mockingbird… and a Maus — Censorship & Book Banning
Feb 21, 2022
e201. The Romance Show: (Hannah wouldn’t let us call) Love In The Time Of COVID
Feb 14, 2022
e200. Secret Origins Starring VoxPopcast: Special Anniversary Edition
Feb 07, 2022
e199. Nancy Drew & the Hidden Staircase to Pop Culture Immortality
Jan 31, 2022
e198. STEM vs Humanities: the Clatter in the Classroom
Jan 24, 2022
e197. Serialization II: Electric Boogaloo (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Franchise)
Jan 17, 2022
e196. The 2022 Box Office Draft!
Jan 10, 2022
e195. 34 Great Things You Missed in 2021!
Jan 03, 2022
e194. Dr. Golden Spies From V.O.X.P.O.P with Love
Dec 27, 2021
e193. Cheesy Christmas Movies 3
Dec 20, 2021
e192. How to Win Christmas & Influence People
Dec 13, 2021
e191. Pop Culture Casserole
Dec 06, 2021
e190. Pour Some Sexy On It!
Nov 29, 2021
e189. Dune: How to Control the Spice & Influence People
Nov 22, 2021
e188. The Eternals and the MCU This Year (so far…)
Nov 15, 2021
e187. 4x4ward: Overlanding and the Great Outdoors
Nov 08, 2021
e186. Wayne, Hannah, Mav & Jehnie’s Infinite Mixtape
Nov 01, 2021
e185. The Wicked, the Witches and the Witch-ish
Oct 25, 2021
e184. Bram Stoker’s Dracula & the Draculi that Followed
Oct 18, 2021
e183. How to Read All of the Marvels
Oct 11, 2021
e182. I Fixed That for You, Now GTFO!
Oct 04, 2021
e181. Entertainment and Other Unions — IATSE Solidarity
Sep 27, 2021
e180. So, You Say You Wanna Host a Pseudoacademic Pop Culture Analysis Podcast (with Drinking and Swearing)
Sep 20, 2021
e179. ImproveReality?
Sep 13, 2021
e178. Pop History vs. Public History
Sep 06, 2021
e177. Deconstructing the Chair
Aug 30, 2021
e176. What Was Social Networking?
Aug 23, 2021
e175. Game Studies: Ludology vs. Narratology
Aug 16, 2021
e174. The Arthurian Roundtable Roundtable
Aug 09, 2021
e173. War of the Readings
Aug 02, 2021
e172. (More Drinking Than Swearing…) The Culture Of Alcohol
Jul 26, 2021
e171. Summertime! Time to Kick Back and Unwind
Jul 19, 2021
e170. What is Serialization? Tune in next week!
Jul 12, 2021
e169. The Subtle & Sophisticated Highbrow Culture of The Fast & The Furious
Jul 05, 2021
e168. Time to Stop Wearing Underwear on the Outside
Jun 28, 2021
e167. Considering the Fanboy Gaze
Jun 21, 2021
e166. So… What is the Male Gaze Anyway?
Jun 14, 2021
e165. PCA-2021 Recap
Jun 08, 2021
e164. Why Do We Love Plot Twists?
May 31, 2021
e163. The Secret World of American Girl
May 24, 2021
e162. Multimedia & Literary Crossovers
May 18, 2021
e161. Describing 20 Games We Haven’t Played
May 10, 2021
e160. Remembering Thought & Thinking About Memory
May 03, 2021
e159. Obviously, it’s the Falcon and the Winter Soldier Show
Apr 26, 2021
e158. Superhero Thought Experiments
Apr 19, 2021
e157. Standup Comedy Sitting on the Couch
Apr 12, 2021
e156. More Bad Things? We Love
Apr 05, 2021
e155. Introduction to Ergodic Texts and Reading
Mar 29, 2021
e154. Can We Cancel Cancel Culture Culture? (or can’t we?)
Mar 22, 2021
e153. Seeking a Game for the End of the World
Mar 15, 2021
e152. Obviously it’s the WandaVision Show
Mar 08, 2021
e151. Yet More Bridgerton! and other good things
Mar 01, 2021
e150. Sexy Cartoons: You Know… for the Kids!
Feb 22, 2021
e149. Let’s Talk About SuperSex
Feb 15, 2021
e148. Sex, Love, & Bridgerton
Feb 08, 2021
e147. Big Fun with Charts, Data, and Analytics!
Feb 01, 2021
e146. TV in the time of COVID-19
Jan 25, 2021
e145. 2021 Fantasy Box Office Draft
Jan 18, 2021
e144. So, It’s Been a Week! (1/3/21 – 1/9/21)
Jan 11, 2021
e143. Thirty Great Things You Missed In 2020
Jan 04, 2021
e142. Deconstructing the Queen’s Gambit
Dec 28, 2020
e141. Ghosts, Spirits, Scrooge and a Merry Marxist Christmas
Dec 21, 2020
e140. Why Do We Suddenly Love Musicals?
