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 .

There was a weird story that broke a few weeks ago when people discovered that episodes of the 2012 teen sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place had “censored” the cleavage of… The post e117. Post-Release Censorship and the Disney Vault appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

One of the most interesting side effects of the recent #BlackLivesMatter protests sparked off by the George Floyd murder has been the #DefundPolice movement gaining national attention. Obviously that’s a… The post e116. Copaganda, Cartoons, and You appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Every story (well most stories) have a protagonist that we follow throughout the narrative. Usually we are meant to identify with them; they are our link to the plot and… The post e115. Why Do We Love Minor Characters? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

A few years ago, in an interview with Stephen Colbert, Will Smith said that he believed that racism isn’t getting worse — it’s getting filmed. While it may be hard… The post e114. Your Black Friend is Tired appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

A couple of weeks ago, in order to placate the masses during a worldwide quanrantine, Facebook released their new “Avatar” system — a tool to allow users to create little… The post e113. Cartoons vs. Avatars appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you’re unlucky enough to live on the planet Earth, you probably know that it’s not doing terribly well lately. We’ve had a global pandemic sweeping through every corner of… The post e112. Social Media and Free Speech appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Some things are hard to get over. Your first love. The death of a beloved pet. That time your team lost the Super Bowl. And… apparently that season finale of… The post e111. STILL Not Over It! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Way back on episode 23 we did our first syllabus episode. We got a bunch of comic scholars together and asked the question “if we wanted to teach a class… The post e110. Comic Studies-350: X-Men Course Syllabus appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

What makes a good soundtrack to a movie? What makes a good score? And actually, what is the difference between a score and a soundtrack anyway? The answer to that… The post e109. Scores & Soundtracks appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Way back on episode 86, our four hosts got together and talked about “Good Things We Hate” Hannah, Katya, Wayne and Mav discussed the idea of taste and high brow… The post e108. Bad Things We Love appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

As we continue this never ending battle with COVID-19, a lot of our socializing takes place on the internet… even more than it already had been. As such, there’s been… The post e107. Senior Year in Quarantine appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We live in strange times. Obviously, the number one problem right now is that we’re in the middle of a global pandemic that has ground the WHOLE DAMN PLANET to… The post e106. COVID-19 & the Death of the Comic Shop appeared first on The VoxPopcast .