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Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #21 Considers Role-Playing Video Games
https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_021_11-5-19.mp3 What constitutes a video RPG? Is there any actual role-playing involved? Our audio editor Tyler...
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Pretty Much Pop #22 Untangles Time-Travel Scenarios in the Terminator...
https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_022_11-21-19.mp3 Time-travel rules in The Terminator franchise are notoriously inconsistent. Is it possible for...
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The Singer or the Song? Ken Stringfellow (Posies, R.E.M., Big Star) and...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_023_11-14-19.mp3 What's your relationship to music? Do you just embrace the pure sound, or do you care about who made...
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Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #24 Considers Holiday Viewing: What’s Canon?
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_024_12-2-19.mp3 Join Mark Linsenmayer, Erica Spyres, and Brian Hirt for a special "snake draft," where we take turns...
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Sportscaster Dave Revsine (Big 10 Network) Joins Pretty Much Pop: A Culture...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_025_12-9-19.mp3 How is spectator sports different from other types of entertainment? Dave Revsine (lead studio host for...
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Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #26 Discusses Alan Moore’s Watchmen Comic...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_026_12-20-19.mp3 Perhaps the most lauded graphic novel has been sequelized for HBO, and amazingly, it turned out pretty...
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Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #27 Discusses the Impact and Aesthetics of...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_027_1-3-20.mp3 Mark Linsenmayer, Erica Spyres, and Brian Hirt grasp the low-hanging fruit in pop culture to talk about...
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Actor Margaret Colin (VEEP, Independence Day) Joins Pretty Much Pop #28 to...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_028_12-12-20.mp3 What's the deal with images of powerful women in media? The trope of the tough-as-nails boss-lady who...
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Scorsese’s The Irishman in the Context of his Oeuvre–Pretty Much Pop: A...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_029_1-16-20.mp3 What distinguishes the highly lauded 2019 film The Irishman within director Martin Scorsese's body of...
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Why Every Nominated Film Will Win the 2020 Oscar: A Pretty Much Pop Podcast...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_030_1-27-20.mp3 The 2020 Academy Awards are nearly upon us! Realistically, most of you will find this episode well...
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Robin Williams’ Celebrity Struggles: A Discussion with Dave Itzkoff by Pretty...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_031_12-16-19.mp3 New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff joins your hosts Mark Linsenmayer, Erica Spyres, and...
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Moral Philosophy on TV? Pretty Much Pop #32 Judges The Good Place
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_032_2-3-20.mp3 Mark Linsenmayer, Erica Spyres, and Brian Hirt discuss Michael Schur's NBC TV show. Is it good? (Yes, or...
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Updating Joseph Campbell’s “Hero’s Journey” to Cover Female Action...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PEL_ep_237_2-13-20_AdFree.mp3 This week's guest Vi Burlew has arisen, a shining figure clad in mail, carrying aloft a...
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The Allure of Puzzlement: Pretty Much Pop #34 w/ Adal Rifai on Escape Rooms...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_034_2-17-20.mp3 The comic and the tragic are well-established modes within entertainment, but what about the puzzling?...
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Are Video Games an Effective Vehicle for Storytelling? Pretty Much Pop: A...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_035_2-25-20.mp3 Do you play video games for the plot? Given that most people don't actually finish most games, it would...
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What’s the Function of Criticism? Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #36 with...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_036_3-11-20.mp3 Do we need professional critics regulating our entertainment intake? Noah has written for numerous...
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Why Did LEGO Become a Media Empire? Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #37
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_037_3-19-20.mp3 Why has a children's toy become a brand attached to virtually every media type, partnering with the...
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The Power of Costuming in Film: Pretty Much Pop #38 with Whitney Anne Adams...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_038_3-24-20.mp3 How does clothing mesh with set design, cinematography, sound design, etc. to create the mood in a...
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Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #40 on #MeToo Depictions in TV and Film
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_040_4-9-20.mp3 These stories are all heavily watched, which means they're entertaining: The 2019 film Bombshell (about...
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Soundtrack Composer Craig Wedren (Zoey’s Playlist, Glow, Shrill) Joins Pretty...
http://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_041_4-16-20.mp3 Craig was the front-man of the brainy punk band Shudder to Think from the mid-'80s through the '90s and...
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