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Each episode is a short conversation – 15 minutes max – with a different scholar or thinker.
Whether we're talking about women dancers in Hindi cinema, the politics of “dirty bodies” in Nigeria or why binge-watching TV could be a good thing, we like to talk with people who can communicate big, complex ideas accessibly without over-simplifying.
Why apocalypse isn’t all bad (with Jennifer M. Wilks)
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17 minutes 14 seconds
3 years ago
Why apocalypse isn’t all bad (with Jennifer M. Wilks)
In the Bible, the Apocalypse is the end of the world as we know it, but it’s also the beginning of a new one. Jennifer Wilks argues that major catastrophes can be apocalyptic in the same way. A disaster like Hurricane Katrina or the COVID-19 pandemic can shed new light on the world’s social inequalities, which makes it easier to imagine them changing. Jennifer thinks that post-apocalyptic fiction can play a role in this process, by allowing us to think ahead about times of disaster so we can act to make things better when the moment comes.
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Each episode is a short conversation – 15 minutes max – with a different scholar or thinker.
Whether we're talking about women dancers in Hindi cinema, the politics of “dirty bodies” in Nigeria or why binge-watching TV could be a good thing, we like to talk with people who can communicate big, complex ideas accessibly without over-simplifying.
