Meandering Through America

Where were you on June 17, 1994? Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what you think about our conversation and which cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

This week the gang shifts their focus a little toward a period of time in American cinema when sci-fi movies reigned supreme and arguably still influence movies today: the Summer of 1982.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what you think about our conversation and which cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

This week, the gang celebrates the terrible people of IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA and wonders why we love them. Also, egg.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what you think about our conversation and which cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

In this week's episode, the gang looks at Community and its pop culture legacy. Then Megan talks about NBC, John talks about Star Trek, and Peter ties it all together somehow.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what you think about our conversation and which cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

This week the gang looks at the hit sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine and its ideas on policing, masculinity, and yogurt.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what you think about our conversation and which cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

This week the gang returns to musicals and the Rodgers and Hammerstein song "You've Got to be Carefully Taught," originally written for 1949's SOUTH PACIFIC.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what you think about our conversation and which cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

Getting ready for the return of sports, the gang considers Grantland Rice's famous 1908 poem ALUMNUS FOOTBALL, the source of one of sports' most recognizable idioms: it's not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what you think about our conversation and which cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

Shifting the focus to literature, the gang breaks down Tim Pratt's IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS, winner of the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what you think about our conversation and which cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

This week the gang looks at the meteoric cultural impact of HAMILTON and discusses why it's become a middle-America phenomenon.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

This week, the gang dives into the culture and legacy of baby boomers by deconstructing the 1983 movie THE BIG CHILL and its impressive soundtrack. Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

This week, the gang takes a dive into Weezer's sophomore album PINKERTON. Believe it or not, we don't only discuss how the lyrics are #CreepyAF.Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

In this week's episode, the gang takes on David Bowie's landmark 1972 album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars." Follow Meandering Through America at @PodMeandering and let us know what cultural texts you want us to discuss next.

Remember 1776? Not the year, the film. Of course you do. Join the gang and fellow Americanist friend of the show Julia as they talk about everything from Mr. Feeny to... well, you'll find out. Follow us @podmeandering for more updates!

In this episode, The Gang discusses Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, a movie John thinks has become an American folk tale, Peter kinda tolerates, and Megan hasn't finished. Complete with obligatory Bryan Adams love!!!

The first episode of MEANDERING THROUGH AMERICA, a podcast that's breaking down boundaries by featuring a bunch of friends talking about pop culture.Today we discuss GROUNDHOG DAY, a movie that everyone agrees is great, but not as great as the Farm Show milkshakes.