Latest Zoltan Podcast Episodes
Avatar x Hypermediacy
Material Girls - September 19, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsDid you love James Cameron's Avatar upon its release in 2009? Have you since watched it and thought, huh, now what were we thinking 14 years ago? Were you critical of it from the start? Baffled by the public's interest in colonialism and hot blue aliens? Then this episode is for you. Tune in fo...
Episode 346: I'm Sorry John Lithgow
This Week In Zoltan - September 19, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not in my living room with my house-plants ... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube and everywhere you get podcasts. SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/ZOLTAN-YT TOUR DAT...
Episode 345: Concert Ticketing Fees Are CRAZY EXPENSIVE
This Week In Zoltan - September 12, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not in my living room with my house-plants ... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube and everywhere you get podcasts. SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/ZOLTAN-YT TOUR DA...
Goblin Mode x the Abject with McKayla Coyle
Material Girls - September 05, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIn this episode we’re asking why ‘goblin mode’ is so danged zeitgeist-y such that in 2022 it became the Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Year. Joined by McKayla Coyle (they/them), author of Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck, we dig into the term th...
Episode 344: Cat Puke in Bed
This Week In Zoltan - September 05, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not in my living room with my house-plants ... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube and everywhere you get podcasts. SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/ZOLTAN-YT TOUR DAT...
Episode 343: 18 Shots of Espresso w/ Liz Glazer
This Week In Zoltan - August 29, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not by myself in my living room with my house-plants ... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio with guests! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube and everywhere you get podcasts. This week, I'm joined b...
Queer Eye x Cruel Optimism
Material Girls - August 22, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWhat makes the Fab Five so fab? In this episode, Hannah leads Marcelle through a discussion of contemporary masculinities and their commodification via pop culture! They talk neo-liberalism, self-care discourse and the interplay of Trump's rise to power and "reaching across the aisle" through en...
Episode 342: Anxiety Brothers w/ Steven Rogers
This Week In Zoltan - August 22, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not by myself in my living room with my house-plants ... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio with guests! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube and everywhere you get podcasts. This week, I'm joined b...
Patreon Preview: The Barbie Movie Pt. 1
Material Girls - August 15, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe had to talk about the Barbie movie! We structured this bonus like our usual Patreon-only Q&A episodes, only this time we only answered questions you submitted about Greta Gerwig's blockbuster hit. We talk mainstream feminism, satire, the limits and possibilities of camp, aesthetics and so muc...
Episode 341: Super 8's Are Not That Super | This Week In Zoltan w/ Mike Lebovitz
This Week In Zoltan - August 15, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not by myself in my living room with my house-plants ... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio with guests! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube and everywhere you get podcasts. This week, I'm joined b...
Barbie x Petro-Capitalism
Material Girls - August 08, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe had to talk about Barbie! This episode is all about Barbie dolls and way they took over the toy industry in the 90s. We've since recorded an episode about the movie which will be available on our Patreon in the coming weeks. For now, please enjoy this episode that touches on liberal feminism...
Episode 340: Van Life w/ Jake Silberman
This Week In Zoltan - August 08, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not by myself in my living room with my house-plants ... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio with guests! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube and everywhere you get podcasts. This week, I'm joined...
Episode 339: Shawarma Fight w/ Dave Merheje
This Week In Zoltan - August 01, 2023 00:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not by myself in my living room with my house-plants ... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio with guests! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube and everywhere you get podcasts. This week, I'm joined...
Spare x Tender Masculinity
Material Girls - July 25, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIt's here! Welcome to the first episode of Material Girls, a scholarly podcast about pop culture co-hosted by Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman. This show aims to make sense of the zeitgeist through materialist critique* and critical theory! Each episode looks at a unique object of study (so...
Episode 338: Bringing Your Own Toilet Paper w/ Billy Bonnell
This Week In Zoltan - July 25, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not by myself in my living room with my house-plants 🪴... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio with guests! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, and more 🎧🎙 This wee...
Episode 337: Peeing Your Pants w/ Graham Kay
This Week In Zoltan - July 18, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not by myself in my living room with my house-plants 🪴... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio with guests! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, and more 🎧🎙 This wee...
Material Girls: An Introduction
Material Girls - July 13, 2023 18:56 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWelcome to Material Girls! A new show from the team behind the beloved podcast, Witch, Please. Every episode you'll get your pop culture fix with some academic theory added to the mix. Join feminist scholars Hannah McGregor and Marcelle Kosman for episodic dives into the zeitgeist. Together they...
