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(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 11: Civil War
In episode 11 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi examine Alex Garland's Civil War (2024). Kicking off with a handful of pop culture news items—i…
2 years ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 79: CYBORG — A Conversation on Technology, Feminism, and the Future of a Concept
Have 21st century technologies—from smartphones to medical devices to the commonplace use of artificial intelligence—made cyborgs of us all? In this …
2 years ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 78: Student Protests, Faculty Solidarity
In episode 78 of the Podcast for Social Research, BISR's Jude Webre (who also teaches at Columbia University and NYU), Sami Al-Daghistani (Columbia a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Faculty Spotlight: Danielle Drori on Exile, Erich Auerbach, and Returning to Tel Aviv
In episode eight of Faculty Spotlight, hosts Mark DeLucas and Lauren K. Wolfe sit down with Danielle Drori, Associate faculty member (in literature a…
2 years, 1 month ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 77: Revolution and Counterrevolution — Klee's Angelus Novus and Benjamin's Theses on the Philosophy of History
In episode 77 of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live at Goethe-Institut Chicago, BISR faculty and Chicago Coordinator Audrey Nicolaïdes sa…
2 years, 1 month ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 76: Translation is Art — A Conversation on Autonomy, Power, Responsibility, and Making Meaning
What does it mean to claim translation as an artform unto itself? In episode 76 of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live at BISR Central whi…
2 years, 2 months ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 75: The Piano Teacher
In this edition of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live before of a screening of Michael Haneke's 2001 The Piano Teacher, BISR faculty Laur…
2 years, 2 months ago
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 10: It's Not Easy Being Green (Under Capitalism)
What does culture look like in a "sustainable" world? In episode of 10 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay, Isi, and guest Rebecca Ariel Porte examine th…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Exhausted of the Earth - A Conversation
Episode 73
In episode 74 of the Podcast for Social Research, BISR faculty Ajay Singh Chaudhary sits down with writer and artist Molly Crabapple to discuss his n…
2 years, 3 months ago
Podcast for Social Research, Episode 73: How to Blow Up a Pipeline – Extractive Capitalism, Political Violence, and Eco-Thriller Cinema
In episode 73 of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live following a screening of Daniel Goldhaber's cinematic adaptation of Andreas Malm's po…
2 years, 5 months ago