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Mandatory Media

Mandatory Media

By: Three Glasses Productions
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Mandatory Media is supposedly about all the media you should have studied, but is actually just an excuse for its three hosts to talk about the media they love. Join hosts David (a pop culture lover), Seth (a theatre kid), and Bret (a scholar and poet) every two weeks as they take you through a variety of topics and conversations that range from Keats to Studio Ghibli, and even a video game about Frogs.Three Glasses Productions Art
Episodes
  • Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life & Others (and Arrival, 2016)

    Ted Chiang's Story of Your Life & Others (and Arrival, 2016)
    Jun 8 2026

    This week we take a look at Ted Chiang's novella Stories of Your Life and Others, the inspiration for the 2016 film Arrival. We talk linguistics, Paradise Lost, and Calvinism (for some reason).

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • John Carpenter's They Live

    John Carpenter's They Live
    Apr 27 2026

    John Carpenter's They Live is a remarkable film from years gone by that remains eerily prescient to our modern society. Join us as we talk aliens, Reaganomics, Doctor Who, and the 15 minute fight scene in an alley way.

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    49 mins
  • John Milton's Il Penseroso & L'Allegro

    John Milton's Il Penseroso & L'Allegro
    Feb 16 2026

    Bret takes the group through a deep dive on John Milton's Il Penseroso & L'Allegro, a pair of poems layered in mythic reference, Milton's iconic literary style, and wonderful storytelling.

    Main Texts referenced:

    • L'Allegro
    • Il Penseroso
    • ⁠Gordon Teskey⁠'s The Poetry of John Milton
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    1 hr and 28 mins
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