The Doppler Effect

We chat with Special K board and cast members about their experiences creating the show in a unique year and learn about the history of a long-standing Kellogg tradition.

We're joined by Corinne and Kunal to hear about everyone's favorite acronym, FOMO, and how their experience of it has changed as our second year has unfolded through the pandemic.

We're joined by Sergey, Vanessa, and Baba to hear about why they came to the US for business school, acclimating to small talk, and what they really think of Evanston.

We're joined by Nick and Iffat to talk about challenging each other and debate in the classroom, and how Kellogg Nice plays in.

For our last episode we are both interviewed by Zac Mijares-Shafai, a special person for The Doppler Effect, and we introduce the hosts for next year, Kary Jablonski and Harold Giwa-Amu. We discuss the genesis of what it has turned into, its impact on us personally, and a certain lost episode, as well as what sparked the interest in The Doppler for Kary and Harold and their plans for next year.

Mariam Topuria and Tomas Saravia join us to talk about finding love at Kellogg, and how they've navigated their time here, their career decisions, and their own personal growth through the lens of their relationship.

Incoming and outgoing BMA co-presidents, Anna-Alycia Tucker and Dabney Jean, join us to talk about how the Kellogg community has responded to society's heightened awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement, how it ties to the landscape of race at Kellogg before this, and how we can learn to be better allies moving forward.

Dean Francesca Cornelli joins us on this very special episode, to explore the various ways in which the Kellogg community has rallied to respond to COVID-19, to reflect on her experience as a new Dean having to make difficult decisions because of the crisis, and to discuss how we can come out of this with a strengthened sense of values and responsibility.

Our fellow 2nd years, Holly Reilly and Jimmy Kam, join the show to talk with us about the importance of traditions at Kellogg, how we contribute to them, and their experiences keeping the Special K tradition alive this virtual quarter.

We invite fellow second years, Mary Beech and Marie-Ève Petitclerc-Demers, to discuss the landscape of the dialogue around being a woman at Kellogg or in the workplace, and how we can learn to better engage in that conversation to move it forward.

We invite the amazing Professor Besanko to discuss the current crisis, exploring it from the lens of the response, historical examples of pandemics, its potential effects on international order, domestic inequality, and the lessons that Kellogg students can take away from this.

In this episode we talk about the changes that the COVID-19 situation has created in our lives, how we have coped with those changes, and what we hope to do as Kellogg students and members of society moving forward.

For our first ever LIVE episode, we invite fellow Kellogg students, Elissa Estopinal and Steve Fox, to discuss how they think about motivation and how they use it to achieve their goals.

Our friends and fellow 2nd years, Oli Ostertag and Reme Fernandez, talk to us about their experiences as third culture kids, from having a weird accent as a child, to working in multinational environments, to making friends at Kellogg.

Dean Mazzeo joins us to share his insights on the importance of academics to the Kellogg experience, and how we can take advantage of the courses and faculty here to help us throughout our career.

We invited Lucia and Rafaela, 'JVs' of two Kellogg students, to talk to us about their perspectives on life within the Kellogg community.

Our fellow 2nd years and wonderful guests, Alex Wedmore and Ashlie LaBranche, talk to us about their experiences with failure; what they define as failure, how they cope with it, and how they have changed the way they perceive it.

Current residents, Surabhi Dholakia and Finn Homfeldt, talk to us about one of Kellogg's hidden gems - the student housing community of McManus, lovingly known as McMansion.

Our wonderful friends Anissa Chen and Niina al-Hassan join us to talk about their experiences navigating the dynamics of race at Kellogg.

Kellogg 2nd years, Connie Hua and Zak Sheft, talk with us about FOMO - the fear of missing out. How it affects our lives at Kellogg, how different people perceive it, and what we can do about it.

Our Kellogg peers, Leah Chernoff and Radhika Chandrasekhar, talk to us about the importance of mental health awareness and care within the Kellogg environment, and steps we can take to move forward in that regard.

We talk with fellow second years, Hannah Fishman and Kara Richie, about the conversations we want to have to show who we are, why we may not have them, and who we have these talks with, all within the context of the Kellogg bubble.

Jordan and Mitch, Kellogg students and members of the bands, talk to us about how they first started performing, their decisions to join the Kellogg Bands, and their outlook on the future of the music scene at Kellogg.

Our 2nd year peers, Kris Masoor and Jess Palfrey, talk to us about Kellogg Nice; what it is, what it isn't, and how we should deal with it.

Kellogg's very own rockstar professor, Meghan Busse, talks to us about her childhood, her love for economics, her journey into academics, and a whole lot more.

We talk to fellow 1st years, Ricardo and Zanny, about their experiences dealing with impostor syndrome and Kellogg and the advice they have for others.

We talk to 2nd year students Jarita and James about the lessons they've learned at Kellogg.

We invited Prof. Robert Bray and JD/MBA Emily Gamble to our podcast to talk about our shared home, the city of Evanston.