Each season of American Vandal is comprised of thematically-linked conversations about literature, history, higher education, media, technology, and political economy. Sponsored by the premier source for programming and funding scholarship on Mark Twain's life and legacy.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEach season of American Vandal is comprised of thematically-linked conversations about literature, history, higher education, media, technology, and political economy. Sponsored by the premier source for programming and funding scholarship on Mark Twain's life and legacy.
Recent episodes include "Critical AI & The End of Mass Media with Lauren M.E. Goodlad & Jeff Jarvis (Vandal Live @ Elmira College)" (21 September 2026, 77 minutes), "AI, FOIA, & The Public Good (Vandal Live from Labor@Wayne)" (24 August 2026, 91 minutes), and "A Moral Document (Vandal Live at Wayne State)" (17 August 2026, 94 minutes).
The American Vandal publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 89 minutes across 121 episodes.
Booking probability for The American Vandal is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The American Vandal requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The American Vandal's contact route on record: verified email.
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The American Vandal is an arts podcast with 121 episodes published.
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From the 10th International Conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies, hosted by the Center For Mark Twain Studies, comes a conversation about how scholars nineteenth-century culture and media technology analyze the...
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Our second episode from the "Public Bugets, Public Good" workshop, hosted by Wayne State University and co-sponsored by Labor@Wayne, AAUP , HELU , and Public Good U features Christopher Newfields "AI & The Public...
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The first of two episodes recorded at the "Public Budgets, Public Good" workshop hosted by Labor@Wayne , and co-sponsored by AAUP , HELU , and Public Good U. This episode features presentations on the Lend & Rule...
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On a hot Summer night in Brooklyn, Matt Seybold is joined by McKenzie Wark to launch the "Intellectuals" issue of e-flux Journal . They discuss the legacy of the public intellectual (and other mythic species), the...
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The final episode recorded at the Modes of Reading Today Symposium , hosted by the Townsend Center For The Humanities focuses on media, mediation, and machine-generated texts. It opens with Nicholas Baer and Pardis...
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The second episode derived from the Modes of Reading Today Symposium , hosted by the Townsend Center For The Humanities assesses what it means that "close reading is having a moment" through papers titled "What is...
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An episode recorded as part of the Modes of Reading Today Symposium , hosted by the Townsend Center For The Humanities begins with a discussion of John Donne's insomnia and Wilfred Bion's undigested nightmares, followed...
A discussion of the historical trajectory informing the current polycrisis reverberating from the Strait of Hormuz with two historians of Iranian Oil, authors of "Nationalising Oil & Knowledge in Iran" (Edinburgh UP...
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Two events organized by the Center For Mark Twain Studies focus on the complex legacy of Mark Twain and the omissions and misrepresentations of his wife, Olivia Langdon Clemens, and extended family. Cast (in order of...
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A live crossover podcasting event with the This Guy Sucked podcast, hosted at the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Connecticut. The question is not only whether and how much Mark Twain might have sucked, but also...
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As part of the Spring Symposium at the Wake Forest Humanities Institute, Matt Seybold discusses the present and future of AI speculation, including an extended discussion with Wake Forest faculty. Cast (in order of...
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A discussion of the forthcoming book "Muskism: A Guild For The Perplexed" with its authors. Topics includes Muskism as the antidote to Musk Fatique, methods of historical research under threat of enshittification, the...
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Opens with Matt Seybold's short history of Instructure, the makers of Canvas LMS, with special emphasis on its acquisition by Dragoneer and KKR in 2024. This talk was delivered at Utah Valley University, with...
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From the Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium, hosted by Emory University. What are the challenges, strategies, and rewards for teaching close reading? What are the stakes of teaching close reading through the...
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From the Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium, hosted by Emory University. Why is close reading best understood as a conversation? What are its evaluative standards? How does it extend the conversation beyond...
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The first of three episodes based on the "Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium" hosted by Emory University. The symposium's opening address is followed by short provocations on "Freedom," "The Best," "Language,"...
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Hosted by the University of Illinois-Chicago United Faculty, a roundtable discussion about confronting the challenges facing higher education labor organizing. Topics included education technology, faculty autonomy...
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The event launching the 2025 Quarry Farm Symposium on Energy Studies begins with opening address by co-organizer Jeffrey Insko, then discussion of the theory of Everyday Ecofascism with collaborators from University of...
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A spirited discussion of the state of higher education, the history of criticism, and the future of literary knowledge production, recorded with a live audience at University of Pennsylvania's English Faculty Lounge as...
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A chance to reflect, with journalism professor Jeff Sharlet, on his book, "The Undertow: Scenes From A Slow Civil War," the looming threat of acceleration, the methods and media of lingering, documentary modernism, and...
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author of Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism, University of California Press
Co-director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics Learning Systems, Mass General Brigham, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley
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