Apr 14, 2015
Professor Claire "Tenured Radical" Potter is the guest on this
installment of the podcast known as The Chauncey DeVega Show.
Dr. Potter is a scholar of American Studies, history, and popular
culture.
She is a Professor of History at The New School and is the
author/editor of several books including War
on Crime: Bandits, G-Men and the Politics of Mass
Culture and
the forthcomingBeyond
Pornography: How Feminism Survived the Age of
Reagan.
As the "Tenured Radical" she is perhaps best known
for her column at The Chronicle of Higher
Education and
as a scholar at the forefront of public pedagogy and its
intersection(s) with digital media and democracy.
Claire has also been a friend of The
Chauncey DeVega Show for
some time. She has also been a great booster and supporter of
Chauncey DeVega's other online work.
Dr. Potter is very sharp, witty, and wise.
This makes for a great conversation on the newest installment
ofThe
Chauncey DeVega Show.
In this new episode of The
Chauncey DeVega Show,
Claire and Chauncey talk about police brutality and life in New
York in the shadow of the Eric Garner case, the perils, joys, and
challenges of public pedagogy and intellectual work; and share some
fun stories about the naughty, titillating, and scintillating
things that can be found in famous folks' personal archives and
collections.
Chauncey and Claire also talk about how Times Square was made into
Disney World and the relationship between feminism and
anti-pornography crusades.
Chauncey DeVega also cuts a not short opening promo about the
killing of Walter Scott by the thug cop Michael Slager in South
Carolina and does a bit of reading and reflection on the great
essay The Police Are America's
Terrorists.