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This is Media Majors – a leftist podcast about major media, and the two goofballs who love it. Get ready to get weird each week with Tom and Liam – your portals into the culture ofTV, film, video games, and the internet as they expand each other's minds and cement their friendship. It gets nasty. It…

Tom Loughney and Liam Senior


    • Aug 16, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 133 EPISODES


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    Chapter Surfing Episode 25: Bridgerton w/ Ellen Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 133:18


    Ellen joined me once again and this time we discussed Bridgerton. We talked about everything from being “race aware” to the hot MILFs on the show. It's a good one!

    We Are Experts: The Sopranos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 20:26


    Live from the quarantine caves, it’s a new episode of We Are Experts! We talk The Sopranos and swear a lot while we save Homestuck for our upcoming Twitch episode! Stay tuned for more info and enjoy the show!

    Cars. The Topic in the Google Doc was just “Cars”

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020


    Damb. Do you drive em? Do you make ’em into a stew? Who’s to say what you do with cars. We do. We say. We’re the experts here, especially about cars. Top Gear retire. Top Gear suffer in hell. Top Gear stare into the maw.

    Happy Holidays from the Experts!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 1:36


    Gang we are dumb as hell but we love some well wishes. Take this, put it in your pocket, and watch a silly movie with the people you love. Happy holidays!

    Cirque du Soleil

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 23:24


    We’re back! We did it. Crawled up from the pit, the bottomless hole, emerging unto a shining sun of circus performance! What awaits, dear listener? Tune in to find out.

    Media Majors: The Final Curtain

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 59:21


    Three years ago, we started a podcast to keep in touch better and it’s blossomed into a network with some of our most talented peers making great work. So in a effort to go out on a high, Tom and Liam (along with Eric) present the final episode of Media Majors. There’s talk of bullying […]

    Tony! Tony! Tony!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 124:18


    Editor’s note: Apologies for the tardiness, that’s on me. Thanks for allowing for some time on my edits – Tom Jane Cripe joined me to discuss the filmography of Monk himself: Tony Shalhoub. From Men in Black to Galaxy Quest, Spy Kids to Mrs. Maisel, we cover it all.

    One Last Scare

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019


    Things are a-changin’, as life tends to do. Turns out: some mountains ARE high enough. Thank you everybody for listening.

    127: Nub City, 9/11

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 39:16


    Eric fills in this week with a story about a failed documentary, and Tom talks about the fallout of 9/11 in the games industry.

    Media Minor: Cancel Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019 27:35


    A solo minor this week! Tom talks about cancel culture, and how that phrase means everything and nothing to anyone and everyone.

    The E3 Spectacular

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 35:47


    Anyway, here’s wonderwall.

    124: Spielberg and Fandom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 17:17


    We go short and sweet with a list of why Spielberg sucks and an exploration into hostile fandom.

    Episode 123: 43 Hands

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 26:01


    Ack! Too many hands! Liam talks about Movie 43, and Tom talks about viral shock video, Mr. Hands. CW for bestiality

    Episode 122: Gotta Go Fast

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 20:48


    A conjoined story this week, as Liam and Tom break down the history of Sonic’s character design, and why him looking weird is straight-up Not A Big Deal.

    Episode 121: Somebody Sits on Their Balls so We All Go to Disney

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 36:18


    I mean what more do you want?

    Episode 120: A 16 Minute Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 16:16


    Can you smell that? The wonderful scents of spring? It’s here, and that means things are slowwwinnnnnn’ dowwwwwwwn. Have a pleasantly light ep to match!

    Episode 119: Patreon Announcement and Sekiro Chat

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 29:52


    We launched a patreon! And a paypal.me! Here are those links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/majorcastsPaypal: https://www.paypal.me/majorcasts To anyone who supports us: thank you so much! We legitimately appreciate you tuning in to the network’s content. We’re small, so it really rocks our world. As a reward, enjoy this chill content from Liam and Tom!

