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Higher education institutions continue to struggle with student retention, career readiness, and underemployment among graduates. Traditional college advising models focus heavily on selecting a major, yet many students graduate with empty degrees that fail to translate into meaningful careers. In this episode of Changing Higher Ed®, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Scott Carlson and Dr. Ned Scott Laff, authors of Hacking College: Why the Major Really Doesn't Matter and What Really Does, about how institutions can rethink academic advising, faculty engagement, and student success strategies to better serve today's learners. Carlson, a senior writer for the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Laff, who has over 35 years of experience in college and university settings helping students design successful undergraduate experiences, discuss how universities can shift away from a rigid, major-centric model to a personalized student success framework. They explain how students who lack career clarity often end up in underemployment, taking jobs unrelated to their degrees. Their research shows that institutions must evolve their advising structures to help students identify vocational purpose, leverage experiential learning, and navigate the hidden job market. The Problem with Traditional Academic Advising The outdated focus on major selection leads students into rigid career paths, often misaligned with their strengths and interests. A one-size-fits-all advising model leaves first-generation and low-income students struggling to navigate the complexities of higher education. Limited faculty-student engagement prevents students from leveraging university resources and professional networks. Lack of career-aligned experiential learning results in students graduating without the necessary skills and industry connections. Revolutionizing College-to-Career Transition Carlson and Laff propose a new model where higher education leaders integrate career-focused advising and faculty mentorship into the student experience. This involves: Helping students explore hidden intellectualism—their deeper interests and skills that could shape their career trajectories. Connecting students with faculty and industry professionals to uncover career pathways beyond traditional job titles. Expanding experiential learning opportunities through internships, mentorships, and project-based learning. Teaching students to research the hidden job market to discover roles they might never encounter through a standard career fair. Institutional Strategies for Student Success For university presidents, boards, and executive leaders, improving student outcomes requires a fundamental shift in how advising and faculty engagement are structured. Institutions should: Encourage faculty to act as mentors, guiding students beyond coursework to explore real-world career applications. Train advisors to support students in creating flexible, goal-oriented academic plans that integrate experiential learning. Strengthen career services by building industry partnerships and embedding career readiness into academic programming. Utilize existing institutional resources—including government affairs, research opportunities, and alumni networks—to connect students with career pathways. The Hidden Job Market and Career Readiness Career exploration should begin early in a student's academic journey. Institutions must help students develop the ability to recognize opportunities beyond traditional job titles by: Encouraging proactive networking with faculty, professionals, and industry leaders. Teaching students to research and navigate the hidden job market, where many opportunities exist outside of standard recruitment channels. Expanding experiential learning options, such as internships and project-based coursework, to provide practical experience that aligns with evolving workforce demands. With AI-driven automation threatening traditional advising roles, institutions must act now to redefine how they support student career pathways. Colleges that fail to adapt will continue to see declining retention, underemployment, and dissatisfaction among graduates. Five Takeaways for University Presidents and Boards Be Open to Change – Institutions must actively remove barriers that prevent student success. The current advising model is failing many students, and colleges need to adopt a more flexible, student-centered approach that helps learners navigate their academic and career paths effectively. Preserve Academic Variety – Colleges are eliminating liberal arts programs due to financial pressures, but this limits students' ability to create multidisciplinary educational experiences. Institutions should strive to maintain a diverse academic landscape that allows students to explore various career pathways. Engage Directly with Students – University leaders should make an effort to understand student concerns firsthand. By informally engaging with students—whether in common areas or casual settings—presidents and board members can gain valuable insights into what students need to thrive. Empower Students to Take Ownership of Their Education – Instead of following rigid degree structures, students should be encouraged to design their own academic experiences by integrating coursework, experiential learning, and industry engagement in ways that align with their career goals. Advisors and faculty should support this by shifting from a prescriptive model to one that helps students think critically about their education. Rethink Institutional Priorities – Colleges can maintain their research and tenure agendas while also fostering a culture that encourages student success. Leaders should create systems that help students perceive higher education as an interconnected network of opportunities rather than a series of disconnected courses. Higher education institutions that fail to evolve will continue to see declining retention and job placement rates. Listen in as Dr. Drumm McNaughton, Scott Carlson, and Dr. Ned Laff explore how colleges can implement meaningful advising reforms to improve student success, institutional sustainability, and long-term career outcomes. Institutions looking for solutions to align their academic programs with evolving student needs should explore Academic Realignment and Redesign strategies. Read the podcast transcript on our website: https://changinghighered.com/transforming-college-advising-new-approach-to-student-success/ #AcademicAdvising #HigherEducation #StudentSuccess   About the Podcast Guests Dr. Ned Scott Laff has over 35 years of experience in college and university settings, helping students design successful undergraduate experiences. He has taught both English and Honors courses and has broad interests in liberal arts education, the quality of undergraduate education, and the role of academic advising in liberal learning. He was Founding Director of the Center for the Junior Year at Governors State University; Director for Advising at Augustana College; the Director for General Education, Director of Contractual Studies, Director for Service-Learning and Director of the Center for Engaged Learning at Columbia College; former Academic Program Coordinator for Core Curriculum and Director for First Year Seminar at Loyola University Chicago. He has served as Director for Academic Program Development at Barat College of DePaul University; and as Associate Dean for Curriculum at Mundelein College of Loyola University Chicago. Connect with Ned Scott Laff on LinkedIn → Scott Carlson is a senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education who explores where higher education is headed. Since 1999, he has covered a range of issues for the publication: college management and finance, facilities, campus planning, energy, sustainability, libraries, workforce development, the value of a college degree, and other subjects. He has written such in-depth reports as “Sustaining the College Business Model,” “The Future of Work,” “The Right Mix of Academic Programs,” “The Campus as City,” and “The Outsourced University.” Carlson has won awards from the Education Writers Association and is a frequent speaker at colleges and conferences around the country. His work has also appeared in The Baltimore Sun and Baltimore City Paper, among other publications. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Connect with Scott Carlson on LinkedIn → About the Podcast Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton is the founder, CEO, and Principal Consultant at The Change Leader, Inc. A highly sought-after higher education consultant with 20+ years of experience, Dr. McNaughton works with leadership, management, and boards of U.S. and international institutions. His expertise spans key areas, including accreditation, governance, strategic planning, presidential onboarding, mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances. Dr. McNaughton's approach combines a holistic methodology with a deep understanding of the contemporary and evolving challenges facing higher education institutions worldwide to ensure his clients succeed in their mission. Connect with Drumm McNaughton on LinkedIn→  

