Season 2 - Episode 1: Comics History

Award-winning writer and educator Tony Weaver, Jr. and the PopStream Learning Lounge Cast offer practical ways to use anime and manga for education.

Tony Weaver, Jr. works to create diverse stories that make young people feel seen and valued.

After seeing the impact that media stereotypes had on students in his community, Tony embarked on a journey to create new media narratives that would challenge the status quo. He is the CEO of Weird Enough Productions, where he developed The UnCommons, an award winning webcomic with over 800,000 readers.

In 2018, Tony made history as the first comic writer to ever be selected for the Forbes “30 Under 30.” He was named a History Shaker by Coca Cola, a Global Barrier Breaker by Marriott International, and a Champion for Change by CNN.

Discussion Points:

• Use of Manga/Anime as a teaching tool (social emotional growth, academic learning, etc)
• Ways to build more inclusive, equitable, and culturally responsive classroom communities through manga/anime and other pop culture media
• Resources for educators looking to bring manga/anime into their classrooms or other spaces
• Perspectives on the future of anime/manga, particularly in educational settings
• And much more!

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Join megastar comics writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel, Aquaman, and more) as we tackle the topic of rewinding, recreating, and remixing existing stories for comics, movies, and other pop culture.

Join special guest Zack Hartzman of Hey Listen Games and Team PopStream as we discuss how to use video games to promote learning. 

Hey Listen Games creates curriculum for teaching with popular video games like Fortnite, Portal 2, Pokémon Go, and more. Zack is also a frequent speaker at video game and comic conventions where he shares how to utilize geek culture as a method of making learning more fun and improving school culture. 

Discussion: Video Games in the Classroom 

How to Do It 

* Recommended Games 

*  Practical Examples 

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Shawna Potter (author, Making Spaces Safer) joins the PopStream cast to talk about the making fandoms more welcoming, respectful, and fun for everyone!

It’s the first episode of The PopStream Learning Lounge! 2020 National Teacher of the Year Tabatha Rosproy joins Matt, Tajshen, and Pop Culture Classroom super instructor Faith to talk pop culture and social emotional learning. Plus, tabletop gaming for teachers! 

Matt talks about Jack "King" Kirby and pop culture history with writers Fred Van Lente and Crystal Skillman. Plus, live drawing with PCC instructors Dion and Terra.

PopStream hosts Matt and Tajshen spoke with Crystal Skillman and Fred Van Lente about their new audio play, King Kirby, in this pre-recorded interview.  

King Kirby tells the story of Jack “King Kirby,” the legendary comics artist who helped create Thor, the Fantastic Four, Darkseid and the New Gods, and some of the most popular characters in superhero comics. Kirby also co-created Captain America, who first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 80 years ago this March.

PopStream is returning for Season 2 in April!

The PopStream team creates the OFFICIAL Top 5 Rankings of the best TV, films, and video games of 2020 with the help of the live audience. What will be deemed the very best of this trashfire year? Is Sonic the Hedgehog the best film of 2020? Listen to the cast duke it out, and let us know what we got right or wrong! 

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Let’s get cooking! Join Aimee Wood, author of The Unofficial Legend of Zelda Cookbook, her sous chef Walter Silveira, and the PopStream team for a pre-Thanksgiving cooking demo with recipes inspired by the legendary game series. 

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From superpowered to super-dysfunctional, comic families are... complicated. Join the PopStream: Comics! cast as we talk families with special guest, local professor, comic creator, and podcaster, R. Alan Brooks. 

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