All Episodes

US Census with danah boyd

Mitch Resnik on “Lifelong Kindergarten”

Baseball and Reality TV: Karen Tongson and Adrian De Leon

AE Stevenson and Brooklyne Gipson on Digital Black Feminism, Sinners, and One Battle After Another

Hollywood Actresses, the Oscars, and Wuthering Heights with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind

Frames of Fandom with Robert Kozinets

Global Streaming Services and Cultural Power Relations: Bertha Chin & Swapnil Rai

Ethan Zuckerman

San Diego Comic-Con Histories and Educational Outreach with Mathew Klickstein and Emily Schindler

Anime Cons and Comic-Con Activations with Melanie Kohnen & Billy Austin Tringali

Global Asian Cinema, Asian American Movies, and Film Festivals with Brian Hu

Latina Girlhoods, Baby Boomer Boyhoods, and Children's Media with Diana Leon-Boys

Neta Kligler-Vilenchik & Ioana Literat - Not Your Parents’ Politics

Abigail De Kosnik and Jinyi Li on how fandom helps connect us in troubling times

Pop Culture's Political Tie-ins with Jonathan Taplin

Political Engagement in the Digital Age with Elizabeth Losh

The Secret Life of Data with Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert

David Wolinsky and Samantha Close on What We Learned from #Gamergate

Gaming, Live Streaming, eSports and Beyond, with T.L. Taylor

Inside American Wrestling with Charlie Jenkins

Tasha Oren on the Evolution of Food TV

Creativity and Play with Barry Kudrowitz

Indigenous Futurisms with Grace Dillon

The Revolution Will Be Hilarious with Caty Borum

Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age with Meryl Alper

Critical Media Project with Alison Trope and DJ Johnson

Hip-Hop and the Academy, with Taj Frazier

A Harry Potter Fandom Journey with Jackson Bird

Silent Cinema’s Nasty Women with Maggie Hennefeld

Minisode: Deep Dive into Forrest Gump with Rick Carter

Minisode: Comparing YouTube & TikTok

A Philosophy of Production Design with Rick Carter

Platforms and Participatory Music Creation, with Alexandria Arrieta and Christopher Cayari

Co-Created Media and Collective Wisdom with Kat Cizek and William Uricchio

New Media and Politics with Whitney Phillips and Sulafa Zidani

Minisode: Future of Online Communities

Transforming Media Pedagogies with Paul Mihailidis, Sangita Shresthova, Megan Fromm

Minisode: Meanwhile in France... Minitel

Zeki Müren Hotline with Beyza Boyacıoğlu & Jeff Soyk

Counterhistories and Countermemories of TV with Lynn Spigel

Parenting and media technology with Sonia Livingstone & Lynn Schofield Clark

BBSs and Early Internet Communities with Author Kevin Driscoll

Museum Curation with Jacqueline Stewart and Tyree Boyd-Pates

Audience is part of IP, with Diana Williams

A closer look at the banning of Maus, with Hillary Chute

Context around the Censorship of Comics with Jeet Heer and Jeff Trexler

Bringing Storytelling to Academia through Afrofuturism with Stephanie Toliver

Participatory Civic Media with Cathy Cohen and Jen Humke

Curious Conversations Across the Divide with Mónica Guzmán

Josie Duffy Rice: Defund the Police

Reimagining Criminal Justice with Josie Duffy Rice

Disney Theme Parks with Rebecca Williams and Lauren Sowa

How the Arts Can Save Education with Erica Halverson

Lori Kido Lopez on Micro Media Innovations in Hmong American Communities

Sherry Turkle on Empathy and the Narratives That Shape Our Lives

Race & Fandom, with andré carrington, Abigail De Kosnik, and Rukmini Pande

Te Rita Papesch and Sharon Mazer on the Living Tradition of Kapa Haka

What's Making Us Sappy Episode 21: Ioana Mischie and Howard Blumenthal

Ioana Mischie and Howard Blumenthal on the Future of Education

What's Making You Sappy Episode 20: S.B. Divya and Jonathon Keats

Speculative Art & Fiction with SB Divya and Jonathon Keats

What's Making You Sappy Episode 20: Sarena Ulibarri and Ed Finn

Sarena Ulibarri and Ed Finn on Solarpunk

What's Making You Sappy Episode 19: Julian Brave Noisecat and Candis Callison

Indigenous Voices for Environmental Justice with Candis Callison & Julian Brave NoiseCat

What's Making You Sappy Episode 18: Pop Culture Collaborative

Bridgit Antoinette Evans and Tracy Van Slyke on the Intersection of Art and Activism

What's Making You Sappy Episode 17: Warren Hedges

Warren Hedges on the Fantasy Roots of the Capital Insurrection

What's Making You Sappy Episode 16: James Paul Gee

What is a Human with James Paul Gee

What's Making You Sappy Episode 15: Talia Stroud and Eli Pariser

Hope for New Online Public Spaces with Talia Stroud and Eli Pariser

What's Making You Sappy Episode 14: Parmesh Shahani

Exploring Queeristan with Parmesh Shahani

What's Making You Sappy Episode 13: Dexter Thomas

What's Making You Sappy Episode 12: Zoë Corwin and Neftalie Williams

What's Making You Sappy Episode 11: Reanne Estrada and Benjamin Stokes

What's Making You Sappy Episode 10: Mike Monello and Qiana Whitted

What's Making You Sappy Episode 9: Crystal Echo Hawk

What's Making You Sappy Episode 8: Varun Soni

What's Making You Sappy Episode 7: Set Hernandez Rongkilyo

What's Making You Sappy Episode 6: Sue Ding

What's Making You Sappy Episode 5: Janae Phillips and Shawn Taylor

What's Making You Sappy Episode 4: Suzanne Scott and Susan Kresnicka

From Hip Hop to TikTok with Dexter Thomas

What's Making You Sappy Episode 3: Damian E. Duffy, John Jennings, and Shelley Streeby

Skateboarding Subculture Surprises with Zoë Corwin and Neftalie Williams

What's Making You Sappy Episode 2: William O. Gardner

What's Making You Sappy Episode 1: Clifford Johnson & Dan Goldman

Play as a Precursor to Participation, with Reanne Estrada and Benjamin Stokes

Horror, Social Change, and Experimentation with Michael Monello and Qiana Whitted

Increasing Visibility is Existential for Native Communities, with Crystal Echo Hawk

Religion, Sports and Popular Culture Are The Same / Seeking Sanctuary During the Apocalypse with Varun Soni

The Undocumented Document Themselves with Set Hernandez Rongkilyo

How the Baby-Sitters Club Changed Asian-American Culture with Sue Ding

The Power of Fan activism with Janae Phillips and Shawn Taylor

The Business of Fandom with Susan Kresnicka and Suzanne Scott

Pandemic, Pedagogy, and Politics

The Legacy of Octavia E. Butler with Damian Duffy, John Jennings and Shelley Streeby