Shows
Word Balloon Comics PodcastBatman Day Special: Glen Weldon Unmasks The Caped CrusadeToday on Word Balloon, we’re joined by a voice familiar to anyone who loves smart, insightful pop culture commentary — Glen Weldon, longtime NPR contributor and co-host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. Glen is also the author of The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture, a sharp, witty, and deeply researched look at how the Dark Knight has evolved across comics, TV, and film — and how fandom itself has grown right alongside him.From campy ’60s TV to grim ’80s reinventions, and into Batman’s role as a billion-dollar movie icon, Glen traces how this one characte...
2025-09-201h 05
This DaySuperman's Politics w/ Glen Wheldon [Some Sunday Context]This episode is part of our "Some Sunday Context" series, new conversations and favorites from the archives that give some context for the biggest stories of the moment. Today: with a new Superman movie leading to a whole discourse about what he represents, we revisit a conversation with NPR's Glen Weldon about the comic book origins of the Man of Steel, and how he's always reflected the politics of this country throghout the last 85+ years.Be sure to check out Glen’s work on Pop Culture Happy Hour, and his book: “Superman: An Unauthorized Biography.”Help o...
2025-07-1331 minThis DaySuperman's Politics w/ Glen Wheldon [Some Sunday Context]This episode is part of our "Some Sunday Context" series, new conversations and favorites from the archives that give some context for the biggest stories of the moment. Today: with a new Superman movie leading to a whole discourse about what he represents, we revisit a conversation with NPR's Glen Weldon about the comic book origins of the Man of Steel, and how he's always reflected the politics of this country throghout the last 85+ years.Be sure to check out Glen’s work on Pop Culture Happy Hour, and his book: “Superman: An Unauthorized Biography.”Help o...
2025-07-1331 min
FilmspottingTop 5 Batman/Superman Moments with Glen Weldon and Chris Klimek (Archive)With a new SUPERMAN coming to theaters, we're sharing a Top 5 from the Zack Snyder era: Batman/Superman Moments featuring Adam joined by Pop Culture Happy Hour's Glen Weldon and Chris Klimek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2025-07-0945 min
Podcast Editing and Support - True Media SolutionsMastering Podcast Editing - How Editors Elevate Speech and Sound QualityEpisode 15 - Mastering Podcast Editing - How Editors Elevate Speech and Sound QualityWhat Podcast Editors Look for During Editing SessionsPodcast editing involves a meticulous process where producers focus on enhancing various aspects of the audio content. Here's a breakdown of what they aim for:Naturalistic Speech: Editors listen keenly for speech that sounds authentic and flows naturally. This entails ensuring the host's delivery is smooth, with appropriate cadences, inflections, and pauses. For example, they might smooth out any awkward pauses or remove instances of stuttering to maintain a seamless listening experience.Intelligibility...
2024-07-0125 min
The Original CastGlen Weldon / My Fair Lady - Original Cast (1958) *FLASHBACK*originally released: April 21, 2021 NPR’s Glen Weldon is here for the musical that (according to him) made him gay. Topics include: Herb Alpert (not the dirty one), Charles Emerson Winchester III, Doolittle as a father, Nathan Lane chewing scenery, Eliza’s agency, keeping media fresh, and why album covers are important. Glen Weldon’s Profile on NPR dot org Playbill’s “The Definitive List of the 43 Best-Selling Cast Recordings of All Time” by Logan Culwell-Block Featured recordings: My Fair Lady - Original Cast (1958) • My Fair Lady - Original Broadway Cast (1956) • Bri...
2024-04-171h 20
A Degree Absolute!Merry Christmas With the Moms and Dads: Yuletunes Eclectic & Inexplicable XVIII — Hall Deckening, Part OneWARNING: THIS IS NOT AN EPISODE OF THE BELOVED AND INFLUENTIAL PODCAST "A DEGREE ABSOLUTE!" Yippe kai yay, Christmas lovers. It’s your buddy Chris — sans Glen this time — with yet another installment in the metronomically reliable and stereoscopicaly hi-fi-able yuletunes eclectic and inexplicable compilation series. This is installment 18 — they grow up so fast! Which makes it the Ulysses S. Grant edition in the schema of U.S. Presidents. In the discography of Prince, may he rest in power, this would be the Emancipation edition. It’s the Tomorrow Never Dies entry, in EON productions James Bond parlance. ...
2023-12-2536 min
This DaySuperman Gets Sold For $130 (1938) w/ Glen WeldonIt’s March 5th. In 1938, the two original creators of Superman sold the character to what would become DC Comics for $130.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie are joined by NPR’s Glen Weldon to discuss the early days of Superman, the IP cautionary tale — and how the hero has reflected political and social changes throughout the decades.
Be sure to check out Glen’s work on Pop Culture Happy Hour, and his book: “Superman: An Unauthorized Biography.”
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
2023-03-0528 minThis DaySuperman Gets Sold For $130 (1938) w/ Glen WeldonIt’s March 5th. In 1938, the two original creators of Superman sold the character to what would become DC Comics for $130.
Jody, NIki, and Kellie are joined by NPR’s Glen Weldon to discuss the early days of Superman, the IP cautionary tale — and how the hero has reflected political and social changes throughout the decades.
Be sure to check out Glen’s work on Pop Culture Happy Hour, and his book: “Superman: An Unauthorized Biography.”
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
2023-03-0528 min
A Degree Absolute!Yulemix 2022 Side BWARNING: THIS IS NOT AN EPISODE OF THE BELOVED AND INFLUENTIAL PODCAST "A DEGREE ABSOLUTE!" The yulemix enters its Pierce Brosnan era with this seventeenth senses-shattering installment! It's another paradoxically digital yule (ana)log, optimized to obfuscate and illuminate your holiday season. Each side will conveniently fit onto a one side of a 100-minute cassette. Break off those recording tabs and commence hall-decking, revelers! "A DEGREE ABSOLUTE!" SHALL RETURN!
2022-12-2355 min
2022-12-091h 00
A Degree Absolute!The Airborne Yuletide Event [Side A]WARNING: THIS IS NOT AN EPISODE OF THE BELOVED AND INFLUENTIAL PODCAST "A DEGREE ABSOLUTE!" The yulemix enters its Pierce Brosnan era with this seventeenth senses-shattering installment! It's another paradoxically digital yule (ana)log, optimized to obfuscate and illuminate your holiday season. Each side will conveniently fit onto a one side of a 100-minute cassette. Break off those recording tabs and commence hall-decking, revelers! "A DEGREE ABSOLUTE!" SHALL RETURN!
