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Scholarly Communication May 31, 2023

Efficient Academic Writing

A Discussion with Mushtaq Bilal

Mushtaq Bilal

Hosted by Avi Staiman
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Mushtaq Bilal is an academic, content creator, thought leader, and public intellectual. Mushtaq discusses how he built an audience of more than 185,000 followers on Twitter and more than 30,00 …

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Interviews on the current state and future of higher education.

Political Science May 31, 2023

The "Third" United Nations

How a Knowledge Ecology Helps the UN Think

Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss

Hosted by Sally Sharif
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Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss' book The "Third" United Nations: How a Knowledge Ecology Helps the UN Think (Oxford UP, 2021) is about the Third UN: the ecology of supportive …
Higher Education May 30, 2023

Unequal Choices

How Social Class Shapes Where High-Achieving Students Apply to College

Yang Va Lor

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
High-achieving students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to end up at less selective institutions compared to their socioeconomically advantaged peers with similar academic qualifications. A key reason for …
Madison's Notes May 30, 2023

Educating for Solitude

A Conversation with William Deresiewicz

William Deresiewicz

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
What kind of person is our education system designed to create? Best-selling author and award-winning essayist William Deresiewicz discusses the failures of our higher education system, how it mis-conditions our …
Darts & Letters May 29, 2023

Learning for Liberation: The Life and Legacy of Paulo Freire

The Life and Legacy of Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire

Hosted by Ren Bangert
Paulo Freire offers activists and academics everywhere a lesson in what it means to be a radical intellectual. He is known as the founder of critical pedagogy, which asks teachers …
Madison's Notes May 29, 2023

Assessing Affirmative Action

A Conversation with Jason Riley

Jason Riley

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
With the Supreme Court poised to potentially outlaw race-conscious admissions, Affirmative Action may soon be on the chopping block. What will be the legacy of this half-century-old policy? Jason Riley …
Academic Life May 25, 2023

Navigating the Community College Job Market

A Discussion with Rob Jenkins

Rob Jenkins

Hosted by Christina Gessler
What makes a community college job interview different than one at a four-year college or a university? Do you need a PhD to get hired? What are they looking for …
Madison's Notes May 23, 2023

Money or Meaning?

A Discussion on Choice, Restlessness, and Higher Education with Ben and Jenna Storey

Ben Storey and Jenna Storey

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
What kinds of tools do we need to make big decisions, and why aren't our universities training us to make them? Are universities doing students a disservice by occupying them …
Madison's Notes May 22, 2023

Truth, Fiction, and Student Loan Forgiveness

A Conversation with Beth Akers

Beth Akers

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
With the Biden Administration's student loan relief coming down the pike, Annika sits down with Dr. Beth Akers, a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who specializes in higher …
Sports May 19, 2023

The Business of College Sports

The Impact of NIL on NCAA Athletes

Richard Kent

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
In 2021, the NCAA began allowing student-athletes to receive compensation. NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) rule changes give student-athletes the right to work with companies in advertising campaigns, participate in …
Academic Life May 18, 2023

Making a “Junk Drawer” CV

A Discussion with Kate Stuart

Kate Stuart

Hosted by Christina Gessler
How can the things you normally leave off of a CV help you navigate the job market? What if you made a list of all of the highs and the …
Chinese Studies May 17, 2023

The Dean of Shandong

Confessions of a Minor Bureaucrat at a Chinese University

Daniel A. Bell

Hosted by Keith Krueger
I am not now nor at any time have ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Yet I serve as dean of a large faculty of political …
Higher Education May 10, 2023

Relationship-Rich Education

How Human Connections Drive Success in College

Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert

Hosted by David Finegold
During Leo Lambert’s 19-year tenure as president at Elon University, the institution moved from a regional college to becoming one of the U.S.’s top 100 national universities. It is consistently …
Environmental Studies May 9, 2023

Universities on Fire

Higher Education in the Climate Crisis

Bryan Alexander

Hosted by Brady McCartney
In Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023), futurist Bryan Alexander explores higher education during an age of unfolding climate crisis. Powered by real-world …
Madison's Notes May 6, 2023

The Politicization of Science

A Conversation with Dorian Abbot, Anna Krylov, David Romps, and Bernhardt Trout

Dorian Abbot, Anna Krylov, David Romps, and Bernhardt Trout

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
How are hiring and admissions decisions made in the hard sciences if not by merit? What are the risks of allowing science to be politicized? Professors Dorian Abbot (University of …
Academic Life May 4, 2023

Do You Have Imposter Syndrome?

A Discussion with Darragh McCashin

Darragh McCashin

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Why do so many students and academics worry that they are imposters? Is it normal to experience this kind of self-doubt? This episode explores: The difference between imposter syndrome and …
Madison's Notes May 4, 2023

The Capitulation of MIT

A Conversation with Dorian Abbot

Dorian Abbot

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
Dorian Abbot is an Associate Professor of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had invited Abbot to deliver their prestigious Carlson Lecture, but …
Scholarly Communication May 3, 2023

Scientific Research in Information Systems

A Beginner's Guide

Jan Recker

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Jan Recker, Professor for Information Systems and Digital Innovation at the University of Hamburg, Germany and author of Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner's Guide …
Chinese Studies May 3, 2023

Angloscene

Compromised Personhood in Afro-Chinese Translations

Jay Ke-Schutte

Hosted by Suvi Rautio
Today I had the pleasure of talking to Jay Ke-Schutte on his just released book, Angloscene: Compromised Personhood in Afro-Chinese Translations (U California Press, 2023). Angloscene examines Afro-Chinese interactions within …
Think About It May 2, 2023

Campus Misinformation with Bradford Vivian

Free Speech 69

Bradford Vivian

Hosted by Uli Baer
State censorship and cancel culture, trigger warnings and safe spaces, pseudoscience, First Amendment hardball, as well as orthodoxy and groupthink: universities remain a site for important battles in the culture …