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Understanding Postmodernism Podcast Insights

The podcast episode on post-modernism discusses its complexities and the discomfort of contemporary times. It highlights the characteristics of post-modern works, such as the novel 'If on a winter's night a traveler' and the film 'Pulp Fiction', while also addressing critiques of the ideology and speculating on its potential decline. The discussion encourages listeners to reflect on the influence of post-modernism on society and its connections to concepts like alternative facts.

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Understanding Postmodernism Podcast Insights

The podcast episode on post-modernism discusses its complexities and the discomfort of contemporary times. It highlights the characteristics of post-modern works, such as the novel 'If on a winter's night a traveler' and the film 'Pulp Fiction', while also addressing critiques of the ideology and speculating on its potential decline. The discussion encourages listeners to reflect on the influence of post-modernism on society and its connections to concepts like alternative facts.

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Topic: Post-modernism 

Episode: Postmodernism
Podcast: Stuff you should know
Hosts: Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant
Aired: April 26, 2022

Link to podcast: [Link]


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Comprehension questions -answer as you listen

1. Why is the topic of postmodernism difficult, according to the podcast?

2. According to the podcaster, why are these uncomfortable times?

3. Why is putting quotation marks around everything a pomo move?

4. What is peculiar about the novel If on a winters night a traveler?

5. The podcast mentions Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino as being a quintessential post-
modern film. What about it makes it so, according to them?

6. Name some critique that the ideology has received

7. If post-modernism is coming to an end, what does the podcast suggest is next?

Discussion

A. Come up with two positive and two negative ways you think Post-modernism has influenced
modern society and changed the ways we think about life.

B. Do you think there a connection between alternative facts/post-truth and Post-modernism?


(see separate document if you want to read up on this topic)
Name an example from the media of alternative facts and how people have justified
believing them.

C. Hyper-modernism and meta-modernism are two emerging ideologies, which one do you see
as more likely to take the lead? Why? What signs do you see of this already? Is there
another ideology not mentioned in the podcast that you think may become influential?
Vocabulary

Unnerved

Concrete (to deal in the concrete)

Posit

Succinctly

Metanarrative

Incredulity

Subverting

Kerfuffle

Pastiche

Metafiction

Rabbit hole

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