Unpack This!

Jo and Constance venture through their emotionally-fraught attachments to limited or limiting representation. Topics covered include African American comedy, Twitter as the place where nuance goes to die, and– inevitably– the Dave Chappelle/Netflix nonsense.

This episode of Unpack This! was mix and mastered by Karoline Pfiel, and Will Shute.

After Constance unexpectedly proposes an episode on homecomings, Jo and Constance explore their experiences of (un)belonging on college campuses and their experiences finding and/or forging home-spaces.

This episode of Unpack This! was mixed and mastered by Karoline Pfiel, Alejandra Arrazola, and Will Shute

Constance and Jo unpack The Chair, Netflix’s recent series set in an English department. Tangents include Constance’s identification with Ji Yoon’s parenting challenges, Jo’s feelings about compulsory heterosexuality (spoiler: not great), and a throwback reference to In Living Color.

This episode of Unpack This! was mix and mastered by Karoline Pfiel, Alejandra Arrazola, and Ean Herrera.

In this episode Jo and Constance ponder whether academic conferences are a grift. They give an overview of academic conferences and recount their first experiences ever attending an academic conference. After exploring pros and cons about conference experiences, they ultimately weigh in on whether they believe the cost of attending an academic conference is worth the expense.

This episode of Unpack This! was mixed and mastered by Ean Herrera.

Constance and Jo overview the process of peer review and different forms of academic publications. They explore their own (unconventional) writing processes, and Constance queries whether self-citation is an academic flex.

This episode of Unpack This! was mixed and mastered by Ean Herrera and Morgan Honaker.

In this introductory episode, Jo and Constance talk through different kinds of faculty positions, the struggles and privileges of being marginalized and junior faculty on the tenure track, and common questions from structural minorities who want to pursue this profession.

This episode of Unpack This! was mixed and mastered by Ean Herrera.