Pop Culture Politics, Vol. 1: The Dark Knight Rises

File under "movies that realllllly hit different after January 6."

How it feels to start a newish beat ^^^

Hey team. So. Let’s start with some professional news: I’ll be covering the intersection of politics and culture more at NPR, not to mention politics and demographics, and also just for kicks, the American Left (which overlaps with those other two anyway).

I already kicked off the culture side of things with a fun piece on cancel culture (“fun” may be a loose term depending on your views, but…whatever. It’s a good piece. Go listen and read.).

And furthermore, also speaking of culture, I’m prepping for our next NPR Politics Podcast Book Club, where we will be reading Lilliana Mason’s Uncivil Agreement (buy it HERE!). It’s a concise, thoughtful book about how we got this polarized.

Anyway. Let’s talk more about culture, shall we? And while we’re at it, let’s be timely. Let’s be Of The Moment.

Let’s talk about a movie from 2012.