Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAlyxandra Vesey, "Extending Play: The Feminization of Collaborative Music Merchandise in the Early Twenty-First Century" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 238
Despite the hypervisibility of a constellation of female pop stars, the music business is structured around gender inequality. As a result, women in …
2 years, 1 month ago
Gina Sipley, "Just Here for the Comments: Lurking as Digital Literacy Practice" (Bristol UP, 2024)
Episode 134
We all sometimes ‘lurk’ in online spaces without posting or engaging, just reading the posts and comments. But neither reading nor lurking are ever p…
2 years, 1 month ago
"Did You Miss My Comment or What?": Understanding Toxicity in Open Source Discussions
Episode 173
Listen to this interview of Courtney Miller, PhD student in Software Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. We talk about her paper "Did You Miss…
2 years, 1 month ago
Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, "Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away" (Vernon Press, 2023)
Episode 196
'Star Wars' is a global phenomenon that in 2022 celebrated its 45th year of transmedia storytelling, and it has never been more successful than it is…
2 years, 1 month ago
Tiziano Bonini and Emiliano Trere, "Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power" (MIT Press, 2024)
Episode 453
What are the tactics needed for a world of platforms and algorithms? In Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power (MIT Pres…
2 years, 1 month ago
Maggie Messitt, "Newspaper" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Episode 76
Newspaper (Bloomsbury, 2024) by Dr. Maggie Messitt is about more than news printed on paper. It brings us inside our best and worst selves, from cens…
2 years, 1 month ago
Book Banning: A Discussion with Christine Emeran of the National Coalition Against Censorship
Episode 213
Book bans and book challenges are both on the rise. And they are increasing at unprecedented rates. But why is this happening? Dr. Christine Emeran o…
2 years, 1 month ago
Julia Havas, "Woman Up: Invoking Feminism in Quality Television" (Wayne State UP, 2022)
Episode 133
While American television has long relied on a strategic foregrounding of feminist politics to promote certain programming's cultural value, Woman Up…
2 years, 1 month ago
Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans, "(Not) In the Game: History, Paratexts, and Games" (de Gruyter, 2023)
Episode 11
How do games represent history, and how do we make sense of the history of games? The industry regularly uses history to sell products, while process…
2 years, 1 month ago
Kristine Ohkubo and Kanariya Eiraku, "Talking About Rakugo 1: The Japanese Art of Storytelling" (2022)
Episode 151
Rakugo is a live performance art that has penetrated the borders of Japan and continues to gain popularity overseas. The rakugo stage once dominated …
2 years, 1 month ago