Interview
Over the years, I have been fortunate to have provided interviews on a range of topics to local, regional, and national media. On this page, I will feature a number of these interviews. If available, you may click on an image for a video, audio, or print version of the interview.
VIDEO
Interview on Theming
The Nature of Existence
The Nature of Existence
KOLO 8 News (Reno, NV)
The Nature of Existence
The Nature of Existence
The Nature of Existence
Documentary Film, directed by Roger Nygard, 2010
AUDIO & PRINT
Amusement Parks
Scott Lukas on Theme Park
Amusement Parks
To the Best of Our Knowledge - May 17, 2015
It doesn’t matter whether you grew up going to Coney Island, Six Flags, or Pacific Park — to a kid, all amusement parks are magical. This hour we take a trip to the land of funnel cake, freak shows and fast rides.
Disney Me
Scott Lukas on Theme Park
Amusement Parks
To the Best of Our Knowledge
The self-proclaimed “Happiest Place on Earth,” Disneyland opened on July 17th, 1955. Here’s Scott Lukas on the evolution of the theme park
Scott Lukas on Theme Park
Scott Lukas on Theme Park
Scott Lukas on Theme Park
To the Best of Our Knowledge, August 21, 2011, Scott A. Lukas is a cultural anthropologist and a former trainer at Six Flags Astroworld in Houston. He's also the author of Theme Park, which chronicles the evolution of the theme park.
Midway Rides
Disney’s New Star Wars Hotel Sounds Like Next-Level Immersion
Scott Lukas on Theme Park
CBC News, July 13, 2017, Canadian Broadcasting Company, The Homestretch
Disney’s New Star Wars Hotel Sounds Like Next-Level Immersion
Disney’s New Star Wars Hotel Sounds Like Next-Level Immersion
Disney’s New Star Wars Hotel Sounds Like Next-Level Immersion
Skift, August 2, 2017
If Kate Upton Told You to Shave Your Chest, Would You Do It?
Disney’s New Star Wars Hotel Sounds Like Next-Level Immersion
Disney’s New Star Wars Hotel Sounds Like Next-Level Immersion
Slate, August 14, 2013
Gillette Ad Campaign Touts Hairlessness as the New Macho for Men
Gillette Ad Campaign Touts Hairlessness as the New Macho for Men
Gillette Ad Campaign Touts Hairlessness as the New Macho for Men
The Washington Post, August 13, 2013
Underwear Ads Lose the Macho
Gillette Ad Campaign Touts Hairlessness as the New Macho for Men
Gillette Ad Campaign Touts Hairlessness as the New Macho for Men
The New York Times, September 8, 2019
Interview on Bansky and Dismaland
Gillette Ad Campaign Touts Hairlessness as the New Macho for Men
Interview on Freedomland Theme Park
The Independent, September 2, 2015
Interview on Freedomland Theme Park
Interview on Freedomland Theme Park
Interview on Freedomland Theme Park
Atlas Obscura, July 8, 2015
Not Sold on Sexist Ads
Interview on Freedomland Theme Park
Not Sold on Sexist Ads
YC Teen Magazine
Kidzania Interview
Interview on Freedomland Theme Park
Not Sold on Sexist Ads
Financial Times
Coaster 101 Interview
Vibrators And Sex Dolls: The Language of Modern Relationships?
Vibrators And Sex Dolls: The Language of Modern Relationships?
Coaster 101
Vibrators And Sex Dolls: The Language of Modern Relationships?
Vibrators And Sex Dolls: The Language of Modern Relationships?
Vibrators And Sex Dolls: The Language of Modern Relationships?
Huffington Post UK, November 20, 2012
Law of Attractions
Vibrators And Sex Dolls: The Language of Modern Relationships?
Legoland Questions Loom Large
On India's Biggest Theme Park, Caravan, July 2013
Legoland Questions Loom Large
Legoland Questions Loom Large
Legoland Questions Loom Large
Times Herald-Record
How We Fail Our Boys
Legoland Questions Loom Large
How We Fail Our Boys
The Daily Beast, September 13, 2013
Interview on Gender
Legoland Questions Loom Large
How We Fail Our Boys
FEMA Magazine (Czech)
LTCC Students Learning the Impact of Gender Bias in Ads
Lake Tahoe News, September 21, 2012
Gender, Violence and Advertising
Extended radio interview, Angie Coiro Show, Green 910 AM, San Francisco
Themed Spaces
Interview on “Media and the Sex Slave Industry"
KUNR (Reno, NV)
Interview on “Media and the Sex Slave Industry"
Interview on “Media and the Sex Slave Industry"
Interview on “Media and the Sex Slave Industry"
Journal Inquirer (Manchester, CT), September 26, 2008
Gender Ads Project
Interview on “Media and the Sex Slave Industry"
Gender, Masculinity, and Advertising
Chicago Tribune, June 19, 2014
Gender, Masculinity, and Advertising
Interview on “Media and the Sex Slave Industry"
Gender, Masculinity, and Advertising
Court Lewis Show, American Variety Radio (NPR), January 2014
Theme Parks
Overview of the U.S.A. Patriot Act
Theme Parks
Dutch print media interview
Lies
Overview of the U.S.A. Patriot Act
Theme Parks
Tahoe Daily Tribune, June 12, 2003
Overview of the U.S.A. Patriot Act
Overview of the U.S.A. Patriot Act
Overview of the U.S.A. Patriot Act
Radio interview, 590 KHTO, July 22, 2004
U.S. and British Politics
Hannah Arendt and the War on Terror
Overview of the U.S.A. Patriot Act
Radio interview, 590 KHTO, January, 2005
Hannah Arendt and the War on Terror
Hannah Arendt and the War on Terror
Hannah Arendt and the War on Terror
Radio interview, Stanford University, July, 2005
Learning about 911 and Ourselves
Hannah Arendt and the War on Terror
Hannah Arendt and the War on Terror
Tahoe Daily Tribune, February 4, 2003
Anthropologist Interested in the Way Things Are Remade
Anthropologist Interested in the Way Things Are Remade
Anthropologist Interested in the Way Things Are Remade
Reno Gazette Journal, Friday December 5, 2008
Is College Tragedy a Result of Our Culture?
