Best Christine Rai Podcasts (2025)

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Smarter AI Workflows and Happier Clinicians with Dr. Christine Silvers 30:53

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In this episode of Spilling the Teath, Dr Ryan Hungate - Chief Clinical and Strategy Officer at Henry Schein One - joins as host to sit down with Dr Christine Silvers, Healthcare Executive Advisor at Amazon Web Services, for a deep dive into how AI is reshaping dentistry and medicine. This week’s conversation follows the recent announcement that He…

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Innovating Mixed-Model Dentistry with Kunal Rai 27:52

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In this episode of Spilling the Teath, we’re in Leeds at Meliora Dental with Dr Kunal Rai, Owner, Principal Dentist and Clinical Director, to explore what future-ready dentistry really looks like. Kunal shares his journey from studying Computer Science & AI to qualifying as a dentist in Prague, and how that blend of clinical skill and technical thi…

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Quick Sips: Social Media That Drives Patient Growth with Rebekah Mountford 22:28

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In this Quick Sips episode of Spilling the Teath, we’re joined by Rebekah Mountford, Director of Strategy and PR at Tooth Club, one of the UK’s fastest-growing dental groups. Rebekah shares how social media can transform a practice’s visibility, reputation, and patient base - and why platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels are now essential tools…

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Building a Future-Ready Dental Group with Charley Mitchell 33:50

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In this episode of Spilling the Teath, we sit down with Charley Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer at Together Dental, one of the UK’s leading dental groups. Charley brings a fresh perspective from his 18-year career in pharmacy to discuss how healthcare principles, technology, and teamwork can reshape the way we think about dentistry. In this episo…

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Quick Sips: Review Strategies That Work with Philip Molden 22:08

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In this episode of Spilling the Teath: Quick Sips, we sit down with Phil Molden, Director and Co-Founder of Working Feedback, a leading patient review platform for dental practices. Phil shares how online reviews have become a cornerstone of dental reputation, patient trust, and practice growth — and why collecting and responding to feedback consis…

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Tech and Growth in Canadian Multi-Site Dentistry with Scott Kennedy 40:31

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In this episode of Spilling the Teeth, we sit down with Scott Kennedy, Director of Multisite, Schools and Institutions at Henry Schein Canada. Scott shares how Canada’s dental service organisation (DSO) landscape has evolved from a handful of emerging groups to more than 300 today, and what that rapid growth means for technology adoption, staffing,…

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How AI is Transforming Dentistry with Ophir Tanz 40:06

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In the first episode of Spilling the Teath, we sit down with Ophir Tanz, CEO and Founder of Pearl, the leading company in AI-powered dental radiology. Ophir shares the story of Pearl’s journey and how radiologic AI software is transforming dentistry, helping dentists detect disease earlier, improve diagnostic accuracy, and enhance patient communica…

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Season One Trailer | Spilling the Teath from Henry Schein One: Future-Ready Dentistry 1:05

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Ep. 81: Mike Miley & David Lynch’s American Dreamscape 48:02

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Lift yourself out of the dregs of summer and everything else with this chat Mike Miley, author of the new book David Lynch's American Dreamscape. Miley shares his first encounter with Lynch’s Dune – as a 5-year-old! -- and his insights into the intertextuality of Lynch’s work, particularly Inland Empire. He also talks about being a high school teac…

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Ep. 80: Jordan Sjol Interviews José Rivera

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We have a special treat for listeners in this episode as DePauw University’s Jordan Sjol sits down with acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, and TV writer José Rivera for a conversation about his journey from playwriting to Hollywood, writing across different media, adapting literary classics, and balancing artistic integrity with commercial demands…

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Ep. 78: Swapnil Rai on Bollywood Stars and Podcast Pedagogy 38:22

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Chris chats with Swapnil Rai about her book on how Bollywood stars transformed Hindi cinema into a global phenomenon, as well as how she uses podcasting activities in her classroom. And if you’ve got ideas for how students can study media by making media, you’re invited to submit a proposal for a symposium at Notre Dame on that very topic.…

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Ep. 77: Journalists at the 2024 Olympics/Paralympics 57:56

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Aca-Media producer David Lipson was in Paris for the 2024 Olympics/Paralympics, so we sent him out into the field. He captured some sounds of the city and the people flocking to arenas and also turned modern journalism’s most essential tool – a smartphone – toward journalists themselves, uncovering the challenges, and a few joys, that unite media p…