Appendix: The Witch, Please Wrap Up
Material Girls - July 11, 2023 04:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWell Witches... we're here, at the end of Witch, Please the podcast. If you've been following us on Instagram, then you know that we are so grateful for the last eight seasons AND we're so excited for our new flagship show: Material Girls, a scholarly podcast about popular culture. You'll notic...
Episode 336: Escaping Parenthood w/ Chris Millhouse
This Week In Zoltan - July 11, 2023 00:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 231 ratingsMy podcast, 'This Week In Zoltan', is BACK! This time, I am not by myself in my living room with my house-plants 🪴... I'm in a highfalutin NYC studio with guests! Full new episodes will be posted every Tuesday at 8am EST on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon, and more 🎧🎙 . This we...
Appendix: Fan Studies Revisited
Material Girls - June 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsFor our final regular episode, we decided to revisit Fan Studies! We begin with a review of our episodes on Foucault and authorship, Michel de Certeau and the tactics of the disempowered, Jane Tompkins and circulation and Michael Warner's idea of discourse publics. Even though it's our last regu...
Introducing Gender Playground with Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx
Material Girls - June 23, 2023 04:54 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe're thrilled to share the pilot episode of Gender Playground! Gender Playground is a new show from Witch, Please Productions and is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended...
Introducing: Gender Playground
Material Girls - June 23, 2023 04:54 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe're thrilled to share the pilot episode of Gender Playground! Gender Playground is a new show from Witch, Please Productions and is co-hosted by longtime friends Marcelle Kosman and Raimi Marx. This podcast is all about gender-affirming care for the kids in your life, and YOU are the intended...
Bonus Ep: Shame Spiraling with Ely Kreimendahl
Material Girls - June 13, 2023 12:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIn this bonus episode, Hannah and Marcelle are joined by comedian and podcaster Ely Kreimendahl (she/her) for a discussion about shame, relationships, being adults and podcasting! If you haven't already fallen in love with Ely's show, Shame Spiral, check it out! Now is the time! We'll be back in...
Appendix: Critical Adoption Studies with Nia
Material Girls - May 30, 2023 04:47 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsThis week we're joined by Nia (they/them) for a conversation about critical adoption studies — a field of scholarship that explores adoption as a legal, political, and economic institution that severs and creates familial bonds. We begin with a review of our episodes on motherhood, class, femini...
Appendix: Anti-Fatness with Aubrey Gordon
Material Girls - May 16, 2023 04:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe're so excited to be joined by Aubrey Gordon (she/her) for an episode about anti-fatness in the Harry Potter series. We begin with a quick review of disability studies, monstrosity, and sentimentality before jumping into a conversation about anti-fatness, body positivity and fat liberation. Au...
Appendix: Giggle-ology with Dix McDevitt
Material Girls - May 02, 2023 06:39 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsAs you know, we love to laugh! That's why we were thrilled when a brilliant listener, Dix McDevitt (she/her), pitched us an episode about giggling in the Harry Potter series. In Revisions, we talk through Disability Studies, Queer Theory and Trans Studies to prepare for a framework devised by Di...
Appendix: The Author
Material Girls - April 18, 2023 05:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWe said we would and so we did! Here is our episode on l'auteur! In this episode, Marcelle leads us through a brief Revisions segment because there is just too much to get into! We talk ideology, discourse, structuralism, celebrity and capitalism before heading into a chat about two dead French ...
Bonus Ep: Hogwarts Legacy with Michelle Thompson
Material Girls - April 04, 2023 04:32 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIn this bonus episode, Marcelle is joined by Michelle Thompson to discuss Hogwarts Legacy! If you've been curious about this game and the shitstorm surrounding it, think of this convo as your primer! We'll be back in two weeks to add to our Appendices. If you want more of Michelle, check out h...
Appendix: Witch Hunts with Niki Fitzgerald
Material Girls - March 21, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsIn this episode we bring in a guest, Niki Fitzgerald (she/her), to talk about Witch Hunts. Niki is an NHS doctor specialising in Care of the Elderly and General Internal Medicine. She has recently completed her Masters in Applied Medical Humanities and her dissertation was titled Is Medicine Obs...
Appendix: Holocaust Studies with Andrea Dara Cooper
Material Girls - March 07, 2023 05:29 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 458 ratingsWelcome back to our Appendix Season — a chance to look at the Harry Potter series as a whole. In this episode we bring in a guest, Andrea Dara Cooper (she/her), to talk about Holocaust Studies. Andrea is Associate Professor and Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Scholar in Modern Jewish Thought and Cultu...
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