Nostalgia Trap
Deep dive conversations on American history, politics, and pop culture, hosted by history professor and writer David Parsons.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 525
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 5: James Hoff
I first became aware of James Hoff as the editor of the student newspaper, the Advocate, at the CUNY Graduate Center while both of us were working on our degrees in the mid-oughts. James shepherded t…
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 4: Christine Marks
As we continue our journey through the halls of LaGuardia Community College in Queens, New York, I stop to talk with Christine Marks, a professor of English whose work focuses on intimate structures …
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 3: Stafford Gregoire
Stafford Gregoire wasn't always a professor of English at CUNY's LaGuardia Community College. His past as a bike messenger in New York City during the early 1980s, riding the streets and avenues with…
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 2: Laura Tanenbaum
On Episode Two of The Nostalgia Trap, I finally get the opportunity to meet and chat with Laura Tanenbaum, a professor of English at LaGuardia Community College whose work I've enjoyed on Jacobin, he…
The Nostalgia Trap - Episode 1: Connor Kilpatrick
On the first episode of The Nostalgia Trap, I sit down to a conversation with writer and editor Connor Kilpatrick of Jacobin magazine. Connor and I talk about his childhood in Texas, his surprisingly…