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Ep. 76: Maggie Hennefeld on the Cultural Politics of Women’s Laughter 40:41

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Stephanie Brown delves into the dangerous world of women laughing in this conversation with Maggie Hennefeld about her new book Death By Laughter: Female Hysteria and Early Cinema. Covering everything from 19th-century obituaries blaming giggle fits (rather than girdle fits) for women’s deaths to the modern-day political power of a vice presidentia…

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Ep. 75: Academic Publishing Roundtable 46:53

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We’ve reached that late post-spring time of year, as Michael judiciously puts it, and if you’re lucky and industrious enough to have finished writing something over summer and you’d like to get published, we’ve got just the roundtable for you! One side of the table features experienced editors and the other side has young scholars with questions, s…

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Talking Television, Ep. 17: "OJ TV" 51:22

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O.J. Simpson died on April 10, 2024. Along—and intertwined—with the impact that he had on formations of "law and order," celebrity and scandal, race and gender, class and nation, Simpson had an enormous impact on U.S. television. This episode of "Talking Television" considers that impact, as TV scholars Hunter Hargraves, Lynne Joyrich, Brandy Monk-…

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Ep. 74: Wiseman Podcast 1:08:56

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In this episode of Aca-Media, David Lipson talks with Shawn Glinis and Arlin Golden, the creators of Wiseman Podcast, which is devoted entirely to discussing the films of--you guessed it—Frederick Wiseman. Shawn and Arlin explain how the podcast is produced and why they feel Wiseman should be mentioned in the same breath as Kubrick, Coppola, and Sc…

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Ep. 73: Thinking With Our Ears: Jacob Smith on Audio Scholarship 48:31

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Bust out your fancy headphones for this episode, folks. In one our best episodes ever from an audiophilic perspective, Jonathan Nichols-Pethick talks with Jacob Smith about his recent experimental audiobooks, ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene and Lightning Birds: An Aeroecology of the Airwaves, both of which are available as open access file…

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Ep. 72: Live in Boston at SCMS 2024

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Recorded live on the scene! (so please forgive any less-than-ideal audio quality) Convening at the 2024 SCMS conference in Boston and gathering “after dark” on the conference eve (i.e. after the opening reception and its free bar, which might have made us all a little giddy), Chris and Michael chat with longtime Conference Manager Leslie LeMond and…

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Episode 71: Justin Rawlins on Method Acting (February 2024) 34:27

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Stephanie Brown chats with Justin Rawlins about his new book on method acting (Imagining the Method: Reception, Identity, and American Screen Performance) and the discourse the method has generated over the years. Meanwhile, Michael tries to channel his inner authentic podcaster and nearly goes full-Leto.…

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Episode 70: Jordan Sjol on Medium Specificity 54:25

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A conversation between Jonathan Nichols-Pethick and Jordan Sjol about Sjol’s JCMS article, “A Diachronic, Scale-Flexible, Relational, Perspectival Operation: In Defense of (Always-Reforming) Medium Specificity” and the recent feature film that Sjol co-wrote, How to Blow Up a Pipeline.By SCMS Presents Aca-Media

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Ep. 69: Reality TV and Unionization Efforts 38:56

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We continue on with our coverage of media industry labor, as Stephanie Brown talks with Andrea Ruehlicke about reality TV contestants fighting for fair rights and against exploitative conditions. Then Chris and Michael banter about a drag show and a symposium on drag performance bans held at Notre Dame last month.…

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Ep. 68: Talking to the Press about the Hollywood Labor Strikes 1:02:47

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What is it like when your area of expertise is suddenly in the news? When the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes began, industry scholars Kate Fortmueller and Miranda Banks suddenly found themselves in demand, fielding dozens of interview requests from a range of news outlets. We talk with them about how they are talking about the strikes with the press and…

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Ep. 67: Reflections on the SCMS Conference (Past and Future) 24:44

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Return with us to our live taping at the SCMS conference in Denver in April 2023 as we talk with outgoing SCMS president Priscilla Peña Ovalle about the past and future of the SCMS conference. What are the hopes and challenges of conferencing for the Society in the post-pandemic world?By SCMS Presents Aca-Media

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Ep. 66: What's New and What's Not in Precarious Labor 47:19

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We’re going to SCMS 2023 in Denver, Colorado! In our latest episode we talk about our plans for SCMS, where we’ll be doing a live episode (which is next week at the time of publishing!). We then chat with Finley Freibert of the SCMS Precarious Labor Organization to talk about how things have changed – and not changed – over the last few years. Fina…

