Pod Quixote, Episode 7 Steven Ritz-Barr and Esther Fernández

In episode 7, Steven Ritz-Barr and Esther Fernández discuss the fascinating effects that puppets have on representing stories and how puppetry provides us a novel perspective from which to consider the world in which we live. Steven Ritz-Barr is a puppeteer with decades of experience and the creative force behind Quixote (2010), an adaptation of Don Quixote done completely with puppets. Esther Fernández is an Associate Professor at Rice University and her most recent book is titled To Embody the Marvelous: The Making of Illusions in Early Modern Spain (Vanderbilt University Press 2021).