The VoxPopcast

On this week’s episode we explore the complex topic of public domain publishing by tackling the recent controversy surrounding comic book author Bill Willingham, creator of Fables. After a long… The post e291. Fables, Fanfic and Fair Using the Public Domain appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Fall may be the weirdest season for pop culture. Think about it, we have celebrations based around the winter holidays… not just Christmas… but the whole season is just full… The post e290. Figuring Out Fall & Analyzing Autumn appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Did you know it’s Superman’s 85th Anniversary? You might have. Did you know that he was created in Cleveland? Maybe. And if you didn’t know these things, well, it is… The post e289. Superman in Cleveland appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Last year, we had a very special episode where Mav attended the University of Pittsburgh’s Games4SocialImpact game jam event as a judge and mentor. Well, that was so much fun… The post e288. Games4SocialImpact 2023 appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Do you like to knit? Paint? Build stuff? Sew? Bake? Garden? Work on your own car? Maybe you don’t do any of those things, but chances are you have some… The post e287. We Made This! Why We Love DIY! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

On last week’s episode, we delved into the world of classic literary character Hercule Poirot and his cultural significance across multiple iterations. This week, we go in the exact opposite… The post e286. The Legend of Harley Quinn appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Some fandoms just claw their way into pop culture and steadily grow. Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot may have never been the largest pop culture figure, but he’s been in the… The post e285. The Legend of Hercule Poirot appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

How many members of a musical band need to present to make the band the band. Is it different if a member dies than it is if a member simply… The post e284. Making the Band of Theseus appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

A few weeks ago when we did our episode saying goodbye to Riverdale, Monica made Mav promise that we could do an episode watching and analyzing one of her favorite… The post e283. Is Josie and the Pussycats a Bad Movie? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

A couple weeks ago the RNC presidential primary debates opened with a segment where each candidate got to explain why they best epitomized the conservative values for the real american… The post e282. Misunderstood Pop Music Politics appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Riverdale has been a constant for this podcast since almost the very beginning. We devoted our sixth episode to talking about it. Calling it “the best show on television” has… The post e281. Saying Goodbye to Riverdale, the Best Show on Television appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We watch a lot of movies. Like really a lot of movies. Similarly, our friends over at the Protagonist Podcast watch a lot of movies. How many? Really a lot!… The post e280. The VoxPopcast Protagonist Movie Calendar Playlist Game appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

So the truth is, when we do our “is ____ a bad movie?” episodes, we expect that the listeners are going to be predisposed to say “yes, obviously it sucks.… The post e279. Is Sucker Punch a Bad Movie? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you’re a fan of current American popular culture it’s pretty much impossible to not know that Hollywood is on strike right now. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has… The post e278. Hollywood is on Strike! (But, what does that mean?) appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Every once in a great while an unprecedented unpredictable pop culture moment organically happens and takes the world by storm. This was the cast last week when, after an incredibly… The post e277. The VoxPopcast #Barbenheimer Double Feature Double Date appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

There’s a lot of roles for old guys in media these days. Or rather, not just roles for old guys, there’s a lot of roles for characters that we’ve seen… The post e276. Old Heroes Never Die! (But Do They Even Fade Away?) appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you live on planet Earth right now, you might have noticed that Taylor Swift is touring. Her concerts are selling out even though tickets prices are out of control.… The post e275. Concert Amnesia and the Power of Flashbulb Memory appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Last week the fifth (and supposedly final) Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, finally hit theaters to substantially mixed reviews and audience reaction. Some have complained… The post e274. Indiana Jones and the Legacy of Pulp appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Last week, Pixar released their 27th feature film, Elemental and it has had… less than stellar box office reception despite having pretty rave reviews. This has actually been a problem… The post e273. Is Pixar Over? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

There certainly are a lot of superheroes adaptations. In fact, some people would say there’s too many. And yet, they just keep coming and coming. In fact, one of them,… The post e272. Why Are So Many Superhero Adaptations So Very, Very, Bad? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Have we done a show about multiversal superhero movies? It feels like it’s come up before… as though this were just a thing that we feel the need to talk… The post e271. Crossing The Spider-Verse appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

If you ever talk to a big fan of Star Wars you’ll probably quickly find that they hate just about as much about Star Wars as they love. The same… The post e270. Why Do Fans Hate Things They Love? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Last weekend Disney released their most recent in an ever expanding series of live action reboots of animated classics. This time they chose the Little Mermaid, and it seems to… The post e269. Wide World of Disney Reboots appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Two years ago, when Monica first joined the show, we celebrated the release of the ninth Fast & Furious movie by devoting a whole episode to discussing the the cultural… The post e268. Fasterer and Furiouserer appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

On previous episodes we have discussed the ages of comic book superheroes and the ages of Disney movies, but recently we started questioning if perhaps movie superheroes followed different structures… The post e267. Ages of Superhero Movies! appeared first on The VoxPopcast .