Year End Review 2024
December 14, 2024
Part one of… one?! It’s that time of year again, and Donovan and Harrison are back to recount their media highlights of 2024. … More Year End Review 2024
Tag: Comic Books
Who is the “Best” Superhero? (Guest Starring Michael Bailey!)
October 3, 2024
Michael Bailey returns to talk about the legacy and cultural status of the superhero, in a 21st Century post-CBM film renaissance! What’s the true difference between the Marvel and DC heroes? And will the characters outlast the comics themselves?
…But Are the X-Men ACTUALLY Political?
March 6, 2024
In the wake of a massive, very real controversy about a non-binary character in X-Men, the Q-Force recruits special guest Peter to help us move beyond the basic level into 102 territory. Deep lore. How do the Sentinels relate to recent Oscar nominee The Zone of Interest? Listen in and find out… … More …But Are the X-Men ACTUALLY Political?
Year End Review 2023 Part I
December 31, 2023
Taking an unorthodox approach this year, the QNA hosts are counting down 2023 entertainment from January to June. Ninja killers, zombie dramas, and grasshoppers on motorcycles, it’s been a year of surprises and high points. Low points, too! Was there a Thor: Love and Thunder of 2023? (Ancient astronaut theorists say “yes.”) … More Year End Review 2023 Part I
Winning the Culture War? The Present and Future of Modern Fandom
October 18, 2022
This week Donovan returns from New York Comic-Con to discuss the frontlines of modern fandom, the manufactured culture war online, and how we arrived at this point.
What is your Comfort Media?
August 19, 2022
This week the trio of Don, Harry and Stella discuss “comfort media”, I.E. the things they run to when the walls start to close in. From television shows and romance novels to video games, what does your comfort media say about you?
Has Pop Culture Shaped America’s Views on Abortion? (Guest Starring Kelly!)
May 6, 2022
On Monday, May 2nd Politico leaked a draft from the Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in which the Court aims to overturn Roe v. Wade, reversing abortion rights in America. Kelly returns to the show to discuss the history of the courts and abortion, and the three list instances in various media of how the … More Has Pop Culture Shaped America’s Views on Abortion? (Guest Starring Kelly!)
What is Media Literacy?
December 3, 2021
You know he says “The battle for the mind of North America” because it’s a Canadian film, right? This week, we take a look at the highway collision of media criticism and online discourse, so spawning a term for a new age: “media literacy.” Maybe you’re seeing it a lot, too. … More What is Media Literacy?
The Contested Sexuality of Batman Part One: Batman’s Seduction of the Innocent
September 27, 2021
And so we begin, with a massive look at Seduction of the Innocent, the history of moral panics circa the 1950s, Frederic Wertham being a crappy researcher and Batman being a crappy boyfriend.
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