Latest Literarystudies Podcast Episodes
The Future is Feminine with Ciara Cremin, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - December 09, 2021 15:25 - 23 minutesCiara Cremin's work draws on Marxist, psychoanalytic and critical theory perspectives to diagnose the human condition in capitalism today. In part one of this episode, we delve into the values, behaviors and aesthetic choices typically associated with masculinity and how these standards reproduc...
The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays, Part Two
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - December 02, 2021 17:43 - 26 minutesThis is the first play anthology to offer eight new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters. It establishes a canon of contemporary American trans theatre which represents a variety of performance modes and genres. In part two of this episode, we talked to anthology editors Lindsey...
The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - November 19, 2021 16:37 - 24 minutesThis is the first play anthology to offer eight new plays by trans playwrights featuring trans characters. It establishes a canon of contemporary American trans theatre which represents a variety of performance modes and genres. We talked to anthology editors Lindsey Mantoan, Angela Farr Schille...
Blackface with Ayanna Thompson
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - November 02, 2021 16:43 - 31 minutesAfter a breathtaking episode on Othello last season, Ayanna Thompson is back to talk about her book, Blackface, which is part of our Object Lessons series. In this episode, we discuss the events that drove Ayanna to write this book, the history of Blackface up to the 21st century, how media weap...
Yasodhara and the Buddha with Vanessa R. Sasson, Part Two
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - October 14, 2021 17:42 - 30 minutesWe are continuing our conversation with Vanessa R. Sasson, Professor of Religious Studies in the Liberal and Creative Arts Department of Marianopolis College, Canada and author of Yasodhara and the Buddha. In part two this episode, we delve into a narrative about Yasodhara's expansive life, and ...
Yasodhara and the Buddha with Vanessa R. Sasson, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - October 08, 2021 14:10 - 31 minutesVanessa R. Sasson is Professor of Religious Studies in the Liberal and Creative Arts Department of Marianopolis College, Canada and the author of Yasodhara and the Buddha, which we discuss in this episode. For those who do not know Yasodhara, this largely forgotten woman was once married to the ...
The War On Disabled People with Ellen Clifford, Part Two
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - September 30, 2021 18:48 - 35 minutesThis is part two of our episode on The War on Disabled People. We are continuing our conversation with Ellen Clifford, a disabled activist who has worked within the disability sector for over twenty years and is a current member of the National Steering Group for Disabled People Against Cuts. In...
The War on Disabled People with Ellen Clifford, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - September 23, 2021 17:59 - 35 minutesIn 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government responsible for ‘grave and systematic violations’ of disabled people’s rights. Ellen Clifford, a disabled activist, has been at the heart of the resistance against the war on disabled people for over twenty years. In part one of this ep...
Hip Hop Architecture with Sekou Cooke, Part Two
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - September 16, 2021 15:49 - 19 minutesAs architecture grapples with its own racist legacy, Hip-Hop Architecture outlines a powerful new manifesto-the voice of the underrepresented, marginalized, and voiceless within the discipline. In part two of this episode, we discuss Sekou’s now finished exhibit at the MoMA, how the transformati...
Justus Nieland
Prerequisites - September 15, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA conversation with Justus Nieland about his recent book, Happiness by Design: Modernism and Media in the Eames Era (University of Minnesota Press). Our conversation considers shifting views of modernism, film & media studies, and the role of design and industrial film in these, and oth...
Hip-Hop Architecture with Sekou Cooke, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - September 10, 2021 15:02 - 21 minutesAs architecture grapples with its own racist legacy, Hip-Hop Architecture outlines a powerful new manifesto-the voice of the underrepresented, marginalized, and voiceless within the discipline. In part one of this episode, we discuss the production of spaces, buildings, and urban environments th...
A History of Private Policing in the United States with Bill Miller, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - August 19, 2021 09:00 - 23 minutesIn part one of this episode, Bill Miller, author of A History of Private Policing in the United States, discusses the history of privatization in the police force, and how, in tandem with the US military and prison system, it has served as a major component of authority in America as an auxiliar...
Back to Black with Kehinde Andrews, Part Two
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - August 12, 2021 16:54 - 28 minutesBack to Black seeks to show us the long, powerful and painful history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism, its rich past encompasses figures such as Marcus Garvey, Angela Davis, the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter activists of today. In part two...
Back to Black with Kehinde Andrews, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - August 05, 2021 15:20 - 23 minutesBack to Black seeks to show us the long, powerful and painful history of Black radical politics. Born out of resistance to slavery and colonialism, its rich past encompasses figures such as Marcus Garvey, Angela Davis, the Black Panthers and the Black Lives Matter activists of today. In part one...
Hole's Live Through This with Anwen Crawford, Part Two
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - July 22, 2021 09:30 - 25 minutesLive Through This is an album about girlhood and motherhood; desire and disgust; self-destruction and survival. There have been few rock albums before or since so intimately concerned with female experience. It is an album that changed lives – so why is Courtney Love's achievement as a songwrite...
