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Looking to catch up on pop culture? We're reviewing the latest movies and television, interviewing industry creatives, and of course - breaking down why all the things we love matter. But Why Tho? is a weekly podcast where we'll dive into the past week in pop culture and get to discoursing on important conversations.
Unknown Host hosts But Why Tho?, a leisure show with 478 episodes published.
This week, Alex and Kate discuss the rise in anti-intellectualism and willful ignorance. They discuss how the internet has destroyed people's abilities to argue, the total loss of literacy, and especially how this has sh
This week Alex highlights a handful of articles from Butwhytho.net, covering everything from Magic the Gathering to marching bands to free-to-play RPG Soulframe. [EXCLUSIVE] The Women Behind Secret Lair’s Latest Philanth
This week, Alex, Charles, and Swara talk about what happens when genres reach maturity, what's become of superhero movies, and what they would do to fix the genre's problems if they were in charge.
The Nakba, or "catastrophe" in Arabic, describing the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Palestine by Israel since 1948, is not widely learned. Rasheed Abueideh, a Palestinian game designer based in the West B
We sat down with Lead Vision Designer Mark Rosewater to discuss the design behind Magic: The Gathering's latest Universe's Beyond set, Marvel Super Heroes. From color choices to theme to navigating canon, Mark has insigh
As one of Obsidian's most successful titles, Grounded 2 's most recent Beat the Heat update keeps pushing the little game that could into a model for multiplayer play in 2026. During Summer Game Fest Play Days, we spoke
Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) introduced a new seasonal model this year, and with seasons, the Bethesda-published MMORPG is rolling out the most substantial sequential updates the game has released since launch.During Summe
This week, Alex is joined by Katherine and Ryan to talk about the massive amount of gaming news that's come out in the past week. They talk about Summer Games Fest, PlayStation's State of Play, and Xbox Games Showcase, a
This week, Alex, Charles, and Swara discuss storytelling, when happy endings can be bad but sad or challenging endings be good, and what happens to stories when they prioritize the wrong things.
Directive 8020 gives space horror fans the first real taste of the genre since Dead Space’s homage to Event Horizon. The game wields space horror to great effect, letting the story and characters carry it. We sat down wi
This week, Alex, Kate, and Matt talk about how basically everything on the internet now is either paid advertising that's inflating how much people care about a thing, or exploitative free advertising at the expense of a
This week, Alex and Kyle discuss the recent trend of physical media's seeming rising popularity. They discuss why they think people are moving towards a more analog, inconvenient age, the terrors of tech companies owning
This week, Alex and Kyle finally talk about Dropout, the College Humor streaming platform known for great comedy, passionate (parasocial) fans, and generally good-natured and kindhearted wholesomenss.
During MagicCon Las Vegas, we spoke with the team behind bringing The Hobbit to Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond. We discuss the importance of honoring Tolkien's legacy and how The Hobbit differs from the Tales fr
This week, we have a very special episode covering everything announced at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest in Anaheim. We discuss what we know about the new Evercold expansion and the massive amounts of updates coming to the
This week, Alex and Jason talk about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, whether it's "bad for kids," if characters need to grow or develop for stories to be good, and why we mix up nostalgia for quality.
This week, Alex, Kate, and Matt talk about the conspiracy theory that the CIA intentionally killed rock music to supress it's anti-governmnet, anti-war, protest nature. They get into the dearth of new political music, wh
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This week, Alex, Charles, and Neysha take a break from the tougher convos and share their biggest recommendations at the moment, including Trigun Stargaze, live-action One Piece Season 2, and Thundersong by Sasha taqʷšə
This week, Alex, Matt, and Jason work through a sci-fi bracket in honor of the Artemis II launch and Project Hail Mary being a 10/10 movie. They debate how cool E.T. can be if he never curses like R2D2 does, whether a St
Randy Quaid
1 appearance on this show
Abubakar Salim
developer of Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
1 appearance on this show
Akira Toriyama
ex Shonen Jump editor
1 appearance on this show
Sam Lake
1 appearance on this show
Sean Clark
Winner of McCallie/GPS Got Talent · Centura Wealth Advisory
1 appearance on this show
Anne Yatco
1 appearance on this show
Adam McArthur
President · Arch Canyon Partners, LLC
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Ian Campbell
curator of the Bennett/Vial Archive at the Queensland Air Museum · Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
1 appearance on this show
Adam King
host of The Adam King Show · Fantasy Basketball International
1 appearance on this show
the team bringing The Hobbit to Magic: The Gathering
the team bringing The Hobbit to Magic: The Gathering
1 appearance on this show
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