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