Lauren Berlant

12 Podcast Episodes

Kelly Underman reads Lauren Berlant

Kelly Underman reads Lauren Berlant

In this episode, Dr. Kelly Underman, Associate Professor in Sociology at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... Read more

Kelly Underman on Lauren Berlant

Kelly Underman on Lauren Berlant

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Kelly Underman, Associate Professor in Sociology at Drexel University in Philadelp... Read more

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Ep. 07 : Reading with Lauren Berlant and Esther Perel

Ep. 07 : Reading with Lauren Berlant and Esther Perel

This week, Madhuri and Rutika dive into the unspoken realms of femininity and eroticism. Madhuri reads Lauren Berlant's ... Read more

25 Jul 2021

22mins

What is Cruel Optimism? | Lauren Berlant | Keyword

What is Cruel Optimism? | Lauren Berlant | Keyword

In this episode, I try to explain what Lauren Berlant means by "cruel optimism." If you want to support me, you can do ... Read more

20 Jan 2021

15mins

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Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back With Lauren Berlant

Why Chasing The Good Life Is Holding Us Back With Lauren Berlant

For most Americans, the driving force in their personal and public life is a desire to attain the “good life”. But what ... Read more

4 Nov 2019

26mins

Ark Audio Book Club #37 The Hundreds by Lauren Berlant and Kathleen Stewart

Ark Audio Book Club #37 The Hundreds by Lauren Berlant and Kathleen Stewart

This month on the ark audio book club, we dive into a work experimental affect theory fictocriticism with "The Hundreds"... Read more

31 May 2019

46mins

168 - Lauren Berlant & Katie Stewart

168 - Lauren Berlant & Katie Stewart

Cymene discovers the joy of Bob Ross on this week’s edition of the podcast and your co-hosts take a moment to discuss th... Read more

14 Mar 2019

59mins

Experiments in Critical Practice: Coeditor Lauren Berlant Interviews Conference Participants

Experiments in Critical Practice: Coeditor Lauren Berlant Interviews Conference Participants

Lauren Berlant asks participants of “The Soup Is On” about their engagement with theory and optimism for what writing ca... Read more

6 Nov 2018

37mins

Ep. 27 – Lauren Berlant, Cruel Optimism

Ep. 27 – Lauren Berlant, Cruel Optimism

Special guest co-host Lindsey Whitmore (Rutgers) joins Rachel and John to talk about Lauren Berlant’s 2011 book Cruel Op... Read more

11 Aug 2015

Lee Edelman & Lauren Berlant Discuss Sex, or the Unbearable

Lee Edelman & Lauren Berlant Discuss Sex, or the Unbearable

In this episode, Lee Edelman & Lauren Berlant discuss their new dialogic book, Sex, or the Unbearable (Duke Universi... Read more

14 Mar 2014

40mins

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