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Ep. 65: The Politics of Improv Comedy 47:35

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Our latest episode is a fascinating deep dive into the practice, politics, and promise of improv comedy. Diana De Pasquale leads you on a tour, talking with four different practitioners of improv on what improv means today, especially to marginalized people. For example, is the famous improv mantra of “Yes, and …” perhaps in need of revision?…

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Ep. 64: An Obsession with Hummus (Food Instagram) 50:08

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In this episode of Aca-Media, we bring you the editors and several authors of the collection Food Instagram: Identity, Influence, and Negotiation. This fascinating discussion explores the intersections of food and media (as well as food studies and media studies), the changing landscape of social media, and the cultural politics of “food porn.” Fea…

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Ep. 63: That's Not Funny! The Right-Wing Comedy Complex 30:23

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In this episode we bring you a deep dive into the world of the right-wing comedy complex, from the hyper-visible Joe Rogan to the subterranean shows, circuits, and celebrities you may never have heard of, but whose success represents a crucial political development. Stephanie Brown talks with Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx about their new book That…

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Presenting the Past, Ep. 9: PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff and Annette Miller 1:00:01

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The ninth episode of “Presenting the Past” features Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour, and Annette Miller, former Vice President of NewsHour Productions. The PBS NewsHour Collection in the AAPB includes nearly 15,000 episodes from October 1975 to September 2019, including two half-hour predecessor programs, The Robert Ma…

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Presenting the Past Ep. 8: In Black America with John L. Hanson, Jr. 37:04

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The eighth episode of “Presenting the Past” features John L. Hanson, Jr., producer and host since 1981 of the nationally syndicated radio and podcast interview series In Black America at KUT Radio in Austin, Texas. In 2019, KUT received a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to digitize, preserve and…

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Episode 62: Cinema Is a Cat 34:37

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It’s the film studies textbook you’ve been waiting for: Cinema is a Cat, which teaches film theory, language, and history using examples of cats in movies. Frank Mondelli talks with author Daisuke Miyao about the book, its inspiration, some of his favorite movie cats, and what dogs might have to say about all this.…

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Episode 61: Interview with Outgoing SCMS President Paula Massood 41:14

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In this episode, we conduct an “exit interview” with the outgoing president of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Paula Massood, who discusses the downs and ups of her time leading the Society during a global pandemic. Before and after the interview, Chris and Michael discuss the decision to move the 2022 SCMS conference online. It might fee…

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PRESENTING THE PAST EP. 7: DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING WITH JEAN WALKINSHAW 44:10

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The seventh episode of “Presenting the Past” features Jean Walkinshaw, an award-winning documentarian and producer in the Pacific Northwest for over 50 years. In 2021, Walkinshaw contributed 44 public television documentaries and full interviews conducted for the documentaries to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB). The Jean Walkinsh…

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PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 6: NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO WITH BILL SIEMERING 51:08

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The sixth episode of our special series "Presenting the Past," a collaboration between The American Archive of Public Broadcasting and Aca-Media, features Bill Siemering, a radio innovator and advocate, who was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in October 2021. As a founding member of the NPR Board of Directors, Siemering wrote NPR's original mi…

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Episode 60: Lara Logan Spreads Misinformation 31:27

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What happens when communication scholars confront professional liars? The answer is weirder than you might think. In this episode, we talk with Drew Zolides, who organized a silent protest of right-wing propagandist Lara Logan when she spoke at his university and ended up getting pulled into her performance in unexpected ways.…

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PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 5: LATINO EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LATINO BROADCASTING, PART 2 24:47

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The collaboration between Aca-Media and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting continues with episode 5 of our special series “Presenting the Past: Exploring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.” This is Part 2 of our two-part episode on Latino Empowerment through Latino Broadcasting. The fifth episode of “Presenting the Past” explores…

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PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 5: Latino Empowerment through Latino Broadcasting, Part 1 45:27

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The collaboration between Aca-Media and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting continues with episode 5 of our special series “Presenting the Past: Exploring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.” This is Part 1 of our two-part episode on Latino Empowerment through Latino Broadcasting. The fifth episode of “Presenting the Past” explores…

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Episode 59: A Whole Bunch of Cranky Academics 1:13:25

