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Hungover From The Bad Old Days of High Theory
Hungover From The Bad Old Days of High Theory
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Length:
88 minutes
Released:
Aug 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What is criticism? Why should it matter? Can it be saved from the gun-toting businessman? A crossover episode with the High Theory podcast connects internal and external crises (6:00), imagines confrontations with gun-toting businessmen (22:00) and sociopathic administrators (33:00), salutes the vanguard of academic labor (45:00), eulogizes the star system (59:00), demystifies the bad old days of high theory (1.13:00), and recommends "The Shush" (1.24:00).
Cast (in order of appearance): Kim Adams, Matt Seybold, Saronik Bosu, John Guillory, Christopher Newfield, Bruce Robbins, Ryan Ruby, Sarah Brouillette, Katie Kadue, Kyla Wazana Tompkins, and Michelle Chihara
Soundtrack: Joe Locke's "Makram"
For episode bibliography, please visit MarkTwainStudies.com/HighTheory, or subscribe to our newsletter at TheAmericanVandal.SubStack.com, where you will also receive episode transcripts.
Cast (in order of appearance): Kim Adams, Matt Seybold, Saronik Bosu, John Guillory, Christopher Newfield, Bruce Robbins, Ryan Ruby, Sarah Brouillette, Katie Kadue, Kyla Wazana Tompkins, and Michelle Chihara
Soundtrack: Joe Locke's "Makram"
For episode bibliography, please visit MarkTwainStudies.com/HighTheory, or subscribe to our newsletter at TheAmericanVandal.SubStack.com, where you will also receive episode transcripts.
Released:
Aug 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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