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Podcast for Social Research, Episode 83: Big Bend in Concert
Episode 83 of the Podcast for Social Research features a live performance, at BISR Central, by chamber-pop outfit Big Bend, who played selections fro…
1 year, 6 months ago
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 12: Megalopolis — or, the Decline and Miraculous Resurrection of American Empire
In episode 12 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi tackle Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis (2024). Kicking off with a review of a few recent pop…
1 year, 6 months ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 82: The Worst Laid Plans — Initial Reflections on the U.S. 2024 Election
In episode 82 of the Podcast for Social Research, Patrick Blanchfield and Ajay Singh Chaudhary take up the dismal U.S. election results, what brought…
1 year, 7 months ago
Faculty Spotlight: Bohemia Is An Imaginary City — Jude Webre on Dawn Powell, the Lady Wit, and the American Mid-Century
In this episode of Faculty Spotlight, hosts Mark DeLucas and Lauren K. Wolfe sit down with Jude Webre, cultural historian and practicing musician, to…
1 year, 7 months ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 81.5: Romeo + Juliet — a Brief Film Guide
In this shortcast edition of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live at BISR Central, BISR's Rebecca Ariel Porte, Isi Litke, and Ajay Singh Ch…
1 year, 8 months ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 81: Medium Cool — or, "Jesus, I Love to Shoot Film"
Episode 81 of the Podcast for Social Research is a discussion Haskell Wexler's 1969 classic of cinéma verité Medium Cool, a film whose exploration of…
1 year, 9 months ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 80: On Realism, World-Building, Violence, and Desire—Joseph Earl Thomas, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Vinson Cunningham, and Paige Sweet in Conversation
What does literary realism look like in the 21st century—and what can it do? In episode 80 of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live at Liz's…
1 year, 10 months ago
Faculty Spotlight: Jenny Logan on the Supreme Court and the Crime of Being Homeless
In episode nine of Faculty Spotlight, hosts Lauren K. Wolfe and Mark DeLucas sit down with Jenny Logan, Associate faculty (legal studies) and plainti…
1 year, 11 months ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 79.5: My Beautiful Laundrette — a Brief Film Guide
In this shortcast edition of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live at BISR Central, BISR's Rebecca Ariel Porte and Isi Litke discuss Stephen…
1 year, 11 months ago
Practical Criticism No. 68—Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter
Practical Criticism is back with its first episode of 2024—on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter. In it, Rebecca Ariel Porte plays the opening track of the albu…
2 years ago