2022-12-0252 min
A Degree Absolute!The Computer Wore Menace ShoesIt's a Y2K-pop extravaganza as Chris and Glen emerge from their unplanned and unannounced hiatus to dissect 72-year-old Patty McG's brief-but-memorable guest appearance reprising the role of Number Six for (the final eight minutes of) the Season 12 Simpsons episode "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes." Cowabunga! The Simpsons, season 12, episode six — "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" Written by John Swartzwelder Directed by Mark Kirkland Originally aired December 3, 2000 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on...
2022-11-1456 min
A Degree Absolute!BRASS TARGET with Keith PhippsOur guest Keith Phipps is not just a sterling critic and a dad — an essential component when we cover a movie as openly paternal as 1978’s post-WWII espionage thriller Brass Target. He is also the author of new book examining the career of a singularly idiosyncratic actor. A Degree Absolute! endorses Keith’s book Age of Cage absolutely. And Brass Target? Well, minute-for-minute, it has the most undiluted Patty McG purity rating of any film we’ve covered save perhaps for Braveheart. It’s much harder to find than that one but worth the hunt for those such as we...
2022-08-041h 46
A Degree Absolute!Darling / Schizoid / Checkmate (THE PRISONER 2009, part two)It's More Talk About A-Frames and Holes as we slog dutifully through the back half of The Prisoner's 2009 Jim Caviezel-and-Ian McKellen-starring update. It turns out Chris did review Serenity, the Steven Knight film he referes to 54 minutes into this episode. Read that review if you wish! Darling, Schiozid, and Checkmate Written by Bill Gallagher Directed by Nick Hurran Initial airdate: November 15 & 16, 2009 Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Write or send a voicemail to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adeg...
2022-07-201h 17
A Degree Absolute!Arrival / Harmony / Anvil (THE PRISONER 2009, part one)We’ve got good news and bad news for you, Villagers: After a long sojourn examining Patty McG’s eclectic-not-checkered filmography, we’ve returned to Prisoner content… in the form of the 2009 Jim Caviezel-and-Ian McKellen-starring update. At Glen’s suggestion, we are devoting a mere two episodes to this six-episode series, because inflation. Who’s hungry for a wrap? Arrival, Harmony, and Anvil Written by Bill Gallagher Directed by Nick Hurran Initial airdate: November 15 & 16, 2009 Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Write or sen...
2022-07-061h 15
A Degree Absolute!A TIME TO KILL with Linda HolmesMatty McC meets Patty McG in the battle you didn’t know you wanted to McSee! Look, A Time to Kill, the fourth big-studio adaptation of a John Grisham legal thriller to hit theaters in a 37-month period during the first Clinton Administration, is not a great showcase for our man Patty McG. There are just too many high-caliber, high-profile, and high-maintenance players in its stacked cast, and probably too much studio pressure for him to get away with anything weird. (Braveheart, released 14 months earlier, was a long time ago.) Company-man director Joel Schumacher seems to have sa...
2022-06-082h 04
A Degree Absolute!BABY, SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND with Jordan MorrisTerrible fonts! Racist tropes! Puppetty brontos! A doomed marriage! A movie that was made for no one! Plus Paddy McG phoning it in - hardly a single trilled R! Listen, and catch the opposite of a fever! Prolific podmedian & Eisner Award nominee Jordan Morris joins us to carbon-date a seminal document of his dino-loving youth, BABY, SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND! Starring Rachel the Replicant, The Greatest American Hero, For He's a Julian Fellowes, & Patty McG as the heel. Baby, Secret of the Lost Legend Screenplay by Clifford and Ellen Green
2022-05-251h 35
A Degree Absolute!ALL NIGHT LONG with Casey Erin ClarkMOOR COWBELL! Slip into your cardigan, roll yourself a jazz cigarette, and prepare to savor one of Patty McG's most sinister heel turns as our lovely theme-song singer Casey Erin Clark joins us to deconstruct All Night Long, director Basil Dearden's 1962 adaptation of Othello set in the London jazz scene. PLUS! Casey draws upon her expertise as a voice coach and musician to examine several of McGoohan's most distinctive vocal performances, and presents her findings to the court. All Night Long Screenplay by Neil King and Paul Jarraco Directed by Basil Dearden
2022-05-042h 02
The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & ReviewsSommelierGlen Weldon from NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour joins us to discuss the songs that have automatically qualified for the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final.
Standing Summary
France - Alvan & Ahez - "Fulenn" (2:54)
Germany - Malik Harris - "Rockstars" (6:54)
Spain - Chanel - "SloMo" (11:49)
United Kingdom - Sam Ryder - "SPACE MAN" (15:07)
Italy - Mahmood e Blanco - "Brividi" (20:04)
Eurovision 2022 Sommelier (25:37)
Eurovision 2022 Review Series
Semi-Final 1 Part 1
Semi-Final 1 Part 2
Semi-Final 1 Part 3
Semi-Final 2 Part 1
Semi-Final 2 Part 2
Semi-Final 2 Part 3
Auto-Qualifiers
Subscribe
The EuroWhat? Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. When you subscribe, please rat...
2022-05-0332 min
Maximum Film!Episode 243: 'The Batman' with Glen WeldonBecome a MaxFun supporter or boost/upgrade your membership! maximumfun.org/joinMatt Reeves' new Batman movie (maybe you heard about it?) is finally streaming, and we’re commemorating the moment with Batman nerd – ahem, EXPERT – Glen Weldon. Plus, what made-up movie drug haunts our panelists’ dreams? It’s a MaxFunDrive spectacular!What’s GoodAlonso: shelled pistachiosDrea: Life in Looks on YouTubeGlen: First time/long time! & Star Trek: Strange New WorldsIfy: Apex Legends - Newcastle!ITIDICJustin Lin Has Stepped Down as the Director of Fast XVio...
2022-04-291h 07
Library Land LovesLibrary Land Loves Pop Culture (with NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour)This keynote conversation was recorded at the 2022 OLA Super Conference.
Get obsessed with us. OLA is thrilled to bring the hosts of National Public Radio’s Pop Culture Happy Hour to chat about how pop culture will save us all. From lowbrow to highbrow, what culture are we consuming during our pandemic journey? And more importantly, what culture is making us happy this week?
Join arts journalists Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon and Stephen Thompson in conversation with Michelle Arbuckle about all the culture that’s fit to talk about.
Five days a week, Pop C...
