The Seasoned Migrant Podcast

The Seasoned Migrant
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Welcome to The Seasoned Migrant Podcast! We're here to explore the intersections between culture, history and society. We want to unpack the big ideas that influenced the way we think and the moments which set our world on new trajectories. Check out our episodes, released every Wednesday!

  1. 12/09/2020

    Turkish Dramas: Politics in Popular Television

    This week, we look at the worldwide popularity of Turkish television dramas, and the way they have interacted with the geopolitics of the Middle East. With us on this episode is Yasemin Celikkol, researcher at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication. For more exciting content and ideas, please subscribe to our podcast, follow us on Instagram (@seasoned.migrant) and check out our website, www.seasonedmigrant.com. New episodes out every Wednesday!

    28 min

  2. 12/02/2020

    Urbanism: Mapping the Soul of our Cities

    This week, we're exploring the built environments around us by investigating the tensions between city-planning and the organic, unplanned life of their inhabitants. With us on this episode is Witold Rybczynski, Professor Emeritus of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania. For more exciting content and ideas, please subscribe to our podcast, follow us on Instagram (@seasoned.migrant) and check out our website, www.seasonedmigrant.com. New episodes out every Wednesday!

    34 min

  3. 11/25/2020

    Science Fiction: The Social Realities of Imagined Worlds

    This week, we're looking at science-fiction, its intersections with colonialism, and the exciting ways in which the genre is being pushed forward by Afrofuturists. With us on this episode is John Rieder (Author, ‘Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction’) and Ytasha Womack (Filmmaker, novelist and the author behind ‘Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture’). For more exciting content and ideas, please subscribe to our podcast, follow us on Instagram (@seasoned.migrant) and check out our website, www.seasonedmigrant.com. New episodes out every Wednesday!

    44 min

  4. 11/04/2020

    Chinatown: Food, Migration and Hybrid Spaces

    In this episode, we look at the restaurant culture of 18th Century China, how Chinese-American cuisine has developed over time, and how this has been interwoven with the politics of migration in America. With us on this episode is Andrew Coe, scholar of culinary history and author of ‘Chop Suey: a Cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States’ For more exciting content and ideas, please subscribe to our podcast, follow us on Instagram (@seasoned.migrant) and check out our website, www.seasonedmigrant.com. New episodes out every Wednesday!

    26 min

  5. 10/28/2020

    Beauty Pageants: Constructions and Deconstructions of Womanhood

    In this episode, we unpack the ways in which beauty pageants in the United States and Nigeria have been sites for contesting ideas of womanhood and national identity. With us on this episode are Margot Mifflin (Professor of English at Lehman College - CUNY), Kemi Balogun (Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Sociology, University of Oregon) and Zehra Abukar (Miss Muslimah 2020). For more exciting content and ideas, please subscribe to our podcast, follow us on Instagram (@seasoned.migrant) and check out our website, www.seasonedmigrant.com. New episodes out every Wednesday!

    46 min

  6. 10/21/2020

    K-Pop: Cultural Power and Post-Colonialism in Popular Music

    In this episode, we talk about the foreign influences that shaped Korean popular music and how the scene evolved into the global phenomenon of K-Pop. To round it all off, we look at what this all means for the way cultural power is mapped between countries. With us on this episode is Dr. Hyeri Jung, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Eastern University. For more exciting content and ideas, please subscribe to our podcast, follow us on Instagram (@seasoned.migrant) and check out our website, www.seasonedmigrant.com. New episodes out every Wednesday!

    31 min

  7. 10/14/2020

    Literature & Empire: An Interview with Gauri Viswanathan

    Welcome back to Season Two of the Seasoned Migrant podcast! In this episode, we look at the origins of the study of English literature and it’s strong and unexpected connections to the colonial agenda of British India. With us on this episode is Gauri Viswanathan, Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and author of ‘Masks of Conquest’. For more exciting content and ideas, please subscribe to our podcast and follow us on Instagram (@seasoned.migrant). New episodes out every Wednesday!

    50 min

  8. 08/26/2020

    Muhammad Ali: Boxer, Activist, and Icon

    In this episode, we look at the impact Muhammad Ali had on shaping the course of social history: from his conversion to Islam and changing his name, to refusing to fight in the Vietnam War, Ali stood against an oppressive and racist status quo in each one of these actions. We look at the impact his life had on not just America, but on people all around the world.   For more exciting content and ideas, please subscribe to our podcast and follow us on Instagram (@seasoned.migrant). New episodes out every Wednesday!

    23 min
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Welcome to The Seasoned Migrant Podcast! We're here to explore the intersections between culture, history and society. We want to unpack the big ideas that influenced the way we think and the moments which set our world on new trajectories. Check out our episodes, released every Wednesday!

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