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We’ve seen the page that states “this page intentionally left blank” or heard an authority figure declare “nothing to see here, folks”—and yet the so-called blank page has writing on it, and folks definitely have something to see. From the entry point of these and other paradoxical declarations of absence, KJ Cerankowski applies the aesthetics of asexuality to theorize silences, nothings, and emptiness—and ultimately explores new ways of making meaning out of the supposedly meaningless. Here, Cerankowski is joined in conversation with Hil Malatino and Ianna Hawkins Owen. KJ Cerankowski is associate professor of comparative American studies and gender, sexuality, and feminist studies at Oberlin College. Cerankowski is author of Nothing Wanting: Asexuality and the Matter of Absence and Suture: Trauma and Trans Becoming and coeditor of two editions of Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives . Hil Malatino is associate professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Penn State and a senior research associate in the Rock Ethics Institute. Malatino is author of Side Affects: On Being Trans and Feeling Bad and Trans Care . Ianna Hawkins Owen is an advanced assistant professor in the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies at UC Berkeley. EPISODE REFERENCES: Ross Gay Intimacies / Leo Bersani and Adam Phillips Depression: A Public Feeling / Ann Cvetkovich Entangled Life / Merlin Sheldrake “ Public Universal Friend ,” hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, Throughline podcast Reed Erickson Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, “ Paranoid Reading and Reparative Reading ” (book chapter, Novel Gazing: Queer Readings in Fiction ) Christina Sharpe’s Ordinary Notes and In the Wake Renée Green Paradise Rot / Jenny Hval Lauren Berlant Agnes Martin Yayoi Kusama “ Agnes Martin’s Homework ” / The Brooklyn Rail PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: "Beautifully written, politically imaginative, and intellectually nuanced, Nothing Wanting uncovers an entirely new horizon for asexual scholarship and trans studies." —Nathan Snaza "Limning the rich, still barely specified horizons between sex, asexuality, transgender, consumption, and relation, this book charts a space between the everything and the nothing, which is so much more, as KJ Cerankowski shows, than in between." —Mel Y. Chen Nothing Wanting: Asexuality and the Matter of Absence by KJ Cerankowski is available from University of Minnesota Press. Thank you for listening.

Rund Abdelfatah and Cristina Kim try to unravel the mystery of a Soviet scientist who was helping to spread the word about nuclear winter theory—until he disappeared. This is a peek at the kind of exclusive bonus content Throughline+ supporters get every month. Want more like this? Sign up via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline . And thank you! See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

In this week’s episode, Lindsay shares a human phenomenon that has fascinated people for centuries: Dreams. As The Little Sheep of New Zealand is passed, the ladies consider wearing makeup to bed, share their strangest dreams, and discover the mark of Satan! Grab the nearest Sauvignon Blanc and tuck yourself in, Ladies Who Sing Lullabies will have you racing to count sheep to overanalyze your dreams. TW: Brief mention of gore Sources: "Carl Jung and the Psychology of Dreams – Messages from the Unconscious" by Academy of Ideas "45 Mind-Boggling Facts About Dreams" from Healthline , [URL]. "Sleepwalking through History: Medicine, Arts, and Courts of Law" by Sharda Umanath, Daniel Sarezky, and Stanley Finger, from Journal of the History of the Neurosciences , 2011. "'Throughline': The History of Understanding Our Dreams" by Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah, from NPR Morning Edition , January 27, 2022. "The History of Dreams, From Greek Mythology to Last Night’s Sleep" by Sarah Lyall, from The New York Times , September 7, 2021. "30 Causes of Dreams and Nightmares (According to World Mythology)" by Rose MacDowell, from Sleepopolis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, we heard about a movement to challenge the authority of government agencies and push power down to the people. This week, the story of a central figure in that movement: Ralph Nader. This episode comes from NPR’s Throughline, co-hosted by Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei.

Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, the hosts and co-creators of NPR's Throughline , joined Stateside to discuss what they've learned after five years of producing the program. The show dissects how moments in history shape the world we live in today. Throughline airs on Michigan Public at 8:00 p.m. every Saturday. GUESTS ON THIS EPISODE: Rund Abdelfatah , journalist, host and co-creator of Throughline Ramtin Arablouei , journalist, host and co-creator of Throughline [Get Stateside on your phone: subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube , or YouTube Music today.] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the show, the story of the modern consumer movement in the U.S. and the person who inspired it: Ralph Nader. How Ralph Nader's battle in the 1960s set the stage for decades of regulation and sparked a debate in the U.S. about how much regulation is the right amount and how much is too much. This episode was made in collaboration with NPR's Throughline . For more about Ralph Nader and safety regulations, listen to their original episode, " Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader ." This Planet Money episode was produced by Emma Peaslee and edited by Jess Jiang. The Throughline episode was produced by Rund Abdelfatah, Ramtin Arablouei, Lawrence Wu, Julie Caine, Anya Steinberg, Casey Miner, Cristina Kim, Devin Katayama, Peter Balonon-Rosen, Irene Noguchi, and fact-checking by Kevin Volkl. The episode was mixed by Josh Newell. Help support Planet Money and get bonus episodes by subscribing to Planet Money+ in Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/planetmoney . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the revival of Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban; the end of No Labels; and the past and future of presidential debates. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Mary Jo Pitzl and Reagan Priest for The Arizona Republic: Arizona House GOP halt Democrats’ effort to overturn Civil War era law in chaotic session Dan Balz for The Washington Post: The Arizona Supreme Court just upended Trump’s gambit on abortion Jamelle Bouie for The New York Times: The Man Who Snuffed Out Abortion Rights Is Here to Tell You He Is a Moderate Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah for NPR’s All Things Considered: Abortion was once common practice in America. A small group of doctors changed that A.O. Sulzberger Jr. for The New York Times: Reagan Says Ban On Abortion May Not Be Needed David Faris for Slate: Why No Labels Didn’t Stick Slate’s Political Gabfest: The “No Mugshot” Edition Thomas B. Edsall for The New York Times: Has No Labels Become a Stalking Horse for Trump? Michael H. Brown for The Washington Post: Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82 Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: Dartmouth’s Leslie Center for the Humanities: People, Place, Podcasts: Emily Bazelon and Erica Heilman in Conversation and the Rumble Strip podcast John: Slate’s Navel Gazing podcast and Rachel Wolfe for The Wall Street Journal: The Calls for Help Coming From Above the Poverty Line David: Hannah Seo for The New York Times: Is It Better to Brush Your Teeth Before Breakfast or After? Listener chatter from Mark Phillips in Baltimore, Maryland: Ben Crair for The New Yorker: The Magic of Bird Brains For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily discuss AI communications with loved ones after they die. See Walter Marsh for The Guardian: Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ and Ira Glass for This American Life: The Ghost in the Machine . See also Niamn Ancell for Cybernews: <a href="https://cybernews.com/editorial/these-apps-could-re

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the revival of Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban; the end of No Labels; and the past and future of presidential debates. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Mary Jo Pitzl and Reagan Priest for The Arizona Republic: Arizona House GOP halt Democrats’ effort to overturn Civil War era law in chaotic session Dan Balz for The Washington Post: The Arizona Supreme Court just upended Trump’s gambit on abortion Jamelle Bouie for The New York Times: The Man Who Snuffed Out Abortion Rights Is Here to Tell You He Is a Moderate Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah for NPR’s All Things Considered: Abortion was once common practice in America. A small group of doctors changed that A.O. Sulzberger Jr. for The New York Times: Reagan Says Ban On Abortion May Not Be Needed David Faris for Slate: Why No Labels Didn’t Stick Slate’s Political Gabfest: The “No Mugshot” Edition Thomas B. Edsall for The New York Times: Has No Labels Become a Stalking Horse for Trump? Michael H. Brown for The Washington Post: Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82 Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: Dartmouth’s Leslie Center for the Humanities: People, Place, Podcasts: Emily Bazelon and Erica Heilman in Conversation and the Rumble Strip podcast John: Slate’s Navel Gazing podcast and Rachel Wolfe for The Wall Street Journal: The Calls for Help Coming From Above the Poverty Line David: Hannah Seo for The New York Times: Is It Better to Brush Your Teeth Before Breakfast or After? Listener chatter from Mark Phillips in Baltimore, Maryland: Ben Crair for The New Yorker: The Magic of Bird Brains For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily discuss AI communications with loved ones after they die. See Walter Marsh for The Guardian: Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ and Ira Glass for This American Life: The Ghost in the Machine . See also Niamn Ancell for Cybernews: <a href="https://cybernews.com/editorial/these-apps-could-re