2022-04-1151 min
A Degree Absolute!KINGS AND DESPERATE MENA movie for McGoohan die-hards that creator Alexis Kanner the Once-Boxed sued the makers of Die Hard over! Paddy McG and Kanner! Squaring off, with a Montreal radio show as their Thunderdome. A film with all the makings of a taut thriller involving hostages, a building wired with explosives, and McG in fine form: Rolling them Rs! Slamming them consonants! Playing drunk! Almost evincing sexual-adjacent desire! Features more overlapping dialogue than if you played Nashville, A Wedding, and McCabe & Mrs. Miller all at once! Kings and Desperate Men Shot 1977; released (sort of) 1981 Write...
2022-04-061h 33
A Degree Absolute!THE MOONSHINE WARPatty McG's first major project after The Prisoner wrapped up in early 1968 was The Moonshine War, for Sex and the Single Girl director (and title-song lyricist!) Richard Quine. Quine did not write this film's remarkably concise and descriptive title song, "The Ballad of Moonshine," leaving that to Hank Williams, Jr. The great crime writer Elmore Leonard adapted the screenplay of The Moonshine War from his own 1969 novel. No one will argue it's on the level of later, adapted-by-other-screenwriters Leonard translations like Get Shorty, Jackie Brown, Out of Sight, or the TV series Justified, but the seeds are here.
2022-03-231h 27
A Degree Absolute!THE THREE LIVES OF THOMASINA with Josh SpiegelDoes Mister-not-Doctor Andrew MacDuhui (Paddy McG) hate pets? (He does not, no matter what his low-information neighbors in the fictional Scottish town of Inveronoch think.) Did Walt Disney hate cats? (Our very special guest Disney expert, Josh Spiegel, makes a compelling case.) Were animals harmed during the making of this motion picture? (Most certainly, regrettably.) Our principled stand against pandering to the Internet's insatiable appetite for cat content crumbles as we pad, paw, 'n' claw our merryish way through... The Three Lives of Thomasina Written by Robert Westerby, from...
2022-03-092h 00
IMDb Is ObsessedThree Classic Films to Stream with NPR's Glen WeldonGlen Weldon, host of NPR’s “Pop Culture Happy Hour,” joins Lizzie and Alex to discuss their favorite classic films that you can stream right now. Find out who chose ‘The Night of the Hunter,’ ‘High Noon,’ and ‘Auntie Mame.’ Discover why they love these films, where you can watch them, and more on this special episode of “IMDb Is Obsessed”!Find additional content about IMDb Is Obsessed at IMDb.com/podcasts.Follow IMDb on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...
2022-02-2532 min
A Degree Absolute!THE SCARECROW OF ROMNEY MARSH with Margaret H. WillisonOn February 9, 1964, Ed Sullivan introduced a band from Liverpool, England formerly known as The Quarrymen to an estimated 73 million viewers of his primetime CBS variety show. And down the dial on NBC, the anthology series Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color drew an audience of something less than 73 million for the first installment of its three-part The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, an adaptation of Russell Thorndike and William Buchanan's novel Christopher Syn starring our man Patty McG as an 18th century man of the cloth* by day/masked-smuggler-by-night who helps the common people by... paying their taxes, we think...
2022-02-231h 41
A Degree Absolute!SILVER STREAK with Ronald Young Jr.Pop some vitamin E before listening, because it's gonna be hug 'n' munch all the way to Chicago! Solvable host Ronald Young, Jr. joins Glen and Chris to examine Silver Streak, ostensibly a hybrid romantic thriller / buddy comedy that gave the world the long-running Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor screen partnership and was a huge hit upon its release in 1976. America's bicentennial anum was a great a year for movies, more despite Silver Streak than because of it, but hey, the movie features a loveably smarmy Columbo-era Patrick McGoohan as the despicable villain. Along with a lot of trite and...
2022-02-091h 42
A Degree Absolute!BOXING DAY SPECIAL: Let's Talk About Christmas (2019 yulemix)CAUTION: This is not an episode of A Degree Absolute! This is a halldecking aid. Happy Boxing Day, Degree Absolutionists! With Glen still waging his one-man war on Christmas from the sunny heathen hinterlands of Miami, I, Chris, have made an executive decision to use up our vacant server space this month to re-present my 2019 holiday mixtape, "Let's Talk About Christmas!" And if you don't want to talk about, hear about, or think about Christmas, fear not! You can skip this non-episode entirely and catch us when regular programming returns in January. I wr...
2021-12-261h 45
A Degree Absolute!Cheer Is the Mind-Killer—Yuletunes Eclectic & Inexplicable XVI [Side B]#Yulemix21 ABIDES! In this second half of my XVIth senses-shattering installment in the apparently unkillable Yuletunes Eclectic & Inexplicable series, Chris attempts penance for preempting your regularly-scheduled podcast with my mixtape by roping Glen & Casey in for some festive preamble before we get to the damn tape. Those halls aren't going to deck themselves, merrymakers!
2021-12-231h 11
A Degree Absolute!Yulemix 2021This is not an episode of A DEGREE ABSOLUTE! This is a halldecking aid. A DEGREE ABSOLUTE! shall return. What this is is the sixteenth installment in what has become a venerable holiday tradition that invariably makes me feel unhinged in the final couple of months of each year. Sixteen! They grow up so fast. The Yuletunes Eclectic & Inexplicable compilation series, most installments of which remain available to stream—I wish this had not become a joke—my Soundcloud is now as licensed to drive as any Cory. In the chronology of the EON Productions James Bond film...
2021-12-1257 minA Degree Absolute!BRAVEHEART with Alexandra PetriIt's primae noctis for your ears because we can put it off no longer: The quintuple-Academy Award-winning a-historical epic Braveheart is the most widely seen and, your hosts agree, best latter-day expression of undiluted Patrick McGooted. The Washington Post's Alexandra Petri returns to discuss her journalist doppelganger, the New York Times' Alexandra Petri, and to share with Glen the virgin Braveheart experience. Freeeeeeeeeeeedommmmmmm! Given the volume of Star Wars talk that seems to follow (the Post's) Petri around, it's a wonder we forgot to mention that Braveheart was produced by Alan "Laddie" Ladd, Jr., who 20 years earlier...
2021-11-171h 54
A Degree Absolute!Our Top Six TwosTHERE CAN BE ONLY TWO(s) as Chris & Glen rank their top six on this week’s exciting episode! Thanks to @UrbanSpaceMan64 for suggesting the topic. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead "Break Me Ge...
2021-11-0358 min
A Degree Absolute!MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTSIt’s the Notorious V.R.G. v. the founder of the Jackson Fivehead in this 16th century showdown among two dope queens—and we don’t mean Timothy Dalton & Ian Holm! PLUS: Jimmy Stewart! Current Release Corner! Dispatches from the French of Liberty, Kansas! Mary, Queen of Scots Written by John Hale Directed by Charles Jarrott Released December 1971 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our...
