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The Gilded Network (A Tale of Today, Episode #13)

The Gilded Network (A Tale of Today, Episode #13)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Mar 20, 2025 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on March 20, 2025 Apple Podcasts Spotify Our 150th anniversary celebration of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner’s “The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today” turns to political economies of mass media, then and now,...
A Journey of Curiosity (A Tale of Today, Episode #12)

A Journey of Curiosity (A Tale of Today, Episode #12)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Jan 30, 2025 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on January 30, 2025 Apple Podcasts Spotify The second act of A Tale of Today,” focused on HBCUs and the political economy of education in Gilded Ages old and new, concludes with a journey of curiosity through the...
The First Curriculum is Work Without Wages (A Tale of Today, Episode #11)

The First Curriculum is Work Without Wages (A Tale of Today, Episode #11)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Dec 31, 2024 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on December 31, 2024 Apple Podcasts Spotify Following Jelani Favors’s description of how the second curriculum of HBCUs has been compromised since the 1980s, we look back at the origins of Howard University in the...
Fake Work, Fucking Models, & The Archive of Empire (A Tale of Today, Episode #10)

Fake Work, Fucking Models, & The Archive of Empire (A Tale of Today, Episode #10)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Dec 23, 2024 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on December 23, 2024 Apple Podcasts Spotify Archives, physical and digital, are suffering from austerity, enshittification, and censorship. In this episode scholars discuss the ambivalent impacts of digitization,...
Half Castle ‘Gainst The Scott Walkers (A Tale of Today, Episode #9)

Half Castle ‘Gainst The Scott Walkers (A Tale of Today, Episode #9)

by Center For Mark Twain Studies | Dec 18, 2024 | A Tale of Today, The American Vandal

Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on December 18, 2024 Apple Podcasts Spotify “A Tale Of Today” returns after an brief hiatus with an episode inspired by The Teaching Archive. Its authors discuss the pedagogical innovations of HBCUs and strategies...
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