Semantic Reactions

Semantic Reactions

Institute of General Semantics

Episodes 44
Avg. Duration 1h 14m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.2 (5)
Since Aug 2022
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Monthly
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Episodic
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79%
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About This Podcast

Semantic Reactions is the official podcast of the Institute of General Semantics. We offer conversation and discussion, and readings and performances, on topic relevant to the discipline of general semantics, such as language and symbols, consciousness and culture, systems and ecology, media and technology, science and art, etc.

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Recent Episodes

S1E44 Episode 44 Featuring Sarah L. Kaufman

Apr 29, 2026 1h 29m

Our April 2026 episode features author, educator, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sarah L. Kaufman. As the Washington Post's chief dance critic, she wrote about the arts, entertainment, and…

S1E43 Episode 43 featuring Peggy Cassidy, Thom Gencarelli, & Lance Strate on Media Ecology

Mar 31, 2026 1h 19m

Our March 2026 episode features Peggy Cassidy, Thom Gencarelli, and Lance Strate discussing media ecology and general semantics. Their conversation follows up on a program sponsored by the New York…

S1E42 Episode 42 Featuring Kevin McMahon

Feb 27, 2026 1h 8m

Our February 2026 episode features award-winning Canadian documentarian Kevin McMahon, the director of approximately 30 films, including McLuhan's Wake (2002). In conversation with Lance Strate, he…

S1E41 Episode 41 Featuring Corey Anton, Susan Drucker, Thom Gencarelli, and Lance Strate

Jan 30, 2026 1h 3m

Our January 2026 episodes features IGS trustees Corey Anton, Susan Drucker, Thom Gencarelli, and Lance Strate discussing politics in the United States in light of recent events in Minneapolis. Their…

S1E40 Episode 40 Featuring Susan Drucker and Erik Garrett

Dec 18, 2025 1h 34m

Our December 2025 episode features Susan Drucker, who is an IGS Trustee, Professor of Journalism at Hofstra University, and a founder of the Urban Communication Foundation, and Erik Garrett, a…

S1E39 Episode 39 featuring Corey Anton, Peggy Cassidy, Susan Drucker, Thom Gencarelli, and Lance Strate

Nov 25, 2025 1h 13m

Our November 2025 episode features a recording of an IGS sponsored session that took place at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association. The program entitled Perspectives on…

S1E38 Episode 38 Featuring Nora Bateson

Oct 28, 2025 1h 25m

Our October 2025 episode features author, filmmaker, and IGS trustee Nora Bateson, who is also president of the International Bateson Institute and the creator of the Warm Data Labs initiative. Her…

S1E37 Episode 37 Featuring Christina Knopf

Sep 24, 2025 1h 29m

Our September 2025 episode features Cristina Knopf, a professor of Communication and Media Studies at the State University of New York at Cortland, in conversation with IGS president Lance Strate.…

S1E36 Episode 36 Featuring Keith Clark and Ted Delicath

Aug 26, 2025 1h 27m

Our August 2025 episode features coaches Keith Clark and Ted Delicath, in conversation with IGS president Lance Strate, discussing the CORO Fellows Program in Public Affairs and its relation to…

Episode 35 Featuring Ryan Zickgraf

Jul 29, 2025 1h 15m

Our July 2025 installment features writer and journalist Ryan Zickgraf, the author of an op-ed on the continuing relevance of Neil Postman's best known book, Amusing Ourselves to Death that was…

S1E34 Episode 34 Featuring Martin Levinson

Jun 25, 2025 1h 11m

Our June 2025 installment features IGS trustee and past president Martin H. Levinson talking about the recent publication of his latest book, Sensible Thinking 3: The Adventure Continues. In…

S1E33 Episode 33 Featuring Corey Anton, Peggy Cassidy, Susan Drucker, Thom Gencarelli, & Lance Strate

May 24, 2025 1h 17m

Our May 2025 installment features five of our IGS Trustees on the state of higher education in the United States today. The conversation is led by IGS President Lance Strate who teaches at Fordham…

S1E32 Semantic Reactions 32 Featuring Christopher Mayer

Apr 16, 2025 1h 14m

Our April 2025 installment features the return of author, financier, and IGS Trustee Christopher Mayer to discuss the current economic situation in the United States with IGS President Lance Strate.…

S1E31 Episode 31 Featuring Marleen Barr

Mar 25, 2025 1h 21m

Our March 2025 installment features the return of author, scholar, and critic Marleen Barr to discuss her recently published anthology entitled, Jewish Women Science Fiction Writers Create Future…

S1E30 Episode 30 Featuring Gabriel Kennedy aka Prop Anon

Feb 23, 2025 1h 31m

Our February 2025 podcast features IGS President Lance Strate interviewing writer, musician, artist, and author of the recently published book, Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought of Robert Anton…

S1E29 Episode 29 featuring Brianna Wu

Jan 29, 2025 1h 5m

Our January 2025 podcast features IGS President Lance Strate interviewing computer programmer and activist Brianna Wu. Their conversation covers Gamergate, feminism, transexual issues, and politics…

Episode 28 Featuring Jeff Mordkowitz

Dec 28, 2024 1h 21m

Our December 2024 podcast features IGS President Lance Strate interviewing computer scientist and IGS Past President Jeff Mordkowitz. Their conversation covers the history of general semantics and…

Episode 27 Featuring Lance Strate

Nov 29, 2024 1h 9m

Our November 2024 episode departs from our usual format as IGS President Lance Strate shares the Balvant Parekh Memorial Lecture that he recently delivered in India for the Balvant Parekh Centre for…

S1E26 Episode 26 Featuring Eva Berger, Corey Anton, Lance Strate, and AI

Oct 28, 2024 1h 31m

Our October 2024 podcast features IGS Trustees Eva Berger, Corey Anton, and Lance Strate taking part a controversial discussion on some of the most recent developments in artificial intelligence and…

S1E25 Episode 25 Featuring Nadine Strossen

Sep 29, 2024 1h 4m

Our September 2024 episode features an interview with author, New York Law School professor, and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union, Nadine Strossen, conducted by IGS trustees…

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Semantic Reactions has published 44 episodes since August 2022, covering topics in Education, Philosophy.

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