Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on January 22, 2024SpotifyApple PodcastsOur series on corporate allegory continues with an extended discussion of Apple TV+, both its film and television offerings, as well as the relationship between such “content”...
Category: The American Vandal
Close Reading, Conglomerate Authorship, & Qween Danielle Steel with Dan Sinykin & Johanna Winant
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on January 1, 2024Apple PodcastsSpotifyIn an episode which operates as both coda to “Criticism LTD” and herald of 2024, Matt Seybold is joined by two scholars working on the complex history and sometimes conflicting...
Netflix Necrocapitalism & The House of Usher with Jane Hu & Phillip Maciak
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on December 22, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyA new season on corporate allegory, business melodrama, and new releases from academic presses kicks off with a discussion of the recent Mike Flanagan adaptation of Edgar...
The Empire of Criticism (Criticism LTD, Episodes #14-16)
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on November 17, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsPart One The tripartite finale of “Criticism LTD” begins with a the feud between Matthew Arnold and Mark Twain, followed by “Bed Glee” [14:00], “Outing...
EdTech, AI, & The Unbundling of Research & Teaching (Criticism LTD, Episode #13)
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on November 2, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsA sometimes uncanny Halloween week exploration of the EdTech griftopia. Who’s monetizing our data? How is EdTech being used to bust unions [8:00]? How does...
Podcasting Criticism (Criticism LTD, Episode #12)
Originally posted by:Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 27, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsAn appropriately rangy discussion of the podcast medium and its debts to existing print and audio forms. The origin story of The American Vandal Podcast is...
Criticism In The Conglomerate Era (Criticism LTD, Episode #11)
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 17, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsAs mass-market literature has been consolidated into a small handful of publishing conglomerates, the critical work once done by publicity and editorial...
BookTube, BookTok, Wattpad, & Audible Creation Exchange (Criticism LTD, Episode #10)
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 12, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsWhat is literary knowledge? And, for that matter, what is literature? A survey of new literary media takes on audiobooks [5:00], BookTube and BookTok...
Brittle Paper & The Blogossance (Criticism LTD, Episode #9)
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on October 2, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsWhat is the relationship between literary criticism and media studies? How has criticism adapted to the digital revolution? These questions are considered by...
Politics & The Paracademy (Criticism LTD, Episode #8)
Originally posted by: Center for Mark Twain Studies on September 23, 2023Apple PodcastsSpotifyResonate RecordingsAn attempt to triangulate politicization, professionalization, and publication by examining several periods in the history of criticism. The episode begins...