Academics Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay use their combined knowledge to dig deeper and ask more ambitious questions than most pop culture podcasts out there – not doing recaps or just remaining on the level of entertainment coverage. For them, popular culture offers resources for asking questions about who we are and where we are going, questions that can be political, legal, technological, economic, or social, but often cut across all of the above.

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The physical effects of media storytelling 2019-03-06
The forgotten women of early filmmaking 2019-02-26
The politics within politics of the Oscars 2019-02-18
Taking risks: comedy as tool for social justice 2019-02-06
Critics of color: The added value of subtleties 2018-12-03
Reimagining the ecology of cultural criticism 2018-11-28
The growing hunger: why do we need more critics of color? 2018-11-15
War of the Worlds, hoaxes and conspiracies with Nick Cull 2018-11-07
Episode 23: Naja Nielsen and youth political participation 2018-10-29
Episode 22: Wu Ming and Benjamen Walker on conspiracy theories 2018-10-17
Episode 21: Rohan Joshi from All India Bakchod on civic entertainment 2018-10-08
Episode 20: Anushka Shah and Civic Entertainment in India 2018-09-29
Episode 19: Star Trek and actual space with Margaret Weitekamp 2018-09-22
Episode 18: Diane Winston on religion and the entertainment media 2018-09-14
Episode 17: Science fiction as a way of understanding and re-imagining the world 2018-09-09
Episode 16: Maureen Ryan, Emily Andras and Louisa Stein on GLBT TV Representation 2018-06-02
Episode 15: Define American Film Fest with poet Yosimar Reyes and organizer Erika Andiola 2018-05-29
Episode 14: Hye Jin Lee and Cristina Visperas on K-pop 2018-05-19
Episode 13: Katie Salen Tekinbaş and Kurt Squire on Ready Player One and Game Based Learning 2018-05-13
Episode 12: Ann Pendleton-Jullian Talks Worldbuilding 2018-05-04
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