Burst Your Bubble: Recent Episodes
Morgan Jaffe
Burst Your Bubble is a podcast that looks at racism, sexism, homophobia, and all of the other -isms and -phobias within our society through pop culture.
From music and movies to comic books and games, hatred, bigotry, and ignorance seep into our everyday lives. What is important is to dissect it and discuss it, and not just accept it as something we cannot process or change.
New episodes will be released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
Burst Your Bubble is going on a bit of a hiatus. Check out some new to you shows in the meantime: Your Fave Is Problematic, Cabronas y Chingonas, The Bechdel Cast, Gayest Episode Ever, I Hate It But I Love It, or Movies That Matter.
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EP70 - Let’s talk about toxic masculinity, gun violence, and mental illness in Joker. Because here’s the real question: in a world where we can see real life mass shootings on TV and read about them in newspapers and hear about them on the radio, why do we need a movie that celebrate and sympathizes with the shooter?
Logo by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP69 - Whether you've read the books, watched the movies, both, or never have and never will, everyone knows Harry Potter. But what we like to avoid are the issues: from lack of representation and stereotypes to what JK Rowling does (and doesn't do) to make headlines today.
Logo by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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While new episodes are usually released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, the next new episode won't be released till January 23rd. Thanks for being a loyal listener, and I'll have a new one for you soon!
Logo by Jeremy Ferris.
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EP68 - Have you ever heard of ESG? They're a band made up of four sisters that blend genres, merging funk, punk, and hip hop. And whether you realize it or not you’ve probably heard their music. How? ESG’s track “UFO” is one of the most sampled songs of all time, appearing in music from Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G., Marilyn Manson, The Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, and more. And even though “UFO” was written by a group of women, much of the time their music is put behind misogynistic lyrics - regardless of their permission.
Logo by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP67 - To put it simply, Friends was a phenomenon, not just influencing TV and pop culture, but American beliefs and values. Friends aired from 1994 to 2004, and while it may have been progressive for its time, now it just feels dated and problematic. But let’s take a closer look at how the show is essentially a time capsule, discussing how casual homophobia, gender stereotypes, sexism, transphobia, and racism can become a normalized part of society.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP66 - It happens every year - someone wears a Halloween costume that's problematic, not thinking about the historical and cultural background of that costume. But let's talk about it, and why cultures aren't costumes.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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It's Halloween season! Let's talk about Dracula.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes are usually released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, but this October we're looking at my favorite past Halloween episodes of Burst Your Bubble. The next new episode will be released on Halloween.
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It's Halloween season so let's talk about something spooky, creepy, and disturbing, like how the 1973 horror film The Exorcist perfectly packaged anti-Arab sentiment, Islamophobia, and xenophobia to its audience.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes are usually released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, but this October we're looking at my favorite past Halloween episodes of Burst Your Bubble. The next new episode will be released on Halloween.
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It's Halloween episode time! Let's talk about zombies - specifically from the 1932 film White Zombie.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes are usually released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, but this October we're looking at my favorite past Halloween episodes of Burst Your Bubble. The next new episode will be released on Halloween.
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Sound Education is an educational audio conference for podcast creators and listeners. It's in Boston October 9th - 12th, 2019, and you should come! There are talks, panels, live podcast recordings, and free workshops. I'll be there on a panel October 11 talking about how to use podcasts in the classroom and giving a talk October 12th about how to use podcasts to teach media literacy, giving an ovverview of how I make my show and how you could make your own too!
Find out more and get tickets at www.SoundEducation.fm
It's Halloween episode time! We're going to focus on Candyman, a 1992 film that plays off a white, middle class audience's fear of "urban society": their fears of urban housing projects and the residents living there, all fueled by underlying racism and anti-miscegenation.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes are usually released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month, but this October we're looking at my favorite past Halloween episodes of Burst Your Bubble. The next new episode will be released on Halloween.
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EP65 - Recently Sam Smith announced on social media that they use they/them pronouns. But when the story was picked up by the Associated Press - a news organization whose strives for "the highest standards of integrity and ethical behavior" free from "inaccuracies, carelessness, bias or distortions" - they used the wrong pronouns.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP64 - I Love Lucy starred Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Arnaz was Cuban American, and so the real life married couple was the first interracial couple on television at a time when the typical TV family was suburban, middle class, and white; in the real world there were anti-miscegenation laws, immigration quotas, and xenophobia. On one hand I Love Lucy created more representation in the media, but on the other the show certainly had its problems.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP63 - Long before we saw multidimensional LGBTQ characters in pop culture, The Hays Code regulated movies. Homosexual storylines didn't meet the moral standards, and as a result queer characters would be coded into the films. But what does it mean to be queer coded, and what does it mean for stereotypes?
