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By Henry Jenkins, Colin Maclay
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Episodes: 162
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Academics Henry Jenkins and Colin Maclay use their combined knowledge to dig deeper and ask more ambitious questions than most pop culture podcasts out there – not doing recaps or just remaining on the level of entertainment coverage. For them, popular culture offers resources for asking questions about who we are and where we are going, questions that can be political, legal, technological, economic, or social, but often cut across all of the above.
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Hollywood Actresses, the Oscars, and Wuthering Heights with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Frames of Fandom with Robert Kozinets
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Global Streaming Services and Cultural Power Relations: Bertha Chin & Swapnil Rai
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Ethan Zuckerman
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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San Diego Comic-Con Histories and Educational Outreach with Mathew Klickstein and Emily Schindler
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Anime Cons and Comic-Con Activations with Melanie Kohnen & Billy Austin Tringali
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Global Asian Cinema, Asian American Movies, and Film Festivals with Brian Hu
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Latina Girlhoods, Baby Boomer Boyhoods, and Children's Media with Diana Leon-Boys
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Neta Kligler-Vilenchik & Ioana Literat - Not Your Parents’ Politics
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Abigail De Kosnik and Jinyi Li on how fandom helps connect us in troubling times
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Pop Culture's Political Tie-ins with Jonathan Taplin
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Political Engagement in the Digital Age with Elizabeth Losh
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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The Secret Life of Data with Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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David Wolinsky and Samantha Close on What We Learned from #Gamergate
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Gaming, Live Streaming, eSports and Beyond, with T.L. Taylor
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Inside American Wrestling with Charlie Jenkins
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Tasha Oren on the Evolution of Food TV
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Creativity and Play with Barry Kudrowitz
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Indigenous Futurisms with Grace Dillon
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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The Revolution Will Be Hilarious with Caty Borum
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age with Meryl Alper
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Critical Media Project with Alison Trope and DJ Johnson
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Hip-Hop and the Academy, with Taj Frazier
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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A Harry Potter Fandom Journey with Jackson Bird
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Silent Cinema’s Nasty Women with Maggie Hennefeld
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Minisode: Deep Dive into Forrest Gump with Rick Carter
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Minisode: Comparing YouTube & TikTok
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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A Philosophy of Production Design with Rick Carter
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Platforms and Participatory Music Creation, with Alexandria Arrieta and Christopher Cayari
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Co-Created Media and Collective Wisdom with Kat Cizek and William Uricchio
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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New Media and Politics with Whitney Phillips and Sulafa Zidani
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Minisode: Future of Online Communities
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Transforming Media Pedagogies with Paul Mihailidis, Sangita Shresthova, Megan Fromm
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Minisode: Meanwhile in France... Minitel
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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Zeki Müren Hotline with Beyza Boyacıoğlu & Jeff Soyk
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Counterhistories and Countermemories of TV with Lynn Spigel
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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Parenting and media technology with Sonia Livingstone & Lynn Schofield Clark
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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BBSs and Early Internet Communities with Author Kevin Driscoll
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Museum Curation with Jacqueline Stewart and Tyree Boyd-Pates
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May 09, 2022 |
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Audience is part of IP, with Diana Williams
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May 02, 2022 |
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A closer look at the banning of Maus, with Hillary Chute
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Context around the Censorship of Comics with Jeet Heer and Jeff Trexler
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Bringing Storytelling to Academia through Afrofuturism with Stephanie Toliver
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Participatory Civic Media with Cathy Cohen and Jen Humke
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Curious Conversations Across the Divide with Mónica Guzmán
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Josie Duffy Rice: Defund the Police
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Reimagining Criminal Justice with Josie Duffy Rice
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Disney Theme Parks with Rebecca Williams and Lauren Sowa
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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How the Arts Can Save Education with Erica Halverson
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Lori Kido Lopez on Micro Media Innovations in Hmong American Communities
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Sherry Turkle on Empathy and the Narratives That Shape Our Lives
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Race & Fandom, with andré carrington, Abigail De Kosnik, and Rukmini Pande
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Te Rita Papesch and Sharon Mazer on the Living Tradition of Kapa Haka
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May 03, 2021 |
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What's Making Us Sappy Episode 21: Ioana Mischie and Howard Blumenthal
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Ioana Mischie and Howard Blumenthal on the Future of Education
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 20: S.B. Divya and Jonathon Keats
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Speculative Art & Fiction with SB Divya and Jonathon Keats
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 20: Sarena Ulibarri and Ed Finn
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Sarena Ulibarri and Ed Finn on Solarpunk
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 19: Julian Brave Noisecat and Candis Callison
