Popaganda: What Does Gender Sound Like?
Music interacts with gender in surprising and strange ways: sometimes upholding the binary, sometimes undermining it.
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Popaganda: Birth of the New
On this episode of Popaganda, we dig into parenting and the end of the world: whether that means a total lifestyle change or global environmental calamity.
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Popaganda: I Saw the Sign
On this episode of Popaganda, we explore finding yourself in horoscopes, zodiac pie, and how astrology might work alongside social justice.
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Popaganda: Faking It
Why do we do fake it, and what does it mean when we accuse others of doing it?
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Popaganda: Watching What You Eat
What does it take to get “well”? When we think about wellness, especially right now, we tend to think of it as everything we do to make our lives and bodies healthy. Rather than defining health through the negation of sickness, wellness advocates press that being “well” is an ongoing process of... Read more »
Popaganda: You Feel Me?
Popaganda is back! In this episode, we’re going to be talking about an emotion you’ve probably heard a lot about lately: empathy. The way we talk about it, it’s almost like a superpower: it’s like we want to believe that the cure to political divisiveness, racism, and even war lies in the... Read more »
Popaganda: Fembots
From Metropolis to Westworld, female robots have always played out complicated power dynamics onscreen. While the term “fembots” conjurs up the image of killer mechanical sex-kittens from Austin Powers, cinematic stories about female robots often deal with much... Read more »
Popaganda: Queering Family Values
“Family values” has been co-opted by right-wing folks. But what the hell! Feminists have strong values, and we have strong families, too. On today’s episode, we’re queering family values. For a lot of queer folks, the traditional concept of family is wrought with complicated feelings—a lot of blood... Read more »
Popaganda: Designing for Democracy
Political observers often blame people for not voting. But we don’t often stop to examine what barriers keep people from voting—or make them feel like it’s not worthwhile. On this episode, we examine our democracy as a design problem—and explore what structural issues are built... Read more »
Popaganda: Fear
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself? Give me a break. What about being afraid of murder? Indefinite detention? Stand-up comedy? On this episode, we explore some of the many things that make us afraid. The show begins with a story from filmmaker Assia Boundaoui, who grew up in a mostly... Read more »
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