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For Love of Do-Good Vampires on NPR

February 19th, 2010 · Comments Off

This is a fun listen. It offers a brief history of vampire stories in the English language in order to contextualize the current popularity of vampires, and assess some of the differences between today’s vampires and previous ones.  Though this story doesn’t talk about it, it seems that vampire stories today offer a fascinating entry [...]

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Tags: Popular Culture

Border Radio on NPR

July 12th, 2008 · Comments Off

I heard this segment on NPR about Border Radio recently.  It conveys a fascinating piece of media history:

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Tags: Media and Activism · Popular Culture