Burst Your Bubble

A podcast about -isms and -phobias in pop culture.

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EP37 - MTV's Questionable History

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What do you think of when you think of MTV? Reality TV? TRL? Beavis and Butt-head? Because depending on when you started watching MTV you might remember it for what it truly was: a music channel that tried to only play white rock artists.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.

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EP25 - Ay Yi Yi Yi, the (Racist) Frito Bandito

On today's episode, let's talk about -isms, -phobias, and one of your favorite bags of chips.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

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EP24 - Jews, Radio, and the 1930s

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Another time when I get to say that I love radio, but I don't have to love its history. Let's talk about Jews on the radio in the 1930s - from sounding Jewish to anti-semitism to assimilation.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.

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EP12 - Blackface, Sounding Black, and Beulah

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I love radio, but I don't have to love its history. Let's talk about how minstrelsy, blackface, and stereotypes shaped radio and helped frame the first sitcom to star a black star.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.

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EP10 - What Shall I Be? - The (Sexist) Game Of Career Girls

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On today's episode we'll talk about the 1966 board game What Shall I Be? The Exciting Game of Career Girls and its connections to sexism, feminism, and the women's liberation movement.

Art by Jeremy Ferris.

New episodes released the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.

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