Spotlight Series 2025: 3. fABLEd 12: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
lABLEd · Alice Evans & Lucy Wood
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Show Notes
About this Episode
In this fABLEd episode of lABLEd, we dive deep into Ken Kesey's novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" with special guest Julia Miele Rodas, a professor of English specializing in disability studies. Join us as we explore the complex world of psychiatric disability, institutional power, and individual resistance through the lens of this iconic book and film.
Academic, Julia, alongside Lucy and Alice unpack the nuanced representation of psychiatric patients, the tyrannical Nurse Ratched, and the rebellious Randle McMurphy, revealing how the story critiques societal norms and the treatment of people with mental health conditions in the late 1950s. We'll discuss themes of Mad Pride, the anti-psychiatry movement, and how the narrative challenges perceptions of disability.
Partly recorded on location at the Story Museum in Oxford, this episode promises to be both enlightening and provocative. Tune in for a deep dive into a landmark text that continues to challenge our understanding of mental health, individuality, and power.
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Production Team
Hosts: Alice Evans and Lucy Wood
Editor: Adam Hull
Music: Maisy Crunden
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