2021 Season of The American Vandal Podcast Begins With “The Myths of Reconstruction in the Wake of Insurrection”
Brook Thomas discusses the myths of Reconstruction on new episode of The American Vandal.
Tag: Mark Twain
Death at Christmastime: Mark Twain & The Music of Merciful Release
Mark Twain spent much of the last decade of his life in mourning. Music became the centerpiece of his grieving process. Matt Seybold unwraps Twain’s personal soundtrack to loss and remembrance.
Check Out This Bonus Episode of The American Vandal on Mark Twain in Elmira & Consider Submitting a Proposal to the C19 Podcast
Bonus Episode of The American Vandal Podcast re-releases the episode on Mark Twain in Elmira we did with C19 in 2019.
Final Episode of Inaugural Season of The American Vandal Podcast Features Reading & Discussion of Mark Twain’s “Letter From Santa Claus”
In homage to the season, we dedicate an episode to Mark Twain’s 1875 letter to his daughter, in which he impersonates the “jolly old elf.”
New Episode of The American Vandal Podcast Focuses on Good Lord Bird
James McBride’s 2013 novel, Good Lord Bird, was ubiquitously compared to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This episode features discussion of the recent Showtime miniseries adaptation.
The Apocryphal Twain: “Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.”
Mark Twain may have made writing look easy, but he didn’t think it actually was.
How Mark Twain Supported Women’s Suffrage
Mark Twain’s Self-Pasting Scrap Book was favored by prominent figures in the Women’s Rights Movement like Anna Dickinson and Elizabeth Boynton Harbert.
Mark Twain Prize Winner Dave Chappelle is Subject of New Episode of The American Vandal
Comedy scholars discuss the recent work of stand-up comic Dave Chappelle on The American Vandal Podcast, from the Center for Mark Twain Studies.
New Episode of American Vandal Explores Origins of Police Departments in San Francisco & Charleston
Mark Twain and James Redpath both, in the years surrounding the American Civil War, denounced police forces for violently oppressing people of color.
Virginia Theater Staging Tom Sawyer On Demand
We talked with the playwright who adapted Mark Twain’s novel for the Barter Theatre stage.