This episode is the edited version of a live event held on June 17 2022 to celebrate the launch of Finding Your
Neoliberalism
In this episode of High Theory, Troy Vettese talks with us about neoliberalism. It turns out the neoliberals aren’t actually a secret
Property Technology
In this episode of High Theory, Erin McElroy talks with Nathan Kim about Property Technology. This is the first episode in the
Reality TV
In this episode of High Theory, Olivia Stowell speaks with Saronik about Reality TV. In the episode she talks about the genesis
Normalization
In this episode of High Theory, Gëzim Visoka and Nicolas Lemay-Hebert tell us about normalization in international relations. Their research applies Foucault’s
Environmental Catastrophe
In this episode John Yargo speaks with Kim about Environmental Catastrophe. In the episode John quotes Hannah Arendt and N.K. Jemisin, discusses
Birthdays
We return after our four-month relaunch with an episode on Birthdays, variously interpreted. The reason? It’s the second birthday of High Theory
High Theory Relaunch!
We are so excited to partner up with the New Books Network! Fret not, our episodes, as always will be available here
Presentism
Anna Kornbluh talks about presentism, the anachronistic historical practice of studying the past with contemporary frames of understanding. While some orthodoxies might
University Press
Rebecca Colesworthy talks about the university press and how its workings should be demystified, what authors should keep in mind when they
Social Psychoanalysis
Ankhi Mukherjee talks about that looks at the subject of psychoanalysis as a product of social and cultural processes, and thereby reorients
World Literature
Roanne Kantor tells us about World Literature, in the ideas and practices of readers, writers, and scholars. Spatial metaphors like libraries, closets,
Epic
Sohini Sarah Pillai talks about epics, long narrative poems about heroic events – whether all such poems can be called epics, and
Black Trans Feminism
Marquis Bey talks about the radical and abolitionist project of Black Trans Feminism. Rather than an identity formation, it is a politics
Aunties
Kareem Khubchandani talks about aunties, figure across culture that stand for inquiry and succor, at limits of, or outside of traditional family
Monuments
Erin L. Thompson talks about monuments, and their role in American public life. Public art intervenes in directly in politics, shaping social
