The VoxPopcast

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e158. Superhero Thought Experiments
April 19, 2021

Have you ever had one of those pointless internet arguments about the philosophical righteousness of Batman, Superman, Rorschach or Luke Skywalker? Or maybe you’ve spent hours arguing about how time…

e157. Standup Comedy Sitting on the Couch
April 12, 2021

Zoom meetings are are a simple fact of life in the pandemic lockdown world. Work meetings, school classrooms, social events. At this point, we’ve all done them. And quite honestly,…

e156. More Bad Things? We Love
April 05, 2021

Last year, all four hosts got together and did a show we called “Bad Things We Love” in which we built a list media that we have some kind of…

e155. Introduction to Ergodic Texts and Reading
March 29, 2021

What does it mean to be an ergodic text? That’s a complicated question. For one thing, the very meaning of the word “text” can be variable to different people, but…

e154. Can We Cancel Cancel Culture Culture? (or can’t we?)
March 22, 2021

Every day another celebrity “is cancelled” for any number of problematic reasons. Typically, the celebrity responds by claiming they’ve done nothing wrong and blaming “cancel culture” gone wild. Over

e153. Seeking a Game for the End of the World
March 15, 2021

Do you remember the before times? The long, long ago. Do you remember a time where you used to have real live friends that you used to be able to…

e152. Obviously it’s the WandaVision Show
March 08, 2021

Somethings are inevitable and predictable. Water is wet, gravity pulls us down, and this show was going to have to talk about WandaVision. That was clear even before the series…

e151. Yet More Bridgerton! and other good things
March 01, 2021

A few weeks ago when we did our Bridgerton recap show we found ourselves with way more to talk about than we could possibly fit in a single episode. That…

e150. Sexy Cartoons: You Know… for the Kids!
February 22, 2021

Have you ever noticed how sexy cartoons are? On last week’s Valentines Day show we talked about sexuality in superhero comics and other media. In that case we were largely…

e149. Let’s Talk About SuperSex
February 15, 2021

Happy Valentine’s Day! If you had a podcast devoted to pop culture with a penchant for discussing comics with some bit of regularity and a holiday came up that was…