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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Indigenous Voices for Environmental Justice with Candis Callison & Julian Brave NoiseCat
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 18: Pop Culture Collaborative
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke on the Intersection of Art and Activism
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 17: Warren Hedges
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Warren Hedges on the Fantasy Roots of the Capital Insurrection
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 16: James Paul Gee
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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What is a Human with James Paul Gee
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 15: Talia Stroud and Eli Pariser
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Hope for New Online Public Spaces with Talia Stroud and Eli Pariser
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 14: Parmesh Shahani
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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Exploring Queeristan with Parmesh Shahani
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 13: Dexter Thomas
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 12: Zoë Corwin and Neftalie Williams
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 11: Reanne Estrada and Benjamin Stokes
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 10: Mike Monello and Qiana Whitted
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 9: Crystal Echo Hawk
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 8: Varun Soni
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 7: Set Hernandez Rongkilyo
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 6: Sue Ding
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 5: Janae Phillips and Shawn Taylor
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 4: Suzanne Scott and Susan Kresnicka
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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From Hip Hop to TikTok with Dexter Thomas
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 3: Damian E. Duffy, John Jennings, and Shelley Streeby
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Skateboarding Subculture Surprises with Zoë Corwin and Neftalie Williams
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 2: William O. Gardner
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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What's Making You Sappy Episode 1: Clifford Johnson & Dan Goldman
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Play as a Precursor to Participation, with Reanne Estrada and Benjamin Stokes
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Horror, Social Change, and Experimentation with Michael Monello and Qiana Whitted
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Increasing Visibility is Existential for Native Communities, with Crystal Echo Hawk
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Religion, Sports and Popular Culture Are The Same / Seeking Sanctuary During the Apocalypse with Varun Soni
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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The Undocumented Document Themselves with Set Hernandez Rongkilyo
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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How the Baby-Sitters Club Changed Asian-American Culture with Sue Ding
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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The Power of Fan activism with Janae Phillips and Shawn Taylor
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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The Business of Fandom with Susan Kresnicka and Suzanne Scott
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Pandemic, Pedagogy, and Politics
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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The Legacy of Octavia E. Butler with Damian Duffy, John Jennings and Shelley Streeby
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May 08, 2020 |
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Design Fiction and the Pandemic with Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tešanović
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May 01, 2020 |
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Japanese Science Fiction with William O. Gardner
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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The Infiltrators with Alex Rivera
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Comics with Cartoonists Mimi Pond and Carol Tyler
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Broken Bread with Chef Roy Choi and KCET’s Juan Devis
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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Inside the Peabody Awards with Jeff Jones, Lorraine Ali and Marcy Carsey
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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On Communities with Colin and Henry
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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Open TV with A.J. Christian
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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Experimenting with Comics with Clifford Johnson and Dan Goldman
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Exploring Virtual Communities with Howard Rheingold and Patricia Lange
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Civic Imagination with Henry Jenkins and Sangita Shresthova
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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From Barbie to Ice Skates: Gendered Objects with Erica Rand
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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Understanding Comics with Scott McCloud
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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Episode 52: Podcasting the News with Akilah Hughes
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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Season Five Teaser
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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The Great Eastern with Howard A. Rodman
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Memes to Movements with An Xiao Mina
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Fireside Chat with Youth Activists Justin Scott and Jessica Riestra
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Digital Diversity with Craig Watkins, Mimi Ito and Katie Salen
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Women Who ROCK with Evelyn McDonnell, Shana L. Redmond and Alice Bag
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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“Legos for the Blind” with Matthew Shifrin
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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“Radicalized” with Cory Doctorow
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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On Woke Gaming with Kishonna L.Gray
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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Episode 43: Sex Work and Podcasting: A Conversation with Vanessa Carlisle, Siouxsie Q and Kaytlin Bailey
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Episode 42: From Radio to Podcasting - Insight from Tina Antolini (Gravy), Scott Carrier (Home of the Brave) and Trey Kay (Us & Them)
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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On Ecopiety with Sarah McFarland Taylor: Is Abstaining from Using a Plastic Straw and Driving a Prius Saving Our Planet?
