All Episodes

e436. Robotic Dreams and Digital Nightmares: Is A.I the Monster… or the Mirror?

e435. Zines! Where Art Meets Activism

e434. History is History!

e433. Spider-Man: Masks, Myths, and Media

e432. The Odyssey and Greek Myth: The Enduring Legacy of Ancient Classics

e431. Henchmen, Heavies, Minions & Muscle: Narrative Dynamics of the Hired Goon

e430. Tyrant: Dinosaurs and the Evolution of Indie Comics

e429. Out of this World: Alien Archetypes in Pop Culture

e428. The Supergirl Legacy: The Evolution of the Maid of Might

e427. From He-Man to Toy Story: Nostalgia’s Role in 2020s Entertainment

e426. Narrative & Technology (& Narrative) Syllabus Special

e425. Chrises vs Women Over 60! Media Literacy and Aging in Hollywood

e424. Exploring Eurovision: A Look at the World’s Greatest Stage Spectacle

e423. Father Knows Less: Unpacking Bad Dad Stereotypes in Film

e422. Anatomy of a Heist: More Than Just Stealing

e421. Here Comes the Bride! Feminism and Frankenstein

e420. 2026 Summer Movie Preview

e419. PCA 2026 After Dark: From Atlanta, GA

e418. PCA Roundtable: Enjoying the Art of Immoral Artists: An Ethical and Aesthetic Dilemma

e417. Doomscrolling and Redemption: The Evolution of Faces of Death

e416. All the Cinderellas: an Exploration of Trope and Transformation

e415. Beyond the Final Frontier: Star Trek’s Influence on Culture & Fandom

e414. Strings Attached: Puppetry, from Marionettes to AI

e413. Teen Beach Movie Revisited: a Conversation with the Screenwriter

e412. The 2026 Oscars Prediction Special

e411. Is The Cannonball Run a Bad Movie? (Ok, we know it is… but does it have to be?)

e410. Teen Beach Movie: Metaphor, Methodology, Memories, and Millennials vs. GenZ

e409. Tommy Westphall’s Snowglobe: Exploring Fiction’s Largest Shared Universe

e408. Wonder Woman: Boundaries, Bondage, and Breakthroughs

GroundPod Day 2026! Happy Groundhog Day!

e407. Oscar Sneak Preview: Breaking Down the Nominations From Snubs to Surprises

e406. So, We Live in the Pitt and Here is What We Think of It…

e405. Fantasy Box Office Draft 2026

e404. Stranger Endings: Breaking Down the End of Stranger Things

e403. Things You Missed 2025

e402. Cheesy Christmas Movies 2025

e401. F-M-K!

e400. 400 Episodes?!?! Holy $#!†!

e399. The Show Must Go On! Navigating Main Character Exits and Recasts

e398. Of Course We’re Talking About Wicked For Good

e397. All the Frankensteins! (like all the Draculas… but with Frankenstein)

e396. Games, Education, & Collaboration: The Role of Play in Learning and Connection

e395. Stealing the Fives – Repost to fix error

e395. Stealing the Fives (with permission of course)

e394. Spirits and Spectacles: The World of Haunted Houses

e393. Eerie Elders: The Horror of Growing Old

e392. Games4SocialImpact 2025

e391. Manga-101: Why is Manga?

e390. La Mort de le Mèmer? How memes make meaning

e389. Boycotts and their Cultural Impact

e388. 2025 Summer Catch Up! Was that it?

e387. TV is Our Religion: The Theological Lens of Peak Television

e386. Unpacking Long-Running TV: From Sitcoms to Soap Operas

e385. Is Flash Gordon a Bad Movie?

