The Artist in American History – Best of Seasons 1 and 2
First Time Visitors: The Artist in American History is an educational podcast series, featuring lectures and documentaries, by historian and Coventry University lecturer Dr. Darren R. Reid. The series, now in its third season, examines how film makers, illustrators, writers, and musicians have influenced and helped to ...
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Unfrozen: The Evolution of Walt Disney’s Princesses
Returning Visitors: In the first podcast of 2014, I take a look at the evolution of the Disney Princess over the past twenty five years. New year, a new series of podcasts. Future episodes currently being developed are "Love, Laughter, and Despair in the Silent Era" (series) and "The Politics of Star Wars". ...
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The Tragic Tale of Marceline Orbes, the Suicidal Clown Who Influenced Chaplin
Mishaps of Marceline - The Reconstructed Film The evolution of comedy in early twentieth century America is dominated by names like Chaplin and Keaton but prior to the explosion of those cinematic luminaries, the medium was dominated not by stars of the silver screen but the superstar clowns of the stage. ...
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Why the ‘Redskins’ is a Racist Name
Click 'Play' to Listen to the Lecture Download Lecture (Right Click and Save) Download from iTunes Subscribe to the Podcast in iTunes For quite some time now there has been a sizable controversy surrounding the name of the Washington Redskins with numerous Native American groups and individuals, along with a ...
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Digital Archaeology: Custer’s Revenge Atari 2600 Review
Custer's Revenge Atari 2600 - Video Review, History, and Analysis There are plenty of games which have been proclaimed to be the worst videogame ever made but few stoop to the indefensible depths that Custer’s Revenge on the Atari 2600 achieved. Even Atari’s E.T., the subject of the first Digital Archaeology ...
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Digital Archaeology: E.T. Atari 2600
E.T. by Atari is widely regarded as one of the worst videogames ever created. Based upon the wildly popular film Steven Spielberg, it was made in under six weeks by a single developer working on hardware that was, by 1982 standards, utterly archaic. The Atari 2600, the console on which the game was released, had just ...
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Hard Times Come Again No More – Folk Music of the Civil War
Click 'Play' to Listen to the Lecture Download Lecture MP3 Download from iTunes Although it is easy to think in terms of division when thinking about the American Civil War, there were experiences which united those on both sides of the divide. Although the deadliest war in American history, many more lives ...
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