Suzen Tekla Kruglnska is a freelance writer, editor, podcaster, and photographer. She hosts and produces a comedy film podcast, The Comedy Film Funnel, and completed a podcast series about Stanley Kubrick’s horror masterpiece The Shining, and another about the 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby, both found here. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, Slate, Salon, and Discover Magazine, where she was a reporter and senior editor, interviewed nine Nobel Laureates, and where she edited a science humor column that was nominated for a National Magazine Award under her tenure. She has been a radio host at three community stations, as both a talk show host and a music DJ, and is a frequent guest on podcasts. She’s also worked in the field of mental healthcare and at arty music non-profits.
She can be reached at sakrug at aol.com, and is proud of the uncoolness of her email address.
Critical acclaim for The Shining 2:37 podcast:
AV Club: The guests are in fact stellar…Kruglnska does a wonderful job of steering this ship and defending the often maligned character of Wendy Torrance.
AV Club (one year later): Kruglnska’s love for her subject matter is clear, from her ongoing dedication to the podcast’s concept to her in-depth conversations with her guests and extensive background knowledge of the film’s production. The Shining 2:37 is a must-listen for die-hard fans.
The Celluloid Void: If it’s attention to detail you seek, look no further than THE SHINING 2:37, a truly fantastic podcast in which host Suzen Tekla Kruglnska examines a new two minutes and 37 seconds of the Stanley Kubrick masterpiece each episode with a new guest along for the ride…
The New York Times: What we’re listening to: Our culture editor, Gilbert Cruz, writes: “If you know a little about Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror classic, you know that Room 237 is where the really bad things happen in the Overlook Hotel. This podcast offers the deepest of dives.”
PODCASTS:
The Comedy Film Funnel on YouTube (host and producer)
Rosemary’s Baby 6:66 and The Shining 2:37 (host and producer)
PODCAST GUEST APPEARANCES:
The Projection Booth: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Projection Booth: The Blues Brothers
The Projection Booth: Rosemary’s Baby
Star Wars Minute guest appearances
Time Warp Radio (a Rocky Horror podcast)
007 x 7: Dr. No (James Bond podcast)
The Wrong Reel: Creepy Kids in Horror
Kill By Kill: Black Christmas (2006)
Aliens Minute guest appearances
Bat Minute ’89: Hit the Road, Jack
Popoholics: It and It Chapter 2
Songs You’re Sick Of guest appearances
HUMOR:
Kevin Geeks Out presentation: Top Ten Dogs of Christmas (video)
Kevin Geeks Out presentation: Look What’s Happened to Rosemary’s Baby (video)
Kevin Geeks Out presentation: The Meaning of Christmas
Kevin Geeks Out presentation: Shining Versus Shining
New Religions for the 21st Century
The Seven Stages of Grieving a Celebrity’s Ex-Boyfriend’s Death
A Tour of the Hall of Primates at the American Museum of Natural History
Articles That Aren’t Helpful During the Pandemic
How Classic Rockers Have Lied to Me
Santas with Music from The Shining (video)
ARTICLES:
Kubrick’s Lolita and the Point it Misses
My Crazy 2001: A Space Odyssey Feminist Essay
Bigfoot Lives! Incredibly Rare Creatures, Salon
When Even Mathematicians Don’t Understand the Math, The New York Times
When the Vision Goes, the Hallucinations Begin, The New York Times
From the Burns Archive: The Deadly Rays That Cured Cancer, Discover
Building a Better Burger, Discover
Journey to the Center of the Earth, Discover
Who’s Your Daddy? Don’t Count on DNA Testing, Discover
The Science of GreatSex at 80, Discover
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Relativity, Discover
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Telescopes, Discover
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Oil, Discover
20 Things You Didn’t Know About Snow, Discover
Million-Ring Circus: Saturn, Discover
The Discover Interview: Oliver Sacks
The Discover Interview: David Baltimore
The Discover Interview: Eric Kandel
The Discover Interview: Kip Thorne
The Discover Interview: Gerald Edelman
The Discover Interview: Peter Woit
The Discover Interview: Marvin Minsky
The Discover Interview: Murray Gell Mann
The Discover Interview: Roger Penrose
West’s World: Michael West Interview, Discover
Discover web-only interview: Michael Apted, director of the 7 UP series
A selection of fun shorts in Discover Magazine
How to Make Anything Look Like a Toy
The Evolution of Evolution in Wikipedia
A New Periodic Table of Elements
The Dalai Lama Speaks the Language of Science
What You See Is What You Don’t
Feel With Your Eyes, See With Your Hands
UNPUBLISHED:
Small Worlds: The Hidden Lives of Agoraphobics
The Saturday Night Shuffle: A West Harlem Police Cruise
The Road to Art Fame: Is Matthew Barney Famous Because He’s a Great Artist?
BOOK, WRITTEN, THAT NEEDS TO BE PUBLISHED:
Mental Health Survival Guide for Winners, Worriers, Weirdoes, and Serial Killers: What Everyone Needs to Know About Being Nuts
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