Bob Nowlan

Bob Nowlan worked for 38 years a a professor of critical theory and of critical studies in literature, film, television, popular music, and popular culture, including 27 years at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where Bob is now professor emeritus. Bob has maintained an absolutely immense passion concerning Ian Curtis and Joy Division, Bob's all-time favorite musician and all-time favorite music group, for more than 45 years. Bob is producer and dj host of the weekly show Insurgence with WHYS Community Radio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and of the weekly show Left Edge Radio with KNSJ Social Justice Radio in San Diego, California. Bob lives with his husband and life-partner, Andy Swanson, and their two dogs, Aidan and Patrick, both pugs, in San Diego, California.