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- 67: Giving it away for free
Mark David Christenson joins Jen to talk about creative labors of love that are given away for free. From the indie improv show they host together, to their individual podcasts, to their respective paths in acting and writing, Dave and Jen are no strangers to doing something they love without a direct agenda other than the love of the craft. But how does giving something away for free affect other people's perception of the product and creator? What really defines a labor of love? And how many times can Dave say "butthurt" without Jen giggling at it?
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Show links:
Follow Dave on Twitter and see his Harold team Mister Town City at UCB LA.
Check out Dave's podcast One Photo Reviews
Our indie improv show, The Manifesto Show, Fridays at 8pm at the Clubhouse in LA.
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
55 min - 66: Lulu
Darien Clark joins Jen to talk about Lulu, an app only accessible to girls which lets them anonymously rate the dateability of their male Facebook friends. Concerned about what Lulu's success potentially says regarding the attitudes toward dating amongst the college-aged girls it targets, Darien and Jen break the app down step-by-step and go through the process of rating a guy on it in order to see if there's anything about it they aren't grossed out by. Spoiler alert: there's not.
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Show links:
- Follow Darien on Twitter and check out her baking blog Cake Walkthrough. She really is a shoo-in for the 5th Annual Good Food Pie Contest!
- Lulu
- Lulu Dude, where guys can see their profiles and remove themselves from the app if they wish
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
1 hr 15 min - 65: Modern photography
Professional photographers Clay Larsen and Jon Mackey join Jen to talk about today's perceptions of photography. From the way technology and Instagram have affected how people view their own ability to take photos, to what now defines photojournalism, to the sometimes diluted definition of a "good" or "artistic" photo, the medium is at a much different place than it was even ten years ago. But no matter what lens you view it through, one thing is indisputable: don't have your friend take your headshot for free.
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Show notes:
- Follow Clay and Jon on Twitter and check out their photography at claylarsen.com and itsjonmackey.com. You can also check out Clay's indie improv show Shapeshift and his UCB Beta team Muddleberry, and see Jon on Harold team Winslow at Upright Citizens Brigade on Monday nights.
- Instagram
- Check out SunTimes/DarkTimes to see comparisons of photos from the Chicago Sun-Times (a paper with no photojournalists) and the Chicago Tribune (a paper still employing photojournalists).
- Photographer Ian Ruhter
- The Public School collective in Austin
- And if you're in LA, check out the Annenberg Space for Photography for great photo exhibits.
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
1 hr 13 min - 64: Late to the Terminator party
James Mulholland joins Jen to discuss another franchise she's experiencing for the first time despite its pervasive presence in pop culture: the Terminator movies. From the franchise's own internal universe to its place in the canon of modern science fiction, there's a lot about The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day that is vastly different when viewed for the first time as an adult. Though no matter when you watch these movies, that orderly licking Sarah Connor's face will always be creepy.
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Show links:
- You can follow James on Twitter, but he doesn't necessarily advise it since he rarely tweets
- The Terminator
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- And if you want to know more about the Terminator universe, check out the Terminator wiki for info on other movies, TV, games, and even fan fiction
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
1 hr 12 min - 63: The Twelfth Doctor
Danny Mastrangelo and Andrew Wollman join Jen to talk about this week's exciting news for Doctor Who fans, the announcement of the Twelfth Doctor. They discuss what they think of the choice of Peter Capaldi, where the show might be headed with him as the Doctor, and how regenerations affect fans in general, which is quite different from Doctor to Doctor. Just ignore anything Danny and Andrew say about Jen and Bernard Cribbins.
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Show notes:
- Follow Danny and Andrew on Twitter. You can check out Danny's video game development site Silhouette Games and see his Harold team Harbinger at iO West on Tuesdays at 8pm. You can check out Andrew's tumblr and see him in Doctor Who Live! at iO West at 10:30pm on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. On 8/10/13, Jen will be playing with Doctor Who Live! as well!
- The official Doctor Who site, which has information on Peter Capaldi and the special announcing him as the Twelfth Doctor
- In The Loop / The Thick of It
- The Hour
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
1 hr 14 min - 62: Cord-cutting
George Ouzounian joins Jen this week to talk about cord-cutting, the trend of cutting cable TV service. With alternatives running the gamut from antennas that receive broadcast networks, to streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, to the availability of nearly any show for those willing to turn to piracy, it hardly seems worth it anymore to put up with the expense and customer service nightmares that have become synonymous with cable providers. George and Jen delve into these alternatives and what, if anything, you might be missing by moving away from traditional cable.
