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The Box Office PodcastEp. 72 - For ‘Materialists’ Girls, When the ‘Dragon’ Is EnufDue to a false alarm about potentially malfunctioning Wi-Fi, we ended up with two special guests for the price of one. Kirsten Acuna, having recently begun a new gig as a staff editor at People Magazine, dropped by to discuss the second of three high-profile live-action remakes for 2025. And since we weren’t sure if Jeremy Fuster would be able to make it, Aaron Neuwirth made his third appearance since early March, seemingly trying to stake his claim as the Steve Martin of The Box Office Podcast. The topics for this episode aren’t exactly surprising. However, we disc...
2025-06-181h 16
Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare UnlimitedShakespeare’s Narrative PoemsHow did early modern England understand race and how has that influenced our thinking? Race is often considered a recent construct, but Shakespeare’s works—both his plays and poetry—reveal a diverse world already aware of race, identity, and difference. In this episode, Patricia Akhimie, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race, discusses the growing field of study and what we can learn from it. She is joined by two of the scholars contributing essays to the guide, Dennis Britton and Kirsten Mendoza, who are exploring the ways race, gender, and power inters...
2025-02-1133 min
Folger Shakespeare Library: Shakespeare UnlimitedShakespeare’s Narrative PoemsHow did early modern England understand race and how has that influenced our thinking?
Race is often considered a recent construct, but Shakespeare’s works—both his plays and poetry—reveal a diverse world already aware of race, identity, and difference. In this episode, Patricia Akhimie, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Race, discusses the growing field of study and what we can learn from it.
She is joined by two of the scholars contributing essays to the guide, Dennis Britton and Kirsten Mendoza, who are exploring the ways race, gender, and power intersect in Shakespeare’s long narrativ...
2025-02-0633 min
Horrorwood: True Crime in TinseltownWalt Disney: The Magic and MenaceWe're embarking on a turbulent journey through the life of one of the most influential figures in entertainment history – the man behind the magic, Walt Disney (1901-1966). Walt was a pioneering American entrepreneur, animator, film producer, and creator of one of the most renowned entertainment companies in the world. But the beloved creator of Mickey Mouse faced a slew of criticism around accusations of gender bias, antisemitism, opposition to unions, retaliation, and an overbearing demeanor. We explore his life, the formation of the Disney company, and the not-so-magical side of Walt Disney.
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2024-01-2949 min
SQUAWKING DEAD[NEWS] Wonder Con, 2023, Panels: The Walking Dead: Dead City & Fear The Walking Dead, Season 8Since there's no livestream to watch these panels, we're aggregating the news coming out of both the #TWDDeadCity & #FearTWD (Season 8 / The Final Season) panels! A big thanks to those who participated in the 3-hour-long livestream and to the amazing journalists and superfans who made this podcast possible!
📰 MAIN NEWS/CLIPS CONTRIBUTIONS PROVIDED BY:
Sarabeth Pollock: https://mynightsarebooked.com
Julian Cannon: https://twitter.com/julianexcalibur
Kirsten Acuna: https://lnk.bio/KirstenAcuna
Derek Castro: https://twitter.com/twdecastro
Considering this recording was a Livestream, there's no unedited episode recording available; however, consider following either our Patreon or Ko-fi acc...
2023-03-251h 39
Rabbitt Stew ComicsEpisode 367Comic Reviews: DC DC’s Saved by the Belle-Reve by Peter Tomasi, Brandon Thomas, Becky Cloonan, Tim Seeley, Franco Aureliani, Brenden Fletcher, Dave Wielgosz, Dan Watters, Andrew Aydin, Art Baltazar, Scott Kolins, Nelson Daniel, Craig Cermak, Karl Kerschl, Mike Norton, Juan Ferreyra, Max Raynor, Hi-Fi, Adriano Lucas, Allan Passalaqua, Msassyk, Dee Cunniffe, Michelle Assarasakorn, John Kausz Flash Annual 2022 by Jeremy Adams, Serg Acuna, Matt Herms Harley Quinn Annual 2022 by Stephanie Phillips, Georges Duarte, David Baldeon, Simone Buonfantino, Antonio Fabela, Romulo Fajardo Jr Harley Quinn: Animated Series – The Real Sidekicks of New Gotham Special by Superman: Warworld Apocalypse by Phil...
2022-09-152h 57
The 4Nerds Network4Nerds Episode 61: Kirsten Acuna (Insider)Welcome to 4Nerds! The weekly live show where we discuss nerdy topics with nerdy guests of all kinds! We are huge DC Comics fans, Star Wars fans, and simply put, we are nerds!
Zeeverfett: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/zeeverfett Twitter: @Zeeverfett Instagram: @Zeeverfett Vero: @zeeverfett
Nerdy In Many Ways: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXs7... Twitter: @NIMW32 Instagram: @nimw32 Vero: @nimw
The Nickatina Show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQUx... Twitter: @Nickatina_show Instagram: @nickatina_show Vero: @nickatina219
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2021-08-272h 07
The 4Nerds Network4Nerds Episode 48: Kirsten Acuna (Insider)Welcome to 4Nerds! The weekly live show where we discuss nerdy topics with nerdy guests of all kinds! We are huge DC Comics fans, Star Wars fans, and simply put, we are nerds!
