Episodes

  • y2k RETROSPECTIVE: Clothing as Narrative in The Girls Next Door
    Jun 1 2026

    In an audio essay, Micah Cozzens argues that clothing tells the real story in the early 2000s reality TV staple focusing on the lives of Playboy girlfriends Holly, Bridget, and Kendra, The Girls Next Door

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    14 mins
  • y2k RETROSPECTIVE: Food as Story in The Girls Next Door
    Jun 1 2026

    In an audio essay, Micah Cozzens explains the role of food as it defines the characters of Bridget, Holly, and Kendra in reality TV staple The Girls Next Door

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    15 mins
  • y2k RETROSPECTIVE: The Girls Next Door and the Playboy Mansion as Symbol, Space, and Self
    Jun 1 2026

    An audio essay by Micah Cozzens about how the Playboy Mansion was a character in its own right in early 2000s reality show staple The Girls Next Door

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    17 mins
  • POETRY PALS: Review with Thew Curtis (M. Anthony C.) of Amy Newman's On This Day in Poetry History
    Jun 1 2026

    Two aspiring poets, M. Anthony C. and Micah Cozzens, review Amy Newman's poetry collection On This Day in Poetry History

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    41 mins
  • POETRY PALS: A conversation with MT about the poetry of Denise Levertov
    Jun 1 2026

    Micah Cozzens, poet and podcaster, talks with artist MT about poet Denise Levertov's collection Candles in Babylon

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    42 mins
  • y2k RETROSPECTIVE: Did The Girls Next Door Hurt the Playboy brand?
    Mar 17 2026

    In which I discuss whether E!'s 2006 reality show The Girls Next Door undermined the success of Playboy magazine, given that the audience of the magazine was very different than the audience of the show.

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    15 mins