137 episodes

Academics Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay use their combined knowledge to dig deeper and ask more ambitious questions than most pop culture podcasts out there – not doing recaps or just remaining on the level of entertainment coverage. For them, popular culture offers resources for asking questions about who we are and where we are going, questions that can be political, legal, technological, economic, or social, but often cut across all of the above.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 16 Ratings

Academics Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay use their combined knowledge to dig deeper and ask more ambitious questions than most pop culture podcasts out there – not doing recaps or just remaining on the level of entertainment coverage. For them, popular culture offers resources for asking questions about who we are and where we are going, questions that can be political, legal, technological, economic, or social, but often cut across all of the above.

    Minisode: Deep Dive into Forrest Gump with Rick Carter

    Minisode: Deep Dive into Forrest Gump with Rick Carter

    Bonus content from our convo with Production Designer Rick Carter, discussing his work on Forrest Gump and Back to the Future Part II in more detail!

    • 19 min
    Minisode: Comparing YouTube & TikTok

    Minisode: Comparing YouTube & TikTok

    Alexandria Arrieta and Christopher Cayari, our guests from episode 108, compare notes on their mediums of study – TikTok and YouTube

    • 10 min
    A Philosophy of Production Design with Rick Carter

    A Philosophy of Production Design with Rick Carter

    Academy-Award winner Rick Carter explains his approach to the art and craft of Production Design for films including The Fablemans, Back to the Future and Star Wars episodes VII and IX.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    Platforms and Participatory Music Creation, with Alexandria Arrieta and Christopher Cayari

    Platforms and Participatory Music Creation, with Alexandria Arrieta and Christopher Cayari

    Researchers (and musicians) Alexandria Arrieta and Christopher Cayari join us to talk about how platforms like YouTube and TikTok enable participatory music creation.

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Co-Created Media and Collective Wisdom with Kat Cizek and William Uricchio

    Co-Created Media and Collective Wisdom with Kat Cizek and William Uricchio

    This week, we’re joined by Kat Cizek and William Uricchio to talk about their shared experience with co-creation and their newly published book about it, Collective Wisdom.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    New Media and Politics with Whitney Phillips and Sulafa Zidani

    New Media and Politics with Whitney Phillips and Sulafa Zidani

    This week we have Whiney Phillips and Sulafa Zidani to talk about New Media and Politics, specifically how cultural interactions on the Internet connect with social and political systems.

    • 1 hr 22 min

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16 Ratings

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