Media And The End Of The World

Adam and Ralph reunite after a year and a half hiatus to fire up the ol’ podcast.

Spencer Brayton is Library Manager at Waubonsee Community College (Sugar Grove, IL and Aurora, IL). His research interests focus on the convergence of media literacy and information literacy. Together with Natasha Casey, he has co-authored several articles in this area. He has presented at and/or served in various capacities for the following organizations: National Association […]

Today’s guest are Anna Kornbluh and Daniela Garofalo. Anna Kornbluh’s research and teaching interests center on Victorian literature and Critical Theory, with a special emphasis in formalism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and theory of the novel.  She is the author of The Order of Forms: Realism, Formalism, and Social Space (University of Chicago 2019),  Marxist Film Theory and Fight […]

This episode’s guest is Rick Dunham is co-director of the Global Business Journalism program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He was Washington bureau chief of the Houston Chronicle from 2007-13 and also served as Hearst Newspapers Washington bureau chief from 2009 to 2012.

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Adam and Ralph are joined by Keegan Long-Wheeler to discuss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, The Mandalorian, and all things Star Wars.

Eric Stover is Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center and Adjunct Professor of Law and Public Health, University of California at Berkeley. Stover has built the Human Rights Center into a premier interdisciplinary research and policy center that is highly regarded nationally and internationally. He is a pioneer in utilizing empirical research methods to […]

In this episode, Ralph and Adam discuss a handful of topics including Automattic acquiring Tumblr, the experience of going to the movie theater, the film The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and the recent shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH.

Adam and Ralph are joined once again by Yvette Walker. In this episode, we venture into the Upside Down and recap the third season of Stranger Things, which is available on Netflix. #JusticeForBarb

Adam and Ralph catch up after a month of travel.

Adam and Ralph’s 50th (!) episode of Media and the End of the World. We have a meta podcast about the podcast and also talk about the Game of Thrones finale (which neither of us have watched) and other media musings.

Adam and Ralph discuss Ralph’s recent trip to a Pop Culture conference. We also discuss screen time for kids, guilty pleasure television, and automated delivery. Show Notes Beyond screen time: Encourage families to think critically about media (American Academy of Pediatrics) Two Towns of Jasper (Vimeo)

Adam chats with Amy Fichtner, who recently spoke at OU for a Presidential Dream Course titled Women in Media Leadership. Amy Fichtner is the Superintendent of the Owasso Public Schools. In this role, she aims to educate and empower students as they create successful futures, influence educators as they collaborate for student success, partner with local […]

Ralph chats with Paula Thomson, who recently spoke at OU for a Presidential Dream Course titled Women in Media Leadership. Paula Thomson has worked with the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust in South Africa for over 16 years managing the center’s Economic Empowerment project Woza Moya. This project aims to uplift and upskill patients and community […]

Ralph chats with Mary Jo Heath, who recently spoke at OU for a Presidential Dream Course titled Women in Media Leadership. Mary Jo Heath is in her fourth season as Radio Host of the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, hosting both the Saturday matinees heard live by almost eight million people worldwide each week and the evening […]

Ralph chats with Tania Rashid, a freelance journalist in South Asia. I’ve produced and hosted for Al Jazeera English, CNN International, and Vice News.