About this podcast
Utopian and Dystopian Fictions is a podcast for scholars, thinkers, and anyone with an interest in utopian and dystopian theory, literature, film, and television. It’s hosted by Dr Matthew Leggatt (Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Winchester) and Dr Liam Knight (Independent Scholar). In each episode we interview a different academic in the field and interrogate myths and common misconceptions about the genre. If you have any feedback or questions, please feel free to…
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Utopian and Dystopian Fictions
About this podcast
Utopian and Dystopian Fictions is a podcast for scholars, thinkers, and anyone with an interest in utopian and dystopian theory, literature, film, and television. It’s hosted by Dr Matthew Leggatt (Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Winchester) and Dr Liam Knight (Independent Scholar). In each episode we interview a different academic in the field and interrogate myths and common misconceptions about the genre. If you have any feedback or questions, please feel free to…
Recent episodes
- Episode 23: Jess Norledge, Dystopian Language, and the Language of Dystopia29 May · 1 h 16 min
- Episode 22: Jacqueline Dutton, 'Indigenous Futurism', and Utopianism and Place24 Apr · 1 h 29 min
- Episode 21: Author Interview - Daniel Olivas, 'Chicano Frankenstein', and Immigration27 Mar · 1 h 20 min
- Episode 20: Taylor Cavallo and Mark Gatto, Work Dystopias and the Business of Gender27 Feb · 1 h 19 min
- Episode 19: Author Interview - Paul E. Hardisty, "The Hope", and Ecodystopia.30 Jan · 1 h 09 min
- Episode 18: Amy Brookes, Architecture and Speculative Fiction9 Jan · 1 h 25 min
- Episode 17: Halloween Special (Season 2 Finale) - Dystopia and Horror31 Oct 2025 · 57 min
- Episode 16: Stefano Gualeni, Utopia, Play, and Fictional Games8 Oct 2025 · 1 h 20 min
- Episode 15: Daniel Jenkin-Smith, Bureaucracy, Utopia, Dystopia17 Sept 2025 · 1 h 10 min
- Episode 14: Athira Unni, Postcolonial Dystopias and Social Reproduction Theory27 Aug 2025 · 59 min
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