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The Coffee Hour
by Adam Venrick
A weekly podcast produced through Denison University's "The Doobie" radio station and hosted by Adam Venrick.
Episodes
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411. Two Words: Excuuuuse Me, Princess
This week, Adam sits down with musician and video game designer Malcolm McDonough. The two talk about Malcolm's music, the game he's designing and the glories of 90s video-game-based television. Plus, one of Malcolm's original songs: "Beacon of Hope." All this and more on The Coffee Hour.
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410. The Broom Closet Variation
This week's episode deals with Chess! Adam interviews chess aficionado and history student Camron Alten-Dunkle about the origins of chess, the popularity of chess post-Queen's Gambit, Soviet Chess and the complicated legacy of Bobby Fischer. All this and more on The Coffee Hour.
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409. Bucephalus: The Cult Saga
This week, on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Denison student Jeff Stevens to discuss Cult Game, the video game that Jeff is designing about... you guessed it... cults. The two discuss what it takes to design a game, how the game came to be and what Jeff's plans are for the game and his LLC....
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408. Radio Chicago
This week on the Doobie, Adam sits down with Patrick Fina from the Community Leadership and Involvement Center (CLIC) to discuss campus organizations and Patrick's work on the Doobie in a behind the scenes episode. Through this, they discuss Patrick's background with campus radio in Chicago and...
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407. A Story of the Hill
In this episode, Adam sits down with Denison student Genevieve Pfister, the founder of Stories on the Hill, an organization which creates audiobooks of public domain works for retirement homes. The two discuss how the organization came to be, some of their events and what Genevieve is currently...
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406. Smoking With an Oxygen Tank
In this episode of The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Denison Cinema Professor Sabrina Renkar to discuss Don't Fence Me In, the film she is making with her mother, documentarian Mary Elaine Evans, the story two young women who rode cross country on horseback on a dare. The two discuss the...
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405. In a Sedimental Mood
This week's episode is all about ROCKS. Or rather, Sediment. Or rather, the sedimentological research being done in Louisiana's Bonnet-Carré Spillway. Adam sits down with Denison Geo-Science student, Laura Lapham to discuss the multi-university research being done on the spillway, what learning...
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404. Taking A Minute
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Denison Theatre Professor, Dr. Cheryl McFarren to discuss the potential destructiveness of how acting is taught in America. Through this, they discuss the merits and demerits of method acting, emotional recall, trauma sharing and possible…
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403. The Good, The Bad and the Automated
This week, on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Klainot-Hess, a professor of Sociology at Denison University and OSU to discuss labor stratification in modern America. They talk about "good" and "bad" jobs, how the gap between them is getting smaller and smaller, how automation…
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402. Everyone and Their Aunt
Adam sits down with Denison alum Ethan McAtee ('20) to discuss Ethan's upcoming novel The Stolen Stone, as well Ethan's early film, on which it's based. Along the way, they cover the democratization of art, working under COVID and how our brains change in college. All this and more on The Coffee...
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401. The Joyful Comedies of Ingmar Bergman
On this week's episode, Adam interviews Denison student Lucy Sullivan, founder of the film instagram @filmbysully. The two discuss influential film makers, religion and psychology in film, Lucy's own screenwriting and the deadly friendship between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. All this and more...
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Genrecast, Episode 4; Movie Soundtracks
Adam, William and Josh talk about the best film soundtracks.
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Way Back When
Adam and Josh (now Seniors and therefore tired and elderly) reflect on things they wish they'd done as Freshmen.
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Genrecast, Episode 3: Metamovies
This week on Genrecast, Adam and Josh focus on a very distinct and odd kind of film: Movies about Movies, a unique (and often polarizing) sort of film that occurs when Hollywood turns its cameras back on itself. They discuss the good (Sunset BLVD.), the bad (Hail, Caesar!) and the baffling…
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Espresso Shot #2: Unprecendented
The period between November 3, 2020 and January 6, 2021 has marked one of the most fraught times in American politics. In the last days of the Trump administration, the pressure has been raised by claims of election fraud by the President, and possibly some actual election fraud committed by the...
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Genrecast, Episode 2.5: "The Best Films of Our Lives (Pt. 2)"
Adam, Josh and William continue their audit of the best films of their lives, resuming with the 2010s.
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Genrecast, Episode 2: "The Best Films of Our Lives (Pt.1)"
For New Year's, Adam, Josh and special guest star William Main (N. Main Street) review the best films of each year they've been alive.
