Jason Mittell on 'The Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad'

About this episode

Jason Mittell discusses his videographic book on character in Breaking Bad and the philosophy behind videographic publishing.

On today's episode, Jason Mittell joins to discuss his videographic book, The Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad . The book is the first in a new series of open access, videographic books from Lever Press. Jason joins to discuss the origins of the book and series, the philosophy behind a videographic book, and his longtime interest in alternative, open access forms of digital publishing. Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Learn more at the pod's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Get the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠free newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Music by Ketsa.

People in this episode

Guest: Jason Mittell

Topics covered

• videographic books
• Breaking Bad
• digital publishing
• character analysis
• open access

Keywords

• Breaking Bad
• videographic book
• digital publishing
• character chemistry
• open access

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lever Press

Books & works: The Chemistry of Character in Breaking Bad

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