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Show links:
- Follow George on Twitter and see him in see him in the Tournament of Nerds at Upright Citizens Brigade
- A comprehensive starter guide to cord-cutting
- Streaming services Amazon Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, and Netflix
- Set top boxes Apple TV and Roku put streaming services on your TV
- Check Can I Stream It? to find out which services stream or offer digital purchase for your favorite shows and movies
- Take My Money, HBO!
- And here's that lady going crazy in the Apple Store at the Grove in LA
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
1 hr 5 min - 61: Calvin and Hobbes
Art Tebbel returns to talk with Jen about what some cartoonists have acknowledged as the last great comic strip: Calvin and Hobbes. Whether having read it in the collected volumes, day to day in the paper, or both, it seems to be one of those very rare things that is loved by everybody who experiences it. From Calvin's alter egos, to whether or not Hobbes really is real, to the last strip, to how much fans are saddened by the lack of a Hobbes doll for kids (or let's face it, many adults) to cuddle at night, to what would make for the best Calvin and Hobbes tattoo, Art and Jen eventually have to rein themselves in since it's obviously possible to go on about this great strip forever.
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Show links:
- You can follow Art on Twitter and check out Box Office Democracy as a blog and podcast
- Calvin and Hobbes
- The Complete Calvin and Hobbes box set
- Dear Mr. Watterson
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
1 hr 16 min - 60: 72 hours in New York
With three days in New York ahead of her, Jen decided to try a bit of what the city has to offer on as many fronts as she could. From pop culture to fine art to great food, she was never disappointed. 72 hours certainly wasn't enough to see everything she wanted to, but it was more than enough to send her back to LA with a smile and looking forward to her next visit.
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Show links:
- The Del Close Marathon
- High Line Park
- The Meatball Shop
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Shopsins
- Veselka
- Wafels & Dinges
- The Way Station
Music:
Candlepower, The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch, Mario Brava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To, Out of the Skies, Under the Earth, I Need to Start Writing Things Down, Laserdisc, Androids Always Escape, Readers! Do You Read?, Virtues Inherited, Vices Passed On, and Air Hockey Saloon by Chris Zabriskie are used under a Creative Commons Attribution License
Password by Go! Gadget is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License (Micro Invasion - East Jakarta Chiptunes Compilation (Indonesian Chiptunes) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
32 min - 59: Tabletop games
Clay Larsen joins Jen to talk about the explosion of amazing board, card, and storytelling games that have fallen under the umbrella of "tabletop games" in recent years. In the interest of trying out each of these categories plus a mix of competitive versus cooperative games, they played the Game of Thrones board game, Gloom, Grit, Pandemic, Zombies!!!, Ticket to Ride, Dominion, and Fiasco. It took a total of 17 hours but they now recommend seven of the eight games they played, though they might not recommend trying to play them all on the same day.
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Show notes:
- Follow Clay on Twitter and check out his indie improv show Shapeshift, his UCB Beta team Muddleberry, and his amazing photography!
- Dominion
- Fiasco
- The Game of Thrones board game
- Gloom
- Grit
- Pandemic
- Ticket to Ride
- Zombies!!!
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
1 hr 18 min - 58: Mensa
Phil Ranta joins Jen this week to talk about the world's oldest and largest high IQ society, of which he's a member! Phil details the admission testing process, some member benefits, and even talks about member meet-ups for the special interest groups within Mensa. And as you might expect in an episode that's essentially about super nerds, Dungeons & Dragons gets a little shout-out too.
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Show notes:
- Follow Phil on Twitter, and check out The Sports Sports Sports Podcast on Comedy Podcast Network and his improv group Bro Squad 5 which you can see every Saturday at 9:30pm at the Saturday Night Main Event at Second City in LA.
- Mensa
- Conversations with Mensa podcast
- Take a free Mensa workout test
- The Triple Nine Society
Theme song:
Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.
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About PrePopCulture
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PrePopCulture is a weekly one hour podcast in which my guests and I tackle all things pop culture. We'll chat about cool stuff that's under the radar, examine how things currently in pop culture got…
there, and even take a stab at where trends might go in the future.