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Mulan Re-Disneyfied: A Pretty Much Pop Culture Podcast (#62) Discussion with...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_62_9-18-20.mp3 Is the new Mulan the equivalent for Asian-Americans what Black Panther was for...
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What Can Superhero Media Teach Us About Ethics: A Pretty Much Pop Culture...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_63_9-25-20.mp3 Is there no end to the seemingly endless fascination with superhero media? Your hosts Mark...
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“The Last of Us” Franchise: Can Video Games Be Cinema? A Pretty Much Pop...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_64_9-27-20.mp3 Your Pretty Much Pop hosts Mark Linsenmayer, Brian Hirt, and Erica Spyres all played both The...
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Chris Matheson, “Bill & Ted” Writer, Talks Cosmic Satire with Pretty Much...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_65_10-3-20.mp3 Chris Matheson has written a bunch of comic movies including the new Bill & Ted Face the...
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What Scares Us, and How Does this Manifest in Film? A Halloween Pretty Much...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_66_10-18-20.mp3 Why do people enjoy being scared by films? How does what counts as frightening in a film...
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“Borat” on Politics and Embarrassment–Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_67_10-24-20.mp3 Let’s stop obsessing about election matters and consider instead a clown who brings out racism...
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The Biblical Sci-Fi of “Raised by Wolves”–Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #68
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_68_11-6-20.mp3 What happens when a male android loves a female android VERY much, and they nurse human embryos...
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Pop Songs with Narrative: Pretty Much Pop (#69) Discusses Tunes Ranging from...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_69_11-7-20.mp3 Plenty of songs purport to tell stories, and the narrative ballad of course has a long enough...
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Kevin Allison (The State, RISK!) Discusses Confessional Comedy on Pretty Much...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_70_11-11-20.mp3 Kevin was in the infamous, NYU-based sketch comedy group The State which had a show for a...
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An Introduction to Rap Battles: Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #71
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_71_11-15-20.mp3 Pretty Much Pop hosts Mark Linsenmayer, Erica Spyres, and Brian Hirt are rejoined by our audio...
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Comic Book Writer Fred Van Lente Touts “Comic Supremacy” on Pretty Much Pop:...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_72_12-4-20.mp3 Fred Van Lente has written for more than 15 years for his own Evil Twin Comics, Marvel and other...
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What Makes for a Beloved Bad Film? Jackey Neyman Jones (Manos: The Hands of...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_73_12-5-20.mp3 While there have of course been numerous attempts at movie magic that have resulted in something...
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What Has the Internet Done to Comedy? A Pretty Much Pop Culture Podcast...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_74_12-17-20.mp3 Does removing gatekeepers mean a more distributed comic landscape, or does it inevitably end...
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Why Has The Great British Baking Show Conquered America? Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_75_12-19-20.mp3 What explains the immense quarantine-time popularity in America of this quaint British reality...
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Wonder Woman 1984 in Context – Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #76
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_76_12-27-20.mp3 The holiday film release season has now passed, having issued only one real blockbuster, which...
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Should You Race Back to Theaters When It’s Safe? Pretty Much Pop: Culture...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_77_1-3-21.mp3 The pandemic has kept us out of the movie theaters, forcing new streaming practices so that films...
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The Renewed Popularity of Chess and The Queen’s Gambit: Pretty Much Pop...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_78_1-16-21.mp3 The high level of interest in Netflix’s adaptation of the 1984 Walter Tevis novel, The Queen’s...
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The Formula for The Coen Brothers/Noah Hawley’s Fargo – Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_79_1-8-21.mp3 Your hosts Mark Linsemayer, Erica Spyres, and Brian Hirt are joined by Tamler from the Very Bad...
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Do We Need Yet More Films About Time Loops? A Pretty Much Pop Discussion...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_80_1-23-21.mp3 Tine looping, where a character is doomed to repeat the same day (or hour, or longer period) is...
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Radio vs. Podcasting: A Discussion with Jason Bentley (KCRW, The Backstory)...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_81_1-30-21.mp3 Jason was music director at KRCW, the LA NPR station, is also a DJ with a lot of experienced...
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