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The Humanities District
by Jay Howard
Hello and welcome to the Humanities District. I'm Jay Howard in Springfield, Missouri. I talk to people in the arts, social sciences, and humanities about their work in the community.
Episodes
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Highlights from the Dean with Shawn Wahl
Happy December, everybody! In this episode we get a visit from the Dean. Dr. Wahl and I discuss building projects happening on campus at Missouri State University. We talk about new academic programs, the phases of the academic realignment, AI, the new digital humanities lab, and much more. Shawn...
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Visual Journalism with Shannon Cay
Shannon Cay is a visual journalist with The Daily Citizen. We talk about the making of her recent short documentary "Beyond the Veil: Exploring the psychic community in Springfield." We also discuss the Daily Citizen, how Shannon got her start in journalism, and much more. Thanks for listening.
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Paws to the Polls with Suzanne Walker-Pacheco
Dr. Suzanne E. Walker-Pacheco is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Gerontology at Missouri State University. She stopped by the Humanities District to share the inside story of Paws to the Polls, a nonpartisan voter participation and voter literacy campus initiative. ~...
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Politically Active with Andrew Crocker
**Interested in the Humanities District Fall Book Club? Click here!** ~ My guest this month is Andrew Crocker, an Instructor of Political Science at Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) and the co-advisor for a student organization called Politically Active, a nonpartisan student-run group...
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C. S. Lewis and the Inklings Project with Leslie Baynes
**Check out the Humanities District Book Club!** > The Last Human Job by Allison Pugh ~ My guest today is Dr. Leslie Baynes, Associate Professor in the department of languages cultures and religions at MSU. She teaches many classes on topics in Religious Studies including a class on apocalyptic...
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Poetry in the Community with Gemma Campanini
Today's guest is Gemma Campanini, poetry event facilitator extraordinaire. If you've ever felt like poetry made more sense out loud and in person than it did on the page, you're in good company with Gemma. We talk about many of Gemma's poetic and literary endeavors, past, present, and future,...
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Book Talk with Jennifer Murvin
Today we welcome Jennifer Murvin back to the podcast. Jennifer is assistant professor of English at Missouri State and owner of Pagination Bookshop in Springfield. The shop is celebrating its 5th birthday this year! We talk about highs and lows from the past 5 years and look to the future.
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The Community Focus Report with Jonathan Groves
Today's guest is Dr. Jonathan Groves, Professor of Communication and Department Chair of Communication at Drury University. In today's conversation we talk about Jonathan's class, "Communication and Civic Engagement." We talk about the Community Focus Report, which Jonathan has facilitated since...
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Post-Truth Truth with Heather Walters
What is a pedagogy of truth? Read a transcript of this episode on Substack here. Heather Walters is a senior instructor of Communication. Today we talk about two of her books: Understanding Argumentation in a Post-Truth World, and Communication Ethics: Promoting Truth, Responsibility, and Civil...
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How a serial plagiarist tried to sneak into Moon City Review
Stop the presses! A conversation with professor Mike Czyzniejewski. Read a transcript of this episode on Substack here. Our topic today: The ongoing plagiarism scandal that hit literary magazines around the country. To learn more, I spoke with Professor Mike Czyzniejewski, editor of Moon City...
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The Dark Archives with Tracie Gieselman France
Episode transcripts are now available on Substack! Tracie Gieselman France is an archivist at Meyer Library University Archives and Special Collections. In this conversation, Tracie sheds light on the marvelous surprises that await you in the university archives. We also discuss the book…
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Best SGF Restaurants of 2023 – food writing with Tessa Cooper
Tessa Cooper is a freelance lifestyle writer. Her work appears in places such as 417 Magazine (Sign up for Tessa’s Table Talk Newsletter!), Apartment Therapy, and The Spruce. Tessa and I discussed our top picks for our favorite categories on 417 Magazine’s annual “Best of” ballot. – Everything...
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Maybe Scar was the good guy? – Talking History with Dr. Djene Bajalan
Introducing Dr. Bajalan Dr. Djene Bajalan is associate professor of history at Missouri State University. ~ Talking History Djene is co-host of Talking History, a radio program and podcast created by KSMU. Each month, Dr. Bajalan and Patrick Needham speak with historians and scholars about the...
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The Everything Bagel Beat - Trending Topics with Greta Cross
Today’s guest is Greta Cross, 2023 Missouri Press Association Young Journalist of the Year. A graduate of MSU’s journalism program, Greta was the editor-in-chief of the Standard during her time at Missouri State, and is now the trending topics reporter for the Springfield News-Leader. In today’s...
