Podcasts by plainstate: The Podcast

Episode 24: Gabrielle Owen and Timothy Schaffert from 2021-05-24T15:45:02

Gabrielle Owen discusses her recently published book, A Queer History of Adolescence: Developmental Pasts, Relational Futures, with colleague Timothy Schaffert. This episode is taken from a Marc...

Episode 23: Saddiq Dzukogi and Jessica Poli from 2021-03-09T11:40:48

Saddiq Dzukogi, Nigerian-born poet and Ph.D. student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, talks with friend and fellow poet Jessica Poli about his new book, YOUR CRIB, MY QIBLA. Published by t...

Episode 22: Writing the River: Nebraska Writing Project and Niobrara Scenic River Partnership from 2021-02-16T13:11:03

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Episode 21: Bare Bones: Place-Based Teaching Through Stories of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument from 2021-01-27T10:31:02

A partnership betwe...

Episode 20: Place-Conscious Experiential Writing for Students and Teachers from 2021-01-04T14:10:38

The Nebraska Writing Project and Homestead National Monument have partnered together to host the Prairie Visions Writing Festival, and annual workshop for middle and high schoolers. In this epis...

Episode 19: Blending Place-Based Education and C3WP in Rural Nebraska: A Focus on Civil Discourse from 2020-12-14T14:34:59

In this episode, Pierce High School English teacher Melissa Legate and professor Robert Brooke illustrate how place-conscious education can blend with an emphasis on civic engagement and underst...

Episode 18: We Are All Immigrants from 2020-11-23T09:03:11

In this episode, doctoral candidate Cara Morgenson and professor Robert Brooke discuss an extensive project connecting high school English learners, UNL college students, and park rangers at Hom...

Episode 17: Being Heard: Students Presenting Live to State Senators on Local Issues from 2020-11-02T12:59:43

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Episode 16: Basics of Place-Conscious Education: The Nebraska Experience from 2020-10-12T17:05:29

In this episode, professor and Nebraska Writing Project director Robert Brooke introduces the basic concepts of place-conscious education and how the project is promoting place-conscious educati...

Episode 15: Marianne Kunkel and Susan Martens from 2020-04-27T08:50:37

In this episode, Marianne Kunkel and Susan Martens, two English PhD graduates, continue their conversation about their time at UNL and specifically Susan Marten's ongoing career at Missouri West...

Episode 14: Susan Martens and Marianne Kunkel from 2020-04-20T11:16:37

In this episode, Susan Martens interviews Marianne Kunkel, two English PhD graduates, about her time at UNL and her ongoing career at Missouri Western State University.

Episode 13: Literature and the Environment from 2020-04-06T09:18:11

In this episode, Cory Willard and some of his students discuss their experience in English 317: Literature and the Environment, which took place in western Nebraska in the summer of 2019. (Note:...

Episode 12: James Gunn Interview (Part 2) from 2020-03-02T15:26:05

In this episode, Michael Page continues his interview with celebrated author and scholar James Gunn beginning with his recollections about Robert Heinlein. 

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Episode 11: James Gunn Interview (Part 1) from 2020-02-24T12:37:07

In this Episode, Michael Page sits down with James Gunn, who, at age 96, continues to be a publishing author of Science Fiction as well as a leading scholar in that field. Gunn discusses his for...

Episode 10: The Cather Letters (Part 2) from 2020-02-16T19:57:16

In this episode, students, staff, and faculty continue their discussion about their work on The Complete Letters of Willa Cather, a scholarly edition and digital archive.

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Episode 9: The Cather Letters (Part 1) from 2020-02-10T09:29:22

In this episode, students, staff, and faculty discuss their work on The Complete Letters of Willa Cather, a scholarly edition and digital archive.

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Episode 7: Slam Poets (Part 2) from 2019-11-19T14:09:54

Members of UNL's Slam Poetry team continue their conversation from Episode 5.

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Episode 6: Nebraska in Opera from 2019-11-11T16:51:54

Dr. Laura White, Professor of English, has written the libretto for the new opera, The Gambler's Son, which premiers in Lincoln on November 15, 2019. In this episode, she discusses converting th...

Episode 5: Slam Poets (Part 1) from 2019-11-04T17:28:13

In this episode, four members of UNL’s Slam Poetry Team – Bianca Swift, Celie Knudsen, Celine Haynes, and Jack Buchanan – sit down to discuss their writing process, how they perform their work, ...

Episode 4: Woman Forever from 2019-10-27T23:17:16

In this episode, three women of color—Linda Garcia Merchant, Jamaica Baldwin, and Claire Jimenez—share creative work and offer context for that work before engaging in a frank conversation about...

Episode 3: Swift and Cohen from 2019-10-21T08:49:14

In this episode, Professor Matt Cohen talks with poet, digital humanitarian, and English undergraduate extraordinaire Bianca Swift.

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