Timothée Chalamet’s third time hosting on January 25 2025 did not necessarily disappoint, but some fan favorites like SmokeChedda TheAssGetta and Tiny Horse were noticeably absent. We discuss James Austin Johnson’s ability to impersonate Trump’s haughty cruelty in Founding Fathers Cold Open, the role of AI in interpersonal relationships in AI Software, and the power intra Black conversations in Giselle, A Concerned Businesswoman, on Trump’s Executive Orders. We are again honored to have Chuck Hayward join us as we also unpack Oedipal Arrangements, God – An SNL Animated Short, and Bungee. Readings include current articles on the rise of conservatism in the United States, the psychology of education, AI, and collaborative creativity, and the history and effects of anti-Black hair discrimination.
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Readings
Colyar, B. (2025 Jan 27). The Cruel Kids’ Table Among the young, confident, and casually cruel Trumpers who, after conquering Washington, have their sights set on America. New York Magazine. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/inauguration-trump-supporters-conservative-movement-post-maga.html
Griffin, C. (2019). How natural black hair at work became a civil rights issue. JStor Daily, 3. https://daily.jstor.org/how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue/
Guilherme, A. AI and education: the importance of teacher and student relations. AI & Society 34, 47–54 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-017-0693-8
Hickson-Hahn, F. (1998). What’s so funny?: Laughter and incest in invective humor. Syllecta Classica, 9(1), 1-36. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/148/article/461084/
Lynch, J. D. (2002). Incest discourse and cinematic representation. Journal of Film and Video, 54(2/3), 43-55. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20688379
Opie, T. R., & Phillips, K. W. (2015). Hair penalties: The negative influence of Afrocentric hair on ratings of Black women’s dominance and professionalism. Frontiers in psychology, 6, 1311. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01311/full
Ricketts, H. (2012 Nov 11). Ever Been Made to Feel That Your Afro Is Unprofessional? https://www.vice.com/en/article/ever-been-made-to-feel-that-your-afro-is-unprofessional/
Ryback, T.W. (2025 Jan 8). How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/01/hitler-germany-constitution-authoritarianism/681233/
Seery, J. (2013). Stumbling toward a democratic theory of incest. Political Theory, 41(1), 5-32. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0090591712463196
Verneert F, Nijs L and De Baets T (2021) A Space for Collaborative Creativity. How Collective Improvising Shapes ‘a Sense of Belonging’. Front. Psychol. 12:648770. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648770/full
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