The 16-episode 8th season of “The American Vandal Podcast” ran from August to November of 2023. It covered a wide range of questions about the contemporary state of literary criticism, the institutions which have historically be responsible for training critics and circulating their work, and new media associated with “The Golden Age of The Working Critic” (as the first episode of the series is titled). All episodes are available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and the other podcast platforms.
How has the systemic defunding and deprofessionalizing of humanities academia impacted literary criticism? Why is there such a flourishing culture industry if demand for cultural education is supposedly declining?
What is criticism? Why should it matter? Can it be saved from the gun-toting businessman? A crossover episode with the High Theory podcast.
The premiere of a new series, “Criticism LTD,” on the contemporary state of criticism.
