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Margarette Lincoln, "Perfection: 400 Years of Women's Quest for Beauty" (Yale UP, 2024)
28 mins; October 26, 2024
Thinking Machines: The Turing Test at 75
29 mins; October 23, 2024
Thinking Machines: The Turing Test at 75
29 mins; October 23, 2024
Peter C. Kunze, "Staging a Comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney Renaissance" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
68 hours 52 mins; October 19, 2024
Ashawnta Jackson, "Soul-Folk" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
70 hours 55 mins; October 19, 2024
Anne Higonnet, "Liberty Equality Fashion: The Women Who Styled the French Revolution" (Norton, 2024)
47 mins; October 18, 2024
Brad Balukjian, "The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania" (Hachette, 2024)
61 hours 45 mins; October 18, 2024
Beth Blum on Self-Help, Dale Carnegie to Today (JP)
29 mins; October 17, 2024
Maurice Suckling, "Paper Time Machines: Critical Game Design and Historical Board Games" (Routledge, 2024)
35 mins; October 12, 2024
Virginia Nicholson, "All the Rage: Power, Pain, Pleasure: Stories from the Frontline of Beauty 1860-1960" (Pegasus Books, 2024)
69 hours 40 mins; October 11, 2024
Aviva Dove-Viebahn, "There She Goes Again: Gender, Power, and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television Franchises" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
65 hours 55 mins; October 10, 2024
Yolonda Youngs, "Framing Nature: The Creation of an American Icon at the Grand Canyon" (U Nebraska Press, 2024)
65 hours 41 mins; October 09, 2024
John Withington, "A History of Fireworks from: Their Origins to the Present Day" (Reaktion, 2024)
60 hours 1 min; October 08, 2024
Scott Henderson, "Comics and Pop Culture: Adaptation from Panel to Frame" (U Texas Press, 2019)
66 hours 53 mins; October 08, 2024
Alexandre Lefebvre, "Liberalism as a Way of Life" (Princeton UP, 2024)
75 hours 19 mins; October 04, 2024
Gerald Sim, "Screening Big Data: Films That Shape Our Algorithmic Literacy" (Routledge, 2024)
68 hours 10 mins; October 03, 2024
Alessandra Seggi, "Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Context, Causes, and Consequences" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
69 hours 46 mins; September 29, 2024
Konrad Bercovici, "The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years with the Legends Who Lunch" (SUNY Press, 2024)
45 mins; September 28, 2024
Jordan Minor, "Video Game of the Year: A Year-By-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977" (Abrams, 2023)
17 mins; September 26, 2024
Jane Little Botkin, "The Pink Dress: A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen" (She Writes Press, 2024)
39 mins; September 24, 2024
David Kroening Seitz, "A Different Trek: Radical Geographies of Deep Space Nine" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)
59 mins; September 20, 2024
Lisa Fletcher and Elizabeth Leane, "Space, Place, and Bestsellers: Moving Books" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
62 hours 34 mins; September 20, 2024
Marta Fijak and Artur Ganszyniec, "How and Why We Make Games" (CRC Press, 2024)
32 mins; September 18, 2024
Sheri Chinen Biesen, "Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style" (Columbia UP, 2024)
66 hours 25 mins; September 18, 2024
Emily Strand and Amy H. Sturgis, "Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier" (Vernon Press, 2023)
60 hours 42 mins; September 16, 2024
Jennifer L. Lambe, "The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba" (UNC Press, 2024)
56 mins; September 13, 2024
The Political Evolution of Taylor Swift
24 mins; September 12, 2024
Steve Jones, "The Metamodern Slasher Film" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
64 hours 28 mins; September 10, 2024
Trevor Boffone, "TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age" (Oxford UP, 2024)
62 hours 6 mins; September 08, 2024
Tom Boniface-Webb, "Modern Music Masters: Oasis" (MMM, 2020)
72 hours 6 mins; September 07, 2024
Yiu Fai Chow et al., "It’s My Party: Tat Ming Pair and the Postcolonial Politics of Popular Music in Hong Kong" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024)
62 hours 5 mins; September 07, 2024
Mark Blake, "Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac" (Pegasus Books, 2024)
54 mins; September 06, 2024
Chris Richardson, "Batman and the Joker: Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture" (Routledge, 2020)
54 mins; September 03, 2024
Sarah Malanowski and Nicholas R. Baima, "Why It's Ok to Be a Gamer" (Routledge, 2024)
24 mins; September 03, 2024
John S. Garrison, "Red Hot + Blue" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
46 mins; September 02, 2024
James P. Leary, “Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937–1946” (U Wisconsin Press, 2015)
58 mins; September 01, 2024
Mel Stanfill, "Fandom Is Ugly: Networked Harassment in Participatory Culture" (NYU Press, 2024)
48 mins; August 31, 2024
Steven Watts, "Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
36 mins; August 31, 2024
Randall Stephens, "The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock n’ Roll" (Harvard UP, 2018)
57 mins; August 28, 2024
Steve Moriarty, "Mia Zapata and the Gits: A True Story of Art, Rock and Revolution" (Ferel House, 2024)
55 mins; August 26, 2024
Can "Alien: Romulus" Revive the Alien Franchise?
