Posts Tagged “Comic Con”

James Gunn, Comic Con, and Clone Wars

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http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode269.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIn this episode we talk about the controversies of James Gunn and Trevor Noah. We discuss outrage culture and the mechanism of social media that is geared to fanning the flames rather than nuance. Vy gives us a rundown of Comic Con with…

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Nerd Culture, Representation, & Social progress

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http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode201.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSThis year’s Oscars are certainly going to be remembered for years to come. Besides the controversy and disaster of the end, the award ceremony also saw new winners. We link this to the Saudi Arabia having its first comic convention which allowed genders…

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Conventions

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http://media.blubrry.com/currentlynerdy/p/www.currentlynerdy.com/Podcasts/CurrentlyNerdyEpisode171.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSSIt’s been a wild week; from terrorism, to coups, to the nerdiest of all conventions. In our latest episode we talk about the attacks in Kabul, Munich, Nice, and Normandy while also discussing the coup in Turkey. We round our tour of geopolitics…

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