Best Vox Populorum Podcasts (2024)

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e339. Why Do Smart People Like Trashy Reality Shows?

6d ago

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Do you watch reality shows? No really. You can admit it. We won’t tell. We want to let you in on a secret. We actually watch some. In fact, we… The post e339. Why Do Smart People Like Trashy Reality Shows? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e338. Fandom and Identity: The Evolution of Beloved Characters

13d ago

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What does it mean to be a fan of a character? There have been millions of different interpretations of Batman and the character of Wolverine as he appears in Marvel… The post e338. Fandom and Identity: The Evolution of Beloved Characters appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Cait Coker, Andrew Deman

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e337. Umm… So, is this like a Reboot?!? Or Something?

20d ago

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A couple weeks ago, Mav was watching a football game and he saw a commercial for a new TV show, Rescue: HI-Surf. It appeared to be an action procedural about… The post e337. Umm… So, is this like a Reboot?!? Or Something? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Joe Darowski

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e336. So, Why Pop Culture?

27d ago

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In all the years we’ve been doing this show we’ve worked under a very basic assumption: Everyone involved as a host, guest, or listener presumes that the pseudo academic discussion… The post e336. So, Why Pop Culture? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Nicole Freim, Stephanie Siler

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e335. Prequels Unraveled: Stitching Gaps or Snagging Cash?

1M ago

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In today’s nostalgia driven, franchise driven, pop culture world sequels are obviously big business. But what do we do when sequels become too boring (and we can’t get the original… The post e335. Prequels Unraveled: Stitching Gaps or Snagging Cash? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Nathan Koob

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e334. From DNC to SDCC: Comparing the Convention Experience

1M ago

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In the last couple of weeks in America we’ve seen both San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and the Democratic National Convention (DNC). These are quite possibly two of the nerdiest… The post e334. From DNC to SDCC: Comparing the Convention Experience appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Jennifer Slater, Dawn Griffin

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e333. Twisters, Titanics, & Terror: Deconstructing Disaster Narratives

2M ago

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If one of the the primary functions of books and movies is to help us escape from the adversity of day to day life, then why do we have so… The post e333. Twisters, Titanics, & Terror: Deconstructing Disaster Narratives appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Katya Gorecki, Hannah Lee Rogers, Nathan Koob

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e332. The 4th Wall Bounce: The Reflexivity of Media and Culture

2M ago

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So here’s a weird question for you… in a TV show like Batman, do the regular people know the phrase “dynamic duo?” In the movie Amazing Spider-Man Peter Parker uses… The post e332. The 4th Wall Bounce: The Reflexivity of Media and Culture appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Mikey Wood

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e331. Understanding the Syllabus: Learning Frameworks and Inclusive Practices

2M ago

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We’re quickly running out of summer and as we do the new school year is even more quickly approaching. That means, for those of us who teach classes… or who… The post e331. Understanding the Syllabus: Learning Frameworks and Inclusive Practices appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Hannah Lee Rogers

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e330. The Immortal Legacy: Aging Actors and Endless Franchises

2M ago

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If you’re a fan of geek media, you likely noticed two important things from Marvel Studios last week. One was the long-awaited release of Deadpool & Wolverine. The second was… The post e330. The Immortal Legacy: Aging Actors and Endless Franchises appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Monica Geraffo, Mike Mazzacane, Samantha Tecson

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e329. Biographies, Blockbusters, And Biden! What a Week!

3M ago

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It’s been a hell of a week. Ok, let’s face it… it’s been a hell of a summer. This is a pop culture show and so we try to stay… The post e329. Biographies, Blockbusters, And Biden! What a Week! appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Stephanie Siler

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e328. What’s the Deal with Presidential Assassinations?

