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Back to SearchNOT PMP#21: Mark’s Thanksgiving Fireside Chat
Season 1
After 20 weeks of regularly scheduled, reliable programming, we are taking a week off to eat some mashed potatoes and things. We will not be taken fo…
6 years, 6 months ago
PMP#20: Improv Comedy w/ Tim Sniffen
Season 1 Episode 20
What role does improv comedy play in popular culture? It's deployed by certain film directors (e.g. Christopher Guest), in some of the TV work of Lar…
6 years, 6 months ago
PMP#19: Race and the Target Audience w/ Rodney Ramsey
Season 1 Episode 19
Are YOU the target audience of what you watch? While shows used to be aimed at a white majority or "niche group," now much media aims itself seemingl…
6 years, 6 months ago
PMP#18: Stephen King’s Media Empire
Season 1 Episode 18
Is the most popular writer of our time actually a good writer? Or maybe he used to be good? While you've been thinking about those questions, King al…
6 years, 6 months ago
PMP#17: Comedy as Philosophy w/ Daniel Lobell
Season 1 Episode 17
Are stand-up comedians the Modern Day Philosophers? This claim forms the premise of Daniel’s podcast where interviews some of our best known and love…
6 years, 6 months ago
PMP#16: 25 Years After FRIENDS
Season 1 Episode 16
Mark, Erica, and Brian examine the conventions, techniques, and staying power of the beloved '90s sitcom. Are we supposed to identify with, or idoliz…
6 years, 7 months ago
PMP#15: Opera As Pop
Season 1 Episode 15
Opera used to be a central part of European pop culture, Pavarotti was as big a pop star as they come. But still, it's now the quintessential art-for…
6 years, 7 months ago
PMP#14: UFOs on TV with Investigative Journalist Paul Beban
Season 1 Episode 14
TV news reporter Paul Beban (ABC, Al Jazeera, Yahoo, and now featured on the Discovery Network's Contact) joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss the…
6 years, 7 months ago
PMP#13: TV Revivals Revived!
Season 1 Episode 13
Revivals (not to be confused with reboots) can bring us back to the comfort of old friends, who are now really old. But is reviving a show really eve…
6 years, 7 months ago
PMP#12: Once Upon a Tarantino Film
Season 1 Episode 12
Wes Alwan joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to discuss Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood in the context of Tarantino's other films. We …
6 years, 8 months ago