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Aural Fixation is a weekly social commentary show run by KGSM Radio hosted by Greg Boone. Currently on assignment in Zhuhai, China, the show is taking a break from its standard format focusing more on his life as a student at United International College.

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    • May 26, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    So long, and Thanks, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2009 70:42


    The end of an era, tune in for the thrilling conclusion to two great radio shows. Thanks to special guests Zach and Collin for doing the weather, and to Dr. Wood, Mat, and Ari for stopping by and helping out with the show. We couldn’t have done it without all of you.

    So Long, and Thanks, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2009 56:41


    Aural Fixation and The Humpday Meltdown say goodbye to their loyal listeners and fans for all these years in this two part episode. Thank you all for your support, and please, continue to support KGSM.

    Story Slam

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2009 1:01


    Aural Fixation recently hosted a story slam as part of the Firethorne Literary Magazine's Spring Release.

    Farewell Zhuhai

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2009 10:18


    Welcome to Aural Fixation the podcast for this final episode from Zhuhai. The story is a bit shorter this week than you are used to, but it summarizes what has been one of the semester’s slowest and most relaxing weeks. The new year is here, and in many ways a new year can symbolize a [...]

    Christmas in China

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2008 17:53


    “It’s safe to say that Charlie Brown would probably find Christmas in China the most vulgar and offensive exploitation of the holiday imaginable,” was my first thought after watching the timeless Christmas feature in which he stars on a brisk—but far from cold—Christmas morning just before calling my family on Skype. The expat bar called [...]

    Fear and Loathing in Zhuhai

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2008 15:13


    Welcome back to Aural Fixation the Podcast from China loyal listeners, after a two week hiatus while I was in Beijing we are back with a new episode that I wrote while sitting in one of the Hong Kong Airport’s fine dining establishments and the China Ferry Terminal’s Starbucks. It’s getting close to the end [...]

    Notes on the Environment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2008 12:51


    Here is the audio from last week’s podcast. I apologize for the delay, I was a bit ill and did not have quite the vocal stamina to maintain the podcast. As a result watch for another one later today, as I’ll be recording an episode about Thanksgiving in China. It’s a bit of an injustice to [...]

    Goals

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2008 41:14


    “Mr. Boone, you are asked to join Professor Kwok, along with Professor Holbrook, Professor Joyce Pfaff and her Husband, and Pat and Bill this evening at 6:30 PM. Please meet them here at 6:20 to take a bus to the restaurant.” I looked up upon hearing my name—I was reading outside of the [...]

    A Constructive Summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2008 17:34


    Room 409 in Block 4 of the new dormitory complex at United International College is a cozy room sleeping two; the building is so new that it is not even finished yet.  It is substantially finished, meaning it will not fall over, and the fundamental pieces of its construction are complete.  The windows shut, the [...]

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    Subterranean Homesick Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2008 17:06


    I’ve intentinoally been spending as much time alone as possible this week.  Initially it was because I was homesick for the first time since my arrival and I thought I needed some space from the noise and commotion of my normal affairs here.  It’s given me time to reflect on this experience, which is now [...]

    Crowds and Cliques

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2008 1:01


    This week’s podcast will focus on the remakable differences in social behavior I have noticed in my now three weeks here in Zhuhai. I was standing in a supermarket, the one near the bank I use here, a couple weeks ago. I was looking for a few things, including a cheap pair of chopsticks for your [...]

    Positive Jams

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2008 1:01


    Earlier this week Bill from International Development told you two things: first, that there will be some kind of gathering among the students who went to Gustavus this summer, and second, that his office is going to set up a homestay for you so that you can experience life with a Chinese family.  Great, you [...]

    Ni Hao Zhuhai

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2008 10:33


    Upon arriving in HKG and making you way through the labyrinth of moving walkways and lighted signs the first shop you notice is the familiar green mermaid marking none other than Starbucks. In your passport you find your arrival card and you quickly fumble to get it ready with your address in Hong Kong; the [...]

