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The PolitiPop Podcast

Mike Boochredcircle.com
The Podcast where we take your favorite pop culture media and discuss the social and political themes within.
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Episodes

Loki Finale!

Expensive prequel for Quantumania or subtle(?) allegory for queer acceptance and self love? It's the Loki Finale, folks. We do NOT have answers to those questions. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politipop-podcast9815/donations

Sep 12, 202154 min

Mini Review: Loki Episode 5

I said, "Yep, what a concept! I could use a little mischief myself and we could all use a little chaaaaaange!" Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com Special thanks to all of our listeners and to Antonia Chava for logo design. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-polit...

Jul 23, 202124 min

Invincible (2021)

Ocean Fire Carbon Footprint Sham Rauch off Invincible? CORPORATE COUNTERINSURGENCY AGAINST LINE 3 PIPELINE RESISTANCE Line 3 Protest Arrests Smelly Conquistadors Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com Special thanks to all of our listeners and to Antonia Chava for logo design. Suppor...

Jul 11, 20211 hr 5 min

Mini Review: Loki Episode 4

It's strong and it's sudden, and it's cruel sometimes. But it might just save your liiiiiife... NEXUS POWER OF LOVE! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com Special thanks to all of our listeners and to Antonia Chava for logo design. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the...

Jul 07, 202124 min

Mini Review: Loki Episode 3

Seeking a friend for the end of the world? Why not...yourself?! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com Special thanks to all of our listeners and to Antonia Chava for logo design. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politipop-podcast9815/donations...

Jul 06, 202117 min

Housekeeping...July 2021?

Israel Bombs Again Israel Air Raids Indigenous Boarding Schools Canadian Churches Burning on Indigenous Land More Unmarked Graves found at Canadian Residential School Soulcaps Banned from Olympics Eugenics Sha'Carri Richardson Suspension over Cannabis Biden Bombs Again! Biden vs The Church Buffalo’s new Socialist Mayor! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast...

Jul 06, 20211 hr 2 min

Mini Review: Loki Episode 2

The Variant could be hiding in any disaster, probably one of our podcast episodes! We'll see you next Monday for our Loki episode 3 mini review! Tune in this Friday for Housekeeping! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com Special thanks to all of our listeners and to Antonia Chava fo...

Jun 21, 202122 min

Mini Review: Loki Episode 1

Our Glorious Purpose this week is to give you a mini review for Disney+'s 'Loki'! We share our thoughts on this episode separately, along with our theories for the series! (rhyme unintentional) If you'd like something more dense, tune into our full episodes every Friday where we read between the lines of pop culture media to discuss the social and political themes within! We'll see you next Monday for our Loki episode 2 mini review! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your...

Jun 18, 202115 min

Pride Month

This week we discuss the history of Pride, the representation of LGBTQIA+ characters in popular media, and the creators behind them! We also dispel some myths surrounding those who fall under the umbrella. Tune in next week for our June Housekeeping, and keep an eye out for DIsney+ Loki mini reviews on Mondays! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.co...

Jun 18, 20211 hr 29 min

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

As fate would have it, our least favorite film of the Dark Knight Trilogy gets the best treatment! It has it all! Occupy Wall Street, the French Revolution, Conservative wet dreams, and more!!! Next week we discuss the origins of Pride, and our favorite works, characters, and creators along the LGBTQIA+ Spectrum! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail....

Jun 12, 20211 hr 29 min

A Fireside Chat with Mike Booch

Surprise! Another detour on our BatMonth trip takes us into the station at a mini-episode being hosted solo by the one and only Mike Booch! In a cannabis-fueled haze, he hits the mic and shares his thoughts on mental health, the Joker again, politics, and a communal utopia he visits in his head when he needs to play mini-golf. Tune in next week when we REALLY review 'The Dark Knight Rises'! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @Polit...

Jun 04, 202129 min

The Dark Knight (2008)

Not a great episode, listen at your own risk. We talk about directors being shitty, hurting our pre-middle-aged bodies, share some more Palestine banter, and of course we read between the lines of 'The Dark Knight'. Tune in next week when we review 'The Dark Knight Rises'! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Po...

May 28, 20211 hr 11 min

Free Palestine

We take a break from our regularly scheduled Batman related material to discuss one of the most pressing human rights crises of our lifetime. We give an overview of the timeline regarding the "conflict" in Palestine, discuss the most recent events that led up to the mainstream media's mishandling of the situation, and discuss some common myths normally heard during Israel-Palestine related discourse. Next week we read between the lines of 'The Dark Knight' (2008) Listen to us and rate/review on ...

May 21, 202158 min

Batman Begins (2005) and Curse of the White Knight (2019)

Our Batmonth is a lie, but we still review Sean Murphy's Curse of the White Knight, AND Batman Begins! Next week we continue our dive into Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy with... The Dark Knight!! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com Special thanks to all of our listeners and to Antoni...

May 14, 20211 hr 11 min

Batman: White Knight

Our first Batmonth installment is here as we review another Sean Murphy work: White Knight! Creating his own canon from various parts of the Batman lore, Murphy tells a story about accountability, redemption, and community. Tune in next week when we cover the sequel, 'Curse of the White Knight' and start reviewing the Nolan trilogy with 'Batman Begins'! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPo...

