Ep. 032 _ Christopher Schaberg _ 'Worlds World Worlds'

Ep. 032 _ Christopher Schaberg _ 'Worlds World Worlds'

Author: Sean Lally February 12, 2018 Duration: 57:55

Christopher Schaberg received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, where he specialized in twentieth-century American literature and critical theory. At Loyola, Dr. Schaberg teaches courses on contemporary literature and nonfiction, cultural studies, and environmental theory. He also teaches a first-year seminar on airports in American literature and culture. He is the author of three books on airports: The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight (2012), The End of Airports (2015), and Airportness: The Nature of Flight (2017). He has co-edited two essay collections: Deconstructing Brad Pitt (2014, with Robert Bennett) and Airplane Reading (2016, with Mark Yakich). He is currently completing a book called The Work of Literature In An Age of Post-Truth, which is about teaching, reading, and writing in the early twenty-first century. Dr. Schaberg is founding co-editor (with Ian Bogost) of an essay and book series called Object Lessons which explores the hidden lives of ordinary things. This series offers hands-on opportunities for Loyola students who are interested in nonfiction writing as well as working in editing and publishing.


In a world where the very ground we stand on and the bodies we inhabit are becoming malleable territories for design, Night White Skies offers a necessary space for conversation. Host Sean Lally guides these discussions, which venture far beyond traditional architectural discourse to ask what kind of future we are actually building. This podcast thrives on the friction and insight generated by bringing together an unexpected mix of voices-from philosophers and scientists to policy makers and science fiction authors. You’ll hear how a cultural anthropologist’s research on ritual intersects with a material scientist’s work on smart environments, or how a novelist’s vision of tomorrow clarifies the ethical dilemmas faced by urban planners today. Each episode is a deep, meandering exploration, avoiding easy answers in favor of nuanced, often surprising connections. The aim is to piece together a broader, more complex picture of the transformations currently unfolding around and within us. By engaging with such a diverse range of thinkers, the Night White Skies podcast doesn't just report on change; it actively participates in the difficult, essential work of imagining what comes next.
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Ep. 038  _ 'Thanks, Larry' _ Topical Interlude [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 19:34
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Ep. 037 _ Christopher Hight _ 'Resilience in Sci-Fi [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:44
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Ep. 036 _ Fred Scharmen _ 'Climates & Subjectivity' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:23
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Ep. 035 _ Sheila Jasanoff _ 'The Ethics of Invention' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:25
Sheila Jasanoff is Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at the Harvard Kennedy School. A pioneer in her field, she has authored more than 120 articles and chapters and is author or editor of more than…
Ep. 034 _ Bradford Bouley _ 'Saintly Anatomy' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:56
Bradford Bouley is assistant professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a fellow at the Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies, Villa I Tatti. His research focuses on the histories of religio…
Ep. 033 _ Molly Wright Steenson _ 'Architectural Intelligence' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:46
Molly Wright Steenson is a designer, author, professor, and international speaker whose work focuses on the intersection of architecture, design, and artificial intelligence. She is the author of Architectural Intelligen…
Ep. 031_ Liam Young _ 'Practicing Architect' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:12
Liam Young is an Australian born architect who operates in the spaces between design, fiction and futures. He is founder of the think tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today, a group whose work explores the possibilities of fantas…
Ep. 029 _ Ricardo de Ostos _ 'Creature Conditions' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:09
Ricardo de Ostos creates speculative fictions that envision architectural projects in shifting environmental and cultural contexts. He lives, works and teaches in London at both, the Architectural Association and The Bar…
Ep. 028 _ Sara M. Watson _ 'Technology Criticism' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:35
Sara M. Watson is a writer and technology critic. She is an affiliate with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and a writer in residence at Digital Asia Hub. Sara writes and speaks ab…