57 mins; August 19, 2024
Karen Tongson, "Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us" (NYU Press, 2023)
58 mins; August 18, 2024
Alonso Duralde, "Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film" (Running Press Adult, 2024)
59 mins; August 14, 2024
Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, "Movies Under the Influence" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)
55 mins; August 13, 2024
Nora Stone, "How Documentaries Went Mainstream: A History, 1960-2022" (Oxford UP, 2023)
68 hours 59 mins; August 08, 2024
Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack, "What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service" (Dutton, 2024)
63 hours 30 mins; August 07, 2024
Franz Nicolay, "Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music" (U Texas Press, 2024)
41 mins; August 06, 2024
Gregory A. Daddis, "Pulp Vietnam: War and Gender in Cold War Men’s Adventure Magazines" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
59 mins; August 05, 2024
Nadirah Simmons, "First Things First: Hip-Hop Ladies Who Changed the Game" (Twelve, 2024)
77 hours 16 mins; August 04, 2024
Kate Hext, "Wilde in the Dream Factory: Decadence and the American Movies" (Oxford UP, 2024)
70 hours 6 mins; August 03, 2024
Jim Higgins, "Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground" (Trouser Press, 2024)
50 mins; July 30, 2024
Lindsay Goss, "F*ck The Army!: How Soldiers and Civilians Staged the GI Movement to End the Vietnam War" (NYU Press, 2024)
40 mins; July 27, 2024
Kathleen Loock, "Hollywood Remaking: How Film Remakes, Sequels, and Franchises Shape Industry and Culture" (U California Press, 2024)
67 hours 10 mins; July 27, 2024
Miriam Eve Mora, "Carrying a Big Schtick: Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century" (Wayne State UP, 2024)
72 hours 20 mins; July 27, 2024
Robyn Hitchcock, "1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left" (Akashic Books, 2024)
52 mins; July 27, 2024
Jonathan Branfman, "Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy" (NYU Press, 2024)
58 mins; July 26, 2024
Rosemary Pennington, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media" (Indiana UP, 2024)
76 hours 42 mins; July 26, 2024
Steven Powell, "Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
60 hours 37 mins; July 25, 2024
40 Years of Purple Rain: What to Make of the Movie/Album in 2024
75 hours 35 mins; July 25, 2024
Kevin Mattson, "We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America" (Oxford UP, 2020)
69 hours 0 mins; July 22, 2024
Breanne Fahs, "Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution" (Verso, 2020)
58 mins; July 21, 2024
Sören Schoppmeier, "Playing American: Open-World Videogames and the Reproduction of American Culture" (De Gruyter, 2023)
25 mins; July 19, 2024
Melissa E. Anderson, "Inland Empire" (Fireflies Press, 2021)
57 mins; July 16, 2024
Emily J. Lordi, "The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s" (Duke UP, 2020)
57 mins; July 15, 2024
Kristin J. Jacobson, "The American Adrenaline Narrative" (U Georgia Press, 2020)
57 mins; July 14, 2024
Olga Gershenson, "New Israeli Horror: Local Cinema, Global Genre" (Rutgers UP, 2024)
47 mins; July 13, 2024
Heidi Honeycutt, "I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies" (Headpress, 2024)
49 mins; July 12, 2024
Tea Krulos, "American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness" (Feral House, 2020)
57 mins; July 12, 2024
Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, "Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism" (Lexington, 2023)
53 mins; July 12, 2024
