Episodes

In the current age of Trump, we’ve noticed a peculiar trend. People yearning for the days of an earlier president… a great orator… a wise statesmen with decorum… a calming… The post e48. Political TV and Nostalgia appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

It seems like it happens every day lately. Your favorite writer, comedian, singer, actor, sports star, politician or whatever suddenly hits the news because it turns out he’s a racist,… The post e47. Milkshake Ducks & Problematic Artists appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

(Note: This episode initially contained a corrupted audio file. It has been cleaned up and reuploaded. The current uploaded version should have better sound. Sorry for the inconvenience) As we… The post e46. Black Superheroes and Representation appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

This weekend is the Oscars and if you’re a movie junkie like Mav and Hannah, then in a way, this is kind of the Super Bowl of movies. And if… The post e45. Game of Oscars appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Happy Valentines Day! We thought we’d celebrate by exploring the most romantic of all pop culture genres… no… not RomComs… Monsters of course! Today, Wayne, Hannah and Mav are joined… The post e44. Young Monsters In Love appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Remember that one time in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows where Hermione and Harry had sexy? No? How about that one time in Star Wars where Luke and Leia… The post e43. Sexy Ships & Head Canon appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Chances are if you listen to this show you consider yourself a geek about some pop culture media or another. In fact there’s a good chance that you geek out… The post e42. Diss Continuity appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

You turn on the internet and you see that everyone on social media is talking about a new Netflix Original film. You know what’s coming next. Sometimes a piece of… The post e41. Snatching Banders? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

In an interesting and rare moment, two period dramas about European royalty, The Favourite and Mary Queen of Scots, are at the top of the US box office right now. Well, maybe not the… The post e40. Favourite RoyalTV (and movies) appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Once any TV show is on the air for long enough, a curious thing happens. It amasses enough devoted fans that watch it every week that they begin to turn… The post e39. Media Addiction appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Do you think we can review every movie coming out next year… before we’ve seen any of them… with no real knowledge…. in one hour? Well, just you wait! Welcome… The post e38. 2019 Box Office Draft appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

It’s that time of year when everyone gets together and does the most Christmasy thing ever. They complain about stuff. Specifically, for the last few years we’ve had people complaining… The post e37. Problematic Christmas Songs appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

If you’re Hannah, Christmas means one thing… watching cheesy Christmas romantic movies. She’s not alone. Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, and now Netflix have carved out a niche for themselves producing dozens… The post e36. Cheesey Christmas Movies appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Ever since the rise of the Internet we have all lived in constant fear of all of our favorite movies, books, TV shows and every other media being spoiled by… The post e35. SPOILERS! (and Mystery Boxes) appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

When we recorded the following podcast, or rather the bulk of it, we were avoiding work, sitting in front of a computer, several feet any roommate, in homes we rented,… The post e34. FarmSims: Digital Transcendentalism appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

If you live in the United States, it was Thanksgiving last week, and that means spending time with family. And lately, it seems that a big part of spending time… The post e33. Thanksgiving Politics appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Albert Einstein once said, “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Well, honestly he probably never said that… or at least… The post e32. Reboots, Remakes, Revivals appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

The antihero… just like the hero… except he can kill. Wait… heroes kill too now. In fact they always have. Well maybe it’s that the antihero swears… Actually, heroes swear… The post e31. Heroes, Villains & Antiheroes appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Way back in August we recorded our first Monster Mash episode where we discussed the place of the Monster and the Monster Hunter in popular culture. That was a great… The post e30. Monster Mash 2: Breaking Twilight appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

“In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can… The post Episode 29: Sexy Halloween appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

What’s your favorite scary movie, listener? Well, chances are if the answer isn’t something super obvious and popular, Mav probably hasn’t seen it. That said, he’s fascinated with the basic… The post Episode 28: Slashers and Final Girls appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

In 1967, literary critic and semiotician Roland Barthes wrote an essay called “La mort de l’auteur” that is in many ways foundational for the field of literary studies. It describes… The post Episode 27: La Mort de l’Auteur appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Last week David Reddish, a former writer for Sesame Street, announced that he’d always thought of Bert and Ernie as gay… and the internet exploded. Some people were happy… some people… The post Episode 26: The Secret Lives of Puppets appeared first on The VoxPopcast.

Just about any parent in American who has a five year old girl knows about the Disney Princesses. Between Frozen, Tangled, Moana, and the others, the “House of Mouse” has… The post Episode 25: Sex and the Disney Princess appeared first on The VoxPopcast.