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  • Pluribus Episodes 4&5 Analysis: We Need a Little Space

    Pluribus Episodes 4&5 Analysis: We Need a Little Space
    2025/12/05
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we analyze the fourth and fifth episodes of Vince Gilligan’s new series Pluribus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 分
  • Pluribus Episode 3 Analysis: The Amazonification of Everything

    Pluribus Episode 3 Analysis: The Amazonification of Everything
    2025/11/16
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we analyze the third episode of Vince Gilligan’s new series Pluribus. We talk through this episode as a literalization of the problem of being an individual in late-stage capitalism or, if you prefer, the Amazonification of everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 分
  • In “Pluribus” An America Without Division, But At What Price?

    In “Pluribus” An America Without Division, But At What Price?
    2025/11/10
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we analyze the first two episodes of Vince Gilligan’s new series Pluribus. The show posits an extraordinary intervention in worldwide politics and culture producing a utopia (that is of course simultaneously a dystopia) of quiescent bliss. Is the show shaping up to be another hit for the showrunner, previously responsible for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 分
  • Springsteen’s "Nebraska" as a Political, Sonic, and Personal Document

    Springsteen’s "Nebraska" as a Political, Sonic, and Personal Document
    2025/11/05
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we consider Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska as personal and political document. With the release of the Nebraska 82 box set, and Deliver Me From Nowhere – about the making of the album – we take up the musical and social importance of Springsteen’s lo-fi lament. One of us has been listening to Nebraska for their whole adult life, the other had never heard of it until a week ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 1 分
  • In The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift Addresses Love, Glamour, and Grit

    In The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift Addresses Love, Glamour, and Grit
    2025/10/07
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we review Taylor Swift’s new album “The Life of a Showgirl.” We consider the album’s themes: love, nostalgia, how hard it is to be famous, and how the internet is bad. We set the songs in the context of Taylor’s wider career and public persona. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 分
  • Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: Emergence and The Real Monsters

    Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: Emergence and The Real Monsters
    2025/09/29
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we conclude our analysis of the FX series Alien: Earth with episode 7, “Emergence” and episode 8, “The Real Monsters.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 分
  • Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: In Space, No One… and The Fly

    Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: In Space, No One… and The Fly
    2025/09/15
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of the FX series Alien: Earth with episode 5, “In Space, No One…” and episode 6, “The Fly.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 分
  • Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: Metamorphosis and Observation

    Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: Metamorphosis and Observation
    2025/09/04
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of the FX series Alien: Earth with episode 3, “Metamorphosis” and episode 4, “Observation.” We continue to investigate the series’ dominant problematic of crossing boundaries, and hypothesize as to the reason for its divisiveness: it’s generic placement somewhere between science fiction and fairy tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 分