    Episode 118: Capitalism is Killing the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2019 37:44


    Hi, we live in the end times, and it’s kind of alarming. Unbearably real. College Scams: 1:38Liam prelude skip: 3:58THQ Scams Itself: 12:27SCC: 35:34

    Episode 117: Blasts from the Past

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2019 36:38


    No theme, no regrets—this week, Tom’s giving a rundown of the history of Escapist Magazine, and Liam explains why that Dinosaur song got so dang big again. Another banger week on Media Majors. CW: GamergateEscape from The Escapist: 2:58Do the Dinosaur: 24:47SCC: 34:33

    Episode 116: Violent Fixations

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 34:49


    Graham Linehan (@glinner) was finally a huge enough idiot that he made the podcast. A bizarre movie with a viral twist does as well. TW for transphobia! Tom’s Story: 1:55Liam’s Story: 24:35SCC: 32:37

    Episode 115: The Oscars Go A Tumblin’

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 36:04


    We talk tumblr and riff on a hostless Oscar segment from 1989. Live your best life. Tom’s Story – 0:54 Liam’s story – 15:24 SCC – 33:42

    114: Top Five, Top Four

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2018 13:27


    The year is ending, and change is on the horizon. Crack open some ‘nog and listen to the folks give their takes on the best stuff of the year. Hope ya like it!

    113: Oh Honey…

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018


    Today we talk about two liars who just lie and lie and lie. And one of them is super pathetic. Liam talks about Miss Cleo, Tom talks Laura Loomer who is just the worst.

    Episode 112: Bad For Your Eyes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018 29:22


    It’s a bad bad bad bad world out there so Liam and Tom decided to choose stories that will hurt your eyes. Tom talks about one of Tumblr’s notorious problems while Liam shines a light on a terrible little bear. CW: Tom’s story is about some heavy stuff, there’s a warning about it. Audio Warning: […]

    Episode 111: Goons

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 24:24


    We’re back in the darkest months with a not so dark episode. Liam tells a story with a visual aide (link below) and Tom talks about Jacob Wohl, the dumbest man alive. Link For Liam’s Story: https://www.today.com/news/today-goes-nuts-halloween-peanuts-see-our-charlie-brown-gang-t53131 Liam’s Story – 1:00 The Wohl Of Wall Street – 7:55 SCC – 23:20

    Episode 110: Control

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 63:23


    Man we’ve got a hell of an episode for you guys today. Tom talks about the weird aftershock of the Wii controller and Liam gets angry at an author whose online name is Snowqueen’s Icedragon (don’t worry his anger is legit). But the best part is the self care corner where Tom makes Liam laugh […]

    Episode 109: LABOR

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 38:16


    Time to get fired up about labor! Again! And always! Tom charts the history from EA Spouse to the recent Rockstar labor abuses, and Liam explores the nature of digitization and fight coreography. Rockstar Crunch: 1:26 The One: 24:21 SCC: 36:34

    Episode 108: Horses and Robbie

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 34:06


    Thanks for the wait y’all! It was a bad week. For your patience, we have a Media Majors double threat! Liam tells a fun light story about a man and his horse, and Tom’s got one of his goddang discourse stories. No timecodes for this one, but a trigger warning for tom’s story – misogyny […]

    Episode 107: Sex Symbols

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2018 21:42


    This episode is down right steamy. Sensual audio message oil to get you and your partner in the mood. We recommend listening to low candle light as Liam talks about Carmen Electra and Tom talks about everyone’s new favorite nintendo icon. A quick CW Warning, Carmen released a song with some transphobic lyrics, Liam plays […]

    Episode 106: Closure

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2018 37:23


    Today’s episode is about closure, be it the closure of a house from a TV show or an independent game studio. Liam talks about the ways America couldn’t let go of the Brady Bunch while Tom talks about the recent closure of Tell Tale. The Brady Bunches – 0:38 Tale Of The Tell Tale – […]

