A series of entertaining audio essays in which we’ll explore media and cultural theory through the lens of professional wrestling.
Pro Wrestling Is...
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Podcast Overview
A series of entertaining audio essays in which we’ll explore media and cultural theory through the lens of professional wrestling.
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2/16/2021
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April 7, 2021
Metamodern?
<p>How becoming Freshly Squeezed can fix the stagnation in wrestling, society and culture. Mapping cultural eras and modes of thinking onto the timeline of wrestling history, before revealing the new, emerging culture of our times.</p> <p>Thank you for exploring this episode. If you have any thoughts, feelings, corrections, observations, suggestions or recommendations, please get in touch at wrestlingismedia@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter @MattWWriter and reach out there.</p> <p><strong>Sounds -</strong></p> <p>Main Theme Gentle Breeze by Purrple Cat | <a href="https://purrplecat.com" rel="nofollow">https://purrplecat.com</a> Music promoted by <a href="https://www.free-stock-music.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.free-stock-music.com</a> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US" rel="nofollow">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US</a></p> <p>Additional music by Scott Buckley – <a href="http://www.scottbuckley.com.au" rel="nofollow">www.scottbuckley.com.au</a></p> <p>All sounds from WWE programming are remixed and edited for the purposes of education and review. This podcast is not monetized.</p> <p>onsuo 2021</p> <p>Find out more at <a href="https://pro-wrestling-is.pinecast.co" rel="nofollow">https://pro-wrestling-is.pinecast.co</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p>
March 24, 2021
The World of Wrestling - Roland Barthes
<p>A full reading of Roland Barthes' essay 'The World of Wrestling' from his 1957 book, Mythologies. In it, he performs a semiotic analysis of the performance of all-in wrestling in France in the 1950s.</p> <p>This podcast is NOT monetized, and the essay is read verbatim for the purpose of public discourse. Wrestling is for the people, therefore this essay is for the people - Roland Barthes would oblige. </p> <p>Thank you for exploring this episode. If you have any thoughts, feelings, corrections, observations, suggestions or recommendations for future episodes, please get in touch at wrestlingismedia@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter @MattWWriter and reach out there.</p> <p>Find out more at <a href="https://pro-wrestling-is.pinecast.co" rel="nofollow">https://pro-wrestling-is.pinecast.co</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p>
March 10, 2021
a Hidden Code?
<p>Lets explore signs, signifiers and hidden cultural myths. Why is wrestling the perfect example of this code? Who was Roland Barthes? And why was he the first smark?</p> <p>Thank you for exploring this episode. If you have any thoughts, feelings, corrections, observations, suggestions or recommendations, please get in touch at wrestlingismedia@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter @MattWWriter and reach out there.</p> <p><strong>Sources -</strong></p> <p>Barthes, R (1957). Mythologies. France: Les Lettres Novelles. 10-24 - <a href="http://web.mit.edu/21l.432/www/readings/Barthes_WorldOfWrestling.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://web.mit.edu/21l.432/www/readings/Barthes_WorldOfWrestling.pdf</a></p> <p>AEW Dynamite (11/8/20) - Jon Moxley promo before contract signing with Kenny Omega</p> <p><strong>Sounds -</strong> </p> <p>Main Theme Gentle Breeze by Purrple Cat | <a href="https://purrplecat.com" rel="nofollow">https://purrplecat.com</a> Music promoted by <a href="https://www.free-stock-music.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.free-stock-music.com</a> Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US" rel="nofollow">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US</a> </p> <p>Additional music by Scott Buckley – <a href="http://www.scottbuckley.com.au" rel="nofollow">www.scottbuckley.com.au</a> </p> <p>All sounds from WWE programming are remixed and edited for the purposes of education and review. This podcast is not monetized.</p> <p>Find out more at <a href="https://pro-wrestling-is.pinecast.co" rel="nofollow">https://pro-wrestling-is.pinecast.co</a></p> <p>This podcast is powered by <a href="https://pinecast.com" rel="nofollow">Pinecast</a>.</p>
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