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Critical Theory January 18, 2022

On Living with Television

Amy Holdsworth

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How should we understand the role of television in everyday life? In On Living with Television (Duke UP, 2021), Amy Holdsworth, a Senior Lecturer in Theatre, Film & Television Studies …

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Interviews with performing artists and scholars of the performing arts about their new books.

Art January 13, 2022

A Philosophy of the Art School

Michael Newall

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
If one were to devise a motto for the art school of today, the choice between 'you too are an artist' and 'abandon all hope you who enter here' would …
Children's Literature January 13, 2022

Making Their Voices Heard

The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe

Vivian Kirkfield

Hosted by Mel Rosenberg
Today I talked to Vivian Kirkfield about her book Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe (Little Bee Books, 2020). Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe. On …
Anthropology January 12, 2022

Becoming Palestine

Toward an Archival Imagination of the Future

Gil Z. Hochberg

Hosted by Fulya Pinar
In Becoming Palestine: Toward an Archival Imagination of the Future (Duke UP, 2021), Gil Z. Hochberg examines how contemporary Palestinian artists, filmmakers, dancers, and activists use the archive in order …
Critical Theory January 11, 2022

Reimagining the Creative Industries

Youth Creative Work, Communities of Care

Miranda Campbell

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How can we make creative industries fair and inclusive? In Reimagining the Creative Industries: Youth Creative Work, Communities of Care (Routledge, 2021), Miranda Campbell, an associate professor in the School …
Art January 6, 2022

The Play in the System

The Art of Parasitical Resistance

Anna Watkins Fisher

Hosted by Pierre d'Alancaisez
What does artistic resistance look like in the twenty-first century, when disruption and dissent have been co-opted and commodified in ways that reinforce dominant systems? In The Play in the …
Music January 5, 2022

Chapel of Love

The Story of New Orleans Girl Group the Dixie Cups

Rosa Hawkins and Steve Bergsman

Hosted by Emily Ruth Allen
In 1963, sisters Barbara Ann and Rosa Hawkins and their cousin Joan Marie Johnson traveled from the segregated South to New York City under the auspices of their manager, former …
Jewish Studies January 5, 2022

Revolutionary Visions

Jewish Life and Politics in Latin American Film

Stephanie M. Pridgeon

Hosted by Ari Barbalat
Stephanie M. Pridgeon's book Revolutionary Visions: Jewish Life and Politics in Latin American Film (U Toronto Press, 2020) examines recent cinematic depictions of Jewish involvement in 1960s and 1970s revolutionary movements …
Anthropology January 4, 2022

Playing Jazz in Socialist Vietnam

Quyền Văn Minh and Jazz in Hà Nội

Stan BH Tan-Tangbau and Quyền Văn Minh

Hosted by Adam Bobeck
Quyền Văn Minh (b. 1954) is not only a jazz saxophonist and lecturer at the prestigious Vietnam National Academy of Music, but he is also one of the most preeminent …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast December 30, 2021

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Haaz Sleiman, Actor

Haaz Sleiman

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
Haaz Sleiman (هاز سليمان) is a Lebanese actor who has appeared as Tarek in Tom McCarthy’s 2007 award-winning film The Visitor, for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit …
SSEAC Stories December 23, 2021

The Storytelling State

Performing Life Histories in Singapore

Cheng Nien Yuan

Hosted by Natali Pearson
Today, oral histories of everyday Singaporeans are more widely circulated in the nation’s mediascape than ever before. At first glance, storytelling in Singapore appears to have lost its monolithic quality …
Irish Studies December 21, 2021

The Golden Thread

Irish Women Playwrights (1716-2016)

David Clare, Fiona McDonagh, and Justine Nakase

Hosted by Colleen English
The 2015 #WakingTheFeminists Campaign for gender equality in Irish theatre highlighted the marginalization of women in this industry and led to several significant initiatives that interrogated existing theater practices …
Performing Arts December 10, 2021

The Girl Singer

Poems

Marianne Worthington

Hosted by Andy Boyd
In The Girl Singer (Fireside Industries, 2021), her latest collection of poems, Marianne Worthington weaves together nature writing, feminism, and country music to form a powerful strand of interlocking poems. In the …
Film December 9, 2021

Hollywood Shutdown

Production, Distribution, and Exhibition in the Time of COVID

Kate Fortmueller

Hosted by Joel Tscherne
By March 2020, the spread of COVID-19 had reached pandemic proportions, forcing widespread shutdowns across industries, including Hollywood. Studios, networks, production companies, and the thousands of workers who make film …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast September 18, 2020

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Jeremy Harris, Playwright

Jeremy Harris

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
Jeremy O. Harris is an American actor and playwright, known for his plays Daddy and Slave Play. He was the winner of the 2018 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, given by …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast July 9, 2020

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Sophia Chang, Writer/Producer

Sophia Chang

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
Sophia Chang has been the manager for several musical acts that have broken boundaries and continue to define our times, including D’Angelo, the RZA of the Wu Tang Clan, and …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast June 27, 2020

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Pietra Parker and Miss Cookie Doug, Drag Queens, Artists & Performers

Pietra Parker and Miss Cookie Doug

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
HAPPY PRIDE!!! For this extra special pride 2020 episode we had the pleasure to speak with two New York based Brazilians Drag Queens, PIETRA PARKER & MISS COOKIE DOUG! These …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast June 25, 2020

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Isaac Mizrahi, Fashion Designer/Performer

Isaac Mizrahi

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
Isaac Mizrahi is a fashion designer whose work has shaped America’s and the world’s sense of style everywhere. He is also a singer and writer, whose book I. M. A …
Music June 25, 2020

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Rosanne Cash, Singer/Songwriter

Rosanne Cash

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
Rosanne Cash is one of America’s great singer songwriters whose art has earned her several Grammys, nominations for Country Music Awards and other honors for titles such as The River …
The Proust Questionnaire Podcast June 25, 2020

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Anna Deavere Smith, Actor/Writer

Anna Deavere Smith

Hosted by Uli Baer and Caroline Weber
Anna Deavere Smith is an award-winning actor, performer, writer and activist. Her project “Notes from the Field,” now an HBO special, is part of “The Pipeline Project” that is based …