Wow... somehow we've managed to do 400 of these! On today's very special anniversary episode of VoxPopcast we have the entire regular team of hosts to reminisce about the history of the show and the current state of popular culture and our predictions for where we think pop culture is going to go in the future. It's a packed episode, so join Mav, Wayne, Katya, Hannah and Monica as we celebrate 400 episodes of VoxPopcast and let us know your thoughts in the comments. Citations and Links: Thank you to Maximilian’s thoughtForm Music for our theme Follow Hannah on BlueSky: @hannahleerogers Follow Mav on BlueSky: @chrismaverick Follow Katya on Instagram: @justthatnerdkid Follow Monica on Instagram: @monicamarvelous Follow Wayne on Instagram: @tetroc2017 Follow us on BlueSky: @voxpopcast Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/voxpopcast Subscribe to our...
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e249. The Media Guilt Pile
You know that book everyone tells you is great and you’ve been meaning to read it for literally years and haven’t gotten to it? What about that game that all your friends are playing and you want to as well, but you haven’t had the time to sit down and learn it so it’s just…
Excalibur #83: “Bend Sinister”
Excalibur #83 “Bend Sinister” Writers: Warren Ellis & Scott Lobdell Pencils: Terry Dodson Inks: W.C. Carani Colours: Joe Rosas Letters: Jon Babcock Editors: Suzanne Gaffney & Bob Harras Original publication date: November 1994 We’re (still) back from the winter break and reeling from term prep, but that doesn’t mean we’re not excited (positively possessed!) by…
e248. 2023 Box Office Draft
It’s that time again! if you’ve been listening for a while you know that every year the hosts of Voxpopcast play a fantasy box office game! The BEST fantasy game. Each host will draft 15 movies in a 15 round snake draft and compete to see who can have the highest combination of box office…
Excalibur #82: “Life Signs (Part 3): The Light of a Tainted Dawn”
Excalibur #82 “Life Signs (Part 3): The Light of a Tainted Dawn” Writers: Scott Lobdell & Todd DeZago Pencils: Ken Lashley & Steve Epting Inks: Philip Moy, Harry Candelario, W.C. Carani, John Floyd & John Livesay Colours: Chris Matthys Letters: Dave Sharpe Editors: Suzanne Gaffney & Bob Harras Original publication date: October 1994 We’re back from the holidays and…
e247. 36-ish Things You Missed in 2022
Another year is in the books. 2022 has come and gone. Welcome to 2023. But, there’s one last piece of business to finish from yesteryear. Welcome to the annual VoxPopcast Year in Review show. If you’re new to our year in review, we don’t really do a best of show… we did 52 episodes last…
Call For Comments: So what did we miss in 2022?
From Mav: It’s the end of yet another year in pop culture and we want to close out 2022 in the same way we do every year on VoxPopcast. Every year, rather than closing out with a best of the year episode we record one talking about our favorite things in pop culture that we…
e246. a Very Star Wars Andor Holiday Special
And now for something a little different to close out this Christmas season. A couple of weeks ago on Twitter, we had a request from listener Jim Roberts to discuss Andor, the latest Star Wars series on Disney+. Only at the time, we were kind of packed with some other shows that we had been…
Holiday Special 2022!
Holiday Special ’22! It’s our second annual VIDEO holiday special! Featuring reflections on the year that was, too much talk about essay plagiarism, a few technical difficulties, revisiting the top eps of ’22, and a draw for PRIZES! And as usual: You can find Anna on Twitter (@peppard_anna) and at Sequential Scholars (@seqscholars). You can find Andrew on…
e245. Cheesy Christmas Movies IV
It’s that time again. Ever since we started this show, we’ve been in something of a renaissance of Christmas Movies. It all started with films by the likes of the Hallmark Channel, but it has since spread to other networks, perhaps most notably Netflix. In the last few years we’ve made it a habit of…
Call for Comments: Eating the Rich… Cinematically!
January 17, 2023
From Hannah: In 2019 — when I still went to the theater every week — I noticed a pattern with a release every few months. Starting with Us, then the horror-comedy film Ready or Not, and then with Knives Out I was struck by how class conscious these films were. How unrelentingly they worked to…