e384. From Vanderbilt Glam to Oscar’s Shades: The Gilded Age Deep Dive

e383. Revisiting Milkshake Ducks

e382. How Catch ’em? Exploring the Inverted Mystery

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

e380. Monica in Paris: The Tropes of Study Abroad

e379. and now… Superman

e378. For Mature Audiences Only: When Nostalgia Grows Up

e377. The Art of the Sequel: Continuity vs. Creativity vs. Capitalism

e376. Deconstructing RomComs: Genre, Trope and Capitalism

e375. Floppy Disks and Fast Cars: Technological Nostalgia in Media

e374. The Accuracy Dilemma: Balancing Fact and Fiction in Pop Culture

e373. Collecting Value. Understanding Valuation in Popular Culture

e372. MCU 2025: Exploring the Current Marvel Cinematic Landscape

e371. Retro Revivals and Cinematic Sequels: Summer 2025 Preview

e370. Free Comic Book Day and Geek Third Spaces

e369. PCA 2025: The After Show

e368. PCA 2025: The Presentations!

e367. Live from PCA 2025: Unpacking Mainstream Sexuality

e366. What Ever Happened to the Teen Sex Farce?

e365. Works in Progress: PCA2025

e364. From the Theatre to the Stream: The Future of Indie Films

e363. Is The Mummy a Bad Movie?

e362. Learning in the Stacks: Libraries & Learning from Pop Culture

e361. Carving Pop Culture Mount Rushmore (Simulcast w/ the Protagonist Podcast)

e360. Selling Woke: Navigating Complexities of Capitalism and Media Bias

e359. 2025 Oscar Preview

e358. Monster Crushes: Infatuation with the Unknown

X2Z Movies e7. Nimona

e357. The Museum Dilemma: Ownership, Ethics, and Colonialism

X2Z Movies e6. Casablanca

e356. Incidental Genre: Unpacking the Unexpected

GroundPod Day 2025! Happy Groundhog Day!

X2Z Movies e5. Return to Oz

e355. The Great Social Media Sunset: Where Do We Go From Here?

e354. Diamonds Aren’t Forever: The Rise and Fall of Comics Distribution

e353. Prestige TV vs. Streaming Movies

X2Z Movies e2. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

e352. The 2025 Box Office Fantasy Draft

X2Z Movies e3. Unpacking Wicked: A Generational Review

e351. Cinematic Trolley Problems: Exploring Moral Grey Areas Through Film

X2Z Movies e2. Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie? A Generational Debate

e350. Cheesy Christmas Movies 2024 Extra Thirsty Edition

X2Z Movies e1: Discovering 'The Book of Life' with Mav and Marie

e349. Things You Missed 2024

e348. The True Meaning of Gifting: Connection over Consumerism

e347. Jack vs. Jack: The Jack Off

e346: Over the Rainbow: Examining Wicked, Oz, and their Cultural Impact

e345. Superpowers, Sex, and Science with Diana McCallum

e344. Creepy Kids & Horror: Exploring Unsettling Youth in Film

e343. 2024 US Election Special

e342. Creepy Dolls and the Freudian Uncanny

e341. #Games4SocialImpact 2024: The Rise of Jerry

e340. Reimagining Dracula: a Conversation with Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones

e339. Why Do Smart People Like Trashy Reality Shows?

e338. Fandom and Identity: The Evolution of Beloved Characters

e337. Umm… So, is this like a Reboot?!? Or Something?

e336. So, Why Pop Culture?

e335. Prequels Unraveled: Stitching Gaps or Snagging Cash?

e334. From DNC to SDCC: Comparing the Convention Experience

e333. Twisters, Titanics, & Terror: Deconstructing Disaster Narratives

e332. The 4th Wall Bounce: The Reflexivity of Media and Culture

e331. Understanding the Syllabus: Learning Frameworks and Inclusive Practices

e330. The Immortal Legacy: Aging Actors and Endless Franchises

e329. Biographies, Blockbusters, And Biden! What a Week!

e328. What’s the Deal with Presidential Assassinations?

e327. Decoding Literary Criticism: From BookTok to Shakespeare

e326. From Mr. Ed to the Minions: Pop Culture Across Generations

e325. So You Have To Write a Prospectus? Now What Is It, Exactly? (and can an ointment clear it up?)

