In this pocket-sized episode, Patrick reads and responds to Robin's recent publication on collecting Sweet Valley High, camp, and anti-fandom. Also, Patrick is called brilliant, Robin insists that the Peach Pit After dark is not canon, and they

Acceptance Speech Potpourri

May 3rd, 2020 49m 30s

[Note: This was recorded on March 24, 2020.] We made it to ten episodes! We have so many people we'd like to thank...and we take a break from the hard theory to talk about notable Award Acceptance speeches, a genre we both love. This includes w

You don't get a Staten Island Ferry named after you for having a bad media program

Mar 30th, 2020 27m 57s

Robin and Patrick are on Skype, talking about what the future will look like as graduate students. Also, what is the best Gin Blossoms song? Will Patrick pass their qualifying exam? Will Robin's article get published? (Note: Patrick passed and

Valerie Solanas Should Have a Podcast

Mar 19th, 2020 45m 18s

Disclaimer: this was recorded a few weeks ago so we were maybe slightly flip about COVID-19. Patrick and Robin are in high spirits because they finished their qualifying exams and she finalized her dissertation topic. Then we talk about the unc

A Carrot Without Hummus

Mar 3rd, 2020 34m 2s

We needed to be free of homework this week so no major articles, but Patrick talks abut coming out on social media; What's so great about being likeable?; an article about how no one knows what late capitalism is; out attempt to play Is This Ha

Doughy and Sensitive

Feb 19th, 2020 33m 56s

A literal ack! from Robin because we were not recording for the first part of our conversation. Patrick engages in behavior twice-performed to discuss Joan W. Scott's landmark article, but then we quickly turn to more pressing matters, like how

Lee Strasburg in Godfather Part II

Feb 14th, 2020 47m 20s

The podcast Gold Rush is on! Robin and Patrick discuss how Spotify purchased the Ringer (Patrick said $25 million but it's actually $250 million). Robin proposed to a dissertation advisor. Then we discuss Vincent Meserko's work on authenticity

I know I Can Do I but I Don't Know If I Will Do It

Feb 10th, 2020 52m 41s

Has true crime crossed the line to Trauma-tainment? Do we like true crime because we identify with the dead body? Also, the demise of the Suicide Buddies podcast and a rousing game of camp or not camp, Oscars edition.Works mentioned:(the book t

Transition Lenses

Feb 10th, 2020 49m 10s

Robin and Patrick start by naming the show, then share good news. Robin explains how postdocs are an academic grift and then we talk about queerness in gaming and more feminist cyborg banter. Robin confronts Patrick on patsplaining. Robin's dre

Dream Class

Nov 28th, 2019 38m 55s

Robin and Patrick consider the burning questions: Is anyone ever really happy in academia? Can objects perform? How do you pronounce Abu Graihb?

Podcast about podcasts

Nov 28th, 2019 1h 9m

Recorded in the Summer of 2019, Patrick and Robin discuss academic approaches to podcasts, among other various tangents and complaints. This is an origin story of what would eventually become the idea for the podcast. Work mentioned: Podcasting

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