Popzara Podcast

Translator Zack Davisson Talks Tono Monogatari and Localizing Shigeru Mizuki

We shout irasshai!! to translator, writer, and hardcore yokai fan Zack Davisson as he joins the Popzara Podcast to chat about his English translation of manga master Shigeru Mizuki’s illustrated version of Kunio Yanagita’s Tono Monogatari, perhaps the most important – and certainly most popular – text on the history of Japan’s considerable monsters, myths, and legends.

But that’s not all: Popzara favorite Kevin, from YouTube’s StoryDive, gets a welcoming tadaima!! as joins our own Nathan Evans and Zack on a highly educational (and highly entertaining) look at what it was like helping bring one of Japan’s most popular historians (comic or otherwise) to a wider audience, being called a modern Lafcadio Hearn, and the pressures of creating the first English translation of Mizuki’s mammoth Showa: A History of Japan.

Movie Time! Comics and Capitalism: Mallrats (1995) and Jasper Mall (2020)

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast, where our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans take you on an unscripted journey yakking and chatting about some of their favorite movie moments and cinematic scenes, from past and present, presented without snark and snobbery for your listening pleasure.

On today’s episode we look at two films centered around the enclosed center of capitalistic and social delights that once ruled the scene. That’s right: the shopping mall. So grab your Orange Julius, break out the srunchies, and tell your mom to pick you up by 7pm because we’re headed to the mall. Let’s begin!

The State of Gaming March 2021: Monster Hunter Rise, Outriders, Balan, DOTA Netflix, NPD, and Bethesda Game Pass

It’s The State of Gaming Podcast for March 2021, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the fine world of interactive entertainment.

Movie Time! Bumping the Lamp: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Animation Domination

On this episode of Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, our own movie nerds Ethan Brehm and Nate Evans take you on an unscripted journey through 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit, presented without snark and snobbery for your listening pleasure. Let’s begin!

The State of Gaming February 2021: Super Mario 3D World, Persona 5 Strikers, Little Nightmares 2, NPD, and Switch Slate 2021

It’s The State of Gaming Podcast for February 2021, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the fine world of interactive entertainment.

Movie Time! Nostalgia Trip: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985) and The Wizard (1989)

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Nathan Evans and Ethan Brehm take you on an unscripted journey bursting with road-tripping 1980s nostalgia as our hosts look back on two movies that proved the 1980s certainly were the Wonder Years, in more ways than one.

Writer/Director Jesus Canchola Sanchez Talks Pepito, LGBTQ, and Acceptance

On this la exquisitez episode of the Popzara Podcast writer, director, and children’s book author Jesús Canchola Sánchez joins our own amigo Nathan Evans to talk about Pepito Has a Doll (Pepito Tiene Una Muñeca), his bilingual debut children’s book, illustrated by Armando Minjárez Monárrez, that tells the story of a young boy who finds comfort playing with his cherished doll Lola and gains the confidence to be who he truly is.

Movie Time! The Best, Worst (and Everything Else) Movies of 2020

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast…for the year of 2020! And what a year it was, especially when it comes to movies and film. Our usual hosts Ethan Brehm and Nathan Evans are joined by Popzara’s own returning champ Christian Stirling to discuss the best, worst, and everything else that helped make movie-watching in 2020 the much-needed distraction we all needed. Let’s get to it!

Writer Kat Kim Talks Happy Cleaners and Generational Bridge-Building

Few things go as deliciously together as food and family, just as few things sour as quickly as family drama. On this daebak episode of the Popzara Podcast we deal with both as our own Nathan Evans and - making her podcast debut - Evelyn Wong are joined by writer, attorney, and K-Pop stan supreme Kat Kim to chat about Happy Cleaners, her new film that follows a first and second-generation family of Korean-immigrants struggling to hold things together they face losing their dry cleaning business in Flushing, NYC.

CES 2021 Wrap-Up: 8K Displays, Laptop Revivals, Processor Wars, Smart Masks, and Touchless Toilets

It’s the world’s biggest technology showcase...online! That’s right, the yearly event abbreviated simply to CES (Consumer Electronics Show) has gone virtual, and our own Herman Exum and Nate Evans are joined by frequent (and favorite!) guest Ben Crossman from Computer America to talk, discuss, and ponder the long-running tradeshow’s first (and hopefully only) foray into a virtual-only space and what tech hungry fans can expect from the future of gizmos, gadgets and doodads.

Movie Time! American Wasteland: Nomadland (2020) and Ghostbox Cowboy (2018)

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Nathan Evans and Ethan Brehm take you on an unscripted journey yakking and chatting about some of their favorite movie moments and cinematic scenes, from past and present, presented without snark and snobbery for your listening pleasure. Let’s begin!

The State of Gaming: The Best, Worst (and Everything Else) Games of 2020

It’s The State of Gaming Podcast…for the year of 2020! And what a year it was, especially when it comes to gaming. On this special year-end recap episode our usual hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans are joined by special guest Antal Bokor (from 3rd Coast Review) to talk and discuss the best, worst, and everything else that helped make gaming in 2020 the distraction we all desperately needed. Let’s get to it!

Movie Time! Man or Muppet? It’s The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Muppets (2011)

It’s Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast!, where our own movie nerds Nathan Evans and Ethan Brehm take you on an unscripted journey yakking and chatting about some of their favorite movie moments and cinematic scenes, from past and present. All presented without snark and snobbery for your listening pleasure. Let’s begin!

The State of Gaming December 2020: Cyberpunk 2077, DOOM Eternal Switch, NPD and Miyamoto’s Super Nintendo World

It’s The State of Gaming Podcast for November 2020, Popzara’s in-depth look at what’s shaking up the gaming landscape delivered on a monthly basis. Our hosts Cory Galliher and Nate Evans guide you through the best, worst, and everything else making headlines and headway in the fine world of interactive entertainment.

Movie Time! Duel of the Santas: Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) and Fatman (2020)

It’s the inaugural episode of Popzara’s Movie Time! Podcast! That’s a lot of exclamation points, but we’ve got lots to talk about as movie nerds Nathan Evans and Ethan Brehm take you on a cinematic journey about some of their favorite movie moments without the snark.