Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPMP#97: The Girl in the Wooder: Our Mare of Easttown Show!
Season 1 Episode 97
What distinguishes this small-town Pennsylvania murder mystery from the many other crime dramas on TV? Mark, Erica, and Brian discuss the plot struct…
5 years ago
PMP#96: Modernizing D&D w/ Amanda McLoughlin (Join the Party)
Season 1 Episode 96
What's the status of Dungeons & Dragons and other table-top role-playing games in pop culture? Fantasy settings are no longer just for the ultra-geek…
5 years ago
PMP#95: “The Nevers” With a Side of Whedon
Season 1 Episode 95
Mark, Erica, and Brian discuss the HBO Max show out Victorian-era super-powered feminine outcasts, helmed and now abandoned by the creator of Buffy t…
5 years, 1 month ago
PMP#94: Psychology of Video Game Engagement w/ Jamie Madigan
Season 1 Episode 94
Why do people play video games, and what keeps them playing? Mark, Erica, and Brian are joined by the host of the Psychology of Video Games podcast t…
5 years, 1 month ago
PMP#93: Made for Love (and other Silicon Villainy)
Season 1 Episode 93
Thinking about the tech genius as villain trope in TV shows like Made for Love, Devs, Silicon Valley, and the documentary WeWork. They're our modern …
5 years, 1 month ago
Bonus: PMP#92 Aftertalk with Hello from the Magic Tavern’s Matt Young
Season 1
After our collectibles discussion, Matt sticks around to talk with Mark, Erica, and Brian about his podcast, memorabilia left by his father, Deep Spa…
5 years, 1 month ago
PMP#92: Collectibles and Collecting w/ Matt Young
Season 1 Episode 92
What drives someone to collect Star Wars figures or Transformers or LEGOs or whatever else?
Mark, Erica, and Brian are joined by guest Matt Young of …
5 years, 2 months ago
PMP#91: Pet Culture w/ Trainer Hannah Branigan
Season 1 Episode 91
What is with the weird relationship we Americans have with our pets? Many of us treat them as our babies, yet of course they're our captives.
Dog tra…
5 years, 2 months ago
PMP-Partially Examined Life Crossover: Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death”
Season 1
Is TV rotting our minds? Mark, Brian, and the full PEL gang discuss this 1985 book that tweaks Marshall McLuhan's "the medium is the message" idea to…
5 years, 2 months ago
PMP#90: Godzilla vs. Kong vs. All the Kaiju!
Season 1 Episode 90
Are giant monsters stomping on cities just stupid fun, or do they channel deep fears of helplessness? Do we care at all about the humans in these fil…
5 years, 2 months ago