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UNT Pod brings together members of the University of North Texas family to discuss hot topics and important trends, and share knowledge with listeners from all walks of life. Learn more about the University of North Texas, ranked a Tier One Research University by the Carnegie Classification, at www.unt.edu.
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Episode 34 - VolUNTary Consent: New Campaign Educates Community About What Consent Looks and Sounds Like from 2022-02-02T16:14:28
Recently, UNT launched a campaign called VolUNTary Consent, meant to address trends surrounding consent that UNT’s Title IX staff often noted in the reports they received. The first step was to ...
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Episode 33 - Fit for Success: Embracing the Mental and Physical Benefits of Exercise from 2022-01-07T15:53:36
Even if new year’s resolutions aren’t your thing, there’s something about closing the book on the previous 365 days that brings new aspirations into focus. For many, those aspirations center on ...
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Episode 32 - We’ve Never Been "Normal": Dentonpalooza Celebrates the City’s Oddball Charm from 2021-11-18T13:52:45
Dentonpalooza, set for Dec. 3, is a festival meant to celebrate the people, places and things that make Denton … well … far from normal. The idea started as a random conversation between local m...
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Episode 31 - Brave New Reality: Exploring Research into Virtual Environments from 2021-10-21T18:51:55
Dr. Aleshia Hayes is an assistant professor in UNT’s Department of Learning Technologies and director of the SURGE XR Lab, which is dedicated to advancing research in virtual, augmented, mixed a...
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Episode 30 - Out of Sight, Top of Mind from 2021-08-06T13:36:41
Just because something isn’t easy to see doesn’t mean it can’t have significant impacts on our environment — and our well-being. Dr. Alexandra Ponette-González, a biophysical geographer and asso...
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Episode 29 -- North Stars from 2021-07-01T14:39:23
Great professors can serve as guiding lights — teachers whose passion, dedication and support help students see what’s possible, and set them on a path to making the world a better place. A coup...
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Episode 28 - Coming of Age: How Literature Helps Children Understand Their World from 2021-06-15T15:21:23
In flipping the pages of a book, you can be transported anywhere and introduced to people and cultures you’ve never experienced before. For kids, the content in books can be especially impactful...
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Episode 27 - Racial and Ethnic Equity in Health and Society from 2021-05-12T14:07:48
For decades, the data on health inequity has been startling — and the COVID-19 pandemic has only made those disparities more evident. That’s where UNT’s new Center for Racial and Ethnic Equity i...
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Episode 26 - The Consequences of Conspiracy Theories from 2021-04-14T16:27:52
Conspiracy theories aren’t new, but they've never been more consequential than in 2021. We spoke to communication studies assistant professor Joseph McGlynn and psychology professor Rex Wright t...
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Episode 25 - The Human Cost of Climate Change from 2021-04-02T13:39:15
2020 was unprecedented for a lot of reasons, including the number of climate-related events that marred an already challenging year. So, considering that, how do we even begin addressing the int...
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Episode 24 - Love is Scary: Our Undying Infatuation with the Undead from 2021-02-09T18:19:38
When it comes to love, there are plenty of things to fear: commitment, rejection, not purchasing the perfect Valentine’s gift. For centuries, love and fear have been increasingly interm...
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Episode 23 - Progress, Not Perfection: Setting Realistic, Attainable and Measurable Goals in 2021 and Beyond from 2021-01-01T22:30:08
With January comes the dreaded New Year’s resolution — but what if we all focused on more realistic, attainable goal setting instead? On this episode of UNT Pod, Dr. Michael Savoie — a clinical ...
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Bonus Episode - Previewing the Equity and Diversity Conference from 2020-12-16T18:51:07
UNT’s annual Equity and Diversity Conference is one of the university’s most popular events, bringing together hundreds of students, educators and professionals who are committed to equity, acce...
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Episode 21 - UNT Heroes from 2020-12-11T15:44:08
UNT students, staff, faculty and alumni come from every walk of life, but they have one thing in common: They frequently step into the role of hero in their own communities and beyond. That’s wh...
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Episode 20 - How Advertising Shaped Christmas from 2020-12-07T14:05:26
Who made Santa a superstar? Yes, Virginia, it was advertisers. On this episode of UNT Pod, Bill Ford — a lecturer in UNT’s Mayborn School of Journalism and director of UNT’s student-led advertis...
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Episode 19 - Native Foods, Past and Present from 2020-11-23T14:45:21
Michael Wise, an associate professor in UNT’s Department of History whose expertise includes the histories of food, agriculture and animal-human relationships, has long studied Native American f...