3M ago

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It’s been a weird week of American politics. And we can’t really keep up. Yeah, we know something big happened this week (the whole shakeup of the democratic nomination) but… The post e328. What’s the Deal with Presidential Assassinations? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Monica Geraffo, Stephanie Siler

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e327. Decoding Literary Criticism: From BookTok to Shakespeare

3M ago

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Recently an 18year old college student who calls herself alisha not alihsha posted a vlog where she argues in favor of what she calls “being a hater” in her video… The post e327. Decoding Literary Criticism: From BookTok to Shakespeare appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Katya Gorecki, Nicole Freim

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e326. From Mr. Ed to the Minions: Pop Culture Across Generations

3M ago

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Every once in a while we like to do something really different on the show. This is one of those times. Since the team is all on vacation in various… The post e326. From Mr. Ed to the Minions: Pop Culture Across Generations appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav

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e325. So You Have To Write a Prospectus? Now What Is It, Exactly? (and can an ointment clear it up?)

3M ago

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One of the best parts about being an academic is that you “get summers off.” One of the worst parts of being an academic is “your off days are just… The post e325. So You Have To Write a Prospectus? Now What Is It, Exactly? (and can an ointment clear it up?) appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Monica Geraffo

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e324. Unpacking Bridgerton Season 3: Penelope, Queerness, and Fandom Reactions

4M ago

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It’s that time again… we’ve had another year of Bridgerton and of course we had to analyze it. Think about it, it’s a show about British regency society. In some… The post e324. Unpacking Bridgerton Season 3: Penelope, Queerness, and Fandom Reactions appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monca Geraffo, Corinne Matthews

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e323. The Complex Legacy of Barbie: Gender, Fashion & Identity

4M ago

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So how about that Barbie? No, not THAT Barbie… we did a show on the movie last year. No, what we want to talk about is enduring legacy of the… The post e323. The Complex Legacy of Barbie: Gender, Fashion & Identity appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monica Geraffo, Jehnie Burns, Jonathan Alexandratos

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e322. 4 Killer Out-of-the-Box X-men Movie Pitches for the MCU

4M ago

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It’s somehow been five years since Disney’s acquisition of Fox and the impending promise therein of having the X-men added into the MCU. While we have … let’s just say… The post e322. 4 Killer Out-of-the-Box X-men Movie Pitches for the MCU appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Stephanie Siler, Andrew Darowski, Kestra Darowski

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e321. The All-Time Best All-Time Best Albums List of All Time

4M ago

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A couple weeks ago, Apple Music released their list of the 100 Best Albums of all time. This isn’t really new. People do it all the time. In fact, Rolling… The post e321. The All-Time Best All-Time Best Albums List of All Time appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Stephanie Siler, Quentin Harrison

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e320. Adrenaline and Affection: Exploring the Action Romance Genre

5M ago

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What do you do if you’re in couple that was designed on an 80s sitcom so you have extremely traditional gender roles of a feminine partner who loves lovey dovey… The post e320. Adrenaline and Affection: Exploring the Action Romance Genre appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Stephanie Siler, Josh Stroud

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e319. X-men ’97 Revisited: Superheroes, Sacrifices, & Saturday Mornings

5M ago

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There’s an argument that the current wave of superhero dominated content that pervades popular media doesn’t begin with the MCU but with X-men the Animated Series, a cartoon that ran… The post e319. X-men ’97 Revisited: Superheroes, Sacrifices, & Saturday Mornings appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Hannah Lee Rogers, Andrew Deman, Jeremy Carnes

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e318. A.I. in Academia: Balancing Technology and Traditional Learning

5M ago

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(Note from Mav. This is an episode about A.I. and Academic writing… so I decided to just let Descript‘s A.I. take a stab at writing the show notes all by… The post e318. A.I. in Academia: Balancing Technology and Traditional Learning appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Katya Gorecki, Annette Vee

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e317: From Field to Frame: Life Lessons from Sports Movies

5M ago

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Sometimes when the world is on fire, you just want to watch a dumb feel good sports movie. Right now the world is on fire, so we thought maybe we’d… The post e317: From Field to Frame: Life Lessons from Sports Movies appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Monica Geraffo, Les Kay

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e316. 2024 Summer Movie Season

6M ago

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It’s been four years since movies shut down for the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. It’s probably been too long to say we’re still “rebuilding” the box office. We… The post e316. 2024 Summer Movie Season appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers

