Episode 8: Diletta De Cristofaro, (Post-)Apocalyptic Fictions
In this episode, we speak with Diletta De Cristofaro, an Assistant Professor in the Humanities Department at Northumbria University.We chat with Diletta about apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictions...
21 Feb 20251h 1min
Episode 7: Season 1 Christmas Special
Join Matt and Liam for a Christmas special! In this episode, we recap Season 1 of the podcast, talk about some plans for Season 2, and then chat about Christmas in relation to dystopian texts and utop...
20 Dec 202432min
Episode 6: Heather Alberro, Green Utopianism
In this episode, we speak with Heather Alberro, a Lecturer in Sustainability at the University of Manchester. We chat with Heather about Green Utopianism, a type of utopianism that straddles both the...
15 Dec 202446min
Episode 5: Sebastian Mitchell, 18th Century Utopias
In this episode, we interview Dr Sebastian Mitchell, a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Birmingham. We chat with Sebastian about the origins of utopia, beginning with Sir Th...
1 Dec 202449min
Episode 4: Heather McKnight, Utopia and Activism
In this episode, we interview Heather McKnight, Independent Scholar and Co-Founder of the Magnetic Ideals Collective. We chat with Heather about what utopia means to her, the relationship between uto...
16 Nov 202448min
Episode 3: Sean Seeger, Pessimistic Utopianism
In this episode, we interview Sean Seeger, Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at the University of Essex, England. We chat with Sean about what 'utopia' and 'utopianism' mean to hi...
2 Nov 202452min
Episode 2: Daniel Varndell, Utopia and Film
In this episode, we interview Daniel Varndell, Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Winchester, England. We chat with Dan about where his interest in utopia came from, about whe...
19 Okt 202452min
Episode 1: Raffaella Baccolini, the Critical Dystopia
In this episode, we interview Raffaella Baccolini, Professor of American Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Bologna, Italy. One of the leading figures in utopian studies, we chat with...
5 Okt 202448min
