The “Conjuring” Film Universe Digested — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #101
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_101_7-8-21.mp3 With the release of The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, your Pretty Much Pop hosts Mark,...
View ArticlePretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast — Season One Wrap: What Have We Learned?...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_102_7-17-21.mp3 After 101 episodes and a bit over two years, OpenCulture’s first podcast offering is moving...
View ArticleWhat Is “Queering” in Video Game Design? Naomi Clark on Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_103_7-23-21.mp3 While LGBTQ+ representation in video games has been improving (as with other media), Naomi...
View ArticleKing Arthur in Film: Our Most Enduring Popular Entertainment Franchise?...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_104_8-9-21.mp3 With the recent theatrical release of The Green Knight, your Pretty Much Pop host Mark...
View ArticleThe Death of Soap Operas (Is Greatly Exaggerated) — Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_105_8-24-21.mp3 Writers Sarahlyn Bruck and Kayla Dreysse join your host Mark Linsenmayer to discuss how this...
View ArticleStand-Up Comedy in the Internet Age — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #106
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_106_9-3-21.mp3 Your host Mark Linsenmayer discusses how Internet culture has changed stand-up with three...
View ArticleWhat Makes a “Cult” Band? Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #107
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_107_9-22-21.mp3 What makes for a “cult band”? Not just a small audience, because Grateful Dead fans are an...
View ArticleBoard Game Ideology — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #108
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_108_10-7-21.mp3 As board games are becoming increasingly popular with adults, we ask: What’s the relationship...
View ArticleDueling as a Film Trope: Pretty Much Pop #109 Considers The Last Duel and Its...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_109_10-28-21.mp3 In light of the release of The Last Duel (which you needn’t have watched), we talk about the...
View ArticleBreaking Down the Beatles’ Get Back Documentary: Stream Episode #111 of the...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_111_12-8-21.mp3 Your host Mark Linsenmayer is joined by musician David Brookings, Gig Gab podcast host Dave...
View ArticleThe Dune Franchise Tries Again — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #110
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_110_11-4-21.mp3 The world now has another Dune film, and this time Warner Bros. is serious about a franchise,...
View ArticleClass Critiques in Squid Game, Succession, etc. — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_112_12-5-21.mp3 Popular shows have commented on wealth inequality by showing how dire the situation is for the...
View ArticleThe Matrix Regurgitated — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #113
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_113_1-2-22.mp3 In light of the release of The Matrix Resurrections, we talk through the franchise as a whole....
View ArticleThe “West Side Story” Story — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #114
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_114_1-10-22.mp3 Did it make sense for Steven Spielberg to remake one of our nation’s most beloved musicals...
View ArticleThe Enduring Appeal of Schulz’s Peanuts — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_116_1-27-22.mp3 Animator/musician David Heatley, comedian Daniel Lobell, and academic/3anuts author Daniel...
View ArticleAdapting Agatha Christie for the Screen — Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_118_2-18-22.mp3 In light of the newly released, Kenneth Branagh-directed film Death on the Nile, Pretty Much Pop...
View ArticleCan We Still Consume the Work of Disgraced Artists — Pretty Much Pop: A...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_119_2-27-22.mp3 Comedian Genevieve Joy, philosopher/NY Times entertainment writer Lawrence Ware, and novelist...
View ArticleThe Efficacy of Protest Songs — Four Songwriters Discuss on Pretty Much Pop:...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_121_3-24-22.mp3 Are protest songs effective, either as protest or songs? Your host Mark Linsenmayer is joined...
View ArticleOn Art Speigelman’s Maus: Should Comics Expose Kids to the World’s Horrors?...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_122_4-14-22.mp3 In light of its being recently banned in some settings, we discuss Art Spiegelman’s Maus...
View ArticleWhat Is Batman? Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast #124 Debates the...
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP_124_5-1-22.mp3 In light of the recent release of Matt Reeves’ film The Batman, we consider the strange...
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