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We’re back with a great bleeping episode! First, we interview Dmitri Latsis, head of SCMS’s Scholarly Interest Group Coordinating Committee about the role of SIGs within the Society. Then we take on Rolling Stone’s list of “100 Best Sitcoms of All Time” with an all-star roundtable of comedy scholars that is even more entertaining than the sitcoms t…

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PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 4: BROADCASTING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST 1:10:07

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This episode of “Presenting the Past” features Newton Minow, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President John F. Kennedy from 1961 until 1963. Minow would become a key figure in the establishment of public broadcasting in the U.S., and in this conversation, he reflects on his early vision for public service television. H…

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Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 16: Finale 43:54

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Since May 2020, Aca-Media has been bringing you a special series, “Talking Television a Time of Crisis,” organized by Hunter Hargraves, Lynne Joyrich, and Brandy Monk-Payton and featuring dozens of prominent academics and practitioners. These sixteen episodes over two seasons have helped us understand the relationship of TV Studies to, first, the C…

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PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 3: INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY 23:49

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In the third episode of "Presenting the Past," Shirley Sneve, Vice President of Broadcasting for Indian Country Today, reflects on her work with Indian Country Today, Vision Maker Media (VMM), and archiving with the AAPB. Sneve also comments on the history of Native American public broadcasting and presents excerpts from a few of the documentaries …

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Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 15: Academics 57:18

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Our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” continues with episode 15: Academics. How have the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial injustice affected academia, and how might they force a reimagination of the role of television studies inside and outside the academy?By Aca-Media Presents "Talking Television in a Time of Crisis"

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Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Episode 14: Ethics 46:47

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Our special series "Talking Television in a Time of Crisis" continues with Episode 14: Ethics. What ethical practices should television employ in depicting and framing the pandemic and struggles for racial justice? And moving forward, what are the ethical responsibilities of audiences? Host: Taylor Nygaard [Arizona State University] Participants: H…

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Episode 58: Faye Wanted You to Find Her 1:01:36

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Aca-Media is back with a fascinating conversation about the great Faye Emerson, actress, talk-show host, proto-feminist, and bon vivant. She was once known as “The First Lady of Television” but is now all-too forgotten. Chris talks with media scholar Maureen Mauk and archivist Mary Huelsbeck about Emerson’s remarkable life and career, the Emerson c…

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Presenting the Past: Exploring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, Ep. 2: NET and Modern Conservatism 28:33

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This is the second episode of our special series, “Presenting the Past,” a collaboration with the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. We talk with broadcast historian Allison Perlman about the AAPB special exhibit "On the Right: NET and Modern Conservatism" and the state of conservative movement in the 1960s. What challenges did conservatives …

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Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 13: Publics 55:49

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Our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” continues with episode 13: Publics. What new viewing publics have been created over the past year? How have such TV publics both connected and disconnected us, particularly in these times of media bubbles, and with what effects? Hear the conversation with: Hannah Hamad [Cardiff University]…

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Presenting the Past: Exploring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, Ep. 1: "Eyes on the Prize" 20:59

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In the first episode of “Presenting the Past,” a new special series from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting and Aca-Media, film scholar Michelle Kelley highlights a collection of 127 unedited interviews conducted for the landmark PBS documentary series Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965, first broadcast in January 1…

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Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 12: Aesthetics 51:47

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Our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” continues with Ep. 12: Aesthetics. Questions include: How is television transforming aesthetically, and what new developments in TV form and style have emerged in this time of crisis? How have new forms of television changed our relationship to the TV image? Featuring: Josie Torres Barth […

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Episode 57: What Happens When People Feel Strongly About Stuff 1:14:15

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This episode features a Fan Studies Roundtable: what can Fan Studies tell us about our current political and cultural moment, and what is the state of Fan Studies within the discipline today? Then we bring you interviews with two more SCMS 2020 award winners, Rachel Webb Jekanowski (Best Dissertation) and Pansy Duncan (the Katherine Singer Kovács E…

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Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 11: Optics 51:38

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Episode 11 of our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” is here: Optics. How does television seek to manage social and political crises around the world? How does television manage its own internal crises (of representation and of legitimation) in such a precarious cultural moment and climate of unrest? This conversation is hosted…

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Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 10: Economics 1:08:27

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Episode 10 of our special series “Talking Television in a Time of Crisis” is here: Economics. How has the business of television, from streaming to legacy media, changed in 2020? How can we rethink notions of value in the industry that might contest capitalist modes of production and consumption? Hosting is Miranda Banks (Loyola Marymount Universit…