National Humanities Center Podcast Institute

National Humanities Center Podcast Institute

by National Humanities Center Podcast Institute

Season 1

Dark Legends Unveiled

Dark Legends Unveiled is the combined efforts of four graduate students, who all have a desire to explore the mysterious and macabre. This episode of DLU engages the monstrous feminine, focusing on mythical femmes who kill and who disregard social conventions. We explore the stories of la Lechuza, Medea, and la Llorona as we dive into the darkest and most subversive parts of the human psyche.

Collaborative Humanities Podcast

Welcome to the Collaborative Humanities Podcast, where four humanities scholars come together to showcase undisciplined and collaborative discourses. Join Bala Raghavan, Jessica Beaudette, Kinny Torre, and Marissa Hull in discovering how their seemingly unrelated research interests are surprisingly and inextricably linked by themes like language, community, connection, and silence. With the intent of being highly analytical but, at times, wholly chaotic, the hosts of the Collaborative Humanities Podcast ponder, breathe, and laugh their way through an example of what an undisciplined humanities can be. Join them in their transdisciplinary journey!

Grievances, on air!

In this episode, hosts Amy Juarez, Mell Rivera Diaz, Vidula Sonagra, and Riley Wilson discuss the joys and perils of completing grad school. They discuss the privilege of having time for learning new hobbies and discovering new passions, while also feeling the pressure to be productive and the challenges of adapting to a rigid and often insular academic culture. Interspersed with their personal experiences are those of their colleagues, who offer advice for those considering embarking on or navigating their own journey through academia. Participants: Amy Juarez, Mell Rivera Diaz, Riley Wilson, and Vidula Sonagra

Who We Are Online: An Exploration of Identity and the Internet

The Who We Are Online podcast captures an approachable dialogue between four scholars about the role of the Internet shaping identities online and off. Brooke, Amy, and KMarie join host Sara in discussing the ways social, cultural, religious, and economic life are shaped by the the digital ties that bind us. The idea for the podcast first began as a project for the National Humanities Center's 2024 Winter Institute. Music provided by Massobeats

Shows That Haunt Us: Pilot

In this podcast, three millennial scholars from different disciplines play around with a scene from Captain Planet, and the ways we’re haunted by childhood media. What binaries is this scene constructing around an idea of “nature”? What kind of hero are we looking for? What’s up with the mustaches? Follow us down the rabbit hole in this episode “There’s No Such Thing as a Good Bomb”. A few links to scholarship we reference: Ted Chiang and Halimah Marcus, “Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In” Jack Halberstam, The Queer Art of Failure Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, “Navigating M/other-Son Plots as a Migrant Act: Autobiography, Currere, and Gender” in Mothering A Bodied Curriculum: Emplacement, Desire, Affect Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism Further Reading on Nature, Conservation, and American Environmentalism: Anna Tsing, “The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins” William Cronon, “The Trouble With Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature” Bram Büscher (Editor), Wolfram Dressler (Editor), Robert Fletcher (Editor): “Nature, Inc.: Environmental Conservation in the Neoliberal Age” Irus Braverman, “Conservation Without Nature: The Trouble with In situ Versus Ex situ” Captain Planet, Season 6: Episode 6, “A Good Bomb is Hard to Find”

What Does That Mean? Episode 1: "Theory"

What is “Theory” in the Humanities? The Western history of ideas witnessed an explosion of interest in “Theory” with the advent of the 20th century. From the intellectuals of the “Frankfurt School” of critical theory, to Structuralism, and then Poststructuralism, with such French intellectuals as Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault, to the many unique theoretical discourses downstream from these, such as feminist theory and postcolonial theory: interest in Theory and theories have only continued to grow and multiply, even into the 21st century. In this episode of “What Does That Mean?”, our panel takes a stab at the question “what does the term 'theory' mean?” Bios: Lis Fertig is a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. Her research centers on radio and audial culture, and she’s currently finishing her dissertation on gender in Austrian radio drama of the postwar period. Anthony Tello is a first-year PhD student at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He’s interested in energy and environmental humanities, specifically looking at how narrative form or storytelling can help understand or even obscure the impact of our changing climate. He studies 19th century texts as evidence of the socioeconomic transition to fossil fuels. Wuerxiya is a PhD candidate in Folklore at Indiana University. Her research focuses on folk art with a special concern for traditional textiles across Asia and the craft practices in Southwest China and the Silk Road. Jerome Falk is an MA student in Religion at the University of Manitoba. His research concerns the Christian philosopher Origen of Alexandria and his interaction with Hellenistic philosophy. References: Stanley Fish, “Will the Humanities Save Us?” - The New York Times, 2008 Credits Produced, edited and mixed by Anthony Tello and Lis Fertig. Hosted by Jerome Falk. Cover art by Wuerxiya. Music by Parler and Blue Dot Sessions . This show was created by Jerome Falk, Lis Fertig, Anthony Tello and Wuerxiya as part of the Winter 2024 Podcasting Institute hosted by the National Humanities Center and the San Diego State University Library Digital Humanities Center. Thank you to the NHC and SDSU staff for supporting this project. And special thank you to the voices you heard at the top of the episode, which came from interviews with our friends and family.

Exercise in Soundscaping (and Honesty) by Patrick Flanigan

Exercise in Soundscaping (and Honesty) is a short episode produced from a demo on the use of “Soundscaping” when producing a podcast.  The demo was given by Patrick Flanigan at the NHC Winter 2024 Podcasting Institute.  The institute contains sounds mined from personal video and features music from artists, Punk Rock Drum Machine and Advance Base. Produced by the Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University Library.

National Humanities Center Podcast Institute Winter 2024 Trailer

Teaser Trailer promoting the upcoming National Humanities Center Podcast Institute, Winter 2024

Pop Hour Devolution

AJ, Stevie, Hannah & Juliette discuss Eminem’s latest song and video “Houdini,” Eminem's cisheterosexism, and desperate attempt to market cancelability to stay relevant.

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