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The Afternoon Special
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2000's How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a Year Round Film
39 mins; December 20, 2023
Snoopy: Gen Z's Animated Antidepressant
29 mins; December 13, 2023
Why May December is the Sleeper Hit of the Year
59 mins; December 06, 2023
Irony is Killing Rom Coms
44 mins; November 29, 2023
Scott Pilgrim is a Loser and I Can Prove It (Missed Connections)
37 mins; November 22, 2023
Are The Looney Tunes Going to Save Hollywood?
45 mins; November 15, 2023
The Curious Case of Betty Boop
35 mins; November 01, 2023
It's Alive!: A Brief-ish History of the Movie Monster
36 mins; October 25, 2023
A Dish Best Served Scary: A Look At How Food Can Scare Us in Film
28 mins; October 17, 2023
The Kids Don’t Know Their Pop Culture History
36 mins; October 11, 2023
Please Stop Asking Martin Scorsese About The MCU (or Thoughts On Franchises in Hollywood)
54 mins; October 04, 2023
Welcome to The Afternoon Special!
2 mins; September 26, 2023
See you in the fall!
4 mins; July 26, 2023
The Wonderful Wardrobe of Barbie: The Fashion History of a The World's Tiniest Model
36 mins; July 19, 2023
The Good, The Bad, and The Complicated World of Barbie
36 mins; July 12, 2023
Plastic It Girl: A History of America’s Favorite Blonde, Barbie
44 mins; July 05, 2023
The Afternoon Special News Hour - Superman: Legacy, Barbie and Ken's Malibu Dreamhouse, and SAG Strike Looms
37 mins; June 30, 2023
A Special Announcement from The Afternoon Special!
3 mins; June 28, 2023
Top 5 Best Spider-Man Films (with Emily Uribe!)
89 hours 56 mins; June 21, 2023
The Greatest Comic Book Movie Ever Is Full of Spiders
36 mins; June 13, 2023
The Afternoon Special Movie Club Episode 1: Jurassic Park
123 hours 5 mins; June 09, 2023
A Special Announcement from The Afternoon Special!
2 mins; June 06, 2023
Disney Princess Tournament (with Cinema Joe!)
94 hours 21 mins; May 31, 2023
In Defense and Opposition of Disney Princesses
37 mins; May 23, 2023
The Story of The (little) Mermaid Who Saved Disney
47 mins; May 16, 2023
Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere: Exploring the Music of the Disney Princess
37 mins; May 09, 2023
Disney Princesses Have Always Saved Disney
33 mins; May 02, 2023
Congress Killed The Saturday Morning Cartoon
33 mins; April 25, 2023
They’re Ani-many, Totally Insane-y: A Retrospective on Warner Bros' TV Animation of the 1990s
29 mins; April 18, 2023
The Afternoon Special Superhero Friends Hour
36 mins; April 11, 2023
The History of the Saturday Morning Cartoon
37 mins; April 04, 2023
For The Girlies: The Films and TV Shows That Made Us
49 mins; March 29, 2023
The Care and Keeping of You: Puberty as Told By Pop Culture
46 mins; March 21, 2023
The Anatomy (And Defense) of the Fangirl
44 mins; March 14, 2023
The History of the Teenage Girl
31 mins; March 07, 2023
The Science of Preschool TV: Part 2
36 mins; January 17, 2023
The Science of Preschool TV: Part 1
51 mins; January 10, 2023
Happy Holidays From The Afternoon Special
2 mins; December 21, 2022
We Wish You A Very Grinchmas: Exploring The Grinch in Pop Culture
45 mins; December 13, 2022
What Makes The Perfect Holiday Special?
35 mins; December 06, 2022
The (un) Official History of DreamWorks Animation
45 mins; November 29, 2022
Happy Thanksgiving Afternooners!
2 mins; November 22, 2022
The Story of Television's Greatest Primetime Cartoon
56 mins; November 15, 2022
The Curious Case of Anastasia (1997)
41 mins; November 08, 2022
The Coke Can is There On Purpose: Diving into the (Funny) World of Movie Product Placement
43 mins; November 01, 2022
Crazy, Vampy, Cool: Exploring Our Endless Love Affair With The Vampire - Part 2 (ft. Michael McMillian)
58 mins; October 25, 2022
Crazy, Vampy, Cool: Exploring Our Endless Love Affair With The Vampire - Part 1
52 mins; October 18, 2022
The One Where They Wear Costumes: A History of The Sitcom Halloween Special
53 mins; October 11, 2022
Can You Quote It?: Investigating How We Define Pop Culture Impact
43 mins; October 04, 2022
Armchair Detective: An Exploration into True Crime Media
47 mins; September 28, 2022
Revisiting the Death of the Teen Comedy
40 mins; September 20, 2022
1999: A Culture Shifting Year
55 mins; September 13, 2022
Say YES to NOPE
59 mins; July 27, 2022
A (Brief) Eulogy for the #1 Show in Late Night
41 mins; July 20, 2022
It's Just An Honor to be Nominated!: Breaking Down the 2022 Emmy Nominees
39 mins; July 13, 2022
Entering the Danger Zone
27 mins; July 06, 2022
Bobbi's Favorites: Emmy 2022 Hopefuls (but it is mainly the comedy ones)
46 mins; June 22, 2022
Scooby Doo (2002) - An American Masterpiece
42 mins; June 15, 2022
Welcome to Jurassic Park
51 mins; June 08, 2022
D'oh!: A Brief-ish History of Adult Animation
36 mins; June 01, 2022
Big, Stupid, Ugly Ogre: A Brief(ish) Production History of Shrek
37 mins; May 18, 2022
And You're Watching Disney Channel: A Brief(ish) History of Disney Channel (from a former superfan)
42 mins; May 04, 2022
The Great Doll War
32 mins; April 27, 2022
It's Just Not That Easy Being Green
32 mins; April 21, 2022
The Curious Case of Jennifer's Body
23 mins; April 13, 2022
Let's Go to the Mall!
29 mins; April 06, 2022
Hooray for (Old and Messy) Hollywood!
31 mins; March 30, 2022
Boy Bands: A Brief(ish) History
31 mins; March 23, 2022
Growing Pains: Turning Red and The Complicated Pop Culture of Teenage Girls
39 mins; March 16, 2022
Pass the Cranberry Sauce, We're Having Mashed Potatoes!
18 mins; November 25, 2021
The AstroWorld Fest Tragedy and Sesame Street
22 mins; November 10, 2021
My Time in The Good Place
27 mins; November 03, 2021
The Kids Are Al-Fright!
32 mins; October 27, 2021
Spooky Time is Upon Us!
26 mins; October 20, 2021
Here's Why You Might Be Tired of Franchises
18 mins; October 14, 2021
The Movies Hollywood Would Never Make Again
32 mins; October 06, 2021
The Emmys, Ted Lasso, and A Mini Rant on Prestige TV
33 mins; September 22, 2021
Food, Film, and How It Makes Us Feel
11 mins; September 15, 2021
Have We Experienced The Death of the Teen Comedy?
11 mins; September 08, 2021
Welcome to The Afternoon Special
2 mins; September 06, 2021
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