Office Hours with Dr. C

By Barry Thornburg

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Episodes: 179

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The media studies and pop culture discussions that happen outside of class.

Episode Date
Affrilachia w/ Jessica Chaplain
Mar 10, 2026
The Muslim Moment w/ Marwa Abdalla
Mar 03, 2026
Swift and Nicks and the mens w Kelsey Stanfield
Feb 24, 2026
"Frankensex and Poor Things" w/ Damon Darling
Feb 10, 2026
Pikachu and Tactical Frivolity w/ Camilo Diaz Pino
Jan 27, 2026
Silence in EEAAO w Raechel Zoelick
Jan 21, 2026
Rock Operas and Societal Collapse w Jeff St Onge and Megan Wood
Jan 13, 2026
Dirty Humor and CAH w/ Matt Meier
Dec 31, 2025
Cyber Punk Predictions w/ Adam Tyma
Dec 23, 2025
Female Action Figures w Dana Schowalter
Dec 09, 2025
Dream and Loneliness w Dylan Hines
Dec 03, 2025
WandaVision w/ Erika Thomas
Nov 20, 2025
Hyper violence and Video Games w/ Kit Medjesky
Nov 12, 2025
Captain Marvel w/ Michaela Meyer
Nov 04, 2025
Season 5 Preview: Blood, Sweat, and Citations
Oct 20, 2025
Watchmen as School Literature [RECAST]
Jun 24, 2025
Wakanda Forever - Michael Betts [RECAST]
Jun 17, 2025
The Black Road Vikings and Comics w Howard Williams [RECAST]
Jun 10, 2025
Lecture Series Available: Propaganda vs Persuasion
Mar 04, 2025
Barry's uncomfortable Life Story
Feb 18, 2025
Facing Death
Feb 04, 2025
Death as a Weapon
Jan 28, 2025
Death as Echoes Through History
Jan 21, 2025
The Morality of Death
Jan 14, 2025
The Spectacle of Death
Jan 07, 2025
Veterans
Dec 31, 2024
Himpathy [recast]
Dec 24, 2024
The Action and Choreography of Death
Dec 17, 2024
Resurrection
Dec 10, 2024
Death as Terrain w/ Vanessa Pezo
Dec 03, 2024
Death Personified w/ The Mighty Zee
Nov 19, 2024
When Heroes Die w/ A Geek History of Time
Nov 12, 2024
Apocalypse Narratives: The End of the World w/ Matt Meier
Nov 05, 2024
Death, Dying, and our Media
Nov 01, 2024
Textual Analysis w/ Dan McClellan [recast)
Oct 22, 2024
Season 4 Announcement
Oct 16, 2024
Parasocial Relationship (and Announcement)
Dec 28, 2023
TTRPG - There's Fun to be Had in Violence - w/ Tali, Justin Jordan, Nur-D
Dec 19, 2023
Spawn w/ Dan McClellan
Dec 12, 2023
Death of Superman w/ Dan McClellan
Dec 08, 2023
Navigating Fan Fiction and Copyright: Legal Tangles and Transformative Work
Nov 28, 2023
The Impact of AI Ethics on Technology, Business and Society
Nov 21, 2023
Passion Points w/ Jon McQueen
Nov 14, 2023
The Sociology of Marketing w/ Jon McQueen
Nov 09, 2023
Postfeminism Part IV - Authenticity
Nov 01, 2023
Postfeminism Part III - Beauty Sketches
Oct 24, 2023
Postfeminism Part II - Project Body Hair
Oct 17, 2023
Postfeminism Part I - The Entanglement
Oct 10, 2023
PREVIEW of Survivor Street V2 w Jim Festante
Oct 03, 2023
The Writers STRIKE BACK w/ Jim Festante
Sep 27, 2023
Anglo-Saxons and Public Memory w/ Howard Williams
Sep 19, 2023
The Black Road, Vikings and Comics w/ Howard Williams
Sep 12, 2023
The Farside Reprisal w/ Ed and Damian of GHOT
Sep 05, 2023
Thatcher 40K w/ Ed and Damian of GHOT
Aug 30, 2023
Strikes and AI w/ Ashley Love
Aug 23, 2023
Intimacies on Screen and On Stage w/ Ashley Love
Aug 15, 2023
Masculinity and Heroes (part V)
Aug 09, 2023
Jason Aldean and the Frontiersman - Masculinity and Heroes (part IV)
Aug 01, 2023
*UPDATE* SAG/WGA Strike
Jul 27, 2023
The Super-Power-to-Cephalopod-Sex-Pipeline - Masculinity and Heroes (part III)
Jul 18, 2023
Masculinity and Heroes (part II)
Jul 11, 2023
Masculinity and Heroes (part I)
Jul 04, 2023
Online Communities and Fandoms
Jun 27, 2023
The Rhetoric of Whiteness in Media (pt III)
Jun 20, 2023
The Rhetoric of Whiteness in Media (pt II)
Jun 13, 2023
The Rhetoric of Whiteness in Media (pt I)
Jun 06, 2023
The Articulated Other
May 30, 2023
Himpathy and Fridging [recast]
May 23, 2023
Southern Accents [recast]
