This 1988 Japanese anime film broke the bank with its high production budget, but it is still remembered for its masterful artwork and deep themes about adolescence and post-war dystopia.

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• Akira

Additional Resources:

• Akira: The Story Behind The Film
• ‘Akira’: Looking back at the future
• Akira: The Tortured History of the Unmade Live-Action Adaptation
• 30 Years of Akira: The Triumph and Legacy of a Legendary Film
• ‘Akira’ Is Frequently Cited as Influential. Why Is That?
• How 'Akira' Has Influenced All Your Favourite TV, Film and Music

Thanks to our Co-producer Miriam Meaney for this week's topic!

This 1964 collection of short science fiction stories shows a writer in conflict with his own genre in the wake of horrible family tragedy. We discuss Ballard's interest in psychological inner space and speculative fiction to better understand his role in the history of literature.

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• J. G. Ballard on Amazon

Additional Resources:

• The New Science Fiction
• Strange fiction
• A brief survey of the short story part 26: JG Ballard
• Four Stories: "The Drowned Giant" by J.G. Ballard | Weird Fiction Review
• 'The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard' - Los Angeles Times
• The Catastrophist The haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard
  
• Ballard, James Graham (1930–2009)
• BOOKS Remembering J.G. Ballard's Science Fiction Legacy
• JG Ballard: Extreme Metaphor: A Crash Course In The Fiction Of JG Ballard
• The Corner of Lovecraft and Ballard
• J. G. Ballard, The Art of Fiction No. 85
• Wilson DH. J. G. Ballard. Urbana: University of Illinois Press; 2017.

This album from 2000 came out more than 20 years into the career of this genre fusing music group. We look at their commercial apex and their struggles with racist expectations to understand what led to this attempt at a new beginning.

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• Fishbone albums

Additional Resources:

• The Red Hot Days of Fabulous, Funky Fishbone
• HAY, C. (2000). “Psychotic” Fishbone Goes Hollywood. Billboard, 112(9), 12.
• Fishbone & the Familyhood Nextperience
• FISHBONE "Fishbone &
• Fishbone Back on Its Mission
• FISHBONE Seminal funk game-changers in town
• Ska-Punk Rockers, Way Ahead of the Curve
• LIFSON, A. (2011). A Fish Story. Humanities, 32(1), 6.
• Fricke, D. (1991). Black and bruised. Rolling Stone, (614), 68.
• Biggs, Jimmie. “Growing Up Black in the White Punk Scene.” New York Amsterdam News. 6/30/2005, Vol. 96 Issue 27, p17-17.

This 2017 Netflix television show is a critically acclaimed fictional depiction of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling that were popular in the 1980s. We discuss how the show's creators handle representation of stereotypes while also criticizing the worst of America's fears.

Additional resources:

• Get in the Ring: How ‘GLOW’ Recreates the Golden Age of Lady-Wrestling TV
• Why ‘GLOW’ Creators Made Women’s Wrestling Series
• How the Original G.L.O.W. Wrestlers Helped Shape the Netflix Hit
• ‘GLOW’ Fight Coordinator Chavo Guerrero Jr. on Getting Wrestling Right
• Obsessed With ‘GLOW’? Meet The Real Female Wrestlers Who Inspired The Show
• How accurate is Netflix GLOW series? Original GLOW girl Tina Ferrari weighs in
• What GLOW Gets Right About Pro Wrestling
• “The Slow and Sudden Rise of Marc Maron,” Newsweek Global. 6/29/2018, Vol. 170 Issue 24, p26-33.
• Glowing Past: Netflix's "GLOW" costume designer on '80s trends and the evolution of sneakers, FN: Footwear News. 7/16/2018, Vol. 74 Issue 22, p10-1