Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPeter L. Stiepleman, "An Imperfect Leader: Human-Centered Leadership in (after) Action" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)
Episode 202
An Imperfect Leader: Leadership in (After) Action (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) tells the story of a superintendent from his first days to the pandemi…
3 years, 4 months ago
The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University
Episode 121
Behind the lectern stands the professor, deploying course management systems, online quizzes, wireless clickers, PowerPoint slides, podcasts, and pla…
3 years, 4 months ago
Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire, "A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School" (The New Press, 2023)
Episode 201
Across the U.S., state legislatures-often under the cover of darkness, and usually in spite of public opposition-are passing bills that channel publi…
3 years, 4 months ago
John L. Rudolph, "Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should)" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Episode 129
Today I talked to John L. Rudolph about his book Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should) (Oxford UP, 2023).
Few people question the importance of sci…
3 years, 4 months ago
Myka Kennedy Stephens, "Integrated Library Planning: A New Model for Strategic and Dynamic Planning, Management, and Assessment" (ACRL, 2023)
Episode 8
Many library project plans, from small projects to institution-wide strategic planning committees, follow a linear trajectory: create the plan, do th…
3 years, 4 months ago
Olga Burlyuk and Ladan Rahbari, "Migrant Academics' Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe" (Open Book Publishers, 2023)
Episode 296
Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe (Open Book Publishers, 2023) consists of narratives of migrant academics from the…
3 years, 4 months ago
Peter Baldwin, "Athena Unbound: Why and How Scholarly Knowledge Should Be Free for All" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 124
A clear-eyed examination of the open access movement: past history, current conflicts, and future possibilities. Open access (OA) could one day put t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Nate G. Hilger, "The Parent Trap: How to Stop Overloading Parents and Fix Our Inequality Crisis" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 152
Few people realize that raising children is the single largest industry in the United States. Yet this vital work receives little political support, …
3 years, 4 months ago
Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn, "The Autocratic Academy: Reenvisioning Rule Within America's Universities" (Duke UP, 2023)
Episode 200
Critics of contemporary US higher education often point to the academy’s “corporatization” as one of its defining maladies. However, in The Autocrati…
3 years, 4 months ago
Myra Strober and Abby Davisson, "Money and Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Biggest Decisions" (HarperOne, 2023)
Episode 22
Should we separate decisions related to love and money, approaching finance and career-related decisions solely in a rational way while relying more …
3 years, 4 months ago