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Dr. Elana Levine, Professor of Media, Cinema & Digital Studies, was recently interviewed on WNYC’s\u00a0All Of It With Alison Stewart<\/a>\u00a0about the enduring power of the soap opera. Professor Levine detailed the soap opera’s transition from a radio vehicle for selling household goods in the 1930s to an economic backbone for network television in the 1970s & 1980s, offering women unique opportunities in TV production and tackling controversial subjects along the way.<\/p>\n

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Professor Levine is the author of\u00a0Her Stories: Daytime Soap Operas & US Television History<\/a>\u00a0(Duke University Press, 2020).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Listen to the full interview here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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