The VoxPopcast

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Latest Episodes

e381. It’s Clobberin’ Time! Fantastic Four’s Impact on the Summer of Superheroes
July 28, 2025

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

e380. Monica in Paris: The Tropes of Study Abroad
July 21, 2025

Eagle eyed (eared?) listeners might have noticed that its actually been a little tricky to get Monica booked on the show for the last couple of weeks because of a

e379. and now… Superman
July 14, 2025

Lets face it, if you listen to our show there basically no way that you didnt know that there was a Superman movie that came out this weekend. In fact,

e378. For Mature Audiences Only: When Nostalgia Grows Up
July 07, 2025

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, theres

e377. The Art of the Sequel: Continuity vs. Creativity vs. Capitalism
June 30, 2025

A couple weeks ago, Mav learned that they were making a sequel to a movie that he loves, Spring Breakers. The thing is, thats an indy film that basically no

e376. Deconstructing RomComs: Genre, Trope and Capitalism
June 23, 2025

Last week, A24 released a new movie called Materialists starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal and directed by Celine Song. Critical praise was high, but audience reaction was

e375. Floppy Disks and Fast Cars: Technological Nostalgia in Media
June 16, 2025

Last week Monica saw the most recent Mission Impossible movie and was fascinated by a plot detail wherein the characters need to use ancient technology from the shudder

e374. The Accuracy Dilemma: Balancing Fact and Fiction in Pop Culture
June 09, 2025

The nice thing about having your own podcast is that sometimes you can just turn a casual conversation into content that you discuss with the whole wide world. Thats what

e373. Collecting Value. Understanding Valuation in Popular Culture
June 02, 2025

Do you have a collection of anything? Comics? Toys? Baseball cards? Records? Whatever? Ok, if you have such a collection, do you know what its worth. That is to say

e372. MCU 2025: Exploring the Current Marvel Cinematic Landscape
May 26, 2025

When we started this podcast we were very cautious that we didnt want it to be too much about the MCU, even though we loved it and it was, at