2021-10-271h 31
A Degree Absolute!THE HARD WAY with Patrick FlynnIt's Patty McG v. Lee Va C as Original Cast host Patrick Flynn joins Chris & Glen to discuss the existential 1980 thriller The Hard Way. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead "I Learned the Hard...
2021-10-061h 47
A Degree Absolute!Shattered VisageChris and Glen discuss Dean Motter & Mark Askwith's 1988 four-volume comic book sequel to the unclassifiable and unforgettable TV series. The A Place to Hang Your Cape interview with Dean Motter we discuss in this episode is here. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark...
2021-09-251h 25
A Degree Absolute!THE PHANTOMAn increasingly besotted Glen & unceasingly bemused Chris wax purple on THE PHANTOM, 1996’s two-fisted failed franchise starter with Billy Zane as the 30s comic strip hero who coulda been called WHITE PANTHER & Patty McG as the Ghost Who Walks™ ’s… Ghost Dad? The Phantom Written by Jeffrey Boam Directed by Simon Wincer Released June 7, 1996 Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute...
2021-09-081h 54
A Degree Absolute!SCANNERS with Alexandra PetriDemocracy dies in dorkiness this week as the brilliant Washington Post columnist, essayist, playwright and retired (?) Emo Sith Lord Alexandra Petri joins us to autopsy David Cronenberg's 1981 explosive migrane of a cult classic Scanners, featuring 24 minutes of a possibly first-billed, maybe third-billed, but unequivocally box-named-on-the poster Patty McG as a, um, North American mad scientist named... Dr. Ruth. Glen is determined to spark an international incident by dismissing Steven Lack, the picture's aptly named lead player, as "Canadian hot" while assessing future Lion in Winter star Michael Ironside as "Philadelphia hot." It's a ripe program, this one...
2021-09-011h 34A Degree Absolute!Mail Call! The Dog Days of Summer EditionChris freestyles and epic poem about getting his iPhone replaced and eventually he and Glen dig deep into the too-long-neglected mailbag. Casey sings a reader-penned jingle. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead "Nobody Does It B...
2021-08-2756 min
A Degree Absolute!ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ with Jesse ThornMaximum Fun? More like maximum security! Maximum Fun podcast network founder and San Francisco native Jesse Thorn joins us this week to tunnel through the crumbling walls of Escape From Alcatraz, the 1979 Clint Eastwood-starring dramatization of the real 1962 prison break, featuring Patty McG as…The Warden. Stunt casting doesn’t get any stuntier, though Glen and I differ on exactly how much The Artist Formerly Known Only as Number Six contributes to the 115-minute picture in his roughly 10 minutes of screen time. Escape From Alcatraz Directed by Don Siegel Screenplay by Richa...
2021-08-181h 43
A Degree Absolute!McGoohan on COLUMBO with Linda HolmesDID YOU KNOW that Columbophiles are properly nomenclatured Columboheads or Trenchcoatheads? DID YOU KNOW that fans who divide their sympathies equally among Patrick McGoohan and Peter Falk are formally designated McGalks? Pal Linda Holmes joins Glen & Chris to investigate Patty McG’s historic run as a four-time Columbo killer / five-time Columbo director. Brandon Routh, the George Lazenby of Supermen despite being admirably heighted to the role, also gets a surprising quotient of airtime on this typically tangent-tolerant episode of our private, personal, by-hand, punchcard-driven podcast! Read Linda's November 2020 essay on her pandemic discovery of...
2021-08-111h 41A Degree Absolute!LOST in America with Jen ChaneyVulture TV critic and noted Lindelofologist Jen Chaney joins us to examine the influence of THE PRISONER on subsequent stranded-by-the-seaside puzzle-box shows like LOST. Plus we once again pop The Hatch on the mailbag. Read Jen's definitive oral history of the LOST finale here! Follow her on Twitter here! Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey...
2021-07-281h 37A Degree Absolute!Some Impersonal NewsWrite to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Leave us a five-star review with your hottest Prisoner take on Apple Podcasts! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar, Percussion, Mixing by Jonathan Clark Bass by Marcus Newstead
2021-07-2102 min
A Degree Absolute!Fall OutPatty McG has claimed he was driven out of England after this puzzling final episode of The Prisoner debuted on Feb. 1, 1968. McGoohan admitted to financier Lew Grade that he'd been bluffing a year prior when he told the moneyman that he had an ending in mind for the strange new series he'd proposed. While this episode certainly reflects its creator's exasperation and exhaustion, it's more satisfying than any conventional resolution of the show's myriad mysteries could possibly have been... isn't it? "Fall Out" Written and directed by Patrick McGoohan Original airdate...
2021-07-141h 45
A Degree Absolute!Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (the band, the filmmakers, the supertalented PRISONER superfans)I (Chris) have long suspected The Prisoner is a show with a particular appeal to creative people, and I love to be proven right. Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling is a Prisoner-inspired punk duo comprised of filmmakers/musicians/writers/creators/etc. Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein. When we saw their video for "Arrival" — a meticulous, two-years-in-the making recreation of The Prisoner's opening title sequence — we knew we had to meet them. From this wildly ambitious and improbably successful short film, they graduated to making features, as they tell us in a conversation that reaches far b...
2021-07-071h 02
Jordan, Jesse, GO!Ep. 694: Stack the Smites with Glen WeldonGlen Weldon joins Jordan and Jesse to talk about his new cabin lifestyle and what it's like to see a fox roaming around your yard, how nature documentaries can be ruined by the behind-the-scenes features, and the giant two-headed shark that he beheaded in his DND campaign as Gnorm the Oathbreaker. Plus, Glen has a great new book out about podcasting!
2021-07-031h 27
Jordan, Jesse, GO!Ep. 694: Stack the Smites with Glen WeldonGlen Weldon (Pop Culture Happy Hour, NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide) joins Jordan and Jesse to talk about his new cabin lifestyle and what it's like to see a fox roaming around your yard, how nature documentaries can be ruined by the behind-the-scenes features, and the giant two-headed shark he beheaded in his DND campaign as Gnorm the Oathbreaker. Plus, Glen has a great new book out about podcasting! Check it out!And if you haven't checked out Bubble yet – what are you waiting for?!
2021-07-031h 27
A Degree Absolute!Once Upon a TimeShot in December 1966 under the title "Degree Absolute" and not broadcast until more than a year later when it became The Prisoner's penultimate — and, we agree, ultimate — episode, "Once Upon a Time" is the real thing. A bottle episode that locks GOAT Number Two Leo McKern and Number Six in the black-box "Embryo Room" and compels them to reenact the Seven Ages of Man that that glover's son from Stratford wrote about, shooting it almost killed McKern. And talking about it almost killed us! Our private, personal, by-hand, punchcard-driven discursive dissection of this epistemological epic is more tangent-tolerant than ever...
