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e145. 2021 Fantasy Box Office Draft

By Mav, Wayne Wise, Hannah Lee Rogers, Katya Gorecki and Stephanie Siler / January 18, 2021

It's a new year and that means we get to do one of our most exciting shows. It's the fantasy box office draft! Every year we play a game (shamelessly stolen form the Protagonist Podcast… credit where credit is due) where we take turns predicting what will be the most successful movies in the next year. It's basically reviewing movies that no one knows anything about with no real information about them. Except this year it's a little different because a lot of the most anticipated films of 2021... were the most anticipated films of 2020. With COVID-19 still raging, that changes the whole strategy of the game. We're not sure how... but we're going to try to figure it out. On today's show Mav, Hannah, Katya and Wayne welcome...

e144. So, It’s Been a Week! (1/3/21 – 1/9/21)

By Mav, Katya Gorecki, Hannah Lee Rogers and Stephanie Siler / January 11, 2021

We totally didn't want to talk politics this week. And we certainly didn't want to talk about the world being on fire. 2020 had enough of that. All we wanted to do this week was play our fun little box office game. Unfortunately, that went out the window the moment there was an attempted coup of the United States government. If you live on Earth, you've probably heard about the rioting and insurrection at the United States Capitol this week. If you listen to this show, then you've certainly got some serious opinions about it. Of course we do too! We couldn't see ourselves putting it off a week to talk about movies that won't be out for a while. Twitter kicked off the President! We predicted it! We can't...

Call For Comments: Supersex in the Gotham City!

By Wayne Wise and Anna Peppard / January 8, 2021

From Wayne: Superheroes are sexy, right? Skin tight costumes, rippling muscles, big boobs, and a near total lack of genitalia... what’s not to like? But for all of the suggestiveness of their idealized physiques, actual sexuality was a taboo topic in comics for a very long time. Some of this was due to a generally more repressed culture, and some of it was due to the strictures of the Comics Code Authority. Certainly, there were aspects of sexuality encoded in the pages of comics ‟for those who know how to look,” to quote Frederic Wertham. But, for all of Lois Lane’s schemes to trick Superman into marrying her, very little of it seemed based on sexual desire. None of this stopped fans from speculating though. We’re an inherently dirty minded...

Call for Comments: Television in the Time of COVID

By Hannah Lee Rogers / January 5, 2021

From Hannah: In 2020, Voxpopcast talked a lot about the media we consumed during, and partially due to, the pandemic (our comfort viewing, the AMAZING discovery of Marble League, the content that was majorly created pre-pandemic but released after our lives changed). But we haven't delved too deeply into have the pandemic has changed the content we consume. Perhaps the Fall 2020 network television season gave us the most immediate examples of how these changes have emerged (and develop in other mediums as well). Shows like Grey's Anatomy and Superstore (one of the most underrated comedies on television) integrated COVID-19 into their storylines — and this made sense to many viewers as both series revolve around essential workers (healthcare and retail professionals). That being said, not every scripted show that...

e143. Thirty Great Things You Missed In 2020

By Mav, Wayne Wise, Katya Gorecki and Hannah Lee Rogers / January 4, 2021

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 SOMETHING has happened. Last year on VoxPopcast, we decided that rather than doing a "best of the year" episode with the greatest movies or books or whatever that came out, it would be more fun to talk about "things you missed." We talk about pop culture every week. But what were the best things that came out during the year that we haven't had the chance to talk about yet? This year, that seems more important than ever. 2020 didn't have a massive Avengers blockbuster. We didn't have Olympics or concerts. We had the whole world sitting on their couch...

Call For Comments Video Games

Call for Comments: Virtual Violence

by Katya Gorecki and Mav
April 10, 2018

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From Mav: First of all, if you haven’t seen it, the first episode of the podcast is up, so come check it out. And we will be recording the second…

Episode 1: Origin Stories

by Mav, Wayne Wise and John Darowski
April 9, 2018

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At long last, it is finally here. Welcome to the first episode of the VoxPopcast, “Origin Stories.” Here, Wayne and Mav, joined by special guest John Darowski, explain the concept…

Call For Comments Comics Literature Movies and Film Television

Call for Comments: Do you remember nostalgia?

by Mav and Wayne Wise
April 5, 2018

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From Mav: This weekend I got a chance to see the film Ready Player One. As I said when I wrote my review of it (if you don’t read my movie reviews…

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Update: Just Recorded Episode One

by Mav, Wayne Wise and John Darowski
April 1, 2018

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Wayne and Mav just recorded the first episode of the podcast on Origin Stories. Not quite sure when we’re going to post it yet, but we wanted everyone to know…

Call For Comments Comics Movies and Film

Call For Comments: Superhero Origins (and ours!)

by Mav and Wayne Wise
March 26, 2018

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From Mav: One of my most favorite things to do as an academic is presenting at conferences. Part of this is just because being an academic means presenting your research.…

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