e324. Unpacking Bridgerton Season 3: Penelope, Queerness, and Fandom Reactions

e323. The Complex Legacy of Barbie: Gender, Fashion & Identity

e322. 4 Killer Out-of-the-Box X-men Movie Pitches for the MCU

e321. The All-Time Best All-Time Best Albums List of All Time

e320. Adrenaline and Affection: Exploring the Action Romance Genre

e319. X-men ’97 Revisited: Superheroes, Sacrifices, & Saturday Mornings

e318. A.I. in Academia: Balancing Technology and Traditional Learning

e317: From Field to Frame: Life Lessons from Sports Movies

e316. 2024 Summer Movie Season

e315. Revisiting Classics: The Delicate Art of Remakes and Adaptations

e314. Fashion, Furniture, and Furballs — Six Years of VoxPopcast

e313. PCA2024: Adapting X-Men

e312. PCA2024: The AfterParty

e311. From Original to Ovation: Tracing the Threads of Musical Covers

e310. The Biggest Oscar Upsets and Travesties

e309. The Human Kaiju: Translating the Unstoppable Monster To Human Scale

e308. 2024 Oscars Predictions!

e307. Madame Web, Morbius, and Movies of Obligation

e306. Kaiju Kachoo: From Gojira to Godzilla Minus One

e305. Dark Academia: a Deep Dive into Murder, Mystery & Midterms

e304. Barbie, the Oscars & Leavisism (What’s That Now?)

GroundPod Day 2024! Happy Groundhog Day!

e303. Our Lives in Pop Culture

e302. So, A.I. George Carlin… WHY?!?!?

e301. Is Saltburn A Good Movie?

e300. The 2024 Box Office Draft

e299. Things You Missed in 2023!

e298. Why Does Everyone Hate Mary Sues?

e297. Cheesy Christmas Movies Five!

e296. The Great Christmas Tree Debate

e295. Superhero Fatigue & The Illusion of Change

e294. Black Friday and Toy Riots!

e293. Soundtracks, Scores & Race in the Superhero Film (Remastered)

e293. Soundtracks, Scores & Race in the Superhero Film

e292. Monstrous Women and the Horror Gaze

e291. Fables, Fanfic and Fair Using the Public Domain

e290. Figuring Out Fall & Analyzing Autumn

e289. Superman in Cleveland

e288. Games4SocialImpact 2023

e287. We Made This! Why We Love DIY!

e286. The Legend of Harley Quinn

e285. The Legend of Hercule Poirot

e284. Making the Band of Theseus

e283. Is Josie and the Pussycats a Bad Movie?

e282. Misunderstood Pop Music Politics

e281. Saying Goodbye to Riverdale, the Best Show on Television

e280. The VoxPopcast Protagonist Movie Calendar Playlist Game

e279. Is Sucker Punch a Bad Movie?

e278. Hollywood is on Strike! (But, what does that mean?)

e277. The VoxPopcast #Barbenheimer Double Feature Double Date

e276. Old Heroes Never Die! (But Do They Even Fade Away?)

e275. Concert Amnesia and the Power of Flashbulb Memory

e274. Indiana Jones and the Legacy of Pulp

e273. Is Pixar Over?

e272. Why Are So Many Superhero Adaptations So Very, Very, Bad?

e271. Crossing The Spider-Verse

e270. Why Do Fans Hate Things They Love?

e269. Wide World of Disney Reboots

e268. Fasterer and Furiouserer

e267. Ages of Superhero Movies!

e266. Everybody’s A.I. Critic?

e265. 2023 Summer Movie Preview

e264. Do You Remember Nostalgia? Do You Want To?

e263. We Gotta Talk About MILF Manor! We Just Do…

e262. Hey! So, How Do Museums Work?

e261. PCA2023 After Dark!

e260. Why Do We ♥ Stories Where Old People Still ƒµ¢&?

e259. The Enduring Cultural Legacy of Cocaine Bear!

e258. A Primer on the Ages of Disney

e257. Glasses Off, Hair Down! The Magic of Movie Makeovers

e256. Oscars, Oscars, All at Once!

e255. The Mystery of the Disappearing Media!

e254. A Primer On the Ages of Comics

e253. So… Is Princess Diaries 2 a Bad Movie?

e252. Velma and Pouring Some Edgy on It!

