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Michele Meek, "Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies" (Indiana UP, 2023)
47 mins; July 17, 2023
Vivian Nun Halloran, "Caribbean American Narratives of Belonging" (Ohio State UP, 2023)
80 hours 7 mins; July 16, 2023
Brianna Holt, "In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So 'Post-Racial' America" (Plume Books, 2023)
43 mins; July 16, 2023
Meg Bernhard, "Wine" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
58 mins; July 15, 2023
Eliot Borenstein, "Marvel Comics in The 1970s: The World Inside Your Head" (Cornell UP, 2023)
65 hours 45 mins; July 11, 2023
Stephen Davies, "Adornment: What Self-Decoration Tells Us About Who We Are" (Bloomsbury, 2020)
31 mins; July 10, 2023
Mathias F. Clasen, "Why Horror Seduces" (Oxford UP, 2017)
46 mins; July 08, 2023
Tilly Bridges, "Begin Transmission: The Trans Allegories of The Matrix" (BearManor Media, 2023)
33 mins; July 04, 2023
Jennifer Caplan, "Funny, You Don't Look Funny: Judaism and Humor from the Silent Generation to Millennials" (Wayne State UP, 2023)
60 hours 31 mins; July 04, 2023
Suk-Young Kim, "Surviving Squid Game: A Guide to K-Drama, Netflix, and Global Streaming Wars" (Applause Books, 2023)
48 mins; July 04, 2023
Adrian Rifkin, "Future Imperfect: The Past Between My Fingers..." (2021)
80 hours 18 mins; July 02, 2023
Marie Arleth Skov, "Punk Art History: Artworks from the European No Future Generation" (Intellect, 2023)
40 mins; June 30, 2023
Academic Chat: "Detention" and Other Horror Videogames: Avatars, Memory and Trauma
35 mins; June 23, 2023
Lars de Wildt, "The Pop Theology of Videogames: Producing and Playing with Religion" (Amsterdam UP, 2023)
35 mins; June 22, 2023
Michael Gray, "Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan-Vol. 1 Language & Tradition" (FM Press, 2023)
53 mins; June 22, 2023
The History of the American Shopping Mall and Its Cultures
67 hours 55 mins; June 19, 2023
Alexandra Dane, "White Literary Taste Production in Contemporary Book Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
36 mins; June 17, 2023
Zhouxiang Lu, "A History of Competitive Gaming" (Routledge, 2022)
34 mins; June 12, 2023
Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik, "Blood in the Tracks: The Minnesota Musicians Behind Dylan's Masterpiece" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
58 mins; June 11, 2023
Ida Yoshinaga et al., "Uneven Futures: Strategies for Community Survival from Speculative Fiction" (MIT Press, 2022)
54 mins; June 11, 2023
Yoshiko Okuyama, "Tōjisha Manga: Japan’s Graphic Memoirs of Brain and Mental Health" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
37 mins; June 10, 2023
Michael T. Friedman, "Mallparks: Baseball Stadiums and the Culture of Consumption" (Cornell UP, 2023)
74 hours 38 mins; June 07, 2023
Robin James, "The Future of Rock and Roll: 97X WOXY and the Fight for True Independence" (UNC Press, 2023)
63 hours 24 mins; June 07, 2023
Amy Brady, "Ice: From Mixed Drinks to Skating Rinks--a Cool History of a Hot Commodity" (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2023)
35 mins; June 06, 2023
Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons
56 mins; May 28, 2023
Heather Augustyn, "Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond" (2023)
57 mins; May 25, 2023
Landon Jones, "Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers" (Beacon, 2023)
26 mins; May 19, 2023
John Klaess, "Breaks in the Air: The Birth of Rap Radio in New York City" (Duke UP, 2022)
60 hours 27 mins; May 12, 2023
Mark Goodall, "Gathering of the Tribe: A Companion to Occult Music on Vinyl" (Headpress, 2022)
41 mins; May 12, 2023
Leah Phillips, "Female Heroes in Young Adult Fantasy Fiction: Reframing Myths of Adolescent Girlhood" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
60 hours 13 mins; May 11, 2023
Jason C. Cash and Craig T. Olsen, "The World of Final Fantasy VII: Essays on the Game and Its Legacy" (McFarland, 2023)
42 mins; May 07, 2023
Samantha Pickette, "Peak TV's Unapologetic Jewish Woman: Exploring Jewish Female Representation in Contemporary Television Comedy" (Lexington, 2022)
66 hours 9 mins; May 07, 2023
Journalistic Collaboration (JP)
52 mins; May 04, 2023
James Charney, "Madness at the Movies: Understanding Mental Illness through Film" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
