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Take a journey into the frivolous with 'Serious Fun', a podcast by UWGB Communication and Information Science professor Bryan Carr. Hear from the scholars, professionals, and fans that interpret and create pop culture. Whether it's comic books, video games or reality TV, "Serious Fun" examines the media that shapes and reflects our lives.
Unknown Host hosts Serious Fun, a society show with 68 episodes published.
Recorded live at the 2026 Level Up event at Brown County Library in downtown Green Bay, this episode of Serious Fun sees Bryan dive deep into the wonderful and sometimes bizarre technology behind the massive multimedia e
In this episode of Serious Fun, Bryan braves the Thanksgiving weekend snow to talk about games at his local game shop! Learn about game design through the MDA model and how the emotional reactions we get from games can a
What better way to celebrate Halloween than by talking about spiders? In this episode, Bryan sits down with UWGB Environmental Science and Policy graduate student Mack Gore to talk about all things arachnid. What are the
In this, the final installment of three live shows from Brown County Library Pop Con, it's time to bring out the bad guys - or are they just misunderstood? Dr. Jaye Case, Dr. Justin Kavlie, and Dr. Clif Ganyard join Brya
In this corner, live from the 2025 Brown County Library Pop Con, weighing in at 58 minutes and 22 seconds, it’s the first-ever Wrestler Wroundtable on Serious Fun! In this episode, Bryan sits down with Hybrid Wrestling E
It's the first of three shows from the 2025 Brown County Library Pop Con! Bryan sits down with cartoonist and author Lucy Knisley (Woe: A Housecat's Story of Despair, Sugar Shack, Kid Gloves, Relish) to talk about her wo
This week on Serious Fun, Bryan sits down with Hybrid Wrestling Entertainment champion Aaron Arsenal ahead of his big title defense in the main event of HWE Summer Series Round 1 at Badger State Brewing in Green Bay! Aar
It's NFL Draft week and that means football is on the collective mind - so what better time to talk about the history of video game football and the role it's played in the popular presentation and consciousness of the s
Independent pro wrestling is an experience that is part sports spectacle, part collaborative community theater, and wholly unique. This week on Serious Fun, Bryan sits down with TJ Bowles, long-time pro wrestling referee
A new(ish) era of Serious Fun kicks off with UWGB English professor Zack Kruse! Bryan and Zack talk about the work of the enigmatic and often misunderstood Steve Ditko, creator of characters like Spider-Man, Doctor Stran
It's the third and final episode of Serious Fun, live from the 2024 Brown County Library Pop Con! For the grand finale, Bryan sits down with Cofrin School of Business faculty Dr. Vallari Chandna and Anup Nair, as well as
Goodness gracious, another Serious Fun! This is the second live episode from the 2024 Brown County Library Pop Con, and this week Bryan sits down with cosplay and convention expert (and former student) Nicole Rastia to p
In the first of a trio of shows recorded at the 2024 Brown County Library Pop ConTM, Bryan sits down with best-selling, six-time Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Raina Telgemeier! Raina is the author and artist behind bel
On this episode of Serious Fun, we tie on our headband and take it to the streets with Grant Patterson, Head Sensei of the WNFC Esports Dojo and CEO of WNFC LLC. Grant sits down with us to talk about fighting games and h
Video games! You love 'em! You know you do! But some games are more special to us than others. Some games inspired us, or challenged us. They made us see the medium and the world in a different way. Some even changed the
In our second live show from the Brown County Library Pop-Con, Bryan is joined by legendary author and master of kid-oriented horror R. L. Stine! In this wide-ranging interview in front of a massive live audience, we tal
Serious Fun returns with another slate of live episodes from the 2023 Brown County Library Pop-Con! This week, Bryan sits down with Patrick and Savannah O'Connor of power pop band The Shake Ups and discusses their unique
What can professional wrestling and its largest figurehead tell us about our social and political moment? Turns out - a lot! Author Abraham Josephine Riesman returns to Serious Fun for an in-depth discussion about her ne
In our final live Serious Fun from the 2022 Brown County Library Comic-Con, Bryan sits down with Zack Kruse (UW - Green Bay Sheboygan) and Miriam Brabham (UW - Green Bay Main Campus) to once and for all answer that quest
It's a spooktacular celebration of the craft of drawing on a new Serious Fun! In this live episode from the 2022 Brown County Library Pop-Con, Green Bay artist Robb Mommaerts talks about his style, influences, and work o
Lucy Knisley
1 appearance on this show
Raina Telgemeier
cartoonist, author
1 appearance on this show
Chris Williams
Cloud Therapist, Developer Relations Manager At Hashicorp, Host & Presenter At Brownbag, Enterprise Architect, Co-Founder At AWS Portsmouth User Group, AWS Hero, VMware vExpert · Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association
1 appearance on this show
R.L. Stine
author
1 appearance on this show
Patrick O'Connor
Massachusetts State Senator · The Shake Ups
1 appearance on this show
Patrick O Connor
founding partner · Cozen O’Connor
1 appearance on this show
Ray Romano
1 appearance on this show
Joe Hunter
director of the Juvenile Detention center
1 appearance on this show
Ryan Martin
psychology professor, author of Emotion Hacks, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences · University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
3 appearances on this show
Eric Morgan
UWGB Democracy and Justice Studies professor · MindWare Technologies
2 appearances on this show
Nadia Oxford
Author of From Pixels to Pros: What Video Games Taught Me About Storytelling
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Regan Gurung
Director of General Psychology program · Oregon State University
1 appearance on this show
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