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Pop Culture Detective: Audio Files

By: Jonathan McIntosh
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  • This podcast investigates the messages embedded in popular movies, tv shows, and video games from a sociological prospective, featuring in-depth discussion on themes of politics, race, and masculinity. Audio Files is an extension of the Pop Culture Detective video essay series on YouTube, also hosted by Jonathan McIntosh.
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Episodes
  • Solarpunk and How We Escape Dystopia

    Solarpunk and How We Escape Dystopia
    May 29 2023
    In this episode we explore a relatively new subgenre of science fiction called Solarpunk, which aims to imagine better ecologically harmonious futures. In many ways Solarpunk is a reaction to both the real-world climate crisis and to the many apocalyptic visions of collapse that fill our screens. Andrew Sage from the YouTube channel Andrewism joins us for this conversation.
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    54 mins
  • Demystifying Fair Use, Copyright, and Content ID

    Demystifying Fair Use, Copyright, and Content ID
    Feb 1 2023
    In this episode, we discuss the fair use doctrine and why it's so important for everyone on the internet. We also dig into how fair use interacts with YouTube’s Content ID system. Two legal experts in fair use join the conversation: Art Neill and Erika Lee from New Media Rights.
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    55 mins
  • A Conversation with Artist Simon Stålenhag

    A Conversation with Artist Simon Stålenhag
    Oct 31 2022
    An in-depth conversation with award-winning Swedish artist and storyteller Simon Stålenhag. Simon is the creator of narrative art books like Tales From the Loop, Things From the Flood, and The Electric State. We discuss what it’s like for a small artist to be courted by the Hollywood machine. We dig into the meaning and messages in dystopia science fiction. And we talk about the negative implications of AI art generators.
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    44 mins
Art Education Philosophy Social Sciences
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