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(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-anticipated sequel to Ghost of…
(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-Paramount merger (and other…
(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 recent cultural highlights…
(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 gaming to chat about Hazelight…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 15: Vampires!
In episode 15 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay, Isi, and Joseph explore vampires in media, across genre and time! Welcoming back Joseph after a few episodes away, the episode kicks off with a games…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 14: Things of the Year 2024 — Part II
Isi and Ajay kick off episode 14 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism by paying tribute to the late, great American auteur David Lynch. They discuss the pleasures of Lynch's oneiric style, his keen eye for…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 13: Things of the Year 2024 — Part I
In episode 13 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi ruminate on a largely dismal year in pop culture. Kicking off with a discussion of unexpected developments in the world of health insurance, the…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 12: Megalopolis — or, the Decline and Miraculous Resurrection of American Empire
In episode 12 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi tackle Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis (2024). Kicking off with a review of a few recent pop-cultural engagements—including an assemblage of…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 11: Civil War
In episode 11 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi examine Alex Garland's Civil War (2024). Kicking off with a handful of pop culture news items—including the Met Gala, the death of Steve Albini,…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 10: It's Not Easy Being Green (Under Capitalism)
What does culture look like in a "sustainable" world? In episode of 10 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay, Isi, and guest Rebecca Ariel Porte examine the problems with "green" technology and…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 9: Things of the Year 2023
In the final episode for 2023, Isi, Ajay, and Joseph address the vexing nature of End-of-Year lists—and then go through the vexing process of assembling our own! Isi leads us through our year in…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 7: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — Baroque Beauty and Playing Mourning
After a brief hiatus, Ajay and Isi are back with another episode of (Pop) Cultural Marxism! In episode 7, they sojourn amidst the splendid ruins of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 6: Everyone Enjoying Everything All the Time
In episode six of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Isi and Ajay consider the cultural imperative du jour, "Let People Enjoy Things"—and offer an alternative: not letting people enjoy things. What underlies…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 5: Avatar: Cinema's Watery Grave
In episode 5 of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Isi and Ajay dive deep into the spectacle of James Cameron's latest blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water, touching on questions of cinematic language, the…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 4: 2022 Cultural Year in Review
In episode four of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay, Isi, and Joseph review the year 2022 in pop culture via the prism of five topics and trends: "open world" (and cinematic universe) fatigue (for…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 3: Elden Ring: Endless Purgatorio
In episode three of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Ajay and Isi welcome fellow faculty and videogame connoisseur Joseph Earl Thomas to talk about Elden Ring, the acclaimed 2022 RPG videogame, directed and…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 2: Stellan Skarsgårdian
In the second episode of (Pop) Cultural Marxism, Isi and Ajay continue their explorations of the "fantastic form" of pop-cultural commodities. This time around, they take up the latest addition to…
(Pop) Cultural Marxism, Episode 1: Elves and Dragons
Introducing Episode 1 of the new Podcast for Social Research subseries (Pop) Cultural Marxism, in which Ajay and Isi (and special guests!) will be exploring the "fantastic form" of pop-cultural…
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