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Behind the Bylines - Making the News(paper) with Jack Dimond
Today’s guest is Jack Diamond, senior instructor in the CMJF department and advisor of the student newspaper, the Standard. Check out the Standard’s website here --> https://www.the-standard.org/ Note especially their email newsletter. They also have student-run podcasts! Jack and I discuss: A...
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American Horror Story - Joel Coltharp
Happy Halloween! In honor of spooky season, our topic today is horror. American horror fiction, that is! ENG 355 is a variable topics class in the English department, and it's one of the classes taught by today's guest - Joel Coltharp, instructor in the English Department at Missouri State...
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Me and Karma Vibe like That - Dr. Stephen Berkwitz
Dr. Stephen Berkwitz is department head of the Languages, Cultures and Religions at Missouri State. He is also an expert in religious studies with a special focus on South Asian religions. He teaches classes including Buddhism, Yoga and Meditation, and Theories of Religion – a class he developed....
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The Difference Between a Passion and a Hobby - Filmmaking with Jon Mabee
To those of you listening from the MSU campus community, happy Midterm!! We have Thursday and Friday off this week for Fall Break. The podcast will be taking time off for fall break too, so we’ll be back Monday the 23rd with a brand new conversation. This week my guest is Jon Mabee, Associate...
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A Framework for Equitable and Inclusive Teaching - Dr. Amy Knowles
Today’s guest is Dr. Amy Knowles, assistant clinical professor in the department of English and the interim director of English education. Amy works with preservice teachers, which are students studying education in a content area, in this case English Language Arts, who have degree requirements...
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Kings, Queens, and Nation States: Chess Club and Political Science with Nick Beatty
Nick Beatty is an instructor and academic advisor in the Department of Political Science and Philosophy. In today's episode, Nick and I chat about two central topics: political science (from international relations to political efficacy) and chess club (from chess strategy to chess scholarships)....
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Artificial Intelligence Goes to School - Stacy Rice
Stacy Rice is Senior Instructional Designer in the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning (FCTL) at Missouri State University. On January 18, 2023, the FCTL blog posted a piece by Stacy about artificial intelligence and its role in education: FCTL Blog post: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…
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Updates from the Dean - Fall 2023 Edition
It's such a joy to speak with Dr. Shawn Wahl, the Dean of the Reynolds College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. Jay Howard and Dean Wahl talk about Tent Theater, the John Goodman Amphitheater, The Reynolds Scholarship, the completion of the Grant Street Underpass, upcoming college...
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Cinephile, Collector, and Content Creator: Keeping up with Nathan Jones.
Who is the film person in your life? Personally, I know a bunch of film buffs, but only one of them has a Youtube channel! This week I talk to Nathan Jones about his Youtube journey. Nathan currently has 3.27K subscribers on Youtube and 550 videos on his channel. In my book, that's a pretty big...
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The Springfield Way - Dr. Alan Tinkler
Dr. Alan Tinkler is an associate professor and assistant department head in the Department of English at Missouri State University. We talk about a new summer internship program called The Springfield Way. The Springfield Way is a paid summer internship program. Summer 2023 was its first run.…
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Sisyphus Lives - Dr. William Harwood
Dr. William Harwood is an assistant professor of philosophy at Missouri State University. We talk about data ethics, the trolley problem, and much more. The trolley problem stuff starts at around 1:02:10 in the episode. Thoughts on this episode? Weigh in on Facebook! -->...
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Making CASH Podcast Trailer
Welcome to Making CASH. We're coming back from the summer hiatus with a new name and a new look. When the semester starts, new episodes will drop weekly on Mondays (instead of monthly like before.) Making CASH is an independent podcast. This podcast started in 2021 under the name "RCOAL...
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Academic Realignment, Part 2
The podcast relaunch survey: https://forms.gle/pjDo3DdPnWyGjh7QA The town hall: https://youtu.be/OzdyPIlLEww Well, we knew academic realignment was coming, and now that it's here, Dean Wahl stops by the podcast to break it all down.
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Shawn Wahl: Academic Realignment
Dr. Wahl explains the academic realignment processes that are currently underway at Missouri State University. We chat about data collection, the blending of colleges, and beyond. Programs and timelines and Bears, oh my!
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Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk: U-Turn in Education
Dr. Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk is Associate Professor in Communication. We talk about an organization called U-Turn in Education which is against the banning of books. Conversation condensed. Got an idea for an episode? Let me know! Season 3 planning is now in progress.
