e426. Narrative & Technology (& Narrative) Syllabus Special

A few weeks ago, Mav was talking with friend of the show Joe Darowski about a new class Joe is teaching at Bringham Young University called “Technology & Narrative”. Joe asked if Mav had any suggestions for the course since it seemed up his alley. Well, as it turns out, Mav regularly teaches a course…

e425. Chrises vs Women Over 60! Media Literacy and Aging in Hollywood

Entertainment Weekly recently published an article by Derek Lawrence that made the somewhat shocking claim that “movies are more likely to star an actor named Chris than women over 60.” Well, that seemed like exactly the kind of thing we should investigate on this shows. So we looked into it a little deeper and. Well,…

e424. Exploring Eurovision: A Look at the World’s Greatest Stage Spectacle

One of the problems we, as Americans, often have is when we look at popular culture, we assume a very American point of view. Because all of the hosts of this show are American, we are as guilty of that as anyone else. But we try to look beyond it. This is one of those…