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Special Topics in Media Studies is a lecture-based podcast that tackles media history one artifact at a time. Each season of the series we will investigate a different mass media theme, medium, or programming genre. While our focus is educational (it is an academic podcast after all), we tailor our conversations toward a broad audience of media enthusiasts.
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Signup to Generate a PitchSpecial Topics in Media Studies is a lecture-based podcast that tackles media history one artifact at a time. Each season of the series we will investigate a different mass media theme, medium, or programming genre. While our focus is educational (it is an academic podcast after all), we tailor our conversations toward a broad audience of media enthusiasts.
Special Topics in Media is hosted by Garret Castleberry. The show has published 193 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Guest Lecture Special: Dracula (1931) (REISSUE)" (27 October 2026, 84 minutes), "Conference Spotlight Series (OSTCA): Podcasting as Digitized Routes of Passage in 21st Century Higher Education" (22 September 2026, 50 minutes), and "Conference Spotlight Series (ICA): Conferencing Best Practices with Dr. Ryan Beaty" (11 August 2026, 62 minutes).
Special Topics in Media publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 67 minutes across 193 episodes.
Booking probability for Special Topics in Media is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Special Topics in Media requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Special Topics in Media's contact route on record: verified email.
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Garret Castleberry hosts Special Topics in Media, a tv podcast with 193 episodes published.
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Send us Fan Mail Celebrating the Special Topics "Anniversary Month" alongside Guest Lecture Week, we are visiting the first lecturecast converted for wide public release. In this RE-ISSUE of the Season 7 premiere...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail In this finale to our 2026 "Conferences and Conferencing" miniseries, host Garret Castleberry is joined by colleagues across the State of Oklahoma to engage in a panel for the Oklahoma Speech, Theatre...
Episode #2
Send us Fan Mail This summer, Special Topics in Media is hitting the road. As part of our "Summer Conference Series", our first stop is at the International Communication Association (ICA) 76th Annual Convention in Cape...
Episode #51
Send us Fan Mail The "Film Listology" odyssey continues with an epic sword-and-sandals Award Winner from Hollywood's Golden Age: Ben-Hur (1959), directed by William Wyler. This twice-adapted film, remade again in 2016...
Episode #50
Send us Fan Mail It's our 50th episode of the "Film Listology" longform season on Special Topics in Media . In our Super Index composite of Top Film ratings and rankings, the #69 entrant represents an all-time classic...
Episode #49
Send us Fan Mail The Special Topics in Media "Film Listology" season resumes with the #70 entry in the Super Index, the tech-noir cult masterpiece from director Ridley Scott in 1982, Blade Runner . Scott's film gained a...
Episode #48
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The "Film Listology" countdown resumes with a special reveal episode for films ranking #70-66 on the Listology Super Index. What movies make the cut? What commonality do these titles share...
Episode #8
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This May, Special Topics in Media returns to a newer tradition, our "Student Spotlight Series". Last year, we examined a number of successful internship experiences shared by students in the...
Episode #7
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>This May, Special Topics in Media returns to a newer tradition, our "Student Spotlight Series". Last year, we examined a number of successful internship experiences shared by students in the...
Episode #47
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>As our "Film Listology" season counts down the Top 100 films in the Listology Super Index, we rediscover a surprise import of international acclaim: Parasite, from Academy Award-winning...
Episode #46
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this "Film Listology" episode of Special Topics in Media, the dialogic duo wrangles with the impact of Fred Zinnemann's Academy Award-winning 1952 film, High Noon. This ideological Film...
Episode #45
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Our "Film Listology" season continues with a surprise entrant in the #73 slot, from famed director Stanley Kubrick in 1975, Barry Lyndon. One could argue that Kubrick fuses a surrogate love...
Episode #44
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The "Film Listology" season continues with our #74 entry, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Released in 1939, Frank Capra directs Jimmy Stewart in this tale of an idealistic junior senator thrust...
Episode #43
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Our "Film Listology" season sets sail once again with the #75 film according to the MCM Super Index, The Graduate. Mike Nichols directs Dustin Hoffman in this Academy Award Winning feature from...
Episode #42
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Film Listology RETURNS! Scott McMurry joins Garret Castleberry to reveal the next five films currently ranked #75-71 by the analytics super index. Which films made the cross-composite list...
Episode #8
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The Special Topics in Media winds down prematurely with our Heist Film conversation (circa 2021) focusing on Steven Soderbergh's 2017 rural caper, Logan Lucky. Host Garret Castleberry is joined...
Episode #7
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Special Topics in Media is getting the crew together again for a LIVE reaction special. Host Garret Castleberry recruits the Special Topics in Media Studies class for a post-screening response...
Episode #6
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The Special Topics in Media retro season resumes with a callback to our Heist Film conversation (circa 2021) centered on Christopher Nolan's 2010 summer blockbuster, Inception. Host Garret...
Episode #5
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>A FIRST! Special Topics in Media goes "Live" (sort of), in an effort to activate improvisational audience feedback. Host Garret Castleberry taps into the collective power of the Special Topics...
Episode #4
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The past returns! Special Topics in Media slips under the radar to release its next "vault" discussion (circa fall 2021) celebrating <b>The Heist Film</b>. Host Garret Castleberry captures...
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