Megan Rivers-Moore on Gringo Gulch: Sex, Tourism, and Social Mobility in Costa Rica

In this episode, we interview E. Patrick Johnson about his book, Sweet Tea and his one-man show adapted from the book, which is called Pouring Tea.

After a long summer hiatus, we are back with an exciting interview with the journalist Hanna Rosin about her controversial new book The End of Men.

In this episode we talk to Jack Halberstam, the keynote speaker at the Queerness of Childhood: Worlds of Wonder conference organized by Anastasia Kayiatos and Anna Fishzon. Also joining our conversation on queerness and childhood is the brilliant Tey Meadow, another speaker at the conference.

In this episode we’re talking with Lauren Berlant about her new book, Love/Desire.  This is the first interview we recorded as hosts of The Critical Lede and it’s nice to begin with an interview such as this.  This book is a short, but very theoretically rich book. Enjoy!

This is the transition episode in which Ben and Des chat with the new co-hosts about what's in store for The Critical Lede.

It is with a heavy heart that I'm announcing our very last episode. You will have to forgive us, but this is about as self-indulgent as we could possibly get. It's 90 minutes of us interviewing each other. Listen at your own risk.

We chat with Johanna Hartelius about her recent Review of Communication article, "Models of Signification and Pedagogy in J.L. Austin, John Searle, and Jacques Derrida."

We take a look at Joesph Hassert's "The Library Project and the Gift of Prankster Art" in the latest issue of Text and Performance Quarterly.  We also mentioned some additional images that were not included in the original publication.

We change it up a bit this week and interview co-authors Alyssa Samek and Theresa Donofrio about their article, "'Academic Drag' and the Performance of the Critical Personae: An Exchange on Sexuality, Politics, and Identity in the Academy" in Women's Studies in Communication. The authors talk through their writing process, the queer project, and the implications for professional socialization. Take a listen, and let us know what you think.

This week we have a very interesting interview with Annamarie Jagose, author of Orgasmology. We talk queer theory, political agency, and of course - orgasms. It's a bit NSFW, so...wear headphones.

This week we turn towards the new issue of Qualitative Inquiry. Check out our discussion of the ethics of teaching qualitative interviewing in Hoskins and White's "Relational Inquiries and the Research Interview: Mentoring Future Researchers."

In this episode we talk through Ragan Fox's article "You are Not Allowed to Talk about Production": Narratization on (and off) the Set of CBS's Big Brother". There is lots of interesting stuff here, from production details to Fox's analysis of the tropes of gay representation.

In this episode we talk with Mimi Thi Nguyen, author of The Gift of Freedom about the relationship between refugees, empire, and postcoloniality.

This episode centers on Sara Warner's book, Acts of Gaiety: LGBT Performance and the Politics of Pleasure. We discuss queer neoliberalism, Valerie Solanas, performance zaps, and much more. It's an interesting discussion for anyway invested in queer theory or performance studies. Let us know what you think!

Ben and Des work through "Lady: Still a Feminist Four Letter Word?" in the most recent Women & Language. This is a new journal for us, so we were excited to talk through such an interesting and provocative piece. We'd love to hear your feedback.