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Art and Theater After Stonewall – Episode 55 – The Oxford Comment

June 22, 2020The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentbroadway, chicago art scene, gay culture, gay rights, lgbt movement, lgbtq, lgbtq art, lgbtq theater, pride, pride month, stonewall, stonewall riotsoxfordacademic

On this episode of The Oxford Comment, we spoke with Elizabeth Wollman, author of “Hard Times: The Adult Musical in 1970s New York City,” and Micah Salkind, author of “Do You Remember House?: Chicago’s Queer of Color Undergrounds,” on the convergence of LBGTQ culture and art, especially in the aftermath of the 1969 Stonewall riots and other movements focusing on gay rights in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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Earth Day at 50: Conservation, Spirituality, and Climate Change – Episode 54 – The Oxford Comment

April 20, 2020The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentaldo leopold, aldo leopold foundation, belden lane, buddy huffaker, conservation, earth day, earth day 50, john muir, land ethic, lufti radwan, nature, spirituality, st ignatius, ted steinberg, willowbrook farmoxfordacademic

On this episode, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. We spoke with Ted Steinberg, author of “Down to Earth: Nature’s Role in American History,” Belden Lane, author of “The Great Conversation: Nature and the Care of the Soul,” Lufti Radwan of Willowbrook Farm, and Buddy Huffaker, executive director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, about conservation history, spirituality, organic farming, land ethics, and, of course, climate change.

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Taking a Knee: Sports and Activism – Episode 53 – The Oxford Comment

January 27, 2020The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentactivism, colin kaepernick, college athletes, lebron james, robert turner, sports, sports activism, student athlete, trish daltonoxfordacademic

On this episode, we examine the difficulties athletes face when they speak out on hot-button subjects with the help of documentary filmmaker Trish Dalton, co-director and co-producer of HBO Sports’ “Student Athlete,” and Robert Turner, author of “Not For Long: The Life and Career of the NFL Athlete.” Activism can be incredibly difficult in professional sports, let alone in collegiate athletics, and we look at the political plights of athletes in the wake of the firestorm created by quarterback Colin Kaepernick a few years ago.

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Based On A True Story – Episode 52 – The Oxford Comment

January 30, 2019The Oxford Comment, The Oxford CommentDiana Walsh Pasulka, diversity, film, film history, history, oscars, Oscars 2019, televisionoxfordacademic

On this episode, we examine the significant role of academic consultants within television and movies, with the help of author and consultant, Diana Walsh Pasulka. The use of consultants on set has steadily increased since the early twentieth century, and we investigate why this trend has become a popular practice, and how it impacts the audience, the success of the project and its cultural impact on society.

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The History Of Holiday Traditions – Episode 51 – The Oxford Comment

December 21, 2018The Oxford Comment, The Oxford Commentchristmas, holiday traditions, podcastoxfordacademic

On this episode of the Oxford Comment, we examine the history of holiday traditions and attempt to figure out why we continue to celebrate them; even the strange ones. Our guest, Gerry Bowler, author of “Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World’s Most Celebrated Holiday” explores the entire sweep of Christmas history and provides a global scope of its influence.

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