2021-06-301h 58
Don’t Miss The Most Critically-Acclaimed Full Audiobook Today!NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide by Glen WeldonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/16434to listen full audiobooks.
Title: NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide
Author: Glen Weldon
Narrator: Glen Weldon, full cast
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 06-29-21
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 26 ratings
Genres: Content Creation & Social Media
Publisher's Summary:
Whoever you are, whatever you love, there’s a podcast audience waiting for you, and in today’s booming audio storytelling landscape, it’s never been easier to share your voice with the world. But while the barrier to entry for podcast production is relatively low, the learning curve is steep - and quality matter...
2021-06-297h 44
Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentNPR's Podcast Start Up Guide: Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast on Any Budget by Glen WeldonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/460678 to listen full audiobooks. Title: NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide: Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast on Any Budget Author: Glen Weldon Narrator: Glen Weldon, Various Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 29, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: From NPR comes the definitive guide to podcasting—featuring step-by-step advice on how to find a unique topic, tell the best stories, and engage the most listeners, as well as the secrets that will take your pod to the next level. Whoever yo...
2021-06-2910 min
A Degree Absolute!EXTRASODE: Village Mailbag, Indoors & OutChris and Glen respond to listener email and then take up a tactical position on the western emplacement of Glen's Remote Mountain Stronghold to discuss their IRL reunion and promised viewing of Rob Marshall's Best Picture-winning 2002 film version of John Kander & Fred Ebb's Chicago. Which has precisely nothing to do with The Prisoner but hey, we are, famously, a tangent-tolerant podcast. Then they read a few more listener emails. It's a bit anticlimactic, honestly. But the reunion was lovely, as are your emails. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! L...
2021-06-261h 01
HomophiliaGlen WeldonAll-around dream guest Glen Weldon is here to chat with Matt and Dave about the gay undertones of Luca, Anthony Mackie's take on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, We Are Lady Parts, Hacks, Girls5Eva, Hot White Heist, Glen's podcast recommendations and highlights from his new book NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide, behind the scenes of Pop Culture Happy Hour, working in PR and getting into writing, how Glen met his husband of 22 years, recording at home, leaf blowers, self-discovery, high school, and how Glen got his signature arms. Grab Glen's new book, NPR's Podcast Start Up Guide...
2021-06-2556 minA Degree Absolute!ICE STATION ZEBRA with Matt GourleyWhat If Jimmy Page played a session with Stillwater? Our podcastin' inspiration Matt Gourley joins us for a Cinerama epic of an episode that we didn't plan to release on Father's Day week, but the cookie happened to crumble serendipitously. Because our subject is a genuine, certified, no-foolin’ Dad Movie, Ice Station Zebra, based on The Guns of Navarone author Alistair MacLean's novel Ice Station Zebra. The moderately thrilling Cold War thriller that Patty McG cheated on The Prisoner with is an all-star affair featuring Rock “The Dwayne” Hudson, Ernest “Resistance is Futile” Borgnine, Jim “One Night in Miami” Br...
2021-06-231h 36
A Degree Absolute!The Girl Who Was DeathNumber Six must elude the tender embrace of a lady who probably uses pseudonyms at least as often as he does in a late-in-the-run-but-lavish filler episode that sends up the spy genre circa ’67 & burns plenty of Sir Lew Grade’s money. (He refused to finance a floated 90-minute version.) Justine Lord and Kenneth Griffiths are your magnificent guest stars, and Patty McG appears to be having a grand old time in the relatively few scenes where he's onscreen. Apparently he was called back to Los Angeles for a few more weeks of shooting on Ice Station Zebra late...
2021-06-161h 33
A Degree Absolute!Living in Harmony with Ben BlackerProlific screenwriter, prosewriter, comic book writer, and podcaster Ben Blacker — co-creator of the magnificent monthly-live-show-turned-podcast The Thrilling Adventure Hour, and its delightful Western parody feature, Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars, among his many other notable and impressive credentials — joins us this week to dissect "Living in Harmony," perhaps the curviest of The Prisoner's curveball episodes. With script editor George Markstein out, Patty McG and David Tomblin put out a call for The Prisoner story ideas. Ian Rakoff, a film editor with no prior screenwriting experience, responded with a pitch for a Western-themed episode, and did not learn until...
2021-06-091h 19
A Degree Absolute!Do Not Forsake Me Oh My DarlingIt seems Patty McG had softened his "don't call it television because television cuts corners and we'll never ever do that" position by the time of The Prisoner's much-abbreviated second and final season, because for most of the production of this week's episode he decided his time would be better spent in Los Angeles co-starring in John Sturges' unmemorable 1968 thriller Ice Station Zebra with Rock Hudson, Ernest "Resistance Is Futile" Borgnine, and Jim Brown. "Chimes of Big Ben" screenwriter Vincent Tilsey got the unenviable job of coming up with a Prisoner story that would require neither the...
2021-05-311h 39A Degree Absolute!A Change of MindNumber Six's Public Enemy Number Six act is getting tired — and what is alternately referred to within a single scene as The Committee, The Council, and The Commission will tolerate it for only so long before they decree that their prize captive must undergo Instant Social Conversion. It's a procedure so chilling that Number Eighty-Six (the marvelous Angela Browne) must narrate it step-by-step, and very, very slowly, so as not to induce panic. John Sharpe is our unctuous, openly misogynistic Number Two. Happily, we get to see Six's homebuilt crossfit gym in the woods once again. "A Ch...
2021-05-261h 31A Degree Absolute!It's Your FuneralThere's an assassination plot afoot in The Village, and Number Six must protect his oppressor to spare his fellow Villagers. Derren Nesbitt is our Number Two and Annette Andre is our Girl Friday. Neither one of them could stand their scene partner an (uncredited) director, Patty McG. Pink-blazered henchman Mark Eden didn't hate him, but he did resent his attempt to strangle him on camera. This creative tension results in one of The Prisoner's most rewarding episodes, replete with crossfit and and Kosho and lots more. Plus, listener mail! "It's Your Funeral" Written...