Ambition. Perspective. Competition. Kindness. These themes are at the heart of our conversation with essayist and cartoonist Tim Kreider. Drawing from his essay, “The Ones Who Turned Back” we talk about mid-life changes in creative practice, plus thoughts on the tension between doing what you want and doing what you are rewarded for (or what people expect of you) and why you want to stay not only young at heart, but young at mind.  Tim Kreider is the author of the essay collections We Learn Nothing and I Wrote This Book Because I Love You. His Substack is called “The Loaf” and he has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vox, Nerve, Men's Journal, The Comics Journal, Film Quarterly, and Fangoria. His cartoons have been collected in three books by Fantagraphics Books. His cartoon, “The Pain—When Will It End?” ran for twelve years in the Baltimore City Paper and other alternative weeklies, and is archived at the paincomics.com. Tim was born and educated in Baltimore, Maryland. He lives in New York City and an idyllic compound in the Ozark woods. His cat The Quetzal died in 2013. His new cat is Richard, who is a fool, an adorable little fool.The ReferendumThe Ones Who Turned Back This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit emergingform.substack.com/subscribe

KITSCHFORK IS BACK!!! ...sort of? in this previously un-posted episode from mid 2023, Liz and Max chatter about some Guided By Voices lore before getting into an incredibly crucial pillar of 2000's Pitchfork indie music: Animal Collective. and more specifically: their classic but still somewhat lesser-known 2000 debut (sort of - it was originally credited to Avey Tare and Panda Bear) album: Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished thanks to its recent 2023 remaster. is this album possibly the group's real masterpiece? are Animal Collective THE artist of the 2000's? are the lyrics also surprisingly creepy? listen to find out! thanks so much to Patrick aka Space Town for offering to edit this podcast episode!! buy the remastered version of Spirit They've Gone on bandcamp: https://anmlcollectve.bandcamp.com/album/spirit-theyre-gone-spirit-theyve-vanished-remastered-2023 2005 Baltimore City Paper article about Animal Collective: https://web.archive.org/web/20130926083817/http://www2.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=11022 Liz's appearance on Patrick/Space Town's podcast "What Happened to Chiptune?": https://whathappenedtochiptune.org/episodes/liz-ryerson Liz's 2023 twitter thread about Problem Attic: https://x.com/ellaguro/status/1663233716691378176 Collapse Out podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/collapse-out/

I think it's safe to say that the Rev and I love Keiffer Mitchell.  Imagine being him, growing up in Baltimore, in the Mitchell family, one of the Baltimore's most prominant families, the expectations that they all always live up to. Public service is how they do it...for Keiffer it started with 12 years in the City Council, 1995 throught 2007 and then served in our legilature and went on to serve as a close advisor to former Governor Larry Hogan.  What was it like to grow up in the Mitchell Family, come along for the ride and learn what it was like to grow up as Keiffer Mitchell, a Boy's Latin Laker Alumni, a former History teacher at that great institution. Keiffer lays it all out there, he's a Baltimore treasure, from the days at the Farmers Market hand sqeezing Oranges to the days of running for Mayor, and finally as Chief of Staff basically running the State..Keiffer is one of Baltimore's best Ambassadors and this conversation is cool and refreshing... In 1999 and in 2005, he was voted Baltimore's "Best Politician" by Baltimore City Paper. Among his community activities are membership on the Echo Hill Outdoor School Board, the Family Tree Board, the Habitat for Humanity Board, and the Board of Trustees of the Boys' Latin School. A lifelong parishioner at Sharp Street United Methodist Church, he lives in Baltimore's historic Bolton Hill, where he serves on the board of his neighborhood association. Keiffer Mitchell, living the life of a Mitchell in our great city.  Thanks Keiffer, for all you have done for Baltimore,keep rolling.. Friends, this is a great conversation.... Enjoy!      