Hole's Live Through This with Anwen Crawford, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - July 15, 2021 09:30 - 26 minutesLive Through This is an album about girlhood and motherhood; desire and disgust; self-destruction and survival. There have been few rock albums before or since so intimately concerned with female experience. It is an album that changed lives – so why is Courtney Love's achievement as a songwrite...
Octavia E. Butler with Kendra R. Parker
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - July 08, 2021 15:04 - 34 minutesOctavia E. Butler is widely recognized today as one of the most important figures in contemporary science fiction. In this episode, Kendra R. Parker discusses what attracted her to Butler’s work, before jumping into discussions about Afrofuturism, the environment, representation in literature, a...
Paulo Freire with Walter Omar Kohan, Part Two
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - July 01, 2021 09:30 - 31 minutesPaulo Freire (1921-1997) is one of the most widely read and studied educational thinkers of our time. His seminal works, including Pedagogy of the Oppressed, sparked the global social and philosophical movement of critical pedagogy, and his ideas about the close ties between education and social...
Paulo Freire with Walter Omar Kohan, Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - June 24, 2021 09:30 - 23 minutesPaulo Freire (1921-1997) is one of the most widely read and studied educational thinkers of our time. His seminal works, including Pedagogy of the Oppressed, sparked the global social and philosophical movement of critical pedagogy, and his ideas about the close ties between education and social...
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration with Ashley E. Lucas - Part Two
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - June 17, 2021 09:30 - 38 minutesObscured behind concrete and razor wire, the lives of the incarcerated remain hidden from public view. Inside the walls, imprisoned people all over the world stage theatrical productions that enable them to assert their humanity and capabilities. In part two of this episode, Ashley E. Lucas disc...
Prison Theatre and the Global Crisis of Incarceration with Ashley E. Lucas - Part One
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - June 10, 2021 08:30 - 30 minutesObscured behind concrete and razor wire, the lives of the incarcerated remain hidden from public view. Inside the walls, imprisoned people all over the world stage theatrical productions that enable them to assert their humanity and capabilities. In part one of this episode, Ashley E. Lucas disc...
Season 2 Trailer
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - May 28, 2021 14:52 - 1 minuteThe Bloomsbury Academic Podcast is more than just a book talk. Each episode is its own unique forum, bringing Bloomsbury authors and experts to the front of the conversation and tackling key issues in today’s culture, both in academia and beyond. Season one is now available on our website, Apple...
Tamar Boyadjian
Prerequisites - April 15, 2021 12:56 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA conversation with Dr. Tamar Boyadjian about Robin Hood, translation, identity, the impact of early modern literature, and her new Robin Hood reader. Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse
Gordon Henry, LeAnne Howe, Margaret Noodin, & Kimberly Blaeser
Prerequisites - March 25, 2021 16:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA conversation with Professors Gordon Henry, LeAnne Howe, Margaret Noodin, and Kimberly Blaeser about Indigenous poetry and their contributions to the exciting new anthology, When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through. Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kru...
Zarena Aslami
Prerequisites - February 25, 2021 17:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA conversation with Dr. Zarena Aslami about Afghanistan, race, and literature, and how Victorian Studies is can respond to these critical issues. Written, engineered, and produced by Zack Kruse. Music by Zack Kruse
Julian Chambliss
Prerequisites - February 11, 2021 15:26 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsA conversation with Professor Julian Chambliss about comics, DH, and the comics archive at Michigan State University. Written, hosted, and produced by Zack Kruse Music: "This is Coffee?" - Zack Kruse
Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope with Ayanna Dozier
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - November 20, 2020 15:11 - 42 minutesA Black female artist fighting to control her career, her body, and her life, Janet Jackson was a 20th century icon. As a part of our minicast on politics, Ayanna Dozier – author, filmmaker, and performance artist – shares her experience writing about The Velvet Rope for our 33 1/3 series, while...
Slavery in the Age of Memory with Ana Lucia Araujo
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - November 12, 2020 17:14 - 48 minutesSlavery is a horrifying yet fundamental part of history that still shapes modern racism and culture. As a part of our minicast on politics, author and historian Ana Lucia Araujo draws on archival research, interviews, slave narratives, and other resources to explain how slavery is discussed and ...
The Art of Political Storytelling with Philip Seargeant
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - October 29, 2020 15:51 - 45 minutesIn order for any politician to be successful, they need to tell a good story—one they can weave into their platform and policies, and one that grabs the voters attention. As a part of our minicast on politics, author Philip Seargeant discusses how narratives are used by conservatives and progres...
How to Lose the Information War with Nina Jankowicz
Bloomsbury Academic Podcast - October 22, 2020 17:20 - 45 minutesThe spread of false information, whether purposeful or unintentional, poses one of the biggest threats to democracy today. As a part of our minicast on politics, author and analyst Nina Jankowicz draws from her experience working in Russia, Ukraine, and Washington DC to answer questions on comb...
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