The VoxPopcast

So, if you’ve ever listened to our show, it shouldn’t be a surprise that we’re doing an episode about Avengers: Endgame. Honestly, this week, pretty much every podcast is doing… The post e56. Endgame Analysis appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you’ve been listening to the show for the last few weeks, you know that all four hosts have been preparing for PCA2019, the national conference of the Popular Culture… The post e55. PCA-2019 Recap appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Do you remember all of those great Batman supporting characters of color. You know… Batman’s black, latinx, asian and other ethnic sidekicks and villains like… errr… uh… you know… yeah…… The post e54. The Unbearable Whiteness of being Batman appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

On last week’s episode, Katya and Hannah shared the topics of their papers for this year’s upcoming PCA/ACA. Now it’s Wayne and Mav’s turn to do the same. As we… The post e53. PCA/ACA 2019 Preview: Comic Studies appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you’ve been listening to the show for a while, then you’ve no doubt heard us mention the PCA/ACA conference that all four of us are attending in a few… The post e52. PCA/ACA 2019 Preview: Game Studies appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We’ve been talking a lot about subcultures on our last couple of episodes. And the terms comes up a lot on the internet — usually negatively — to refer to… The post e51. So What Is Subculture Anyway? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Somewhere along the line, when they were making the show The Big Bang Theory, someone said “hey, this guy is a geek. Put him in comic book T-shirts, and everyone… The post e50. Are You What You Wear? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Recently Steven Spielberg allegedly implored the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make it harder for films distributed primarily through streaming platforms to win Oscars. Or maybe he… The post e49. Cinema vs. Streaming appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

In the current age of Trump, we’ve noticed a peculiar trend. People yearning for the days of an earlier president… a great orator… a wise statesmen with decorum… a calming… The post e48. Political TV and Nostalgia appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

It seems like it happens every day lately. Your favorite writer, comedian, singer, actor, sports star, politician or whatever suddenly hits the news because it turns out he’s a racist,… The post e47. Milkshake Ducks & Problematic Artists appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

(Note: This episode initially contained a corrupted audio file. It has been cleaned up and reuploaded. The current uploaded version should have better sound. Sorry for the inconvenience) As we… The post e46. Black Superheroes and Representation appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

This weekend is the Oscars and if you’re a movie junkie like Mav and Hannah, then in a way, this is kind of the Super Bowl of movies. And if… The post e45. Game of Oscars appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Happy Valentines Day! We thought we’d celebrate by exploring the most romantic of all pop culture genres… no… not RomComs… Monsters of course! Today, Wayne, Hannah and Mav are joined… The post e44. Young Monsters In Love appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Remember that one time in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows where Hermione and Harry had sexy? No? How about that one time in Star Wars where Luke and Leia… The post e43. Sexy Ships & Head Canon appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Chances are if you listen to this show you consider yourself a geek about some pop culture media or another. In fact there’s a good chance that you geek out… The post e42. Diss Continuity appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

You turn on the internet and you see that everyone on social media is talking about a new Netflix Original film. You know what’s coming next. Sometimes a piece of… The post e41. Snatching Banders? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

In an interesting and rare moment, two period dramas about European royalty, The Favourite and Mary Queen of Scots, are at the top of the US box office right now. Well, maybe not the… The post e40. Favourite RoyalTV (and movies) appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Once any TV show is on the air for long enough, a curious thing happens. It amasses enough devoted fans that watch it every week that they begin to turn… The post e39. Media Addiction appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Do you think we can review every movie coming out next year… before we’ve seen any of them… with no real knowledge…. in one hour? Well, just you wait! Welcome… The post e38. 2019 Box Office Draft appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

It’s that time of year when everyone gets together and does the most Christmasy thing ever. They complain about stuff. Specifically, for the last few years we’ve had people complaining… The post e37. Problematic Christmas Songs appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you’re Hannah, Christmas means one thing… watching cheesy Christmas romantic movies. She’s not alone. Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, and now Netflix have carved out a niche for themselves producing dozens… The post e36. Cheesey Christmas Movies appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Ever since the rise of the Internet we have all lived in constant fear of all of our favorite movies, books, TV shows and every other media being spoiled by… The post e35. SPOILERS! (and Mystery Boxes) appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

When we recorded the following podcast, or rather the bulk of it, we were avoiding work, sitting in front of a computer, several feet any roommate, in homes we rented,… The post e34. FarmSims: Digital Transcendentalism appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you live in the United States, it was Thanksgiving last week, and that means spending time with family. And lately, it seems that a big part of spending time… The post e33. Thanksgiving Politics appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Albert Einstein once said, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Well, honestly he probably never said that… or at least… The post e32. Reboots, Remakes, Revivals appeared first on The VoxPopcast .