GroundPod Day 2023! Happy Groundhog’s Day!

e251. Eating the Rich! (on film)

e250. We Always Figured We Would Do a Show on Quiet Quitting (Eventually)

e249. The Media Guilt Pile

e248. 2023 Box Office Draft

e247. 36-ish Things You Missed in 2022

e246. a Very Star Wars Andor Holiday Special

e245. Cheesy Christmas Movies IV

e244. An A.I. Took Your Art, Daddy!

e243. What’s in a Name? (or Several)

e242. A Specifically Very Positive Thanksgiving Ep

e241. Wakanda Forever & MCU Diversity

e240. Reality Twitter? (and Politics)

e239. Why Doctor Who?

e238. Dragons and Rings and Other Fantasy TV

e237. So, We Need to Talk About Kanye…

e236. Is The Rocky Horror Picture Show a Bad Movie?

e235. Is Jennifer’s Body a bad movie?

e234. Games4SocialImpact

e233. Is Under the Cherry Moon a bad movie?

e232. Paige v. Ariana: The Right to be Sexy on the Internet

e231. So, You Should Be Watching A League of Their Own

e230. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ratings But Were Afraid to Ask

e229. She-Hulk: Sensational & Savage

e228. Investigating the Style Cycle

e227. the Endless Culture of the Sandman

e226. So… uh… what is a Dissertation? (and why would you do one?)

e225. Can We Talk About Climate Change?

e224. A Filler Episode on Filler Episodes

e223. The Cultural Impact of Ms. Marvel on Disney+

e222. So, The World’s On Fire… Everything is Fine…

e221. Exploring the World of Stranger Things

e220. Obi-Wan Kenobi & the Star Wars Legacy

e219. Why We Still Love the Jurassic Park Franchise

e218. Does the Bechdel Test Fail the Bechdel Test?

e217. Online Shopping, Thrifting, and The Death of Mall Culture

e216. Chip’n Dale: Rescue Rangers & The Art Of The Cameo

e215. Taboo Teen TV Tropes

e214. How To Make A Great Documentary! (and Why?)

e213. Everything Everywhere in the Multiverse of VoxPopcast

e212. Pour Some Gritty On It!

e211. #PCAACA22: The Presentations

e210. #PCAACA22: The Afterparty

e209. PCA2022 Conference Paper Workshop & Preview

e208. What Time Is It? It’s Bridgerton Time! (Again)

e207. The Voice of the Crowd is Close to Madness!

e206. Return of the Oscars Preview – 2022

e205. Why Do We Love Batman?

e204. Viral Grammar: Rhetoric, Semiotics, and Emoji

e203. Consumption, Capitalism, and the Culture of Luxury Fashion

e202. To Kill a Mockingbird… and a Maus — Censorship & Book Banning

e201. The Romance Show: (Hannah wouldn’t let us call) Love In The Time Of COVID

e200. Secret Origins Starring VoxPopcast: Special Anniversary Edition

e199. Nancy Drew & the Hidden Staircase to Pop Culture Immortality

e198. STEM vs Humanities: the Clatter in the Classroom

e197. Serialization II: Electric Boogaloo (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Franchise)

e196. The 2022 Box Office Draft!

e195. 34 Great Things You Missed in 2021!

e194. Dr. Golden Spies From V.O.X.P.O.P with Love

e193. Cheesy Christmas Movies 3

e192. How to Win Christmas & Influence People

e191. Pop Culture Casserole

e190. Pour Some Sexy On It!

e189. Dune: How to Control the Spice & Influence People

e188. The Eternals and the MCU This Year (so far…)

e187. 4x4ward: Overlanding and the Great Outdoors

e186. Wayne, Hannah, Mav & Jehnie’s Infinite Mixtape

e185. The Wicked, the Witches and the Witch-ish

e184. Bram Stoker’s Dracula & the Draculi that Followed

e183. How to Read All of the Marvels

e182. I Fixed That for You, Now GTFO!