    Episode 105: Liam Abandoned The Theme This Morning

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2018 27:22


    YOU THOUGHT WE FORGOT YOU? Not a chance! We recorded this episode a half hour ago and are delivering to you fresh from the cloud oven. I don’t know metaphors are hard. Tom talks about the sons meme (the theme was suppose to be family) and Liam talks of an incident that as of this […]

    Episode 104: Bad Career Sequels

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2018 29:50


    It’s an episode filled with bad decisions and bad takes as we talk about bad sequels. Gasp in horror with tales of a Easy Rider sequel 43 years later and the most terrifying nerd of all: Wil Wheaton!!! tags: easy rider, easy rider the ride back, peter fonda, dennis hopper, phil pitzer, wil wheaton, mastodon, […]

    Episode 103: Bad News

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2018 45:29


    Hey y’all, like the theme song says “And sometimes it’s sad?” This is one of those. Liam talks about Louis CK’s recent reappearance and Tom talks about Jacksonville. This is a really intense episode so CW for sexual assault, harassment and gun violence. Timecodes Liam’s Story – 2:52 Tom’s Story – 25:59 SCC – 41:50 […]

    Episode 102: Plagiarism

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 27:10


    I was going to try and plagiarize the description for this episode but then I was like why? Who’s that really for? Anyways, here’s any episode about plagiarism. Shia LaBeef – 2:10 The Incident At IGN – 11:54 SCC – 25:14 tags: shia labeouf, daniel clowes, plagiarism, apologies, ign, filip miucin, dead cells, boomstick gaming, […]

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    Episode 101: Back to Basics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 33:54


    Hey – it’s Monday, what do you wanna do? We could go to the movies for free! Or we could get rabies. Your choice. Days of MoviePass: 2:41 Tumblr Drama Part 2: 13:26 SCC: 31:12 Tags: Moviepass, tumblr, sixpenceee, sixpenceee heals, toe necklace, rabies, rabiosexual, DID, dissociative identity disorder, drug abuse

    Episode 100: Porn Part 3!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2018 45:26


    100 episodes. Thank you guys so much. Here’s some more stories about porn. At one point Liam cheers, at another point Tom asks “Liam, why did you tell me this?” Porndog President (And A Secret Special Story!) – 2:20 The Deviance Of Sonic The Hedgehog – 20:08 SCC – 40:15 tags: playboy, softcore, jfk, donald […]

    Episode 99: Technicalities and Bad Rules

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018


    TIME SPLITS, AND HE WALKS BEFORE YOU. THE HERO – ERIC MCADAMS, HAS RETURNED FROM THE VOID TO OFFER ASSISTANCE. COME, DRINK IN HIS SAGE WISDOM, ON THIS VERY SPECIAL GUEST EPISODE OF MEDIA MAJORS. Balls To The Walls: 1:27 Patently Awful: 13:29 The Golden Ball: 19:57 SCC: 29:26 Tags: BBC, worldcup, adidas, england, tel-star, […]

    Episode 98: Opportunists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2018 32:21


    Listen – it was a rough week. These are two stories from that rough week. We’re sorry! We’ll do another tumblr episode or something. Right Wing Cinema: 2:34 Caught in the AreaNet: 13:53 SCC: 30:53 Tags: roe v wade, nick loeb, jon voight, conservative hollywood congress, milo yiannopoulos, christian cinema, areanet, jessica price, peter fries, […]

    Episode 97: Excess

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2018 43:47


    It’s a classic Media Majors as Liam once again ends a story by making Tom furious about capitalism! We talk excess as Tom talks about one of the worst youtube stars and Liam talks about one of the worst movie stars. The world is terrible! Tana’s Con – 2:50 Keeping Up With The Sparrows – […]

    Episode 96: Criticism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2018 37:50


    The world is a disaster right now, so here’s a little bit of a flu shot. Tom talks about Stephen Miller’s doxxing and how it relates to this mess we’re in, and Liam talks about the Teflon Don whose new biopic is anything but. What’s Up Doxx? – 2:16 Something’s Gotti Give – 18:37 SCC […]

