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Season 6 Episode 73
Your Interpretation is Colonial.
When we turn Zen into a pop-culture vibe or a totem pole into a corporate metaphor, we aren’t learning; we’re commit…
3 months ago
Words from Nigeria 3 – Emezi’s Pet & Hunters for Truth
Akwaeke Emezi demonstrates how Nigeria’s contemporary writers turn our conceptual realities around. They offer a YA novel that doesn’t condescend, bu…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Words from Nigeria Pt 2: Soyinka’s Tiger & Brother Jero
Why have so few read Soyinka? And can we find hope through his cynical dramas?
I admit I am a victim of the myth-making around me which has made Soyi…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Words from Nigeria Pt 1: Adichie and the Literary Manifesto
What sort of literature is this, anyway?
Today we introduce some approaches to Nigerian literature, offer a bevy of African writers, and explore ho…
4 months ago
Cassandra: Uncertain Steps
And what if nobody listens?
Yes, entering our calls for justice into public space carries no small amount of anxiety. And the poster-child for bein…
4 months, 1 week ago
Writing Back: Letters to Humanity
26 Dec 2025
Episode 6.21 –
Writing Back: Letters to Humanity
A different sort of New Year Resolution, moving us from personal improvement to publi…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Great Societies: Lowry’s “The Giver”
19 Dec 2025
Episode 6.20 –
The Great Societies: Lowry’s The Giver
Another thorny utopia, Lowry’s Community practices a different kind of strategy …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Great Societies, Pt 2: Metropolis & The Ways of Meaning
12 Dec 2025
Episode 6.19 –
The Great Societies, Pt 2: Metropolis & The Ways of Meaning
We finish our discussion of the silent film Metropolis and …
5 months ago
Is All Art Political? The Great Societies, Pt. 1: Metropolis
5 Dec 2025
Episode 6.18 –
Is All Art Political? The Great Societies, Pt. 1: Metropolis
It seems everything is politics these days. But at least ca…
5 months, 1 week ago
True Horror: Le Guin, Poe, Cavarero, Bataille, and Arendt
28 Nov 2025
Episode 6.17 –
True Horror: Le Guin, Poe, Cavarero, Bataille, and Arendt
NOTE: While nothing explicit or graphic is named in this epis…
5 months, 2 weeks ago