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP62 - Breakfast at Tiffany's may be a classic film but it's hard to ignore Mr. Yunioshi, a Japanese character played by a white man in yellowface. While discussing this adaptation of Truman Capote's 1958 novel, let's look at the history of yellowface in Hollywood, reminding ourselves that while we might not see someone doing such a blatant caricature yellowface and its racism, xenophobia, and orientalism still seeps into pop culture today - but now more covertly through whitewashing.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP61 - In The Greatest Showman P.T. Barnum is shown as a champion for outsiders who accepts and celebrates their differences and their diversity, but can the movie truly have a positive message when the very man who it makes its sympathetic hero is really a man who exploited people with disabilities and people of color to make money?
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP60 - There's a stereotype that all black people love watermelon, but where does this trope come from? In this episode we'll talk about how since the Civil War the black community has been negatively associated with watermelon throughout pop culture, from minstrel shows to newspapers, music and cartoons, and paper goods to TV. And whether we realize it or not, whether we want to acknowledge it or not, the stereotype and trope remains today - because that’s American culture and American history.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP59 - Here's part two of the problems with cultural phenomenon Game of Thrones. This time we're going to talk about race, representation (or lack thereof), and Dany Targaryen's white savior complex.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP58 - Game of Thrones is a cultural phenomenon, but we need to talk about its problems - especially when it comes to women and how they are treated.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP57 - Disney's 1992 Aladdin is a childhood classic. Growing up I know it was one of my favorites - but it's important to talk about the story from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and how its orientalist views later influenced any and all adaptations of Aladdin (and yes, that includes Disney's).
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP56 - Prom is something just about every American teenager goes through, but how much do people know about the history of prom, a history full of issues concerning class, race, gender, and sex.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP55 - First airing in 1998 and running for 8 seasons before its 2017 reboot, Will & Grace has always been applauded as revolutionary - but the show only focused on a very narrow part of the queer community: the wealthy, white, cis man. While you could argue that this was the show’s only option at the time, Will & Grace continues to have the same problems with its current day reboot - bi-erasure, lack of racial representation, and the same stereotypes - ignoring the intersections of the queer community. And even more heartbreaking, the reboot mocks the Puppy Episode, a part of queer TV history that paved the way for Will & Grace.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP54 - Sixteen Candles is an 80s classic, but when you rewatch it it's easier to see the films problems: racism, homophobia, and - above all - that masculinity and a guy's reputation are marked by the relationships and control men have over women.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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We don't have a new episode of Burst Your Bubble today (after all, new episodes are the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month), but we still have a special treat for you.
This year we're taking part in Operation Switcheroo, an episode swapping project organized by Moxie from the podcast Your Brain on Facts.
I was lucky enough to be paired with Conspiracy Theoryology an interesting show about why conspiracy theories and alternative beliefs capture our imagination and gain popularity. Enjoy!
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EP53 - Shrill brings up important issues, most notably how changing your life for the better doesn't have to mean changing your body. It's a show about empowerment and acceptance, and I came away with a lot of information, but also a lot of questions. My biggest concern? Well, it has to do with the morning-after pill.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP52 - Dumbo might be a classic, but it’s important to understand the history behind one of its characters, especially when that history encompasses slavery, racism, and discrimination in the United States, starting with blackface at minstrel shows and ending in written laws.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP51 - Have you ever watched the show One Day at a Time? The remake of the 1975 sitcom is a present day story of the Cuban American Alvarez family. The remake - brought to life largely in part by Gloria Calderón Kellett, a Cuban American, and a half Latinx writing team - is in danger of not being renewed for its 4th season. Listen as we look at either why you should be watching the show or reminding you exactly why you love it.
#RenewODAAT
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP50 - For decades, romantic comedies have given audiences an incorrect idea of how romantic relationships should work. How you should ask someone out, woo them, and win them. But because of how romcoms depict love on screen, they show harmful behaviors like persistence, possessiveness, and stalking as grand gestures of love - all while normalizing them.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP49 - We can probably all think of examples of stereotypes in pop culture, but what happens when the original content is edited multiple times and years apart, changing the stereotype and erasing what we previously saw and heard. Is that change good or bad, and how does it shape our understanding and knowledge of history?