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Genrecast, Episode 1: Monster Movies
In the first episode of this limited series film podcast, Adam and Josh discuss monster movies from Frankenstein to the Babadook and everything in between. Content Warning for frank discussion of violence some of which is sexual in nature.
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Venrick & Poe: The Unmistakable Taste of Whale Meat
Adam and Josh profile some weird animals... and some exotic eats.
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311. Adam Calls a Stranger
On the final episode of this season, Adam sits down with Steve Feke (Denison class of 1969), the screenwriter behind the cult classic horror film When A Stranger Calls (1979) starring Carol Kane, Colleen Dewhurst and Charles Durning. The two talk about Steve's days at Denison, his starting out in...
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310. How This Whole Mess Plays Out
This week's episode is about the election. Adam talks with Dr. Paul Djupe, a political science professor at Denison University to talk about the 2020 election, how Donald Trump became a social media president, how evangelical voting has changed over the years, the frustrating future of the...
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309. The Vaccine Episode
This week, on The Coffee Hour, Adam talks with biology professor, Dr. Lina Yoo, whose background is in the science of immunology. The two discuss the history of vaccines, the idea of herd immunity, health-care rationing during the COVID-19 pandemic and the anti-vaccine movement. All this and more...
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308. The Premature Burial
For Halloween, Adam takes on another classic by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Talkin' About Ghosts (Venrick & Poe's Halloween Hit Parade #4)
In this episode, Adam and Josh talk about ghosts. First, they discuss Granville's own hotel attraction The Buxton Inn and Adam's own creepy experience with it and the various Licking County ghost towns, then, they talk about the Skunk Ape, Florid's answer to Big Foot. This is followed by a…
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307. Sticky Tabs
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, a professor researching the science of Epigenetics, a fascinating genetic and evolutionary study that suggests we may be more influenced by our ancestors than we think.
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Legends of Ohio: All Hail the Frogman! (Venrick & Poe's Halloween Hit Parade #2)
On this episode, Adam & Josh talk about some of Ohio's many urban legends including an orphanage that may have never existed, a pirate's haunted painting, a haunted street in the middle of Columbus' most happening suburb and of course... the Loveland Frog. All this and more on Venrick & Poe's...
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The Unparalleled Adventure of Ichabod Crane & Prof. Cushion (Venrick & Poe's Halloween Hit Parade #2)
Adam sits down with Genevieve Pfister, a Denison student to talk about history. Specifically, the Ohio Historical Connection's Yearly Event: All Hallow's Eve. This family-centered festival of folklore and fun is near and dear to Genevieve (and her family since her mother works for the Historical...
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306. Gruesome Entertainments
As Halloween draws closer, Adam sits down with Dr. Jonathan Walley, a professor of film at Denison University to talk about all things scary; the sociological origins and importance of horror movies, the cycles that they go through, what makes something "horror" and the uncanny. Plus, hear the...
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Cabinet of Oddities (Venrick & Poe's Halloween Hit Parade #1)
On the first episode of this Halloween mini-series featuring Adam Venrick and Josh Poe, Adam sits down with librarian Kent Huffman to talk about his cabinet of oddities in his office, various local urban legends, dark music and why people like scary stories, as well as Kafka, Lovecraft and Clive...
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305. Unconscious Learning
Adam sits down with Denison Psychology Major, Zeenat Tabaku to talk about her research into the perception of race, gender and anger in the work space. Along the way, they talk about the problematic nature of television, whether or not Sigmund Freud should still be taught in schools and why the...
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304. The Chicken Story
Adam sits down with Denison alum, playwright and screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher (writer of Compleat Female Stage Beauty and The Good Liar) to discuss how he got his start in writing and what working in the theatre looks like in the era of Coronavirus, as well as Jeff's body of work and several...
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303. Livin' That High/Low Life
In this episode of The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with singer/song-writer Aoife O'Donovan to promote her digital concert at Denison. Discussed in this episode are Aoife's origins as a musician, how COVID has disrupted the music industry, the importance of mask wearing and how to be political...
