The Pop Culture Professors
By Stephen Dyson and Jeff Dudas
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Analysis of popular culture and how it shapes society, with an emphasis on film and television. Features in-depth discussion, interviews with prominent scholars, and recordings of live shows. Hosted by Stephen Dyson, the associate director of the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, and a professor of political science, and Jeffrey R. Dudas, professor of political science and affiliate faculty of American Studies at the University of Connecticut.
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The Best 100 TV Shows of the 21st Century
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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Revisiting The Leftovers
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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Olivia Rodrigo Blends Past and Present in Her New Album
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Cape Fear Retells an Archetypal Revenge Story for a New Generation
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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For All Mankind Concludes Its Search For New Life
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Mapping a New Politics in For All Mankind
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May 26, 2026 |
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For All Mankind’s Story of Martian Revolution
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May 01, 2026 |
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Is "For All Mankind" the Most Ambitious Show on Television?
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Michael Mann Reconsidered: Heat and Collateral
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Michael Mann Reconsidered: Ali and The Last of the Mohicans
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Michael Mann Reconsidered: Ferrari and Manhunter
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Michael Mann Reconsidered: Thief and The Insider
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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What Went Wrong with The Night Manager?
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple the Most Important Movie of the Year?
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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The Night Manager Episodes 1—3 Analysis: It Never Ends!
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Pluribus Episodes 8 & 9 Analysis: It’s Over!
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Pluribus Episodes 6 & 7 Analysis: I Feel Fine!
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Pluribus Episodes 4&5 Analysis: We Need a Little Space
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Pluribus Episode 3 Analysis: The Amazonification of Everything
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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In “Pluribus” An America Without Division, But At What Price?
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Springsteen’s "Nebraska" as a Political, Sonic, and Personal Document
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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In The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift Addresses Love, Glamour, and Grit
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: Emergence and The Real Monsters
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: In Space, No One… and The Fly
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Alien: Earth Episode Analysis: Metamorphosis and Observation
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Transhuman Horror in Alien: Earth
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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Horror and Humanism in "28 Years Later"
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Is Sinners a New Classic of Political Utopianism?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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The Politics of Andor (Season 2, Episodes 10-12): Freedom and Order
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May 18, 2025 |
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The Politics of Andor (Season 2 Episodes 7-9): Truth and Discipline
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May 11, 2025 |
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The Politics of Andor (Season 2 Episodes 4-6): Too Much Information
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May 03, 2025 |
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The Politics of Andor (Season 2 Episodes 1-3): The Personal is Political
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Will AI Transform What it Means to be Human in the Next Ten Years?
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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The Great Gatsby is an American Dystopia
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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James Boyle Draws the Line Between Humans and AI
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Sex and Love with Robots and Chatbots
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Lessons on Living with AI from the Home Computer Revolution: Revisiting Sherry Turkle’s “The Second Self”
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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In “The Beast,” AI Puts Limits on Human Emotion
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Our History with AI is (much) Longer than You Think (with Kevin LaGrandeur)
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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A.I. is Spielberg & Kubrick’s Dark Twisted Fantasy
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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What Ex Machina Tell Us About Human-AI Psychology
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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AI: How We Got Here in Three Powerful Tales
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Thinking Machines: Will Robots Have Rights?
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Thinking Machines: The First AI Takeover Story
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Thinking Machines: The Turing Test at 75
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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P. Djèlí Clark on Why He Writes
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Slavery and Film, Creativity and Academia, and Is Slavery a Good Metaphor for AI?
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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The Political Evolution of Taylor Swift
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Can "Alien: Romulus" Revive the Alien Franchise?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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40 Years of Purple Rain: What to Make of the Movie/Album in 2024
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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AI and Music: The Future is Here (featuring "There I Ruined It")
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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On Richard Linklater and “Hit Man”
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Robert Farley on how "Andor" recreates "The Battle of Algiers" (and it works)
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May 03, 2024 |
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Adapting Liu Cixin’s "Three-Body Problem" for Television
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Reading Taylor Swift as a Cultural and Political Text
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Prophet Song: A Novel about a Totalitarian Takeover in Ireland
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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This is the Best Statement of the Simulation Hypothesis We've Seen
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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'For All Mankind,’ An Alternate History About the Possibility of Utopia
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Can You Fall in Love with ChatGPT?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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A Deep Dive into Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts"
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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What Reality TV Says About Us
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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This Will Change Your Perspective on James Bond
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Trailer
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Aug 29, 2023 |