Episode 50: Looking Backward and Looking Forward (September, 2019)
Aca-Media is turning 50! For our fiftieth episode, we talk with past SCMS president Pam Wojcik about the past and future of the organization. Then we bring you an interview with Usha Iyer about Bollywood, screen dance studies, “unwarping the non-western,” and much, much more—it’s a fascinating and wide-ranging interview. Finally, Chris and Michael banter about Chris’ class on The Good Place and Michael’s take on Russian Doll. Give it a listen: it will make you a better person!
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Opening Banter
Aca-Media’s first episode, released January 27, 2013
50 life changes to make after 50
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Pam Wojcik Interview
Pam Wojcik’s SCMS bio, Notre Dame bio
American Council of Learned Societies
Aca-Media interview with SCMS Conference Manager Leslie LeMond
London: Gateway to Cinema and Media Studies symposium
SCMS Precarious Labor Organization
SCMS Officers, SCMS Committees
Paula Massood’s SCMS bio, Brooklyn College, CUNY bio
SCMS conference seminars
Brendan Kredell, Oakland University
Usha Iyer Interview
Usha Iyer’s page at Stanford
The “Unwarping the Non-Western” conference (2018)
”Teaching Indian Cinema in Trinidad: Rethinking Globalization Paradigms” (Usha Iyer’s keynote lecture at the 2018 Stanford Global Studies community college symposium)
Shah Rukh Khan’s German fan pays tribute via impersonation video of Kal Ho Na Ho
Om Shanti Om
Lynne Macedo, “The Impact of Indian Film in Trinidad”
Closing Banter
Syllabus for Chris’s class on The Good Place
Michael Schur
Michael Schur Q&A info: Can Television Make Us Better People?
”Russian Doll Will Likely End After 3 Seasons, Says Natasha Lyonne”