Amplified: Reimagining the Sound of Scholarship

Pop Trash in the Academy with Charisse L'Pree and Bob Thompson


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Amplified is an audio blog series about the sounds of scholarship from our team here at the Amplify Podcast Network. This month, we sit down with Charisse L'Pree and Bob Thompson, co-creators of the podcast Critical and Curious, to discuss their love of pop trash media, and its importance in the academy.


Transcript available at amplifypodcastnetwork.ca


Guest bios:


Charisse L'Pree Corsbie-Massay, Ph.D., examines how media affects identity, attitudes and behaviors, and how we use different media to express ourselves and connect with others. Prof. L’Pree has authored two books: "20th Century Media and the American Psyche: A Strange Love" (Routledge, 2021) bridges media theory, psychology and interpersonal communication to describe how our relationships with media emulate the relationships we develop with friends and romantic partners through their ability to replicate intimacy, regularity and reciprocity. "Diversity and Satire: Laughing at Processes of Marginalization" (Wiley, 2023) is the first textbook to explore diversity by demonstrating how satirical content can advance the discussion and change attitudes.


Robert J. Thompson is founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture and a Trustee Professor of Television and Popular Culture at Newhouse School of Public Communications. Thompson is the general editor of the Television and Popular Culture series published by Syracuse University Press. He is the former president of the National Popular Culture Association and lectures across the country on the subject of television and popular culture. In 1991 and 1992, he was awarded the Stephen H. Coltrin Award for Excellence in Communication Theory by the International Radio & Television Society.


Links and Resources:

Critical and Curious

Breaking Bad- Ozymandias

Newhouse School of Public Communications

Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw

Tuesdays with Bleier

The Wayans Bros


Intro + Outro Theme Music: Pxl Cray – Blue Dot Studios (2016)

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