Guest: Mandi Shepp of the Marion H. Skidmore Library.
First broadcast October 27 2017.
“Do you have any rabbits?”
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 361: Happy Halloween From Lily Dale
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Supecontext: The Filth
Grant Morrison says this 2002 comic book with Christ Weston, Gary Erskine and Matt Hollingsworth is an inoculation against the nasty horror of the world through depravity, pornography and depression. We interrogate whether that theme works in the end product and if the sexual violence within is problematic.
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 360: Ready for Disaster!
Guest: Jennifer Townes of Georgia College.
First broadcast October 20 2017.
“Say that three times fast.”
Supercontext: Generation Kill
David Simon and Ed Burns produced what is heralded as one of the most authentic depictions of the Iraq War, based on Evan Wright’s embedded reporting. We look at how it navigates between journalism and drama to keep us from forgetting the story of soldiers on the ground.
Lost in the Stacks, ENCORE Episode 212: Back to Bad Luck and Trouble
Postcript to our BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE series.
First broadcast June 13 2014.
Playlist at http://bit.ly/TTwJs0
“There was a hole in the roof?”
Supercontext: The Wicker Tree
Writer/director Robin Hardy describes The Wicker Tree as a companion piece to 1973’s The Wicker Man. We dig into just how this film got made. Was it a spiteful response to the American remake? Or a continuation for a deeper purpose?
Lost in the Stacks, Episode 359: Designing for Diversity
Guest: Julia Flanders of Northeastern University
First broadcast October 6 2017.
“Using things against the grain…”
Bonus Spotify playlist of Des4Div music suggestions!
https://open.spotify.com/user/129835037/playlist/0p29IdP4naxBodoex03vgl
Supercontext: Run The Jewels 3
Killer Mike and El-P call their latest record the album of their careers. How does it straddle crass humor, transgression and political activism? And if you are “the jewel,” how does their music fit into your community?