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e143. Thirty Great Things You Missed In 2020

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January 4, 2021
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The year 2020 is over. You’re probably as relieved as we are. Of course the problems with 2020 are largely still with us, but at least getting here feels like…

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e140. Why Do We Suddenly Love Musicals?

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December 14, 2020
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From Broadway to London, music has been a part of the history of drama for over a thousand years. The genre is enough of a part of American pop culture…

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Call For Comments: Why Do We Suddenly Love Musicals?

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November 25, 2020
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From Wayne: I used to think I didn’t like Musicals. There were a few, I guess. I saw Cabaret on TV when I was young (a heavily edited version of…

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Call for Comments: Pretty Creepy Sexy Baby – Sexualizing Infantilization

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September 29, 2020
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From Mav: A few weeks ago, we did a show called “twentysomethingteen” where we talked about the phenomenon of casting fully grown adults as teens in TV shows for practical…

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e123. Culture, Context, Protest, and Memefication

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August 17, 2020
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Have you ever gotten into an argument with someone on the Internet and they tried to prove their point by forwarding some meme that was a quote of a famous…

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Call For Comments: Erasing Cultural Activism in 50 Easy Years

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August 7, 2020
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From Mav: I ran across an interesting meme on conservative (MAGA) social media the other day. It was a picture of Jimi Hendrix playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the original…

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e109. Scores & Soundtracks

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May 11, 2020
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What makes a good soundtrack to a movie? What makes a good score? And actually, what is the difference between a score and a soundtrack anyway? The answer to that…

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e108. Bad Things We Love

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May 4, 2020
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Way back on episode 86, our four hosts got together and talked about “Good Things We Hate” Hannah, Katya, Wayne and Mav discussed the idea of taste and high brow…

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Call for Comments: Scores, Soundtracks and Needledrops

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April 30, 2020
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From Mav: I was thinking about a conversation with my wife from a couple years back where she out of nowhere exclaimed to me that her favorite song from the…

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e101. Not the Next Big Thing

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March 16, 2020
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So first some notes… we’re in a weird place. As we recorded this episode, we were on the cusp of much of America (where all of our hosts are located)…