Reading Queer YA: Juliet Takes a Breath
✨ Episode 1: Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby RiveraIn this episode, Professor Peyton dives into a coming-of-age novel that doesn’t flinch from the messy intersections of queerness, race, family, and fe...
2 Jul 202510min
Audre Lorde’s “Master’s Tools” and “Uses of the Erotic”
Welcome to class with Professor Peyton, where we take theory off the shelf and put it where it belongs: in the streets, in our bodies, and in our breath. Today, we’re doing the Lorde’s work! This epis...
30 Jun 202510min
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
Albert Camus’The Myth of Sisyphus explores the concept of the absurd, or the conflict between humanity’s search for meaning and the universe’s indifference. Sisyphus, condemned to push a boulder up a ...
11 Feb 202519min
On the Jewish Question by Karl Marx
The Professor Peyton podcast is a space for deep dives into radical ideas, literature, and theory, making complex texts accessible, engaging, and relevant to our world today.This episode is part of th...
5 Feb 202523min
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto is one of the most influential political texts in history. It begins with a powerful assertion: human history is the history of class struggle. ...
30 Jan 202515min
#13 LOVE AS AN ACT OF WILL: Rethinking Connections with bell hooks in a Capitalist World
LOVE AS AN ACT OF WILL: Rethinking Connections with bell hooks in a Capitalist WorldThis is the fifth lecture for the 2024 Fall session of ENGLISH 1110 for The Ohio State University, taught by PhD Can...
30 Sep 202437min
#12 PLAYFULNESS & LOVING PERCEPTION: Maria Lugones' Concept of World-Traveling
This is the fifth lecture for the 2024 Fall session of English 1110 for The Ohio State University, taught by PhD Candidate Peyton Del Toro. Today, we’re talking about Maria Lugones’ “world-traveling...
25 Sep 202421min
#11 THE PRICE OF PRODUCTIVITY: Reclaiming Imagination in a Capitalist World
This is the fifth lecture for the 2024 Fall session of ENGLISH 1110 for The Ohio State University, taught by PhD Candidate Peyton Del Toro. In this lecture, we dive into Mark Fisher's book Capitalist ...
18 Sep 202423min
