Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChesya Burke, "Hero Me Not: The Containment of the Most Powerful Black, Female Superhero" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
Episode 394
First introduced in the pages of X-Men, Storm is probably the most recognized Black female superhero. She is also one of the most powerful characters…
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Stefan Heinrich Simond, "Pixelated Madness: The Construction of Mental Illnesses and Psychiatric Institutions in Video Games" (Hülsbusch, 2023)
Episode 208
The relationship between madness and video games has been notoriously tense. In an abundance of titles, stereotypes and stigmatisations can be found—…
2 years, 10 months ago
PostScript: The Barbie Movie: A Conversation about a Cinematic and Cultural Event
Episode 21
Today’s episode of POSTSCRIPT explores and examines director Greta Gerwig’s film, Barbie. This Warner Brothers’ movie has been in theaters for under …
2 years, 10 months ago
Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, and the Future of Academic Publishing
Episode 134
Avi Staiman, CEO of Academic Language Experts discusses the how advancements in artificial intelligence are shaping academic publishing. Avi offers v…
2 years, 10 months ago
Brooke Kroeger, "Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism" (Knopf, 2023)
Episode 63
Undaunted: How Women Changed American Journalism (Knopf, 2023) is a representative history of the American women who surmounted every impediment put …
2 years, 10 months ago
Academic Publishers Grapple with Advances in AI
Episode 132
Niko Pfund joins the podcast to discuss the value of scientific content for building out Large Language Models and some of the challenges around trac…
2 years, 10 months ago
Net Smart: How to Thrive Online
Episode 147
Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal suc…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Future Was Here: The Commodore Amiga
Episode 146
Long ago, in 1985, personal computers came in two general categories: the friendly, childish game machine used for fun (exemplified by Atari and Comm…
2 years, 10 months ago
Ramzi Fawaz, "The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics" (NYU Press, 2016)
Episode 238
Today’s guest is Ramzi Fawaz, the Romnes Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Published by NYU Press in 2016, The New Mutants…
2 years, 10 months ago
Whisper Networks: A Discussion with Carrie Ann Johnson
Episode 173
What is a Whisper Network? What can you gain from being in one, and what is expected of the network members? Not everybody is invited is into a Whisp…
2 years, 10 months ago