S04E09: Joanne Kathleen Rowling
This week in the Deconstruction Zone, Dr. Lauren Camacci, Dr. Elizabeth Morrow Clark, and Tolonda Henderson are here to discuss the recent a...
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The Deconstruction Workers
A bi-weekly adventure into popular culture. Join Dr. Christopher Bell and his guest workers as they deconstruct everything from toys to Hamilton.
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20 of 40 episodesS04E08: Hamilton: An American Musical
In honor of the release today of Hamilton: An American Musical on Disney+, we are reissuing our Season One episode of The Deconstruction Wor...
S04E07: Footloose
This week in the Deconstruction Zone, novelist Dale Bridges joins the crew for the first time to talk about popular culture in small town Am...
S04E06: The X-Men Part Two
Part Two of a two-part episode on Marvel's biggest comic franchise, The X-Men! Dr. Rick Stevens and Chris Maverick kick around the finer poi...
S04E05: The X-Men Part One
Part One of a two-part episode on Marvel's biggest comic franchise, The X-Men! Dr. Rick Stevens and Chris Maverick kick around the finer poi...
S04E04: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Part Two
Part Two of a double-sized episode on one of the greatest television shows of all time! Dr. Lauren Camacci and Dustin Dunaway tag-team this...
S04E03: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Part One
Part One of a double-sized episode on one of the greatest television shows of all time! Dr. Lauren Camacci and Dustin Dunaway tag-team this...
S04E02: CORONApocalypse 2020 Part Two
Part Two of our double-header! A bit shorter than usual, but still packed with goodness. This week, five scholars take to the mic to discuss...
S04E01: CORONApocalypse 2020 Part One
Welcome back for Season Four! This week, five scholars take to the mic to discuss how in the world we are supposed to teach popular culture...
S03E10: The Transformers
Merry Christmas! As a present to each other and to the world, Jonathan Alexandratos is here and we're talking about The Transformers ! Trave...
03E09: Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone
Dr. Dan Yezbick is here to take a walk on the dark side as we're talking about the technological thriller series Black Mirror. And also, The...
S03E08: The 1980s
This week in the Deconstruction Zone, Dustin Dunaway is back to take a trip down memory lane to the 1980s! What is it about the 80s that is...
S03E07: Corporate Consolidation
Contribute to the James Cancer Fundraiser at http://tinyurl.com/DCWHelp ! This week in the Deconstruction Zone, Dr. Rick Stevens is back and...
S03E06: #Hopepunk and The Good Place
Contribute to the James Cancer Fundraiser at http://tinyurl.com/DCWHelp ! This week in the Deconstruction Zone, it's a short episode as it's...
S03E05: Roleplaying Games
Contribute to the James Cancer Fundraiser at http://tinyurl.com/DCWHelp ! For the second time this season in the Deconstruction Zone, we hav...
S03E04: Bad Ass Female Characters
Contribute to the James Cancer Fundraiser at http://tinyurl.com/DCWHelp ! This week in the Deconstruction Zone, we have a new player! Jenn Z...
S03E03: Witches
This week in the Deconstruction Zone, Marley Steuver-Williford is back and we're talking about the portrayal of witches in popular culture....
S03E02: Canon, Part Two
Welcome back for Season Three! This week in the Deconstruction Zone, Dr. Lauren Camacci and I sit down for part two of a two part episode ab...
S03E01: Canon, Part One
Welcome back for Season Three! This week in the Deconstruction Zone, Dr. Lauren Camacci and I sit down for part one of a two part episode ab...
S02E10: Social Media Culture
This week in the Deconstruction Zone, Dr. Shannon Sindorf is here with a grab bag of digital community-related topics: The Gaze, The Glance,...