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302. ...We All Fall Down
Adam sits down with Dr. John Soderberg, a professor of Anthropology/Sociology at Denison University to discuss Crisis, Collapse and Resiliency: How collapse occurs in various civilizations (Rome, the Mayans, etc.), the warning signs and what comes after it. And, more importantly, a discussion…
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301. 20% Theatre, 80% Capitalism
Adam is joined once more by Imani Congdon, a poet and playwright who has recently graduated from Denison University and whose work So Full I Could Burst is being performed there at the end of September. The two have a conversation about the way that White American theatre often tends to erase…
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214. A Doobie Love Story
This week, for the Season 2 finale, Adam sits down with Jeff Soltesz and Liesel Pollvogt, two alums of both Denison and the Doobie station who have been married for years. The two tell their story, from meeting in college and bonding over similar music taste, to dating long distance as both of…
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213. Copper Handles
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Jay Snyder the owner of SteamRoller Bagels, a small business in Granville, OH. The two discuss being a small business owner in the times of Coronavirus, the quarantine, mask rules, what philosophical takeaways people should have, the back-to-work...
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212. Radio Granville
On this episode of The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with the head-honcho of The Doobie, herself: Rachel Weaver. Rachel discusses her leadership policies, how to be the bad guy when necessary her early life in Nashville (including what celebrities used to come to her swim practices), her…
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211. Such Sad Thinkers With Such Excellent Beards
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Denison professor of Anthropology/Sociology Dr. Hosna Sheikholeslami. (Aka Dr. Sheik.) The two discuss the concept of Anomie (depression caused by extensive deregulation) and how it can be seen in the time of COVID-19. They discuss different...
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4110. Dispatches From 2040
On this episode, in order to bring some humor to these Coronavirus-ridden times, Adam sits down with his friend Ethan McAtee and the two take you to 2040, where the Coffee Hour is now an intergalactic treasure in its 41st Season due to Adam’s purchasing of the FCC, both now have thriving movie...
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209. Adam & Christian Eat a Shoe
On this episode of The Coffee Hour, Adam continues his series on how students are surviving the Coronavirus by interviewing Christian Miller, a Denison senior and film student. The two talk about how film classes are going on during a period of remote learning, the duo’s Academy Award Ignored…
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208. Love in the Time of Corona
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam begins his “off-air” series of profiles in the way that people are responding to COVID-19, by interviewing Adriana Culotta, a Denison senior who had the last fourth of her year uprooted by the virus. They discuss life back home, Adriana trying to plan for her...
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207. If the Shoe Falls
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Helen Thornton, a stage manager who has written a book on her craft. Throughout the show’s run, Adam has sat down with a lot of theatremakers, and yet stagecraft has remained up in the air. Helen and Adam change that, going through Helen’s...
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206. Creating a Universe
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Denison alum, writer and English teacher Sam Heyman. The two have a table read of a play that Sam wrote in college, (Adam plays God), then discuss the play, Sam’s experiences both before, during and after college and the importance of trying to...
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205. Feeling Alien
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Camron Alten-Dunkle to discuss "Space Girl," by Mora V. Harris, the play Camron is directing through Denison Independent Theatre Association (DITA). The two talk about the play, but also about themes of alienation, isolation and joining things on...
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204. Reasons to Come Back
In this episode of The Coffee Hour, Adam begins part one of a series of “Alumni Profiles,” in which Adam will delve into the psychology of people who have recently graduated from college, discussing what their lives are like now, how they get by without mandated structure and the feeling of being…
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203. The Rooster Episode
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Imani Congdon (whom some repeat listeners will remember as being a reader for The Poe Show episode) who is a Classics and English (Creative Writing) double major at Denison University. The two discuss Imani’s field as a Hellenist, the often...
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202. Let Them Eat Lunch
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Sarah Schaff, Gregg Gassman & Shane Hoffman, three members of Team Vittles a central Ohio based food service organization, working to help feed underprivileged kids. The four discuss poverty, “Lunch Shaming,” the way that hunger impacts learning,...
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201. A Blue Stop Sign Outside Boulder, Colorado
On this week’s episode of The Coffee Hour, to kick off the new season, Adam sits down with Eleni Papaleonardos, a professor of theatre at Denison University and the artistic director of Columbus’ Available Light Theatre Company, to discuss the way humans communicate. They talk about Eleni’s...
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112. The Albinism Episode
In this episode of The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with anthropology professor Dr. Jane Saffitz to discuss the persecution of people with albinism in Tanzania and the incredibly toxic and problematic Western narrative surrounding it. They talk about Anthropology’s role in human rights, how NGOs…
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111. Head of Terminations
In this episode, Adam presents a reading of a short story he wrote entitled “Head of Terminations.” In this satire of corporate politics, a group of highly unethical and spineless executives at a nameless company see an opportunity to enact their professional agenda with impunity when an employee...
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A weekly podcast produced through Denison University's "The Doobie" radio station and hosted by Adam Venrick.
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