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Fantasy/Animation

Fantasy/Animation

Christopher Holliday is Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Visual Cultures Education at King’s College London (UK). Alexander Sergeant is a Lecturer in Digital Media Production at the University of Westminster (UK), specialising in the history and theory of fantasy cinema. Each episode, they look in detail at a film or television show, taking listeners on a journey through the intersection between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation.

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280 episodes

  1. The Substance (2024) (with Deborah Jermyn) 1:05:18
  2. (Bonus) Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (Adrian Maben, 1972) (Roundtable) 1:17:59
  3. Footnote #82 - Brechtian Theory 13:44
  4. Digger (2026) 1:10:03
  5. Footnote #81 - The Studio System 13:34
  6. Enchanted (2007) 1:11:17
  7. Archive Episode - Inception (2010) (with Todd McGowan) 1:16:44
  8. Archive Episode - Waltz with Bashir (2008) (with Bella Honess Roe) 59:09
  9. Archive Episode - Toy Story (1995) (with Lucy Fife Donaldson) 1:05:45
  10. Archive Episode - The Prince of Egypt (1998) (with Francesca Stavrakopoulou) 1:16:16
  11. Footnote #80 - Netflix 14:05
  12. KPop Demon Hunters (2025) 1:11:15
  13. Footnote #79 - Orientalism 13:16
  14. Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998) (with Lewis C. Seifert) 1:03:43
  15. Footnote #78 - The Imagination 13:27
  16. Helen Hill (with Karen Redrobe) 1:18:08
  17. Footnote #77 - Expanded Animation 12:20
  18. Immersive Experiences and The Sphere Las Vegas (with Tim Jones) 1:08:58
  19. Footnote #76 - Performativity 16:51
  20. SuperTed (1982-1986) (with Elain Price) 1:14:32
  21. Footnote #75 - Identification 14:02
  22. Leeds Animation Workshop (with Terry Wragg) 1:12:37
  23. Footnote #74 - Deconstructivism 14:46
  24. Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994-2008) (with Jacqueline Ristola) 1:06:20
  25. Footnote #73 - Rotoscoping 12:20
  26. AI and Animation (with Mihaela Mihailova) 1:10:30
  27. Footnote #72 - The Hero's Journey 15:40
  28. Kung Fu Panda (2008) (with John Yorke) 1:04:44
  29. Footnote #71 - Synthespians 14:50
  30. Wicked: For Good (2025) 1:16:54
  31. The Polar Express (2004) 1:06:10
  32. Footnote #70 - Pantomime 12:23
  33. Babes in Toyland (1934) (with Rob King) 1:13:23
  34. Footnote #69 - Transnational Cinemas 15:05
  35. Lotus Lantern (1999) (with Muyang Zhuang) 1:07:26
  36. Footnote #68 - Historiography 13:16
  37. Tee Collins (with Robby Gilbert) 1:10:44
  38. Footnote #67 - Pepper's Ghost 13:39
  39. Casper (1995) (with Mark Austin) 1:25:02
  40. Footnote #66 - Enviro-Toons 12:58
  41. The Lion King (1994) 1:15:22
  42. Archive Episode - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) (with Simran Hans) 1:05:33
  43. Archive Episode - Wizards (1977) (Live @ Cinema Museum) 56:57
  44. Archive Episode - Inside Out (2015) (with Eric Herhuth) 1:03:27
  45. Archive Episode - Sub-Saharan African Animation (1966-2013) (with Paula Callus) 1:08:10
  46. Archive Episode - Space Jam (1996) (with Paul Wells) 1:25:00
  47. Footnote #65 - Pervasive Animation 12:22
  48. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Patrick McKay & J.D. Payne, 2022-) (Live @ PCA 2025) 1:30:50
  49. Footnote #64 - The Golden Age of Animation 14:37
  50. Mickey Mouse (with David McGowan) 1:30:18