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the revival of Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban; the end of No Labels; and the past and future of presidential debates. Here are some notes and references from this week’s show: Mary Jo Pitzl and Reagan Priest for The Arizona Republic: Arizona House GOP halt Democrats’ effort to overturn Civil War era law in chaotic session Dan Balz for The Washington Post: The Arizona Supreme Court just upended Trump’s gambit on abortion Jamelle Bouie for The New York Times: The Man Who Snuffed Out Abortion Rights Is Here to Tell You He Is a Moderate Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah for NPR’s All Things Considered: Abortion was once common practice in America. A small group of doctors changed that A.O. Sulzberger Jr. for The New York Times: Reagan Says Ban On Abortion May Not Be Needed David Faris for Slate: Why No Labels Didn’t Stick Slate’s Political Gabfest: The “No Mugshot” Edition Thomas B. Edsall for The New York Times: Has No Labels Become a Stalking Horse for Trump? Michael H. Brown for The Washington Post: Joseph Lieberman, senator and vice-presidential nominee, dies at 82 Here are this week’s chatters: Emily: Dartmouth’s Leslie Center for the Humanities: People, Place, Podcasts: Emily Bazelon and Erica Heilman in Conversation and the Rumble Strip podcast John: Slate’s Navel Gazing podcast and Rachel Wolfe for The Wall Street Journal: The Calls for Help Coming From Above the Poverty Line David: Hannah Seo for The New York Times: Is It Better to Brush Your Teeth Before Breakfast or After? Listener chatter from Mark Phillips in Baltimore, Maryland: Ben Crair for The New Yorker: The Magic of Bird Brains For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, David, John, and Emily discuss AI communications with loved ones after they die. See Walter Marsh for The Guardian: Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ and Ira Glass for This American Life: The Ghost in the Machine . See also Niamn Ancell for Cybernews: <a href="https://cybernews.com/editorial/these-apps-could-re

Lior Asulin was a star player on a soccer team that was once a powerful symbol of peace and unity in Israel -- a team where Jews and Arabs played side by side. Nearly twenty years later, he was killed by Hamas in the October 7th attacks. This is the tragic story of his life and death. Interviewees: Adi Rubinstein, Eyal Lahman, Gabriel Lima Watch a documentary about the aftermath of Bnei Sakhnin's championship season, After The Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United , courtesy of the Kicking + Screening Soccer Film Festival. Special thanks for this episode: Chris Browne, Daigo Oliva, Itai Anghel, Rund Abdelfatah, Greg Lalas, Geoff Walker See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Isabel Wilkerson followed her novel about The Great Migration, The Warmth of Other Suns, with another book that looks at why it happened. Caste – recently made into a film by director Ava DuVernay – argues that caste and not racism is actually what Black people were fleeing when they left the Jim Crow South. Wilkerson told Throughline's Ramtin Arablouei and Rund Abdelfatah that the term racism is rooted in hate but caste is about "power and how those other groups manage and navigate and seek to survive in a society that's created with this ranked hierarchy." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

One part zombies, one part werewolves, one part aliens. Full parts awesome. "Best Revival of a Podcast: Showgays" is a podcast in The Ampliverse at theampliverse.com Email us any thoughts and takes and we may read it on the next episode at showgaysmoviemusical@gmail.com Join our live discussion of all things Showgays on our Discord server! https://discord.gg/Ma5FasSwXU Don’t forget to check out the Ampliverse Bookshop for further reading! References Kaplan-Leveson, Laine and Rund Abdelfatah. “A History Of Zombies In America.” Morning Edition, NPR, 31 Oct. 2019. NPR, https://www.npr.org/2019/10/31/774985441/a-history-of-zombies-in-america . Mariani, Mike. “The Tragic, Forgotten History of Zombies.” The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2015, https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/10/how-america-erased-the-tragic-history-of-the-zombie/412264/ .