Dec 14, 2020
e139. The 22 Reviews of Christmas (Cheesey Christmas 2)
Dec 07, 2020
e138. Holiday Tradition and Ritual in the Time of COVID
Nov 30, 2020
e137. Think Virtually, Live Locally! Our New Virtual Reality
Nov 23, 2020
e136. Describing 14 Films We Haven’t Seen
Nov 16, 2020
e135. Election 2020: So Now What?
Nov 09, 2020
e134. Reality of Horrors!
Nov 02, 2020
e133. Comedy of Horrors!
Oct 26, 2020
e132. Is 2020 the Darkest Timeline?
Oct 19, 2020
e131. Cuties: Eroticizing the Innocent and Infantilizing Sexuality
Oct 12, 2020
e130. Freshman Year in Quarantine
Oct 05, 2020
e129. Corsets: Enhancement, Imprisonment, Empowerment, & Empresses
Sep 28, 2020
e128. 9 Popular Culture Pet Peeves We Hate and Why
Sep 21, 2020
e127. Dungeons & Diversity
Sep 14, 2020
e126. Reconstructing Deconstructed Superheroes
Sep 07, 2020
e125. It’s the End of the World as we show it…
Aug 31, 2020
e124. Marveling Over Marble League!
Aug 24, 2020
e123. Culture, Context, Protest, and Memefication
Aug 17, 2020
e122. twentysomethingteen
Aug 10, 2020
e121. The Improv Story Game
Aug 03, 2020
e120. Quarantine Comfort TV
Jul 27, 2020
e119. Copaganda II: Going Rogue
Jul 20, 2020
e118. #activism
Jul 13, 2020
e117. Post-Release Censorship and the Disney Vault
Jul 06, 2020
e116. Copaganda, Cartoons, and You
Jun 29, 2020
e115. Why Do We Love Minor Characters?
Jun 22, 2020
e114. Your Black Friend is Tired
Jun 15, 2020
e113. Cartoons vs. Avatars
Jun 08, 2020
e112. Social Media and Free Speech
Jun 01, 2020
e111. STILL Not Over It!
May 25, 2020
e110. Comic Studies-350: X-Men Course Syllabus
May 18, 2020
e109. Scores & Soundtracks
May 11, 2020
e108. Bad Things We Love
May 04, 2020
e107. Senior Year in Quarantine
Apr 27, 2020
e106. COVID-19 & the Death of the Comic Shop
Apr 20, 2020
e105. Animal Crossing & Cozy Games in Worldwide Pandemics
Apr 13, 2020
e104. 5 Victorian Parlour Games for Worldwide Pandemics
Apr 06, 2020
e103. Birds of Prey and the Fantaboulous Deconstruction of one VoxPopcast
Mar 30, 2020
e102. News by Meme
Mar 23, 2020
e101. Not the Next Big Thing
Mar 16, 2020
e100. Hollywood vs. FanCasting
Mar 09, 2020
e99. Pseudo-Academic Content: Listener Discretion is Advised
Mar 02, 2020
e98. Experience vs. Consumer Culture
Feb 24, 2020
e97. Fictional & Celebrity Crushes
Feb 17, 2020
e96. Mask Theory
Feb 10, 2020
e95. The Good Place and Philosophy
Feb 03, 2020
e94. Why Do Award Shows Suck?
Jan 27, 2020
e93. Golden Age of Comics
Jan 20, 2020
e92: 2010s Decade in Review
Jan 13, 2020
e91. 2020 Box Office Draft
Jan 06, 2020
e90. 30 Good Things You Missed!!! 2019 Year in Review
Dec 30, 2019
e89. Star Wars: Epic Retrospective
Dec 23, 2019
e88. Yes, Internet, There is a Santa Claus
Dec 16, 2019
e87. Sentimentalism: Punching Them in the Feels
Dec 10, 2019
e86. Good Things We Hate
Dec 02, 2019
e85. Digital Acting (and Deep Fakery)
Nov 25, 2019
e84. Comics, Sci-Fi, Fantasy: What is Geek Culture?
Nov 18, 2019
e83. 🙂Watching Watchmen😵
Nov 11, 2019
e82. Love, Politics and Jane Austen
Nov 04, 2019
e81. Stephen King and Horror
Oct 28, 2019
e80. Irredeemable Characters
Oct 21, 2019
e79. Crowdfunding Creative Culture
Oct 14, 2019
e78: Monster Studies-201: Course Syllabus
Oct 07, 2019
e77. Pop Culture Etiquette
Sep 30, 2019
e76. Music Back in MY Day…
Sep 23, 2019
e75. Judging a Show by its Pilot?