May 17, 2023
The Women of Game of Thrones w/ Shaylynn Lesinski [recast]
May 09, 2023
Cosmic Powers and Racial Hybridity in Ms. Marvel
May 02, 2023
She-Hulk, Femininity and Tokenism
Apr 25, 2023
The Punisher and the Negro Muse w/ Linsay Cramer and Michael Betts (Part 3)
Apr 19, 2023
Punisher Part 3 **UPDATE**
Apr 18, 2023
The Punisher and Masculine Victimhood w/ Linsay Cramer and Michael Betts (Part 2)
Apr 11, 2023
The Punisher and Whiteness w/ Linsay Cramer and Michael Betts (Part 1)
Apr 04, 2023
Critical Studies and Superheros [Superhero Ethics recast]
Mar 28, 2023
Dilbert and the Problem with Authors
Mar 21, 2023
G.I. Joe and Mining the Children
Mar 14, 2023
Sports as a Bridge w/ Paul Cuadros
Mar 07, 2023
The Anatomy of Comics and Political Discourse w/ Jim Festante
Feb 28, 2023
Survival Street w/ Jim Festante
Feb 21, 2023
Speedball, Penance, and Liberal Redemption [Part 3, GHOT recast]
Feb 14, 2023
Speedball, Penance, and Liberal Redemption [Part 2, GHOT recast]
Feb 07, 2023
Speedball, Penance, and Liberal Redemption [Part 1, GHOT recast]
Jan 31, 2023
The Batman is Dead, Long Live the Batman! w/ Michael Betts
Jan 24, 2023
Wakanda Forever w/ Michael Betts
Jan 17, 2023
Politicking w/ Troy and Kathy
Jan 10, 2023
Guns w/ Troy and Kathy
Jan 03, 2023
Year-End Review and a Look Forward
Dec 28, 2022
The Comic Archival Project w/ Julian Chambliss
Dec 20, 2022
Kids These Days: High School During &After COVID w/ Troy and Kathy
Dec 13, 2022
Medieval Elements in Pop Culture
Dec 06, 2022
Medieval Lit, Food, and Culture
Nov 29, 2022
The Weekly Popup Guest Discussion
Nov 22, 2022
The Heaven and Hell of Pop Media w/ Dan McClellan
Nov 15, 2022
Textual Analysis w/ Dan McClellan
Nov 08, 2022
The Women of Game of Thrones w/ Shaylynn Lesinski [recast]
Nov 02, 2022
The Not Big Two w/ drewxdeficit
Oct 25, 2022
Watchmen as School Literature w/ drewxdeficit
Oct 18, 2022
The Religious Lens
Oct 11, 2022
Visible Depictions of Faith w/ Nav the Poet and Rabbi Lenette
Oct 05, 2022
The Punisher GHOT Episode Discussion
Sep 27, 2022
Logan Movie review and analysis w/ JStoobs (pt 2)
Sep 20, 2022
Logan Movie review and analysis w/ JStoobs (pt 1)
Sep 13, 2022
Just Buy Less Coffee
Sep 06, 2022
Memes, Propaganda, and Birds w/ Andrew Sutherland
Aug 30, 2022
Misinfo vs Disinfo w/ Andrew Sutherland
Aug 23, 2022
How to introduce X-men into the MCU w/ Nur-D
Aug 16, 2022
Blerdness, Music, and Life Experience w/ Nur-D
Aug 09, 2022
Moon Knight w/ Neil Shyminsky
Aug 02, 2022
X-Men and the Great Replacement w/ Neil Shyminsky
Jul 26, 2022
The Batman Movie Discussion (part 2)
Jul 19, 2022
The Batman Movie Discussion (Part 1)
Jul 12, 2022
Archeology of The Walking Dead w/ Howard Williams
Jul 05, 2022
Valhalla, eh? w/ Howard Williams
Jun 28, 2022
Talking to kids about race depictions in the news w/ Jasmine Bradshaw
Jun 21, 2022
Pop Culture and Kids w/ Jasmine Bradshaw
Jun 14, 2022
Where'd your school's librarian go? w/ Damian and Ed from A Geek History of Time
Jun 06, 2022
Pro Wrestling and The Lost Cause Narrative w/ Damian and Ed from A Geek History of Time
May 31, 2022
Tolkien and Allegory w/ Damian and Ed from A Geek History of Time
May 24, 2022
Genre and Interpolation w/ Shaylynn Lesinski
May 18, 2022
Award Shows w/ Shaylynn Lesinski
May 10, 2022
MCU vs Jewish Characters w/ Rabbi Lenette Herzog
May 03, 2022
The Erasure of Jewish Coding in Comic Book Characters w/ Rabbi Lenette Herzog
Apr 26, 2022
Media That Made Us Feel Represented w/ @Barnabyontheinternet
Apr 19, 2022
Reflection and Projection
Apr 12, 2022
Making SciFI & Fantasy Accessible to Minority Youth @Barnabyontheinternet
Apr 05, 2022
Intertwined Fandoms w/ Jeremiah McCoy
Mar 29, 2022
The Cultural Artifacts of TTTRPGs w/ Jeremiah McCoy
Mar 22, 2022
Queer Coding in Comics
Mar 15, 2022
Is it all about the money? No...but, yes.
