Episodes

In the 21st century, when we think of masks, we think of superheroes. But the idea of superheroes as a concept is only about a century old. Masks have been… The post e96. Mask Theory appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Welcome! Everything is fine. Well, almost everything is fine. Except The Good Place is no more. This week was the season finale of one of the most unique shows ever… The post e95. The Good Place and Philosophy appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

After being disappointed by last year’s Oscars, Hannah swore that we would never do another show about them. But then she started thinking about it and wanted to take a… The post e94. Why Do Award Shows Suck? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

If you’re at least a casual comic book fan you probably know the terms Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age and Modern Age. If you’re a massive comic geek, you… The post e93. Golden Age of Comics appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Somehow it’s 2020. I don’t get how that happened. 2020 isn’t a year… 2020 is what you make up if you’re setting some science fiction story in the future and… The post e92: 2010s Decade in Review appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Happy New Year! And with a new year, we have a whole new year of movies to look forward to. And for our show, that means the return of the… The post e91. 2020 Box Office Draft appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Happy New Year! It’s the end of 2019, and that means it’s time for all good podcasts to do a year in review episode. The thing about a show focused… The post e90. 30 Good Things You Missed!!! 2019 Year in Review appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

If you’ve been anywhere on the Internet in the last few days… honestly, if you live anywhere on the planet Earth, then you probably know that after forty-two years in… The post e89. Star Wars: Epic Retrospective appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Christmas time is nearly upon us and that means… well, actually it means a lot of things. Maybe to you Christmas is about family, or love, or religion, or presents.… The post e88. Yes, Internet, There is a Santa Claus appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

As we move toward the holiday season, there is one thing for certain that we will see: more and more cheesy Christmas movies. You know the type… they’re on Lifetime,… The post e87. Sentimentalism: Punching Them in the Feels appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

(Repost! This is a repost of an earlier posted blog that was lost in a server crash and upgrade) Taste is a funny thing. Whether it’s books, movies, tv shows,… The post e86. Good Things We Hate appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

(Repost! This is a repost of an earlier posted blog that was lost in a server crash and upgrade) We live in the future. We live in a world where… The post e85. Digital Acting (and Deep Fakery) appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Live from MAC Charity Con 2019. Comic book conventions stopped being about comic books a long time ago. In fact, the comic book subculture stopped being about comics a long… The post e84. Comics, Sci-Fi, Fantasy: What is Geek Culture? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen is one of the most popular comic books of all time. It’s been a best seller since 1987, has never been out of print,… The post e83. 🙂Watching Watchmen😵 appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Usually our show looks at pop culture produced in the relatively recent past. However, that’s not what “popular culture” really means. Really, what this show is about is looking at… The post e82. Love, Politics and Jane Austen appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

It’s Halloween. And in classic podcast fashion that means it’s time to do a theme episode. Halloween is about many things, but one thing it’s about is horror. Horror movies.… The post e81. Stephen King and Horror appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

A couple of weeks ago, the movie Joker was released in cinemas. Even before it came out, there was a lot of concern and controversy about the tone and message… The post e80. Irredeemable Characters appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Technology has allowed us to live in the future. We live in a future where creators and artists can market their product directly to their fans, cutting out the middle… The post e79. Crowdfunding Creative Culture appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Happy October! it’s the beginning of Halloween month so we have something a little special. Just over a year ago, we had a show where we invited a bunch of… The post e78: Monster Studies-201: Course Syllabus appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

We live in a society and there are rules of polite behavior. But what are those rules? Well, that’s not exactly clear. For the most part the basic ones like… The post e77. Pop Culture Etiquette appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

You know what the best music is? The music we listen to. It’s obviously better than everything else and everyone agrees. And the stuff we don’t like is trash. We… The post e76. Music Back in MY Day… appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

It’s fall and if you’re a television fan that means you know that we are on the cusp of dozens — or these days maybe even hundreds — of new… The post e75. Judging a Show by its Pilot? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

At this point it’s pretty safe to say that the Harry Potter book series is one of the most defining pieces of literature in a generation. Love it or hate… The post e74. Harry Potter and the Politics of Wizardry appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

How do you read? Do you do it on a computer or a tablet or do you prefer good old fashioned paper texts? Do you listen to books on tape… The post e73. Reading Practices appeared first on The VoxPopcast.