Even if you don't recognize Tim Kreider's name, there's a good chance you've read his work. In addition to his two collections of essays, We Learn Nothing and I Wrote This Book Because I Love You, he's published many short essays in the New York Times opinion section, nearly all of which seem to go viral. The first such essay was The Busy Trap, published more than 10 years ago, wherein he called out Americans' perpetual condition of being “crazy busy” as “a kind of existential reassurance, a hedge against emptiness; obviously, your life cannot possibly be silly or trivial or meaningless if you are so busy.” He's also famous for an essay about knowing people are talking about you behind your back, which Meghan has mentioned several times on the podcast and which has been immortalized in a famous meme. In this conversation, Tim shares his thoughts about writing about yourself, writing about other people, teaching writing to college students and (unrelatedly) getting stabbed. He also talks about the process of deciding not to have kids, the difficulty of living with another person as you get older, and a phenomenon he describes as the “soul toupee.”    For paying subscribers, Tim stays overtime and talks about (among other things) being 56-years-old, contemplating mortality, coping with a diminished attention span, and dating his fans – although he insists they're not really fans once you start dating them.  To hear that portion, become a paying subscriber at https://meghandaum.substack.com/.   Guest Bio Tim Kreider is the author of the essay collections  We Learn Nothing and I Wrote This Book Because I Love You. He has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker's Page-Turner blog, Men's Journal, The Comics Journal, Film Quarterly, and Fangoria. His cartoon “The Pain–When Will It End?” ran for 12 years in the Baltimore City Paper and other weeklies and is archived at thepaincomics.com. Learn more about him at timkreider.com

Books That Make You Charge Up a Mountain on a Motorbike We all love coming of age stories, those tales of the struggles and obstacles to fit in, and to find yourself. Danger Peak is the BookFest Award winner that swings us back to the 1980s with three teens members of The Wild Boars, the motorbike-racing club. With the unwitting help of their quirky technology teacher, Dr. Howard, they build Robert a faster, much-improved dirt bike—piece by piece. Haunted by memories of his older brother Danny, who died the year prior trying to scale Danger Peak, he discovers what lies beyond the peak of the mountain…and maybe even beyond the bounds of Earth itself. Michael Thomas Perone has written for Baltimore City Paper, The Baltimore Sun, Long Island Voice, and others. He's also written for online outfits such as Fatherly, Yahoo!, WhatCulture!, and other websites. He lives on Long Island with his wife and two daughters, and works as a Senior Editor in Manhattan. Find out more on Books That Make You. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Toscano and Chang continue their banter about those things they cared less for in the '80s. Today's special guest is Michael Thomas Perone an award-winning author who has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Long Island Voice (a spinoff of The Village Voice), and The Island Ear (now titled Long Island Press), among others. Online, he has written for Fatherly, Yahoo!, WhatCulture!, and other websites that don't end with an exclamation mark. He works as a Senior Editor in Manhattan and lives on Long Island with his wife and two daughters. What's on top of Danger Peak? That's what thirteen-year-old Robert Kin and his two best friends, wisecracking and loyal Chris and sweet but put-upon Rinnie, want to find out in their small suburban town of the late 1980s. The three teens are members of the motorbike-racing club the Wild Boars, and with the inadvertent help of their eccentric technology teacher, Dr. Howard (who prefers to be called “Doctor,” not “Mister,” thank you very much), they build Robert a better, faster, and stronger dirt bike—piece by piece. Haunted by flashbacks of his older brother Danny, who died trying to scale Danger Peak the year before, Robert becomes obsessed with conquering the magical mountain. For the respect of his friends and school, and with the aid of his improved Action Bike, he discovers what lies beyond the peak of the mountain—and maybe even beyond the bounds of Earth itself. Filled with humor, adventure, and, most importantly, heart, Danger Peak is an inspiring story about what it takes to achieve your dreams—and what it means to feel alive. Extra info: If you sign up for blog updates at www.dangerpeak.com, you'll receive a free PDF of the book Lists, Life, and Other Unimportant Details, a collection of Michael Thomas Perone's best blogs and published articles over the past 25 years. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backtothe80s/support

