13 May 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Is the Star Wars franchise at risk of inbreeding under Disney’s command? This Star Wars Day, Kevin and I share our latest musings on the beloved cultural force.
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Alex Cox, Cheers, Community, Disney, Epic Mickey, Game of Thrones, Gene Roddenberry, George Lucas, Grand Budapest Hotel, gravity, Harry Potter, HBO, income inequality, J. J. Abrams, Joseph Campbell, Kevin, Kingdom Hearts, long tail, Marvel, May the Fourth, Mystery Science Theater 3000, narrative, Nate Silver, Nintendo, Patreon, Playboy, plutocracy, Roger Rabbit, Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Wars Day, Stephen, storytelling, television, The Guild, Transformers, Veronica Mars, VHX, Wes Anderson, Wookiepedia
09 February 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
It’s a nice day to start again, folks. The end of January marked the beginning of the first Coursera MOOC purely focused on the venerable phield of philosophy. In this first application of the first week of material (what I meant but forgot to call “Coursera Diaries Part I”), Kevin and I test out Dave Ward’s […]
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Africa, Arrested Development, broadcasting, Canada, cell phones, Charlie Brooker, Choose Your Own Adventure, Contact, Coursera, David Ward, definition, Doctor Who, etymology, Halo 2, Hamlet, Hitler, house of cards, I Love Bees, Kevin, Leverage, Memento, metaphilosophy, mobile payments, My Little Pony, Netflix, Network, Oxford Dictionary, Philosophy Bites, Phineas and Ferb, Ryan North, Sherlock. radio serial, Stephen, structural dramaturgy, television, The Guild, The Hub, theatre, To Be or Not to Be: That is the Adventure, TV, University of Edinburgh, YouTube