95 hours 21 mins; May 02, 2023
Annie Zaleski, "Lady Gaga: Applause" (Palazzo Editions, 2022)
52 mins; April 30, 2023
Helle Strandgaard Jensen, "Sesame Street: A Transnational History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
57 mins; April 26, 2023
Will York, "Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age" (Headpress, 2023)
52 mins; April 25, 2023
Jonathan Gray, "Dislike-Minded: Media, Audiences, and the Dynamics of Taste" (NYU Press, 2021)
52 mins; April 20, 2023
Michael K. Johnson, "Speculative Wests: Popular Representations of a Region and Genre" (U Nebraska Press, 2023)
47 mins; April 20, 2023
Justin L. Bergner, "Solving the Price Is Right: How Mathematics Can Improve Your Decisions On and Off the Set of America's Celebrated Game Show" (Prometheus Books, 2023)
54 mins; April 19, 2023
Kathryn Cornell Dolan, "Breakfast Cereal: A Global History" (Reaktion Books, 2023)
67 hours 58 mins; April 19, 2023
Dwayne Epstein, "Killin' Generals: The Making of The Dirty Dozen, the Most Iconic WW II Movie of All Time" (Citadel Press, 2023)
52 mins; April 18, 2023
The Garage: A History
25 mins; April 16, 2023
Jeremy Richey, "Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol" (Cult Epics, 2022)
61 hours 21 mins; April 13, 2023
Hearts of Men: How Should Progressives React to Masculinity Influencers like Andrew Tate?
90 hours 23 mins; April 12, 2023
Michelle McSweeney, "OK" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
40 mins; April 11, 2023
Kate Strasdin, "The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe" (Pegasus Books, 2023)
52 mins; April 10, 2023
Simon Strange, "Blank Canvas: Art School Creativity and the Development of Punk, Post Punk and New Wave Music" (Intellect, 2023)
43 mins; April 08, 2023
Johnny Walker, "Rewind, Replay: Britain and the Video Boom, 1978-92" (Edinburgh UP, 2022)
45 mins; April 07, 2023
Frenchy Lunning, "Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence" (U Minnesota Press, 2022)
55 mins; April 04, 2023
Ross Clare, "Ancient Greece and Rome in Modern Science Fiction: Amazing Antiquity" (Liverpool UP, 2022)
77 hours 23 mins; April 03, 2023
Susan Burgess, "LGBT Inclusion in American Life: Pop Culture, Political Imagination, and Civil Rights" (NYU Press, 2023)
54 mins; March 30, 2023
Geoff Harkness, "DVS Mindz: The Twenty-Year Saga of the Greatest Rap Group to Almost Make It Outta Kansas" (Columbia UP, 2023)
50 mins; March 30, 2023
Christina Rice, "Mean...Moody...Magnificent!: Jane Russell and the Marketing of a Hollywood Legend" (UP of Kentucky, 2021)
41 mins; March 28, 2023
Larisa Grollemond and Bryan C. Keene, "The Fantasy of the Middle Ages: An Epic Journey through Imaginary Medieval Worlds" (Getty, 2022)
62 hours 43 mins; March 27, 2023
David J. Halperin, "Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO" (Stanford UP, 2020)
53 mins; March 24, 2023
Rose Marshack, "Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children" (U Illinois Press, 2023)
54 mins; March 20, 2023
Alexis James, "Unsung: Not All Heroes Wear Kits" (Pitch Publishing, 2023)
72 hours 39 mins; March 20, 2023
Roy Schwartz, "Is Superman Circumcised?: The Complete Jewish History of the World’s Greatest Hero" (McFarland, 2021)
106 hours 27 mins; March 17, 2023
John Miller, "The Philosophy of Tattoos" (British Library, 2021)
53 mins; March 17, 2023
Hugh Hodges, "The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes" (PM Press, 2023)
67 hours 41 mins; March 16, 2023
Mary Flanagan and Mikael Jakobsson, "Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games" (MIT Press, 2023)
49 mins; March 16, 2023
Nicholas Carnes and Lilly J. Goren, "The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe" (UP of Kansas, 2022)
66 hours 37 mins; March 13, 2023
The Wooden O and the Iron Throne: Game of Thrones and Shakespeare Part 3
38 mins; March 13, 2023
Stefano Gualeni and Riccardo Fassone, "Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
47 mins; March 12, 2023
Richard Thompson Ford, "Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History" (Simon & Schuster, 2021)
63 hours 48 mins; March 11, 2023
Theresa Runstedtler, "Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA" (Bold Type Books, 2023)
57 mins; March 11, 2023
