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Back to SearchSarah Stang, et al., "Monstrosity in Games and Play" (Amsterdam UP, 2024)
Episode 41
Sarah Stang, editor, joins Jana Byars to talk about Monstrosity in Games and Play (Amsterdam UP, 2024). Monsters fascinate us. From ancient folklore …
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Richard Heppner, "Woodstock: From World War to Culture Wars" (SUNY Press, 2024)
Episode 288
Few towns in America are as famous as Woodstock, New York—although Woodstock may be most famous for an event that happened many miles away! Long befo…
1 year, 8 months ago
Chris Alexander, "Art! Trash! Terror! Adventures in Strange Cinema" (Headpress, 2025)
Episode 210
ART! TRASH! TERROR! Adventures in Strange Cinema (Headpress 2025) by Chris Alexander is a treasure trove of in-depth essays and edifying interviews t…
1 year, 8 months ago
Alfie Bown, "Post-Comedy" (Polity, 2025)
Episode 260
Not so long ago, comedy and laughter were a shared experience of relief, as Freud famously argued. At their best, ribbing, roasting, piss-taking and …
1 year, 8 months ago
Blair Farrell, "The Avengers in Video Games" (McFarland, 2021)
Episode 40
For decades, Marvel Comics' superhero group the Avengers have captured the imagination of millions, whether in comics, multi-billion dollar grossing …
1 year, 8 months ago
Kyle Orland, "Minesweeper" (Boss Fight Books, 2023)
Episode 39
If you had some free time and a Windows PC in the 1990s, your mouse probably crawled its way to Minesweeper, an exciting watch-where-you-click puzzle…
1 year, 8 months ago
Waiyee Loh, "Empire of Culture: Neo-Victorian Narratives in the Global Creative Economy" (SUNY Press, 2024)
Episode 160
Empire of Culture: Neo-Victorian Narratives in the Global Creative Economy (SUNY Press, 2024) by Dr. Waiyee Loh brings together contemporary represen…
1 year, 8 months ago
Robert Houghton, "The Middle Ages in Computer Games: Ludic Approaches to the Medieval and Medievalism" (Boydell & Brewer, 2024)
Episode 38
Games with a medieval setting are commercially lucrative and reach a truly massive audience. Moreover, they can engage their players in a manner that…
1 year, 8 months ago
Hallie Franks, "Ancient Sculpture and Twentieth-Century American Womanhood: Venus Envy" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Episode 114
Ancient Sculpture and Twentieth-Century American Womanhood: Venus Envy (Bloomsbury, 2025) by Dr. Hallie Franks examines the reception of Graeco-Roman…
1 year, 8 months ago
Mike Sielski, "Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk" (St. Martin's Press, 2025)
Episode 284
The evolution of basketball, and much of the social and cultural change in America, can be traced through one powerful act on the court: the slam dun…
1 year, 8 months ago