Abstract In episode 55, Karin and Elizabeth review the second issue, 2022 of the Nakan Journal: MICHAEL JACKSON’S ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS: ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE Edited by Isabelle PETITJEAN. In this first part, they discuss the issue in general and the essays written by Guillaume Deveney, Mathilde Recly, Fabio Pastore, Buata B. Malela and Isabelle Petitjean. REFERENCE AS: Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. “Episode 55 – Review of the second issue, 2022 of the Nakan Journal” Podcast, Michael Jackson’s Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 8, no. 4 (2022). Published electronically 30/05/2022. https://michaeljacksonstudies.org/episode-55 The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies asks that you acknowledge The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies as the source of our Content; if you use material from The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies online, we request that you link directly to the stable URL provided. If you use our content offline, we ask that you credit the source as follows: “Courtesy of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies.” Episode 55– Review Nakan Issue 2 (Part 1)By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights. La Grande Parade as evaluation of the museum policy of Edy De Wilde at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’. Find out more about Karin here. Elizabeth Amisu, PGCE, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies and author of The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife. Find out more about Elizabeth here. References * Isabelle Petitejean (ed.), 'Michael Jackson's Artistic Contributions: Another Perspective', issue 2, vol 2, 2022 Nakan A Journal Of Cultural Studies.