LaDawn Black, a native of Washington, DC, is a Relationship Expert, Author, Voice Artist and Multimedia Personality.Black was the host of Baltimore's #1 radio relationship show, The LaDawn Black Show on Magic 95.9FM for three years. Prior to joining Magic 95.9, The LaDawn Black Show, was a ratings winner and listener favorite for 10 years on Baltimore's 92Q – 92.3FM. Black has been named Best Radio Personality by the Baltimore City Paper and Best Guilty Pleasure Radio Show by the Baltimore Magazine.Black is also an author of two Penguin Random House top-selling relationship guides: Stripped Bare: The 12 Truths That Will Help You Land the Very Best Black Man and Let's Get It On: 15 Hot Tips and Tricks to Spice Up Your Sex Life. Black's latest book for Penguin Random House is a novel, TEASE: Steamy Short Stories. Stripped Bare was named one of the 10 Best Non-fiction Books by HuffingtonPost and her novel TEASE was a nominee for an African American Literary Award in erotica. She also lends her voice to other authors as a narrator. Black is a popular voice artist for Audible lending her talents to many top-selling books. Plus, she has been the sexy voice on many hot mixtapes and CDs.In addition to her own radio show, books and articles, Black has been a relationship expert for Oxygen, BET, TVOne, CW, Wendy, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, NPR, Fox News and many other local/national media outlets.Black is an online relationship coach for match.com, yahoo.com, happenmag.com, blackandmarriedwithkids.com, essence.com, blackpeoplemeet.com and blackmeninamerica.com. Black has contributed to or been profiled by Essence, Ebony, Heart & Soul, Upscale, Glamour, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine and many other publications.Mentioned in the episodeLaDawn BlackProudly sponsored by BMIThe Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture. To find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory. SPONSORSDoubledutch Boutique: Boutique featuring a curated selection of modern, retro-inspired women's designer clothing. Check out the shop's gifts for holidays for him/her, including items from local makers and new modern lines from abroad and as well as vintage treasures by going to doubledutchboutique.comSPONSORSDoubledutch Boutique: Boutique featuring a curated selection of modern, retro-inspired women's designer clothing. Check out the shop's gifts for holidays for him/her, including items from local makers and new modern lines from abroad and as well as vintage treasures by going to doubledutchboutique.com ★ Support this podcast ★

The illustrious Mink Stole is a national treasure. Her incredible career has spanned over five decades, beginning in the late 1960's when she and John Waters began their lifelong collaboration; she's had roles in every one of his feature films. She's also a singer and former advice column writer for The Baltimore City Paper. In this episode, Mink and hostess Pleasant Gehman dish about everything from the pre- “Pink Flamingos” days to her bohemian lifestyle in Baltimore, New York and Provincetown. They compare notes on their time served as cellmates in director Steve Balderson's women in prison film “Stuck!” as well as her role as an art agent his latest work, “Alchemy Of The Spirit”, currently making the rounds of film festivals. Mink also spills the beans on her latest foray as a budding pianist, working with Peaches Christ, and a sweet but shocking paranormal experience.Website: www.minkstole.comFacebook: www.facebook.comminkstolefanpage

The illustrious Mink Stole is a national treasure. Her incredible career has spanned over five decades, beginning in the late 1960's when she and John Waters began their lifelong collaboration; she's had roles in every one of his feature films. She's also a singer and former advice column writer for The Baltimore City Paper. In this episode, Mink and hostess Pleasant Gehman dish about everything from the pre- “Pink Flamingos” days to her bohemian lifestyle in Baltimore, New York and Provincetown. They compare notes on their time served as cellmates in director Steve Balderson's women in prison film “Stuck!” as well as her role as an art agent his latest work, “Alchemy Of The Spirit”, currently making the rounds of film festivals. Mink also spills the beans on her latest foray as a budding pianist, working with Peaches Christ, and a sweet but shocking paranormal experience. Website: www.minkstole.com Facebook: www.facebook.comminkstolefanpage

The illustrious Mink Stole is a national treasure. Her incredible career has spanned over five decades, beginning in the late 1960's when she and John Waters began their lifelong collaboration; she's had roles in every one of his feature films. She's also a singer and former advice column writer for The Baltimore City Paper. In this episode, Mink and hostess Pleasant Gehman dish about everything from the pre- “Pink Flamingos” days to her bohemian lifestyle in Baltimore, New York and Provincetown. They compare notes on their time served as cellmates in director Steve Balderson's women in prison film “Stuck!” as well as her role as an art agent his latest work, “Alchemy Of The Spirit”, currently making the rounds of film festivals. Mink also spills the beans on her latest foray as a budding pianist, working with Peaches Christ, and a sweet but shocking paranormal experience.Website: www.minkstole.comFacebook: www.facebook.comminkstolefanpage

This episode is the 4th and final session of Journalism for Liberation and Combat.  Make sure to check out the audio from all four sessions here on Millennials Are Killing Capitalism. Or if you prefer, the videos from all four sessions are up on Black Power Media. And there's a syllabus you can access in the show notes. This episode is a panel discussion with Erica Caines from Hood Communist and Black Alliance For Peace, Kelly Hayes from Truthout and Movement Memos, Brian Nam-Sonenstein from Shadowproof and Beyond Prisons and Brandon Soderberg co-author of I Got A Monster and former editor-in-chief of the Baltimore City Paper.  Each of these folks have much more extensive bios which we will include in the show notes and which get read out later in the episode after Brooke and I situate the panel a bit within the series. We encourage you to follow and support their work and more than that we hope that more comes from our collaboration with these great folks, and through folks who either participated in the seminars or who have watched or listened to this series in video or audio form. This is our first episode of April, we put out 5 episodes in March. So if you like what we do here at MAKC, kick $1 or whatever you can into our patreon to make sure we can continue to provide you with new episodes every week.  Panelists: Erica Caines is a coordinating committee of The Black Alliance For Peace and a member of the Black working-class centered Ujima People's Progress Party in Maryland. Caines is the founder of Liberation Through Reading and is also co-editor of the Revolutionary African blog, Hood Communist. Kelly Hayes is the host of Truthout's podcast Movement Memos and a contributing writer at Truthout. Kelly's written work can be found in numerous other publications and books, including the anthology Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? and Mariame Kaba's bestseller We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice. Kelly was an organizer with We Charge Genocide and co-founded the Chicago Light Brigade and the Lifted Voices collective. Kelly's movement photography is featured in the “Freedom and Resistance” exhibit of the DuSable Museum of African American History.  Brian Nam-Sonenstein is an independent journalist and editor living in Maine. He is one of the co-founders of the reader-supported news website Shadowproof.com and the Beyond Prisons podcast. Previously, Brian was the associate publisher of Firedoglake, an early and influential online forum for left journalism and organizing. There, he worked to connect journalists with movement organizers around the country working on a wide range of issues including fighting foreclosures, drug prohibition, anti war mobilizations, whistleblower defense, and environmental justice. Since around 2014, his primary focus has been to amplify abolitionist movements and thought through media, and to help cultivate and spread an abolitionist ethic among journalists.  Brandon Soderberg is a Baltimore-based reporter who covers dirty cops, harm reduction, direct action, and guns. He is the coauthor of I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad. He is the former editor-in-chief of Baltimore City Paper and is the co-founder of Baltimore Beat, a community-focused nonprofit media outlet. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Intercept, Vice, The Appeal, Filter Magazine, and many other publications. Currently he writes about Baltimore for The Real News.

