[spectre] Discussion of Defund Culture tomorrow on Breaking Culture Live

[Gary Hall]

I’ll be taking part in the next episode of Breaking Culture Live 
tomorrow, broadcasting on their YouTube channel at noon NYC time on 
April 8, 2026 (https://www.youtube.com/@BreakingCultureLive/streams).

We’ll be discussing my new book, Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal – 
available open access on a CC4r basis in a variety of formats 
(https://www.mediastudies.press/defund-culture-a-radical-proposal) - 
addressing what serves as its sub-subtitle: “Why the arts are so white, 
male, and middle-class, and what we can do about it.”

‘Breaking Culture Live is a Cultural Studies Association affiliated 
program hosted by Past President Sean Johnson Andrews. Every Wednesday 
we spend our lunch hour breaking down the breaking news with cultural 
studies scholars and activists, discussing their work and how it helps 
us understand a contemporary event or emergent trend and intervene in 
making the world a better place. ‘

Subscribe to the Breaking Culture Live YouTube channel and tune in at 
11:00 am Chicago, noon NYC time this Wednesday. 
https://www.youtube.com/@BreakingCultureLive/streams

-- 
Gary Hall
Professor Emeritus of Media @ Coventry University
Founding co-director of Open Humanities Press: http://www.openhumanitiespress.org
Blog: http://garyhall.squarespace.com/journal/

Latest:

Books: Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal: https://www.mediastudies.press/defund-culture-a-radical-proposal

Masked Media: What It Means to Be Human in the Age of Artificial Creative Intelligence: http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/masked-media/

Blogpost: ‘"The Most Spoiled Generation": Boomer Theory, Algorithmic Hustle and the Drive Toward Something Else': http://garyhall.squarespace.com/journal/2026/2/10/the-most-spoiled-generation-boomer-theory-algorithmic-hustle.html