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Sarah Wilcoxon: Humanities, Vol. 2
Sarah is an associate professor of dance at MSU. We chat about her involvement in Humanities, volume 2: an exhibit at the Springfield Art Museum. We also talk about the Spring Dance Concert, and this episode features a shout-out from the COM department about the Vicki Stanton Public Speaking...
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Deidre Argyle: Sculpture Walk Springfield
Deidre is associate professor of sculpture at MSU and is on the board of Sculpture Walk Springfield. Deidre's website: It Is What It Was Sculpture Walk Sign up for "Visiting Artists, Designers and Scholars Series: Public Sculpture Symposium: Concept, Material and Placemaking"
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Shannon Wooden: Public Affairs Conference
Dr. Wooden is a professor in the department of English, literature program coordinator, disability studies coordinator, and the current provost fellow for public affairs. The public affairs conference is Sept 20-22!
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Shawn Wahl: Highlights from the Dean
Dr. Wahl reflects on the summer and highlights exciting events coming in the fall 2022 semester. Go Bears! ~ RCOAL Conversations Shoutout: 2022 Recognition of Institutional Excellence in Media https://beaweb.org/festival/2022-school-rankings/
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Joy Millana: Color Theory
Joy is a filmmaker, producer, and assistant professor in the department of Media, Journalism, and Film. She teaches many classes including color theory. Have you ever wondered how a film gets national distribution? Wonder no more! Joy answers this question and many others from her own experience.
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President Clif Smart: Showcase Sensations
Missouri State University President Clif Smart talks to Megan Grissom about the job of a university president, why communication skills are important for professionals in all occupations, and more. This is a re-broadcast of episode 3 of Showcase Sensations, a podcast by MSU student and COM major...
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Deana Butcher: Public Speaking Showcase
Deana and I discuss the Vicki Stanton Public Speaking Showcase! We also talk about project based learning, Effective Listening, and Leadership in Practice.
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Emlyn Johnson: Arts in the Community
Emlyn is a flutist, composer, and an instructor in the department of music. We talk about her class, Arts in the Community, as well as many other exciting projects. ~ Video of Adaptation Variations by Takuma Itoh, from American Wild Ensemble's Hawaii 2020 program https://youtu.be/MWrxzasGjMc ~...
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Mike Czyzniejewski: Moon City Review
Mike is associate professor in the department of English at Missouri State. He's the editor of Moon City Review, the coordinator of the creative writing program, and a darn fine storyteller.
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Kyle Thomas: Laboratory Theatre Company
Dr. Thomas discusses MSU's student-led theatre company and how anyone can get involved. We talk about medieval drama and compare notes on the book/recent HBO series, Station Eleven. The Teaching Drama Podcast The Theatre History Professor YouTube Twitter
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Azaria Hogans: kNOwBOX dance
Azaria is assistant professor of dance at MSU. We discuss the digital dance company of which she is a part as well as the best places to find dance in Springfield and beyond.
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Holly Holladay: The Judy Awards
Dr. Holladay discusses the Judy Awards, 'ungrading,' and media analysis and criticism. We discover we're both Ted Lasso fans.
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Shawn Wahl: Highlights from the Dean 2022
Jay and Shawn celebrate year two of the podcast and look forward to great things to come in RCOAL in 2022.
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Kristin Harper: The Heroic Quest
Dr. Harper has created a Study Collection of replica artifacts using a curriculum innovation mini-grant to bring the ancient past to life.
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Michael Frizell: The Bear CLAW
Michael discusses the history of the Center for Learning and Writing. We discuss the power of having a daily writing practice, and we discuss Michael's authorship of graphic novels.
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Deb Larson: Reality TV
Dr. Larson takes us behind the scenes of the award winning reality TV show "Show-Me Chefs," the upcoming escape-room themed reality show "Co-Op," and other productions that she and her students have worked on.
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Meg Wagler: MIDxMIDWST Mural Festival
Meg discusses the new arts and culture festival coming to downtown Springfield.
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Stephen Spates: The Bear Cave
Dr. Spates discusses some of his classes, including organizational communication, communication strategies for recruitment in organizations, communication and diversity in the workplace, and many more! (Also, we mention the fuse podcast in our conversation, on which Dr. Spates was a guest.…
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Shawn Wahl: End of Semester Updates
Here are the links from today's conversation: missouristate.edu/developingplan/ and tenttheatre.missouristate.edu/schedule.htm
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Antoinette Barffour: French Film Festival
Antoinette shares the story behind bringing the Tournées film festival to Missouri State. Shawn shares updates.
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Lisa Brescia: 'Working' the Musical
Lisa shares her Broadway experience and expertise with students in the Department of Theatre and Dance.
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