Guest: Dr. Mike Filler of Georgia Tech.
First broadcast July 28 2017.
“Let’s start with the good news first.”
Guest: Dr. Mike Filler of Georgia Tech.
First broadcast July 28 2017.
“Let’s start with the good news first.”
Hellboy’s a charming, working class hero, despite being a demon’s spawn. We look at how creator Mike Mignola taps into the mythic simplicity of folk tales and how Hellboy itself has become a commodified franchise.
Guest: Matt Spitzer of The Center for Open Science.
First broadcast July 21 2017.
“Repetition is reassuring because it implies that there is a recognizable something.”
For our first coverage of a reality television show we go from beauty to camp, to joy and grief. This show simultaneously sells branded content that somehow doesn’t feel sleazy, while also providing an extraordinary platform for LGBTQ culture.
Guests: Itza Carbajal (UT Austin School of Information), Sine Hwang Jensen (UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Library), Irina Rogova (U Richmond library) & Jessea Young (Loyola Marymount U library).
First broadcast July 14 2017
“Librarianship and archivy should be radical.”
A novel that took Stephen King 12.5 years to write is now a major franchise. But what was it like when fans (and retailers) were rabid for more? Did King have a “responsibility” to them? And why didn’t he plot his fantasy world… instead of writing it by the seat of his pants?
Part 1 of OPEN ACCESS
Guest: Michael Chang of the Brook Byers Institute
First broadcast on October 11th, 2013
All My Friends Are Funeral Singers is a film (and record) by Tim Rutili of the band Califone. We interview Tim about his experience creating a project like this in multiple media and how that changed his process going forward.