Shannon Strucci

One Piece's top-notch creator, Eiichiro Oda, combines humor with emotional gut punches, emphasizing tragic backstories. Shannon Strucci, Jordan Silva, Steve Yurko, and Daniel Dockery explore how fans relate to characters' fantastical yet relatable storylines.

In this podcast, they discuss the 2020 Sight & Sound poll of the year's best video essays, the process of curating the poll, the power and potential of video essays in provoking deeper engagement, exploring subjective experiences through the video essay form, cross-media publishing and critical engagement, the practicality and utility of video essays, and the changing landscape of academic research. They also delve into the upcoming revisions and mentorship in the innovative new master's program in video essaying at Merz Akademie in Stuttgart, Germany.