Pomona College Sagecast

Aditya Sood '97 is the president of the film and television production company Lord Miller and is credited with helping produce many major motion pictures, including The Martian, Deadpool, and the animated film series Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. He sits down on Sagecast with Pomona College assistant professor of media studies Ryan Engley to discuss Hollywood's changing business landscape.Hosted by: Prof. Ryan EngleyProduced by: Travis Khachatoorian and Marilyn ThomsenTranscript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/040225_SoodEngleySagecast.txt

Oona Eisenstadt is a professor of Religious Studies specializing in Judaism at Pomona College. She discusses on Sagecast her research on the history of antisemitism and how it manifests in present day society. This episode was recorded in September 2023. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Travis Khachatoorian Audio Engineer: Erica Tyron Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-OonaEisenstadt-120623.txt

Chinasa Okolo '18 is a fellow at the Brookings Institution in the Center for Technology Innovation. She discusses on Sagecast her work towards creating a more equitable global landscape of artificial intelligence development, and AI governance issues arising in the wake of rapid technological advancement. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Travis Khachatoorian Audio Engineer: Erica Tyron Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-ChinasaOkolo-112223.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/QkrU-QpJoBA

Dr. Michael Sequeira '73 is the public health officer for San Bernardino County. He discusses on Sagecast his trailblazing career in emergency medicine, decision-making as a health leader during the COVID-19 pandemic and the deadly impacts of the growing fentanyl crisis. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Travis Khachatoorian Audio Engineer: Erica Tyron Transcript:  https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-110823-MichaelSequeira.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/Yng2zNoOlWc

Mietek Boduszynski is an Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College. He discusses on Sagecast what he learned during his past year working at the Pentagon as a US policy advisor on the war in Ukraine. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Travis Khachatoorian Audio Engineer: Erica Tyron Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/Sagecast-1125-23-MietekBoduszynski.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/s4l9oqUpGtY

Leah Donnella '13 is an editor for NPR's Code Switch, a podcast focusing on difficult conversations about race. She discusses on Sagecast how her reporting around the country has shaped her perception of the role of journalists and how her Africana studies degree at Pomona College helped pave the way for her career in radio journalism. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Travis Khachatoorian Audio Engineer: Erica Tyron Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/Leah%20Donnella%20final1.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/q_mtvKl4kPI 

Rose Portillo '75 has built a career in theater, film and television for more than four decades. Her creativity has flourished as an actor, writer, director, educator at Pomona College and visual artist. She shares with the Sagecast audience how she has embraced her Latin identity along the way. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Patty Vest Produced by: Kris Vargas Editorial Assistant: Lorraine Harry '97 Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/Sagecast-11-28-22-RosePortillo.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/94-JOG1ULCk

Cryptocurrency keeps garnering headlines for all the wrong reasons. What exactly is crypto—how is it "mined" and what determines its value? Is crypto collapsing? Pierangelo De Pace, chair of the Department of Economics at Pomona, shares his research. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Patty Vest Produced by: Kris Vargas Transcript:https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/Sagecast-11-15-22-PierangelDePace.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/b432LaQIlVU

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Ellie Anderson discusses her research on the philosophy of selfhood, love and sexual ethics. She also explains her approach to “public philosophy” in social media channels such as TikTok, YouTube and her co-hosted podcast “Overthink.” Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Patty Vest Produced by: Kris Vargas Editorial Assistant: Lorraine Harry '97 Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/Sagecast-11-23-22-Ellie%20Anderson.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/_s-ToNhrJxM

In this episode of Sagecast, historian and long-time Pomona professor Gary Kates shares what sparked his interest in the European Enlightenment. As a scholar of the French Revolution, he also tells us what conditions are most likely to result in such historic upheavals. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Patty Vest Produced by: Kris Vargas Editorial Assistant: Lorraine Harry '97 Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/Sagecast-11-16-22-GaryKates.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/J3rGNPhw5KA

In this episode of Sagecast, art historian and assistant professor Rosalia Romero shares with us her passion for Latin American art and the art of the borderlands. Romero also talks about the role of murals in contemporary art and about her work as a curator for the upcoming Mexicali Biennial. Hosted by: Marilyn Thomsen and Patty Vest Produced by: Kris Vargas Editorial Assistant: Lorraine Harry '97 Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/Sagecast-11-2-22-RosaliaRomero.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/qzc800JV830

