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If anything has characterized pop culture in the year 2020, it’s streaming media. From Hamilton to Tiger King, during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the essential elimination of out-of-the-home entertainment, we… The post e142. Deconstructing the Queen’s Gambit appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is likely the most famous Christmas story ever written. First published 177 years ago, it has been produced as stage plays, adapted into dozens of… The post e141. Ghosts, Spirits, Scrooge and a Merry Marxist Christmas appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

From Broadway to London, music has been a part of the history of drama for over a thousand years. The genre is enough of a part of American pop culture… The post e140. Why Do We Suddenly Love Musicals? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Christmas movies have been a seasonal spectacle almost as long as there have been movies. A couple years ago, we did an episode speaking to the recent trend of Lifetime,… The post e139. The 22 Reviews of Christmas (Cheesey Christmas 2) appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

It’s the holiday season. In the United States we just celebrated Thanksgiving, and in the coming weeks that will be followed by Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years, Pancha Ganapati, Yule,… The post e138. Holiday Tradition and Ritual in the Time of COVID appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 global pandemic, people the world over have been forced to spend more time meeting and communicating virtually. As different communities have implemented differing… The post e137. Think Virtually, Live Locally! Our New Virtual Reality appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

In a world where four podcasters are exhausted from the never ended horrific news cycle of politics, racial tensions, pestilence and death that has been the year 2020, these weary… The post e136. Describing 14 Films We Haven’t Seen appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

As most of our regular listeners are probably aware, the United States had a little election last week. Barely worth mentioning! And in that election Joe Biden and Kamala Harris… The post e135. Election 2020: So Now What? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

On last week’s show, we investigated the comedic world of horror movies. This week, we wanted to go a different way… the reality of horror. Yes, of course there are… The post e134. Reality of Horrors! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Halloween Season is upon us! As scary as 2020 has been in general, we are finally at the part of the year where we are supposed to be scared… or… The post e133. Comedy of Horrors! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

A global pandemic, rampant racism, social unrest, the fall of American democracy, the deaths of celebrity and political icons, feral hogs and murder hornets, and an asteroid is hurtling towards… The post e132. Is 2020 the Darkest Timeline? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

It’s rare that a tiny little foreign market indie film gets any mainstream media attention at all. It’s even rarer that it actually trends on social media, creating calls for… The post e131. Cuties: Eroticizing the Innocent and Infantilizing Sexuality appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Way back at beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown — what seems like a million years ago — we did a special episode where we talked to Tristyn and Sophie, two… The post e130. Freshman Year in Quarantine appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

The corset might be one of the most fascinating garments in the history of fashion. On one hand, it’s simply underwear. It is a garment that provides a specific function.… The post e129. Corsets: Enhancement, Imprisonment, Empowerment, & Empresses appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Pop Culture is a double edges sword. The more we love a certain type of media, the more of it we absorb. But the more we absorb, the more we… The post e128. 9 Popular Culture Pet Peeves We Hate and Why appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

In our contemporary moment pop culture is controlled by two forces. A focus on so-called “geek culture” and a push for more inclusive diversity across media forms. While there is… The post e127. Dungeons & Diversity appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Ever since the mid 1980s and the publication of Watchmen comics, their creators, and their fans, have been obsessed with the idea of “deconstruction.” Director Zack Snyder is extremely fond… The post e126. Reconstructing Deconstructed Superheroes appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

It’s 2020 and the world is ending… or maybe it’s not… or maybe it ended months ago and we just can’t tell anymore. Honestly at this point it’s pretty much… The post e125. It’s the End of the World as we show it… appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you’ve been following the show for the last several months, you know that in our COVID pandemic quarantine imposed death of media, we have turned our constant starvation for… The post e124. Marveling Over Marble League! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Have you ever gotten into an argument with someone on the Internet and they tried to prove their point by forwarding some meme that was a quote of a famous… The post e123. Culture, Context, Protest, and Memefication appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

There are a lot of television shows and movies about teenagers, both comedies and dramas. There always have been. And yet, actual teenagers on television are extremely rare. Teens are typically… The post e122. twentysomethingteen appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We’ve had such a long string of super serious shows lately with some very heavy topics that we’ve been wanting to try and do some things that were more fun,… The post e121. The Improv Story Game appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Let me tell you a story, children. Way back in the before time, in the long long ago, before the plague came, we used to have this stuff we called… The post e120. Quarantine Comfort TV appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

A few weeks ago, we released an episode about “copaganda.” On that show we started out talking about the TV show Paw Patrol and internet calls to have it and… The post e119. Copaganda II: Going Rogue appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We live in very interesting times. The world around us is changing every day… and with the internet if feels like it’s changing ever rapidly. With everything from #COVID-19 to… The post e118. #activism appeared first on The VoxPopcast .