Episodi

  • Is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple the Most Important Movie of the Year?

    Is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple the Most Important Movie of the Year?
    Jan 21 2026
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and today we analyze the new movie 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. A parable of humanism and dehumanization centered on two charismatic leaders, the movie hits its marks intellectually and aesthetically. We consider its themes and ideas, and ask whether this movie and its predecessor – last year’s 28 Years Later – will be come to be considered significant works in contemporary popular culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 min
  • The Night Manager Episodes 1—3 Analysis: It Never Ends!

    The Night Manager Episodes 1—3 Analysis: It Never Ends!
    Jan 16 2026
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we analyze the first three episodes of The Night Manager, season two. We consider the season as a continuation of Le Carré’s narrative, and consider how far the themes of this new iteration of the series match those of Le Carré’s wider body of work. We look into the ideologies (and views on ideology) that underpin the series, and consider the extent to which the Pine character, cycling endlessly from one identity to the next, is a hero for our post-truth age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    31 min
  • Pluribus Episodes 8 & 9 Analysis: It’s Over!

    Pluribus Episodes 8 & 9 Analysis: It’s Over!
    Jan 3 2026
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of Pluribus, with our thoughts on episode 8, “Charm Offensive” and episode 9, “La Chico o El Mundo.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 ora e 5 min
  • Pluribus Episodes 6 & 7 Analysis: I Feel Fine!

    Pluribus Episodes 6 & 7 Analysis: I Feel Fine!
    Dec 24 2025
    It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we continue our analysis of Pluribus, with our thoughts on episode 6, “HDP” an episode 7, “The Gap.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 ora e 8 min
  • Pluribus Episodes 4&5 Analysis: We Need a Little Space

    Pluribus Episodes 4&5 Analysis: We Need a Little Space
    Dec 5 2025
    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 min
  • Pluribus Episode 3 Analysis: The Amazonification of Everything

    Pluribus Episode 3 Analysis: The Amazonification of Everything
    Nov 16 2025
    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 min
  • In “Pluribus” An America Without Division, But At What Price?

    In “Pluribus” An America Without Division, But At What Price?
    Nov 10 2025
    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 min
  • Springsteen’s "Nebraska" as a Political, Sonic, and Personal Document

    Springsteen’s "Nebraska" as a Political, Sonic, and Personal Document
    Nov 5 2025
    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 ora e 1 min