<p>Welcome back to another episode of Pod45, the podcast companion to Post45: Contemporaries, with your host Michael Docherty.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Today’s discussion responds to our recent cluster <em>American Bimbo</em>. Joining Michael in a conversation about the enduring potency and complexity of the bimbo as an American cultural figure, celebrity and media in the 2000s, and more recent hyperonline reclamations and revisions of bimbodom, are Emmeline Clein, who edited the cluster, and two of its fantastic contributors – Rax King and Rob Franklin.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Read <em>American Bimbo </em>now at <a href="https://post45.org/sections/contemporaries-essays/american-bimbo/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://post45.org/sections/contemporaries-essays/american-bimbo</a>, where you can also find hundreds more incisive and insightful essays on contemporary literature and culture.</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Emmeline Clein (<a href="https://emmelineclein.net/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">emmelineclein.net</a>; @emmelclein) is the author of <em>Dead Weight</em> (2024).</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Rax King (<a href="https://raxkingisdead.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">raxkingisdead.com</a>; @raxkingisdead)is the author of <em>Tacky</em> (2021) and the forthcoming <em>Sloppy</em> (2025).</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Rob Franklin (<a href="https://www.robert-michael-franklin.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">robert-michael-franklin.com</a>; @robfrank__) is the author of the forthcoming <em>Great Black Hope</em> (2025).</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Michael Docherty (<a href="https://michaeldocherty.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">michaeldocherty.co.uk</a>; @maybeavalon) is the author of <em>The Recursive Frontier: Race, Space, and the Literary Imagination of Los Angele</em>s (2024).</p> <p><br /></p> <p>This episode was written, produced, and engineered by Michael Docherty for Post45.</p>