What happens when a group of middle-aged friends decides that they just have too much fun and too much to share regarding their life-long obsessions with heavy metal music and culture? They start a podcast. Middle-Aged Metal-Heads Podcast, which has been streaming its two dozen episodes on all major platforms since October 2019, is the result of an enthusiastic and patient core of participants who meet remotely online from various area codes and time zones to discuss preplanned topics devoted to particular aspects of heavy metal that are of interest to us and our listeners. The proposed roundtable will consist of members of the Middle-Aged Middle-Heads podcast team and community, who are eager to discuss how the project came (and stays) together, as well as how such a program validates the lasting popularity of heavy metal music and fits into the larger cultural nostalgia for all things 80s.
About the presentersMichael Stamps
Michael Stamps teaches writing and literature at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, PA. He received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he specialized in Renaissance Literature. His pop culture research interests include gender/sexuality in film, horror films, and heavy metal music.
David D. Timony
David D. Timony in an educational psychologist studying Expertise, High Level Skill Acquisition, and performance and memory in sub optimal conditions. David draws upon his life as an artist and musician to bring creativity to his teaching and research. When not at his desk, Dr. Timony enjoys time with his family, practices Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and co-hosts the Middle-Aged Metal-Heads Podcast.
Scott Eivind Rudd
Scott Rudd is Professor of English at Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY where he teaches writing, literature, Honors, and Humanities courses. He has published poetry in journals such as Talisman and Hambone, and has been awarded the State University of New York’s Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, MCC’s Hanson Award for Excellence in Teaching, PTK International’s Distinguished Advisor Award, and the Northeast Regional Honors Council’s 2022 Award for Honors Professional of the Year.