Andrew S. Jacobs, "Gospel Thrillers: Conspiracy, Fiction, and the Vulnerable Bible" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
66 hours 49 mins; July 08, 2024
Darshana Sreedhar Mini, "Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India" (U California Press, 2024)
82 hours 10 mins; July 07, 2024
Kathryn Hughes, "Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)
59 mins; July 07, 2024
Jake Johnson, "The Possibility Machine: Music and Myth in Las Vegas" (U Illinois Press, 2023)
57 mins; July 07, 2024
Michelle T. King, "Chop Fry Watch Learn: Fu Pei-Mei and the Making of Modern Chinese Food" (Norton, 2024)
45 mins; July 03, 2024
On Michael Jackson: A Lecture by Margo Jefferson
48 mins; June 29, 2024
Barbara Klinger, "Immortal Films: 'Casablanca' and the Afterlife of a Hollywood Classic" (U California Press, 2022)
64 hours 53 mins; June 27, 2024
Ishita Tiwary, "Video Culture in India: The Analog Era" (Oxford UP, 2024)
63 hours 48 mins; June 26, 2024
Jerry Rafiki Jenkins, "Anti-Blackness and Human Monstrosity in Black American Horror Fiction" (Ohio State UP, 2024)
45 mins; June 25, 2024
Ann Powers, "Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell" (Dey Street Books, 2024)
51 mins; June 24, 2024
Hank Willenbrink, "Performing for the Don: Theatres of Faith in the Age of Trump" (Routledge, 2024)
90 hours 26 mins; June 23, 2024
Christopher T. Conner and David R. Dickens, "Electronic Dance Music: From Deviant Subculture to Culture Industry" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
54 mins; June 23, 2024
Jennifer S. Clark, "Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women's Liberation" (U California Press, 2024)
48 mins; June 21, 2024
Anahit Behrooz, "BFFs: The Radical Potential of Female Friendship" (404 Ink, 2023)
46 mins; June 20, 2024
Jared Stearns, "Pure: The Sexual Revolutions of Marilyn Chambers" (Headpress, 2024)
64 hours 58 mins; June 14, 2024
On Richard Linklater and “Hit Man”
59 mins; June 14, 2024
Amy E. Wright, "Serial Mexico: Storytelling Across Media, from Nationhood to Now" (Vanderbilt UP, 2023)
77 hours 17 mins; June 11, 2024
Laura Davis-Chanin and Liz Lamere, "Infinite Dreams: The Life of Alan Vega" (Backbeat Books, 2024)
59 mins; June 11, 2024
Screwed and Chopped
35 mins; June 10, 2024
Corey J. Miles, "Vibe: The Sound and Feeling of Black Life in the American South" (U Mississippi Press, 2024)
48 mins; June 07, 2024
Tara LĂłpez, "Chuco Punk: Sonic Insurgency in El Paso" (U Texas Press, 2024)
51 mins; June 04, 2024
Eleanor Medhurst, "Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion" (Hurst, 2024)
44 mins; June 03, 2024
Kyle Barnett, "Record Cultures: The Transformation of the U.S. Recording Industry" (U Michigan Press, 2020)
67 hours 58 mins; June 02, 2024
Daniel Rachel, "Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation" (Akashic Books, 2024)
54 mins; June 01, 2024
Ryan White, "Springsteen: Album by Album" (Palazzo Editions, 2024)
58 mins; May 31, 2024
Bodie A. Ashton, "The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity, and Society" (Bloomsbury, 2024)
59 mins; May 28, 2024
Ears Racing
58 mins; May 27, 2024
Jane Hamlett and Julie-Marie Strange, "Pet Revolution: Animals and the Making of Modern British Life" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
43 mins; May 23, 2024
Alex Beringer, "Lost Literacies: Experiments in the Nineteenth-Century US Comic Strip" (Ohio State UP, 2024)
60 hours 46 mins; May 22, 2024
James A. Cosby, "Rock Music, Authority and Western Culture, 1964-1980" (McFarland, 2024)
42 mins; May 19, 2024
En Li, "Betting on the Civil Service Examinations: The Lottery in Late Qing China" (Harvard UP, 2023)
38 mins; May 17, 2024
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