The American Vandal
Hosted by Matt Seybold · Matt Seybold, Center For Mark Twain Studies
4.8from 78 ratings
- 121
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 78
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About The American Vandal
Each season of American Vandal is comprised of thematically-linked conversations about literature, history, higher education, media, technology, and political economy. Sponsored by the premier source for programming and funding scholarship on Mark Twain's life and legacy.
- Publisher
- Matt Seybold, Center For Mark Twain Studies
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Oct 2020
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 121 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Critical AI & The End of Mass Media with Lauren M.E. Goodlad & Jeff Jarvis (Vandal Live @ Elmira College)
24 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
AI, FOIA, & The Public Good (Vandal Live from Labor@Wayne)
17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Moral Document (Vandal Live at Wayne State)
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Critical AI & The End of Mass Media with Lauren M.E. Goodlad & Jeff Jarvis (Vandal Live @ Elmira College)
Published 21 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Those are the tips of the iceberg in some ways. As a literary critic, I have long been fascinated by the 19th century as a peak, really, I would say, the innovation of first in France, then in Britain, I'm not as sure when it takes off in the United States, of serialization as the medium for publishing long-form fiction. And this is huge. Now, of course, it begins with Dickens. And for a very long time, the form of the novel is the 20-part fiction that really began with Sketches by Bose because it was so successful, a world phenomenon. And in spite of the fact that compositors were involved, you had those novels traveling all over the world, sometimes pirated to the chagrin of Dickens and his co-authors. […]
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- Lauren Goodlad
- Jeff Jarvis
- Gregg Camfield
- Jess Goldberg
- Christopher Newfields
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 46 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 32 ratings
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- 78
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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