Sep 16, 2019
e74. Harry Potter and the Politics of Wizardry
Sep 09, 2019
e73. Reading Practices
Sep 02, 2019
e72. The Power of Cuteness
Aug 26, 2019
e71. Back to School
Aug 19, 2019
e70. Does Pop Culture Matter?
Aug 12, 2019
e69. So, let’s talk about Puerto Rico…
Aug 05, 2019
e68. Parallel Media
Jul 29, 2019
e67. Social Justice Knitting
Jul 22, 2019
e66. Fandom Petitions
Jul 15, 2019
e65. AR Gaming
Jul 08, 2019
e64. Mythologizing the Founders
Jul 01, 2019
e63. Transcosplaphobia
Jun 24, 2019
e62. Comics! You know… for the Kids!
Jun 17, 2019
e61. Narrative REMIX!
Jun 10, 2019
e60. Poverty Shaming
Jun 03, 2019
e59. Game of Finales
May 27, 2019
e58. Gaming an Empire
May 20, 2019
e57. You Kant Like That!
May 13, 2019
e56. Endgame Analysis
May 06, 2019
e55. PCA-2019 Recap
Apr 29, 2019
e54. The Unbearable Whiteness of being Batman
Apr 22, 2019
e53. PCA/ACA 2019 Preview: Comic Studies
Apr 15, 2019
e52. PCA/ACA 2019 Preview: Game Studies
Apr 08, 2019
e51. So What Is Subculture Anyway?
Apr 01, 2019
e50. Are You What You Wear?
Mar 25, 2019
e49. Cinema vs. Streaming
Mar 18, 2019
e48. Political TV and Nostalgia
Mar 11, 2019
e47. Milkshake Ducks & Problematic Artists
Mar 04, 2019
e46. Black Superheroes and Representation
Feb 25, 2019
e45. Game of Oscars
Feb 18, 2019
e44. Young Monsters In Love
Feb 11, 2019
e43. Sexy Ships & Head Canon
Feb 04, 2019
e42. Diss Continuity
Jan 28, 2019
e41. Snatching Banders?
Jan 21, 2019
e40. Favourite RoyalTV (and movies)
Jan 14, 2019
e39. Media Addiction
Jan 07, 2019
e38. 2019 Box Office Draft
Dec 31, 2018
e37. Problematic Christmas Songs
Dec 24, 2018
e36. Cheesey Christmas Movies
Dec 17, 2018
e35. SPOILERS! (and Mystery Boxes)
Dec 10, 2018
e34. FarmSims: Digital Transcendentalism
Dec 03, 2018
e33. Thanksgiving Politics
Nov 26, 2018
e32. Reboots, Remakes, Revivals
Nov 19, 2018
e31. Heroes, Villains & Antiheroes
Nov 12, 2018
e30. Monster Mash 2: Breaking Twilight
Nov 05, 2018
Episode 29: Sexy Halloween
Oct 29, 2018
Episode 28: Slashers and Final Girls
Oct 22, 2018
Episode 27: La Mort de l’Auteur
Oct 15, 2018
Episode 26: The Secret Lives of Puppets
Oct 01, 2018
Episode 25: Sex and the Disney Princess
Sep 25, 2018
Episode 24: Genre in General
Sep 18, 2018
Episode 23: Comic Studies-301: Course Syllabus
Sep 10, 2018
Episode 22: Monuments and Memories
Sep 03, 2018
Episode 21: Sports, Patriotism, and Social Justice
Aug 28, 2018
Episode 20: Monster Mash
Aug 21, 2018
Episode 19: Cosplayers of Color
Aug 14, 2018
Episode 18: She-Ra and the Male Gaze
Aug 07, 2018
Episode 17: Music, the Soundtrack of our Lives
Jul 31, 2018
Episode 16: Sex in Video Games
Jul 24, 2018
Episode 15: Cinematic Violence & the Impossible Body
Jul 17, 2018
Episode 14: Captain America – Patriotism & Nationalism
Jul 10, 2018
Episode 13: Mythic Reboots
Jul 02, 2018
Episode 12: The Coming & Going of the Coming of Age
Jun 25, 2018
Episode 11: Toxic Offenders & the Dark Side of Fandom
Jun 19, 2018
Episode 10: Sex, Gender & FanFic
Jun 12, 2018
Episode 9: Chutz-Pow! Superheroes of the Holocaust
Jun 04, 2018
Episode 8: Academia & Viral Social Justice
May 29, 2018
Episode 7: Comic Con Culture
May 21, 2018
Episode 6: Sex & Drugs & Riverdale
May 14, 2018
Episode 5: Infinity Franchises & Cinematic Universes
May 07, 2018
Episode 4: Losing My Religiosity?
May 01, 2018
Episode 3: Violence in Video Games
Apr 23, 2018
Episode 2: Do You Remember Nostalgia?
Apr 16, 2018
Episode 1: Origin Stories
Apr 10, 2018