The Gifted Child Symposium Podcast
1) Dykes That Can't Die: A History of the Lesbian Vampire in Cinema (with Lulenoxx)
The Gifted Children are going back to school! Today’s lesson: LESBIAN VAMPIRES!Most specifically, their history and legacy, from Carmilla to First Kill and stopping by some of her most iconic cinemati...Show More
2) Minisode / Tall, Dark, and Handsome: An Anatomy of the Broody Male Love Interest
You know them. You love them. You find them inexplicably attractive. In this first ever minisode of the Gifted Child Symposium, we discuss the evergreen trope of the broody male love interest. Think M...Show More
3) ‘Life’s a show, and we all play a part’: Free Will and Divine Authority in TV Musical Episodes
TV musical episodes - truly the marmite of TV episode genres. Love ‘em, hate ‘em, tolerate ‘em, you can’t deny that they are amongst the funniest and most memorable episodes in your favourite TV show...Show More
4) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Myth of the Ideal CEO
Have you ever thought of Willy Wonka, not as mad genius or whimsical chocolate maker, but as a corrupt CEO? In this episode, we will discuss and shed light on how he and Mark Zuckerberg have more in c...Show More
5) ‘Where all the poets went to die’: Romanticising the Romantics in Taylor Swift’s ‘the lakes’
Welcome to the first episode of 2025! We’re kicking off the year with a deep-dive into ‘the lakes’, the bonus track on Taylor Swift’s 2020 Grammy-award winning album folklore. Some may wonder how two ...Show More
6) Writing Fanfiction: Translation, Transformative Works, and the Ship of Theseus
What do Chaucer, Shakespeare, and MsKingBean89 have in common? What unites them, beyond their abilities to speak to the masses of their time, pioneering brand new literary traditions that represent th...Show More
Writing Fanfiction: Translation, Transformative Works, and the Ship of Theseus
1:15:17 | Dec 22nd, 2024
7) Reading Fanfiction: Alternative Universes, Mythologies, and Sylvia Plath’s Fig Tree
If you’re anything like us, some of your favourite books exist only on a little site called Archive of Our Own, and some of your favourite authors are only known by a weird internet username, and some...Show More
Reading Fanfiction: Alternative Universes, Mythologies, and Sylvia Plath’s Fig Tree
1:08:15 | Nov 24th, 2024
8) The “Radical” Power of Heterosexuality: An Anatomy of YA Dystopias
Is heterosexuality enough to take down a tyrannical government? That is the question YA dystopian novels in the 2010s were brave enough to ask. Over a decade later, we take it upon ourselves to try to...Show More
9) Do Cars Dream of Mechanical Labour?: Capitalism and Determinism in Pixar’s Cars
Remember Cars? It has probably lingered in the abyss of your childhood memories - the story of an arrogant race car who learns the meaning of community and becomes the best racer. But if you've revisi...Show More
Do Cars Dream of Mechanical Labour?: Capitalism and Determinism in Pixar’s Cars
1:09:34 | Aug 25th, 2024
10) Red, White & Royal Blue: Queer Joy, Queer Trash, and Geopolitics
Tired of living through major historical events? Do you feel like the times are never going to stop being unprecedented? Does every news alert fill you with existential dread and anxiety? Introducing...Show More