The VoxPopcast

By: Vox Populorum
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  • We’ve all had a discussion or an argument about popular culture. Sometimes it happens on Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter. Maybe it was in a literature, history, philosophy or psychology class in college. Perhaps it was at the local comic book shop. Or maybe it was at a bar and you ended up stabbing someone with a bottle or bludgeoning them with a pool cue. All of these discussions are exactly the same. The tenured professor at an academic conference deconstructing Batman through a Derrida lens is really doing the same thing as a bunch of teenagers passing a joint around in their mother’s basement. One just uses bigger words and the other swears more. Honestly, though, we’re not sure which. So why not bring them all together? Vox Populorum is a blog and podcast devoted to pop culture criticism. We believe that the best way to understand culture is to discuss it. Please join our weekly round table of media critics, academics and fans for engaging discussion about movies, novels, comic bo
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Episodes
  • e338. Fandom and Identity: The Evolution of Beloved Characters

    e338. Fandom and Identity: The Evolution of Beloved Characters
    Sep 30 2024

    What does it mean to be a fan of a character? There have been millions of different interpretations of Batman and the character of Wolverine as he appears in Marvel…

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    Less than 1 minute
  • e337. Umm… So, is this like a Reboot?!? Or Something?

    e337. Umm… So, is this like a Reboot?!? Or Something?
    Sep 23 2024

    A couple weeks ago, Mav was watching a football game and he saw a commercial for a new TV show, Rescue: HI-Surf. It appeared to be an action procedural about…

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    Less than 1 minute
  • e336. So, Why Pop Culture?

    e336. So, Why Pop Culture?
    Sep 16 2024

    In all the years we’ve been doing this show we’ve worked under a very basic assumption: Everyone involved as a host, guest, or listener presumes that the pseudo academic discussion…

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