Guest: Mike Filler of Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
First broadcast October 28 2016.
“As scientists, we shouldn’t be thinking ‘How do I get this into a journal?'”
Filmmaker John Carpenter describes The Thing, Prince of Darkness, and In the Mouth of Madness as his “Apocalypse Trilogy.” With the expertise of special guest Jack Bennett, we aim to find out why. It may have something to do with cosmic horror, nihilism, misanthropy and the futility of human existence.
Guest: Kate Joranson of the University of Pittsburgh libraries
First broadcast October 21 2016.
“Can we recreate those moments of accidental discovery in our digital library environments?”
While examining Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta’s sci-fi/western comic EAST OF WEST, we consider big ideas, character development and representation of diversity in storytelling. Also, with all its violence, sex and philosophy… would this make the perfect HBO series?
Guest: John Chrastka of EveryLibrary.
First broadcast October 14 2016.
“Hearts, minds, action… and money.”
PJ Harvey’s latest album is her interpretation of the ironies of war. So why are Washington D.C. politicians criticizing it? And how did its production in a public setting contribute to Harvey’s overall artistic project?
Part 1 of SURVEILLANCE AND BIG BRO
Guest: Dr. Aaron Santesso of Georgia Tech’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication.
First broadcast May 9 2014.
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“Please try to collect all the information you can and make sure nothing bad happens.”
Why didn’t the dark Marvel superhero Netflix series “Jessica Jones” live up to our expectations? We look at the intersection of corporate entertainment, feminism and creativity to find out. Along the way we uncover the creepy secret of how your binge watching is being tracked by telephone surveillance.