Mother! Mama! Mommy! Madre! With Mother’s Day just around the corner, The Culture Cast is celebrating all things mama in our latest podcast.  

On this week’s show, Culture Cast hosts Joseph Phelan and Tracy Van Slyke  talk about the surprising progressive and political history of Mother’s Day (seriously, we had no idea) and the impact of how this holiday has been commercialized.  

Mama's Day - Culture Cast Episode 3

This week we had the pleasure of attending the 11th annual Games for Change conference in New York. We had an inside look at what strategies, lessons and deep questions these game creators are exploring in their quest to create positive social change through games.

And it was AMAZING. 

Culture Cast - Games For Change - Episode 2

On this week’s show, we lament over cancelled shows that were both started by and featured funny women. Ironically, while those very shows aired on ABC, the the network is showing signs of digging in on diversity as part of its upcoming season line up as we preview some of its fall line up.  

And as we say goodbye and hello’s, we express our hopes and dreams (and a few concerns) for The Minority Report, which will be anchored by the hilarious and incredibly proficient Larry Wilmore, who’s been a long-time correspondent on The Daily Show as it’s “Senior Black Correspondent.”

TV Bonanza - Culture Cast Episode 4

In latest edition of The Culture Cast, co-host Tracy Van Slyke and I welcome special guest Jaclyn Friedman, Executive Director of Women, Action and the Media (WAM!) and author of What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl’s Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety to talk about the blurry line between romance and misogyny in Hollywood movies

Rom Com this - Culture Cast Episode 5

In this Culture Cast I, Joseph Phelan, interview Hector Flores of the amazing band Las Cafeteras. We talk about how they got started after meeting through social justice organizing in LA, how the fight to save the largest urban farm in the United States set them off, and how the seven piece band is surviving on their epic fall tour. 

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