Anthropologist Interested in the Way Things Are Remade
Anthropologist Interested in the Way Things Are Remade
Tahoe Daily Tribune, April 18, 2007
Themes Used Widely to Boost Business
Anthropologist Interested in the Way Things Are Remade
Voices of History from Coast to Coast
Tahoe Daily Tribune, April 27, 2006
Voices of History from Coast to Coast
Tahoe Faces Its Reliance on Foreign Workers
Voices of History from Coast to Coast
Tahoe Daily Tribune, December 31, 2002
Tahoe Faces Its Reliance on Foreign Workers
Tahoe Faces Its Reliance on Foreign Workers
Tahoe Faces Its Reliance on Foreign Workers
Sierra Sun, June 22, 2007
Tipping Can Turn into a Power Game
Tahoe Faces Its Reliance on Foreign Workers
Tahoe Faces Its Reliance on Foreign Workers
Tahoe Daily Tribune, January 6, 2005
Take 'Communityʼ Out of Community College?
Milan Expo Focus of Presentation at Lake Tahoe Community College
Milan Expo Focus of Presentation at Lake Tahoe Community College
Tahoe Daily Tribune, January 23, 2007
Milan Expo Focus of Presentation at Lake Tahoe Community College
Milan Expo Focus of Presentation at Lake Tahoe Community College
Milan Expo Focus of Presentation at Lake Tahoe Community College
Tahoe Daily Tribune, October 30, 2015
Next Political Machine a Computer?
Milan Expo Focus of Presentation at Lake Tahoe Community College
Next Political Machine a Computer?
Tahoe Daily Tribune, January 11, 2006
War’s Effects Felt in Tahoe
It’s Not Just a Man’s World Anymore
Next Political Machine a Computer?
Tahoe Daily Tribune, March 18, 2004
It’s Not Just a Man’s World Anymore
It’s Not Just a Man’s World Anymore
It’s Not Just a Man’s World Anymore
Tahoe Daily Tribune, June 23, 2005
September 11: Three Years Later
It’s Not Just a Man’s World Anymore
It’s Not Just a Man’s World Anymore
Tahoe Daily Tribune, September 9, 2004
Payphone: A Thing of the Past?
Payphone: A Thing of the Past?
Payphone: A Thing of the Past?
Tahoe Daily Tribune, March 28, 2007
Poverty to Prosperity Forum
Payphone: A Thing of the Past?
Payphone: A Thing of the Past?
Tahoe Daily Tribune, October 8, 2010
Staff Cuts
Payphone: A Thing of the Past?
Keyboard Becomes Essential Dating Tool
Tahoe Daily Tribune, January 27, 2006
Keyboard Becomes Essential Dating Tool
Keyboard Becomes Essential Dating Tool
Keyboard Becomes Essential Dating Tool
Tahoe Daily Tribune, December 2, 2003
State of LTCC
Keyboard Becomes Essential Dating Tool
Tahoe Residents Sticking Together
Tahoe Daily Tribune, January 23, 2004
Tahoe Residents Sticking Together
Keyboard Becomes Essential Dating Tool
Tahoe Residents Sticking Together
Tahoe Daily Tribune, August 29, 2005
CCHA Announcement
The Community College Humanist, Winter 2009
Soup Is Good Art
Reno Gazette-Journal
LTCC May Change....
Search Engine Pinpoints Homes
Mountain News
Search Engine Pinpoints Homes
People Were Just Tired of the Same Old Thing
Search Engine Pinpoints Homes
Tahoe Daily Tribune, April 7, 2005
Panelists Spar Over Merits of Patriot Act
People Were Just Tired of the Same Old Thing
People Were Just Tired of the Same Old Thing
Tahoe Daily Tribune, August 12, 2003
People Were Just Tired of the Same Old Thing
People Were Just Tired of the Same Old Thing
People Were Just Tired of the Same Old Thing
Tahoe Daily Tribune, November 9, 2005
Iraq War
Time Shares Have Positives, Negatives on South Shore
Time Shares Have Positives, Negatives on South Shore
Tahoe Daily Tribune, March 14, 2006
Time Shares Have Positives, Negatives on South Shore
Time Shares Have Positives, Negatives on South Shore
Time Shares Have Positives, Negatives on South Shore
Tahoe Daily Tribune, May 4, 2005
Snow, by Any Other Name, Is Not the Same
Time Shares Have Positives, Negatives on South Shore
Snow, by Any Other Name, Is Not the Same
Tahoe Daily Tribune, December 14, 2005
When It Comes to Consumer Culture...
Snow, by Any Other Name, Is Not the Same
Tahoe Daily Tribune, January 11, 2007
Theme Parks in the Center of Research
Theme Parks in the Center of Research
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Theme Parks in the Center of Research
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