Media Musings
Indoctrination is a helluva drug
Past Episodes
About
This is a live show/podcast where a panel of commentators model critical media consumption by going over the themes of various pieces of media in pop culture. Discussion of the issues pertaining to the consumption and censorship of art usually ensues.
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Banned Books Month
sept 2023
Every September we take the opportunity to explore banned media in honor of US Banned Book Week. Below you will find our upcoming reading list.Where possible we have included links to free (legal) access to the texts, as well as direct links to the correct edition of the audiobook or purchase
Upcoming Episodes
| Title | Subject | Theme |
|---|
| An American Accessory | Chi-Raq | Old stories tell modern truths, the gun debate (Lysistrata) |
| A feminist issue | The Full Monty (1997) | Toxic masculinity, class and desperation |
| Poultry in motion | Chicken Run | Comedy, censorship and chicken pies! |
Season 1
| Season | Episode | Title |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Toss A Stream for the Witcher |
| 1 | 2 | A Tolkein Stream of Appreciation |
| 1 | 3 | Always Look on the Bright Side of Death |
| 1 | 5 | With Strange Aeons Even Death May Die |
| 1 | 6 | Foolish Wand Waving and Silly Incantations |
| 1 | 7 | Harry Potter and the Great Snape Debate |
| 1 | 8 | DON'T PANIC |
| 1 | 9 | East Meets West |
| 1 | 10 | On a Mission from God |
| 1 | 11 | Interstellar |
| 1 | 12 | The Prestige |
| 1 | 13 | Canonball |
| 1 | 14 | Canonball pt 2 & Misc |
| 1 | 15 | STAR WARS MONTH OPENER |
| 1 | 16 | Star Wars Month 2: Revenge of the Prequels |
| 1 | 17 | Star Wars Month 3: The EU Ft BadTemperedBadger and Momma Atheist |
| 1 | 18 | SWM 4: The Tragedy of Darth Mickey |
| 1 | 19 | Star Wars Month 4: This is the Way |
| 1 | 20 | ? |
| 1 | 21 | Media Musings 21: Musing on Problematic Media |
| 1 | 22 | The Dude Abides Ft Godless Scummer |
| 1 | 23 | The Situation is pretty nigh hopeless |
| 1 | 24 | The Authorless Medium |
| 1 | 25 | The stream was on fire and it wasn't my fault |
Season 2
| Season | Episode | Title |
|---|
| 2 | 1 | Do You Hear the People Sing? |
| 2 | 2 | The French Are Revolting (Les Mis Part 2) |
| 2 | 3 | As You Wish |
| 2 | 4 | Good Omens Channel Anniversary Special |
| 2 | 5 | My name is Inigo Montoya (Princess Bride Pt 2) |
| 2 | 6 | Satire |
| 2 | 7 | Gulliver's Travels |
| 2 | 8 | Lit Month Fear is the Mind Killer |
| 2 | 9 | Ray Bradbury |
| 2 | 10 | Lit Month Finale banned Book Week |
| 2 | 11 | Dr Faustus, the first atheist? |
| 2 | 12 | Edward II |
| 2 | 13 | Spooky Scary Skeletons |
| 2 | 14 | Bows and Arrows Against the Lightening |
| 2 | 15 | The Time Machine |
| 2 | 16 | Orlando |
| 2 | 17 | A medium born of censorship |
| 2 | 18 | Censorship and Cancel Culture |
| 2 | 19 | Mythology and Media |
| 2 | 20 | You'll Shoot Your Eye Out |
Season 3
| Season | Episode | Title |
|---|
| 3 | 1 | Yippee ki yay Mother Fracker |
| 3 | 2 | Unbreakable |
| 3 | 3 | John F*cking Wick |
| 3 | 4 | John Wick 2 and 3 |
| 3 | 5 | The inauguration of Joe Biden |
| 3 | 6 | Ip man |
| 3 | 7 | John Wayne is a terrible cowboy name |
| 3 | 8 | Deadpool |
| 3 | 9 | Luck isn't a superpower |
| 3 | 10 | Tommy can you hear me? |
| 3 | 11 | They're calling him a Hero |
| 3 | 12 | Listen to My Music |
| 3 | 13 | What is Eternal? |
| 3 | 14 | Autism Awareness Month |
| 3 | 15 | Corporate Censorship? |
| 3 | 16 | The Avengers |
| 3 | 17 | Black Panther |
| 3 | 18 | Dr. Strange |
| 3 | 19 | Guardians of The Galaxy |
| 3 | 20 | Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 2 |
Season 4
| Season | Episode | Title |
|---|
| 4 | 1 | Kelly's Heroes |
| 4 | 2 | Another Round |
| 4 | 3 | Curse of the Black Pearl |
| 4 | 4 | Do You Fear Death? |
| 4 | 5 | True Grit |
| 4 | 6 | A Fistful of Dollars |
| 4 | 7 | Salvation |
| 4 | 8 | Fogg's Wager |
| 4 | 9 | A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court |
| 4 | 10 | Logans Last Ride |
| 4 | 11 | In space no one can hear you Stream |
| 4 | 12 | I can't do that Dave |
| 4 | 13 | What is your major Malfunction? |
| 4 | 14 | How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb |
| 4 | 15 | I am Spartacus |
| 4 | 16 | The Road to El Dorado |
