The World as Abyss

AI Literacy and the Changing Digital Political Landscape

AI LITERACY, DIGITAL POLITICS, AND THE 2024 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Delores Phillips and Cultural Studies Association’s New Media and Digital Cultures Working Group Co-Host Reed Van Schenck discuss AI literacy, digital politics, and the 2024 US presidential election with authors Elizabeth Losh (William and Mary) and Rita Raley (UC Santa Barbara). This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by Stefania Milan. A note on our cover image for this episode: "Erica" and "Derek" (named by ChatGPT) are DALL-E-generated images depicting what ChatGPT offered as a response to the following prompt: "How would you describe a profile for the "undecided voter" going into the 2024 presidential election in the United States? Provide two: one leaning toward the democratic candidate and one leaning toward the republican candidate." Image generated on May 13, 2025, using GPT-4o and DALL·E 3.

Chimerica: Disorienting Politics

Discussion of Disorienting Politics: Chimerican Media and Transpacific Entanglements with author Fan Yang

Infrastructures of Transiency: On Cruise Ships

The local, global, and transnational impact of cruise ships and the tourism industry

The World as Abyss

The Caribbean as an abyssal concept

Let's Relax!

New work on Samuel Beckett, disability, and relaxed performance. Andrew Culp and Cultural Studies Association’s Black and Race Studies Working Group Co-Host Shauna Rigaud discuss The World as Abyss: The Caribbean and Critical Thought in the Anthropocene (University of Westminster Press, 2023) with authors Jonathan Pugh and David Chandler. This podcast is accompanied by a scholarly commentary by Richard T. Stafford.