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e315. Revisiting Classics: The Delicate Art of Remakes and Adaptations

6M ago

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So did you know there was a new remake of The Crow coming out? If you did then chances are, at least according to the internet, that you’re probably outraged… The post e315. Revisiting Classics: The Delicate Art of Remakes and Adaptations appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Nicole Freim

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e314. Fashion, Furniture, and Furballs — Six Years of VoxPopcast

6M ago

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On this week’s show, all five co-hosts are online to celebrate six years of producing a weekly pseudo academic roundtable of pop culture analysis with drinking and swearing. It isn’t… The post e314. Fashion, Furniture, and Furballs — Six Years of VoxPopcast appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Katya Gorecki, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monica Geraffo

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e313. PCA2024: Adapting X-Men

6M ago

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On this week’s special epsiode we take one last look at this year’s Popular Culture Association conference in Chicago with a look at papers from one of the panels in… The post e313. PCA2024: Adapting X-Men appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, John Darowski, Joe Darowski

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e312. PCA2024: The AfterParty

7M ago

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Six years ago, this show was birthed out of the aftermath of PCA2018, the annual conference for the Popular Culture Association. As is tradition, we’ve once again returned there. PCA2024… The post e312. PCA2024: The AfterParty appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, John Darowski, Joe Darowski, Nicole Freim, Matthew Brake

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e311. From Original to Ovation: Tracing the Threads of Musical Covers

7M ago

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Have you ever done that thing where you hear a song that’s a cover of another song you like, only to find out later that you have it backwards and… The post e311. From Original to Ovation: Tracing the Threads of Musical Covers appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Stephanie Siler

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e310. The Biggest Oscar Upsets and Travesties

7M ago

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We did a couple of shows in the lead up to the Academy Awards last week. You’ve heard us talk about why the Oscars still exist and what function they… The post e310. The Biggest Oscar Upsets and Travesties appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Joe Darowski, Andrew Darowski

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e309. The Human Kaiju: Translating the Unstoppable Monster To Human Scale

7M ago

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You know that movie where the hero loses someone he loves to an act of senseless violence and so he embarks on a path of carnage and destruction to gain… The post e309. The Human Kaiju: Translating the Unstoppable Monster To Human Scale appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Henry Arrambide

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e308. 2024 Oscars Predictions!

7M ago

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It’s hard to believe it, but it’s been exactly a year since our last Oscar show. It’s kind of funny how that works out! Years being annual and all of… The post e308. 2024 Oscars Predictions! appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e307. Madame Web, Morbius, and Movies of Obligation

8M ago

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It seems silly to ask if you’ve seen Madame Web. We can see the box office returns and we know that you probably didn’t. BUT, if you’re listening to our… The post e307. Madame Web, Morbius, and Movies of Obligation appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Monica Geraffo, Stephanie Siler, Lindsay Mahowald

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e306. Kaiju Kachoo: From Gojira to Godzilla Minus One

8M ago

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Last year, almost as if by accident, somehow the surprise hit of cinema was a relatively low budget Godzilla movie. The film, Godzilla Minus One, literally came out of nowhere.… The post e306. Kaiju Kachoo: From Gojira to Godzilla Minus One appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e305. Dark Academia: a Deep Dive into Murder, Mystery & Midterms

8M ago

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Have you seen that new Dark Academia show about the mysterious elite school for special kids where there’s the one kid who doesn’t seem to belong even amongst the other… The post e305. Dark Academia: a Deep Dive into Murder, Mystery & Midterms appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Monica Geraffo

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e304. Barbie, the Oscars & Leavisism (What’s That Now?) 1:36:06

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Last week the Oscar nominations came out and if you were hanging around the internet, you might have heard one story in particular… Barbie was snubbed. Everyone was talking about… The post e304. Barbie, the Oscars & Leavisism (What’s That Now?) appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Monica Geraffo, Stephanie Siler

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GroundPod Day 2024! Happy Groundhog Day!

