Women & Shakespeare Podcast: Alexa Alice Joubin

How does drama work as a lab for humanity? What is generative AI's role in our future? Why do feminists engage with Shakespeare? Are there transgender characters in Shakespeare?
In this podcast, Varsha Panjwani interviews Alexa Alice Joubin on generative AI, trans as method, global Shakespeare, translation studies, and inclusive pedagogy in a time of hate.
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00:04 Varsha's introduction
01:33 About Alexa Alice Joubin
02:58 When did you first encounter Shakespeare?
04:45 Shakespeare and East Asia
08:42 How does Shakespeare get translated?
12:53 Kurosawa's vs Ninagawa's Macbeth
18:29 Asian influence on Western film and theatre
22:38 Transgender theory
30:09 Cisgender sexism
31:59 Why should trans studies care about Shakespeare?
33:32 Why should we think about AI and Shakespeare together?
39:43 Radical listening as pedagogy
46:02 Conclusion
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How AI Changes Theatrical Publics ajoubin.org/ai-publics/
Contemporary Transgender Performances of Shakespeare special issue borrowers-ojs-azsu.tdl.org/bo...
Shakespeare and East Asia global.oup.com/academic/produ...
Teaching Shakespeare in a Time of Hate www.cambridge.org/core/books/...
MIT Global Shakespeares open access archive globalshakespeare.mit.edu/
Sinophone Adaptations of Shakespeare ajoubin.org/sinophoneshax/
Women and Shakespeare podcast womenandshakespeare.com/
Professor Joubin teaches at George Washington University in Washington DC, and Professor Panjwani is a professor at Fordham University in London.