Adam Golub
@adamgolub.bsky.social
American Studies professor at Cal State Fullerton. Pop culture, true crime, monsters, music, creative work. Writing a cultural history of the doppelgänger. Also a runner who blogs about fatherhood. https://www.everydayfictions.com/bio
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Adam Golub
@adamgolub.bsky.social
· Sep 10
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I was a guest on CBC's Radio Noon Quebec for an episode on doppelgängers. We talked about the image of the uncanny double in pop culture and how it has changed over time. The show also featured an interview with photographer Francois Brunelle. My segment starts at 13:00. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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PSA: your graduate program, even if in the humanities, needs an AI policy. Now.
December 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
PSA: your graduate program, even if in the humanities, needs an AI policy. Now.
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UNREMARKABLE POSTCARD SERIES, No. 104.
Grand & Main. El Segundo, Calif. 1950s.
Grand & Main. El Segundo, Calif. 1950s.
December 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
UNREMARKABLE POSTCARD SERIES, No. 104.
Grand & Main. El Segundo, Calif. 1950s.
Grand & Main. El Segundo, Calif. 1950s.
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Delighted to receive this in the post - 'Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry' by @drjamielewis.bsky.social and Andy Bartlett. This book is in the finest STS tradition of showing how an apparently marginal or obscure scientific practice opens up an entire epistemological world.
December 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Delighted to receive this in the post - 'Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry' by @drjamielewis.bsky.social and Andy Bartlett. This book is in the finest STS tradition of showing how an apparently marginal or obscure scientific practice opens up an entire epistemological world.
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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this rob reiner news is grim
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
this rob reiner news is grim
My god this weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My god this weekend
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BREAKING
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home.
TMZ reports their bodies were found with knife wounds.
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home.
TMZ reports their bodies were found with knife wounds.
BREAKING: Rob Reiner and Wife Michele Found Dead
Rob Reiner, the legendary actor, director, and political activist, along with his wife Michele, the photographer and activist, were found dead in their home in Los Angeles.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
BREAKING
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home.
TMZ reports their bodies were found with knife wounds.
Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home.
TMZ reports their bodies were found with knife wounds.
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Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
December 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Each semester I go in my classroom and I try to figure out what we would use to block the doors, if it would be safe to crawl out the windows, where we could hide if there was a mass shooter in campus. It’s such an indictment of this country how we have normalized these preventable tragedies.
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'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
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Del Toro's Frankenstein (2025) is an absolute gift for cultural analysts and really a wonderful one to help teach cultural reception studies.
December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Del Toro's Frankenstein (2025) is an absolute gift for cultural analysts and really a wonderful one to help teach cultural reception studies.
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In some good book news this morning, Books We Love is live! I have a bunch of recommendations in here.
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In some good book news this morning, Books We Love is live! I have a bunch of recommendations in here.
Getting our cold weather fix up at Lake Arrowhead.
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Getting our cold weather fix up at Lake Arrowhead.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
“The copy that sold on Thursday was found last year under a stack of old newspapers in a cardboard box by three unnamed brothers in northern California while they were going through their late mother’s attic. Their mother had bought the comic when she was nine years old and living in San Francisco”
An 86-year-old Superman comic found in a family attic has sold for a whopping $9.12 million at auction. https://bit.ly/49xSIOC
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“The copy that sold on Thursday was found last year under a stack of old newspapers in a cardboard box by three unnamed brothers in northern California while they were going through their late mother’s attic. Their mother had bought the comic when she was nine years old and living in San Francisco”
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My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
Theme Park Fandom: Spatial Transmedia, Materiality and Participatory Cultures
Theme Park Fandom argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergence, themed and immersive spaces, and audience relatio...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
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There are some critics that should be forced to memorize this and recite it daily.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
There are some critics that should be forced to memorize this and recite it daily.
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My favorite opening credits come from the 1931 Frankenstein because they're so intent on creating a mystery around the monster that they credit him with "?" as if to say "Ooooh, who could it be? We don't knooowwwww... Is it even an actor?? Oooooh"
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My favorite opening credits come from the 1931 Frankenstein because they're so intent on creating a mystery around the monster that they credit him with "?" as if to say "Ooooh, who could it be? We don't knooowwwww... Is it even an actor?? Oooooh"
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An incredible track-by-track oral history of Patti Smith’s “Horses,” which turns 50 tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Patti Smith’s ‘Horses’ Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary (Gift Article)
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
An incredible track-by-track oral history of Patti Smith’s “Horses,” which turns 50 tomorrow. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I keep seeing webinars where people organize their books by color.
I don’t understand how you locate books with that organization. If I were looking for Richard White’s Middle Ground, would I need to remember that it has a red cover and is organized in the Red section under White?
I don’t understand how you locate books with that organization. If I were looking for Richard White’s Middle Ground, would I need to remember that it has a red cover and is organized in the Red section under White?
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I keep seeing webinars where people organize their books by color.
I don’t understand how you locate books with that organization. If I were looking for Richard White’s Middle Ground, would I need to remember that it has a red cover and is organized in the Red section under White?
I don’t understand how you locate books with that organization. If I were looking for Richard White’s Middle Ground, would I need to remember that it has a red cover and is organized in the Red section under White?
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
I appeared live on the Canadian radio show "Alberta at Noon" to talk about doppelgangers. The other guest was photographer Francois Brunelle, who takes photos of nonbiological doubles for his "I'm Not a Lookalike" project. Listeners called in with lookalike stories. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I appeared live on the Canadian radio show "Alberta at Noon" to talk about doppelgangers. The other guest was photographer Francois Brunelle, who takes photos of nonbiological doubles for his "I'm Not a Lookalike" project. Listeners called in with lookalike stories. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Inbox— next cover of the New Yorker: “Mayor Mamdani,” by Edel Rodriguez