What happens when magic moves through podcasts, digital media, and contemporary American culture? In this livestream, Iโll be joined by Heather Freeman, artist, scholar, and creator of Magic in the United States, the award-winning PRX podcast that explores the histories, practices, and cultural tensions surrounding magic, spirituality, and esotericism in the United States. Freeman is also a Professor of Digital Media at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where her work brings together art, technology, mythology, and occult themes.
Together, weโll discuss how magic is represented and reimagined in the modern world, how digital technologies are reshaping occult practice, and why the study of magic can reveal so much about religion, identity, media, and power in contemporary society. Weโll also explore the thinking behind Magic in the United States, a three-season series funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and UNC Charlotte, which examines American magical, spiritual, esoteric, and marginalised religious traditions through both historical and contemporary lenses.
This conversation will be especially relevant for anyone interested in Western esotericism, contemporary witchcraft, digital occultism, and the blurred boundaries between religion, magic, and media. If you want a discussion that is both intellectually rigorous and deeply relevant to the present moment, this is one you wonโt want to miss.
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