Aca-Media

By The Society for Cinema and Media Studies

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Aca-Media is a monthly podcast sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies that presents an academic perspective on media. Hosts Christine Becker and Michael Kackman explore current scholarship, issues in the media industries, questions in pedagogy, professional development, and events in the world of media studies. Questions and comments can be sent to info@aca-media.org.


Episode Date
Ep. 82: After Mass Media with Melanie Kohnen and Amanda Lotz
Feb 19, 2026
Ep. 81: Mike Miley & David Lynch’s American Dreamscape
Aug 11, 2025
Ep. 80: Jordan Sjol Interviews José Rivera
May 09, 2025
Ep. 79: SCMS25 Live Episode (with GSO Rep, Matt Payne, and AJ Christian)
Apr 16, 2025
Ep. 78: Swapnil Rai on Bollywood Stars and Podcast Pedagogy
Feb 10, 2025
Ep. 77: Journalists at the 2024 Olympics/Paralympics
Nov 14, 2024
Ep. 76: Maggie Hennefeld on the Cultural Politics of Women’s Laughter
Sep 23, 2024
Ep. 75: Academic Publishing Roundtable
Aug 07, 2024
Talking Television, Ep. 17: "OJ TV"
Jun 21, 2024
Ep. 74: Wiseman Podcast
Jun 12, 2024
Ep. 73: Thinking With Our Ears: Jacob Smith on Audio Scholarship
Apr 08, 2024
Ep. 72: Live in Boston at SCMS 2024
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 71: Justin Rawlins on Method Acting (February 2024)
Jan 27, 2024
Episode 70: Jordan Sjol on Medium Specificity
Jan 04, 2024
Ep. 69: Reality TV and Unionization Efforts
Dec 04, 2023
Ep. 68: Talking to the Press about the Hollywood Labor Strikes
Sep 22, 2023
Ep. 67: Reflections on the SCMS Conference (Past and Future)
Aug 01, 2023
Ep. 66: What's New and What's Not in Precarious Labor
Apr 06, 2023
Ep. 65: The Politics of Improv Comedy
Nov 03, 2022
Ep. 64: An Obsession with Hummus (Food Instagram)
Aug 11, 2022
Ep. 63: That's Not Funny! The Right-Wing Comedy Complex
May 25, 2022
Presenting the Past, Ep. 9: PBS NewsHour with Judy Woodruff and Annette Miller
May 10, 2022
Presenting the Past Ep. 8: In Black America with John L. Hanson, Jr.
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 62: Cinema Is a Cat
Mar 26, 2022
Episode 61: Interview with Outgoing SCMS President Paula Massood
Feb 23, 2022
PRESENTING THE PAST EP. 7: DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING WITH JEAN WALKINSHAW
Feb 01, 2022
PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 6: NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO WITH BILL SIEMERING
Jan 11, 2022
Episode 60: Lara Logan Spreads Misinformation
Dec 30, 2021
PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 5: LATINO EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LATINO BROADCASTING, PART 2
Nov 23, 2021
PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 5: Latino Empowerment through Latino Broadcasting, Part 1
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 59: A Whole Bunch of Cranky Academics
Oct 01, 2021
PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 4: BROADCASTING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Sep 14, 2021
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 16: Finale
Aug 17, 2021
PRESENTING THE PAST: EXPLORING THE AMERICAN ARCHIVE OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, EP. 3: INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY
Aug 09, 2021
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 15: Academics
Jul 22, 2021
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Episode 14: Ethics
Jun 24, 2021
Episode 58: Faye Wanted You to Find Her
Jun 20, 2021
Presenting the Past: Exploring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, Ep. 2: NET and Modern Conservatism
Jun 08, 2021
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 13: Publics
