Have you ever thought that superheroes are a bit capitalist? That the movies you go and see all have weird political undertones? This week, Jasper sits down with Dr Dan Hassler-Forest, an academic whose work focuses on the overlap between politics and pop culture to talk Disney, balancing being a fan with being a critic and the uneven ideologies of Batman movies.…
Happy Halloween! The ghouls and ghosts of The Social Review have crawled out from our dark pits to the podcasting microphones to talk all things horror. Jasper sits down with Darryl Jones, Professor of English at Trinity College Dublin, to discuss the history of the horror genre and why we’re so drawn to it, then joins Eugenie and Henry to answer some…
Jasper sits down with Dr Sam Friedman, Associate Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Commissioner of the government’s Social Mobility Commission to talk about his book, The Class Ceiling: Why it Pays to be Privileged. Sam highlights the extent to which class barriers and advantages still permeates British society, why meritocracy is a myth and why private schools…
This week, Eugenie and Henry don their historian caps and chat all things history: whether we can learn anything from it, how to improve its teaching in schools and their top history book recommendations. iTunes Link
Julia and Ciaran sit down with Jasper to explain the ongoing reselection battles in Labour and why they haven’t led to the mass deselection of Corbynsceptic MPs. Plus, Jasper is joined by TSR writer/editor Morgan to discuss why we should all be writing diaries. iTunes Produced by Jasper Cresdee-Hyde.
In the first of our two-part tech special, Jasper, Lines and Peter discuss how the internet has influenced the ideological thinking of one another and broader political movements. Plus, Joe, Julia and Beth talk about the democratising power of social media and the internet as a form of direct democracy. In the second of our two-part tech special, we tackle when to…
Eugenie speaks to Tess, William and Miriam to discuss their time at Labour Conference and The World Transformed in Brighton, their reaction to the slew of new policies and ongoing antisemitism and transphobia. Plus, Jasper joins to tackle the policy of abolishing private schools, with Joe articulating his excitement for the new four-day week policy. iTunes Link RSS Feed Host: Jasper (@jasper_ch)…
This week, Eugenie chairs a discussion on life as an LGBT+ woman with Julia and Lines, as well as a chat about LGBT+ and minority representation on film in the context of IT: Chapter Two. Meanwhile, Jasper talks to Penny Andrews, an academic from the University of Sheffield, about their work on political fandoms. iTunes Link RSS Feed Hosts: Jasper (@jasper_ch) Eugenie (@meemstd)…