Ryan Engley, assistant professor of media studies and co-host of the Why Theory podcast joins us for the final episode of this Sagecast season. Engley unpacks for us the intersection of psychoanalysis and media studies, where he focuses his research. He also chats about his love for television and seriality, as well as the importance discussing mental health in his courses. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-051921-RyanEngley.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/3JRkPAQt72I

Head Coach of the Milwaukee Bucks and 2-time NBA Coach of the Year (2015, 2019), Mike Budenholzer '92 joins us to talk about his journey from Division III basketball at Pomona-Pitzer to the NBA. Starting as a video coordinator and then assistant with Spurs head coach and former Pomona-Pitzer head coach Greg Popovich, Budenholzer shares what it takes (good players) to be a head coach in the NBA. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-MikeBudenholzer-051221.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/1HrqHDauNaQ

Interdisciplinary scholar and filmmaker, Joanne Nucho discusses her research interests which include critical infrastructure studies, urban studies and environmental inequality—and what she calls “post-grid imaginaries.’ She is the author of the book Everyday Sectarianism in Urban Lebanon: Infrastructures, Public Services and Power. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-042721-JoanneNucho.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/8n1pUsFUOzo

In this episode, our guest Ken McLeod ’07, policy director for the League of American Bicyclists sheds light on working in Washington D.C. and advocating for bicycling and walking projects across the country. McLeod talks to us about how he hopes to work closely with the Biden Administration and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in creating safer and more equitable communities. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-041321-KenMcLeod.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/IbD9iPTbdho

This week, our guest is Politics Professor Sara Sadhwani, who studies the growing impact of Asian Americans in the American political scene, with a special focus on Indian American communities. In this conversation, Professor Sadhwani discusses, among other things, the role of “descriptive representation” in the electorate and the importance of Indian American voters in a number of swing states. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-033121-SaraSadhwani.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/ha4kbSMaj20

This week we’re talking with Adam Rogers ’92, senior correspondent at WIRED Magazine and author of two books, The New York Times nonfiction bestseller Proof: The Science of Booze and the soon-to-be-released Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made us Modern. Our conversation ranges from the origins of color perception in an ancient microbe to the difficulty of writing about science in a time of resurgent science-denial. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-031621-AdamRogers.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/EH_bArnwQkU

This week, our guest is Pomona College Professor of Politics Susan McWilliams Barndt, the author of An American Road Trip and American Political Thought and Traveling Back: Toward a Global Political Theory. Our conversation ranges from America’s scrambled political vocabulary to the way distinctive American ideas about such things as freedom and equality are bound up in our national literature about road trips. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-SusanBarndt-030321.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/5zzxJBPM88g

This week, our guest is Pomona College Professor of Economics Gary Smith, who specializes in financial markets and debunking myths in statistical analysis. In this conversation, Professor Smith discusses, among other things, the real-world applications of economics that continue to fascinate him and his collaboration with alumnus Jay Cordes ’93 on several books about misuses of “big data,” including, most recently, The Phantom Pattern Problem. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-garysmith-112520.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/aCBNL_PRNdw

This week we’re talking with Aditya Sood ’97, president of the film production company Lord Miller Inc. As a producer, he’s best known for box-office hit movies like The Martian, Deadpool I and II and Murder on the Orient Express. Our conversation ranges from his early years in Seattle to the story behind the making of the hit movie, The Martian. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-adityasood-111820.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/IF3MUUCUQOU

This week, we welcome Visiting Professor of Anthropology Arlen Chase, who specializes in Mesoamerican archeology. Our conversation with Professor Chase ranges from the origins of his love of archeology in general and of Mayan culture in particular to his groundbreaking fieldwork in a site in Belize known as Caracol. He also discusses his trailblazing use of a technology known as LiDAR, which has transformed the field of archeology. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/arlen_chase_mixdown.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/08Y6JGsoVwY

This week our guest is Associate Professor of Economics Manisha Goel, who specializes in labor and development economics. Our conversation ranges from her early years in India to her research into the impact of the Indian caste system on business decisions in that country to the origins and impact of growing income inequality in both India and the United States. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/manisha_goel_mixdown.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/rzitpzFgCS4

This week’s discussion is with McArthur Grant-winning seismologist Brian Tucker ’67, who recently retired as founder and president of the nonprofit GeoHazards International. In this conversation, Tucker looks back at his wandering educational path into the science of seismology and his long career dedicated to helping people in poor, earthquake-prone countries retrofit their schools and other buildings to prevent their catastrophic collapse in the event of a quake. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/brian_tucker_mixdown.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/KxDpWVPUZM8

