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Meet Lisa Hemminger, aka Professor Forever. The moniker Professor Forever emerged from the relationships Hemminger has made with her students over decades: always welcoming them to ask more questions, to visit her office, to go out to lunch or dinner or f

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    • Jan 15, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 28m AVG DURATION
    • 135 EPISODES


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    Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 54:05


    Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    The Attraction Equation, Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 30:04


    Making some updates to a FB discussion on the values of attraction in romantic coupling. What can you add to this discussion, scholars?Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Randonautica Review and Guy Debord

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 31:44


    Professor Forever recounts her experience with the app and makes some new connections. Also, holiday angst.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023 29:21


    Have you ever wondered where your specific fears come from? Professor Forever tells you about a surreal theater play (which wasn't scary) and singing hymns before analyzing some fears of her own.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    YouView

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 29:02


    YouView is Professor Forever's cheeky portmanteau for YouTube Viewing, which she has been doing a little too much lately. But she also shares info about two new trending subjects found there.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    My Sister

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 29:28


    In one sense, Professor Forever's sister is just an ordinary person---living in a Chicago suburb, working day to day, and managing life like the rest of us. But there is something really special about Bonne.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    The Bog Girl

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2023 59:19


    Professor Forever reads you a creepy story.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    W is for...

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 24:25


    Professor Forever plays a word game (and encourages you to play it,too). Plus, some Emily poetry.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    October Blather

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 30:39


    Professor Forever talks horror movies---two in particular---and recounts a story inspired by a book of dead classmates. Also, how about a friend-for-lease company?Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Shag and Shappy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 47:07


    Professor forever chats with an old friend about three performance poets from the glory days of the Chicago spoken poetry scene. Note: This episode is crass, uncensored, and rollicking fun.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Starting Over

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 24:57


    Professor Forever has some life changes that spark thoughts of starting over. She encourages you to consider ways you can refresh yourself.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    A Day in the Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 30:31


    Professor Forever describes a typical day. Along the way, she explains two teaching prompts that worked well to inspire students' creativity.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Erasers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 27:36


    Professor Forever reflects on the start of so many school years and folds those thoughts into a discussion of mindfulness.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Apartment Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 29:38


    Professor Forever is back with stories of apartment living. The episode features adventures, scary moments, landlords who rule and who suck, and the joys of city living.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Pray for Hawaii and All the Pys

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2023 52:09


    Lahaina, Maui is burning. Professor Forever needs to read to you.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Neighbors

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 31:21


    Over her lifetime, Professor Forever has written in the voice of neighbors, has had bonds with neighbors, and has had fights with neighbors. Lately, she has noticed a new phase of her interactions with the nearby.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Old Soul Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 31:38


    After seeing one of her favorite bands live, Professor Forever was inspired to listen back on some old tuneage. She encourages you to do the same for revelations.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Plum, A Memorial

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 24:59


    Professor Forever lost someone special to her yesterday. A difficult choice made the blow even more severe.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Murder in the Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 27:56


    Is one selfish if they don't push for details about a family member's demise? Professor Forever has been wondering about this on a hot summer day.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Happy Camping

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2023 28:56


    Do you go camping? Did you go camping in your youth? Professor Forever shares a few camping stories.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Amateur Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 16:54


    Do you feel like an amateur? Join the club that Professor Forever belongs to and celebrate yourself!Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Oral Weave Six Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 14:22


    Professor Forever thinks your words are so beautiful that she tried to make an oral present of them. Don't hear your words? You will...soon.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    A Healing Wish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 25:59


    Professor Forever sends out love to the world of all creatures today, be they bug or pet. And then: have you ever moved objects with your mind?Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Infrequent Flyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 31:28


    Professor Forever has been gone on vacation. The vacation had ups and downs, but don't they all? Hear the score here.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Sad Things, Practice, and Evil Dead Rise

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 34:28


    Professor Forever reviews the horror film remake. But first she shares a few moments from her current life.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Headlines, Accents, and Audrey

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 24:46


    Professor introduces the life headlines idea, then reads you a sweet cat story in a weird accent.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Off-the-cuff Vaudeville

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 31:55


    Professor Forever discusses the inspiration of the original The Little Rascals and offers up a few stage play ideas.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Outside

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 39:31


    Do you enjoy being outside? Professor Forever always has.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Bs and Flower