On today's show we have journalist Kirsten Acuna from Insider!
Zeeverfett: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5P8... Twitter: @Zeeverfett Instagram: @Zeeverfett Vero: @zeeverfett
Nerdy In Many Ways: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NerdyInMany... Twitter: @NIMW32 Instagram: @nimw32 Vero: @nimw
The Nickatina Show: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQUx... Twitter: @Nickatina_show Instagram: @nickatina_show Vero: @n...
2021-05-211h 54
Best Original Podcast‘Toy Story (1995), Written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, & Alex Sokolow - With Ryan Kiourkas & Cody Krull!It’s Animation May on Best Original Podcast! Over the next seven weeks, I’ll be going through each of the animated films that have received nominations for Best Original Screenplay, starting this week with Pixar’s rookie debut, ‘Toy Story.’ Ryan Kiourkas and Cody Krull joined the show to talk about how revisiting the film compared to our childhood memories of it, ‘Toy Story’s’ tumultuous production history, if Syd is actually a bad kid or just sorely misunderstood, how unlikable Woody is, and, most importantly, how tumbleweeds were invented. Later, I gave the boys a quiz to find out which T...
2021-05-071h 18
EpiToMeVaccine Hesitancy: The Ultimate Trust IssueVaccinate or vaccinot? As the COVID-19 pandemic draws out, countries across the world await a vaccine to end this disaster once and for all. However, once a vaccine is approved, several factors would come into play for vaccination to be successful––including trust. Join us as we dig deeper into understanding why people are hesitant to get vaccinated in the context of COVID-19 with public health experts Jason Haw and Alfonso Regala.
(This podcast is made by Acuña, Larry; Angeles, Kirsten; Cagas, Eds; Capote, Veronica; Lirios, Alissa; Santiago, Bella.)
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2020-11-2329 min
Screams and QueensHappy "Halloween": John Carpenter vs Rob ZombieHAPPY HALLOWEEN! For our last Halloween episode, we compare John Carpenter's 1978 Halloween to Rob Zombie's 2007 Halloween. We discuss whether gore makes a movie better or worse, and how we would try to escape Michael Myers.
Sources:
Bracken, Becky. "21 Interesting Facts About the Original 'Halloween' Movie That Are Pretty Killer". Cafemom. 2018. Web.
Acuna, Kirsten. "A 'Halloween' sequel is out 40 years after the original — here are 16 facts you didn't know about the first movie". Insider. 2018. Web.
2020-10-301h 09
SQUAWKING DEAD[Episode 93] Season 10, Episode 13 of The Walking Dead, "What We Become" (/w Kirsten Acuna)Follow Kirsten on Twitter: @KirstenAcuna
Thanks to our special guest, #KirstenAcuna (head TWD analyst and contributor for Insider.com), we were able to pulverize this episode way beyond our expectations: which also means we broke our rule about trying to keep the stream in and around the 1-hour mark 😬
You DEFINITELY want access to the Unedited content as Rachael & Dave practically give you another 2 hours worth of extra content, speaking on a RANGE of personal and even DEEPER TWD topics! Want it?
📰Episode Breakdown and all embedded content available here: https://squawkingdead.blogspot.com/2020/03/episod...
2020-03-252h 16
MuggleCast: the Harry Potter podcast#421: Sidecar Blues (Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Ride Review)Universal Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter has just opened its latest coaster, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, and we review it!
We're joined by The Insider's Kirsten Acuna, who rode the Motorbike Adventure with Andrew.
Check out Kirsten's review of the ride (https://www.insider.com/hagrids-magical-creatures-motorbike-adventure-review-2019-6) and her report on the queue's easter eggs (https://www.insider.com/hagrids-magical-creatures-motorbike-adventure-easter-eggs-2019-6) ! And here's Andrew's review (https://www.hypable.com/hagrids-magical-creatures-motorbike-adventure-review/) on Hypable.
The ride's queue is intriguing: It's the ruins of Hogwarts, with inscriptions and art from students over the decades. It's here where Hagrid also birthed a...
2019-06-171h 17
MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast#421: Sidecar Blues (Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure Ride Review)
Universal Orlando's Wizarding World of Harry Potter has just opened its latest coaster, Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, and we review it!
We're joined by The Insider's Kirsten Acuna, who rode the Motorbike Adventure with Andrew.
Check out Kirsten's review of the ride and her report on the queue's easter eggs! And here's Andrew's review on Hypable.
The ride's queue is intriguing: It's the ruins of Hogwarts, with inscriptions and art from students over the decades. It's here where Hagrid also birthed a Blast-Ended Skrewt.
Soooo about this Blast-Ended Skrewt: What large hole is spraying us while we're on the...
2019-06-171h 20