Category: Season 1

Episode 3 – What is Michael Jackson Studies?

Posted onAuthorKarin Merx

Abstract: In this third episode, Karin and Elizabeth talk about what Michael Jackson Studies is. Going through a wide range of references, they explain how the simple act of ‘Michaeling’ became an area of academic study in its own right. The podcast also discusses the pioneers who started this academic Read More …

Episode 2 – 2015 Recap: Past, Present and Future Book 1

Posted onAuthorKarin Merx

Abstract: Where did the journal come from? Why is it here? And that all-important question, where is it going next? In the words of the King of Pop himself, ‘every day create your history, every path you take you’re leaving your legacy’. In this episode we Read More …

Episode 1 – Was Michael Jackson an Artist?

Posted onAuthorKarin Merx

Abstract: In this first ever episode of Michael Jackson’s Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation, Karin and Elizabeth discuss Michael Jackson’s 1991 Black or White short film, directed by John Landis, who was also the director of the Thriller short film. The discussion of Jackson’s ‘Panther Dance’, also known as the Read More …