The Danish American Studies Podcast

It is finally here! A fresh new episode from the Danish American Studies Podcast! In this episode, we discuss Critical Race Theory... oh no! What could this possibly be?! A scary boogeyman indoctrinating our children in their kindergarten or a complex theoretical framework from which law students discuss American legal practices...? If this makes you a little confused, hopefully, we can help you out as in this episode we discuss CRT, its origin, and how it has become a hot topic in American media and society. 

Biden is in and Trump is out! The Presidential election of 2020 saw the American people vote out the big man himself. But is he gone for good and what happens to the Republican party now that Trump is no longer the President?  Join us as we also take a closer look at the political, cultural, and systemic legacy that the Trump presidency left on the American people and political landscape. We hope you enjoy! PS. Who would have thought that a reality star billionaire turn president, would result in a controversial presidency?

Welcome to today's episode! In this episode, we are finishing off our focus on BA projects, and helping us in this endeavor are the fantastic students Casper and Lea from English Studies. We are following the question strategy from our previous BA podcast. However, we are mixing today's episode with approaches to researching television programs and Shakespeare. It was an absolute joy of an episode to finish off our month of deep-diving into different topics and approaches to BA projects.  Join us and enjoy the conversation!

The English are Coming! In this episode, the Danish American Studies Podcast is branching out and getting help from English Studies: Our guests are Lukas and Kristina who are English Studies students, and who wrote their BA projects about video games and memes! Lukas’s project focused on second language learning using video games in Danish high schools, and Kristina’s project focused on meme culture and the portrayal of feminism in memes on social media. Listen in for this exciting episode and found out how video games and memes can be used for a BA project! We hope you enjoy!

More BA projects incoming! Are you tired of endlessly looking for topics that might make for a decent BA? Are you stuck on a continuous loop of not knowing whether your BA is reaching the good, the bad, or the ugly? No worries, we got you!  We continue with our deep dive into the BA project process, and what a line-up we have for you! In this episode, we are visited by the two talented students Sander Tjørnevig and our very own podcast comrade Mikkel Rosendahl. We continue with our line of engaging questions from our last episode and also provide some good tips for how to deal with time and stress doing the BA process! Come join up for another great episode on the BA project process!

The American Studies BA project is right around the corner and you have no idea what to write about or where to start! Fear not! In the month of March, the Danish American Studies Podcast is focusing on BA projects and we have asked two talented students to help walk us through their approach to the American Studies BA project. We are talking topics, writing styles, confidence, research, and much, much more! So join us as we discuss how to make the perfect BA project!! Or at least a very good one. 

When the stage is set and the game is on, can a statement change the course of civil discussion?  We have reached the end of Black history month. But the voices we have discussed continue beyond. In this episode of the podcast, we focus on the importance and influence of Black athletes in the U.S. political and social arena throughout American history until today. How have the voices of Black athletes influenced America and does their color change the name of the game? Listen to today's podcast and find out! 

In this podcast episode, we continue our focus on Black History with an in-depth episode on Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Jørn Brøndal, Head of the Center for American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. 

February is Black history month!  In this podcast episode, we discuss the origin and the reason for having a whole month dedicated to Black history. We are discussing its significance in the U.S. and the pitfalls of having a Black history month. We have decided that an important topic of this year's Black history month will be a discussion of Black Lives Matter and the civil rights era, and put it into perspective of Black Americans' continued struggle for justice in the U.S.

Joe Biden is going to the White House!  In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the transition period of President-elect Joe Biden, with a special focus on his cabinet members and the path, which his administration is heading. What are his cabinet nominations telling us about his road ahead and what is Biden's plan for his next four years in office. We'll make a deep-dive into these questions and the immediate obstacles which the Biden administration faces and we'll give our take on the current situation in the U.S. Enjoy!