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 45:31


    Professor Forever talks with one of her longest-time friends about his life with SCA8 and being a fabulous weed grower/entrepreneur. Meet Mr. "B" and hear all about the flower!Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Weight...Is That You?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 33:03


    Professor Forever provides her own skinny on the trend of new weight loss drugs. And yes, she's on one.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Happy Birthday!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 32:18


    How much of your horoscope sign applies to you? What kind of birthday parties have you had? Professor Forever discusses some of the highlights of her birthday over the years.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Professor Forever S2 E52 Dance with Andre

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 79:52


    Not an actual dance, of course, but a dance of dialogue with a friend who's primarily responsible for the making of this podcast. It's a bit longer than usual, so settle in...or listen in pieces.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Assholes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 25:50


    We all know assholes. But have you ever really tried to define what the slur means to you? Professor takes a stab at coming up with a working definition of asshole for herself.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Images of Vacation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 24:51


    What do you see, feel, or think while on vacation? Professor Forever recounts a few moments from some of hers, then asks you to share your vision of vacation.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Goodbye, You

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 26:40


    As we get older, our opportunities to connect with others typically decrease. Professor Forever tries to remind herself and others that "goodbye" is not always a negative action. She also gives us a primer (again) on how brainstorming connecting ideas can make a single thought bloom.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Music's Arc

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 32:37


    Professor Forever goes down memory lane along the inspirational path of music. What melodic paths accompany the footfalls of your life?Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    DJ Blaze

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 50:16


    Professor Forever chats with fellow McHats band member and turntable musician DJ Blaze. They discuss how this phenomenal local DJ got his groove and where he thinks the industry is headed.Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    I Prefer Odd Numbers, a Poetry Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 23:54


    Professor Forever has been writing poems for more than 40 years, and performing them for more than 30. Here she shares nine of her poems: old, new, and in between. Support the showThis podcast is 100% listener supported. Love the show? You can show your support here.

    Everything's Relative

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 29:06


    Professor Forever has too many cousins to count. Today, a musing on aunts, cousins, relatives, chosen families. Plus a bonus idea giveaway.

    Visual and Verbal Thinking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 27:04


    Are you a visual or a verbal thinker? Professor Forever mulls this topic for herself and others she has known or watched.

    Reviews! Avatar 2 and M3GAN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 27:45


    Professor Forever reviews (sort of) these two films and offers her take on literary films vs. general population films.

    Animals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 26:44


    Professor Forever thinks about how her relationship with animals has changed over the decades. And she also confesses that she is an HSP, like Alanis Morissette.

    Epic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 30:56


    A long, narrative poem is an epic. A life is a narrative poem. May your next life chapter be epic in scope and quality.

    Jesus and Emily Dickinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 31:44


    Both people are historical mysteries, and Professor Forever has a crush on them. Hear some theories on perhaps who Jesus was, and why Thee Professor and Emily are similar. Plus a winter poem analysis.

    The Best Christmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 25:39


    A recounting of my Christmas season, 1969, in three tales. Plus a 5-minute burst of excitement about The White Lotus finale. (Some spoilerage, but at the end, so you won't need to skip the podcast).

    Communication Theories

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 31:29


    From speaking to the dead to friendship to the subsong of birds, Professor Forever shares some new and some borrowed theories on ways and ideas of communication.

    The Skinny on Teeth

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 37:22


    In case you didn't know, Professor Forever has some unusual teeth. She talks about them and the state of dentistry with her sister-in-law, an impressive dental hygienist.

    Thanksgiving and Family Slides

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 30:27


    Professor Forever recounts some Thanksgiving memories and offers some perspective. She also looks at randomly chosen family slides and analyzes them objectively and subjectively. 

    S2 E35 Money and Dreams

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 32:57


    Professor Forever has been very blessed this lifetime. But which came first: the sustenance or the essence of the sustained?

    King of Horror 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 23:40


    In this episode, Professor Forever analyzes the Stephen King story she read last week. Plenty of topics in that story, from death to consciousness to marriage to religion to....What did you find?

    The King of Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 46:35


    In the first of a two-parter, Professor Forever reads a great Stephen King horror story, one she hopes you will enjoy and search for ideas on consciousness, religion, death, and marriage. Her analysis on those topics and more next week!

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