4: Django Unchained
Why is Spielberg’s Lincoln like Pasolini’s Salò? Tune in to find out (or not). This episode of The Sometime Seminar discusses the Tarantino slave spaghetti Western film Django Unchained. Related links, reviews and discussions: Jelani Cobb in The New Yorker…
3: Trilogy by H.D.
This episode of The Sometime Seminar is a double-length discussion about the 1944 modernist long poem Trilogy by H.D. (Hilda Doolittle). H.D. on Wikipedia Various critics’ takes on Trilogy Buy Trilogy from Amazon Download this episode
2: MOOCs and online higher education
This episode of The Sometime Seminar discusses recent developments in online higher education and particularly the MOOC phenomenon/fad. MOOC companies: Coursera Udacity EdX (nonprofit) Clay Shirky on Napster and the Academy (Metafilter thread); Inside Higher Ed article on collapse of…
1: Game of Thrones
In our debut episode, The Sometime Seminar discusses Game of Thrones. Related links and notes: Laurie Penny on Game of Thrones, “Good King” mythology, and “racist rape-culture Disneyland with dragons” (Metafilter thread and earlier Metafilter thread) Download this episode
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