Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Sámi in "Frozen" (Part 1)
Episode 16
Despite the box-office and critical success of Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2013 film Frozen, it also drew criticism and backlash for how it incorp…
3 years, 3 months ago
Robin Vose, "The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle Over Word and Image for the Greater Glory of God" (Reaktion, 2022)
Episode 25
Robin Vose (St. Thomas University) talks about his new monograph, The Index of Prohibited Books: Four Centuries of Struggle over Word and Image for t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Romani Representation in Pop Culture
Episode 14
Roma figures have been an essential part of European folklore, myths, and literary traditions for centuries, with writers from Cervantes to Shakespea…
3 years, 4 months ago
Seriously Funny: Politics and Comedy
Episode 2
What happens when politics becomes comedy and the jester becomes the king?
Guests
Emily Nussbaum, television critic for The New Yorker Avi Steinberg, …3 years, 4 months ago
Lilie Chouliaraki and Myria Georgiou, "The Digital Border: Migration, Technology, Power" (NYU Press, 2022)
Episode 4
Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series.
In this episode, our host Juan Llamas-Rodriguez discusses the book The Digital …
3 years, 4 months ago
Paul Nelles and Rosa Salzberg, "Connected Mobilities in the Early Modern World: The Practice and Experience of Movement" (Amsterdam UP, 2022)
Episode 24
Paul Nelles (Carleton University) and Rosa Salzberg (University of Trento) talk about early modern culture, travel and the joys of editing their new …
3 years, 4 months ago
Comedies of 'Fair Use': Lewis Hyde on Owning Art and Ideas
Episode 53
In April 2006, The Institute held a two day symposium about copyright and intellectual property, titled Comedies of Fair Use. In this session, Lewis …
3 years, 4 months ago
Luke Munn, "Automation Is a Myth" (Stanford UP, 2022)
Episode 346
For some, automation will usher in a labor-free utopia; for others, it signals a disastrous age-to-come. Yet whether seen as dream or nightmare, auto…
3 years, 4 months ago
Mariëlle Wijermars et al., "The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2020)
Episode 217
How has digitalisation changed Russian politics? How has Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed Russia studies? What is special about Russia’s approach…
3 years, 4 months ago
Stevie Suan, "Anime's Identity: Performativity and Form Beyond Japan" (U Minnesota Press, 2021)
Episode 338
A formal approach to anime rethinks globalization and transnationality under neoliberalism Anime has become synonymous with Japanese culture, but its…
3 years, 4 months ago