Popculturist

Liz is back! (Ariel is going to regret this) and joined with friend Jen to talk about Bravo's The Real Housewives. Why we love them, how we got into them and the latest gossip going on in the Bravoverse.

If you want more of Liz, you can find her at @ebistline on twitter. Find more of Jen @hfhjen on Instagram!

Welcome back to the Popculturist Podcast!

This week Ariel is joined by a special guest, Sara Century! Sara is an excellent writer and podcaster! In honor of the excellent Wandavision, Ariel and Sara talk the Scarlet Witch! We discuss the character’s illustrious but complicated comic book history, her relationship with Vision, as well as her inconsistent showing in the MCU.

Make sure to follow Sara on twitter @saracentury and @Bitchesoncomics

Find her work at saracentury.com and decodedpride.com

Andy and Ariel are back! Your dynamic duo breakdown their ten most interesting pieces of news from a Disney news filled day. We talk Spider-man! Guardians! Black Panther! Disney Animation! And more!

Colby, Martha, and Shruti have a lot to say about the Santa Clause Universe. Is the SCU the birthplace of Avengers: Age of Ultron? Does dying invalidate Santa's immortality? All this and more in this Popculturist Podcast.

Ariel is joined by Rebecca Wei Hsieh to discuss Disney's most ambitious live action remake, Mulan. Rebecca is an actor and writer of Taiwanese descent, and has written to great pieces on the cultural mishaps of Mulan. Hollywood has a history of using white voices to tell Asian stories and we try to expand on that notion in this week's episode. 

Find Rebecca's great writing here Cup of Soul Show and Observer

Remember, remember the Fifth of November. 

On this episode of the popculturist podcast, Ariel is joined by friend of the show Justin to review Alan Moore's classic V for Vendetta. Your hosts discuss the differences between the comic and film, the misappropriation of Guy Fawkes, and the real world comparisons of the V's fascistic version of modern day England.

For better or worse, medical dramas are a staple of American TV, and no medical drama is as iconic as Grey's Anatomy. Grey's has been on the air for fifteen years and counting and has changed the way the genre is made.

To celebrate and interrogate Grey's Anatomy's legacy, Tessa, Sam, and Martha discuss their experiences with the show and reflect on the drama, the medicine, and the relationships that make the show so binge-able.

Matt Reeves' new film, The Batman will soon be upon us and it looks unlike any Batman film that came before it!

To break it down, Ariel is joined by the appropriately named Batman Shane! Ariel and Shane give a list of recommendations that listeners can check out to prepare themselves for the new era of Batman cinema.

No Batman movie retrospective is complete without at least ONE of the Joel Schumacher films and that's where Ariel finds himself on this episode of the popculturist podcast. Your host is joined by Ellen Toudouze of the Love That Movie! Pod to discuss the who, where, what, when, why, and how the Batman film franchise went off the rails.