Episode 52: Does Your Mother Love You? – The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
Release Date: 07/11/2024
Episode 61: What's The Deal With Live-Action Remakes
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Alex, Kate, and Swara discuss American live-action remakes, whether they can ever work, and if remaking foreign language films into English is ever a good idea.
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Episode 60: Gaming Is Good, Actually
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This week, Alex, Kate, and Matt discuss the power of gaming to build community, the difference between watching people play games and playing co-op and multiplayer, and what we can learn about online gaming community from the documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin.
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Episode 59: Rating the 2024 Game Award Nominees
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Kate and Matt are joined by guests Hayes and Joseph to discuss The Game Awards 2024 nominations.
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INTERVIEW: Bringing Sci-Fi to Warcraft With Hearthstone Developers
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Kate speaks with Hearthstone developers about bringing sci-fi to Warcraft in the latest Hearthstone expansion
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Episode 58: Why Do We Love Our Favorite "That Guys?"
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This week, Alex, Kate, and Jason talk about typecasting, character acting, and why we like when our favorite "That Guy" shows up as much as we hate when our least favorites do.
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Episode 57: It's Nothing New, You're Just Too Online, So You Noticed
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This week, Alex, Kate, and Neysha talk about the streaming-era TV show cancelation epidemic, why it's it's happening, what it means for the future of TV, and whether it's really any different now than it ever has been.
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Episode 56: Franchises Are Ruining Everything
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Alex, Kate, and Matt discuss how franchises are probably ruining everything, why Rebel Ridge is just copaganda, and why entertainment industries are stuck in such creative ruts right now.
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Episode 55: Sailor Moon Is A Big Three Anime
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This week, Alex, Kate, and Charles discuss what makes a "Golden Age," whether they're even real, and if we're in one for anything right now.
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Episode 54: The South Is A Real Place
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This week, Alex, Kate, and guest Andrea Shearon talk about how the South is portrayed in American media, what it gets right and mostly, what it gets wrong.
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Luis Bermudez Talks Koana, Family, And Dawntrail's Impact For Latinos In Video Games
But Why Tho?
Beyond its tacos and color palettes of golds, greens, and reds, Dawntrail is a thoughtful expansion that doesn't just showcase cultures in all of their beauty. It also empowers its characters to tell universal stories, which can be seen deeply within the context of their voice actors' Latinidad. We spoke with Koana's voice actor, Luiz Bermudez, about the role, Dawntrail's impact, and what the voice acting landscape is like for Latinos.
info_outlineAlex and Kate discuss 2010's The Myth of the American Sleepover and whether TV and movies actually do a good job depicting coming of age for anybody, let alone teens from different backgrounds.