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NBN Episodes hosted by Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu:
High Theory
May 16, 2022
Witnessing
A Discussion with Ulrich Baer
Ulrich Baer
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Ulrich Baer talks to Kim about the process and phenomenon of witnessing, which creates collective acknowledgement, understanding, and responsibility for trauma. Among other works, he talks about Shoshana Felman and …
High Theory
May 13, 2022
Heterotopia
A Discussion with Amanda Caleb
Amanda Caleb
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim speaks with Amanda Caleb about Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopia. Amanda says that the classic definition of “heterotopia” is found in Foucault’s article “Of Other Spaces: Utopias and Heterotopias” …
High Theory
May 12, 2022
9/11 Family Novel
A Discussion with Jay Shelat
Jay Shelat
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Saronik chats with Jay Shelat about the 9/11 family novel. They discuss how the attacks (re)dynamized constructions and perceptions of family. Jay refers to a few 9/11 family novels, including …
High Theory
May 11, 2022
Dissensus
A Discussion with Gina Dominick
Gina Dominick
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks with Gina about Jacques Rancière’s concept of dissensus. Gina refers to several major works of philosophy including: Jacques Rancière’s Dissensus Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Judgement Jacques Derrida’s The …
High Theory
May 10, 2022
Deterritorialization
A Discussion with Shweta Krishnan
Shweta Krishnan
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Saronik talks to Shweta Krishnan, doctoral candidate in Anthropology at George Washington University. She speaks about how she uses Giles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s concept of deterritorialization in her work …
High Theory
May 9, 2022
Eugenics
A Discussion with Mercedes Trigos
Mercedes Trigos
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks with Mercedes Trigos about eugenics. Mercedes references Francis Galton, who coined the term, preimplantation genetic profiling, and the failures of our ordinary progress narratives. If you are interested …
High Theory
May 6, 2022
Computational Creativity
A Discussion with Tuhin Chakrabarty
Tuhin Chakrabarty
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Saronik talks to Tuhin Chakrabarty about the creative processes of Artificial Intelligence, what we can expect from it, and how to keep the results fair. (Saronik messes up the word …
High Theory
May 5, 2022
Institutions
A Discussion with Chad Hegelmeyer
Chad Hegelmeyer
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks with Chad Hegelmeyer about the institutional turn in literary studies. Chad references Jeremy Rosen’s article “The Institutional Turn” from the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. We also talk …
High Theory
May 4, 2022
Mimesis
A Discussion with Alliya Dagman
Alliya Dagman
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim interviews Alliya Dagman about mimesis. Alliya references Plato’s Republic and various internet memes, including a John Oliver meme about how Xi Jinping hates being compared to Winnie the Pooh …
High Theory
May 2, 2022
Outdated Futures
A Discussion with Manish Melwani
Manish Melwani
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Saronik talks with Manish Melwani about outdated visions of the future and stale science fiction ideas that just won’t die. Manish is a Singaporean writer of science fiction, fantasy, and …
High Theory
April 29, 2022
Intersectionality
A Discussion with Kim Adams
Kim Adams
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Saronik interviews Kim about intersectionality, a concept developed by Kimberlé Crenshaw. Kim references two essays by Crenshaw in the episode: one that she read, and one that our previous podcast …
High Theory
April 28, 2022
Hurricanes
A Discussion with Sonya Posmentier
Sonya Posmentier
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks with Sonya Posmentier about hurricanes. Sonya writes about hurricanes and diaspora in her book, Cultivation and Catastrophe: The Lyric Ecology of Modern Black Literature, Johns Hopkins University Press …
High Theory
April 28, 2022
Hurricanes
A Discussion with Sonya Posmentier
Sonya Posmentier
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks with Sonya Posmentier about hurricanes. Sonya writes about hurricanes and diaspora in her book, Cultivation and Catastrophe: The Lyric Ecology of Modern Black Literature, Johns Hopkins University Press …
High Theory
April 27, 2022
Border as Method
A Discussion with Kim Adams
Kim Adams
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Saronik talks to Kim about Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson’s seminal 2013 book Border as Method, Or, the Multiplication of Labor, where they use the concept and ubiquity of border …
High Theory
April 26, 2022
Settler Colonialism
A Discussion with Margaret Nash
Margaret Nash
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks with Margaret Nash about settler colonialism. Margaret Nash is an Emeritus Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California Riverside. You can watch her …
High Theory
April 25, 2022
Death Drive
A Discussion with Michelle Rada
Michelle Rada
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks with Michelle Rada about the death drive in psychoanalysis. Michelle references Todd McGowan’s Enjoying What We Don’t Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis, University of Nebraska Press, 2013. She …
High Theory
April 22, 2022
Hoarding
A Discussion with Rebecca Falkoff
Rebecca Falkoff
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks to Rebecca Falkoff about hoarding. Her book on hoarding, Possessed, will be coming out with Cornell University press in April of 2021. In the episode, she references Giorgio …
High Theory
April 21, 2022
JVN
A Discussion with Angelina Eimannsberger
Angelina Eimannsberger
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Angelina Eimannsberger talks to Saronik about cultural phenomenon Jonathan Van Ness, and movements in queer femininity that they represent. They touch briefly on Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth, Jean …
High Theory
April 20, 2022
Commodity Fetishism B-Side
A Discussion with Elaine Freedgood
Elaine Freedgood
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
An excerpt from Kim’s conversation with Elaine Freedgood on commodity fetishism that didn’t make it into the original episode. Elaine references Louis Althusser and Slavoj Žižek on ideology; Fredric Jameson …
High Theory
April 19, 2022
Commodity Fetishism
A Discussion with Elaine Freedgood
Elaine Freedgood
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Kim talks with Elaine Freedgood about Karl Marx’s concept of commodity fetishism. The concept comes from: Karl Marx, Capital Vol. 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by …
High Theory
April 18, 2022
Debt
A Discussion with Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi
Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi talks about the idea of debt, mainly with respect to the book by David Graeber on its history. This episode is dedicated to his memory. Huzaifa is …
High Theory
April 15, 2022
Intertextuality
A Discussion with Chad Hegelmeyer
Chad Hegelmeyer
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
In this episode Kim and Chad talk about Julia Kristeva’s theory of “intertextuality.” Chad references Chapter 3 of Kristeva’s book Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Art …
High Theory
April 14, 2022
Death of the Author
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
In this episode, Kim and Saronik discuss Roland Barthes’ essay “The Death of the Author” printed in Image Music Text, translated by Stephen Heath, New York: Hill and Wang, 1977 …
High Theory
April 13, 2022
Ecosphere
A Discussion with John Linstrom
John Linstrom
Hosted by
Kim Adams and Saronik Bosu
John Linstrom talks about the ecosphere, a way of understanding the world deriving principally from the work of ecologist and philosopher Stan Rowe. We also refer briefly to James Lovelock’s …
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