Practical Criticism is a series of the Podcast for Social Research. Each episode features a discussion of a different object from the cultural sphere; the catch is that only one participant knows in advance what that object is.
Practical Criticism
Claim This Podcastby The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
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Practical Criticism is a series of the Podcast for Social Research. Each episode features a discussion of a different object from the cultural sphere; the catch is that only one participant knows in advance what that object is.
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Recent Episodes
July 4, 2025
Practical Criticism No. 72: Brian Wilson (God Only Knows What We'll do Without You...)
Ajay Tejwani commemorates Brian Wilson's passing by playing The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" for Rebecca Ariel Porte, exploring its technical brilliance and emotional depth to consider Wilson's genius in this interview.
March 28, 2025
Practical Criticism No. 71: Neko Case
<p>In episode 71 of the Podcast for Social Research's Practical Criticism series, Rebecca Ariel Porte plays Neko Case's "Curse of the I-5 Corridor" (off the 2018 album Hell-On) for Ajay Singh Chaudhary. Their conversation ranges from convention to the sound of disillusionment to lyrical density, meta-musical gesture, vocal quality, and how you can tell if and when something is beyond saving. </p>
February 21, 2025
Practical Criticism, No. 70: Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor
<p>In episode no. 70 of Practical Criticism, Ajay surprises Rebecca with Roy Hargrove and the RH Factor’s "Out of Town," off the 2003 record Hard Groove. The discussion includes a dive deep into jazz-hip-hop experiments, varieties and suspicions of musical fusion, caesuras and polyharmonies, the dissonant and the antiphonal, "open-eared moonlighting," and hybridity without history.</p> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "e-9640-text encore-text-body-medium encore-internal-color-text-subdued umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Practical Criticism is produced by Ryan Lentini.</p> <p class= "e-9640-text encore-text-body-medium encore-internal-color-text-subdued umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Learn more about upcoming courses on <a draggable="false" href= "https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/current-courses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">our website</a>.</p> </div> <div class="xgmjVLxjqfcXK5BV_XyN"> <p class= "e-9640-text encore-text-body-medium encore-internal-color-text-subdued umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text">Follow Brooklyn Institute for Social Research on <a draggable="false" href= "https://x.com/bklyninstitute?lang=en" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Twitter</a> / <a draggable="false" href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBrooklynInstitute/" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow">Facebook</a> / <a draggable="false" href="https://www.instagram.com/brooklyninstitute/?hl=en" target= "_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Instagram</a> / <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/brooklyninstitute.bsky.social">Bluesky</a></p> <p class= "e-9640-text encore-text-body-medium encore-internal-color-text-subdued umouqjSkMUbvF4I_Xz6r" data-encore-id="text"> </p> </div>
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