Adam Golub
@adamgolub.bsky.social
American Studies professor at Cal State Fullerton. Pop culture, true crime, monsters, music, creative work. Writing a cultural history of the doppelgänger. Also a runner who blogs about fatherhood. https://www.everydayfictions.com/bio
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Adam Golub
@adamgolub.bsky.social
· Sep 10
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I was a guest on CBC's Radio Noon Quebec for an episode on doppelgängers. We talked about the image of the uncanny double in pop culture and how it has changed over time. The show also featured an interview with photographer Francois Brunelle. My segment starts at 13:00. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Del Toro's Frankenstein (2025) is an absolute gift for cultural analysts and really a wonderful one to help teach cultural reception studies.
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Del Toro's Frankenstein (2025) is an absolute gift for cultural analysts and really a wonderful one to help teach cultural reception studies.
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In some good book news this morning, Books We Love is live! I have a bunch of recommendations in here.
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In some good book news this morning, Books We Love is live! I have a bunch of recommendations in here.
Getting our cold weather fix up at Lake Arrowhead.
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Getting our cold weather fix up at Lake Arrowhead.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
“The copy that sold on Thursday was found last year under a stack of old newspapers in a cardboard box by three unnamed brothers in northern California while they were going through their late mother’s attic. Their mother had bought the comic when she was nine years old and living in San Francisco”
An 86-year-old Superman comic found in a family attic has sold for a whopping $9.12 million at auction. https://bit.ly/49xSIOC
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“The copy that sold on Thursday was found last year under a stack of old newspapers in a cardboard box by three unnamed brothers in northern California while they were going through their late mother’s attic. Their mother had bought the comic when she was nine years old and living in San Francisco”
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My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
Theme Park Fandom: Spatial Transmedia, Materiality and Participatory Cultures
Theme Park Fandom argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergence, themed and immersive spaces, and audience relatio...
www.routledge.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
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There are some critics that should be forced to memorize this and recite it daily.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There are some critics that should be forced to memorize this and recite it daily.
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My favorite opening credits come from the 1931 Frankenstein because they're so intent on creating a mystery around the monster that they credit him with "?" as if to say "Ooooh, who could it be? We don't knooowwwww... Is it even an actor?? Oooooh"
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My favorite opening credits come from the 1931 Frankenstein because they're so intent on creating a mystery around the monster that they credit him with "?" as if to say "Ooooh, who could it be? We don't knooowwwww... Is it even an actor?? Oooooh"
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An incredible track-by-track oral history of Patti Smith’s “Horses,” which turns 50 tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
An incredible track-by-track oral history of Patti Smith’s “Horses,” which turns 50 tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I keep seeing webinars where people organize their books by color.
I don’t understand how you locate books with that organization. If I were looking for Richard White’s Middle Ground, would I need to remember that it has a red cover and is organized in the Red section under White?
I don’t understand how you locate books with that organization. If I were looking for Richard White’s Middle Ground, would I need to remember that it has a red cover and is organized in the Red section under White?
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I keep seeing webinars where people organize their books by color.
I don’t understand how you locate books with that organization. If I were looking for Richard White’s Middle Ground, would I need to remember that it has a red cover and is organized in the Red section under White?
I don’t understand how you locate books with that organization. If I were looking for Richard White’s Middle Ground, would I need to remember that it has a red cover and is organized in the Red section under White?
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
I appeared live on the Canadian radio show "Alberta at Noon" to talk about doppelgangers. The other guest was photographer Francois Brunelle, who takes photos of nonbiological doubles for his "I'm Not a Lookalike" project. Listeners called in with lookalike stories. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I appeared live on the Canadian radio show "Alberta at Noon" to talk about doppelgangers. The other guest was photographer Francois Brunelle, who takes photos of nonbiological doubles for his "I'm Not a Lookalike" project. Listeners called in with lookalike stories. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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A haunted house but it's just your tired body
November 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A haunted house but it's just your tired body
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Emma Thompson is a queen.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Emma Thompson is a queen.
My daughter Autumn (3.5) has been requesting Stevie Nicks and asking to watch the X-Files. I’m on cloud nine over here.
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
My daughter Autumn (3.5) has been requesting Stevie Nicks and asking to watch the X-Files. I’m on cloud nine over here.
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a live look this morning at the demolished East Wing of the White House
October 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
a live look this morning at the demolished East Wing of the White House
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Today is pub day for my third book: Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. It is a handbook on how to read. It argues for the foundational importance of *caring* to thought. It offers an anatomy of close reading's five steps so we can hone the skills to perform them. It argues for why to read
October 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today is pub day for my third book: Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century. It is a handbook on how to read. It argues for the foundational importance of *caring* to thought. It offers an anatomy of close reading's five steps so we can hone the skills to perform them. It argues for why to read
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"Faculty at the University of Texas at Austin fear entire academic departments may be on the chopping block after the university quietly appointed a committee charged with studying the restructuring of its liberal arts programs...none from the departments where cuts are feared." bit.ly/43rfyDt
Faculty at Texas university fear entire liberal arts departments will be slashed
University of Texas at Austin faculty fear changes from new taskforce that could restructure humanities programs
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October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Faculty at the University of Texas at Austin fear entire academic departments may be on the chopping block after the university quietly appointed a committee charged with studying the restructuring of its liberal arts programs...none from the departments where cuts are feared." bit.ly/43rfyDt
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October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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