2021-05-191h 18
Gayest Episode EverBatgirl Is a Little Gay Boy's Fantasy"Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin" (September 14, 1967) The final season of the 1966 live-action Batman series saw the debut of Batgirl, a twirling, high-kicking female hero created to get more girls invested in the series — and more dads to keep paying attention. But Batgirl's creators didn't count on the fact that they were creating the exact kind of character that little gay boys would become obsessed with. Thanks in part to Yvonne Craig's spot-on performance, Barbara Gordon (a.k.a. Batgirl) became one of the most queer-friendly aspects to an already queer series, and joining us discuss her big debut is...
2021-05-121h 42
A Degree Absolute!Hammer into AnvilPride Goethe before a fall. To boldy Goethe where no one has gone before. Just how well do you know your Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? Patrick Cargill is back from "Many Happy Returns" and in Number Six's crosshairs after he drives a woman to suicide two minutes into the episode. And so begins Six's campaign of vengeance via psychological warfare. >Featuring Basil Hoskins as Number Fourteen, the man who challenges Six to an ostensibly (per the script) dirty, not-according-to-Hoyle game of... Kosho. Written by Roger Woddis Directed by Pat...
2021-05-121h 30
A Degree Absolute!CheckmateWe are all of us pawns, my dear, in this quintessential Prisoner episode that some observers believe should've aired third in the run but didn't surface until much later. Wherever it belongs, what is undisputed is that it combines an underdeveloped chess metaphor with another conspiracy to escape The Village and an important life lesson for Number Six about how one should treat one's fellows. You might say that the real jailbreak was the friends he utterly failed to make along the way. But on the plus side, Peter Wyngarde is this episode's Number Two, and his s...
2021-05-051h 26
A Degree Absolute!Dance of the DeadIt's Carnival in The Village, and Dance of the Dead — an episode that was nearly scuttled on account of Patrick McGoohan's disdain for it (and refusal to shoot at least part of its climactic scene) — offers a fascinating glimpse into The Prisoner's conflicting aesthetic priorities. Marry Morris, our latest Number Two, is a memorable malefactor whom Glen admits he’d like to have as his mom. He also laments the undisciplined nature of her color-coded-or-not telephone system, and goads Chris into railing against the cosmic obliviousness of umbrella-users. You also get a great heel turn by Aub...
2021-04-281h 14
A Degree Absolute!Many Happy ReturnsThe first half of this episode is dialogue-free! This episode of The Prisoner, that is, not this episode of A Degree Absolute!, though that's the sort of formal experimentation we'd be game to try. Anywho, Number Six awakens in an inexplicably raptured Village and opts for the seaborne escape route, where starvation, pirates, and intrigue await. As does Georgina Cookson, on whom Glen has developed a serious crush. PLUS: Listener mail! Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and...
2021-04-211h 02
The Original CastGlen Weldon / My Fair Lady - Original Cast (1958)NPR’s Glen Weldon is here for the musical that (according to him) made him gay. Topics include: Herb Alpert (not the dirty one), Charles Emerson Winchester III, Doolittle as a father, Nathan Lane chewing scenery, Eliza’s agency, keeping media fresh, and why album covers are important. Glen Weldon’s Profile on NPR dot org Playbill’s “The Definitive List of the 43 Best-Selling Cast Recordings of All Time” by Logan Culwell-Block Featured recordings: My Fair Lady - Original Cast (1958) • My Fair Lady - Original Broadway Cast (1956) • Brigadoon - Original Broadway Cast Recording (1...
2021-04-211h 20
A Degree Absolute!EXTRASODE! With I AM NOT A NUMBER author and REPO MAN writer/director Alex Cox!SPOILERS AHOY for the entirety of the 54-year-old television series The Prisoner! You've been warned! Save this episode for later if you haven't yet seen the whole series! Lifelong Prisoner fan Alex Cox joins Chris to talk about his 2017 book I Am Not a Number: Decoding the Prisoner, and What It's All About. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Follow @NotaNumberPod! Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by Casey Erin Clark and Jonathan Clark Vocals and Keyboards by Casey Erin Clark Guitar...
2021-04-1744 minA Degree Absolute!The GeneralGlen is under the influence of digital vermouth and under the spell of John Castle in our dissection of "The General." Wherein Number Six gets anger-cruised and Kirks a computer, and Colin Gordon "returns" as Number Two from "A.B. & C." — an episode obviously intended to follow this one, but which was broadcast before — apparently having survived his encounter with a tumescent scarlet telephone handset and the unheard but clearly menacing voice on the other end of that line. One hundred percent entry; one hundred percent pass! Write the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute@gmail.com
2021-04-141h 03
A Degree Absolute!The Schizoid ManNumber Six comes face-to-immobile-face with the only opponent who can truly make him doubt his resolve: Himself! It's the The Parent Trap episode. It's "Mirror, Mirror" episode. It's the Double Impact episode. It's the if-I'm-not-me-who-da-hell-am-I-episode. It's the episode that teaches us that fingering an electric socket may on rare occasions be quite necessary, despite what your parents and teachers would have you believe. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail Follow @NotaNumberPod Our song: "A Degree Absolute!" Music and Lyrics by Chris Klimek Arranged by C...
2021-04-0758 min
A Degree Absolute!Free For AllIt's election time in The Village and Number Six is the frontrunner! Eric Portman, this episode's Number Two, greets him thus: "Good morning, good morning! Any complaints?" And of course Six has complaints. He's like Portnoy: famed for his complaints. Featuring the lovely Rachel Herbert as Number Fifty-Eight, his irrepressibly enthusiastic and enthusiastically unintelligible driver/assistant/etc. Or is she? This is the episode in which our dearth of a title song with lyrics gets well and truly solved. And in which a voicemail from a listener sparks a discussion of Number Six's... likability.
2021-03-311h 20A Degree Absolute!A. B. & C.Chris and Glen revisit the first of The Prisoner's nonessential episodes. It features Peter Bowles telling Patrick McGoohan “I want you,” a classic John McClane-style air-shaft constitutional, some dodgy fisticuffs, the plot of the 2010 Christopher Nolan film Inception, and a milk-drinking Colin Gordon as a Number Two menaced by an alarmingly erotic red phone. Nonessential, you say? Will we ever hear about Number Fourteen's Wonder Drug or this dream-viewing technology again? Perhaps, dear listenter. Perhaps. Write to the Citizens Advice Bureau at adegreeabsolute dot gmail! Follow @NotaNumberPod!
2021-03-2458 min
A Degree Absolute!The Chimes of Big BenNumber Six attempts to escape The Village with the help of a newcomer named Nadia and a "basically primitive" abstract art project with a hard-to-overlook nautical vibe. He also finds out where The Village is. Unequivocally. Indisputably. Maybe. Featuring the first of the great Leo McKern's appearances as Number Two! Follow us @NotaNumberPod Write us at @degreeabsoluteatgmail dot com
2021-03-1745 min
A Degree Absolute!ArrivalChris & Glen embark upon their first look back at Patrick McGoohan's 1967-8 British sci-fi series The Prisoner in many years and hope that the show's ethos — "militant and individualistic," in the expression of one of The Village's ever-changing Number Twos — will turn out to be something more generous than it seems. Also, will Number Six ever be nice to a woman?
