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On November 12th pop culture fans received an early holiday gift in the form of the new streaming service Disney+. Headlining the original content planned for the new service was the Star Wars original series The Mandalorian. This week on Pop Life, Joe Lee is joined by Seth Everett hosts the podcasts Hall of Justice and Sports with Friends . They discuss how to manage the plethora of streaming services available and their reactions to the first few episodes of The Mandalorian.

What better way is there to build a bridge between what happens in school and what happens in life than using popular culture? Especially when it comes to subject matter that we find troubling or difficult? On this episode of the Pop Life podcast, host Joe Lee explores how the use of popular culture as a teaching device has grown from frowned-upon activity to mainstream staple.

The USA Network hit show Mr. Robot starring Oscar winner Rami Malek and Christian Slater is set to begin its 4 th and final season. The pop culture podcast, Pop Life with Joe Lee, discusses the cyber punk drama’s return from a 2-year layoff with National Public Radio TV Critic, Eric Deggans. The two analyze the show’s development over the first three seasons and what fans can expect from season 4.

From Cesar Romero to Jack Nicholson to Heath Ledger and finally to Joaquin Pheonix, the role of the Joker has taken on a number of appearences. On this episode of Pop Life , Joe Lee takes a look at the various iterations of the famed gotham villain and the pyschological profile of the character himself. First up, Joe is joined by Dr Kendall R. Phillips, Professor of Communications and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University to chat about the various joker cinematic appearances and discuss some

The vampire horror genre is making a comeback and the science fiction anthology show Black Mirror has a few new episodes available on Netflix. Those are the topics on this week’s Pop Life podcast. Host Joe Lee is joined by Dr Kendall R. Phillips, Professor of Communications and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University and author of Projected Fears: Horror Films and American Culture , to discuss Joe’s long-held fear of blood-sucking vampires and the recent slate of vampire themed shows appearing

Imagine former Vice President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama on an action-packed ride across Chicago where they encounter a range of enigmatic characters from burlesque dancers to Russian masseurs to Oprah Winfrey. It is the focus and plot of a new book by New York Times Best Selling author, Andrew Shaffer. Hope Rides Again is the second book in a series of fictional stories about Joe Biden and Barack Obama as a dynamic crime-fighting duo. In Hope Rides Again, the two team up to

About 4 years ago, at a time when streaming service Netflix was in need of original content, Marvel fans were pretty excited when it was announced that the comic legend was entering a partnership with the streaming giant to produce a series of Marvel superhero shows starting with the premier of Daredevil. Subsequent shows followed including Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, The Punisher, and Luke Cage. One by one, most of those shows fell off with Jessica Jones as the lone survivor. That show is now in

This week on Pop Life Joe Lee is joined by Kendall R Phillips, Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University as the two discuss a number of big budget movie sequels coming to the big screen. They'll also dip their toe into the genre of horror and discuss what makes some of those films so appealing for many viewers. Also, what has actor and director Jordan Peele done to put a unique twist on the genre.

After 8 seasons of epic storytelling, Game of Thrones, the HBO television show based on author George R.R. Martin’s series, A Song of Ice and Fire, has come to an end. 19.3 million US viewers tuned in to see who would capture the Iron Throne and offered mixed reviews. This week on the Pop Life podcast, Joe Lee is joined by fellow Game of Thrones geeks Kevin Kloss and Frank D’Agostino. The trio discuss the reactions of a divided fan base, the high and low points of the series finale, and offer

Warning Spoilers: As the story goes, “When a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin and the world holds its breath”. The gods tossed the coin when Daenerys Targaryen was born and it landed on crazy. Game of Thrones Season 8, Episode 5 gets fans closer to the end to mixed reviews. Pop Life host Joe Lee discusses the thrilling and horrifying destruction unleased in “The Bells”. He is joined this week by fellow Game of Thrones geek Anish Shroff, sports broadcaster at ESPN. They discuss the