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Beyond The Trope

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We're a podcast for nerds, dedicated to exploring the deeper side of genre fiction, popular art, comics, and movies.

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Episode 236 Media Consolidation with Patrick Hester

This week, Patrick Hester joins us to talk about how media companies are consolidating and removing consumer choice. We also got to test out brand new microphones, thanks to our amazing patrons!

Find out more about Patrick over at https://atfmb.com, and don't forget to go buy his book, INTO THE FIRE, which you can get over at https://www.amazon.com/Into-Fire-Samantha-Kane-1/dp/1614754926/.

Also, a big, big thank you to all of our amazing listeners, including our patrons over at https://Patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope.

Mentioned in this episode:

Star Trek

Amazon Prime

Taco Bell

Demolition Man (Movie)

Wesley Snipes

Sandra Bullock

Sylvester Stallone

Michael Keaton

The Founder (Movie)

McDonalds

Disney+

Fox

ESPN

Hulu

Marvel

Netflix

DC Comics

Stargate Command

Comixology

Warner Brothers

NBC

Playstation Vue

Cooking Chanel

Food Network

Chopped

Dish Network

QVC

AMC

NFL Network

MLB Network

Washington Post

Guardians of the Galaxy (Movie)

Brooklyn 99 (TV Show)

Functional Nerds Podcast

The Umbrella Academy (TV Show)

Dark Horse Comics

CMX

Image

Vertigo

The Dresden Files (Book Series) by Jim Butcher

The CW Network

Black Lightning

Mark Millar

Millarworld

Kickass

Hellboy (Comic) created by Mike Mignola

Kingsman

Matthew Vaughn

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV Show)

Riverdale (TV Show)

Archie After Dark (Comics)

Altered Carbon (TV Show)

Hannah (TV Show)

Bright (Movie)

Anthony Mackie

Shirley Temple

The Wizard of Oz (Movie)

Pixar

Fox Searchlight

Game of Thrones (TV Show)

Hawkeye (Proposed TV Show)

CBS All Access

Song of the South (Movie)

So Dear to My Heart (Movie)

Peter Pan (Disney Animated Movie)

Burl Ives

Silver Linings Playbook (Movie)

Hachette Book Group

Hyperion Press

The Lord of the Rings Proposed TV Show

Star Trek Discovery (TV Show)

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (TV Show)

Bosch (TV Show)

Handmaid's Tale (TV Show)

Sprint

Samsung

YouTube Red

Cobra Kai (TV Show)

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