8M ago

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Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ’cause it’s cooooold out there today! It’s Groundhog Day, and you know what that means! It’s the return of your… The post GroundPod Day 2024! Happy Groundhog Day! appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e303. Our Lives in Pop Culture

9M ago

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It could be argued that the pop culture that you absorb makes you who you are. That’s certainly true of the hosts of this show. After all, it’s a show… The post e303. Our Lives in Pop Culture appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Hannah Lee Rogers

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e302. So, A.I. George Carlin… WHY?!?!?

9M ago

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We’ve done shows on AI before and our feelings on how it is being used in art and creative endeavors. We’ve tried to not just be reactionary and alarmist about… The post e302. So, A.I. George Carlin… WHY?!?!? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Stephanie Siler, A. David Lewis, Christopher Bell

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e301. Is Saltburn A Good Movie?

9M ago

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It’s no surprise that the US movie box office hit something of a slump last year. With few exceptions (ahem #Barbenheimer) most tried and true tentpole blockbusters underperformed (perhaps not… The post e301. Is Saltburn A Good Movie? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monica Geraffo, Eric Pitz

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e300. The 2024 Box Office Draft

9M ago

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Somehow we’ve been making this show for 300 episodes! We can’t believe it either! And what better way to celebrate that than doing one of our very favorite regular episodes?… The post e300. The 2024 Box Office Draft appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Katya Gorecki, Hannah Lee Roger, Monica Geraffo, Stephanie Siler

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e299. Things You Missed in 2023!

10M ago

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Happy New Year! If you listen to podcasts which you must if you’re listening to this, then you probably know by now that they way people end a year in… The post e299. Things You Missed in 2023! appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monica Geraffo

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e298. Why Does Everyone Hate Mary Sues?

10M ago

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Merry Christmas from VoxPopcast. The thing is, we’ve been doing Christmas special episodes for the last couple weeks already. And we figure you probably have a Christmas episode or twelve… The post e298. Why Does Everyone Hate Mary Sues? appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e297. Cheesy Christmas Movies Five!

10M ago

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Every year around Christmas we do a special that talks about the latest offerings in a weird little emergent pop culture niche. The Cheesy Christmas Movie. Of course this year,… The post e297. Cheesy Christmas Movies Five! appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Gwen Tarbox, Justin Wigard

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e296. The Great Christmas Tree Debate

10M ago

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Do you have a Christmas Tree? If you do then chances are, even without thinking about it, you have taken a side in the great Christmas tree debate. You have… The post e296. The Great Christmas Tree Debate appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e295. Superhero Fatigue & The Illusion of Change

10M ago

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An ongoing concern in the geekosphere world these days is the worry that “superhero fatigue” is setting in and the bubble is bursting. But the funny thing is, if you… The post e295. Superhero Fatigue & The Illusion of Change appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e294. Black Friday and Toy Riots!

11M ago

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It’s Black Friday week. There’s simply no way you don’t know that. Even if you’re not from the United States, where we just had Thanksgiving, if you’re on the Internet… The post e294. Black Friday and Toy Riots! appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Hannah Lee Rogers, Stephanie Siler, Jonathan Alexandratos

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e293. Soundtracks, Scores & Race in the Superhero Film (Remastered) 1:12:36

11M ago1:12:36

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(Note: Previously a corrupted version of the audio of this file was uploaded. This was due to a mistake in the mix that has now been corrected to the best… The post e293. Soundtracks, Scores & Race in the Superhero Film (Remastered) appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e293. Soundtracks, Scores & Race in the Superhero Film 1:12:36

11M ago1:12:36

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(Note: Previously a corrupted version of the audio of this file was uploaded. This was due to a mistake in the mix that has now been corrected to the best… The post e293. Soundtracks, Scores & Race in the Superhero Film appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Vox Populorum

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e292. Monstrous Women and the Horror Gaze

11M ago

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On this week’s not exactly Halloween special episode, Mav, Wayne and Monica are joined by returning guests Dr. Michael Chemers and Dr. Samantha Langsdale, two experts in the field of… The post e292. Monstrous Women and the Horror Gaze appeared first on The VoxPopcast.By Mav, Wayne Wise, Monica Geraffo, Michael Chemers, Sam Langsdale

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