Mar 08, 2022
Iron Man and Our View of the Future w/ Julian Chambliss
Mar 01, 2022
Today's Cowboy: The Super Hero w/ Phillip Cunningham
Feb 22, 2022
Myths of Greek Antiquity - How the "West" was Won w/ Maxwell Paul
Feb 15, 2022
Greek Mythology and our Stories Today w/ Maxwell Paul
Feb 08, 2022
Can Villains Provide Good Representation? w/ Phillip Cunningham
Feb 01, 2022
Authorship, ownership, fandom, and WoT
Jan 25, 2022
Otherness, Exoticism, and WoT
Jan 18, 2022
The World Building of The Wheel of Time
Jan 11, 2022
Untold/Undertold War Narratives
Jan 04, 2022
Grimdark
Dec 28, 2021
The Toll of Vigilantism
Dec 21, 2021
Social Order vs Social Good - Ways of viewing our Heroes
Dec 14, 2021
Rebels Without A Cause
Dec 07, 2021
DnD, Furies, and Symbolic Convergence w/ Justin Jordan
Nov 30, 2021
How could Beast get it wrong every time? w/ Justin Jordan
Nov 24, 2021
Well, Actually...
Nov 17, 2021
Dances With Wolves In Space
Nov 09, 2021
The Prison of Advocacy's Labor
Nov 02, 2021
Cap's Missed Opportunities
Oct 26, 2021
Choices, choices. CRT perspectives on the media we consume.
Oct 20, 2021
Tenants of CRT Part 2 of Part 2
Oct 12, 2021
Tenants of CRT Part 2 (Part 1)
Oct 05, 2021
What's the deal with Critical Race Theory? (Part I)
Sep 28, 2021
I'm a Monster! Our infatuation with True Crime w/ Julia Largent
Sep 21, 2021
The TRUTH about Documentaries w/ Julia Largent
Sep 14, 2021
Nerd Culture
Sep 07, 2021
*After Hours* with Dr. C - Comparing Notes on Religion
Sep 02, 2021
Sikhism and Popular Culture
Sep 01, 2021
Batman and how billionaires deal with trauma
Aug 24, 2021
Invincible, superiority complex, and race
Aug 17, 2021
Latino? LatinX? Our comic book heroes
Aug 10, 2021
Latinidad/Latin Identity in pop culture
Aug 03, 2021
Women and Science Fiction
Jul 27, 2021
Fandom and Sexism
Jul 20, 2021
Southern Accents
Jul 13, 2021
Representation and Asian Women
Jul 06, 2021
The Politics of Heavy Metal
Jun 29, 2021
Capitalism, Fascism, and The Boys
Jun 22, 2021
Nostalgia, MonoMyth, and Starwars
Jun 15, 2021
Coding, Representation, and Jewish super heroes
Jun 08, 2021
The Jewish Creators of Super Heroes and Comic Books
Jun 01, 2021
Wonder Woman Origins and evolution
May 25, 2021
Himpathy and Fridging
May 18, 2021
The Women of Game of Thrones
May 11, 2021
Frank Castle and the Police
May 04, 2021
The X-Men Universe
Apr 27, 2021
Preview to Dr. C's office hours
Apr 15, 2021