Culture on My Mind
The Classic Two-Fer
April 25, 2022

This week, the Dragon Con American Sci-Fi Classics Track gives everyone two (two! TWO!) panels for the price of one. Which is still free.

On April 21st, Joe Crowe was joined by author Bobby Nash (bobbynash.com) and Lola Lariscy (on Twitter) for a celebration of the mystery and romance of Remington Steele. At the halfway mark, Gary Mitchel relieved Joe and brought in the panel of Beth Van Dusen (Execute Chapter 66: A Star Wars Fiction Podcast) and Kevin Cafferty (Let’s Get Chatty About David and Maddie) to discuss the pure chaos of The Young Ones.

That’s two shows that couldn’t be more different. Well, except that there’s a British guy in an American show, and there’s an American guy on the British show, but who’s counting?

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These Classic Track Quarantine Panels will be held once every two weeks (or every fortnight, if you will). If you want to play along at home, grab your internet-capable device of choice and navigate the webs to the YouTube channel and/or the group on Facebook. If you join in live, you can also leave comments and participate in the discussion using StreamYard connected through Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.

If you want to connect with the track, Joe, and/or Gary on the socials, you can find them on Twitter (ClassicTrack, JoeCroweShow, and sneezythesquid) and Instagram (SciFiClassicTrack, JoeCroweShow, and Gary_Mitchel). And, of course, to celebrate more pop culture awesomeness, you can find Dragon Con all year round on the internet, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.

The next panel will be on May 5th. The future of these panels includes an appreciation of a staple of 1980s television, a Bat-Panel, a special late May surprise, some vampires, and a discussion of Saturday cartoons. You can find all of this and more every other Thursday as the American Sci-Fi Classics Track explores the vast reaches of classic American science fiction.

The episode art each week is generously provided by the talented Sue Kisenwether. You can find her (among other places) on Women at Warp: A Star Trek Podcast.

Culture on My Mind is inspired by the weekly Can’t Let It Go segment on the NPR Politics Podcast where each host brings one thing to the table that they just can’t stop thinking about.

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