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“Only monsters play God.” So runs the tagline of Guillermo del Toro’s new cinematic masterpiece. And such is the popular understanding of the storyline and takeaway of Mary Shelly’s classic horror novel, Frankenstein. But is that really the lesson? This is not to say that this cannot be a good lesson. After all, a hallmark Read More

Despite the craziness of the ongoing pandemic, I was recently able to give a talk about three things near and dear to my academic heart: history, stories, and podcasts. Alongside the great minds of Jim Ambuske, Deepthi Murali, and Abby Mullen, I thought about both narrative and podcasting as forms of history and whether, together, Read More