About the guestDareise is a multi-passionate entrepreneur who brings creativity, professionalism and dedication to all of her endeavors. She started her journey as an educator over fifteen years ago teaching high school English. During her career, she has served students, families and teachers as a tutoring center director, assistant principal, teacher and mentor for new teachers. She is a certified Reading Teacher (Goucher College), has a bachelor's degree in English from Coppin State University and a master's degree in Education: Administration and Supervision from Notre Dame of Maryland University.The Baltimore City native grew up in a low-income household to a mother with a mental illness and an absentee father. Her grandparents raised her until her grandfather passed away. She was nine. Her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease when she was fourteen. She then moved with a family member who was a victim of domestic violence. Despite these adverse experiences, her faith, family, mentors and therapy got her through college and into a thriving career. Dareise became a realtor in 2016 and is a proud member of the Dream Builders Home Group of Keller Williams Metropolitan. Dareise carries the values of hard work, integrity and outstanding client service into everything she does, and is ready to educate and successfully guide her clients through the home buying and selling process.She is a contributing writer for Upscale Magazine, Baltimore Small, and The Baltimore Times, editor of My Life is Not a Sermon by Tonya Blue-Shelby, former writer for The Flywire Magazine and Coppin State University's newspaper and intern with The Baltimore City Paper.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.Mentioned in this episodeDareise's WebsiteBaltimore SmallTo find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory.Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode★ Support this podcast ★

We open this segment with the music of Steve Gunn, one of the artists featured in a recent episode of Essential Tremors,a terrific and very popular podcast from WYPR's Podcast Central that explores the musical influences of composers and performers across a full spectrum of musical genres. The podcast debuted in 2018, and it's just dropped its 50th episode. Joining Tom now to talk about the podcast's concept, and how it's worked for the past three-plus years, are Essential Tremors' creators and co-hosts: Matt Byars is the drummer and sound processor in the DC-based band The Caribbean, and plays as Attorneys General and The Jarvik 6; he is also a middle school English teacher. He was previously a contributor to WYPR's “The Signal.” Matt was raised in Kentucky and has lived in Baltimore since the mid-1990s. Lee Gardner has been a professional journalist and music writer for more than 25 years. He's the former music editor, and editor in chief, of Baltimore City Paper. Lee is currently a senior reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington, DC. His writing has appeared in or on The Wire, Newmusicbox, Nylon, National Public Radio, and numerous altweeklies. He was born in Tennessee. Lee Gardner and Matt Byars join us on Zoom from Baltimore. Essential Tremors streams on WYPR's Podcast Central and other platforms. It's alsobroadcast on WYPR on the second Sunday of every month at 7:00 PM on 88.1 FM and at wypr.org.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode, we're joined by Fred Scharmen to discuss his recently released book Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space, what it means to apply a more critical and anti-colonial lens to both the history and future of space exploration, and how humanity's relationship with outer space has always spoken volumes about how we think about life on Earth.Fred teaches architecture and urban design at Morgan State University's School of Architecture and Planning.  He is the co-founder of the Working Group on Adaptive Systems, an art and design consultancy based in Baltimore, Maryland.  His work as a designer and researcher is about how we imagine new spaces for future worlds, and about who is invited into them.  He received his master's degree in Architecture from Yale University and his writing has been published in the Journal of Architectural Education, Log, CLOG, Volume, and Domus.  Fred's architectural criticism has also appeared in the The Architect's Newspaper, and in the local alt-weekly Baltimore City Paper.Support the show (https://donorbox.org/celestial-citizen)

