Matt, Steph, Andy and Jared are joined by Micaela Alcaino, where we discuss the effects of tropes in media, and how their frequent use within pop culture can establish unconscious stereotyping within society.

Mentions: Micaela Alcaino, The Binding - Bridget Collins, Shang Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings, Orientalism - Edward Said, Only Murders in the Building, The Shining, Austin Powers, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Harry Potter, Black Panther, Why Hollywood Won't Stop Making Some Foreign Countries Look Awful | Mashable, Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field - John Lewis-Stempel, H is for Hawk - Helen Macdonald, Circe - Madeline Miller, 35 Movie Tropes and How to Avoid Them, The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson, Bad Women: The Ripper Retold - Hallie Rubenhold, Kims Convenience, Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu, The Eternals, Murder With My Husband.