Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTRAP TV - Noir is a Vibe (PREVIEW)
What is film noir and why does it matter? In the first episode of a series called Shadow Nation, I reflect on the commercial failure of Guillermo Del…
3 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 12.30.22: No Hugs and No Learning w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
Our series on 1990s/2000s comedy continues this week with a conversation about Seinfeld. Justin and I watched two episodes (S5E5 "The Bris" and S7E4 …
3 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 12.23.22: The Doofus in Charge w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I watch Elf (2003) and talk about Will Ferrell's late 90s/early 2000s comic persona in the context of male bodies, George W. Bus…
3 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 346: Uncomfortable Television w/ Hunter Hargraves
What makes disturbing, graphic shows like CSI and Intervention so morbidly appealing? How does our desire for uncomfortable entertainment reflect a l…
3 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 12.16.22: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I jump off our previous discussion of Groundhog Day with a look at Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987), a deceptively compli…
3 years, 3 months ago
Campus Trap Ep 9 - The BRUTAL TRUTH About Getting a Ph.D. (PREVIEW)
Since clever people are now declaring the end of college education, Ryan and I thought it might be fun to survey the highs and lows of our own respec…
3 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 345: Home Free w/ Daniel Horowitz
Daniel Horowitz is a historian and the author of many books on American consumer culture, economics, and political ideology. In this conversation we…
3 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 12.9.22: Everybody Wants to Rule the World w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I talk about China's Zero Covid policies coming apart as Apple demands MORE IPHONES, which leads to a wider consideration of wha…
3 years, 4 months ago
TRAP TV - Imagineering World War (PREVIEW)
On this episode of TRAP TV, we examine a critical moment in the history of the Walt Disney Company, when the tremendous success of Snow White and the…
3 years, 4 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Livestream 12.2.22: I've Been Working on the Railroad w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)
This week Justin and I talk about the fight between labor, management, unions, and the state now being waged in the railroad industry, and trace the …
3 years, 4 months ago