NOW AVAILABLE ON FOWL PLAYERS RADIO!! www.fowlplayersradio.comDirect Link to Episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/175423/9506745Mike Brilhart just celebrated 40 years in radio! He started in radio at Dundalk High, WDSH-AM in September of 1981. In 1982 that station moved to 96.7 FM with Top-40 music during the day and specialty music at night with 97Underground Friday and Saturday. 97 Underground, played classic rock, and classic hard rock (which really wasn't that old then) and also newer rock. This is 2 years before any classic rock format appeared in the U.S.Mike was the first to play Metallica on FM when Jon Zazula of Megaforce Records sent him a cassette of Metallica in Summer '82. Mike was also the first to play Motley Crue on FM regularly. After he graduated from Dundalk he still did shows on 97 Underground.In Spring of 1987 - brought 97Underground back as a successful hard rock format. First DJ to play Guns and Roses, Child's Play and so many more on FM. He has also worked as a DJ in several prominent Baltimore-area night clubs such as Network, Hammerjacks, and The Zu. From 1996-2003 he was on 104.3 The Colt and since 2003 he has been on 100.7 The Bay. He has received top Baltimore radio DJ awards from MD Musician and the Baltimore City Paper and was #2 radio DJ in Baltimore for 2020 in a readers poll of The East County Times and Dundalk Eagle readers.Subscribe for free at www.fowlplayersradio.com or listen wherever you find podcasts online.No matter what platform you listen on, you can help us greatly by giving us a fair review and a 5 star rating!Also- be sure to visit our page on patreon.com- www.patreon.com/fowlplayersradio!Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!!The Fowl Players of Perryville are back and have many shows booked for the fall and winter of 2021-22! See our schedule on www.fowlplayersofperryville.com. For bookings, we can be reached by phone at 443-600-0446 or by email at fowlplayersperryville@yahoo.com.#MikeBrilhart #97Underground #100.7TheBay #WZBA #Hammerjacks #Network #TheZu 

Celebrate the finalists in the 2021 Poetry Contest with the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Little Patuxent Review! The three finalists, another contributor to the summer issue, and LPR's head editor read. Steven Hollies, the winner of the 2021 Poetry Contest, is a Rockville native living mostly inside his head, a 2019 graduate of Howard Community College, and a drop-out from many other times and places. He enjoys playing volleyball, guitar, hooky, jokes, games, with words, around, along, it cool, hard to get, with fire, and the fool. Read "Body/language," the poem that won the 2021 Poetry Contest. Virginia Crawford, a 2021 Poetry Contest finalist, is a long-time teaching artist with the Maryland State Arts Council. She has co-edited two anthologies: Poetry Baltimore, poems about a city and Voices Fly, An Anthology of Exercises and Poems from the Maryland State Arts Council Artist-in-Residence Program from CityLit Press. She earned degrees in Creative Writing from Emerson College, Boston, and The University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Her book Touch appeared in 2013 from Finishing Line Press. Apprentice House Press published questions for water in April 2021. She writes and lives in Baltimore. Learn more at virginiacrawford.com. Rosemary Hutzler, a 2021 Poetry Contest finalist, teaches, writes, and mothers in northwest Baltimore. Growing up on an island near Seattle, she was imprinted by natural beauty, quirky houses, and iconoclastic personalities. She also lived in Maine, Connecticut, France, and Brooklyn before settling into Baltimore and its Jewish community. Her teachers have included John Hollander, Michael Collier, Mark Strand, and Gerald Stern. Her work has appeared in the Texas Observer, the Baltimore Sun, the Baltimore City Paper, the Forward, Nimrod, and elsewhere. Read her translation of R.M. Rilke's "Grown Woman" and her review of a republication of Ellen La Motte's Backwash of War. .chisaraokwu. (she/her), a contributor to LPR's summer 2021 issue, is an Igbo American actor, poet, and healthcare futurist. Her poetry and essays have appeared in many journals, including Berkeley Poetry Review, Cutthroat, Obsidian, and Tinderbox Poetry. Named a Cave Canem Fellow in 2020, she looks forward to post-pandemic travel. Read her poem "The Suicide Bomber Climbs A Mountain & Leaves A Note." Chelsea Lemon Fetzer, a contest judge, holds an MFA in Fiction from Syracuse University. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in journals such as Callaloo, Tin House, Mississippi Review, and Minnesota Review. Her essay “Speck” appears in The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives about being Mixed Race in the 21st Century. She is a 2019 Rubys recipient for the Literary Arts. Fetzer currently teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Baltimore. She serves on the board of CityLit Project and as head editor of Little Patuxent Review, a literary and arts journal that publishes creative work from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. Read her poem "flare." Pictured: (top row) Virginia Crawford, Steven Hollies, Rosemary Hutzler, (bottom row) .chisaraokwu., Chelsea Lemon Fetzer. Recorded On: Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Alex Fine is a freelance illustrator living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. A graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art, he has over a ten years of experience in editorial, advertising, and book illustration. As well as working full time as an illustrator, Alex is also an adjunct professor at MICA in the illustration department.Clients include: Adweek, Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Billboard Magazine, The Boston Globe, Chronicle Books, Dallas Morning News, Edelman, ESPN Magazine, Grantland.com, Harper Collins, The Hollywood Reporter, john st., Kokanee Beer, McSweeney's, New York Magazine, New York Observer, Newsweek, O Magazine, Parade, Philadelphia Magazine, Politico, Scholastic Books, TBWA ChiatDay, Time Magazine, Time Out New York, Variety, Washington Post, WIRED, and 360i.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It really makes a difference and it's always nice to read kind words.Follow us on Twitter and  InstagramBe sure to check out our other podcasts:Mastermind Team's Robcast - Mastermind Team's Robcast is an irreverent and hilarious podcast covering all things pop culture and weird news. Let's Watch It Again - Let's Watch It Again is a movie review podcast from MTR The Network.★ Support this podcast ★

