Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWilliam Burns, "Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror, and the Spectre of Nostalgia" (Headpress, 2025)
Episode 209
The future ain't what it used to be.
Is nostalgia revitalizing or killing 21st-century culture? The concept of nostalgia has seeped into almost all as…
1 year, 4 months ago
Nordic Style on Chinese Social Media: Misinformation, Consumerism, and Digital Discourse
Episode 239
How does social media shape perceptions of global cultural trends? On Chinese platforms like WeChat, the concept of Nordic Style (北欧风) has been widel…
1 year, 4 months ago
The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker
Episode 256
Our book is: The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the New Yorker (Mariner Books, 2024) by Dr. Amy Reading, which is a lively and intimate biog…
1 year, 4 months ago
Brain Rot: What Our Screen Are Doing to Our Minds (3)
Episode 235
In the third podcast of this series, “Brain Rot: What Our Screen Are Doing to Our Minds,” host Dr. Karyne Messina, psychologist, psychoanalyst and au…
1 year, 4 months ago
Peter Boxall, "The Possibility of Literature: The Novel and the Politics of Form" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 335
The Possibility of Literature: The Novel and the Politics of Form (Cambridge University Press, 2024) is a collection of Peter Boxall's essays over tw…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ray Brescia, "The Private Is Political: Identity and Democracy in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism" (NYU Press, 2025)
Episode 759
As Americans increasingly depend upon their phones, computers, and internet resources, their actions are less private than they believe. Data is rout…
1 year, 4 months ago
Luiz Valério P. Trindade, "Hate Speech and Abusive Behaviour on Social Media: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" (Vernon Press, 2024)
Episode 230
The pernicious social impact of social media platforms is a matter of global concern, as this digital technology has become a breeding ground for the…
1 year, 4 months ago
Briony Hannell, "Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
Episode 512
What is the connection between fan culture and feminism? In Media Fandom, Digital Feminisms, and Tumblr (Bloomsbury, 2023), Briony Hannell, a lecture…
1 year, 4 months ago
Jaqueline Berndt, "The Cambridge Companion to Manga and Anime" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 166
In recent years, manga and anime have attracted increasing scholarly interest beyond the realm of Japanese studies. This Companion takes a unique app…
1 year, 4 months ago
Carola Lorea and Rosalind Hackett, "Religious Sounds Beyond the Global North: Senses, Media and Power" (Amsterdam UP, 2024)
Episode 12
What makes sounds “religious”? How are communities shaped by the things they hear, play, or listen to? This book foregrounds connections between soun…
1 year, 4 months ago