The Quad Podcast

Kajol Char talks with UChicago student and rapper Ben Glover, aka Chief Wicked, about his life, work, and inspirations.

Kajol Char explores her dual identities as American and Indian, and interviews a Venezualan-American with a similar experience. Image from https://www.theodysseyonline.com/no-do-not-speak-indian

Where is Waldo really? Why are you here and not somewhere else? What does Play-Doh have to do with Plato? Eva Haraldsdottir (B.A. 2019) chats with fellow UChicago students about the rite of passage that is writing the Uncommon Essay. https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/essay/past-essay-questions

Louisa Richardson-Deppe tasked herself with baking a pie for every week she was in Chicago last summer. She told Summer about all of them in loving detail, from blueberry to Dutch apple. Long live #PieSummer2k16. Produced by Summer Fields and Daphne Maeglin.

In the fall, Summer sat down with Hoda Katebi (UChicago 2016) the brain behind fashion and social action blog Joo Joo Azad (Free Bird!). They talked about her tons of projects, from the blog to her thesis on Iranian underground women's fashion and resistance to her new street photography book, Tehran streestyle! She calls her own fashion sense "unicorn throwup." We call it slaying on a daily basis. Produced by Summer Fields with help from Daphne Maeglin, Char Daston and Jay Van Ort. Visit her blog: joojooazad.com Order her book Tehran Streetstyle: joojooazadshop.com See her debate "Politics and Clothing: The Hijab" at the Chicago Humanities Festival Sat, Apr 30 3 – 4 PM: bit.ly/1WaBjOQ The song you're hearing: Firooz by Hichkas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxkncQCpzzc

Happy Wednesday! If you've ever eaten at a UChicago dining hall, your life has likely been blessed with the angel among mortals that is Bernadine Warren, with her iconic "Happy [day of the week]!" greeting. Char Daston talks with the world's sweetest dining hall worker about her life outside of Cathey Dining Commons. She won the Aramark Ring of Stars award back in October, a much-deserved honor. | By Char Daston with editing help from Summer Fields, Daphne Maeglin and the rest of the Quad team. Subscribe to the Quad on iTunes at bit.ly/uchiquadpoditunes! Picture courtesy of The Chicago Maroon (December 2015).

What are you thinking about right now? Send me a voice memo. | By Daphne Maeglin featuring stream of consciousness from the UChicago world.

New producer and first year Kajol Char talks to UChicago kids about their long-term relationship with stress. What color would it be if it was one? What foods do you eat to make it better? Sweet potato fries? Everything? What's college stress like compared to high school stress? Now that finals are over, relive the stressful memories with the Quad. Mixing help from Nate Tan. Editing help from Summer Fields, Allison Torem, Caitlin Moroney, Daphne Maeglin and Isaac Neal.

We agree that #LowPayIsNotOK. The Fight for 15 is "an international movement of underpaid workers taking a stand against poverty wages." Producer Daphne went out and found some of the UChicago activists supporting the movement. Learn more at fightfor15.org. Featuring original music by Daphne's friends, Boston folk outfit The Ladles. Check them out at soundcloud.com/ladlesband Photo credit from the Fight for 15 twitter. Visit at twitter.com/fightfor15.

In honor of Bob Dylan's 74th birthday on May 24, we're reissuing Summer's chat with UChicago musicology professor Steve Rings about his work on the musical giant. Throwback to August 2014! Time flies when we're having fun and listening to the Quad. Produced by Summer Fields & Da'Shawn Mosley with editing help from Alfredo Perez. Feat. 2014 alum of the College, Charley Kargman. Art credit to etsy user lucyintherye. Visit her page on Etsy, bit.ly/lucyintherye.