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Back to SearchNostalgia Trap - Episode 316: The Life of the Grind w/ Ryan Boyd
Ryan Boyd teaches in the Writing Program at the University of Southern California. His website collects much of his excellent writing, including a nu…
4 years, 1 month ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 315: No Nukes is Good Nukes w/ Henry Maar
Historian Henry Maar's new book Freeze! The Grassroots Movement to Halt the Arms Race and End the Cold War examines the ways in which ordinary peopl…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 314: Hope You Die w/ Yasmin Nair (TEASER)
The always engaging Yasmin Nair returns to continue our survey of how COVID is fucking us up on multiple channels: politically, economically, and spi…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 313: Hey Hey, My My w/ Justin Farrar
Neil Young occupies god-tier status on Nostalgia Trap, so it's no mystery who we're supporting in his fight with Spotify and Joe Rogan. But this seem…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 312: No Blood for Oil w/ Sean KB
Remember when oil explained everything? Sean from the Antifada podcast joins us for a conversation about the film Syriana (2005) and the politics of…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 311: Queer as Pop w/ KJ Shepherd (TEASER)
Am I "queer" because I listen to Belle and Sebastian? Good question! Trap favorite KJ Shepherd joins me for a conversation about masculinity in Ameri…
4 years, 2 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 310: Let's Go Exploring w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper
Bill Watterson's extraordinary comic strip Calvin and Hobbes made a huge cultural impact in the 80s and 90s, and remains an all-time favorite for bot…
4 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 309: Fucking and the City w/ Yasmin Nair
Is there a deeper, more powerful nostalgia trap than the Christmas season? In this conversation, Yasmin Nair helps me work out my mixed emotions abou…
4 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 308: A People's History of Howard Zinn, Part Three w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (TEASER)
Our epic trilogy on the life, work, and legacy of Howard Zinn concludes with a conversation about Zinn's place in the wider history of the American l…
4 years, 3 months ago
Nostalgia Trap - Episode 307: Slave 4 U w/ KJ Shepherd
KJ Shepherd joins us to talk about the #FreeBritney moment and the wider phenomenon of diva worship. What makes a diva? And more importantly, how is …
4 years, 3 months ago