Lynda Barry and Pop Culture Happy Hour

15th August 2016

Jesse talks to Lynda Barry about finding the creativity inside and teaching at the University of Wisconsin. Live pop culture recommendations from Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson. Jesse tells us why MacGruber makes the world a better place.

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Lynda Barry on finding your creativity and working with preschool children

Lynda Barry is a self-identified “freak”, a cartoonist, a writer, and for the last couple of years, she’s also been a college professor teaching interdisciplinary creativity at the University of Wisconsin.

What does that mean? Well, she encourages students to abandon their fears of creating and embrace their work and process.

Lynda talks with us about using monsters as a tool, why we’re sometimes afraid to draw, and working with Matt Groening in high school.

Lynda Barry’s book The Greatest of Marlys is now available in hardback

Pop culture recommendations from Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson LIVE at Washington DC

Our friends Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson from Pop Culture Happy Hour give us some pop culture recommendations during a live show in Washington, DC.

The Outshot: MacGruber

Jesse heartily disagrees with A.O. Scott’s review of the film version of MacGruber. In short: MacGruber exists, and the world is better for it.

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  • Lynda Barry
  • Linda Holmes
  • Stephen Thompson

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