For the past couple of years, the general sentiment seems to have been that superhero movies are becoming… well… kinda bad. But, as we spoke a couple weeks ago with the new Superman movie, things have been looking up a bit this summer. But something odd has been happening. For some reason, the general vibe…
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e379. and now… Superman
Let’s face it, if you listen to our show there’ basically no way that you didn’t know that there was a Superman movie that came out this weekend. In fact, we’d argue that if you listen to ANY pop culture podcast, you know that there’s a Superman movie that came out this weekend. And quite…
e378. For Mature Audiences Only: When Nostalgia Grows Up
In a media landscape driven by monetizing nostalgia, reboots and remakes are inevitable. Often this involves taking a new cast to offer a modern take on the property. However, there’s something a little different that has become common place in the last few years. The “aged up reboot”. This is a curious phenomenon where a…
e377. The Art of the Sequel: Continuity vs. Creativity vs. Capitalism
A couple weeks ago, Mav learned that they were making a sequel to a movie that he loves, Spring Breakers. The thing is, that’s an indy film that basically no normal people have ever seen and probably no one is looking for a sequel to. Even more curiously, none of the original cast, writer, or…
e373. Collecting Value. Understanding Valuation in Popular Culture
Do you have a collection of anything? Comics? Toys? Baseball cards? Records? Whatever? Ok, if you have such a collection, do you know what it’s worth. That is to say if it was destroyed in a fire or some other disaster would you know what to value it at for the insurance claim? Well, Wayne…
e372. MCU 2025: Exploring the Current Marvel Cinematic Landscape
When we started this podcast we were very cautious that we didn’t want it to be too much about the MCU, even though we loved it and it was, at that time, obviously the biggest thing in pop culture.. There are plenty of other shows that do that and we wanted VoxPopcast to be something…
e370. Free Comic Book Day and Geek Third Spaces
Guess what?! We’re finally back from our conference and so the series of PCA specials is over. And so we return to business as usual and talking about the cultural significance of current pop culture. And this week we had an annual tradition that if you know about it you might be somewhat excited about…
e368. PCA 2025: The Presentations!
If you’ve been listening to the show for the past few weeks then you know that this month has been our special series of PCA episodes, and this might very well be the episode that you’ve been waiting for. We all went the Popular Culture Association International Conference in New Orleans, but how did the…
e367. Live from PCA 2025: Unpacking Mainstream Sexuality
It took 367 episodes, but it finally has happened! In this special live episode of the VoxPopcast, host Christopher “Mav” Maverick is joined for the first time (in person) by his full panel of co-hosts: Wayne Wise, Hannah Lee Rogers, Monica Geraffo, and Katya Gorecki. The full team broadcasts from the 2025 PCA/ACA conference in…
e365. Works in Progress: PCA2025
This is the 365th show. This means you can now listen to VoxPopcast every day for a year and not have any repeats. That should be exciting in and of itself. But how are we celebrating? Well, if you’ve been paying attention to the show lately, you know we are coming up on PCA. Our…