Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Writing Center Today: An Interview with Gerd Bräuer
Episode 18
Listen to this interview of Gerd Bräuer, Head of the Schreibzentrum, the writing center, at Freiburg University of Education. We talk about the place…
5 years ago
Pandemic Perspectives: Graduating, Job Searching, and Being a New Professional
Episode 42
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
5 years ago
Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro, "Minds Wide Shut How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 114
Two very thoughtful oddfellows--a labor economist and a Russian literature scholar--take on the world's problems in their newest collaboration, Minds…
5 years ago
Esther Barazzone (2): President Emerita of Chatham University
Episode 8
Esther Barazzone describes the latter part of the transformation she led at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA. In a whirlwind of activity in 2007-…
5 years ago
Esther Barazzone (1): President Emerita of Chatham University
Episode 7
When Esther Barazzone took over Chatham College in 1992, it was in danger of closing – selling off property each year surrounding its beautiful in Pi…
5 years ago
Michael J. Kruger, "Surviving Religion 101: Letters to a Christian Student on Keeping the Faith in College" (Crossway, 2021)
Episode 155
For many young adults, the college years are an exciting period of self-discovery full of new relationships, new independence, and new experiences. Y…
5 years ago
Carolyn J. Heinrich, et al., "Equity and Quality in Digital Learning: Realizing the Promise in K-12 Education" (Harvard Education Press, 2020)
Episode 125
The COVID19 pandemic has profoundly changed the landscape of K-12 education in our society. Last March, many states closed their brick-and-mortar sch…
5 years ago
Richard K. Miller (3): Founding President of Olin College of Engineering
Episode 3
In the concluding episode, Richard K. Miller, Olin College of Engineering President Emeritus, discusses how Olin has shared the key learnings from th…
5 years ago
Morten T. Korsgaard, "Bearing with Strangers: Arendt, Education and the Politics of Inclusion" (Routledge, 2018)
Episode 124
Bearing with Strangers: Arendt, Education and the Politics of Inclusion (Routledge, 2018) looks at inclusion in education in a new way. By introducin…
5 years ago
Richard K. Miller (2): Founding President of Olin College of Engineering
Episode 2
In part two of the interview with Rick Miller, the founding President of Olin College of Engineering, he describes the key elements of the Olin model…
5 years ago