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Back to SearchPMP#11: The Live Music Experience
Season 1 Episode 11
Dave Hamilton (from Gig Gab) joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to weigh concert-going (and theater-going) against the technological alternatives. Why are …
6 years, 8 months ago
PMP#10: The Handmaid’s Tale
Season 1 Episode 10
Mark, Erica, and Brian take on both Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel plus the TV series, getting into the transition from page to screen, taking the work…
6 years, 8 months ago
PMP#9: Cartoons with Dee Bradley Baker (from Clone Wars, American Dad)
Season 1 Episode 9
Are cartoons an inherently juvenile art form? A guilty pleasure when viewed by adults? Dee, whose voice can be heard in substantial portion of today'…
6 years, 8 months ago
PMP#8: Spider-Man: Far From Home (and Elsewhere)
Season 1 Episode 8
Mark, Erica, and Brian discuss the function of super-hero films and how this new one fits in. Do we need "realism" in such stories? When does a premi…
6 years, 8 months ago
PMP#7: Native Representation w/ Jonathan Joss (King of the Hill, Parks & Rec)
Season 1 Episode 7
Jonathan built his career playing 19th century Indians on horseback, was John Redcorn III in King of the Hill, Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreati…
6 years, 9 months ago
PMP#6: Adults Playing Video Games
Season 1 Episode 6
Ian Maio (who's worked in e-sports marketing) joins Erica, Brian and Mark to talk about why adults play video games, types of gamers, gaming disorder…
6 years, 9 months ago
PMP#5: True Crime with Lucy Lawless
Season 1 Episode 5
Lucy Lawless (Xena the Warrior Princess, currently starring in My Life Is Murder) joins Mark, Erica, and Brian to think about the true crime genre, o…
6 years, 9 months ago
PMP#4: “Chernobyl” and the Art of Suffering
Season 1 Episode 4
Mark, Erica, and Brian consider the HBO mini-series, plus "based on a true story" and why do we enjoy witnessing suffering?
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6 years, 9 months ago
PMP#3: CONFORM w/ Yakov Smirnoff
Season 1 Episode 3
Is media trying to brainwash us into being ALL THE SAME? Are the excesses of the mob scaring us into conformity? Mark, Erica, and Brian muse on cultu…
6 years, 10 months ago
PMP#2: Binge Watching
Season 1 Episode 2
What counts as binge watching? Why do we do it? Is it bad for us? Mark, Erica, and Brian think about what we get out of binge watching, whether it’s …
6 years, 10 months ago