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP48 - Recently there was a viral video of Andrew Johnson, a black teen who was told by a white referee that he could either cut his locs or forfeit his wrestling match. Would it have been the same situation if he had been white? Let's talk about hair and what is fashionable for white people can lead to discrimination for blacks.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP47 - The term "spicy Latina" has dominated Latinx representations in pop culture since the 1940s. Today we have Modern Family and Sofia Vergara, where she is a Colombian playing a Colombian. But is Vergara a positive representation of Latinx culture, and furthermore is it fair to ask her to be?
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP46 - Conversion therapy shows up a lot in pop culture, but how is it shown? As a comedy? As a drama? What time period does the story takes place in? Because depending on what the answers are, these representations can be damaging, sending the message that conversion therapy is the problem of a bygone era.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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Listen in for some big news!
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP45 - Let's talk (real quick) about Addams Family Values (1993) and the infamous Thanksgiving scene.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP44 - BoJack Horseman might be a wonderful show, but it's not without its flaws. Let's talk about why representation is important, how using white actors to voice animated characters of color is still whitewashing, and Diane Nguyen - a Vietnamese American character who is voiced by a white woman.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP43 - It's another Halloween episode! This time we're going to focus on Candyman, a 1992 film that plays off a white, middle class audience's fear of "urban society": their fears urban housing projects and the residents living there, all fueled by underlying racism and anti-miscegenation.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com
www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast
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EP42 - It's Halloween season so let's talk about something spooky, creepy, and disturbing, like how the 1973 horror film The Exorcist perfectly packaged anti-Arab sentiment, Islamophobia, and xenophobia to its audience.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP41 - For one week in 1968, singer and activist Harry Belafonte guest hosted the Tonight Show for Johnny Carson. Belafonte and his guests talked about the Vietnam War, poverty, native rights, race, and interracial relationships, making his one week stint an encapsulating lesson of the turbulent year that was 1968.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP40 - I have a love/hate relationship with Orange is the New Black. While you could argue that the show has a diverse cast of characters bringing representations to media, it's also easy for those characters to also turn into "token" characters, especially when it comes to Sophia Burset.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP39 - First published as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has turned into a cultural phenomenon, from plays and musicals to movies, most notably as the 1939 film starring July Garland. But scratch the surface of it's creator, and you'll learn that L. Frank Baum was nothing more than a white supremacist who called for the genocide of all Native people.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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PSA: I just moved from Massachusetts to California, and instead of creating a subpar episode, I decided to rebroadcast the first ever Burst Your Bubble episode for you to enjoy.
In this episode, we'll talk about HIV, AIDs, and Captain Planet's 1992 episode "A Formula for Hate."
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP38 - Although it was only on TV for less than a full season, Firefly has become a cult classic. And while I'll admit that I'm a fan of the show, there's on big problem: although Firefly is inspired by East Asian culture, there aren't any East Asian actors.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP37 - What do you think of when you think of MTV? Reality TV? TRL? Beavis and Butt-head? Because depending on when you started watching MTV you might remember it for what it truly was: a music channel that tried to only play white rock artists.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP36 - Whether you have or haven't seen the 1983 film Scarface, you'll agree it has its place in pop culture. It's referenced in film, TV, and music; you might know lines from the movie ("Say hello to my little friend!"), and may have seen the infamous movie poster on a college dorm wall or two. But let's talk about how the film, which premiered only three years after the 1980 Mariel Boatlift, showed all Cuban political refugees as criminals.
Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP35 - Let's talk about the two sides of Roseanne: the fictional Roseanne Conner and the real life Roseanne Barr. What do representations of race and gender presentation mean on a show when so closely linked to a woman who sends out racist and transphobic tweets? Can we separate the art from the artist? And should we?
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP34 - Yes, the movie Clueless is problematic, but where to start? From class and race to gender and sexuality, there's something everyone can hate.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP33 - Let's talk about whitewashing, Natives in pop culture, and Iron Eyes Cody.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP32 - Let's talk about the Rolling Stones and their sexist ad campaign for their 1976 album Black and Blue.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP31 - For this episode we’re going to talk about Good Times and how it was truly a product of its time. From Black Power to the Moynihan Report, the show was a reaction to images of black life and black representations in the media.
Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th
Thursday of the month.