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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Exploring the Dark Fantastic with Ebony Thomas
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May 06, 2019 |
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Gaming the Iron Curtain: Computer games as a medium for self-expression in communist Czechoslovakia
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May 01, 2019 |
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Social Media Entertainment: The New Intersection of Hollywood and Silicon Valley
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Lucha libre: performance, activism and politics
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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Korean Science Fiction: imagining other worlds
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Power and Pleasure of Podcasting (part four): Public radio and distributing content, where are we and where are we going?
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Power and Pleasure of Podcasting (part three): Amber J. Phillips & Chenjerai Kumanyika on Podcasting as a vehicle for counterhistory
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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Power and Pleasure of Podcasting (part two): Q&A session
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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The Power and Pleasure of Podcasting: a USC event
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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The physical effects of media storytelling
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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The forgotten women of early filmmaking
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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The politics within politics of the Oscars
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Taking risks: comedy as tool for social justice
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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Critics of color: The added value of subtleties
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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Reimagining the ecology of cultural criticism
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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The growing hunger: why do we need more critics of color?
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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War of the Worlds, hoaxes and conspiracies with Nick Cull
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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Episode 23: Naja Nielsen and youth political participation
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Episode 22: Wu Ming and Benjamen Walker on conspiracy theories
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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Episode 21: Rohan Joshi from All India Bakchod on civic entertainment
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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Episode 20: Anushka Shah and Civic Entertainment in India
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Sep 29, 2018 |
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Episode 19: Star Trek and actual space with Margaret Weitekamp
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Sep 22, 2018 |
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Episode 18: Diane Winston on religion and the entertainment media
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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Episode 17: Science fiction as a way of understanding and re-imagining the world
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Sep 09, 2018 |
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Episode 16: Maureen Ryan, Emily Andras and Louisa Stein on GLBT TV Representation
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Jun 02, 2018 |
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Episode 15: Define American Film Fest with poet Yosimar Reyes and organizer Erika Andiola
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May 29, 2018 |
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Episode 14: Hye Jin Lee and Cristina Visperas on K-pop
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May 19, 2018 |
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Episode 13: Katie Salen Tekinbaş and Kurt Squire on Ready Player One and Game Based Learning
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May 13, 2018 |
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Episode 12: Ann Pendleton-Jullian Talks Worldbuilding
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May 04, 2018 |
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Episode 11: Alex McDowell on "Ready Player One," World Building and Production Design
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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Episode 10: Nonny De La Peña on "Ready Player One," Virtual Reality and Storytelling
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Episode 9: Nick Cull Talks Black Panther and Media's Role in Public Diplomacy
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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Episode 8: Black Panther and the Evolution of African Cinema Cultures
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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Episode 7: March For Our Lives and the Census
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Episode 6: Define American's Julian Gomez on Black Panther and Empowering Fan Activism
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Mar 23, 2018 |
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Episode 5: Black Panther, comics and the history of Marvel
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Mar 16, 2018 |
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Episode 4: Recap, how do you like it so far?
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Mar 09, 2018 |
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Episode 3: William Proctor and Lisa Granshaw on Star Wars Fandom Responds to the Last Jedi
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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Episode 2: Jeff Gomez on The Collective Journey of the Last Jedi
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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Pilot: Race and Star Wars
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Feb 16, 2018 |