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
  • e334. From DNC to SDCC: Comparing the Convention Experience

    e334. From DNC to SDCC: Comparing the Convention Experience
    Sep 2 2024

    In the last couple of weeks in America we’ve seen both San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) and the Democratic National Convention (DNC). These are quite possibly two of the nerdiest…

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

    e333. Twisters, Titanics, & Terror: Deconstructing Disaster Narratives
    Aug 26 2024

    If one of the the primary functions of books and movies is to help us escape from the adversity of day to day life, then why do we have so…

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

    e332. The 4th Wall Bounce: The Reflexivity of Media and Culture
    Aug 19 2024

    So here’s a weird question for you… in a TV show like Batman, do the regular people know the phrase “dynamic duo?” In the movie Amazing Spider-Man Peter Parker uses…

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