Popzara Podcast

Journalist Sean Silcoff Talks The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry

Our guest on this edifying edition of the Popzara Podcast is journalist Sean Silcoff, business writer with The Globe and Mail and co-author (with Jacquie McNish) of Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry.

Author Jon Morris Talks Regrettable Superheroes

On this heroic episode of the Popzara Podcast we’ve got Jon Morris, founder of the long-running Gone & Forgotten, a blog “dedicated to the bottom of the comic book barrel” about his new book The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes from Comic Book History, out now from Quirk Books.

Cartoonist Josh Elder Talks Reading With Pictures, Literacy

Managing Editor Nathan Evans talks with writer and comics enthusiast Josh Elder, also founder of Reading With Pictures, a nonprofit organization advocating the use of comics in the classroom to promote literacy and improve educational outcomes for all students.

Developer Jenna Hoffstein Talks The Counting Kingdom, Educational Gaming

In this elemental edition of the Popzara Podcast, editor Josh Boykin takes some time with Jenna and talks nitty-gritty about Little Worlds Interactive, The Counting Kingdom, and the growing value of education as a whole.

Marijuana Activist Steven Machat Talks Legalization and Politics

As the founder/Owner of both Legalizepot.us (with the amazing tagline “YOUR PORTAL INTO THE WORLD FROM SEED TO WEED”) and The Wheel Party, as well as author of Gods Gangsters & Honour: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Odyssey, Steven talks with our Managing Editor Nathan Evans about everything from legalization, race politics, and voting the damn bums out.

Author Nicholas Carr Talks The Glass Cage, Practical Skills

Managing Editor Nathan Evans talks with technology writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Nicholas Carr to talk his latest book, The Glass Cage: Automation and Us, available now.

Cartoonist Stephan Pastis Talks Pearls, Timmy Failure

Managing Editor and self-professed comic strip fanatic Nathan Evans goes deep with Stephan about the comic’s fifteenth collection, Breaking Stephan, the third book in his younger-reader series Timmy Failure: We Meet Again, meeting Charles Schulz, Bill Watterson, and much more.

Attorney Alan Dershowitz Talks Terror Tunnels

Managing Editor Nathan Evans talks with Alan about his new book Terror Tunnels: The Case for Israel’s Just War Against Hamas, out now in e-book form and available in hardcover on November 18th, and so much more.

Author Brett Weiss Talks 100 Greatest Console Video Games

Grayson Hamilton talks with Brett Weiss, author of the new book 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977–1987, which collects a decade’s worth of digital excellence in one giant, hardback volume that looks mighty nice on coffee tables and beyond.