Max Weiss is the editor in chief of Baltimore Magazine and the magazine's film and pop culture critic. As EIC, she oversees all of the magazine's editorial content. She is a certified Top Critic on Rotten Tomatoes and a member of the Washington Area Film Critics Society. Max has been a well-known figure in Baltimore media for nearly three decades, having done regular stints on both WBAL radio and WBAL-TV. Before working at Baltimore magazine, she wrote the "Nice Girl" column for the Baltimore City Paper. She also was the host of the nationally-syndicated Movie Show on Radio. In her free time, she plays cello, both as a soloist, in chamber groups, and with the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra. She's also slightly addicted to Twitter (@maxthegirl). She lives in Evergreen with her mutt Oscar.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It really makes a difference and it's always nice to read kind words.Follow us on Twitter and  InstagramBe sure to check out our other podcasts:Mastermind Team's Robcast - Mastermind Team's Robcast is an irreverent and hilarious podcast covering all things pop culture and weird news. Let's Watch It Again - Let's Watch It Again is a movie review podcast from MTR The Network.★ Support this podcast ★

Join us for readings and discussion inspired by the Washington Writers' Publishing House's new anthology, This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry and Fiction from DC, Maryland, and Virginia, 111 works by 100 writers. Editor Kathleen Wheaton describes this anthology as "a picture of our time, our shared losses, our shared life."The event features a panel of writers representing the anthology.Poet Sarah Browning’s books are Killing Summer and Whiskey in the Garden of Eden. She co-founded and for 10 years directed Split This Rock. Her fellowships include ones from the Lillian E. Smith Center, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Yaddo, Mesa Refuge, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Adirondack Center for Writing.Hayes Davis is the author of Let Our Eyes Linger (Poetry Mutual Press, 2016). His work appears in many journals and anthologies. He was a member of Cave Canem’s first cohort of fellows. A high-school English teacher, he lives in Silver Spring with his wife, poet Teri Ellen Cross Davis.Caron Garcia Martinez is a writer, teacher, and former diplomat who grew up in Los Angeles. A graduate of Williams College, the London School of Economics and Political Science (MS, Psychology), and George Mason University (MFA), Caron has taught at American University since 2008. Caron's published work is in short fiction and essays, and her current writing project is a novel set in Mexico in 1910, built on family stories recalled by her abuela, Celia.Adam Schwartz’s debut collection of stories, The Rest of the World, won the Washington Writers' Publishing House 2020 prize for fiction. His stories have won prizes sponsored by Poets & Writers, Philadelphia Stories, and Baltimore City Paper and appeared in numerous literary journals. He has stories forthcoming in Raritan and Gargoyle. He has an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. For 23 years, he has taught high school in Baltimore.Panel moderator Kathleen Wheaton grew up in California, studied at Stanford University, and worked for 20 years as a journalist in Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Bethesda, Maryland. Her fiction has appeared in many journals and three anthologies, and she is a five-time recipient of Maryland State Arts Council grants. Her collection, Aliens and Other Stories, won the 2013 Washington Writers' Publishing House Fiction Prize. Since 2014, she has served as president and managing editor of the Washington Writers’ Publishing House.The anthology's poetry editor, Jona Colson, and fiction editor, Caroline Bock, will also feature in this event.Learn more about This Is What America Looks Like.Recorded On: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

On this fifth episode of Health Care by the Numbers, our host Todd Searls interviews Jessica Kim Cohen, a health and technology reporter with Modern Healthcare. At Modern Healthcare since 2019, Jessica writes about health care business, policy news and health care trends with a focus on digital health and innovations in technology. Before joining Modern Healthcare, she worked at Becker’s Hospital Review where she explored an expansive roster of technology topics. She has also been published in the Chicago Reader, Chicago Health Magazine, Baltimore City Paper and Baltimore magazine, and other regional news outlets. We can all see that technology and digital health delivery are increasingly important in the health care landscape. As just one example, use of electronic health records has grown enormously over the last twenty years due to both federal requirements and significant public and private investments. This means that everyone in the health care space needs to understand technology – this is not just for CIOs anymore. Jessica and Todd discuss how systems and providers are adapting to this world. The episode also digs into how access to technology creates equitable access to high quality care. There have been serious challenges in getting broadband internet access in rural areas – a huge issue as telehealth becomes increasingly important during the COVID 19 pandemic. There are exciting opportunities for patients to take charge of their own care with at-home health engagement platforms, but patients need to be trained and comfortable using these new tools. This episode covers many of today’s opportunities and challenges with technology and digital communication. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen/

