Katya Gorecki

2 months ago | voxpopcast.com | Christopher Maverick |Hannah Rogers |Katya Gorecki

So if you live on planet Earth, even if you’re not an American, you likely know that Donald Trump returned to the US presidency last week. And along with him, there was also this weird thing where TikTok was blocked in America but then returned 12 hours later with a strange message thanking Trump, even though technically he wasn’t president yet.

Jan 20, 2025 | voxpopcast.com | Christopher Maverick |Wayne Wise |Katya Gorecki

It’s a dark day here at VoxPopcast and … well, for some of us, all across America. If you’re listening to this episode on the day that it drops then it is inauguration day for the United States presidency. And this means, after four years Donald Trump is going to return to power. If you have listened to the show you can probably guess we aren’t too happy about it. But we didn’t want to do a Trump episode because… well, we’re going to be talking about him plenty over the next four years.

Jan 6, 2025 | voxpopcast.com | Christopher Maverick |Hannah Rogers |Stephanie Siler |Katya Gorecki

Happy New Year. And with the new year comes one of our longest running traditions. It’s time for the annual box office draft! Every year, we play a game where all of the hosts compete to draft the best slate of films from the upcoming year. First things first, we have to catch up on the results of last year’s Box Office Game and see who had the most successful predictions last year.

Aug 26, 2024 | voxpopcast.com | Christopher Maverick |Hannah Rogers |Katya Gorecki |Nathan Koob

If one of the the primary functions of books and movies is to help us escape from the adversity of day to day life, then why do we have so many of them that are basically about what if our modern problems became not only inescapable, but became the absolute worst case scenario of themselves and threatened to destroy the world? In this episode Mav, Katya, and Hannah are joined by new guest film professor Nathan Koob to dive into the world of disaster movies and books.

Jun 16, 2024 | voxpopcast.com | Katya Gorecki |Christopher Maverick

From Katya: I was recently watching a Twitch stream with Cozy K when my favorite thing happened: people discussing literary criticism in the wild. This NEVER happens. Cozy K and her chat, affectionately called the Poopies, were discussing “Booktok, brainrot, and why it’s okay to be a hater” by alisha not alihsha on YouTube. She sparked a conversation about book history, Austen, and what “real” readers are—of course I had to watch. I’m not a hater of alisha not alihsha’s essay.