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Kelly and Bryce discuss the goings on at Mantor, as well as everything from pop culture to author interviews.
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This week, Kelly and I sit down to talk with Shana Youngdahl, Assistant Professor of English at UMF. She teaches creative writing here at the university, and she also just had a book come out: As Many Nows as I Can Get. It got a starred review in Kirkus and has appeared on multiple “best
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In this episode, Kelly and I are joined by Matt Jacobson, IT Support Services Manager, to talk about the relatively new MakerSpace on campus. Have questions about what a MakerSpace is and why you might want to use one? Here are your answers. And a friendly reminder that if you’re a UMF student, staff, or
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In this episode, Kelly and I are joined once again by Michael Johnson, who has another book out, because he’s just that impressive. This one is Can’t Stand Still, a biography of Taylor Gordon. If you’re like me and have no idea who Taylor Gordon was, you’ll find out more in the podcast, but (spoiler)
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In this episode, Kelly and I are joined by Michael Schoeppner, Assistant Professor of History at UMF, whose book Moral Contagion was just released by Cambridge University Press(!) It’s a fascinating look at a real problem in history I had no idea existed until this episode, and it’s got some very interesting implications for the
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Kelly and I are joined by Kristen Case and Stephen Grandchamp of the New Commons Project to talk about what the project is. You’ve heard me talk about the New Commons before, and I was really excited to have the two of them on the show to discuss all the awesome things they’ve been doing.
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In today’s installment of my ongoing podcast, Professor Jonathan Cohen joins Kelly and me to discuss his work in the field of philosophy. He has a new book out (In Nietzsche’s Footsteps), and we talk about what went into the book, who Nietzsche was, and what the place of philosophy in today’s society is. As
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In this episode, Kelly and I sit down with Lori Soucie, who works with students with undeclared majors at the Center for Student Development. We talk about her work, “how did you decide what to be,” and pretty much everything in between. It was a great conversation, and I hope you give it a listen.
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In this episode, Kelly and I sit down with Jim Melcher, Professor of Political Science at UMF. Jim’s done more interviews with more people than I can possibly list, from local to national news. He runs a yearly Preview and Review of the Supreme Court cases that are most important (check out the latest here),
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In this episode, Kelly and I meet with Steven Pane, Professor of Music at UMF, and a veritable fixture at the Mantor Cafe. Besides his deep, lasting love of coffee, we discuss his studies at the university, with particular attention to the experiences he’s had leading travel abroad sessions to Italy. Why would a student
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In this episode, Kelly and I meet with Brad Dearden, Associate Professor of Geography at UMF. If you think being a geography professor means you sit around drawing maps with colored pencils all day, you really need to listen to this to find out what they really do. Adventures in Nepal, Guatemala, China, and more.
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Up this week, a fascinating interview with William Geller, who’s been researching sporting and logging camps in Maine. To see all his books published at the Digital Commons at the University of Maine, head on over to here. I learned so much about things I knew nothing about during this interview. Check it out! Right […]
Up this week, Kelly and I talk to UMF professor, poet, and writer Pat O’Donnell about her writing process, current works in progress, and experiences traveling in Ireland, Wales, and more. Right click to download audio file.
There’s a new episode of my podcast, Heavy Meta, up now for your listening pleasure. This week, Kelly and I talk to UMF professor Theresa Overall about her experiences traveling the world. Give it a listen! Right click to download audio file.
Kelly and Bryce launch a new season of Heavy Meta, starting off with an interview with Allison Hepler. She’s written a book about McCarthyism and libraries which sounds fascinating. We find out all about it. Right click to download audio file.
There are some potential troubles for libraries in the future, both nationally and in Maine. Kelly and Bryce discuss what these are and what their impact might be. Right click to download audio file.
Time for another podcast episode! This week, we’re joined with local author Woody Hanstein to talk about his books. If you’re local and you’ve written something, drop us a line. We’d love to talk to you too! Right click to download audio file.
In today’s podcast, Kelly and I discuss the history of fake news and what you can do to protect yourself from it. Basically, think of it as a librarian’s take on fake news. And then I name my top 10 movies/tv shows that are news-related. Fun times. (Partly inspired by my blog post a while […]
Another in our series of interviews with UMF authors. This week Kelly and Bryce talk with Luann Yetter about the Roaring Twenties (which, come to think of it, are only 3 years away from possibly needing to be called the Roaring 1820s. I suppose it depends on how roaring 2020 and beyond seem . . […]
Another interview this week! This time it’s with Michael Johnson. Right click to download audio file.
In today’s episode, we talk with Paul Gies about his novels and writings. Right click to download audio file.
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