May 31, 2021
Presenting the Past: Exploring the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, Ep. 1: "Eyes on the Prize"
May 10, 2021
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 12: Aesthetics
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 57: What Happens When People Feel Strongly About Stuff
Feb 27, 2021
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 11: Optics
Feb 16, 2021
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 10: Economics
Jan 08, 2021
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 9: Tactics
Dec 28, 2020
Episode 56: Fascinating Brain Matter
Dec 17, 2020
Talking Television in a Time of Crisis, Ep. 8: Politics
Nov 25, 2020
Episode 55: Out of the Ashes and Into Academia
Aug 26, 2020
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Episode 7: Series Summary
Jul 20, 2020
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 6: Global Geographies
Jul 13, 2020
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 5: Pedagogy
Jun 22, 2020
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 4: Technology
Jun 15, 2020
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 3: Phenomenology
Jun 08, 2020
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 2: Ideology
Jun 02, 2020
Talking Television in a Pandemic, Ep. 1: Epistemology
May 25, 2020
Episode 54: Always Time for Humane TV
May 16, 2020
Episode 53: Just a Plain Curiosity
Mar 19, 2020
Episode 52: Reality Matters
Jan 03, 2020
Episode 51: A Culture of Access
Oct 27, 2019
Episode 50: Looking Backward and Looking Forward
Sep 07, 2019
Episode 49: Pretty Good for the Dog Days of Summer
Jul 22, 2019
Episode 48: Double the FOMO
May 06, 2019
Episode 47: We Are a Sleep-Deprived Group
Mar 12, 2019
Episode 46: New Year, New Opportunities
Jan 19, 2019
Episode 45: Be Good to Each Other
Sep 15, 2018
Episode 44: Can a Game Make You Cry?
Jul 26, 2018
Episode 43: Very Special Episode
Jun 15, 2018
Episode 42: We’re All in This Together
Apr 20, 2018
Episode 41: Held Together by an Ampersand
Feb 04, 2018
Episode 40: Explode Out of the Chimney onto the Public Sphere
Dec 21, 2017
Episode 39: There’s More to Newark Than Whole Foods
Nov 17, 2017
Episode 38: This Really Is Summer
Aug 05, 2017
Episode 37: A Much More Open Listening Practice
Jun 02, 2017
Episode 36: I Don’t Think I Have the Option to Remain Silent
Mar 10, 2017
Episode 35: Radio Free South Bend
Jan 28, 2017
Episode 34: Redoubled My Devotion to Teaching
Dec 19, 2016
Episode 33: Partake in the Factional Wrangle
Nov 17, 2016
Episode 32: Following My Fascinations
Sep 15, 2016
Episode 31: Shape the Sonic Space
Jul 27, 2016
Episode 30: Something You Do, Not Something You Study
May 19, 2016
SCMS and Furries in a Blender
Apr 03, 2016
Episode 29: Creating a Space
Mar 25, 2016
Episode 28: Everything You Thought You Knew Is Going to Dissolve, But-
Feb 04, 2016
Episode 27: A Much Broader Context of the Medium Out There
Dec 18, 2015
Episode 26: A Chill In the Air
Nov 05, 2015
Episode 25: How Improvisational It All Is
Sep 13, 2015
Episode 24: Maybe Someone's Head Turned
Aug 05, 2015
Episode 23: What Academics Think is Fun
Jul 04, 2015
Episode 22: To Get to the Heart of It
May 30, 2015
Episode 21: It's Not About the Money
Mar 14, 2015
Episode 20: Three Times as Many Laughs
Jan 23, 2015
Episode 19: I Love to Hear Those Stories
Dec 14, 2014
Episode 18: You're Gonna Scare Him Again
Oct 31, 2014
Episode 17: A Confidence In Our Form
Sep 11, 2014
Episode 16: Almost an International Incident
Jul 30, 2014
Episode 15: How You're Supposed to Act on TV
Jun 05, 2014
Episode 14: Dirty Movies
May 08, 2014
Episode 13: A Bumbershoot is a Brolly
Mar 10, 2014
Episode 12: Things That are Now Natural to Us
Feb 07, 2014
Episode 11: A Tricky Set of Layers
Jan 11, 2014