Referential
Dr. Khaliden Nas
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Referential is hosted by Dr. Khaliden Nas to have serious conversations about frivolous topics!
Each episode takes you on an academically informed deep dive into pop culture and media that never skips out on a stupid joke.
Subscribe & join Dr. Khaliden Nas (and the occasional guest!) as we dive into conversations about identity, representation, Blackness, queerness (and so much more) across the cultures that we make; and the cultures that make us.
Artwork by Valentine M. Smith.
Music by Pampered Fists & Anzahlung.
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S1E15 Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (S1 and 2 with Derrick Austin!) [RELISTEN]
AMC's The Vampire Lestat is out! So, we're Re-upping my convo with the amazing Derrick Austin about Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, the first attempt at adapting the story and the first 2 seasons of…
S3E3 'AFRORI: Brighton's Black Bookshop' (with Carolynn Bain & Victor Alexander)
Dropcall #10Victor and I sit down with Carolynn Bain! Carolynn is the founder of Brighton's 'Afrori', The UK's only Black owned bookshop specialising in books by Black authors.Afrori recently…
S3E2 'This Podcast May Contain K-Pop [Demon Hunters]' (with Victor Alexander & Ash Alleyne)
Dropcall #9Ashley and Victor came to visit me in my new flat and I decided to record it. Chaos ensues.Topics covered include:Victor hates K-Pop Demon HuntersAshley and Khaliden loved K-Pop Demon…
S3E1 Mix #3: Brandy's Full Moon (2002) (With Dr. Jonathan Paul Higgins)
New Series!MIXepisodes: Where I'm joined by past guests and new to talk about, what I’ve been, calling their ‘cornerstone album’. We go in depth and track by track on some of our favourite musical…
S2E13 'The Screamisode' (With Victor Alexander)*
*'Or why we're skipping Scream 7'Drop Call #8Victor and I did not watch Scream 7 and tell you all about why. Then we talk about our history with the Scream franchiseDistracting yourself.Haden…
S2E12 'Wuthering's Next Top Model' (With Victor Alexander)
Drop Call #7Victor watched Emerald Fennell’s 'Wuthering Heights' and gives me his review before we unpack Netflix’s new documentary series ‘Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model’ about Tyra…
S2E12 Trans Pride Brighton (with Dr. Sam Hall, Phat Problem & Sarah Savage) (Pt. 2)
Part 2!It is currently 2026, I initially wanted to put this series out a lot quicker! (Many these conversations I’ve been holding on to for a few months now!) I’ve been feeling a little guilty about…
S2E8 Trans Pride Brighton (with Sarah Savage, Kate Nash and more!) (Pt 1)
"We will not give in. We will not give up. We will not bow. We will not beg. We will not capitulate. We will survive." - Sarah Savage (Trans Pride Brighton CEO)Captured sounds and interviews from…
S2E11 'Queer Cancellation' (With Victor Alexander)
Drop Call #6Victor and I try to make sense of why 2026 is starting with all the queers getting ‘cancelled’. “Cancellation”Memetic Pile OnsGinger Minj Vs The WorldEscape from Gag CityBowen Yang and…
S2E5 (Video Update) Ancient Hatreds (Or New Antisemitism, and the Left’s ‘Muslim Problem’ with Dr. Jonathan Galton)
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S1E1 (The Lost Pilot) Troye & Sam (Or Queering the Mainstream with Miss Sundi) [RE-RELEASE]
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S2E10 'Pillion' x 'Gay Media Catch-Up' (With Victor Alexander)
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S2E8 'The Cages' (With Alexander Pavlis & Ash Alleyne)
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