How do you like it so far?

'How do you like it so far?' producer Andrea Alarcon and Annenberg Doctoral Candidate Rogelio Alejandro Lopez take over this week's episode for a trip to the Define American Film Festival in Chicago to host Defining the American of 2060 . The pair talk to poet Yosimar Reyes and organizer Erika Andiola about identity, representation and political obstacles in the undocumented community. –––––––––––...

USC professors Hye Jin Lee and Cristina Visperas join Colin and Henry to deliver a crash course on global K-pop fandoms. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com . Music: “In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X. In Time (Instrumental) by D...

University of California, Irvine professors Katie Salen Tekinbaş and Kurt Squire discuss Ready Player One and Game Based Learning. Bios: Professor Katie Salen Tekinbaş works at the intersection of games, design and learning, bridging the gap between academia and industry to create practical, real-world platforms that better educate and empower the next generation. Professor Kurt Squire is fascinat...

Ann Pendleton-Jullian joins Henry and Colin for a wide-ranging discussion about worldbuilding, followed by a reflection from Henry and Colin. Bio: Ann Pendleton-Jullian is an architect, writer, and educator whose work explores the interchange between culture, environment, and technology. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do You Like It So...

Alex McDowell joins Henry to discuss "Ready Player One," production design for Steven Spielberg films, and world building. Bio: Alex McDowell RDI is an award-winning designer and storyteller working at the intersection of emergent technologies and experiential media. McDowell was a production designer with 30 years experience in feature films, working with directors David Fincher, Steven...

Fresh off an afternoon viewing of “Ready Player One,” Colin and Nonny De La Peña discuss virtual reality and the implications of emerging technology on the future of storytelling. Note: This episode takes our usual "informal conversation" a step further with an out-of-studio recording setup. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do...

Nick Cull, professor of Public Diplomacy and founding director of the Master of Public Diplomacy program at USC, joins Colin to discuss what mainstream media properties like Black Panther or Titanic say about society. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmai...

Manouchka Labouba, a Gabonese filmmaker and USC doctoral fellow in Cinema and Media Studies, discusses the Black Panther and how technology has changed cinematic culture in African nations. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com . Music: “In Time” by...

This week, Colin and Henry discuss current events on each of their minds, including the March For Our Lives and the U.S. Census. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com . Music: “In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X. In Time (Instrument...

Define American's Julian Gomez joins Henry and Colin to discuss how Black Panther and other popular stories can be used to empower fan activism. Afterward, Henry and Colin have an in-depth discussion about participatory culture and civic engagement. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at...

Guests Ramzi Fawaz, assistant professor of English at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Rebecca Wanzo, associate professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, discuss Black Panther, representation and Marvel's history. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can a...

This week, Colin and I sat down to talk together about why we were making this podcast, what we hope to accomplish, how we understand the current media environment, and yes, how we like it so far. Check it out. Next week, we begin a series of interviews around Black Panther. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry , Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account...

The news media has had much to say in the past few months about the ways Star Wars fans have responded to this The Last Jedi. Much of this reporting has depicted Star Wars fans in a monolithic terms -- mostly focusing on the response of white male fans, who, as many have noted, dominate media coverage in an age where geek culture has been mainstreamed. Our two guests this week challenge that const...

More responses to The Last Jedi. This time, we check in with Jeff Gomez from Starlight Runner, a leading figure in the world of transmedia storytelling. Gomez has been running a series of blog posts which explore the emergence of what he calls "The Collective Journey" as a new storytelling structure at work in contemporary popular media, a story structure which he sees exemplified by, fo...

So, in the first cluster of episodes, we are turning out attention onto The Last Jedi, which we are coming at from multiple angles. The first episode, which you can access here, is an interview with Ahmed Best, the actor who played the part of Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequels, perhaps one of the most hated characters in the franchise. But Best could not be a nicer or more thoughtful guy, an...