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EP30 - In this episode, let's talk about West Side Story - it's story of immigration, assimilation, and whitewashing.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP29 - Want to ruin even more childhood nostalgia? Let's talk about The Jungle Book, colonialism, imperialism, and racism.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP28 - So I might just ruin breakfast for you. Let's talk about the racist history of Aunt Jemima pancakes.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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EP27 - Let's talk about the Americans with Disabilities Act, actors without disabilities portraying characters with disabilities, and the rise of those roles getting Oscar nominations and wins. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP26 - In today's episode we're going to talk about how the writers of The Little Rascals were influenced by popular media of the time: the Inglewood Raid and lynchings in newspapers, the film The Birth of a Nation, and music produced and sold by the KKK. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP25 - On today's episode, let's talk about -isms, -phobias, and one of your favorite bags of chips. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP24 - Another time when I get to say that I love radio, but I don't have to love its history. Let's talk about Jews on the radio in the 1930s - from sounding Jewish to anti-semitism to assimilation. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP23 - For this episode, we’re going to talk about the 1998 film The Siege and how it portrays Arabs and Muslims as terrorists and Islam as a violent religion. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP22 - Let’s talk about Yusuf Hawkins, the black teen Spike Lee dedicated Jungle Fever (1991) to and how his story influenced the movie. Art by Jeremy Ferris. And for this episode there’s a special Spotify playlist on music influenced by and/or about Yusuf Hawkins: http://spoti.fi/2zZ8u3Y New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP21 - In today's episode we're going to talk about the TV show Highway to Heaven, its 1984 episode titled "Dust Child," and its connection to the Vietnam War and anti-Vietnamese sentiment in the 1980s. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP20 - It's the second Halloween episode! Let's talk about zombies - specifically from the 1932 film White Zombie. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP19 - It's Halloween! And to celebrate there will be two episodes on monsters in pop culture and the -isms and -phobias that they represent. First up: Dracula. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP18 - On today's episode, let's talk about the Bechdel Test, the Mako Mori Test, and representations of women in film. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP17 - For this episode, we're going to talk about U.S. foreign policy and how it shaped Hollywood's representation of Latin America in the 1940s, creating films full of racism, whitewashing, exoticism, and sexual objectification. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP16 - Let’s talk about the 1970s oil crisis, unions and blue collar workers, and how the failing American car industry gave rise to anti-Japanese sentiment. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP15 - In today’s episode we’re going to analyze the 1992 film Thunderheart and look at the very history that influenced it: the 1970s Native Movement - from John Trudell and Leonard Peltier to corruption and water pollution. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP14 - On today's episode we'll talk about homophobia, whitewashing, and gay bars as through Cheers' 1983 episode "The Boys in the Bar." Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP13 - For this episode we're going to talk about Ugly Betty, affirmative action, and privilege in a "post-racial" society. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP12 - I love radio, but I don't have to love its history. Let's talk about how minstrelsy, blackface, and stereotypes shaped radio and helped frame the first sitcom to star a black star. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP11 - In this episode we're going to look at Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. You might want to rewatch it and see for yourself the -isms and -phobias that rear their ugly heads: racism, xenophobia, sexism, and general anti-Indian sentiment. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP10 - On today's episode we'll talk about the 1966 board game What Shall I Be? The Exciting Game of Career Girls and its connections to sexism, feminism, and the women's liberation movement. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP09- Let's talk about top 40 hip hop and rap, ableist lyrics, and the Black Eyed Peas. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP08 - In this episode, we're going to talk about a cartoon from 1945, its stereotypes of Native people, and some history of the California Gold Rush.
EP07 - So maybe you've seen Hairspray (1988) or one of its adaptations. Maybe you know the lines by heart or the songs in the musical, but do you know its history? On this episode, let's talk about Baltimore, segregation, and hairspray. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP06 - On today's episode we'll talk about Dr. Seuss, Japanese Americans in the 1940s, and how it all still relates to today. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP05 - Last episode you got to learn all about Anna May Wong, and this episode we're finishing up the cliffhanger! You'll hear about how American views about the Chinese and Chinese Americans shifted in the 1930s and WWII. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP04 - Are you ready for the newest release? In this episode we're going to talk about whitewashing, yellowface, anti miscegenation, and Anna May Wong. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP03 - Let's talk about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the 1971 and 2005 film adaptations, and race. Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP02 - In this episode, we'll talk about the Watermelon Woman, the National Endowment for the Arts, and federal spending.
Art by Jeremy Ferris.
New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod
EP01 - In this episode, we'll talk about HIV, AIDs, and Captain Planet's 1992 episode "A Formula for Hate." Art by Jeremy Ferris. New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. www.burstyourbubblepodcast.com www.facebook.com/burstyourbubblepodcast www.twitter.com/burstbubblespod