All Episodes

129: What I Learned After 6 Years of Podcasting: A Talk at the 2026 Undergraduate Writer’s Conference at USC

128. Excavating Our Ancestral Sites w/ Poet Jennifer Barone

127. Holding Histories in Poetry w/ Glendale Poet Laureate & Educator Raffi Wartanian

126. Birthing Language w/ Aimee Suzara

125. Inspired Belonging: Being Unashamed During Mental Health Awareness Month w/ Angela Franklin

124. LIVE! From The LA Kerouac Festival at Typewriters Anonymous: The Kerouac We Ignore w/ Daniel Dissinger

123. A Joyful Poetry Resistance w/ Alexis Jaimes

122. The Harold & Maude Phenomenon at The Westgate Theater w/ Author John Gaspard

121. Navigating AI & Surveillance in the Classroom w/ Ryan Leack

120. Finding the Light w/ Caroline Reddy

119. The Poet’s Role w/ Anaheim Poet Laureate Camille Hernandez

118. Crafting Cowboy Boots w/ Lisa Sorrell

117. Inspired Belonging w/ Dr. M. Shadee Malaklou

116. Walking with Dan: Podcasting, Creativity, & AI

115. Inspired Belonging: Diving into the Work of bell hooks

114. Spring 2025 Semester Reflection: Meaningful Teaching, Student Engagement, & Well-being

113. Creating Joy and Community Through Poetry w/ West Hollywood Poet Laureate Jen Cheng

112. Sailing Without Ahab w/ Dr. Steve Mentz

111. Embracing Authentic Writing w/ Medium’s CEO Tony Stubblebine

110. Introducing Inspired Belonging

109. Reimagining Assessments: Exploring the Untapped Benefits of Contract Grading w/ Dr. Leah Pate, Dr. Tamara Black, & Dr. Rory Lukins

108. Exploring Civility, Discourse, & Hope w/ Dr. Danielle Lee

107. Preparing for Spring 2025 w/ Dr. Meghan P. Nolan

106. How I Leverage My Podcast at Academic Conferences

105. Talking Wine & Rhetoric w/ Dr. Bailey McAlister

104. LIVE! from The Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference w/ The Long Take Review Podcast

103. Being an Artist w/ Dr. Ally Zlatar

102. Digital Social Learning Solutions w/ Dr. Nicole Papaioannou Lugara

101. Growing Flash Fiction w/ Nancy Stohlman

100. What I Learned After 100 Episodes w/ Daniel Dissinger

99. Bringing the Grad Student Perspective w/ Leah Rubinsky

98. Writing Remix at SWPACA 2023 in Albuquerque, NM

97. What the High School Teachers Teach w/ Julia Reade

96. Writing Remix at CCCC 2023 in Chicago, IL

95. Digging into Hip-Hop Scholarship w/ Professor Lavar Pope

94. Preserving Oral Histories w/ Professor Lilit Keshishyan

93. Unpacking the Power of Rhetoric w/ Roseann Corey

92. Remixing & Meshing English(es) w/ Riti Sharma

91. Solo Remix: Becoming an English Professor w/ Dan Dissinger

90. Reacting to Roe v Wade Overturn w/ Stephanie Renée Payne, Danielle Lee, Leah Rubinsky, & Julia Reade

89. Building The Institute for Critical Race & Ethnic Studies w/ Dr. Natalie Byfield, Dr. Raj Chetty, & Dr. LaToya Sawyer

