On Pretty Much Pop, a philosopher, an actor, and a sci-fi writer (often with entertainment industry guests) talk about media and how we consume it: TV, film, music, novels, games, comics, comedy, theater, podcasts, and more. Most of what (other) people like is pretty weird when you think about it, so thinking about it is what we do.
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You’ve planned and planned for your big event, and WHAM, the plague hits and you’re frittering away your day worrying and watching TV.
Our plans for this episode were postponed when virus-related matters caused our intended academic guest to be occupied by the frantic creation of online coursework and so cancel on us. So we did as we so often do, talking about possibilities for future episodes, like maybe one covering what people are watching during lockdown, and whaddaya know, somewhere in the middle of recording that deliberation of a hypothetical episode, we realized that we’d gone ahead and done something approximating it in actuality. Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans, I guess.
Join Mark, Erica, and Brian as we talk Tiger King, Star Trek, Parks & Recreation, Devs, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, 13 Reasons Why, Ozark, Westworld, Larry David, endless tributes to the dead, anthology shows, unreleased pilots, and circus arts.
We also talk about a new podcast by Erica where she interviews her mother. She’s just released the first episode: OK BOOMER: Wisdom from a Boomer to a Millennial.
Also, yes, Margot Robbie as potential Joe Exotic is a thing.
There are longer, less edited versions of both of these discussions at patreon.com/prettymuchpop. The one with Tyler concludes with a discussion of conspiracy theories surrounding the pandemic and how Pretty Much Pop might take on conspiracy theories more generally in a future episode.
This podcast is part of the Partially Examined Life podcast network and is curated by openculture.com.
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