Message: “Christy Blanch and Teaching with Comics”

Christy Blanch, professor of the SUPERMooc talks how she’s innovating in the classroom using popculture and comics, plus what it’s like to write for Thrillbent!

In this Episode:
0:00 – Where’s Matt?
4:00 – Meet Christy Blanch
10:00 – Using Comics to Teach
23:00 – The Damnation of Charlie Wormwood
38:00 – SuperMOOC: Teaching with Comics in the Digital World
47:00 – Teaching Gender with Comics

Story Men - March 25, 2014

True Detective featuring Scott Poole

True Detective featuring Scott Poole

The StoryMen welcome professor of American History Scott Poole. Scott's an expert in the sociology of horror, so he dives in with us to discuss the groundbreaking first season of HBO's True Detective. IN THIS EPISODE: 0:00 – Scott Poole and the Horror of True Detective 10:00 – The High Cost of Horror: Lovecraft, Carcosa and the King in Yellow 18:00 – True Detective is Just Plain Gorgeous 22:30 – SPOILERS 29:00 – Russ, Pessimism and that Ending 38:00 – Is TRUE DETECTIVE anti-female, anti-Southern, or anti-Christian? 50:00 – Favorite moments in the show

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