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 .

After last week’s primer on the male gaze, we wanted to spend some time thinking about the ways in which it could be complicated. What happens when we try to… The post e167. Considering the Fanboy Gaze appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Sometimes academic terms bleed over into the popular lexicon and gets used by people almost as second nature without anyone really bothering to think about what it means. “The Male… The post e166. So… What is the Male Gaze Anyway? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

It’s the PCA-2021 recap show! In many ways, Popular Culture Association(PCA) national conference is responsible for this show. One of the things we’ve always strived for is to have the… The post e165. PCA-2021 Recap appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

On today’s episode we reveal that secretly this geeky little pop culture show was always actually about education and academic all along. Did you pick up on the clues we’ve… The post e164. Why Do We Love Plot Twists? appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Pop culture fandom is defined by a hierarchy dedication. It’s easy to watch nine Star Wars movies; how much of the Expanded Universe do you know? Anyone can watch a… The post e163. The Secret World of American Girl appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

We live in a geeky world. There are roughly 800 bajillion superhero tv shows and movies released every year. Even once we get away from superhero content, we quickly move… The post e162. Multimedia & Literary Crossovers appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Do you like to play games? We do. And Hannah really likes to play games. In fact, she’s addicted. So much so that she made a game about games… and… The post e161. Describing 20 Games We Haven’t Played appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Do you remember the song that was playing when you had your first kiss, lost your virginity, or danced at your wedding? Do you know what movie that you crowded… The post e160. Remembering Thought & Thinking About Memory appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

it’s pretty safe to say Disney has a chokehold on popular culture in America, and to a lesser extent the entire world. Once again, the Powers that Be, as it… The post e159. Obviously, it’s the Falcon and the Winter Soldier Show appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Have you ever had one of those pointless internet arguments about the philosophical righteousness of Batman, Superman, Rorschach or Luke Skywalker? Or maybe you’ve spent hours arguing about how time… The post e158. Superhero Thought Experiments appeared first on The VoxPopcast .

Zoom meetings are are a simple fact of life in the pandemic lockdown world. Work meetings, school classrooms, social events. At this point, we’ve all done them. And quite honestly,… The post e157. Standup Comedy Sitting on the Couch appeared first on The VoxPopcast .