e181. Entertainment and Other Unions — IATSE Solidarity

e180. So, You Say You Wanna Host a Pseudoacademic Pop Culture Analysis Podcast (with Drinking and Swearing)

e179. ImproveReality?

e178. Pop History vs. Public History

e177. Deconstructing the Chair

e176. What Was Social Networking?

e175. Game Studies: Ludology vs. Narratology

e174. The Arthurian Roundtable Roundtable

e173. War of the Readings

e172. (More Drinking Than Swearing…) The Culture Of Alcohol

e171. Summertime! Time to Kick Back and Unwind

e170. What is Serialization? Tune in next week!

e169. The Subtle & Sophisticated Highbrow Culture of The Fast & The Furious

e168. Time to Stop Wearing Underwear on the Outside

e167. Considering the Fanboy Gaze

e166. So… What is the Male Gaze Anyway?

e165. PCA-2021 Recap

e164. Why Do We Love Plot Twists?

e163. The Secret World of American Girl

e162. Multimedia & Literary Crossovers

e161. Describing 20 Games We Haven’t Played

e160. Remembering Thought & Thinking About Memory

e159. Obviously, it’s the Falcon and the Winter Soldier Show

e158. Superhero Thought Experiments

e157. Standup Comedy Sitting on the Couch

e156. More Bad Things? We Love

e155. Introduction to Ergodic Texts and Reading

e154. Can We Cancel Cancel Culture Culture? (or can’t we?)

e153. Seeking a Game for the End of the World

e152. Obviously it’s the WandaVision Show

e151. Yet More Bridgerton! and other good things

e150. Sexy Cartoons: You Know… for the Kids!

e149. Let’s Talk About SuperSex

e148. Sex, Love, & Bridgerton

e147. Big Fun with Charts, Data, and Analytics!

e146. TV in the time of COVID-19

e145. 2021 Fantasy Box Office Draft

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

e143. Thirty Great Things You Missed In 2020

e142. Deconstructing the Queen’s Gambit

e141. Ghosts, Spirits, Scrooge and a Merry Marxist Christmas

e140. Why Do We Suddenly Love Musicals?

e139. The 22 Reviews of Christmas (Cheesey Christmas 2)

e138. Holiday Tradition and Ritual in the Time of COVID

e137. Think Virtually, Live Locally! Our New Virtual Reality

e136. Describing 14 Films We Haven’t Seen

e135. Election 2020: So Now What?

e134. Reality of Horrors!

e133. Comedy of Horrors!

e132. Is 2020 the Darkest Timeline?

e131. Cuties: Eroticizing the Innocent and Infantilizing Sexuality

e130. Freshman Year in Quarantine

e129. Corsets: Enhancement, Imprisonment, Empowerment, & Empresses

e128. 9 Popular Culture Pet Peeves We Hate and Why

e127. Dungeons & Diversity

e126. Reconstructing Deconstructed Superheroes

e125. It’s the End of the World as we show it…

e124. Marveling Over Marble League!

e123. Culture, Context, Protest, and Memefication

e122. twentysomethingteen

e121. The Improv Story Game

e120. Quarantine Comfort TV

e119. Copaganda II: Going Rogue

e118. #activism

e117. Post-Release Censorship and the Disney Vault

e116. Copaganda, Cartoons, and You

e115. Why Do We Love Minor Characters?

e114. Your Black Friend is Tired

e113. Cartoons vs. Avatars

e112. Social Media and Free Speech

e111. STILL Not Over It!

e110. Comic Studies-350: X-Men Course Syllabus

e109. Scores & Soundtracks

e108. Bad Things We Love

e107. Senior Year in Quarantine

e106. COVID-19 & the Death of the Comic Shop

e105. Animal Crossing & Cozy Games in Worldwide Pandemics

e104. 5 Victorian Parlour Games for Worldwide Pandemics

e103. Birds of Prey and the Fantaboulous Deconstruction of one VoxPopcast

e102. News by Meme

e101. Not the Next Big Thing

e100. Hollywood vs. FanCasting

e99. Pseudo-Academic Content: Listener Discretion is Advised

e98. Experience vs. Consumer Culture

e97. Fictional & Celebrity Crushes

e96. Mask Theory

e95. The Good Place and Philosophy

e94. Why Do Award Shows Suck?