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Episode 18 - Delving into the Results of UNT’s Campus Inclusion Climate Survey from 2020-11-12T18:06:02
The 2018 Campus Inclusion Climate Survey was UNT’s first, with Shani Barrax Moore — the director of diversity and inclusion in UNT’s Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity — leading the ...
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Episode 17 - Diabetes Awareness from 2020-11-02T13:51:52
There are plenty of highs and lows when it comes to diabetes, which is exactly what National Diabetes Awareness Month aims to spotlight. Each November, communities across the country team up to ...
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Episode 16 - The Writer's Dilemmas from 2020-10-15T18:08:37
In advance of National Novel Writing Month, we talk to UNT associate professor of creative writing Bonnie Friedman about envy, fear, and distraction, the benefits of writing, and how persistence...
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Episode 15 - Black Lives Matter from 2020-09-21T15:16:20
In spring, three words burst through a news cycle otherwise laser-focused on COVID-19: “I can’t breathe.” George Floyd’s brutal death broke through the greater American consciousness, partic...
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Episode 14 - Adventures in Archiving from 2020-09-10T15:48:56
In celebration of UNT’s 130th anniversary, we take a deep dive into UNT’s Special Collections with archivist Rachael Zipperer, exploring some of the most unusual pieces of history contained ...
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Episode 13 - Knowledge is King from 2020-08-12T21:19:40
From 300-year-old murder cases to unidentified bodies on the Texas border, Dr. Harrell Gill-King has investigated it all. As a forensic anthropology professor and founding director of UNT’s Labo...
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Episode 12 - COVID’s Collateral Damage from 2020-07-21T16:01:05
In this episode of UNT POD, UNT professor of psychology Patricia Kaminski discusses parent-child relationships, child abuse and eating disorders related to COVID-19.
In t...
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Episode 11 - Diversity and Inclusion in Comics from 2020-04-03T15:01:17
Joanna Davis-McElligatt, an assistant professor in UNT’s Department of English who is an expert on diversity in higher education and comics, discusses a recent uptick in inclusion — and the chal...
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Episode 10 - Love Stories from 2020-02-17T18:42:34
In this episode of UNT POD, University of North Texas community members discuss their personal experiences on the topic of love. We'll also hear from experts in neuroscience and social scien...
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Episode 9 - The Mind Matters from 2020-01-07T15:45:06
In this episode of UNT POD, our University of North Texas staff and alumni experts discuss their own experiences with mental health, as well as how to identify if and where one should seek o...
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Episode 8 - Star Wars Across the Generations from 2019-12-10T19:11:10
In this episode of UNT POD, University of North Texas students and staff discuss their personal fandom, their first Star Wars memories and expectations for Episode IX, and ...
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Episode 7 - The State of Journalism from 2019-11-20T15:20:23
In this episode of UNT POD, our University of North Texas faculty experts discuss recent events that reflect the shifting power dynamic in newsrooms, including the mass exodus of Deadspin’s ...
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Episode 6 - British Royal Fashion from 2019-11-15T18:08:24
In this episode of UNT POD, University of North Texas experts discuss the making of Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding dress and the impact Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has on the fashion ind...
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Episode 5 - Learning, Language and a Long-Term Mission from 2019-10-11T19:06:10
In this episode of UNT POD, our University of North Texas student and faculty experts discuss their mission to document and preserve endangered and indigenous languages, including South Asia...
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Episode 4 - Summer of ’69: From Stonewall to Apollo 11 to Woodstock, a look at the society-shaking events of 50 years ago from 2019-08-12T18:15:54
In this episode of UNT POD, our University of North Texas faculty experts and alums discuss the important milestones from the summer of 1969, along with their continued reverberations. Ann M...
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Episode 3 - Let’s Talk Mayborn: A discussion with reporter Michael Mooney from 2019-07-30T16:07:52
In this episode of UNT Pod, acclaimed journalist and co-director of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Michael Mooney — who also happens to be a UNT alum — speaks with Monique Bird, disc...
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Episode 2 - Killer Hawkeye, Fat Thor and Papa Iron Man: Portrayals of Grief in Avengers: Endgame from 2019-06-27T19:46:34
In this episode of UNT POD, we sit down with counseling doctoral student Damien McClintock to breakdown the five stages of grief and how each is portrayed by Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hulk, Thor, Ca...
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Episode 1 - The Many-Faced Pod: How Thrones Changed the Game from 2019-05-17T14:51:38
In this episode of UNT POD, our University of North Texas faculty experts -- along with some student superfans -- take a look at the impact of Game of Thrones as the series finale looms. “They’r...
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