The Podcast for Social Research

Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Wolfe, Paige Sweet, and Miranda Trimmier on Writing, Translation, and the Uses of Theory

In this episode of Faculty Spotlight, Lauren K. Wolfe, Paige Sweet, and Miranda Trimmier sit down to discuss BISR Practicum—the exciting new program they're spearheading

Episode 98: Sophie Lewis's Femmephilia, Gender, Pleasure, and the Politics of Girly Things

In this episode, Sophie Lewis, Danya Glabau, and Paige Sweet hold a conversation in honor of Sophie's new book, Femmephilia: Love Letters to Trans Mermaids, Queer Mothers

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 97: Slop Machine Anna Kornbluh and Kate Wagner on the Aesthetics of Contemporary Fascism

In this episode of the Podcast for Social Research Anna Kornbluh and Kate Wagner consider the aesthetics of contemporary American fascism in a conversation moderated by B

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 96: Here Where We Live Is Our Country, An Evening with Molly Crabapple

The artist and writer Molly Crabapple joins journalist Spencer Ackerman and BISR's Suzy Schneider in coversation about her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country: Th

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 95: On Crisis and the Origins of Modern Iran

In this episode of the Podcast for Social Research, Suzanne Schneider and Soraya Batmanghelichi consider the current crisis in Iran, tracing its roots through the touchpo

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 94.5: B.F. Skinner Plays Himself — a Brief Film Guide

In this shortcast edition of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live as part of BISR's Occasional Evenings event series, BISR's Isi Litke and Rebecca Ariel Porte t

Political Humiliation, Collective Struggle: A Conversation with Roxanne Euben

Episode 94 of the Podcast for Social Research is a live recording of an event held at BISR Central to mark the publication of political theorist Roxanne Euben's Driven to

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 93: Nature's Value — Alyssa Battistoni in Conversation with Nafis Hasan and Ajay Singh Chaudhary

Episode 93 of the Podcast for Social Research is a live recording of an event held at BISR Central to mark the publication of political theorist Alyssa Battistoni's Free

(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 19: Ghost of Yotei - A Specter is Haunting Ezo

In episode 19 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Isi and Ajay are joined by fellow BISR faculty Joseph Earl Thomas to discuss Ghost of Yotei, Sucker Punch Productions' much-antic

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 92.5: Hangmen Also Die! — a Brief Film Guide

In this shortcast edition of the Podcast for Social Research, BISR's Isi Litke and Jude Webre discuss Fritz Lang's Hangmen Also Die! (1947). Loosely based on the assassin

(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 18: I Don't Know What You Did Last Summer

In episode 18 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Isi and Ajay spend some time with a handful of big news items at the intersection of politics and media—from the Skydance-Paramou

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 92: No Borders: Folk, Fusion, and Tradition — Ghost Peppers in Concert

Episode 92 of the Podcast for Social Research features fusion folk trio Ghost Peppers in concert at BISR Central, playing songs old and new, including selections from the

Faculty Spotlight: Alfred Lee and Xafsa Ciise on AI, Big Tech, Race, and Histories of Trauma

In this episode of Faculty Spotlight, hosts Mark and Lauren sit down with faculty Alfred Lee and Xafsa Ciise, colleagues whose shared concerns—with race, bias, politics,

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 91: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 Years Later

Episode 91 of the Podcast for Social Research is a live recording of an event marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with BISR fac

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 90: TRANSgressions — Rights, Wrongs, and Liberal Pieties

Episode 90 of the Podcast for Social Research—TRANSgressions: Rights Wrongs, and Liberal Pieties—was recorded (mostly) live at BISR Central, as we celebrated Pride Month

Practical Criticism No. 72: Brian Wilson (God Only Knows What We'll do Without You...)

In episode 72 of Practical Criticism, Ajay takes the somber occasion of Brian Wilson's recent death to play, for Rebecca, the Beach Boys's immortal track "God Only Knows"

(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 17: I Have Friends Everywhere

In episode 17 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi once again find themselves in the regrettable position of praising the Walt Disney Company. After chatting about rec

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 89: Eyes Wide Shut — a Film Guide

In episode 89 of the Podcast for Social Research, recorded live at BISR Central, BISR faculty Danielle Drori, Jude Webre, and Lauren K. Wolfe sat down following a screeni

(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 16: Shine Bright Like a TIE Fighter

In episode 16 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Isi and Ajay discuss the return of Tony Gilroy's Andor. Before departing for a galaxy far, far away, they stop by the world of ga

Podcast for Social Research, Episode 88: The Sound of Lispector

For episode 88 of the Podcast for Social Research, BISR's Rebecca Ariel Porte welcomed special guests—translator Katrina Dodson and songwriter and vocalist Lacy Rose—for