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How nerds protect the earth despite being marginalized – Interview with Anthony Lioi

1 hour 10 minutes Posted Jun 1, 2021 at 3:03 am.

– Anthony explains why he started studying nerds and environmentalism.

– Anthony talks about what a nerd is.

– Anthony talks about the Silmarrilion and the Lord of the Rings.

– Anthony talks about the nerd community and its diversity.

– Anthony talks about the many properties he discusses in the book.

– Anthony talks about when being a nerd became mainstream.

– Anthony talks about how much the global nerd community is focused on the US.

– Anthony talks about how the book is broken down.

– Anthony talks about how societies treat groups the majority thinks is inferior.

– Anthony talks about superheroes as uber-characters such as in The Boys.

– Picard spoiler – 53:58

– Anthony talks about some motivations for nerds to embrace the culture.

– Anthony talks about a new project focused on nerd environmentality.

– Anthony can be found at academia.edu

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How nerds protect the earth despite being marginalized – Interview with Anthony Lioi

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Interview Timeline

Anthony Lioi studies and teaches popular culture. He wrote a work on the ecology of nerds and their marginalization and we spoke about the topic. Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture (Bloomsbury, 2018)

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https://amzn.to/3fY5MPM

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/nerd-ecology-defending-the-earth-with-unpopular-culture-9781472567642/

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For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Anthony Lioi

Host: Cris Alvarez

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