Episodes

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.

Last year, all four hosts got together and did a show we called “Bad Things We Love” in which we built a list media that we have some kind of… The post e156. More Bad Things? We Love appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

What does it mean to be an ergodic text? That’s a complicated question. For one thing, the very meaning of the word “text” can be variable to different people, but… The post e155. Introduction to Ergodic Texts and Reading appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Every day another celebrity “is cancelled” for any number of problematic reasons. Typically, the celebrity responds by claiming they’ve done nothing wrong and blaming “cancel culture” gone wild. Over the… The post e154. Can We Cancel Cancel Culture Culture? (or can’t we?) appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Do you remember the before times? The long, long ago. Do you remember a time where you used to have real live friends that you used to be able to… The post e153. Seeking a Game for the End of the World appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Somethings are inevitable and predictable. Water is wet, gravity pulls us down, and this show was going to have to talk about WandaVision. That was clear even before the series… The post e152. Obviously it’s the WandaVision Show appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

A few weeks ago when we did our Bridgerton recap show we found ourselves with way more to talk about than we could possibly fit in a single episode. That… The post e151. Yet More Bridgerton! and other good things appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Have you ever noticed how sexy cartoons are? On last week’s Valentines Day show we talked about sexuality in superhero comics and other media. In that case we were largely… The post e150. Sexy Cartoons: You Know… for the Kids! appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Happy Valentine’s Day! If you had a podcast devoted to pop culture with a penchant for discussing comics with some bit of regularity and a holiday came up that was… The post e149. Let’s Talk About SuperSex appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Surprisingly, Netflix’s latest original programming sensation is Bridgerton, a regency period romance chronicling the sexual exploits, politics and scandals of 19th century London. Or perhaps this isn’t surprising at all.… The post e148. Sex, Love, & Bridgerton appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Charts Rock! Charts are Big Fun! Seriously! Don’t you just love a good chart? Ok, maybe you don’t think you do. In fact, you might even be thinking to yourself,… The post e147. Big Fun with Charts, Data, and Analytics! appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

It’s been weird doing a show based around pop culture for the last year. A lot of that weirdness, of course, is because pop culture largely stopped for a bit.… The post e146. TV in the time of COVID-19 appeared first on The VoxPopcast.