| 4 | 17 | Into The Spiderverse |
Season 5
| Season | Episode | Title | Subject | Theme |
|---|
| 5 | 1 | Code Rage | Dan Brown- The Da Vinci Code (Book & Movie) | The Need for Media Literacy |
| 5 | 2 | We'll cross that bridge... | Katherine Paterson- Bridge to Terabithia (Book & Movie) | Age Appropriate Media |
| 5 | 3 | Maus Trap | McMinn County Board of Education Called Meeting January 10, 2022, 5:30 p.m. | Censorship |
| 5 | 4 | I Am Other | Last Man On Earth | Human monstrosity and the demonisation of the 'other' |
| 5 | 5 | A Nice Chianti | Silence of the Lambs | cannibalism, the other, manipulation |
| 5 | 6 | Do you like my business card? | American Psycho | authoritarianism, perfectionism and eugenics |
| 5 | 7 | I see dead people | Paranorman | Horror and the Other |
| 5 | 8 | I am original | Hamilton (Musical) | The 'founding fathers' and historical whitewashing |
| 5 | 9 | The mission is the man. | Saving Private Ryan | How to win the war when it's already over |
| 5 | 9 | With great power | Spider man (2002) | Post 9/11 cinema hit different than intended |
| 5 | 10 | The iron giant | | |
| 5 | 11 | It's a sign of trust | I, robot | The future of America in cinema |
| 5 | 12 | Discussion episode | American Mythos | The US thinks it's the spiritual successor to the Roman Republic. |
Season 6
| Season | Episode | Title | Subject | Theme |
|---|
| 6 | 1 | I am Vengeance (We have Disney at home) | Batman: Mask of Phantasm | In memory of Kevin Conroy |
| 6 | 2 | Be our guest! | Beauty and the Beast (original) | |
| 6 | 3 | The circle of life | The lion king | |
| 6 | 4 | That's the gospel truth! | Disney's Hercules | |
| 6 | 5 | Classical Reception Primer | N/a | Accuracy vs Authenticity |
| 6 | 6 | Who Mourns for Adonis | Star Trek Original Series (2.2) | Killing the ancient gods |
| 6 | 7 | Warfare in Classical Reception | 300 (comic/movie)/Troy | Bad reception and what we can learn from it |
| 6 | 8 | Life is but a dream | Neil Gaiman's Sandman | |
| 6 | 9 | SHAZAM | | |
| 6 | 10 | Superman vs The Elite | Superman vs The Elite | The nature of a hero |
| 6 | 11 | Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter | Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter | Vampire metaphor for the Confederacy |
| 6 | 12 | Till | Till | Fuck Carolyn Brant |
| 6 | 13 | Media Musings vs Checkmate Lincolnites! | Is Civil War History Being REWRITTEN?!?!?!?!?! (e9) | Communicating history |
| 6 | 14 | The Joe Bang | Logan Lucky | How to do Southern pride without doing racism |
| 6 | 15 | Noodle's Pick | Glass Onion | It's not about the mystery |
| 6 | 16 | Live Action Spiderverse | Spider-man No Way Home | |
| 6 | 17 | Pride | Pride (2014) | Solidarity forever |
| 6 | 18 | Dune | Dune | |
| 6 | 19 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark | Because fuck Nazis, that's why |
| 6 | 20 | Independence Day | Independence Day | Hope and pre-Covid Assumptions of global unity |
| 6 | 21 | But You're Indian! | Bend It Like Beckham | Race and Ethnicity in early 2000s Britain |
| 6 | 22 | Blood like Wine | Knives Out | Race and Nationality in upper class America |
| 6 | 23 | An American Accessory | Chi-Raq | Old stories tell modern truths (Lysistrata) |
Disclaimer
This channel and its contents are for entertainment purposes only, anything you learn from us should be carried with a metric Carthage of salt to an expert in the relevant field, or at the very least, you should read the Wikipedia page on it.This show is suitable for adults and mature teens with strong language, alcohol and legal-in-jurisdiction drug use, adult conversations, and references to sex and violence congruent with the media being discussed generally expected. The panellists always presume that the audience is of the age of majority in their jurisdiction and behave accordingly.Every effort is made to give relevant content and trigger warnings but the creators and panellists take no responsibility for any harm, hurt or damage (physical, emotional, financial or otherwise) that occurs as a result of an individual's choice to watch Media MusingsAll opinions expressed belong solely to the individuals stating them at the specific time of speaking and are not intended to be taken anyone's final word on a particular topic.
