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Faculty Spotlight: Alfred Lee and Xafsa Ciise on AI, Big Tech, Race, and Histories of Trauma
In this episode of Faculty Spotlight, hosts Mark and Lauren sit down with faculty Alfred Lee and Xafsa Ciise, colleagues whose shared concerns—with r…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 91: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 Years Later
Episode 91 of the Podcast for Social Research is a live recording of an event marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Na…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 90: TRANSgressions — Rights, Wrongs, and Liberal Pieties
Episode 90 of the Podcast for Social Research—TRANSgressions: Rights Wrongs, and Liberal Pieties—was recorded (mostly) live at BISR Central, as we ce…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Practical Criticism No. 72: Brian Wilson (God Only Knows What We'll do Without You...)
In episode 72 of Practical Criticism, Ajay takes the somber occasion of Brian Wilson's recent death to play, for Rebecca, the Beach Boys's immortal t…
11 months, 1 week ago
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 17: I Have Friends Everywhere
In episode 17 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi once again find themselves in the regrettable position of praising the Walt Disney Company. Aft…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 89: Eyes Wide Shut — a Film Guide
In episode 89 of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live at BISR Central, BISR faculty Danielle Drori, Jude Webre, and Lauren K. Wolfe sat dow…
1 year, 1 month ago
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 16: Shine Bright Like a TIE Fighter
In episode 16 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Isi and Ajay discuss the return of Tony Gilroy's Andor. Before departing for a galaxy far, far away, they st…
1 year, 1 month ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 88: The Sound of Lispector
For episode 88 of the Podcast for Social Research, BISR's Rebecca Ariel Porte welcomed special guests—translator Katrina Dodson and songwriter and vo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 87: Deviant Matter
In episode 87 of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live at BISR Central, BISR's Rebecca Ariel Porte and Dilettante Army Editor-in-Chief Sara…
1 year, 2 months ago
Practical Criticism No. 71: Neko Case
In episode 71 of the Podcast for Social Research's Practical Criticism series, Rebecca Ariel Porte plays Neko Case's "Curse of the I-5 Corridor" (off…
1 year, 2 months ago