    Episode 95: Dragons

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2018 34:04


    Imagine: Dragons. What if they were real? What if they were in your video games? What if they were IN YOUR TV? Ack! No! Get that dragon out of the TV – Maury is on! The theme is Dragons. More Like Ridley Not….. in Smash: 02:49 Dragons and Diesel: 14:47 SCC: 30:56 Tags: ridley, ridley […]

    Episode 94: Abandonment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2018 29:24


    While this week’s theme may sound like a bummer, it’s a pretty breezy and light Media Majors! Tom talks about the many times EA has chewed up a company only to spit it out, while Liam talks about certain abandoned movie concepts that would have been… well just tune in to find out. tags: e3, […]

    Episode 93: Diggin’ Up Drama

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2018 42:29


    Grab your shovels, majors – we’re goin’ diggin! This week, it’s all about remembering that which was once forgot. Liam’s got a story about an ill-conceived holocaust movie (whose genre I’m still unsure of), and Tom takes us through yesteryear’s hot Tumblr drama.   The Day the Clown Cried: 1:35 Tumblin’ Down Memory Lane: 14:09 […]

    Episode 92: The Auteur Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 55:34


    On today’s episode, we bash one of the worst things to happen to media – auteur theory! Liam’s Story: 1:10 Tom’s Story: 31:00 SCC 52:50 tags: lars von trier, dogme 95, melancholia, the house that jack built, cliff bleszinkski, epic games, gears of war

    Bogus Ep 3: Tom Facts!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2018 6:09


    We’ll be back with a new episode next week, but – until then – listen to Liam stumble through an excuse and tell Tom’s secrets.

    Episode 91: Interference

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2018 34:24


    After last week’s wild episode, Tom and Liam decide to swap a couple breezy tales. Liam talks about a weird conspiracy involving TV episode descriptions, while Tom talks about E3 leaks… and how maybe they shouldn’t be trusted. Liam’s – 1:50 Tom’s – 17:50 SCC – 31:12 tags: tv guide, rick and morty, atlanta, westworld, […]

    Episode 90: Impostors (Ft. Jane Cripe!)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 72:59


    You know the theme song, right? Sometimes it’s sad? This is a sad one. A good one! But a sad one. Special guest Jane Cripe makes her triumphant return with a knockout story about Mars Argo’s incredible story of resilience in the face of some pretty heinous abuse. Liam tells a story about one man’s […]

    Episode 89: Vandalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2018 32:50


    Liam’s back in action with one of the silliest, laugh filled episodes we’ve had yet! Liam talks about Banksy, the Ricky Gervais of street art, while Tom tells Liam about a group of brave internet users who straight up ruined someone’s wikipedia page. *Disclosure: The opening theme got warped during exporting, but the rest of […]

    Episode 88: The Eric Replacement Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 38:08


    Liam got sick, so we did a magic spell and he swapped places with none other than Big Time Whoopsies host Eric McAdams, who spins a yarn of surrealist dreamers for Tom. Tom in turn talks about a surreal internet incident that left everyone confused and uncomfortable. A Desperate Impassioned Call For Murder – 3:30 […]

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    Episode 87: The Lion’s Share

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 41:49


    “One day, Simba, all of this will be yours. Everything the light touches is part of our kingdom. Gaze upon it – filmmakers who don’t grok the sovereignty of wild animals, a games industry with a exploitative lack of transparency. Look, Simba, and weep.” – Mufasa   Hear Them Roar: 2:56 Spying on Steam: 20:30 […]

    Episode 86: Celebrity “Screw Ups”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2018 48:03


    Today’s episode is so topical, you can use it as a burn ointment. We talk about celebrities and the ramifications of the dumb things they say with their dumb mouths. Twitch Streamers – 3:43 Roseanne Barr – 22:17 Self Care Scorner – 46:07 tags: twitch, streaming, ninja, n word, slur, internet celebrity, youtube, roseanne barr, […]

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