Podcasts by WVU Reads- A Campus Read Podcast
Take a trip with Geoff Hilsabeck through "Educated: A Memoir," by Tara Westover, West Virginia University's 2019-2020 Campus Read book. Join Geoff as he talks about the themes of "Educated," and discusses key points with colleagues and experts.
Geoffrey Hilsabeck is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of English at West Virginia University and the Community Outreach Fellow at the WVU Humanities Center. He is the author of Riddles, Etc. (The Song CCave, 2017). His poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The Believer, Paris Review Daily, and elsewhere.
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WVU Reads: Mountaineers Are Always Free from 2020-03-10T21:48:31
This week Geoff talks to Dr. Rosemary Hathaway about her new book, "Mountaineers Are Always Free: Heritage, Dissent, and a West Virginia Icon" (WVU Press).
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WVU Reads: Teaching Reconstruction from 2020-02-10T14:00
This week, Geoff talks to Dr. Tiffany Mitchell Patterson from the College of Education and Human Services about teaching reconstruction and citizenship, black power, voting rights, and related t...
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WVU Reads: WV Innocence Project from 2020-01-24T20:35:20
In the spring season of WVU Reads, Geoff will continue to interview people from around campus but move away from Educated. This week, Geoff talks to Melissa Giggenbach and Hope DeLap from the We...
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WVU Reads Episode 14: Bye (For Now) from 2019-12-09T17:16:12
In this episode, Geoff wraps up the fall semester and looks ahead to the future. WVU Reads will take a brief hiatus for the holidays. See you in January!
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WVU Reads Episode 13: Home School from 2019-12-02T16:47:10
In this episode, Geoff talks with Melissa Sherfinski, associate professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education, about Tara Westover's experiences as a home school student. They discuss wh...
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WVU Reads Episode 12: The First Gen Experience from 2019-11-18T20:17:55
In this episode, Geoff talks with Dr. Christina Fattore from the political science department about the ways her experience as a first gen student were and were not like Tara Westover’s. Topics ...
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WVU Reads Episode 11: Reading Educated "Behind the Fence" from 2019-11-11T18:47:05
In this episode, Geoff talks with Delia Trickett about reading Educated with a group of incarcerated men at the federal prison in Hazelton, WV. They read from the men's responses to the book and...
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WVU Reads Episode 10: Midwifery from 2019-11-04T17:00
In this episode, Geoff talks with Lena Cerbone, Director of Midwifery Services in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at WVU. Geoff and Lena talk about midwifery as it's depicted in Educ...
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WVU Reads Episode 9: Horses from 2019-10-29T19:00
In this episode, Geoff talks with Dr. Crystal Smith from the Equine Studies program at WVU. Dr. Smith is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences with th...
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WVU Reads Episode 8: Strengths and Weaknesses of 'Educated' from 2019-10-22T01:53:20
This week, Geoff welcomes Lynne Stahl into the studio to discuss Westover's book. Lynne Stahl is the Humanities Librarian at WVU. She has a PhD in English from Cornell. Prior to coming to WVU, s...
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WVU Reads Episode 7: Memoir from 2019-10-14T16:11:38
This week Geoff talks to Cutter Wood, author of Love and Death in the Sunshine State: The Story of a Crime, about the unreliability of memory and the constraints of narrative. Cutter ta...
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WVU Reads Episode 6: The Book as Object and Commodity from 2019-10-05T04:43:41
This week Geoff talks to Derek Krissoff, director of WVU Press, about how books are made and marketed, what kinds of labor goes into making a book, and why we value them. Check out the press at ...
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WVU Reads Episode 5- Westover’s Psychic and Emotional Struggles from 2019-09-27T20:08:13
This week, Geoff talks to Jessica Johnston-York, Ph.D., and Brian Quigley, M.D. from the Carruth Center, which offers psychiatric and psychological services for the WVU community, about some of ...
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WVU Reads Episode 4 - Images and Texts from 2019-09-20T15:24:29
This week Geoff talks to Bob Bridges, curator of the WVU Art Museum, about the Campus Read art show currently on exhibit in Stewart Hall, entitled “Constructing a Life: A Visual Response to Educ...
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WVU Reads Episode 3- The Power of Interpretation from 2019-09-13T13:00
This week, Geoff talks with Johanna Winant, assistant professor of English at WVU, about the power of interpretation and the role reading played in Tara Westover's intellectual and personal deve...
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WVU Reads Episode 2- A Mountain Education from 2019-09-06T17:09:53
This week, Geoff talks with Marion Holmes, director of AdventureWV, about adventures big and small. They look at two passages from "Educated" about the author’s experiences growing up in the mou...
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WVU Reads Episode 1- An Introduction to the Series from 2019-09-03T18:35:04
In episode 1 of WVU Reads, Geoff Hilsabeck introduces you to "Educated: A Memoir," by Tara Westover, the 2019-2020 WVU's Campus Read book. Learn more about what to expect in this podcast series,...
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