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Christmas traditions are huge part of popular culture. In fact, they’re such a huge part of popular culture that — despite the so-called war on Christmas — they pretty much… The post e192. How to Win Christmas & Influence People appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

As we transition from the fall holidays through the winter ones we’ve noticed that there was a bunch of pop culture things have just fallen through the cracks. Like, really… The post e191. Pop Culture Casserole appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Ever since the advent of movies enterprising humans have asked that age-old important question “how can we use this for sex?” That’s not hyperbole; the modern motion picture dates back… The post e190. Pour Some Sexy On It! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Dune may be the greatest science fiction epic ever written. The way you can tell is that if you go up to any Dune fan, they will tell you that…… The post e189. Dune: How to Control the Spice & Influence People appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Somehow, we went the entire year of 2020 just… without a Marvel movie. Phase three ended and there was a real life global pandemic and then… there just weren’t any… The post e188. The Eternals and the MCU This Year (so far…) appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

When you study “pop culture” people automatically think of the MOST popular media that is available of the day. For us living in 2021, that’s largely superhero movies. Of course,… The post e187. 4x4ward: Overlanding and the Great Outdoors appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Have you ever made a mixtape? We’re sort of willing to guess that if you’re listening to our show, at some point or another you have. But… did you actually… The post e186. Wayne, Hannah, Mav & Jehnie’s Infinite Mixtape appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Halloween season continues and so it’s time for another special episode. One of the most enduring pop culture figure is probably the witch. Witches appear through the ages in media.… The post e185. The Wicked, the Witches and the Witch-ish appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

It’s Halloween season and time to do some spooky theme shows! Of course, we’ve tackled monsters several times on the show before, but we’ve never devoted the whole show to… The post e184. Bram Stoker’s Dracula & the Draculi that Followed appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you’re a comic book fan, one of the things people often ask you is “I want to get into comics. Where do I start? What should I read?” This… The post e183. How to Read All of the Marvels appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If the internet is good at anything, it’s dumping on asked for criticism at other people. Everyone does it. In fact, in a very real way, that’s pretty much what… The post e182. I Fixed That for You, Now GTFO! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Over the past year, our viewing consumption habits have changed a lot. We spent months indoors streaming everything — including new release films — largely through new media platforms like… The post e181. Entertainment and Other Unions — IATSE Solidarity appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Oddly enough, for a show that is devoted to talking about pop culture, one of the things we don’t talk about so much is podcasts. In a way, podcasting might… The post e180. So, You Say You Wanna Host a Pseudoacademic Pop Culture Analysis Podcast (with Drinking and Swearing) appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Several weeks ago, we did a show on how stand-up comedy works in the middle of a pandemic. We talked about the transition that comedians went through to move a… The post e179. ImproveReality? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

How do we learn history? The easy answer is to say we learn it from history books, but is that true? How many of us ever read a history book… The post e178. Pop History vs. Public History appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

It’s been a while since we devoted a whole episode to one TV show. We’ve done it with a couple of the Marvel shows as well as stuff like Game… The post e177. Deconstructing the Chair appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Instagram recently made an announcement that they were going to be shifting their social networking focus away from “photos”. This decision prompted a collective “WTF?” from the users who saw… The post e176. What Was Social Networking? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We don’t talk about games as much as we should on this show, but arguably they’re one of the most enduring mediums of popular culture. They’re certainly one of the… The post e175. Game Studies: Ludology vs. Narratology appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We live in an era of constant reboots and updates to well known IP franchises. People (including us) like to complain about it, but honestly, well known franchises do very… The post e174. The Arthurian Roundtable Roundtable appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

The Internet has one main purpose: arguing about things that don’t really matter. I’m sure you’ve seen this, people will fight over whether a movie was good or bad, what… The post e173. War of the Readings appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We’ve always had a tag on our show of “the weekly pseudo-academic roundtable with drinking and swearing” but honestly, it’s usually more of the latter. We might be drinking while… The post e172. (More Drinking Than Swearing…) The Culture Of Alcohol appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Somehow, summertime media is special. Or at least, we seem to think it is. We have summertime blockbusters. We have summertime beach reads. We have summer TV specials and songs… The post e171. Summertime! Time to Kick Back and Unwind appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

In today’s pop culture landscape, serialization is everything. TV, movies, novels, comics. Addict people to your ongoing series and hope they keep paying for another installment. Somehow, despite the fact… The post e170. What is Serialization? Tune in next week! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Movies are back! After a year and a half of almost total dormancy, movies came back to the American box office, and filmgoers were welcome with the very sophisticated and… The post e169. The Subtle & Sophisticated Highbrow Culture of The Fast & The Furious appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Have you ever noticed how infrequently superheroes in most superhero TV shows and movies actually wear their superhero costumes? It makes sense when you think about it. Superhero costumes are… The post e168. Time to Stop Wearing Underwear on the Outside appeared first on The VoxPopcast .