Josh Glenn
Josh Glenn is a Kingston (NY)-based consulting semiotician. He is cofounder of the consultancy Semiovox, editor of the websites SEMIOVOX and HILOBROW, and founding editor of The MIT Press's proto-sf RADIUM AGE series. His books (as writer and/or editor) include The Idler's Glossary, Significant Objects, the family activities guide Unbored, and the 2025 anthology Before Superman: Superhumans of the Radium Age. In the ’90s, Josh published the intellectual zine/journal Hermenaut; in the 2000s, he was a founding staffer and columnist for the Boston Globe's IDEAS section.
Session: Selling Semiotics
On September 25th! A session exploring how — and why — to sell semiotics to clients.
Pattern Recognition
"Working as a consulting semiotician can be fun… but it can take a toll."
Snow Crash
"Humans are wired to seek meaning… and this wiring renders us easily manipulated."
Session: Semiotics & Food
On July 31st! A session exploring food myths, magic, and munches.
Engine Summer
"Is this an actual thing I’m putting together, or am I fooling myself?"
Session: Viscosity Redux
On June 26th! A session exploring semiotic "viscosity."
Session: Semiotic Tattoos
On April 24th! A session dedicated to semioticians' tattoos…
