Andrew Famiglietti

Stuff is Contingent With Andy and Matt

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Stuff is Contingent with Andy and Matt is a podcast about media, culture, and the forgotten pasts and possible futures of both. Your Hosts, Andy Famiglietti (Digital Rhetoric/Digital Humanities, West Chester University of Pennsylvania) and Matt Brown (Philosophy/Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale) will take you on a tour of recent publications about AI, Education, Social Media and more exploring how each of these things is shaped by a deeply contingent past and points towards an uncertain future.

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Andrew Famiglietti

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Episode 3: What is Contingent in This Class? AI and Higher Education (Part 2) 10.03.2026 49:00

OK THIS DID NOT GO UP AFTER A WEEK. I am still learning how to be a consistent podcaster, I beg forgiveness. This is the second part of our conversation about AI We talk about the following pieces in this episode: Marc Watkins, “ Can We Justify College? ” Carlo Rotella, “ I’m a Professor. AI Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse. ” Patrick Lin, “ Why We’re Not Using AI in This Course, De...

Episode 3: What is Contingent in This Class? AI and Higher Education (Part 1) 22.02.2026 59:18

We’re back after too long! But good news, this is a two-parter! You’ll hear from us again NEXT WEEK. This one is a conversation about AI and Higher Education. Yeah, AI again. More about why that is soon. We talk about the following pieces in this episode: Marc Watkins, “ Can We Justify College? ” Carlo Rotella, “ I’m a Professor. AI Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse. ” Patrick Lin, “...

Episode 2: Butlerian Jihad and Other AI Contingencies 13.01.2026 1:03:40

In this one Andy and Matt talk about AI, copyright, remix, creativity, and the future. Is there going to be a Butlerian Jihad? What do cover bands got to do with anything? Tune in to learn about Zazzles the chicken , hear Matt pronounce the word “flutist” and catch Andy proclaiming “there has never been a famine of song.” Pieces discussed today: “ AI as Normal Technology: An alternative to the vis...

Episode 1.1 MK2 What is Contigent (RADIO EDIT) 24.11.2025 1:10:34

RADIO EDIT - NOW WITH SIX MINUTES OF FEWER UMMMS! In this introductory episode, Andy and Matt explain what it means to say that media and technology are “contingent” and why it matters! Along the way, they talk about two of their own blog posts, Matt’s “ Internet History, Media Archaeology ” and Andy’s “ The Read-Only Hangover .” It’s a long fascinating conversation that touches on “All Your Base...