e146. TV in the time of COVID-19

It’s been weird doing a show based around pop culture for the last year. A lot of that weirdness, of course, is because pop culture largely stopped for a bit. Then, it came back staggered as people released what remaining content they had sort of haphazardly. Now we’re getting to a new phase… we’re seeing media produced INSIDE of the pandemic. What is TV in the time of COVID-19? On this week’s episode, Hannah, Katya and Mav invite back Mary Rogers Bell to talk about the changes to TV shows in COVID-19 outbreak have faced. What does TV look like now? Is it better when the shows write the pandemic into them or is it better to leave it out? Should TV be a record of our current cultural moment or should it be a fantasy land that we escape to? Will anyone want to ever watch this season of shows ever again or will we just want to forget it as soon as this is all over. Listen and let us know your thoughts in the comments. Citations and Links: * This episode’s Call for Comments* Find your local food bank with Feeding America * Thank you to Maximilian’s thoughtForm Music for our theme* Follow Mary on Twitter: @maryellabell and support the art center she works at https://www.kentuck.org/* Follow Hannah on Twitter: @hannahleerogers* Follow Mav on Twitter: @chrismaverick* Follow Katya on Instagram: @justthatnerdkid * Follow Mav’s Personal Blog: http://chrismaverick.com* Follow us on Twitter: @voxpopcast* Follow us on Instagram: @voxpopcast* Follow us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/voxpopcast* Please Subscribe to our new YouTube channel!* Make sure you subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever podcasts are found and please leave us a review!