Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPMP#86: What Irish Means w/ Black 47’s Larry Kirwan
Season 1 Episode 86
St. Patrick's Day has passed: What sort of representation of Ireland has made it to the U.S. through such celebrations? Who gets to decide what's aut…
5 years, 2 months ago
Bonus-PMP#85 Aftertalk w/ Rolando (And More TV You Are Missing)
Season 1
More discussion yanked from behind our paywall for your amusement: Your hosts and Rolando touch on some of what his Remakes, Reboots, and Revivals po…
5 years, 2 months ago
PMP#85: What the WandaVision!? w/ Rolando Nieves
Season 1 Episode 85
The debut Disney+ Marvel series is... a tribute to classic sit-coms? Mark, Erica, Brian, and guest Rolando try to figure out whether this experiment …
5 years, 2 months ago
PMP#84: Musician Memoirs w/ Laura Davis-Chanin
Season 1 Episode 84
Mark, Erica, Brian, and guest memoir author Laura talk about the appeal of this type of book whose production has exploded in recent years. We each r…
5 years, 2 months ago
PMP#83: Disabled and Other-Abled Representation w/ Kayla Dryesse
Season 1 Episode 83
Media representation of disability needs improvement, as does inclusion of disabled actors and writers. Playwright Kayla joins Mark, Erica, and Brian…
5 years, 3 months ago
PMP#82: Cobra Kai and the Karate Kids
Season 1 Episode 82
Mark-san, Erica-san, and Brian-san survey the new Karate Kid revival show Cobra Kai and all the original films starting with the 1984 classic for non…
5 years, 3 months ago
PMP#81: Radio vs. Podcasting w/ Jason Bentley
Season 1 Episode 81
Jason was music director at KRCW, the LA NPR station, is also a DJ with a lot of experienced interviewing musicians, and now hosts a new podcast, The…
5 years, 3 months ago
PMP#80: Reliving Groundhog Day (and Palm Springs, Russian Doll, etc.)
Season 1 Episode 80
Happy Groundhog Day! The '93 film has had dozens of imitators spanning various genres in recent years, but the idea goes back more than a century. Ma…
5 years, 3 months ago
PMP#79: The Fargo Formula w/ Tamler Sommers (Very Bad Wizards Crossover)
Season 1 Episode 79
On the darkly comic '96 film and the 4-season crime show. Mark, Erica, Brian, and Tamler from VBW consider its style, "tundra western" setting, "Minn…
5 years, 3 months ago
PMP#78: Chess Is Having a Moment w/ J.J. Lang
Season 1 Episode 78
In light of The Queen's Gambit, chess expert J.J. joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to look at chess media, culture, and personalities.
We consider gender…
5 years, 4 months ago