This week, we’re joined by Professor of Psychological Science and Africana Studies Eric A. Hurley, whose research in cognitive development focuses on understanding and improving the social and educational outlook of African American and other minority children. Our conversation with Professor Hurley explores the power of cultural values in shaping students’ educational experience and the importance of understanding those values in creating an educational environment in which they can thrive. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-erichurley102120.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/ffoBUfiBYd4

This week our guest is Mac Barnett ’04, the author of such beloved children’s books as Extra Yarn and The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse. His latest book, A Polar Bear in the Snow, is his 47th book. In this episode, Barnett shares stories about his Pomona College mentor, the late Professor David Foster Wallace, and his exchanges with children who’ve reached out to him about his books. He also talks about his experiences as a writer of children’s books and his insights into the way children think and feel. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-macbarnett-101420.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/JUjfLifVZTk

This week, we’re talking with Pomona College Professor of Religious Studies Zhiru Ng, who specializes in Eastern religions. Our conversation with Professor Ng ranges from her childhood in Singapore and the importance—and burden—of filial piety in Chinese culture to the concept of emptiness, the stages of meditation and the power of Buddhist thought as a way of relating to the world. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-zhirung-100620.txt Video Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrmkIFWRfr8

This week, we’re joined by award-winning investigative reporter Anjali Kamat ’00. In a conversation recorded in February, Kamat discusses, among other things, her career trajectory in journalism, her experience covering the Arab uprisings in Egypt and Libya for Al Jazeera, and the challenges and responsibilities facing journalists in today’s atmosphere of “fake news” accusations and real fake news. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-anjalikamat-093020.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/nUsymxSGXSA

This week, we welcome Professor of Politics Pierre Englebert, a leading expert in African politics, specializing in the nations of francophone West Africa. A native of Belgium, Englebert discusses, among other things, his education in Europe and America and the research that has taken him across the African continent, seeking to understand the various successes and failures of African statehood and the roots of many of the problems that have beset the continent in its brutal colonial past. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-pierreenglebert-092320.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/-FIE5JMf5MM

This week, we chat with volcanologist Robby Goldman ’15. Mentored at Pomona by Prof. Eric Grosfils, Goldman studies the physics of eruptions from Hawaii's volcanoes and how scientists communicate eruption risks to residents. This episode was recorded this past spring before the shutdown due to the pandemic. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-robbygoldman091620.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/jpAXKn2_mcU

This week, we welcome Associate Professor of History Pey-Yi Chu, a historian of Russia and the former Soviet Union, who discusses her research aimed at understanding the environment through the history of science and technology, with a special focus on the history of the frozen tundra known as permafrost. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-robbygoldman091620.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/QEXAygTAdfo

This week, we welcome longtime NPR science correspondent Joe Palca ’74. Since joining NPR in 1992, Palca has covered a variety of science topics, from biomedical research to astronomy. He is currently focused on the eponymous series, “Joe's Big Idea.” In a discussion recorded last fall, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, he talks about, among other things, the challenges and responsibilities of explaining scientific research to the general public and the vital importance of scientific literacy in today’s world. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-joepalca-090220.txt

This week, we’re joined by internationally renowned biochemist Jennifer Doudna ’85, the co-discoverer of CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary gene-editing tool that has had an unprecedented impact on the world of genetic research. A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Doudna discusses, among other things, her discovery of science as a child in Hilo, Hawaii, her mentors at Pomona College, her work in the labs of two Nobel laureates, the collaborative work in her own lab at Berkeley that led to the discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 and her leadership in developing ethical standards for the use of this powerful gene-editing tool. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-jenniferdoudna-082620.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/mxIpZycFU0c

This week, our guest is Professor of Mathematics Jo Hardin ’95, who specializes in statistics and bioinformatics, the use of statistical data to study the human genome. In this episode of Sagecast, Hardin discusses, among other things, her mentors at Pomona College, the role of data science in genetic research, her pride in being part of a very inclusive and diverse mathematics department and the vital importance of statistical literacy in the world today. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-johardin-081820.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/zxj7K8Yke5U

