Liberal Arts the Podcast
By Nichole Almanzar and Drew Cunningham
Liberal Arts the PodcastNov 27, 2021
Mythical Norms and Dangerous Fantasies
Nichole and Drew discuss Audre Lorde's paper "Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefined Difference" delivered at Amherst College in 1980.
WWBD... What Would Benjamin Do?
In this episode, Nichole and Drew literally tackle the last part of Benjamin's art essay.
Meet Me in Manhattan Court
In this episode, Nichole and Drew continue with their discussion of Benjamin's essay "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."
The Tea Must Be Ginger Because It's Spicy
In this episode, Nichole and Drew tackle the first half of Walter Benjamin's infamous essay-- "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" (1935). Be prepared to inhale some Marxism!
The Architect
In this episode, Nichole and Drew join Molly in discussing a paper she wrote way back in 2019 about social media and revolutions.
Is She Wrong Though?
In this episode, Nichole and Drew conclude discussing the life and times of Susan Sontag, meeting, along the way, some very controversial topics.
Camp... You Just Know What It Is
In this episode (the first of two about Susan Sontag), Nichole and Drew discuss Sontag's early years, college life, and her rise to popularity--as well as all the troubles she experienced along the way.
- Reborn, Early Diaries 1947-1963 (first of a trilogy of her diary entries)
- Sontag: Her Life and Work (2019) by Benjamin Moser
Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves
In this episode, Nichole and Drew recount the tragic fate of Oscar Wilde brought upon by scandalous criminal accusations and resultant legal proceedings.
- Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde
- Famous Trials, Professor Douglas O. Linder
- Oscar Wilde, a biography by Richard Ellmann
I Find It Harder and Harder to Live Up to My Blue China
In this episode, Nichole and Drew talk about the life of Oscar Wilde leading up to his trials for gross indecency.
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Links to things referenced in the episode:
- Magdalen College, Oxford University (Oscar's hard to spell and pronounce alma mater)
- The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (Oscar's story about a theory that Shakespeare's romantically charged sonnets are actually about a young man)
- Cyril Holland (Oscar's son, whose name Drew forgot)
- Willie Wilde (Oscar's brother, whose name Drew forgot)
I Just Don't Know
Nichole and Drew discuss the history of art with their friend Mack, who reads an excerpt from an essay she wrote about Julie Mehretu's works and their relation to technology and politics.
Links to mentioned art by Mehretu:
We Don't Know If Warren Buffet was an English Major
He wasn't...
Nichole and Drew discuss majors and majoring at a liberal arts college and at college in general.
Do You Want to Go to Mars?
Nichole and Drew are joined by their friend Ari, who reads excerpts from a paper she wrote for a geology class about space.
I Did It Anyway
Nichole and Drew take on housing, specifically dorm life at a small liberal arts college.
In Order to Grow, You Need to Know
Nichole and Drew invite their friend Grace to discuss a fascinating paper she wrote on achatina fulica, a.k.a. snails known for being powerhouses of mucus production.
Let there be... Liberal Arts
Nichole and Drew welcome you to Liberal Arts, the Podcast.