Comedian, podcaster, and writer Jamie Loftus wrestles with this tangled nexus of significance in a society that perpetually sexualizes young girls. You don’t need to have read Lolita - a cautionary tale about a predator grooming, kidnapping, and repeatedly raping a child - to be riveted by the podcast, which is more focused on tracing its ripple effects on the zeitgeist. From fashion to music to film to sexual expression itself, the novel’s impact on society far exceeds literary circles, affecting the mainstream in ways you may not even be aware of. The influence of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita can’t be overstated. But above all it's a story about us, the people we were then and still are now. 1619 is a story about race and the inequalities embedded into a system predicated on its conceit. By weaving the historical with the personal and the poetic, Nikole Hannah-Jones (alongside other guest hosts) paints a viscerally captivating portrait of Black Americans' lived experience, and all the simultaneous struggle, strength, oppression, ambition, pain, and humor needed to survive. This isn't just a sobering lesson, or hard pill to swallow. But 1619 isn't just a podcast about the history of slavery as the genesis of almost every aspect of American society and culture today. It's a version of the story a great many of us never hear, purposefully kept hidden in the margins of U.S. UnexplainableĪs all-encompassing as it is powerfully specific and personal, 1619 is the story of modern America - and the people who built it through blood, sweat, tears, and hope. Here are a few of our most educational favorites. But they can teach us more than a few vital lessons. Obviously, podcasts can't replace a world-class, bona fide, IRL, teacher-to-student relationships. Many others, like 1619 and You're Wrong About, aim to correct the misinformation in many accepted cultural narratives from both our near and distant pasts.
A lot of the most beloved and popular shows, like Radiolab and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, basically boil down to what you wish your science or history class had been like in the first place. Podcasts radically shift the dynamics around who gets to teach, and who gets to learn. That's especially true for marginalized groups, whose perspectives and acceptance are often denied entry by that gilded ivory tower. The American education system tends to fail students in myriad ways, requiring lots of self-education after school is over to learn the real truth in spite of what we were taught in history, art, science, language, literature, and math. Most folks love learning, regardless of whether or not school is "their thing." Sometimes it's just a matter of finding the right teacher for your learning style - or maybe even the right medium.įor auditory learners, podcasts can be excellent vehicles for processing knowledge that'd be less digestible in more visual mediums like video or even the written word.
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