Guests: Dana Hartley, Pete Ludovice, and Brian Dyke from Georgia Tech.
First broadcast May 27 2011.
Playlist at http://www.wrek.org/?p=6595
“Well, Brian, what do you believe in?”
This 2007 thriller divides a lot of people over whether it’s good or bad. We try to take a high road and instead explore what the film says about us. Is it about ordinary monsters? Addiction? Or America’s guilt about its own dark side?
Part 5 of DATA RULES
Guest: Joelle Dietrick of Davidson College.
First broadcast August 5 2016.
“Sometimes I find the most interesting moment in my research is when I have a chance encounter with something I wasn’t expecting.”
David Byrne’s self-titled album is a personal moment in his creative history, but do his lyrics have meaning? Or do they simply dredge up emotions for the listener? Also, how does an album that’s this diverse have such a white, middle class identity associated with it?
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s novel about the comedy of Armageddon seems to be the very definition of “twee.” We try to unpack what that concept means and how it contributes to the authors’ humanist message.
First broadcast November 3 2017.
“I just kind of fell into it.”
