Human connection, not hook-ups: A look at Madonna’s ‘Erotica’

“There's a real need for her core audience of queer listeners to celebrate a sexual culture that is also slipping away and that is under threat at this time,” says Michael Dango, professor of queer and feminist theory at Beloit College, about Madonna’s Erotica.

“There's a real need for her core audience of queer listeners to celebrate a sexual culture that is also slipping away and that is under threat at this time,” says Michael Dango, professor of queer and feminist theory at Beloit College, about Madonna’s Erotica. Credit: YouTube.

In the early 1990s, the U.S. portrayed sex as shameful, while Madonna’s album Erotica celebrated it. Her songs were more sentimental than sexual, says one professor. 

Netanyahu’s government has retaliated after Hamas launched a multi-front attack. But will Israelis move towards a more moderate path and leader?

While the U.S. continues to back Israel rhetorically and militarily, the war with Hamas could upend American peacebuilding in the Middle East. 

President Trump's civil trial in New York enters its second week. He's accused of fraud for inflating the value of his assets to get more favorable loan terms and insurance deals.

LA's iconic palm trees provide neither shade nor fruit, and many are dying as they reach age 100. Is it time to rethink this staple of LA's vegetative aesthetic?

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Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser, Nihar Patel, Zeke Reed, Sara Singer Schiff