This week we’re joined by The New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston ’78. An accomplished journalist, Preston is the author of more than 20 novels including the Special Agent Pendergast series along with co-author Lincoln Child. Preston started his career at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, which had an incredible impact on his career going forward. He went on to write the novel Relic, which became The Relic, a monster-horror film released in 1997. During his research for his novel The Monster of Florence, he found himself a little more involved than a journalist normally likes to be. He tells us about how he was charged with crimes by an Italian prosecutor. Preston also shares childhood stories about him and his brother Richard Preston ’76 and explains how telling gross stories at the dinner table became a competition, and eventually lucrative writing careers for him and his brother. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-dougpreston-081220.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/mGJboQskReQ

This week we're joined by Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History, Sam Yamashita. A longtime Pomona College professor, Yamashita shares about his early childhood passion for baseball growing up in Hawaii. A Confucian specialist with mastery of both classical Chinese and classical Japanese, Samuel Yamashita has written extensively about early modern and modern Japanese intellectual and cultural history, focusing most recently on Japan during World War II and Japanese and fusion cuisine. In addition to his ongoing research in these areas, Yamashita is also writing a history of Japanese food from prehistory to the present and exploring Pacific Rim fusion cuisine as a transnational culinary phenomenon. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-samyamashita-080520.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/14CQDoWLHyo

In this episode, we’re joined by Lynda Obst ‘72, the renowned film producer of such groundbreaking films as The Fisher King, Sleepless in Seattle, Interstellar —among many more. Several of her films and TV projects have also involved science. Contact. Interstellar. The recent NatGeo Channel miniseries of The Hot Zone. She shares what draws her to those projects and explains how her love for philosophy has shaped her career in film production. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-lyndaobst-072920.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/WCjmmE5uYxQ

Associate Professor of Politics Mietek Boduszynski joins Sagecast in this international relations episode. A former U.S. diplomat who held a variety of posts at U.S. Embassies in Albania, Kosovo, Japan, Egypt, Libya and Iraq, Boduszynski shares what it was like to witness the Arab Spring firsthand.Boduszynski also opens up about what sparked his interest in international relations in the first place, and how his real-world experience influences his academic work on and off the classroom. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-mietekboduszynski-072220.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/rMdwx32Xdbg

In this episode, we chat with Associate Professor of Neuroscience Elizabeth Glater, a scholar whose research explores genetics and behavior. Glater gives us a glimpse of her research, which examines the ways the nervous system allows animals to generate behavioral responses to their environment. More specifically, Glater and her lab use the nematode C. elegans to investigate the genetic and neuronal basis of food choice behavior. She also shares about her students, the classes she teaches and her experience of shifting to online teaching in the spring. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-elizabethglater-071520.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/7TIUEVPNUCY

In this podcast episode, we welcome science writer Virginia Morell ’71, the author of several books, most recently Animal Wise: How We Know Animals Think and Feel. Morell tells us about some of the amazing animals she’s met through her research, and shares her thoughts on why the notion of animals thinking and feeling has been so taboo among scientists for so long. Morell’s second book, Blue Nile, is about the first uninterrupted descent of the Upper Nile from Ethiopia to Sudan, which she actually took part in. She explains how she get involved with that project and tells us about a few of her adventures. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-virginiamorrell-070820.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/rBUAW4CEeck

This week we’re joined by Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies Ousmane Traoré, whose research focuses on the history of imperialism and colonialism in Africa. Originally from Senegal, Traoré shares the story of how he once flew in the Senegalese President’s airplane on his way to France for his undergraduate studies. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-ousmanetraore-070120.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/rTJr-EhJWaY

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by Grammy Award-winner soprano Melissa Givens. An assistant professor of music at Pomona, Givens tells us about her original plans to study pre-med in college, how they changed, and what led her to pursue a professional and academic career in music. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-melissagivens-062320.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/OwSUnpv8jac

In this episode, we dive into the world of business startups with Shadiah Sigala ’06. The tech startup entrepreneur is the co-founder of Honeybook and most recently of Kinside. Sigala, a first-generation college student, tells us what inspired her to start her own company and the many lessons she’s learned along the way. Passionate about the topic of childcare, Sigala know devotes her time at Kinside to bridge the gaps between employers, working parents and caregivers. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-shadiahsigala-061620.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/GvL2y3fpkmo

In this episode, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Eleanor Birrell joins us to talk about her research interests in security and data privacy. Birrell shares about her interest in design and development of systems for better managing sensitive data in the modern world and explains why the current system of notice and consent is inadequate to protecting our digital privacy. Finally, Birrell comments on the technology used in contact tracing apps for COVID-19 and how tech companies are attempting to ensure the protection of privacy and security rights. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-eleanorbirrell-060920.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/e9L619NFZII

