Bard Sequence Seminar Podcast

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Join the Bard Sequence as we explore great works of literature, philosophy, and history from unique perspectives. https://bhsec.bard.edu/sequence/ Contact Us: sequence@bhsec.bard.edu Keywords: Literature, great books, books, reading, culture, fiction, book lovers, good reads, classics, novels, arts, education

11/23/2025

Antigone: Student Edition

Send us a text Students from the Bard Sequence program Jentle Brown (Plainfield HS, NJ) , Donyjanae Weaver (Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS, DC) , and Aleeya White (Orange HS, NJ) discuss Sophocles' tragic play Antigone. Between minutes 25:00 and 29:11 we discuss Antigone's choice of death over life including thinking about this as a form of suicide. While the discussion is not graphic, anyone not interested in engaging with this content should skip this section.

1h 8m
09/19/2025

Dracula x Carmilla

Send us a text Matt, Katherine Bergevin ( PhD candidate at Columbia University's Department of English and Comparative Literature), and Jehan Senai Worthy (Attorney at the Hudson Valley Justice Center) discuss two of the most influential vampire texts of all time: Bram Stoker's Dracula and Sheridan LeFanu's Carmilla.

1h 47m
09/16/2025

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

Send us a text Matt, Allen Ascher (Osher Lifelong Learning Institue at Rutgers University), and Patrick Oray (Bard High School Early College Baltimore) discuss Shakespeare's historical tragedy depicting the assassination of the Roman leader and it's aftermath. This podcast was recorded on August 20, 2025.

1h 38m
08/21/2025

Things Fall Apart

Send us a text Matt discusses Chinua Achebe's landmark novel Things Fall Apart with Yawa Agbemabiese (Bard Highschool Early College, DC) and Carla Stephens (Bard Queer Leadership Project, Borough of Brooklyn Chair for History and Culture at Bard Microcollege Brooklyn Public Library).

1h 43m
07/23/2025

The Communist Manifesto

Send us a text Bard Sequence professors Rosie Jayde Uyola (BHSEC Bronx), Paul Gilmore (Plainfield High School, NJ), and Andrew Worthington (Orange High School, NJ) discuss Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto.

1h 28m
06/23/2025

The Communist Manifesto: Students of the World Unite

Send us a text Today, three students from the Bard Sequence program discuss Marx and Engels' seminal text: The Communist Manifesto. Anderson Morocho is from Orange High School in Orange, NJ. Dominick Cruz attends Bronx Envision Academy in Bronx, NY. David Ixcuna hails from Plainfield High School in Plainfield, NJ.

1h 12m
08/14/2024

Gilgamesh II: Students Who Saw the Deep

Send us a text Bard Sequence students Tito Oshuntolu and Kimora James respond to Gilgamesh and to the Bard Sequence Podcast. Tito Oshuntolu attends Orange High School in New Jersey and Kimora attends Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School in Washington DC.

48 min
08/08/2024

Gilgamesh x Matilda

Send us a text Matt and Shana Russell delve into the unlikely pairing of Gilgamesh and Roald Dahl's Matilda. Shana Russell is a professor at Bard High School Early College, Newark where she teaches Seminar, literature, and electives in anything from Afrofuturism to the Literature of Newark.

1h 21m
03/08/2024

Frankenstein x Horror

Send us a text In which our intrepid panelists make connections between horror films and Mary Shelly's seminal horror text. Featuring Rosa Schneider, Katherine Bergevin, and Matt Park. Content Warning: Between 1:12 and 1:14 a stage adaptation of Frankenstein which features sexual assault is discussed. There are no graphic descriptions, but anyone who does not want to engage with this content will want to skip. Spoiler Warning: Spoilers for the film M3gan as well as some much older movies. As always, reach out to sequence@bhsec.bard.edu with comments!

1h 16m
10/17/2023

Frankenstein

Send us a text The Bard Sequence explores Frankenstein with the help of Ben Bagocious (Bard Sequence), Kevin Doyle (Bard Sequence), Katherine Bergevin (Columbia University, Keats-Shelley Association of America), and Rosa Schneider (Bard Sequence, Urban Academy, Bronx). Key topics include sexuality, science and technology, shame, otherness, and exclusion.

1h 15m
10/17/2023

Gilgamesh

Send us a text The Bard Sequence explores humanity's oldest epic, Gilgamesh, with help from Shana Russell (Bard High School Early College Newark), Nico Veroli (Bard Sequence) and Matt Park (Bard Sequence). Key conversations touch on gender and sexuality, urbanism, and the historical context for the epic.

1h 15m

11 Episodes

Join the Bard Sequence as we explore great works of literature, philosophy, and history from unique perspectives. https://bhsec.bard.edu/sequence/ Contact Us: sequence@bhsec.bard.edu Keywords: Literature, great books, books, reading, culture, fiction, book lovers, good reads, classics, novels, arts, education

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Matt Park
Years Active

2023 - 2025
Episodes

11
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Clean
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