The Humanities District

11/01/2024

My guest on this episode of the Humanities District is Shannon Cay, visual journalist at Springfield Daily Citizen! Listen to the Humanities District on your favorite podcast app, or here:
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10/02/2024

Continuing our series on civic engagement, this month we have a conversation with Dr. Suzanne Walker-Pacheco, professor of Anthropology! We discuss Paws to the Polls, a nonpartisan voter participation initiative at Missouri State. Subscribe for free on Spotify or your podcast app.

09/25/2024

09/03/2024

Happy September! 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 focused on improving the political literacy of Ozarks Tech students.

I ask Andrew for tips and tricks on how to facilitate a civil and productive group conversation on tough topics. Take a listen!

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08/01/2024

Who is your favorite character in the Chronicles of Narnia? If you said Reepicheep, you're in good company!

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 C. S. Lewis, and she's a Reepicheep fan.

07/23/2024

"I’ve been thinking a lot about AI lately. I’ve been welcoming our robot overlords for years. As our technology threatens more and more credibly to obsolesce us, we are forced to take seriously the question of what it means to be human. What are humans for, anyway?"

"The Last Human Job" by Allison Pugh

07/03/2024

Today's guest is Gemma Campanini, poetry event facilitator extraordinaire!

We talk about many of Gemma's poetic and literary projects, including Oh Snap poetry, poetry slams, poetry for personal healing, the Bards of Moon City, the Ozarks Literacy Council, the Missouri Fine Arts Academy, and Gemma's newest project, "Reignite - burn through barriers with free verse poetry," upcoming this fall.

06/03/2024

Check out this month's conversation celebrating 5 years of Pagination Bookshop (and nearly 50 episodes of the Humanities District!)

04/17/2024

Nature photo by Dr. Jonathan Groves, Professor of Communication, Department Chair of Communication at Drury University, and this month's guest on the Humanities District. We talk about the Community Focus Report, KDRU community radio, and much more. https://linktr.ee/humanities_district

04/15/2024

Today's guest is Dr. Jonathan Groves, Professor of Communication and Department Chair of Communication at Drury University.

Jonathan and Jay talk about the Community Focus Report, KDRU community radio, "Communication and Civic Engagement," and much more.

The Humanities District is a podcast about creativity and community. Host Jay Howard talks to academics and alumni in Springfield Missouri about their work.

04/01/2024

In Our Town, the Springfield Daily Citizen's podcast, has a great episode about the SPS School board election TOMORROW!

"The forthcoming Springfield School Board election on April 2, 2024, is marked by unprecedented fundraising and ideological divides..."

“In Our Town” with Tom Carlson is a collection of interviews with locals making a difference in Springfield.

03/19/2024

"What podcasting holds in the promise of its open format is the proof that an open web can still thrive and be relevant, that it can inspire new systems that are similarly open to take root and grow. Even the biggest companies in the world can't displace these kinds of systems once they find their audiences. "

From "'Wherever you get your podcasts' is a radical statement" by Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

03/06/2024

My spring break podcast playlist is filling up. Way to go, Meghan McKinney!

In its third year, NPR's College Podcast challenge received more than 500 entries from all around the U.S. We've listened to them all and narrowed it down to 10 finalists.

02/26/2024

This week's episode: Post-Truth Truth with Heather Walters!
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11/06/2023

Today's episode features Jack Dimond, senior instructor and faculty advisor for The Standard! The Standard is the official student-run newspaper of Missouri State University. Student editors and staff members are responsible for all content. Click here to listen to the conversation: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yibIx9rQxUCP5k9BzMQ10

10/30/2023

Happy Halloween! This week my guest is Joel Coltharp, instructor in the Missouri State University English Department. This semester he's teaching a class called American Horror Fiction.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yibIx9rQxUCP5k9BzMQ10

We talk about gothic horror, weird horror, cosmic horror, monsters, body horror, psychological horror, supernatural horror, and much more.

10/27/2023

Did you know Springfield Daily Citizen has an excellent podcast called In Our Town? University President Clif Smart was the guest a few episodes back!

“In this special episode of In Our Town, Tom bids a fond farewell to a beloved figure in higher education as Clif Smart, the distinguished president of Missouri State University, embarks on his well-deserved retirement.” Springfield Daily Citizen

Clif Smart, the distinguished president of Missouri State University, embarks on his well-deserved retirement.

10/23/2023

Episode 9: Me and Karma Vibe like That - Dr. Stephen Berkwitz.

Dr. Berkwitz is department head of the Languages, Cultures and Religions Department at Missouri State and an expert in religious studies.

I pose questions on religious topics ranging from Taylor Swift, to jet skis, to beer styles, and Stephen deftly addresses them all.

We also talk about the LCR department's role in the University’s public affairs mission and it’s cultural competence pillar.