Special Topics in Media

Special Topics in Media Studies is a lecture-based podcast that tackles media history one artifact at a time. Each season of the series we will investigate a different mass media theme, medium, or programming genre. While our focus is educational (it is an academic podcast after all), we tailor our conversations toward a broad audience of media enthusiasts.

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Film Listology: #69 - Jaws

June 23, 2026 • Garret Castleberry • Season 8 • Episode 50

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It's our 50th episode of the "Film Listology" longform season on Special Topics in Media. In our Super Index composite of Top Film ratings and rankings, the #69 entrant represents an all-time classic. But for whom? Host Garret Castleberry is joined by Scott McMurry to discuss THE gamechanger event movie that forever changed summer movie season...and going into the water, Steven Spielberg's Jaws.

Hosts: Garret Castleberry, Scott McMurry

Producers: Garret Castleberry, Will McMurry (Audio Engineer), Alli Garner (Cover Art), Austin Foster (Music)

Recommended readings paired with our Film Listology season:
Rick Altman. Film/Genre. British Film Institute, 1999.

Jim Collins, Ada Preacher Collins, Hilary Radner (Eds.). Film Theory Goes to the Movies, 1st Edition. New York: Routledge, 1992.

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