Marion Turner, "The Wife of Bath: A Biography" (Princeton UP, 2023)
45 mins; March 10, 2023
Elizabeth Cobbs, "Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to BeyoncĂŠ" (Harvard UP, 2023)
67 hours 43 mins; March 07, 2023
The Wooden O and the Iron Throne: Game of Thrones and Shakespeare Part 2
32 mins; March 06, 2023
Ben Dodds, "Myths and Memories of the Black Death" (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
39 mins; March 06, 2023
The Los Angeles Review of Books: A Conversation with Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke
39 mins; March 06, 2023
Measure for Measure Episode 4: Movies
16 mins; March 05, 2023
Thomas Aiello, "Dixieball: Race and Professional Basketball in the Deep South, 1947-1979" (U Tennessee Press, 2019)
68 hours 24 mins; March 03, 2023
Affective Masculinities
19 mins; February 27, 2023
The Wooden O and the Iron Throne: Game of Thrones and Shakespeare Part 1
29 mins; February 27, 2023
Jen B. Larson, "Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA, 1975-1983" (Feral House, 2022)
59 mins; February 26, 2023
Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D'Arcangelo, "Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League" (Bold Type Books, 2021)
68 hours 19 mins; February 25, 2023
Claire Bond Potter, "Political Junkies: From Talk Radio to Twitter, How Alternative Media Hooked Us on Politics and Broke Our Democracy" (Basic Books, 2020)
69 hours 30 mins; February 25, 2023
Nicolai Jørgensgaard GraakjÌr, "The Sounds of Spectators at Football" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
62 hours 14 mins; February 25, 2023
Patricia Saldarriaga and Emy Manini, "Infected Empires: Decolonizing Zombies" (Rutgers UP, 2022)
51 mins; February 23, 2023
Deborah Holt Larkin, "A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of California's Most Notorious Killer" (Pegasus Crime, 2022)
47 mins; February 22, 2023
Anna Zeide, "US History in 15 Foods" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
39 mins; February 20, 2023
Jacob Birken, "Video Games: Digital Image Cultures" (Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, 2022)
93 hours 33 mins; February 18, 2023
Alan Meades, "Arcade Britannia: A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade" (MIT Press, 2022)
55 mins; February 18, 2023
Nic Brown, "Bang Bang Crash: A Memoir" (Counterpoint, 2023)
42 mins; February 14, 2023
Maya Phillips, "Nerd: Adventures in Fandom from This Universe to the Multiverse" (Atria Books, 2022)
55 mins; February 14, 2023
Lauron J. Kehrer, "Queer Voices in Hip Hop: Cultures, Communities, and Contemporary Performance" (U Michigan Press, 2022)
56 mins; February 14, 2023
Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler, "The American Way: A True Story of Nazi Escape, Superman, and Marilyn Monroe" (Simon & Schuster, 2023)
53 mins; February 14, 2023
Star Wars: Andor’s Aldhani and its Real-World Parallels
61 hours 50 mins; February 10, 2023
Jonathan Ervine, "Humour in Contemporary France: Controversy, Consensus and Contradictions" (Liverpool UP, 2019)
60 hours 9 mins; February 10, 2023
Leslie Bow, "Racist Love: Asian Abstraction and the Pleasures of Fantasy" (Duke UP, 2022)
50 mins; February 08, 2023
Chris Kempshall, "The History and Politics of Star Wars: Death Stars and Democracy" (Routledge, 2022)
60 hours 44 mins; February 07, 2023
Steven Hyden, "Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation" (Hachette Books, 2022)
46 mins; February 06, 2023
J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich, "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining" (Taschen, 2023)
57 mins; February 06, 2023
Deep Cuts: Classic Rock and Hair Metal with Professor and Guitarist Jesse Kavadlo
68 hours 41 mins; February 05, 2023
Nick Seaver, "Computing Taste: Algorithms and the Makers of Music Recommendation" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
87 hours 32 mins; February 02, 2023
Maria Sonevytsky, "Wild Music: Sound and Sovereignty in Ukraine" (Wesleyan UP, 2019)
61 hours 11 mins; January 28, 2023
Justin Gregg, "If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity" (Little, Brown, 2022)
31 mins; January 26, 2023
Oline Eaton, "Finding Jackie: The Second Act of America's First Lady" (Diversion Books, 2023)
57 mins; January 24, 2023
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