2021-03-081h 09
The Flop HouseEp. #336 - Supergirl, with Glen WeldonIf we have Glen Weldon, co-host of the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast and author of the marvelous Superman: The Unauthorized Biography on as a guest, you'd better believe we're gonna go down one of the many fascinating cul-de-sacs in the "super" cinematic universe -- in this case 1984's "Supergirl," or -- as we prefer to think about it -- The Adventures of Faye Dunaway's Fabulous Witch and Her Companions.Wikipedia entry for Supergirl.Movies recommended in this episode:Saint MaudSynchronicDaisiesThe Ruling Class
2021-02-272h 01
Gayest Episode EverWill & Jack Embrace Every Gay Stereotype"Fagmalion, Part Two: Attack of the Clones" (January 30, 2003) We're covering part two of a four-part Will & Grace arc, but it actually make sense in that this itself is part two of two-part crossover with Kyle Getz and Mike Johnson from the podcast Gayish, which is all about the stereotypes that surround gay identity. Is this Will & Grace a carnival of gay horrors? Yes, but that doesn't mean this show isn't worth examining. If you're Gayish-curious, check out their late bloomers episode or their sex hotel episode with Davey Wavey. But more importantly listen to the...
2020-12-161h 44
Mall Talk with Paige Weldon and Emily FayeTeavana w/ Brandie PoseyBrandie Posey (Lady to Lady podcast) zooms in to talk working as the Easter bunny at Eagle Rock Plaza, loitering on the stairs at Marley Station Mall in Glen Burnie, MD and getting as many free samples as possible at the Teavana in Annapolis Mall. Also, we answer a listener question about mall music!FOLLOW BRANDIE:https://twitter.com/Brandazzlehttps://www.instagram.com/brandazzle/ FOLLOW MALL TALK:https://www.instagram.com/malltalkpodhttps://twitter.com/malltalkpod
2020-12-021h 28
Inside VoicesGlen Weldon Has a Nerdy VoiceWe're back! This week Kevin sits down with Glen Weldon from NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour. Together they discuss NPR aesthetics, queer identity, and the difference between good critique and bad critique.Follow Glen Weldon on Twitter! Help the show by giving it a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-04-1452 min
Must Have Seen TVThe Bob Newhart Show & Glen WeldonPRIDE MONTH SPECIAL! This week on Must Have Seen TV, Brett talks to Glen Weldon about the "Bob Newhart Show" episode "Some of My Best Friends Are..." Mr. Plager comes out! Dr. Hartley becomes an ally! Mrs. Bakerman craves fresh anguish! Be sure to listen to the end of the episode for info on next week's sitcom. Please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, and you can follow the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr at @MustHaveSeenTV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-06-1757 min
Go Fact YourselfEp. 27: Cara Santa Maria & Glen WeldonHappy National Trivia Day! Let’s celebrate with a collision of journalists who also host podcasts! Cara Santa Maria is the host of the podcast Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria. She’s also a science communicator and there’s a chance that her proficiency in STEM will lead her to victory in this trivia battle. Her opponent is Glen Weldon, panelist on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. He’s written the book on Batman and Superman (literally) but will that knowledge be enough to guide him to victory? In this episode, w...
2019-01-051h 01
Good Christian FunMike Warnke (with Glen Weldon)Glen Weldon (Pop Culture Happy Hour! @ghweldon!) joins Kevin and Caroline to talk all about comedian Mike Warnke and his album Alive!SHOW NOTES:Mike Warnke - Alive! (Complete Album Download)Cornerstone Series on Mike WarnkeGCF Spotify PraylistPATREON!Subscribe to our Patreon to get a weekly 2nd Service episode and become a "Patreon saint" ;)GCF - Second Service Patreon!CHARITY:This month we're matching iTunes reviews with donations to Wildfire...
2018-12-051h 25
Jordan, Jesse, GO!Ep. 560: Lovitz Again with Glen WeldonGlen Weldon (Pop Culture Happy Hour, The Caped Crusade Book) joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of the specific pain of Glen felt taking phycology for his marine biology degree as someone who is color blind, the time Jordan had a fancy afternoon of expensive olive oil tasting but ended up feeling really greasy, and the detailed back stories of the porn actors who work out at Glen's gym. Plus, Jordan gets Glen to weigh in on his new signature segment, "Which Avatar sequel are you most excited about?"
2018-12-041h 22
The Fandom FilesSuperman's legacy & what superheroes mean to culture, with Glen WeldonThe Fandom Files is joined by Glen Weldon, the author, NPR contributor and all-around geek expert. Weldon talks to us about the history of Superman — it's the Man of Steel's 80th birthday! — and what Zach Snyder got wrong. Plus, we talk about Batman, Star Wars, and the highs and lows of geek culture as pop culture. All this and more in this episode of The Fandom Files! Follow us on Twitter: @FandomFilesSYFY! (Photo from Batman/Superman #14, 2014)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2018-04-161h 07
It's Been a Minute'Black Panther' with Glen Weldon and Evan NarcisseSam talks about the success of Black Panther and where Hollywood goes next with writer Glen Weldon (@ghweldon) from NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour and Evan Narcisse (@EvNarc), who's writing Rise of the Black Panther for Marvel Comics. Email the show at samsanders@npr.org or tweet @NPRItsBeenaMin with feels.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
2018-02-2736 min
Hello From The Magic TavernSeason 2, Ep 9 - HerbalistsMagic can't solve everything. Maybe the Milkweeds can help us with some natural remedies. Also, Chunt is now in a power position.CreditsArnie: Arnie NiekampChunt: Adal RifaiUsidore: Matt YoungFig and Maple Milkweed: Nick Mestad and Emma PopeGlen Weldon: Glen WeldonMysterious Man: Tim SniffenCraig: Ryan DiGiorgiProducers: Arnie Niekamp, Evan Jacover, Ryan DiGiorgiEditor: Ryan DiGiorgiTheme Music: Andy PolandMagic Tavern Logo...
2017-05-1541 min
The Incomparable Doctor Who feedThis Week in Time Travel 5: Punching DownTom Attah and Joy Piedmont join Alyssa as they deep-dive under the “Thin Ice.” Chip quizzes NPR’s Glen Weldon on Doctor Who’s place in American nerd culture, then puts on his Two-minute Time Lord hat to ponder why, with so many great shows, books and characters out there, he keeps coming back to the TARDIS.
