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Back to SearchThe Nostalgia Trap - Episode 12: Christopher Silsby
I've gotten to know Christopher Silsby through our work together at the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch College. Christopher's …
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The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 11: Josh Brown
As the main adviser on my dissertation, Josh Brown was and continues to be an important figure in the development of my own thoughts and ideas about …
11 years, 9 months ago
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 10: Barbara Garson
I first met Barbara Garson while researching the GI coffeehouse movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which aimed to open antiwar, counterculture coffeeho…
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The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 9: Lavelle Porter
Lavelle Porter is a writer with a fascinating set of interests, ranging from poetry and science fiction to racial politics, sexual identity, and the …
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The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 8: The Minimum Wage
Why is the minimum wage so ridiculously low in 21st century America? My guests today (Eljeer Hawkins, Cora Bergantinos, and James Hoff) are part of t…
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The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 7: Bridget McGovern
Why are sitcoms like Small Wonder so haunting to some of us? My guest, Bridget McGovern, a writer and managing editor at sci-fi/fantasy site tor.com,…
11 years, 10 months ago
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 6: Corey Robin
What does is it mean to be "conservative" in America? My guest on this episode, professor and writer Corey Robin, has spent a great deal of his caree…
11 years, 10 months ago
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 5: James Hoff
I first became aware of James Hoff as the editor of the student newspaper, the Advocate, at the CUNY Graduate Center while both of us were working on…
11 years, 10 months ago
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 4: Christine Marks
As we continue our journey through the halls of LaGuardia Community College in Queens, New York, I stop to talk with Christine Marks, a professor of …
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The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 3: Stafford Gregoire
Stafford Gregoire wasn't always a professor of English at CUNY's LaGuardia Community College. His past as a bike messenger in New York City during th…
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