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Back to SearchPMP#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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 months ago
PMP#136: Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal”
Season 3 Episode 136
Mark, Lawrence, Sarahlyn, and Al convene an emergency podcast recording to react to this brilliant, mind-blowing, possibly immoral HBO comedy docuser…
3 years, 6 months ago
PMP#135: The Breaking Bad-O-Verse
Season 3 Episode 135
Given the end of Better Call Saul, Mark, Lawrence Ware, Sarahlyn Bruck, and Al Baker discuss this strange TV "franchise" that amazingly produced a pr…
3 years, 7 months ago
PMP#134: Unpopular Music Genre Fandom
Season 3 Episode 134
With the dissolution of popular music culture by the Internet, what is it now to be into music genres that aren't currently popular? Is it still an a…
3 years, 7 months ago