88. Crossing the Bridge Between Social Justice & Sci-Fi w/ Dr. Ashley King

87. Disarming the 2nd Amendment w/ Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

86. Embodying Vulnerability w/ Nat Garcia

85. Being Drawn to Teaching w/ Cristina Migliaccio

84. Embodying Your Digital Self w/ Dr. Regina Duthely

83. Writing From the Velvet Ditch w/ Up and Coming Writer Elz

82. Scratching Beyond Kerouac’s Surface w/ Saloni Srivastava & David O’Connor

81. Honoring Jack Kerouac’s Impact on American Poetry w/ S.A. Griffin & Richard Modiano

80. Celebrating Jack Kerouac’s 100th Birthday w/ Tim Hernandez & Nate Jordan

79. Being in Isolation with Tara Bradway

78. Writing Movie Trailers with Brandon Martin

77. Processing Grief w/ Merissa Nathan Gerson

76. Celebrating Critical Fan Studies w/ Cara Marta Messina

75. Office Hours w/ Dan & Katie

74. Pursuing Your Passion w/ Katie McNey

73. Confronting Campus Rape Culture w/ Chris Belcher, Stephanie Renée Payne, & Jordan Broberg

72. Life After the Ph.D. w/ Dr. Steven Mentz, Dr. Meghan P. Nolan, Dr. Melissa Rampelli, & Dr. Daniel Dissinger

71: Punching Up w/ Christian Cintron

70: Contending with Misinformation w/ Danielle Mastrogiovanni

69. Practicing Mindful Entrepreneurship w/ Lloyd Cambridge

68. Building Your Story w/ Tanya Gough

67. Learning to Adapt w/ Spencer Frankeberger

66. Unpacking Cultural Anthropology w/ Sydney Laws

65: Documenting the Nickelodeon Story w/ Scott Barber

64: Performing Arts Advocacy w/ Viva Vinson

63. Expanding the Victorian Conversation w/ Dr. Melissa Rampelli

62. Seeing Each Other’s Humanity w/ Chris Muniz

61. Uplifting Survivors of Sexual Violence w/ Emma Collins

60: Dedicating a Life to Service w/ Andre Luna

59: Taking Back Your Voice w/ Jordan Broberg

58: Practicing Vulnerable w/ Cody Lake

57: Improving Public Health Messaging w/ Megan Tebbenhoff

56: Making Films & Other Things w/ Jordyn Jones

55: Creating New Realities w/ Jephtha Prempeh

54. Going Short w/ Nancy Stohlman

53. Crossing Boundaries w/ Tim Hernandez

52. Working in Community w/ Atia Sattar

51. Stopping Hate w/ Yan Sham-Shackleton, Tanya Ko Hong, Atia Sattar, & Jen Sopchockchai Bankard

50. Composing in Digital Media w/ Daniel Anderson

49. Reflecting on a Year of Writing Remix w/ Dan & Katie

48. Championing Multimodality w/ Christine Martorana

47. Sustaining a Connection w/ Ulrich Baer

46: Teaching with Wikipedia w/ Malavika Shetty

45. Building Bridges w/ Tanya Ko Hong

44. Practicing Radical Pedagogy w/ Carmen Kynard

43. Working in Story w/ Audrey Dimola

42. Piecing Together a Narrative w/ Samir Abady

41. Welcome Back w/ Katie & Dan

40. Running a Small Press w/ Jane Ormerod & David Lawton of Great Weather for Media

39. Writing about Beauty & Wellness w/ Kamala Kirk & Lizzy Sherman

38. Owning a Bookstore w/ Rebecca George

37. Imagining a Better Normal w/ Stephanie Renée Payne, P.T. McNiff, & Sarah Orem

36. Daring to Hope w/ Anwar Uhuru

35. Transforming as a Writer w/ Nate Jordon

34. Remixing Poetry w/ Dan Dissinger

33. Thinking in Different Dimensions of Story (or Choosing Fencing over Law School) w/ Kat Howard

32. Writing about Love & Grief & Also Aliens w/ Marissa Lingen

31. Exploring Voice & Genre w/ Ellen Wayland-Smith

30. Opening Doors w/ Dan & Katie

29. (Im)Perfecting the Novel w/ Amy Meyerson & Natalie Hallak

28. Self-Care Confessional w/ Dan and Katie

27. Speaking Against Racism w/ Taiyaba Husain

26. Office Hours w/ Katie and Dan

25. Teaching through Contingency w/ Michelle Meyers & Ryan Leack

24. Letting Our Students Lead in Digital Spaces w/ Rochelle Gold & Liz Blomstedt

Episode 23: Telling Stories About Ourselves with Kristiana Willsey

22. Privileging Oral Stories w/ Shenishe Kelly

21. Repurposing Genre w/ Michelle Brittan Rosado & Corinna McClanahan Schroeder

20. Revaluing Free Speech w/ Yan Sham-Shackleton

19. Embracing a Messy Identity w/ Meghan P. Nolan

18. Teaching Inside the Prison System w/ Kate Levin & Nicholas De Dominic

17. Challenging Power Structures in Music Education w/ Meagan Dissinger

16. Rebuilding the University w/ Stephanie Bower & John Murray

15. Drumming a Language of Love w/ Daunté Fyall & Tanee Osborne

14. Practicing Anti-Racist Pedagogy w/ Alisa Sánchez, Carlos Delgado, & Jessi Johnson

13. Using Our Voice & Our Hearts w/ Stephanie Renée Payne, Danielle Lee, & O Tomas Bell

12. Reassessing Assessment w/ Brent Chappelow

11. Playing & Going Deep w/ Mark Marino, part 2

10. Playing & Going Deep w/ Mark Marino, part 1

9. Restyling Academic Discourse w/ Laura Lisabeth

8. Writing Bad w/ Alejandro Escudé

7. Erasing [ ] w/ Erik Fuhrer

6. Redefining Productivity w/ O Tomas Bell

5. Changing the Conversation w/ Mandy Hobmeier

4. Healing through Language w/ Aimee Herman

3. Writing During a Pandemic w/ Danielle Lee

2. Engaging Community w/ Ben Pack & Emily Artiano

1. Stepping into the Self w/ Stephanie Renée Payne

0. Introducing the Podcast