e93. Golden Age of Comics

e92: 2010s Decade in Review

e91. 2020 Box Office Draft

e90. 30 Good Things You Missed!!! 2019 Year in Review

e89. Star Wars: Epic Retrospective

e88. Yes, Internet, There is a Santa Claus

e87. Sentimentalism: Punching Them in the Feels

e86. Good Things We Hate

e85. Digital Acting (and Deep Fakery)

e84. Comics, Sci-Fi, Fantasy: What is Geek Culture?

e83. 🙂Watching Watchmen😵

e82. Love, Politics and Jane Austen

e81. Stephen King and Horror

e80. Irredeemable Characters

e79. Crowdfunding Creative Culture

e78: Monster Studies-201: Course Syllabus

e77. Pop Culture Etiquette

e76. Music Back in MY Day…

e75. Judging a Show by its Pilot?

e74. Harry Potter and the Politics of Wizardry

e73. Reading Practices

e72. The Power of Cuteness

e71. Back to School

e70. Does Pop Culture Matter?

e69. So, let’s talk about Puerto Rico…

e68. Parallel Media

e67. Social Justice Knitting

e66. Fandom Petitions

e65. AR Gaming

e64. Mythologizing the Founders

e63. Transcosplaphobia

e62. Comics! You know… for the Kids!

e61. Narrative REMIX!

e60. Poverty Shaming

e59. Game of Finales

e58. Gaming an Empire

e57. You Kant Like That!

e56. Endgame Analysis

e55. PCA-2019 Recap

e54. The Unbearable Whiteness of being Batman

e53. PCA/ACA 2019 Preview: Comic Studies

e52. PCA/ACA 2019 Preview: Game Studies

e51. So What Is Subculture Anyway?

e50. Are You What You Wear?

e49. Cinema vs. Streaming

e48. Political TV and Nostalgia

e47. Milkshake Ducks & Problematic Artists

e46. Black Superheroes and Representation

e45. Game of Oscars

e44. Young Monsters In Love

e43. Sexy Ships & Head Canon

e42. Diss Continuity

e41. Snatching Banders?

e40. Favourite RoyalTV (and movies)

e39. Media Addiction

e38. 2019 Box Office Draft

e37. Problematic Christmas Songs

e36. Cheesey Christmas Movies

e35. SPOILERS! (and Mystery Boxes)

e34. FarmSims: Digital Transcendentalism

e33. Thanksgiving Politics

e32. Reboots, Remakes, Revivals

e31. Heroes, Villains & Antiheroes

e30. Monster Mash 2: Breaking Twilight

Episode 29: Sexy Halloween

Episode 28: Slashers and Final Girls

Episode 27: La Mort de l’Auteur

Episode 26: The Secret Lives of Puppets

Episode 25: Sex and the Disney Princess

Episode 24: Genre in General

Episode 23: Comic Studies-301: Course Syllabus

Episode 22: Monuments and Memories

Episode 21: Sports, Patriotism, and Social Justice

Episode 20: Monster Mash

Episode 19: Cosplayers of Color

Episode 18: She-Ra and the Male Gaze

Episode 17: Music, the Soundtrack of our Lives

Episode 16: Sex in Video Games

Episode 15: Cinematic Violence & the Impossible Body

Episode 14: Captain America – Patriotism & Nationalism

Episode 13: Mythic Reboots

Episode 12: The Coming & Going of the Coming of Age

Episode 11: Toxic Offenders & the Dark Side of Fandom

Episode 10: Sex, Gender & FanFic

Episode 9: Chutz-Pow! Superheroes of the Holocaust

Episode 8: Academia & Viral Social Justice

Episode 7: Comic Con Culture

Episode 6: Sex & Drugs & Riverdale

Episode 5: Infinity Franchises & Cinematic Universes

Episode 4: Losing My Religiosity?

Episode 3: Violence in Video Games

Episode 2: Do You Remember Nostalgia?

Episode 1: Origin Stories