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Utopian and Dystopian Fictions is a podcast for scholars, thinkers, and anyone with an interest in utopian and dystopian theory, literature, film, and television. It’s hosted by Dr Matthew Leggatt (Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Winchester) and Dr Liam Knight (Independent Scholar). In each episode we interview a different academic in the field and interrogate myths and common misconceptions about the genre. If you have any feedback or questions, please feel free to send us an email, using utopiananddystopianfictions@gmail.com.
Unknown Host hosts Utopian and Dystopian Fictions, a education show with 23 episodes published.
In this episode, we speak with Jess Norledge, an Assistant Professor in Stylistics at the University of Nottingham. Our conversation with Jess centres on the relationship between language and dystopian fiction, drawing o
In this bumper episode, we are joined by Jacqueline Dutton, a Professor in French Studies at the University of Melbourne, celebrate Matt's latest publication, and announce a competition! Our conversation with Jacqueline
In this episode, we are joined by Daniel Olivas, who - as well as having a successful career as a lawyer in California - is an acclaimed author of several works of prose fiction, poetry, dramatic texts, and non-fiction.
In this episode we are joined by two guests, Taylor Cavallo (an Instructor at the University of Minnesota) and Mark Gatto (Assistant Professor in Critical Organisation Studies at Northumbria University). Our conversation
In this episode, we speak with Paul E. Hardisty, an environmental scientist, keen conservationist, and novelist known first for his 'Claymore Straker' series and, most recently, 'The Forcing' trilogy - a series of dystop
We begin Season 3 of the Utopian and Dystopian Fictions Podcast by chatting with Amy Brookes, an architect and Associate Lecturer at the University of Reading. In our conversation with Amy, we turn our attention to the i
In this Season 2 Finale, Matt and Liam spend some time looking back at Season 2 of the Utopian and Dystopian Fictions podcast and chatting about what's to come in Season 3, before then discussing a very seasonal topic fo
In this episode, we speak with Stefano Gualeni, a Full Professor at the Institute of Digital Games, University of Malta. In our conversation with Stefano, we draw on his varied professional expertise as a philosopher, ga
In this episode, we speak with Daniel Jenkin-Smith, who teaches at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and is an expert in English and French literature of the long 19th century. Daniel also co-hosts the spectacu
In this episode, we speak with Athira Unni, an Independent Scholar who holds a PhD in English from Leeds Beckett University. In our conversation with Athira, we discuss postcolonial dystopian fiction, with a particular e
In this episode, we speak with andré carrington, an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of California, Riverside. In our conversation with andré, we discuss speculative fiction and the emergin
In this episode, we speak with Jordan Carroll, a writer, editor, and scholar who holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of California, Davis. Our discussion with Jordan primarily centres on his most recent
In this episode, we speak with Eve Smith, a novelist who writes speculative thrillers, mainly about the things that scare her. Her novels have been reviewed in The Guardian, The Times and New Scientist. Described by Wate
In this episode, we speak with Ruth Houghton - a Senior Lecturer at Newcastle Law School - and Aoife O'Donoghue - a Professor in Law at Queen's University, Belfast. Our conversation with Ruth and Aoife covers many topics
In this episode, we speak with Nathan Waddell, a Professor in Twentieth Century Literature in the English Literature Department at the University of Birmingham. We chat with Nathan about how he first came to researching
In this episode, we speak with Diletta De Cristofaro, an Assistant Professor in the Humanities Department at Northumbria University. We chat with Diletta about apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictions in this interview,
Join Matt and Liam for a Christmas special! In this episode, we recap Season 1 of the podcast, talk about some plans for Season 2, and then chat about Christmas in relation to dystopian texts and utopianism.
In this episode, we speak with Heather Alberro, a Lecturer in Sustainability at the University of Manchester. We chat with Heather about Green Utopianism, a type of utopianism that straddles both the literary and the soc
In this episode, we interview Dr Sebastian Mitchell, a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Birmingham. We chat with Sebastian about the origins of utopia, beginning with Sir Thomas More's text, bef
In this episode, we interview Heather McKnight, Independent Scholar and Co-Founder of the Magnetic Ideals Collective. We chat with Heather about what utopia means to her, the relationship between utopia and activism, and
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