This special episode features a recording of an event held on June 25th about how Watchmen and other popular entertainment can highlight and help us understand critical issues around race and policing.

Chris Lebron returns to talk about the HBO TV series based on the 1980s comic

Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?

Exploring Queen B's 'Lemonade' album with academics and Beyhive members Kinitra Brooks and Kameelah Martin

Despite the persistent threat of video game domination, board games are still here and gaining popularity. New games are pushing the boundaries of how fun, engagement, and empathy intersect.

A documentary featuring the Satanic Temple took the Sundance Film Festival by storm, we talk to the Temple's co-founder Lucien Greaves about the religious movement and its rise in popularity

The Iron Throne, institutional reform, and what's next in Westeros

It's baseball season. Where does politics fall in the lineup?

Are we our own worst enemy? Tune in to a discussion about Us, Jordan Peele's recently released film.

Politics is filled with drama. Can the theatre compete with politicians when it comes to starting conversations about issues of social justice?

We're obsessed with fitness. Society has embraced CrossFit, yoga, Barre, SoulCycle, and HITT. Why hasn't this love translated to support for health and fitness policy?

Tune in for a review of the film and discussion about the cultural significance of Carol Danvers as the first Marvel female-lead superhero to grace the silver screen

From Jackie Robinson to Mohammad Ali, Travis Scott, and Colin Kaepernick, Justin Tinsley, writer at ESPN's Undefeated, breaks down social activism in sports and entertainment

Author, scholar, and Horror Noire executive producer Tananarive Due discusses the often misunderstood relationship between Black Americans and the horror genre

We discuss Donald Glover's Grammy win, Janelle Monáe, Afrofuturism, and Kanye West.

Are comic books just for kids? Is there more to pop culture then pure entertainment?

Can you keep politics out of football? Season two of This Week in Dystopia kicks off (get it?) with a discussion about the NFL, Donald Trump, Colin Kaepernick, The Patriots, and more.

In a special episode, we hear from the students effected by gun violence and pushing for reform.

This week, host Chris Robichaud is joined by Caroline Light, Harvard Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Light, an expert on America’s relationship with self-defense, provides insight into today's debate over gun control.

On February 26th, Walter Scheidel, Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, Stanford, joined This Week in Dystopia host Chris Robichaud for a conversation at Harvard Kennedy School about inequality. They answer the questions no one wants to address like, is war or catastrophe really the only way to curb inequality? Is inequality in society okay?