This week join Steve, Andrew, and Jonathan as they provide a brief overview of television pilots and attempt to pitch one another some pilots that REALLY deserve a second chance. Come join the fun. ;)

Mining the Archive Mondays: Ep. 35: TV Pilots

Jonathan plays catch...up with the idea of the 1970s's The Bionic Dog. Join Jonathan as he discusses the silly wonderfulness that was this spin-off idea.

Mini-Episode 04: The Bionic Dog

Ken Burns

Gary Edgerton

This week join Andrew in conversation with historian Gary Edgerton about Ken Burns's new documentary Vietnam. They discuss Burns as a filmmaker, whether Burns is a "proper" historian, and who he considers to be the audience for his films.

Mining the Archive Mondays: Ep. 70: Interview with Gary Edgerton about Ken Burns

It is all about the tension between the old and the new in today's mini-episode. Join Jonathan as he discusses three recent history-focused TV programs: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+, 2022-present), Call Me Kate (Netflix, 2023), and Muscles &amp; Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators (Netflix, 2023).

Mini-Episode 03: Strange New Worlds

This week Andrew and Steve school Jonathan on appreciating the rare delicacy that is Richard Dean Anderson's MacGyver. What lies at the heart of the show's appeal?

Mining the Archive Mondays: Ep. 55: MacGyver

Join Jonathan for a new mini-episode where he discusses procrastination, "summer guilt", the Peter Jackson Beatles documentary, and teases a late 1980's TV special discovered via YouTube.

Mini-Episode 02: Get Back

This week join Steve, Andrew, and Jonathan as they discuss children's television show host and PBS all-star, Fred Rogers as a counter-cultural figure. Can we view his choices regarding race and sexual preference as revolutionary? Pragmatic? or did he simply NOT do enough? Join us as we attempt to unwrap the relationship between Mr. Rogers, social issues, and his own personal spirituality.

Mining the Archive Mondays: Ep. 29: Mr. Rogers

In preparation of our brand new Fall season of NEW episodes, join Jonathan for a new, short (16 min.) mini-episode to find out about all the new ideas and goals we have planned for the new season.

Mini-Episode 01: Welcome Back!

Newton Minow

In honor of Mr. Minow's birthday (01/17), we're re-releasing our interview with the former FCC Chair. Joining us from his office in Chicago, we discuss the role of television in presidential debates, his decisions that supported the rise of PBS, and of course, his famous “vast wasteland” speech.

Episode 97: Encore Presentation of Our Interview with Newton Minow

Happy Holidays from Inside the Box. For this last main feed episode of our limited-episode season, we bring you the gift of Steve Voorhees! Steve climbs back aboard the good ship ITB to discuss with Jonathan Universal Music's latest efforts to recontextualize classic holiday recordings with newly produced animated music videos.

Episode 96: Animated Holiday Music Videos

Inside the Box: The TV History podcast discusses a particular era, innovation, trend, or program and spends an episode discussing it. Hosted by Jonathan Bullinger, Andrew Salvati, and Steve Voorhees, they apply their scholarly work in media studies to provide the history of TV, critique it at times, and just try to have some fun as they explore inside the box. Be sure to also check our supplementary content that accompany each episode on our home page www.tvhistorypod.com.

This week Jonathan switches from TV and memory to social media and memory. He takes you through some core ideas about collective memory and how they connect to social media. He also explains a few different ways younger people think about the idea of social media as memory machines.

Episode 95: Pyramids to Ourselves

This week Jonathan works through some ideas relating to the potential for "time travel" through the ability to live within memory bubbles thanks to curated content, persistent nostalgia thanks to certain business strategies, and the unexpected staying power of dead celebrities thanks to new fan work and the use of CGI.

Episode 94: Sticking with the Stars You Know: Memory Bubbles, Persistent Nostalgia, and Dead Celebrities

John Belushi

This week join Jonathan as he asks, "Why a new documentary on John Belushi in 2020?" when his story seems to have been told often and long, long, ago. He also uses the documentary to define and apply some historical concepts in order to think through why are such stories seemingly forgotten and then reanimated.

Episode 93: John Belushi Documentary and Forgotten History

This week Jonathan sits down with Rowan's Dr. Emil Steiner to discuss his research on binge watching and how it connects to sports documentaries. If you've already listened to our episode (Ep. 90) on sports documentaries and nostalgia with Dr. Branden Buehler, then this will be the perfect companion episode. If you haven't, that's ok too since this is an excellent standalone episode and conversation about sports documentaries, sports fandom, why we watch what we watch the way that we watch it ;) and also a little insight into how biography influences scholarship.

Episode 92: Sports Docs and Binge Watching with Dr. Emil Steiner

Brian Hu

This week Jonathan sits down with San Diego State University's Dr. Brian Hu about his article, "Bruce Lee" after Bruce Lee: A Life in Conjectures. Then in the second half of the interview Jonathan asks Brian's opinion about a question Jonathan has been toying with: Will the powers that be, attempt to mold late actor Chadwick Boseman's (1976-2020) legacy and image in much the same way film studios' attempted to do so with Bruce Lee (1940-1973)?

Episode 91: The Conjectural Bruce Lee with Dr. Brian Hu

This week Jonathan sits down with Seton Hall's Dr. Branden Buehler to discuss the recent spate of sports documentaries and where these films intersect and engage with nostalgia. We make connections back to my discussion with Travis Vogan and talk through the wider definition of the term "documentary" that many may not be familiar with.

Episode 90: Sports Documentaries & Nostalgia with Dr. Branden Buehler

Travis Vogan

Inside the Box is back with an all-new limited episode season! We kick things off in conversation with sports media scholar, Dr. Travis Vogan to discuss his book Keepers of the Flame: NFL Films and the Rise of Sports Media. In fitting with this season's focus on history and collective memory that often goes beyond the television screen (or "box"), Travis and Jonathan discuss NFL Films's role in crafting how we think about the league, in what ways that has changed with the newer emphasis on the NFL Network, and the role databases and metadata has played in helping to structure this mindset.

Episode 89: NFL Films & NFL Network with Travis Vogan

In this 7min. preview, Jonathan welcomes you and explains what to expect from the return of Inside the Box: The TV History Podcast during its new limited-episode season.

Episode 88: Trailer for Our New Season

I am sending this out the day I found out they are no longer going to update the podcast.  With TVs rich history and importance to people’s lives, this has become a must listen. Getting ready to list to the history of Netflix today. Early history of TV has been their specialty. Thanks

Tv History Podcast

I woke up on Saturday with an overwhelming urge to get schooled in television history. I spent much of the day sifting through piles of internet garbage, interspersed with a few good essays and vlogs, but I&#39;m a podcast girl. This one hit the spot. Academic enough to treat the material seriously and elevate the inherently fun material above nostalgia and top ten lists, while maintaining accessibility and the joy of nerding. Good work, fellas!

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Inside the Box: The TV History podcast discusses a particular era, innovation, trend, or program and spends an episode discussing it. Hosted by Jonathan Bullinger, Andrew Salvati, and Steve Voorhees, they apply their scholarly work in media studies to provide the history of TV, critique it at times, and just try to have some fun as they explore inside the box. Be sure to also check our supplementary content that accompany each episode on our home page <a href="http://www.tvhistorypod.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.tvhistorypod.com</a>.

Inside the Box: The TV History Podcast

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