Conversations with Dead People
TV & Film
We close out the conversation about Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season One with guest scholar James South, editor of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale and the upcoming Westworld and Philosophy: If You Go Looking for the Truth, Get the Whole Thing. Together we discuss the hidden chalkboard messages of 111, “Out of Mind, Out of Sight,” and the intentional fallacy of Merrie Melodies in 112, “Prophecy Girl.” Cordy finally goes to the library; Xander is a bully; and Buffy’s only 16.
Also, what did the Beatles know about invisible assassin school and when did they know it?
Next: Michael Adams, author of Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon shares some words with me about the first two episodes of the second season, “When She Was Bad” and “Some Assembly Required.”
THE BREAKDOWN
Intro / Guest (00:00 - 5:00)
Main Topic (5:00 - 1:19:50)
Outro / Next (1:19:50 - 1:26:16)
THE LIBRARY
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale (Popular Culture and Philosophy, Vol. 4), edited by James B. South
Westworld and Philosophy (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series), edited by James B. South
THE LINKS
James South Academic Site
THE MUSIC
“Conversations (feat. Wesley Mead)” by Azura (2017)
“Happiness is a Warm Gun” by the Beatles, The Beatles (1968)
THE SCHOLARS
Whedon Studies Association is anon-profit academic organization devoted to the study of the works of Joss Whedon and his associates. They put out Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies, and Watcher Junior: The Undergraduate Journal of Whedon Studies, both blind peer-reviewed twice-yearly online publications. They also host the biennial Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses, which brings all these incredible scholars together to present papers, discuss ways of incorporating Whedon Studies in education, and basically just geek out together.
http://www.whedonstudies.tv/
Episode 82 - Disharmony / Dead End / Belonging (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 81 - Reprise / Epiphany (feat. Eric Sipple)
Episode 80 - Blood Money / Happy Anniversary / The Thin Dead Line (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 79 - Reunion / Redefinition (feat. Sarah Kosheff)
Episode 78 - Darla / The Shroud of Rahmon / The Trial (feat. Wesley Mead)
Episode 77 - Untouched / Dear Boy / Guise Will Be Guise (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 76 - Judgment / Are You Now or Have You Ever Been / First Impressions (feat. Melanie Scala)
Episode 75 - War Zone / Blind Date / To Shanshu in L.A. (feat. Elizabeth Rambo)
Episode 74 - Five by Five / Sanctuary (feat. Eric Sipple)
Episode 73 - The Ring / Eternity (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 72 - She / I’ve Got You Under My Skin / The Prodigal (feat. Stacey Abbott)
Episode 71 - Parting Gifts / Somnambulist / Expecting (feat. Johny Ho)
Episode 70 - I Will Remember You / Hero (feat. Matthieu Cravatte)
Episode 69 - Sense & Sensitivity / Bachelor Party (feat. Michael Holland)
Episode 68 - In the Dark / I Fall to Pieces / Rm w/a Vu (feat. Dale Guffey)
Episode 67 - A Very Special Episode of Conversations with Dead People (feat. Nikki Stafford and Dale Guffey)
Episode 66 - City Of / Lonely Hearts (feat. Stacey Abbott)
Episode 65 - Fray (feat. Dale Guffey and Vickie Willis Navarra)
Episode 64 - Chosen (feat. Nikki Stafford, Elizabeth Rambo, and Arlo Wiley)
Episode 63 - Touched / End of Days (feat. Dale Guffey)
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