Work
Publications.
“Time and the Meaning of Life in Heroes and Nietzsche.” Heroes and Philosophy, Ed. Irwin & Johnson, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. (August 2009)
“Alice and the Theory of Memory.” Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy, Ed. Davis & Irwin, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. (January 2010)
“Time and Self in 30 Rock.” 30 Rock and Philosophy, Ed. Wisnewski, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. (August 2010)
“Is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Popular Fiction or Literature?” The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy, Ed. Bronson, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. (November, 2011)
“Paradox, Dreams, and Strange Loops in Inception” Inception and Philosophy, Ed. Johnson, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. (November, 2011)
Chapter. Arrested Development and Philosophy, Ed. Phillips and Wisnewski, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. (Forthcoming, 2012)
It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, Ed. Smith and Fershleiser; Harper. (January 5, 2010)
Lectures and Talks.
Authors@Google – Heroes and Philosophy (my first ever book talk!) [Sept. 2009]
Merton History of the Book Group at Oxford University: “eBooks, Google Books, (and Printed Books): Reading in the Age of Digital Reproduction” [May 2010]
Oxford University English Postgraduate Conference: “The Boundaries of Literary Copyright: Questions of (De)Materiality in the Digital Age” [June 2010]
Reviews.
“After Wonderland” – Review of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, The Oxonian Review. (March 15, 2010)
“A Brave New Digital World?” – Review of Ken Auletta’s Googled, The Oxonian Review (March 15, 2010)
Interviews, etc.
Some rare instances when someone asked me what I thought about something, and actually wrote it down somewhere!
On The Simpsons and Philosophy
KCBS – Radio interview on The Simpsons and Philosophy; with Paul Cantor [Jan. 8, 2010]
The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History - Some reflections on The Simpsons and Philosophy at Berkeley [Oct. 2009]
Politico – Some thoughts on politics and The Simpsons [July 2007]
University of Maastricht (The Netherlands) – Some quotes (see “Petition” link on the left of their site) on a topic that is very near and dear to my heart in higher education [April 2007]
Eureka Magazine – I really do not remember saying this, but the quote sounds smart so I won’t complain. I would really like to see the full article from this French magazine though … [March 2006]
UCLA – A nice article on UC Berkeley’s DECal (Democratic Education at Cal) program [Jan. 2004]
SF Chronicle – The Simpsons and Philosophy at UC Berkeley [March 2003]
On Philosophy, etc.
BBC Oxford – Radio interview on Alice in Wonderland, Hawaii, and other topics [July, 2010] [will post the audio clip, when I can figure out how to do so]
Authors@Google – with William Irwin, on “The Simpsons and Philosophy” and the Popular Culture and Philosophy book series [May 2008]
Twinkie, Deconstructed with Steve Ettlinger [Feb. 2008]