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Back to SearchPMP#146: Black Panther Films and Comics
Season 3 Episode 146
Perhaps alone in the Marvel Universe, Black Panther is taken seriously as a political statement, both in the content of its stories and in how the fi…
3 years, 4 months ago
PMP#145: Growing Up Sitcommed
Season 3 Episode 145
Mark, Sarahlyn, Lawrence, and guest Landen Celano from the Grunt Work podcast talk about talk about our ambivalence toward the three-camera, laugh-tr…
3 years, 4 months ago
PMP#144: Androids and Us
Season 3 Episode 144
Do movie robots want to love us, be us, or kill us? Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al talk through various ethical and narrative problems having to do…
3 years, 5 months ago
PMP#143: Pinocchio the Unfilmable (Yet Frequently Filmed)
Season 3 Episode 143
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al discuss the original 1883 freaky children's story and consider the recent rush of film versions, from a new Disney/R…
3 years, 5 months ago
PMP#142: Lyric Literality w/ Dave Philpott
Season 3 Episode 142
Since 2008, Dave has written cheeky (but actually heavily researched) letters to rock stars that point out logical flaws in and/or deliberately misun…
3 years, 5 months ago
PMP#141: Christmas Songs
Season 3 Episode 141
The PMP A-Team (Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al) talk about the canon of Christmas songs, from centuries-old carols to current attempts by pop stars…
3 years, 6 months ago
PMP#140: First Nations Culture w/ John Beaubien
Season 3 Episode 140
Mark and Lawrence talk to "Iroqois propagandist" and philosophy nerd John about how Native cultures currently relate to American and Canadian mainstr…
3 years, 6 months ago
PMP#139: The Sandman Cometh
Season 3 Episode 139
We cover the first chunk of Neil Gaiman's 1989 comic and its new Netflix adaptation. Mark is joined by Anthony LeBlanc, Sarahlyn Bruck, and Al Baker.…
3 years, 7 months ago
PMP#138: What Are “Creatives”?
Season 3 Episode 138
Is there really a division in today's culture between those who create and the merely receptive masses? Mark gathers three artists in different media…
3 years, 7 months ago
PMP#137: Slashing the “Halloween” Film Franchise
Season 3 Episode 137
What's the appeal of this 13-film franchise that started with John Carpenter's 1978 film Halloween and has purportedly wrapped up with David Gordon G…
3 years, 8 months ago