https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e3c17a1b-c6c0-440e-86ae-79e94c29d545 In this spooky Halloween edition of Friday night Office Hours October 31st at 5pm, Professor David Schmid of SUNY-Buffalo joins me to talk about the relationships among the horror genre and the horrific realities of capitalism, imperialism, and its genocides. A scholar of contemporary culture and violence, David is a professor of English literature and author of Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture and editor or co-editor of Zombie Talk: Culture, History, Politics and Globalization and the State in Contemporary Crime Fiction. For this upcoming discussion, you can prepare by reading these short pieces: https://theconversation.com/horror-films-are-highlighting-human-rights-abuses-in-latin-america-144600 https://www.cbc.ca/arts/the-rise-of-indigenous-horror-how-a-fiction-genre-is-confronting-a-monstrous-reality-1.5323428 https://atmos.earth/art-and-culture/the-evolution-of-eco-horror-jordan-peele-halloween/ https://time.com/5891305/horror-movies-coronavirus-history-genre/ David would also recommend this recent and very pertinent story about an Palestinian horror film to be filmed in Jordan next year: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/plestia-alaqad-palestinian-horror-film-the-visitor-1236409255/ And finally, a more (auto)biographical piece!: https://www.buffalo.edu/grad/news.host.html/content/shared/university/news/ub-reporter-articles/stories/2017/10/schmid-scary-movies.detail.html One book I would recommend dipping into: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917975/capitalism-hates-you/ And one film to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkG9Mfi6x_w Support the show on Patreon if you can (and get early access to episodes)! www.patreon.com/adnanhusain Or make a one-time donation to the show and Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/adnanhusain Like, subscribe, share! Also available as audio podcast on all major plaforms: https://adnanhusainshow.libsyn.com X: @adnanahusain Substack: adnanahusain.substack.com www.adnanhusain.org 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5595083013226496 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:29:25 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/e3c17a1b-c6c0-440e-86ae-79e94c29d545 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.