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How nerds protect the earth despite being marginalized – Interview with Anthony Lioi
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Interview Timeline
Anthony Lioi studies and teaches popular culture. He wrote a work on the ecology of nerds and their marginalization and we spoke about the topic. Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture (Bloomsbury, 2018)
0:51 – Anthony explains why he started studying nerds and environmentalism.
3:01 – Anthony talks about what a nerd is.
12:07 – Anthony talks about the Silmarrilion and the Lord of the Rings.
15:18 – Anthony talks about the nerd community and its diversity.
19:16 – Anthony talks about the many properties he discusses in the book.
22:27 – Anthony talks about when being a nerd became mainstream.
29:57 – Anthony talks about how much the global nerd community is focused on the US.
36:30 – Anthony talks about how the book is broken down.
41:34 – Anthony talks about how societies treat groups the majority thinks is inferior.
44:32 – Anthony talks about superheroes as uber-characters such as in The Boys.
52:41 – Picard spoiler – 53:58
54:31 – Anthony talks about some motivations for nerds to embrace the culture.
1:01:00 – Anthony talks about a new project focused on nerd environmentality.
1:06:46 – Anthony can be found at academia.edu
Links of interest
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nerd-ecology-defending-the-earth-with-unpopular-culture-9781472567642/
Contact Information
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Guests: Anthony Lioi
Host: Cris Alvarez
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