Better Off Dead
Does this stand the test of time, or is it too Pretty in Pink?
Host Jonathan Schwartz is joined by Alex Ago and Aubrey Hicks.
Aubrey Hicks
The Godfather (1972 – dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
The Godfather, at almost 50 years old, is on most of the “top films of all time” lists … why? What does it still tell us about the American experience?
Host Erroll Southers is joined by guests Carla Della Gatta, Aubrey Hicks, & Jonathan Schwartz. Listen today!
Who Fears Death
In today’s episode, we discuss Nnedi Okorafor’s Afrofuturist novel Who Fears Death.Joining host Aubrey Hicks for this discussion are Marisa Turesky and David Sloane.
Joining host Aubrey Hicks for this discussion are Marisa Turesky and David Sloane.
White Fragility
Host Aubrey Hicks is joined by professors Chris Redfearn and Liz Falletta in a discussion of the New York Times bestselling book White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo.
On today’s podcast, we talk about how white fragility works to sustain and reproduce the racist institutions & socialization which we all inherited.
Listen here, or subscribe at ApplePodcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app.
Join the conversation about each episode on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Or email us at bedrosian.bookclub@usc.edu.
Us (dir. Jordan Peele)
From the mind the brought us Get Out, is the new film scaring audiences across the states. In Jordan Peele’s latest film, Us, doppelgängers menace a family trying to enjoy their summer vacation. But … as in Get Out, everything isn’t quite that simple. Warning: Spoilers!
What mirror is Peele holding up for us now?
An Unkindness of Ghosts
This month, host Lisa Schweitzer is joined by David Sloane, Denise McIver, and Aubrey Hicks to discuss An Unkindness of Ghosts, by Rivers Solomon. We talk about slave allegories, generation ships, spatial hierarchies, gender, autism … so much to talk about with this debut novel from Solomon.
To listen to the Bedrosian Book Club discussion of An Unkindness of Ghosts, click the arrow in the player on this post. Or you can download it and subscribe through ApplePodcasts, Soundcloud, Google Play, Stitcher or your favorite podcasting app!
Body Horror
Gasp! The female body! So gross, so frail and faulty! We might all have loved Anne Elizabeth Moore’s BODY HORROR, listen to the #bookclub #podcast today! Host Lisa Schweitzer is joined by Marisa Turesky, Chris Redfearn, and Aubrey Hicks.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (dir. David Yates)
Let’s delve into whether the newest addition to the Potterverse is Voldemort-lite or complex look at the “Banality of Evil?”
American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin
This month, Lisa, Richard, and Aubrey discuss the new book of sonnets from Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin. Hayes’ sonnets are “acrid with tear gas, and they unravel with desire.” For the poetry doubters everywhere.
To listen to the Bedrosian Book Club discussion of American Sonnets, click the arrow in the player on this post. Or you can download it and subscribe through ApplePodcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app!
The Death of Truth
This month, Aubrey, Ange-Marie, Jeff, and David discuss the new book from renowned literary critic Michiko Kakutani, The Death of Truth : Notes on Falsehood in the Age of Trump. Or, perhaps … death by a thousand “realities.”