Autobiography Podcast

In this episode, I sit down with Bethel Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities Barrett Fisher.  Our conversation weaves between books, film, teaching, and much, much, more.

In this episode, I sit down with Dan Taylor, a former Bethel University English Professor and one of my favorite teachers ever.  We discuss his intellectual autobiography, the importance of Ezra Pound, his first novel Death Comes for the Deconstructionist, and much, much more.

In this episode, I sit down with Christian Collins Winn, a Theologian from Bethe University’s Biblical and Theological Studies department.  We discuss his intellectual journey, being southern, his new book, and much, much more.

In this episode, I sit down with my good friend and colleague Stacey Hunter Hecht.  Stacey is the chair of the Political Science Department at Bethel University.  She is also a former (and perhaps future?) CWC Professor.  As we talk we explore Stacey’s childhood in western Pennsylvania, her days at Penn State and the University […]

In this episode, I sit down with Bethel Physics professor Dick Peterson.  We walk through Dick’s beginnings in a one room schoolhouse is rural Wisconsin, to his graduate work at Michigan State and his post-doc work at Los Alamos, and end up with his 30 plus years in the Bethel Physics Department.  Along the way […]

In this episode, I have a long conversation with Bethel Psychology professor Kathy Nevins.  Kathy was one of the most important influential teachers that I had as a student at Bethel.  She shares her thoughts about reading widely, creative tension, teaching empathy, and much, much, more.

In this episode, I sit down with Bethel Philosophy professor Sara Shady.  Sara is the 2013 winner of Bethel Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching.  She is a brilliant philosopher and teacher.  We discuss growing up in Indiana, teaching philosophy, facilitating discussions, and much, much more.

In this episode, Historian Amy Poppinga (Bethel History class of ’99) joins the show to share her intellectual autobiography. Amy talks about moving from New Mexico to Minnesota at age 14, almost becoming an actress, transferring to Bethel, becoming a scholar of Islam, and much, much more.

In this episode, Political Scientist Chris Moore joins the show to share his intellectual autobiography. With Chris you never know where things will go.  This conversation ranges from Star Wars and Laser Tag in small town Ohio to life changing educational experiences in and out of the classroom.