Pod45
Episodes
Episode 21: Samuel Delany
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pod45 returns with a discussion on, in, and around our recent cluster Samuel R. Delany's Improbable Communities. Contemporaries co-editor Francisc...
Episode 20: Suspicion
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pod45's 20th episode spectacular! To discuss our recent cluster on Suspicion, Contemporaries co-editor Francisco Robles is joined by cluster editor El...
Episode 19: American Bimbo
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another episode of Pod45, the podcast companion to Post45: Contemporaries, with your host Michael Docherty. Today’s discussion resp...
Episode 18: Reading Disco Elysium
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on Pod45 we turn our attention to our recent cluster Reading Disco Elysium, edited by Jess Anderson and Carl White. Disco Elysium is a criticall...
Episode 17: Contemporary Literature from the Classroom
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pod45 returns after a hiatus with a bumper episode responding to Contemporary Literature from the Classroom, a recent cluster edited by Rebecca Roach ...
Episode 16: The Bachelor
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another year of Pod45! In today's episode, Post45: Contemporaries co-editor Francisco Robles sits down to discuss our recent clust...
Episode 15: Heteropessimism
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Contemporaries co-editor Michael Docherty discusses our recent Heteropessimism cluster with two of its co-editors, Annabel Barry and Caroline Godard. ...
Episode 14: Abortion Now, Abortion Forever
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a short summer hiatus, Pod45 is back! We're delighted to bring you an episode discussing our recent 16-piece marathon cluster Abortion Now, ...
Episode 13: Little Magazines
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Contemporaries co-editor Francisco Robles discusses our recent cluster Little Magazines with its editor Nick Sturm, and two of its contributors - Dann...
Episode 12: Minimalisms Now
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The cluster up for discussion today is Minimalisms Now: Race, Affect, Aesthetics, edited by Connor Bennett and Michael Dango. This is somewhat ironica...
Episode 11: The Hallyu Project
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Pod45 discusses our recent The Hallyu Project cluster, which was edited and introduced by Yin Yuan. Contemporaries co-editor Francisco...
Episode 10: David Berman (w/ special guest Bob Nastanovich)
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is a response to and continuation of our recent cluster on the work of songwriter, musician, poet, and cartoonist David Berman, which ...
Episode 9: Fast and Furious
31 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year from Pod45. Sincere thanks to everyone who's listened to the podcast in its first year; we really appreciate your support and hope you'...
Episode 8: Gestures of Refusal
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Pod45 discusses our recent Gestures of Refusal cluster, co-edited by Sarah Bernstein and Yanbing Er. Contemporaries co-editor Fr...
Episode 7: W(h)ither the Christian Right?
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today our discussion takes us to a cluster we published last month, W(h)ither the Christian Right? This cluster, a wide-ranging exploration of relatio...
Episode 6: Lydia Davis
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pod45 has been on a short hiatus over the summer but we are delighted to be back and delighted to have you back with us. Today our discussion takes us...
Episode 5: Bored As Hell, Part 2
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is the second of two responding to our recent cluster Bored as Hell, a series of essays all about being bored and being boring, why ...
Episode 4: Bored As Hell, Part 1
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the first of two responding to our most recent cluster, which is titled Bored as Hell, and was edited by Busra Copuroglu. Bored ...
Episode 3: Ali Smith Now, Part 2
28 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Pod45 is the second part of a discussion emerging from our recent cluster responding to and reflecting on the work of the Scottish nov...
Episode 2: Ali Smith Now, Part 1
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pod45 is the discursive cultural criticism podcast from Post45: Contemporaries. This episode is the first of two discussions responding to our recent ...
Episode 1: Dark Academia
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Pod45, the new discursive cultural criticism podcast from Post45: Contemporaries. In our first episode, Contemporaries Co-Editor Michael Do...