Meaning What

Here it is, the final episode in our first mini series. Here we wrap up our discussion about media criticism, reaffirm our stance on Ronald Regan, and kick off Sean's promissing political career as a classic American moderate. There is also discussion about Chuck Berry, Matchbox Twenty, and just how cool Mason wasn't in high school.

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Meaning What is a product of it's no sam studios

Created by Mason Hershenow

Produced by Sean Ang

Edited, scored, and mixed by Mason Hershenow

Mason went to a 9:45am showing of Deadpool & Wolverine a few days after this recording.

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Meaning What is a product of it's no sam studios

Created by Mason Hershenow

Produced by Sean Ang & Lincoln "Link" Hershenow

Edited, scored, and mixed by Mason Hershenow

In part two of our series on criticism, Mason and Sean discuss the world of popular music and how social media and internet culture is shaping what we listen to and the industry that produces it. There are a few tangents, but we get there in the end.

Everything is good and everyone behaves reasonably, especially hardcore fans on the internet.

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Meaning What is a product of it's no sam studios

Created by Mason Hershenow

Produced by Sean Ang

Edited, scored, and mixed by Mason Hershenow

We finally renewed ourselves for a third season, and we're kicking it off with a four-part series on criticism's place in the contemporary media landscape. In this first episode, Mason and Sean discuss how review culture—Yelp, Letterboxd, Amazon product reviews, etc.—has bled into culture writ large. Spoiler: the results aren't great consumers!

Meaning What is now available every other Thursday, wherever you get podcasts. Go tell somebody!

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Meaning What is a product of it's no sam studios

Created by Mason Hershenow

Produced by Sean Ang

Edited, scored, and mixed by Mason Hershenow

Tell your friends! Tell your lover(s)! Tell your friend(s)'s lover(s)!

Every other Thursday, wherever you get podcasts.

It's that Meaning What Movie Club time again, folks. This month we're discussing the 1991 cops-and-robbers-who-are-also-surfers blockbuster Point Break. Not without its flaws, this is a surprisingly complex (and surprisingly progressive) thriller that even the acting chops of early-90s Keanu couldn't sink.

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Meaning What is a product of it's no sam studios

Created by Mason Hershenow

Produced by Sean Ang and Christopher Scott McNeill

Edited by Christopher Scott McNeill

Mixed by Mason Hershenow

Original music by Mason Hershenow

Welcome to a special preview episode of our Patreon-only podcast The Subscription Show! Enjoy and we'll see you again on Thursday for our regularly scheduled programing.

This month we saw our podcast break out internationally. And by "internationally" I mean just in India. And by "our podcast" I mean specifically our episode about Moonlight. You know what, just listen to the episode. You'll see what I mean.

Other topics include Space Bezos and Jackass: The Movie: The New One

If you would like access to more content like this while simultaneously funding our promising expansion into the international podcasting market, consider joining our Patreon!

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Original music by Mason Hershenow, with special contributions this episode by Sean Ang and Christopher Scott McNeill.

This week we're looking at secret agents in cinema. From the genre-defining silliness of Sean Connery's James Bond to the shaky-cam-defining realism of Matt Damon's Jason Borne, we discuss how the films defined politics and masculinity for generations, and how new generations are beginning to redefine the genre in return.

If you would like to help make future commentary on Pierce Brosnan's bowties possible, join our Patreon! for as little as $3/month, you'll help keep this podcast going and get even more content in return. Patreon.com/meaningwhatpod

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Meaning What is a product of it's no sam studios

Created by Mason Hershenow

Produced by Sean Ang and Christopher Scott McNeill

Edited by Christopher Scott McNeill

Mixed by Mason Hershenow

Original music by Mason Hershenow

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This week, we discuss the tenuous relationship between the Western fine art market and the People's Republic of China. We cover the Old Summer Palace bronze heads, why westerners find it easy to love Ai Weiwei, and the Second Opium War because global conflict was the most popular means of art collecting in 19th century Europe.

For more on the sacking of the Summer Palace, its bronze heads, and the theft of Looty the dog, listen to this excellent 99% Invisible episode.

If you would like to help fund Mason's one-man war against government-backed global art theft, join our Patreon! for as little as $3/month, you'll help keep this podcast going and get even more content in return. Patreon.com/meaningwhatpod

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Meaning What is a product of it's no sam studios

Created by Mason Hershenow

Produced by Sean Ang and Christopher Scott McNeill

Edited by Christopher Scott McNeill

Mixed by Mason Hershenow

Original music by Mason Hershenow

Advertising provided by Voxnest

This week we discuss one of the United States' first fine art movements—the Hudson River School—and it's inextricable relationship with Manifest Destiny. We also discuss the legacy of these two ideas in American art, and Mason rants some more about Ansel Adams. A good time is had by all.

And if you want to keep the good time going, consider joining our Patreon. There you'll find bonus content of all kinds, and be directly contributing to Mason's mission to dethrone Ansel Adams once and for all. Patreon.com/meaningwhatpod

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Meaning What is a product of it's no sam studios

Created by Mason Hershenow

Produced by Sean Ang and Christopher Scott McNeill

Edited by Christopher Scott McNeill

Mixed by Mason Hershenow

Original music by Mason Hershenow

Advertising provided by Voxnest