Paul Shirley


A former college and professional basketball player, Paul Shirley turned the stories of his travels and travails into a humor memoir called Can I Keep My Jersey? (Villard Books). He has also written for Slate, Esquire, and the Wall Street...

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Janine Vangool


Janine Vangool is Publisher, Editor, and Designer of UPPERCASE Magazine, and author of The Typewriter: A Graphic History of the Beloved Machine (UPPERCASE Publishing). Producer: Jon-Barrett IngelsManager: Sarah BeckerHost: Jon-Barrett IngelsGuest: Janine Vangool

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Ryan Gattis


Ryan Gattis is a writer & educator. His most recent novel, Safe, is a heist thriller about a DEA safecracker gone rogue, ripping off gang-owned drug safes in order to help citizens hurt during the market crash of 2008. It’s...

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Jon Davis


Jon Davis is Director of the Institute of American Indian Arts Low Residency MFA program in Creative Writing, Santa Fe Poet Laureate, author of books such as Preliminary Report (Copper Canyon Press) and Scrimmage of Appetite (University Of Akron Press),...

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Samantha Dunn


Samantha Dunn is an editor at Coast Magazine. Sam’s work is widely anthologized, including the short story collection, Women on the Edge: Writing from Los Angeles, which she co-edited. Her essays have appeared in numerous national publications such as O...

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Ruta Sepetys


Ruta Sepetys is the author of internationally acclaimed historical fiction novels such as Between Shades of Gray (Philomel Books) and Out of the Easy (Philomel Books), and the recent Carnegie Medal winning novel Salt to the Sea (Philomel Books). Producer:...

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Conversations highlighting the challenges, opportunities, and strategies for confronting issues in our communities while collectively progressing toward a more equitable future.

Produced with Orange County Grantmakers with support from Orange County Community Foundation.

A program concerning the history and the lessons of civil rights violations carried out against communities or populations on the basis of an individual’s race, national origin, immigration status, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.

Supported by the California State Library.

Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Chapman University is committed to leading the conversation in our community on issues of humanity, unity and justice. As such, the college has undertaken, semester-long examinations of key societal issues.

These interdisciplinary conversations promote thoughtful dialogue; mindful reflection; social tolerance; awareness and respect; peace and kindness.

Documenting process and purpose, this interdisciplinary series is an educational resource provided to discuss the evolution of visual, performing, and literary arts at the intersection of technology, science, history, and health.

Medium History explores memories and moments through creativity and expression, capturing the cultural ethos of that time and place through storytelling and representation.

Visual material culture, such as art, and other multimodal forms can elicit responses, emotions, and opinions—human expressions, tied to temporal and cultural aesthetics. This program explores how creative mediums provide context for history beyond dates, and names, and figures.

An education program that considers unresolved symptoms of The Fire Problem.

This special podcast series will examine and explain underlying challenges and vulnerabilities with our climate, environment, politics, and vegetation.