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Media Mothership delves into how media influences our understanding of the world around us through interviews and discussions with content makers, critical thinkers and enthusiasts of movies, TV shows, video games and more. Host Craig Norris, PhD, covers the latest news, absurdities, and trends in modern media and culture.We broadcast live out of Edge Radio studios, Hobart, Tasmania, every Thursday 4-5pm (AEST).Listen live on 99.3FM (Hobart), or streaming/on-demand via YouTube, Twitch, and Edge Radio.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Discord, ResearchGate, and Twitter.To find out more, visit www.mediamothership.au
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Signup to Generate a PitchMedia Mothership delves into how media influences our understanding of the world around us through interviews and discussions with content makers, critical thinkers and enthusiasts of movies, TV shows, video games and more. Host Craig Norris, PhD, covers the latest news, absurdities, and trends in modern media and culture.
Media Mothership is hosted by Craig Norris. The show has published 100 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "PAX AUS 2026: Cosplayers" (31 October 2026, 49 minutes), "PAX AUS 2026: Game Developers, Cosplayers and Creators" (31 October 2026, 53 minutes), and "Creative Control" (2 October 2026, 50 minutes).
Media Mothership publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 100 episodes.
Booking probability for Media Mothership is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Media Mothership requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Media Mothership's contact route on record: verified email.
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Craig Norris hosts Media Mothership, a tv podcast with 100 episodes published.
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Episode #168
Continuing our reflecting on covering PAX AUS 2026 for Media Mothership, recording interviews and capturing stories across the gaming community. Featuring an interview with cosplayer/voice actor/marine biologist...
Reflecting on covering PAX AUS 2026 for Media Mothership, recording interviews and capturing stories across the gaming community. Featuring composer Jay from Vroom Room, UTAS lecturer Ian Lewis, the Dunnings Miku...
Episode #166
What happens when an AI actress suddenly starts speaking Cantonese? Can we trust AI when we don't know exactly what it is doing? And who is responsible when an AI agent crosses a line? This week we explore AI, gaming...
Episode #165
PAX, Star Wars, and the strange relationship between creativity and constraint. We look at George Lucas's defence of changing the original trilogy, then go back to A New Hope to explore how limited budgets, practical...
Episode #164
Media, meaning and the struggle over who gets to define what things are. This week, we look at Steam, Transformers, AI, apocalypse stories, Darth Vader, Doctor Doom and digital game ownership through the ideas of Stuart...
Episode #163
This week on Media Mothership: Star Trek turns 60, Starship Troopers and political satire, South Park gets a new name, videogame music beyond the games, and the surprising return of CDs and physical media. More info on...
Episode #162
From GTA 6 and Netflix to Silent Hill’s 1990s technological horror, a controversial Robin Hood comparison and a viral Chinese cow cartoon becoming a blockbuster, we explore how games, movies, memes and audiences...
A look at how Grand Theft Auto has grown beyond being a controversial videogame into a major cultural space. From Shakespeare performed inside GTA Online and governments studying its players, to GTA 6 becoming a global...
Episode #160
This week on Media Mothership, we look at Steam's winner-takes-most economy, books being bought as AI training material, Australia's bizarre Halloween: The Game classification decision, and the unlikely resurrection of...
Episode #159
Why do players quicksave 1,400 times? Why are people returning to Assassin's Creed Odyssey because of a movie? And why are AI scammers becoming better at earning our trust than humans? We unpack the latest stories from...
Episode #158
From Hollywood's renewed embrace of the theatrical experience to the ongoing battles over intellectual property, digital ownership, and physical media, we explore how creators, corporations, and audiences are shaping...
Episode #157
AI is changing how we create, discover and preserve culture. We explore AI companions, synthetic media, digital ownership, game preservation, and why physical media is making a comeback. This episode was recorded live...
Who actually creates culture. Is it authors? Fans? AI? Governments? Or sometimes complete accidents? Whether it's Star Wars fan fiction becoming a Hollywood film, governments subsidising AI translation, or gamers...
Digital spaces are no longer separate from society. Games, fandoms, memes, wikis, and AI systems have become places where governments govern, citizens socialise, stories are told, and institutions make decisions. For...
Episode #154
Bots now outnumber humans online, AI is changing how we write, and major corporations continue to expand their grip on beloved cultural properties. This episode was recorded live at Edge Radio 99.3FM studios in Hobart...
Episode #153
We discuss the surprise success of Backrooms and what it means when a YouTube creator and a creepypasta can outperform major Hollywood franchises. We also examine Studio Ghibli's controversial restrictions on...
Episode #152
Exploring some of the internet's most interesting recent stories: the pope quoting Gandalf while warning about AI, Red Dead Redemption 2's rise through the all-time sales charts, prediction markets turning into spoiler...
Episode #151
AI disruption, disappearing videogames, Doom’s cultural canonisation, Cybertrucks as cinematic villains, Gundam’s expanding empire, and the strange blurring of reality and simulation. This episode was...
Episode #150
We reflect on last week’s LitRPG roundtable and the audience discussion it sparked, before exploring a collection of news stories about how modern media is changing. From Robert Kirkman discussing manga’s...
Episode #149
A roundtable discussion with LitRPG authors Shirtaloon, RinoZ, Haylock, Hannibal Forge, and Tevagah on the rise of progression fantasy, Royal Road, independent publishing, audience-building, and how internet-native...
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