Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchChristopher Lynch, "Formulating Foster: Stephen C. Foster and the Creation of a National Musical Myth" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Episode 1581
Stephen C. Foster (1826–1864) was a prolific song composer. A few of his minstrel tunes have become so enmeshed in American musical culture that they…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Oline Eaton, "Finding Jackie: The Second Act of America's First Lady" (Diversion Books, 2023)
Episode 145
In her new book, Finding Jackie: A Life Reinvented (Diversion Books, 2023), scholar and writer Oline Eaton examines the story of an era's biggest "st…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Night Manager Episodes 1—3 Analysis: It Never Ends!
Episode 1577
It’s The Pop Culture Professors, and we analyze the first three episodes of The Night Manager, season two. We consider the season as a continuation o…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Johanna Lukate, "(Dis)Entangled: Black Hair, Race, and Identity" (Coronet, 2025)
Episode 1578
Even before we get to introduce ourselves by name, our hair has already started to tell stories about who we are, where we are from and where we are …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Peter F. Burns et. al, "Disneyland Politics: How a Medium-Size City and Corporate Giant Coexist" (Temple UP, 2025)
Episode 1576
When Walt Disney decided to build Disneyland in Anaheim, CA in the 1950s, the move presented a puzzle for Anaheim’s government: How would the city ba…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Angie Hobbs, "Why Plato Matters Now" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Episode 1575
Does Plato matter? An ancient philosopher whose work has inspired and informed countless thinkers and poets across the centuries, his ideas are no lo…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, "P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance" (Duke UP, 2026)
Episode 1574
P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance (Duke UP, 2026) explores the work of Puerto Rican musical superstar Bad Bun…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
"Plenty for All: The Art of Rick Fröberg" (Akashic Books, Ltd., 2016)
Episode 1573
Rick Fröberg was an accomplished artist and musician born in Southern California who spent most of his early creative years in San Diego before movin…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Rob Harvilla, "60 Songs That Explain The 90s" (Twelve, 2023)
Episode 214
A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes listeners through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.
The 1990…
10 months ago
Stuart Klawans, "Crooked, But Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Episode 112
In a burst of creativity unmatched in Hollywood history, Preston Sturges directed a string of all-time classic comedies from 1939 through 1948--The G…
10 months ago