Marshall McLuhan's Culture is Our Business: A Discussion of Media Environments
In this episode Barry and Mike take on a follow up to Marshall McLuhan's famous 1967 book, The Medium is the Massage. Here, they dig into what exactly a media environment looks like and how this envi...
24 Juni 202235min
The Top 10 Albums of All Time! Why it doesn’t matter.
In this episode Barry and Mike take a look at the top 10 albums of all time according to Wikipedia. As with virtually all Top 10 lists, they take issue with what the numbers seem to say, noting some ...
10 Juni 202238min
Heidegger -- The Question Concerning Technology: History and Context
Barry and Mike look at Heidegger's "The Question Concerning Technology." They attempt to provide a little context on the work with the aim identifying his core position on technology and an explanati...
27 Maj 20221h 8min
Heidegger - The Question Concerning Technology: The Digital Age
In this episode Barry and Mike take a different approach to Heidegger's The Question Concerning Technology. Rather than a traditional "what does all this mean" approach grounded in historical context...
27 Maj 202245min
On Fake news and Ross Douthat
Barry and Mike talk about a Ross Douthat article from the New York Times as a means of engaging with fake news.
13 Maj 202231min
On Online Education
In this episode Barry and Mike discuss online education as a pharmakon. They argue that while the upsides to this model of learning are clear, there is a problem in understanding the costs. This dis...
29 Apr 202234min
What have we learned about Zoom?
Barry and Mike return to their roots in the classroom and discuss Zoom through a pedagogical and critical media studies lens. Topics include how Zoom is a pharmakon, the importance of physicality, an...
15 Apr 202244min
Don't Look Up
Barry and Mike discuss the recent Adam McKay film Don't Look Up. They argue that the film plot and characters are a representation of Bernard Steigler's conceptions of algorithmic governmentally and ...
1 Apr 202248min