In his early years, Andrew Glazier ’97 had hopes of making a difference by running for office. After five years of working with local and state government, he decided to focus instead on working with nonprofits in industries that intersect with government. In this episode, Glazier discusses why the 1992 L.A. Riots were a seminal moment in his life, and tells us about his journey to become the national president and CEO of Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that provides entrepreneurship, employment and character development training to currently and formerly incarcerated men and women. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-andrewglazier-060320.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/UErKj0reabw

Former journalist Bill Keller ’70 joins the podcast this week and shares his story on how he climbed the ladder at The New York Times from reporter all the way up to executive editor. As a foreign correspondent, Keller earned a Pulitzer Prize for covering the fall of communism in the Soviet Union, and had the opportunity to interview Nelson Mandela as the Times’ bureau chief in Johannesburg, South Africa. Keller is the founding editor of The Marshall Project, an experimental journalistic start-up, dedicated to covering issues related to U.S. criminal justice system. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-billkeller-052720.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/GNOMtNXabd4

Assistant Professor of Music Gibb Schreffler joins us for this faculty episode of Sagecast. A first-generation college graduate, Schreffler shares insight about his journey from his youth punk rock scene to academia. As an ethnomusicologist, Schreffler focuses his research on historical work-songs of American maritime culture known as chanties, as well as the music and dance of South Asia’s Punjab region. He gives us demonstrations of a work song, and also plays the tumbi, a traditional Punjabi instrument. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-gibbschreffler-052020.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/68BLMGhk8qc

In this episode, we’re joined by alumna and Alexander Hamilton expert Joanne Freeman ’84, Professor of American History at Yale University. A scholar of political conflict, Freeman shares how conflict often led to physical violence from the founding fathers onward. She focuses much of her research on Alexander Hamilton, one of the nation’s first victims of political violence. A fan of Hamilton way before the musical made its debut, Freeman tells us how many times she’s seen the musical, what she thinks of it and how she got Lin-Manuel Miranda to attend her birthday party. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-joannefreeman-051320.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/0SaitzC4Dso

In this episode, Professor of Mathematics Edray Goins takes us back to his childhood in South L.A. and shares how he became fascinated with science, first with physics and finally with mathematics. As a young Black mathematician, Goins didn’t have academic role models, thus he now dedicates his time to train and mentor minorities in college who will be the next generations of scientists and mathematicians. Goins, who specializes in number theory and algebraic theory, looks forward to teaching future classes at Pomona on how mathematics and statistics can inform public policy in order to tackle big issues such as the COVID-19 crisis. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-edraygoins-050620.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/TArK5vgNY9g

In our first podcast episode featuring Pomona College alumni, we’re joined by The New York Times bestselling author Richard Preston ’76. A writer for The New Yorker since 1985, Preston is the only nondoctor to have received the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Champion of Prevention Award. In this episode Preston gives his insight on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic based on researching and writing about the devastating effects of the Ebola virus in his books The Hot Zone and Crisis in the Red Zone. He provides warnings about other emerging viruses we should be worried about, and shares advice on what could be done to fight these outbreaks. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-richardpreston-042920.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/AHtu3y5s-ps

This week we are joined by Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, Sara Masland. Sara Rose Masland is a clinical and personality psychologist. She studies individual differences in social cognition and emotion processes and their relevance for personality disorders, particularly borderline personality disorder (BPD) and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). She also studies treatment improvement and accessibility for people with these disorders, including the ways that mental health stigma may create barriers to care. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-saramasland-042220.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/X9v1tpB28I4

This week on the Sagecast we are joined by Professor of Physical Education and Men's and Women's Water Polo Coach, Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez is also an assistant coach for the USA Senior Men's Water Polo team. Rodriguez has been head coach of both the Pomona-Pitzer Men's Water Polo and Women's Water Polo programs for more than a decade. In that time, he has been at the helm for 10 conference titles, leading the men's program to SCIAC titles in 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2012 (co-champions), and the women's program to SCIAC titles in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Hosted by: Mark Wood and Patty Vest Produced by: Jeff Hing Transcript: https://www.pomona.edu/sites/default/files/sagecast-alexrodriguez-041420.txt Video Teaser: https://youtu.be/XXIGitjNnN0