We often say that at its essence, VoxPopcast is people hanging out and drinking at the bar after a conference. That's not entirely true, but it's not NOT true either. But have you ever wondered what it actually is like when we just do that. Well, that's what we have for you today. It's our last show from PCA 2025 and Wayne, Katya, Mav and Hannah got together with several of our friends to just talk about whatever came to mind from the conference to podcasting to teaching to popular culture. There's a lot going on, and this is your chance to look behind the scenes and see what these conferences are really like. Citations and Links: Thank you to Maximilian’s thoughtForm Music for our theme Follow Hannah on BlueSky: @hannahleerogers Follow...
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e100. Hollywood vs. FanCasting
Think about your favorite book, video game, or comic. Who do you think should play the protagonist in the movie? Chances are you have a pretty good idea. Chances are also that if someone already has adapted your favorite character into a film, they didn’t pick your perfect choice. Maybe it turned out great, maybe…
Call for Comments: The Next Big Thing™… that wasn’t…
From Mav: Well, this is just a silly idea for a show and I’m not even sure where to go with it. But that’s what calls for comments are for, right? Anyway, this was suggested by friend of the show Joe Darowski. Joe wants to talk about “Flash in the Pan” Pop culture. Think of…
Call For Comments: Fan Casting Adaptations
From Mav: Once upon a time, back when magazines used to be a thing, Wizard magazine used to have a semi-regular feature where they’d take a theoretical movie property that was being adapted — either one that was rumored to be in preproduction, or something that they just thought it would be fun — and they’d…
e98. Experience vs. Consumer Culture
We have a weird question for you. Which would you rather have a free Ferrari or an all expenses paid, one month trip around the world staying in luxury hotels? Ok, what about this one? Would you rather have every 5000 albums or front row tickets to see your favorite band perform at a sold…
e97. Fictional & Celebrity Crushes
Happy (Belated) Valentines Day! You know what that means? It means time to do a “very special episode” where we somehow try to tie in the holiday concept to the kinds of stuff we normally do. Academic cultural analysis of popular culture… but with beer! Last year we talked about the “shipping” and the secret…
e96. Mask Theory
In the 21st century, when we think of masks, we think of superheroes. But the idea of superheroes as a concept is only about a century old. Masks have been around forever. They have a long history in theatre, professional wrestling and costume balls. Beyond that they have a cultural tradition that dates back to…
Call For Comments: News by Meme
March 14, 2020
From Mav: I had the idea of doing a show based on the benefits and failings of meme culture quite some time ago and given the events of the last few weeks (and this last week of worldwide covid-19/coronavirus pandemic especially) it seems like it’s maybe more important to do this one than ever. I’ve…