About this podcast
Two professors who love pop culture discuss why everything old (in movies, tv, music, and fashion) is new again. PhDs in History, advanced training in sass. Don’t forget to read your footnotes!
21 episodes · history
History Harpies: Pop Culture, Past and Present
About this podcast
Two professors who love pop culture discuss why everything old (in movies, tv, music, and fashion) is new again. PhDs in History, advanced training in sass. Don’t forget to read your footnotes!
Recent episodes
- Yes, He Is Eddie Murphy, Dammit! (Ft. Boomerang, Bowfinger, and Dolemite Is My Name)25 Apr · 40 min
- Yes, Pop Culture Invented Friend Groups (Ft. Love is Blind, The Big Chill, and St Elmo’s Fire)2 Apr · 1 h 12 min
- No, Cathy and Heathcliff Aren’t Hollywood’s First Mad Lovers (Ft. Wuthering Heights, Body Heat, & 9 1/2 Weeks)11 Mar · 1 h 10 min
- No, Rob Reiner Didn’t Invent Rom-Coms, But He Perfected Them (Ft. When Harry Met Sally, The Sure Thing, and It Happened One Night)8 Feb · 1 h 09 min
- Yes, Rebels Are Always On the Run (Ft. One Battle After Another, North By Northwest, and Running on Empty)14 Jan · 1 h 07 min
- Yes, Hollywood Has Always Turned the Camera on Itself (Ft. The Studio, Jay Kelly, and The Player)8 Dec 2025 · 1 h 21 min
- Yes, Teachers and Students Are Always Complicated (Ft. After the Hunt, The Children’s Hour, & Tea and Sympathy)17 Nov 2025 · 1 h 11 min
- No, Don't Let That Dashingly Handsome Vampire Inside (Ft. Sinners, Dracula, and Interview With the Vampire)29 Oct 2025 · 1 h 13 min
- Yes, Nicole Kidman Has Always Been a Sexy Bold Queen (Ft. Dead Calm, To Die For, Eyes Wide Shut, and Babygirl)14 Oct 2025 · 1 h 11 min
- Yes, Mothers and Daughters Are Always Complicated (Ft. Mommie Dearest, Black Swan, and Unknown Number)30 Sept 2025 · 1 h 29 min
podlinkr.com/en/history-harpies-pop-culture-past-and-present
For a poster or slide.