Episode 195 - Pop(ular) Culture Non-Fiction
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06/04/24 • 60 min
This episode we’re discussing the topic of non-fiction Pop Culture books! We talk about cult classics, the Disney channel, the futch scale, and being Eldritch Millennials.
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
Things We Read (or tried to...)
- Street Unicorns: Extravagant Fashion Photography from NYC Streets and Beyond by Robbie Quinn
- Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman by Pádraig Ó Méalóid
- I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future by Michael Molcher
- And Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race by María Elena Fernández
- The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry
- Note: Anna didn’t have the Disney Channel because she lived in the woods in Alaska. It also did not exist in Canada until 2015.
- The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel by Jenny Nicholson
- That's So '90s!: A Pop-Cultural Guide to the Raddest Decade by Jo Stewart and Lisa Gillard
- The Bizarre World of Fake Video Games by Super Eyepatch Wolf
- Junk Film: Why Bad Movies Matter by Katharine Coldiron
Other Media We Mentioned
- Attack of the New B Movies: Essays on SYFY Original Films edited by Justin Wigard and Mitch Ploskonka
- Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide by Chris Garratt and Richard Appignanesi
- FRUiTS by Shoichi Aoki
- Miracleman: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham
- RuPaul's Drag Race (Wikipedia)
- Glee (TV series) (Wikipedia)
- Euphoria (American TV series) (Wikipedia)
- Abbott Elementary (Wikipedia)
- The Simpsons is Good Again by Super Eyepatch Wolf
- Taskmaster: Series 17, Episode 1
- Plan 9 from Outer Space (Wikipedia)
- Every Frame a Painting
Links, Articles, and Things
- Follow our Twitch channel!
- Jam and Matthew will be streaming Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp on Saturday, June 8th at 3pm PT/6pm ET.
- Jam made an image to promote it.
- Jam’s Top Ten Video Essays About Media The...
This episode we’re discussing the topic of non-fiction Pop Culture books! We talk about cult classics, the Disney channel, the futch scale, and being Eldritch Millennials.
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards
Things We Read (or tried to...)
- Street Unicorns: Extravagant Fashion Photography from NYC Streets and Beyond by Robbie Quinn
- Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman by Pádraig Ó Méalóid
- I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future by Michael Molcher
- And Don't F&%k It Up: An Oral History of RuPaul's Drag Race by María Elena Fernández
- The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture by Grace Perry
- Note: Anna didn’t have the Disney Channel because she lived in the woods in Alaska. It also did not exist in Canada until 2015.
- The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel by Jenny Nicholson
- That's So '90s!: A Pop-Cultural Guide to the Raddest Decade by Jo Stewart and Lisa Gillard
- The Bizarre World of Fake Video Games by Super Eyepatch Wolf
- Junk Film: Why Bad Movies Matter by Katharine Coldiron
Other Media We Mentioned
- Attack of the New B Movies: Essays on SYFY Original Films edited by Justin Wigard and Mitch Ploskonka
- Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide by Chris Garratt and Richard Appignanesi
- FRUiTS by Shoichi Aoki
- Miracleman: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham
- RuPaul's Drag Race (Wikipedia)
- Glee (TV series) (Wikipedia)
- Euphoria (American TV series) (Wikipedia)
- Abbott Elementary (Wikipedia)
- The Simpsons is Good Again by Super Eyepatch Wolf
- Taskmaster: Series 17, Episode 1
- Plan 9 from Outer Space (Wikipedia)
- Every Frame a Painting
Links, Articles, and Things
- Follow our Twitch channel!
- Jam and Matthew will be streaming Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp on Saturday, June 8th at 3pm PT/6pm ET.
- Jam made an image to promote it.
- Jam’s Top Ten Video Essays About Media The...
Previous Episode
Episode 194 - Indie Publishers
This episode we’re discussing the topic(?) of Indie Publishers! We talk about how to define an indie publisher, weirdo metro stories, song lyrics, and more!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards
Things We Read (or tried to...)
- Trial of the Clone: An Interactive Adventure! by Zach Weinersmith and Chris Jones
- Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante
- Songs of Love, Death and Pleasure by Hazel Jane Plante
- Video of the reading that Jam bought their books at last year!
- A Short Journey by Car by Liam Durcan
- Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli
- Hope in the Dark: The Untold History of People Power by Rebecca Solnit
- Of Thunder & Lightning by Kimberly Wang
Other Media We Mentioned
- What About Crowdfunded Comics? by Matthew Murray 🦇 and Mara L. Thacker
- How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir by Amber Dawn
- The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
- Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith
- The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways edited by Mike Ashley
- When I Arrived at the Castle by E. M. Carroll
- Boy Island by Leo Fox
- Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers edited by Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett
Links, Articles, and Things
- Image Comics (Wikipedia)
- Creative Commons
- SkyTrain (Vancouver) (Wikipedia)
- Oulipo (Wikipedia)
- Podcast episode where one host tries not to say the letter “e”
- Denver Small Press Fest
- Spaghettieis (Wikipedia)
- “spaghetti ice cream”
45 New & Forthcoming Indie Press Books by BIPOC Authors
Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.
Fiction
- Weird Black Girls: Stories by Elwin Cotman (AK Press)
Next Episode
Episode 196 - Battle of the Books 2024: One Book One Podcast
This episode we’re giving our book pitches for our Battle of the Books 2023! Each of us has picked one title that we think we should all read and discuss and you get to vote for which one it is! Will we read Trust Kids!: Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy edited by carla joy bergman, The Seep by Chana Porter, A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher, or Inheritance: a Pick-the-path Experience by Daniel Arnold, Darrell Dennis, and Medina Hahn? You decide!
You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.
In this episode
Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards
- Trust Kids!: Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy edited by carla joy bergman
- The Seep by Chana Porter
- A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher
- Inheritance: a Pick-the-path Experience by Daniel Arnold, Darrell Dennis, and Medina Hahn
Our Long Lists
- Jam
- How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
- Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
- Anna
- Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew
- Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
- Meghan
- The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
- Matthew
- Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
- Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez
Podcast Episodes
- Episode 058 - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
- Episode 079 - Which Book Should We Read?
- Episode 103 - Battle of the Books 2020
- Episode 130 - Battle of the Books 2021
- Episode 154 - Book pitches
- Episode 179 - Battle of the Books 2023
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