From Hannah: If you follow our show at all, you probably know that several of the main hosts (including myself) keep having a reoccuring argument about what the best show on television is: Riverdale or The Good Place (the clear winner). And you may think we’re all wrong — especially since the last season of…
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e55. PCA-2019 Recap
by Christopher "Mav" Maverick, Wayne Wise, Hannah Lee Rogers, Katya Gorecki, John Darowski and A. David Lewis
April 29, 2019
April 29, 2019
If you’ve been listening to the show for the last few weeks, you know that all four hosts have been preparing for PCA2019, the national conference of the Popular Culture Association in Washington DC. In fact, episode 52 and episode 53 featured previews of our papers. The conference was from April 10 to April 13,…
e33. Thanksgiving Politics
by Christopher "Mav" Maverick, Wayne Wise, Hannah Lee Rogers, Katya Gorecki and Stephanie Siler
November 26, 2018
November 26, 2018
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 with family for the holidays is discussion politics…. in detail… disgusting, gross, bloody, racist, misogynist detail… with your drunk uncle who got all of his…
Call for Comments: Mediated Politicking
From Katya: Sick of hearing about electoral politics? Prepare to hear about it some more! (Hopefully not as bad as that family member that we often encounter over the holidays.) Media has always had a huge role in politics. In the U.S., we have the myth that JFK won the presidency because TV (which is…
Call for Comments: Poverty Shaming
May 10, 2019
From Hannah: According to a new Bankrate Survey, just over a quarter of Americans will not being going on summer vacation this year (while twenty-two percent are on the fence). Sixty percent of those respondents are forgoing vacation because they can’t afford it. Those who are going on vacation are spending an average of $1,979…