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Back to SearchPMP#52: The Twilight Zone from Serling to Peele
Season 1 Episode 52
Something's strange... Is it a dream? If it's a morality tale with a twist ending, you're probably in the Twilight Zone.
Brian, Erica, Mark, and gues…
5 years, 11 months ago
PMP#51: Pictures Telling Stories w/ Joseph Watson
Season 1 Episode 51
Is it really true that "every picture tells a story"? For Joseph, a Las Vegas artist who illustrates Go, Go GRETA!, narrative is essential, but how d…
6 years ago
PMP#50: MJ’s Last Dance w/ Seth Paskin
Season 1 Episode 50
Brian, Erica, Mark, and Seth from The Partially Examined Life interrogate the 10-part ESPN documentary on Michael Jordan's Bulls' six championships.
…6 years ago
PMP#49: Conspiracy Theories as Pop w/ Al Baker
Season 1 Episode 49
Al works for Logically, a company that fights misinformation. He joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to try to discuss the appeal of conspiracy theories, wh…
6 years ago
PMP#48: The Arts in Reality TV w/ Skin Wars’ Robin Slonina
Season 1 Episode 48
Fine art and reality TV are typically rated our highest and lowest forms of entertainment, yet creative competition shows combine them. Robin Slonina…
6 years ago
PMP#47: Sitcom Premises: Genius, Bonkers and Otherwise
Season 1 Episode 47
Sitcoms traditionally provide a cozy, relatable, changeless environment, but streaming and serialization have changed this. What are the limits on th…
6 years, 1 month ago
PMP#46: “Casual” Games with Diner Dash’s Nick Fortugno
Season 1 Episode 46
The famed game designer joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss fundamental questions about gaming and what makes a casual game. We touch on everythi…
6 years, 1 month ago
PMP#45: Film Riffing with MST3K’s Mary Jo Pehl
Season 1 Episode 45
Mary Jo was a writer/performer on Mystery Science Theater 3000 and has gone on to make jokes during movies for Rifftrax Presents and Cinematic Titani…
6 years, 1 month ago
PMP#44: Local News w/ Deion Broxton
Season 1 Episode 44
The recently memified NBC Montana reporter joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss news as entertainment, local news consumption, its uses and abuses…
6 years, 1 month ago
PMP#43: The Korean Wave w/ Suzie Oh
Season 1 Episode 43
Parasite, K-Pop, and K-Dramas have reached the U.S. as part of Hallyu, an official Korean effort to expand cultural influence. Suzie Hyun-jung Oh joi…
6 years, 2 months ago