In This Essay

In This Essay

Arts EN ↓ 13 episodes

In this essay, we will: - Chit chat about pop culture (because Juli has her finger on the pulse)- Do a completely untrained rhetorical analysis of the media we love (and don't).- say something true and beautiful? Maybe one day we'll accidentally stumble into that last one.

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In This Essay

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Jun 3, 2026

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15: In This Essay I Will Know How it Ends and Still Sing it Again (Hadestown) 03.06.2026

"In This Essay," the podcast wherein we swap takes and hone in one lucky piece of media we've chosen to analyze. Like a book club but for everything (and everyone). This week we discuss Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown. A musical behemoth of lyricism, inspired set design and deeply emotional, satisfying storytelling. Make media literacy cool again! (Seriously we're begging you.)

16: In This Essay I Will Return to the Grove, My Brother (Iron Lung Pt. 2) 25.04.2026

"In This Essay," the podcast wherein we swap takes and hone in one lucky piece of media we've chosen to analyze. Like a book club but for everything (and everyone). This week we discuss Iron Lung , the sci-fi horror movie produced, directed, and starred in by Markiplier (based on the game by the same name). Yes, we're doing it again because we forgot some stuff before. Make media...

14: In This Essay I Will Not Be Returning to the Grove, My Brother (Iron Lung 2026) 17.02.2026

"In This Essay," the podcast wherein we swap takes and hone in one lucky piece of media we've chosen to analyze. Like a book club but for everything (and everyone). This week we discuss Iron Lung, the sci-fi horror movie produced, directed, and starred in by Markiplier (based on the game by the same name ). You'd best buckle up if you're coming with us, my guy, because this o...

11: In This Essay I Will Beach You Off (Barbie 2023) 20.11.2025

"In This Essay," the podcast wherein we swap takes and hone in one lucky piece of media we've chosen to analyze. Like a book club but for everything (and everyone). This week we discuss the one and only Barbie , Greta Gerwig's hilarious and emotional blockbuster from 2023. We're not only into the big hits, but we both separately watched this one in theaters three times so it...

10: In This Essay I Will Master All Four Elements (Avatar the Last Airbender) 14.11.2025

"In This Essay," the podcast wherein we swap takes and hone in one lucky piece of media we've chosen to analyze. Like a book club but for everything (and everyone). This week we talk a childhood (and adulthood) favorite: Avatar the Last Airbender in honor of this year marking it's twentieth anniversary from its premiere. There may not be much left to say about it after twenty years, but we're goin...

9: In This Essay I Will Be Kind (Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind) 19.10.2025

"In This Essay," the podcast wherein we swap takes and hone in one lucky piece of media we've chosen to analyze. Like a book club but for everything (and everyone). This week we discuss Molly McGhee's novel "Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind." A piece of (dystopian?) fiction on the nature of capitalism, work, and dreams (and the people they make us). Make media literacy c...

8: In This Essay I Will Be A Punk Rocker (Superman 2025) 27.08.2025

This week we reintroduce ourselves. Risen from the ashes like a phoenix we emerge as "In This Essay," the podcast wherein we swap takes and hone in one lucky piece of media we've chosen to analyze (in our extremely unprofessional and untrained capacities) for the week. Like a book club but for everything (and everyone). Even you Steve. Today we talk James Gunn's "Superman 2025," and why this super...

6: Death of a Podcast 24.04.2025

The Ides of April spell our doom this week as we kill our podcast in order to be reborn as a cooler podcast next week. When our false start was more interesting than our show... we knew what must be done. But for now there are twice as many stars in the sky, enjoy the talk of scary nightjar mouths, the war of the genital graffiti, and why bananas are actually the fundamental element of the univers...

5: Dueling Timodees 10.04.2025

This week we ruminate on the art of storytelling. Turns out it's harder than we thought. Check out the link to our slides here , or head to ⁠https://bio.site/blindslides to see the latest episode, all presentation links, and follow us on social media.

4: A Tale of Two Steves 06.03.2025

This week's live audience is exclusively comprised of Steves. Check out the link to our slides here , or head to ⁠ https://bio.site/blindslides ⁠ to see the latest episode, all presentation links, or follow us on social media. This week's special mentions include Horses running at top speed, the Beep Grand Cherokeeper lady, Zayn Malik, Dr. Gregory House MD, and Old English. *Note: Juli sai...

3: Sokka Balls 20.02.2025

Our first real episode! (One where we actually execute the premise of our podcast!) Check out the link to our slides here or head to https://bio.site/blindslides to see the latest episode, all presentation links, or follow us on social media.

2: 2025 Bingo 16.01.2025

Still not an episode with the premise we promised, but we had to do a 2025 bingo card to start off the year. Now we sit back and wait for BINGO!

1: The Guessing of the Naming of the Year 02.01.2025

We guess what ‪ @TheMcElroyFamily ‬ will title the year 2025 in the first episode of their podcast, My Brother My Brother and Me this year. We're in their heads! Next year they should do an episode guessing what we're gonna guess that they'll guess.

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