Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJan Nisbet and Nancy Weiss, "Pain and Shock in America: Politics, Advocacy, and the Controversial Treatment of People with Disabilities" (Brandeis UP, 2021)
Episode 149
Amid a string of fall 2021 news reports about past-due exonerations and (white) self-defense that document the limits of racial justice within the U.…
4 years, 4 months ago
Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy
Episode 56
With radical changes being engineered in society, education systems everywhere need to match up. As part of our podcast, Humanities Matter, the all-n…
4 years, 5 months ago
Elizabeth Kiss: Warden of the Rhodes Trust and former President of Agnes Scott College
Episode 40
We speak with Elizabeth Kiss about the design and launch of the very successful SUMMIT initiative that led Agnes Scott College to be recognized as “t…
4 years, 5 months ago
Jeffrey Guhin, "Agents of God: Boundaries and Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 203
Jeff Guhin joins us today to talk about his book Agents of God: Boundaries and Authority in Muslim and Christian Schools (Oxford University Press, 20…
4 years, 5 months ago
Robin Ince, "The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity" (Atlantic Books, 2021)
Episode 103
Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty year…
4 years, 5 months ago
Mental Health in Academia: A Conversation with Roy Richard Grinker
Episode 145
We are delighted to present All for One and One for All: Public Seminar Series on Mental Health in Academia and Society. All for One and One for All …
4 years, 5 months ago
Bill Carroll: President of Benedictine University from 1995-2015 and founder and CEO of Hunter Global Education
Episode 39
Under Bill Carroll’s leadership, Benedictine University, in Lisle Illinois became the fastest growing university in the U.S. from 2000-12. Carroll de…
4 years, 5 months ago
Michelle R. Nario-Redmond, "Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Disability Prejudice" (John Wiley and Sons, 2019)
Episode 148
Of the dozens of juicy questions for future inquiry that Dr. Michelle Nario-Redmond provides at the end of Ableism: The Causes and Consequences of Di…
4 years, 5 months ago
Mike Palmquist and Barbara Wallraff, "Joining the Conversation: A Guide and Handbook for Writers With 2020 APA Update" (Bedford Books, 2020)
Episode 41
Listen to this interview of Mike Palmquist, Professor of English (with a focus on rhetoric and composition) and also University Distinguished Teachin…
4 years, 5 months ago
Steve Katsouros, "Come to Believe: How Jesuits Are Reinventing Education (Again)" (Orbis, 2017)
Episode 38
Father Steve Katsouros, founder and CEO of the Come To Believe Network, shares the inspirational story of the founding of Arrupe College at Loyola Un…
4 years, 5 months ago