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Why Does The Karate Kid Persist as the New Cobra Kai? A Critical...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_82_2-6-21.mp3 Did anyone suspect that the beloved 1984 film The Karate Kid (and its decreasingly beloved...
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Increasing Disabled/Other-Abled Representation in Media — Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_83_2-20-21.mp3 At least 20% of us have some sort of disability, yet such conditions are reflected by only tiny...
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Why the Flood of Musician Memoirs? An Exploration by Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_84_2-13-21.mp3 There’s been an explosion of rock and roll autobiographies in recent years, with pretty much...
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Why Is the Debut Disney+ Marvel TV Show a Tribute to Classic Sitcoms? Pretty...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_85_3-6-21.mp3 The newest, now concluded superhero series features characters no one asked to hear more about,...
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What “Irish” Means: A Discussion with Author and Black 47 Front Man Larry...
Another St. Patrick’s Day has passed, and this one probably without a lot of green-beer-at-the-pub-action. Let’s talk about what sort of representation of Ireland we were supposed to get out of all...
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On “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” and the Female Buddy Comedy–Pretty...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_87_3-13-21.mp3 The buddy comedy is a staple of American film, but using this to explore female friendship is...
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Indie Animation in a Corporate World: A Conversation with Animator Benjamin...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_88_3-20-21.mp3 In the perennial conflict between art and our corporate entertainment machine, animation seems...
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The Trial of the Chicago 7 and the Oeuvre of Aaron Sorkin: An Assessment by...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_89_4-4-21.mp3 In lieu of an Oscars episode, the Pretty Much Pop podcast this week considers one of the...
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Godzilla, Kong, et al: Stupid Fun or Channeling Deep Fears? Pretty Much Pop:...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_90_4-17-21.mp3 What’s the meaning behind the continued international popularity of kaiju media in which giant...
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Has TV Rotted Our Minds? On Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death (A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP-Crossover-PEL_ep_268_4-6-21.mp3 Marshall McLuhan famously said “The medium is the message,” by which he meant...
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Diagnosing America’s Relationship with Pets — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_91_4-9-21.mp3 What is with the weird relationship we Americans have with our pets? Many of us treat them as our...
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Why Collect? A Conversation about Collectibles from Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_92_4-24-21.mp3 What drives someone to collect Star Wars figures or Transformers or LEGOs or whatever else? Your...
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Why Do Tech Billionaires Make for Good TV Villains? Pretty Much Pop #93...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_93_4-30-21.mp3 The tech genius has become the go-to bad guy in recent films: They’re our modern mad scientists...
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The Psychology of Video Game Engagement — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_94_5-8-21.mp3 Why do people play video games, and what keeps them playing? Do we want to have to think through...
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Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #95 Considers Joss Whedon’s The Nevers
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_95_5-28-21.mp3 Mark, Erica, and Brian discuss the HBO Max show out Victorian-era super-powered feminine...
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Modernizing Table-Top Role-Playing Games — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_96_5-15-21.mp3 What’s the current status of table-top role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons in pop...
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Considering Mare of Easttown — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #97
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_97_6-10-21.mp3 Insofar as something is a TV hit at all these days, the small-town Pennsylvania murder mystery...
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Storytelling and Race in Captain America — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_98_6-17-21.mp3 What is it for a super-hero to represent America? Though the character created by Joe Simon and...
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Do We Outgrow the Music of Our Youth? Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #99
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_99_6-6-21.mp3 What long-term effects do songs that we’re exposed to early have on our adult tastes? As children...
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What’s the Role of a Director in Constructing Comedy? Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_100_6-24-21.mp3 What makes for a good comedy film or show? Funny people reading (or improvising) funny lines is...
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