May 07, 20211 hr 7 min

Housekeeping April 2021- BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER

One week out of the month we let off some steam by discussing current events! Booch admits he may have been too hard on 'Captain America and the Winter Soldier', but we are NOT hard enough on law enforcement! We fail to accomplish the insurmountable task of discussing recent expressions of White Supremacy, and discuss Joey Biden's first 100 days in office! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @Polit...

Apr 30, 20211 hr 21 min

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Finale Review!!

Same day recording AND release?! Suprise PolitiPopheads, we got together right after watching the finale so we could finish reviewing... Captain America and the Winter Soldier!! Thank you for your patience, True Believers! Stay tuned for next week where we'll be doing our monthly Housekeeping! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show no...

Apr 23, 20211 hr 14 min

Mini Review: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 5

Mike and Ty separately share their thoughts on the fifth episode of TFATWS, 'Truth'. This is our FINAL Mini-Review for TFATWS, we'll be releasing a full review for the series as a whole after the finale airs! If you can stomach some deeper sociopolitical discourse, check out our full-length episodes every Friday where we read between the lines of different forms of pop culture media! This Friday we do another housekeeping, discussing current events in the U.S.! Listen to us and rate/review on iT...

Apr 19, 202129 min

The Tyliversary

It's been one year since Ty called up Booch and pleaded with him to start the podcast again. We started with 'Parasite' (2019) and haven't stopped since! Listen Ty join today's episode as a guest, not a co-host! We talk about his favorite episodes, least favorites, what he'd like to review in the future, and MORE!!! CW: Discussion at the beginning of the episode regarding sexual assault, in reference to comic book characters. Begin at 17:00 minutes if you'd like to skip. Tune in next week as we ...

Apr 16, 20211 hr 5 min

Mini Review: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 4

Mike and Ty separately share their thoughts on the third episode of TFATWS, 'The Whole World is Watching' If you can stomach some deeper sociopolitical discourse, check out our full-length episodes every Friday where we read between the lines of different forms of pop culture media! This Friday we read between the lines of Ty's first year on the podcast! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiP...

Apr 12, 202124 min

Punk Rock Jesus (2012)

The week of Easter brings us a NEW savior!! ....or is he? Booch and Ty read between the lines of Sean Murphy's 'Punk Rock Jesus', discussing their own experiences with religion and themes they missed the first time reading this story! Tune in next week as we look back on Ty's first year as a podcast host! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find...

Apr 09, 20211 hr 40 min

Mini Review: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 3

Mike and Ty separately share their thoughts on the third episode of TFATWS, 'Power Broker' If you can stomach some deeper sociopolitical discourse, check out our full-length episodes every Friday where we read between the lines of different forms of pop culture media! This Friday we read between the lines of Sean Murphy's 'Punk Rock Jesus'! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Emai...

Apr 06, 202119 min

Mini Review: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 2

Mike and Ty separately share their thoughts on the second episode of TFATWS, 'The Star Spangled Man' If you can stomach some deeper sociopolitical discourse, check out our full-length episodes every Friday where we read between the lines of different forms of pop culture media! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources ...

Apr 02, 202121 min

Mini Review: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 1

Mike and Ty separately share their thoughts on the first episode of TFATWS, 'New World Order' If you can stomach some deeper sociopolitical discourse, check out our full-length episodes every Friday where we read between the lines of different forms of pop culture media! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Poli...

Apr 02, 202119 min

WandaVision

Who's been designing our logo? IT'S ANTONIA ALL ALONG!!! Friend of the podcast and logo designer Antonia returns to help us read between the lines of WandaVision! We talk trauma, mental health, grief, the Military Industrial Complex, and more! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com S...

Apr 02, 20211 hr 39 min

Housekeeping- March 2021

This week, Randy Savage and Future Ty came in to discuss the stimmy, BomberBiden, the extended trauma after just passing a one year milestone of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Tim Boyd, reddit investors.....and MORE!! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com Special thanks to all of our listen...

Mar 26, 20211 hr 8 min

Soul (2020)

We sat down this week to discuss the tightrope-walking of 'Soul'! We discuss Disney's habit of transforming POC Protagonists every chance they get, what our sparks may be, and lace the conversation with our own hope, existentialism, and nihilsm! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com...

Mar 19, 20211 hr 18 min

Fast Color (2018)

We talk about this underrated indy flick and have many digressions! We discuss generational trauma, and the pain of restraining your greatness for the convenience of others! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Instagram @PolitiPopPodcast Email us at PolitipopCast@gmail.com Find our Show notes and Sources at Politipoppodcast.wordpress.com Special thanks to all of our listeners and to Antonia Chava for logo de...

Mar 12, 20211 hr 9 min

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

From trauma to triumph, we read between the colorful lines of the Spider-Verse to discuss diversity, authenticity, and the common ground of 'The Struggle' that unites us all. Along with some Marvel Comics history and our favorite Spider-Man moments, this will be just as much fun to listen to as it was to record! Next week we discuss 'Fast Color', now streaming on Hulu! Listen to us and rate/review on iTunes or Wherever you get your podcasts YouTube Find us on twitter @PolitiPopPod Find us on Ins...

Mar 05, 20211 hr 19 min
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