Host Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Tom Attah, Joy Piedmont and Glen Weldon
Referenced Works
Doctor Who
[Amazon]
Show Notes & Links
2017-05-0253 min
This Week in Time TravelPunching Down"Thin Ice" reviewed, NPR's Glen Weldon interviewed, and Chip on what keeps him coming back to Who. - Tom Attah and Joy Piedmont join Alyssa as they deep-dive under the “Thin Ice.” Chip quizzes NPR’s Glen Weldon on Doctor Who’s place in American nerd culture, then puts on his Two-minute Time Lord hat to ponder why, with so many great shows, books and characters out there, he keeps coming back to the TARDIS. <p>Host Chip Sudderth and Alyssa Franke with Tom Attah, Joy Piedmont and Glen Weldon.</p>
2017-05-0200 min
The Comics CanonEpisode 27 - Batman: The Court Of Owls (With Glen Weldon)In this episode, Curt and Kevin are joined by special guest Glen Weldon – NPR contributor, panelist on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast and author of The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture – as they discuss Batman: The Court of Owls, collecting Batman (Vol. 2) #1-7, published by DC Comics! The Dark Knight Detective has always believed the Court of Owls to be nothing more than an old folk tale. But when Bruce Wayne is marked for death by their enigmatic assassin, the Talon, Batman learns that they're very real – and that everything he thought he knew about Gotham...
2017-02-1549 min
Vishnu PrasadSmall Batch: Comic-Con DispatchesIn this Pop Culture Happy Hour extra, hear two dispatches from this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego. First, panelist Glen Weldon explores hard science fiction. Then, NPR Books editor Petra Mayer reports on Wonder Woman fandom in honor of her 75th birthday. (Glen Weldon's piece originally aired on Weekend All Things Considered on July 23, 2016. Petra Mayer's piece originally aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on July 24, 2016.)
2016-07-2508 min
RiYLEpisode 164: Glen WeldonYou don’t know Batman like Glen Weldon knows Batman, and the frequent NPR contributor has the book to prove it. Out now on Simon & Schuster, The Caped Crusader is a fascinating examination of one of the comics’ most beloved characters, from his early days as a pulpy shadow knockoff to today’s record breaking box office draw. After years of online correspondence, Weldon and I finally met face to face, while he was in town promoting the book. We grabbed a couple of seats at a tea place in midtown Manhattan and proceeding to talk Batman for an hour — or, rath...
2016-04-1357 min
Bullseye with Jesse ThornEllie Kemper & Glen WeldonJesse Thorn talks to Ellie Kemper, star of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and discusses Batman with Pop Culture Happy Hour's Glen Weldon. Plus, Jesse on how A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg has reverberated through his life.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
2016-04-1257 min
Word Balloon Comics PodcastWord Balloon TV's Highlander Adrian Paul and Batman Author Glen WeldonVery excited to welcome Adrian Paul, Highlander's Duncan Macloud . Of course we talk about the series and new film projects he's working on, but Paul is also conducting amazing seminars in a program called The Sword Experience. It gives participants the chance to learn sword fighting techniques from Adrian himself. A great opportunity for actors, historic reenactors, LARP players and more.
They're happening in great cities and exotic locales all over the world beginning this weekend in California, and next month in Chicago. Paul describes the activities and techniques learned at the day long experiences, which include photo and video o...
2016-04-071h 39
Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast196. Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture (with Glen Weldon)NPR contributor Glen Weldon joins us to discuss his new book The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2016-04-021h 11
MakingComics.com Gutter Talk Podcast92: Glen Weldon – MakingComics.com Gutter Talk Podcast
In society, the word “expert” is bandied about way too much. Rarely do you find the person it is referencing is actually an expert, someone with a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of a particular subject or skill. And, if humility is in play, that person wouldn’t call themselves an expert, either. Then there are nerds, or those that are highly focused on a particular subject or skill, and boy, do they seem to be everywhere. Most nerds would think they are experts but any expert would say they’re not.
In today’s Making Comics Gutter Talk episo...
2016-03-2557 min
PW InsiderPW Radio 166: Glen Weldon and London Book Fair PreviewAuthor Glen Weldon discusses his new book, 'The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture.' PW senior writer Andrew Albanese previews the London Book Fair.
2016-03-2552 min
Vishnu PrasadSmall Batch: Glen Weldon's 'The Caped Crusade'All Things Considered host Audie Cornish chats with Glen Weldon about his new book "The Cape Crusade." It traces the evolution of Batman, and argues that his various iterations over the years are a sort of Rorschach test for America's cultural mood. (A shorter version of this interview aired on All Things Considered on March 23, 2016.)
2016-03-2315 min
Reconnect With A Audiobooks Bundle For Students.Glen Weldon delivers The Caped CrusadePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/131761 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Caped Crusade
Author: Glen Weldon
Narrator: Glen Weldon
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
Release date: 03-22-16
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 875 ratings
Genres: 21st Century
Publisher's Summary:
2016-03-229h 26
Jordan, Jesse, GO!Ep. 403: Erotic Martial Arts with Glen WeldonGlen Weldon from NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Glen's trip to Los Angeles, the Waterworld stunt show at Universal Studios, and of course the erotic martial arts. Plus, Jesse has another update for the Eyes and Nose Light Universe wiki.
2015-11-161h 05
Jordan, Jesse, GO!Ep. 334: Summer Podcast Crossover with Glen Weldon and Rhea ButcherIn the podcast crossover event of the summer, Jordan is joined by Glen Weldon from Pop Culture Happy Hour and Rhea Butcher from Wham Bam Pow for a summer blockbuster breakdown, an exploration of the mystifying nostalgia for Boy Meets World and a discussion of Juggalo homosexuality.
2014-07-211h 18
Flame ON!Episode 55 :: Glen Weldon InterviewLast July, we sat down to talk to Glen Weldon, the author of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography and contributor to NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour as part of Flame ON’s Superman 75 Spectacular. In the interest of time, only part of that interview was previously released – we now present to you our interview with Glen in its unexpurgated glory!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/flameon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2014-04-3049 min
Flame On!Episode 55 :: Glen Weldon InterviewLast July, we sat down to talk to Glen Weldon, the author of Superman: The Unauthorized Biography and contributor to NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour as part of Flame ON’s Superman 75 Spectacular. In the interest of time, only part of that interview was previously released – we now present to you our interview with Glen in its unexpurgated glory!
2014-04-3049 min