    Remembering David Foster Wallace

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2008 7:26


    http://kgsm.gac.edu/wordpress/auralfixation/remembering-david-foster-wallace/feed 0 7:26 Remembering David Foster Wallace Student Radio at Gustavus Adolphus College. KGSM Radio: The Voice of Gustavus Aural,Fixation KGSM Student Radio no No

    In Studio with Ari Herstand

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2008 27:51


    Ari Herstand played in the Courtyard Cafe Wednesday, 1 October 2008, to a packed crowd.  Just before the show, your podcaster sat down in Studio B for the first ever in studio performance and interview with the Minneapolis artist.  Note to the careful listener: your interviewer is aware that Pachyderm Studios are in Cannon Falls, [...]

    Moot Court: Kennedy v. Louisiana

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2008 90:34


    Each spring, Alisa Rosenthal’s Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Liberties class tries an actual supreme court case before a simulated court in what is called a Moot Court exercise, this is the oral argument audio from that case. From the Oyez Project: A Louisiana court found Patrick Kennedy guilty of raping his eight-year-old stepdaughter.Louisiana law allows the district attorney to seek [...]

    Virgil Jones (Extended Interview)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2008 36:10


    Full, unedited interview between Aural Fixation’s Greg Boone and the advisor for  this year’s Building Bridges Conference: Virgil Jones, Director of Multi-Cultural Programming at Gustavus .

    Jing Han Soh (Extended Interview)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2008 34:48


    Full, unedited interview between Aural Fixation’s Greg Boone and one of the student leaders for  this year’s Building Bridges Conference: Jing Han Soh.

    Asitha Jayawardena (Extended Interview)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2008 45:23


    Full, unedited interview between Aural Fixation’s Greg Boone and one of the student leaders for  this year’s Building Bridges Conference: Asitha Jayawardena.

    Building Bridges: How Will History Judge Us?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2008 46:47


    A short documentary about the 2008 Building Bridges Conference at Gustavus. Building Bridges is an annual diversity conference centered around the topics of activism and awareness. The 2008 “Genocide Awareness: How Will History Judge Us” featured keynote speaker Paul Rusesabagina. His keynote focused on his experiences with genocide and the rest of the conference featured [...]

    Matt Returns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2008 1:01


    Co-Host Matt Schueffner returns from his polar bear hunting trip to Zanzibar and his journey back to the studio. We also discuss upcoming campus events and the Choir of Christ Chapel’s upcoming tour.

    Southern Slices

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2008 57:57


    A documentary produced by Gustavus Alum John Biewen at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Summer Slices is a documentary about southern culture as told by the people living in and around the Durham area. All of these stories were compiled at Duke’s summer radio camp. Biewen also does work for American Public Media’s [...]

    Student Senate Candidate Forums

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2008 58:05


    Kim Braun and Lucas Neher, and Justin Martin and Chad Allen make the case for why you should vote for them this week on Blacklisted. Hopefully you’ll want to vote for at least one of them after listening to our show.

    Aural Fixation: A Conversation with Provost Mary E. Morton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2008 15:20


    Aural Fixation’s Greg Boone sat down with Provost Dr. Mary E. Morton this fall for an exciting conversation about her new job at Gustavus, and her hopes for the future.

    Across the Pond – Week 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2007 1:01


    The pilot podcast for KGSM’s first and only Morning Show (well, the only one in the morning anyway), hosted by Alex Horton (McCartney) and Nick Hansen (Jackie Cash). Highlight’s from this pilot week’s broadcasts, our hosts talk about everything from their daily lives to pressing world issues. Tune in and enjoy.

    Kasota: What Time is This Place?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2007 24:35


    A little documentary Blacklisted’s Greg Boone threw together this summer about the City of Kasota. He explore Kasota’s hidden “gem,” (well it’s really a mineral, but you get the idea) in this documentary, Boone interviews Gustavus’ Bob Douglas (Geography), John Palmquist and Eva Butterfield (curators of the Kasota Historical Society) and Howard Vetter (President and CEO of [...]

    A Show About Lent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2007 32:19


    Originally recorded in 2007 as part of the A View From the Hill series, this show brings your three stories about the lenten season

    Blacklisted 27 April 2006

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2006 24:25


    It’s that time again, time for Blacklisted. John Byrnes and Greg Boone host the most highly rated show on KGSM. Tune in and find out what all the fuss is about.

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