Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRochelle Gurstein, "Written in Water: The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art" (Yale UP, 2024)
Episode 157
Is there such a thing as a timeless classic? More than a decade ago, Dr. Rochelle Gurstein set out to explore and establish a solid foundation for th…
2 years ago
Eunsong Kim, "The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property" (Duke UP, 2024)
Episode 72
In The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property (Duke University Press, 2024), Eunsong Kim traces how racial capitalism and …
2 years ago
Scott Henderson, "Comics and Pop Culture: Adaptation from Panel to Frame" (U Texas Press, 2019)
Episode 64
It is hard to discuss the current film industry without acknowledging the impact of comic book adaptations, especially considering the blockbuster su…
2 years ago
For Some Odd Reason
Episode 25
Today’s guest, Kate Carr, is an accomplished sound artist and field recordist whose recent work grapples with issues of communication and longing—the…
2 years ago
Natalie Wall, "Black Expression and White Generosity: A Theoretical Framework of Race" (Emerald Publishing, 2024)
Episode 479
In Black Expression and White Generosity: A Theoretical Framework of Race (Emerald Publishing, 2024), Dr. Natalie Wall takes readers on a journey thr…
2 years ago
Jason Weiss, "Listenings" (Spuyten Duyvil, 2023)
Episode 9
Listenings (Spuyten Duyvil, 2023) is a collection of meditations on the art of experiencing sound. The writings reflect Jason Weiss's passion for ill…
2 years, 1 month ago
Alessandra Russo, "A New Antiquity: Art and Humanity as Universal, 1400-1600" (Penn State UP, 2024)
Episode 158
We tend to think of sixteenth-century European artistic theory as separate from the artworks displayed in the non-European sections of museums. In A …
2 years, 1 month ago
Lucy Weir, "Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury" (Routledge, 2024)
Episode 482
Can self-harm be art? In Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury (Routledge, 2024), Lucy Weir, a Reader in History of Art at the University of Edin…
2 years, 1 month ago
Jordan Magnuson, "Game Poems: Videogame Design as Lyric Practice" (Amherst College Press, 2023)
Episode 17
Scholars, critics, and creators describe certain videogames as being “poetic,” yet what that means or why it matters is rarely discussed. In Game Poe…
2 years, 2 months ago
Julia Kindt, "The Trojan Horse and Other Stories: Ten Ancient Creatures That Make Us Human" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 70
What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, the answer to these …
2 years, 2 months ago