Join us for a conversation and short tour with Ron Cassie to launch his book, If You Love Baltimore, It Will Love You Back: 171 Short but True Stories. The conversation will be moderated by Rafael Alvarez. Ron Cassie is a senior editor at Baltimore magazine, where he’s won national awards for his coverage of the death of Freddie Gray, sea-level rise on the Eastern Shore, and the opioid epidemic in Hagerstown. He reported from Haiti in the days following the tragic earthquake, New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and from Uganda as part of a humanitarian relief effort. His work has appeared as a notable selection in The Best of American Sports Writing, in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center, at CityLab, Newsweek, Huffington Post, Grist, The New York Daily News,The Baltimore Sun, several alternative weeklies, including Baltimore City Paper, and Urbanite, where he served as editor-in-chief before coming to Baltimore. He has been a finalist for the Folio and City and Regional Magazine Association Writer of the Year awards. He is a two-time Religion Writer of the Year runner-up. He teaches writing at Towson University and holds masters degrees from The Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University, where he is pursuing a doctorate degree. Prior to becoming a full-time journalist, he spent almost two decades swinging a hammer, riding a bike, and pouring drinks for a living. Writers LIVE programs are supported in part by a bequest from The Miss Howard Hubbard Adult Programming Fund. Recorded On: Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Join us for a discussion with Erica Green, Tawanda Jones, Brandon Soderberg, and Baynard Woods. Presented in partnership with OSI Baltimore. They discuss overlapping themes in Five Days and I Got a Monster, including whose stories are valued in the public discourse, the role and responsibility of the press, the narrative of a city, and the pursuit of justice. West Wednesday will be honored during the program. The conversation is moderated by Maryland State Senator Jill P. Carter. Maryland State Senator Jill P. Carter represents the state’s 41st legislative district, which falls within the municipal boundaries of Baltimore City. She previously represented the district as a member of the House of Delegates for 14 years, from 2003 to 2016. Senator Carter is the daughter of the late Walter P. Carter, a revered civil rights activist and a central figure of Maryland’s civil rights movement in the ‘60s and early ‘70's. Her mother, Zerita Joy Carter, was a public school teacher who specialized in Early Childhood Education. Senator Carter is a graduate of Western High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Loyola University and a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Erica Green is a correspondent in Washington who covers the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos, focusing on federal policy, educational equity and civil rights enforcement in the nation’s K-12 schools. Ms. Green's education coverage at The New York Times won first place in the beat reporting category at the Education Writers Association's 2018 National Awards for Education Reporting. Before joining The Times in 2017, Ms. Green, a native Baltimorean, covered the Baltimore City school system for The Baltimore Sun. Ms. Green was also part of the Sun team named a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist for breaking news coverage of the death of Freddie Gray and the unrest that followed. She collaborated with Wes Moore on the book, "Five Days," which details the April 2015 events through the eyes of Baltimoreans as the "Baltimore Uprising" unfolded. Tawanda Jones is the sister of Tyrone West; she and her familyd “West Wednesday,” a weekly protest and safe ground to speak out against police brutality and murder. She is also the founder of West Correlation. Jones and her supporters have moved West Wednesdays online, featuring the family members of victims of police violence from around the country on a weekly live stream. In addition to this weekly work, Jones also works to change laws at the state level. She is the mother of four children, a pre-k teacher and a freedom fighter. Brandon Soderberg is a writer living Baltimore and was previously the Editor in Chief of the Baltimore City Paper and a contributing writer to SPIN. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, The Village Voice and many other publications. Baynard Woods is a writer living in Baltimore. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and many other publications. Recorded On: Wednesday, November 18, 2020

In this episode we interview Brandon Soderberg who along with Baynard Woods co-authored the book I Got A Monster, The Rise And Fall of America’s Most Corrupt Police Squad. Soderberg is a reporter living Baltimore and was previously the Editor in Chief of the Baltimore City Paper and a contributing writer to SPIN. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, The Village Voice and many other publications. In this episode we talk about the remarkable corruption of Baltimore PD’s Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), which is the subject of Brandon’s recent book and discuss how this exceptional example is a logical manifestation of the very system of US policing. Soderberg also talks about all the ways in which the political and justice systems reinforce unconstitutional policing as a matter of course. We also discuss how police undermine methods of violence interruption. 

In 1985, Baltimore infomercial star Santo Victor Rigatuso, aka Santo Gold, produced an extravaganza with something for everyone: It promised horror, wrestling, rock, and even a "three-headed Munga Magoon." It was all supposed to be filmed and turned into a feature film more exciting than the recent Rocky III.The spectacle, called Blood Circus, was also supposed to introduce some exciting new technology called a "scream bag." Attendees were promised a Thundervision sound system, atomic fleas, and a "new type of movie unlike anything you will ever experience."They received none of these things. But the failure of Blood Circus is a remarkable story that brings together The Wire creator David Simon, indie music star Santigold, and Mark H. Weingartner, who would later work on Inception, Dunkirk and The Hunger Games Saga.If you'd like to learn more about Blood Circus, here are the sources for this episode of The Industry:ArticlesAnft, Michael. “Fool’s Gold” – Santo Rigatuso: The Man with the Four-Way Lips, Baltimore City Paper, February 16, 1990.http://www.baltimoreorless.com/2011/01/fools-gold-santo-rigatuso-the-man-with-the-four-way-lips/Harrington, Richard. The Fans Cry for 'Blood'! But the Gore's Not Real In Filming of Wrestling Flick, The Washington Post, February 11, 1985.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1985/02/11/the-fans-cry-for-bloodbut-the-gores-not-real-in-filming-of-wrestling-flick/08b3117c-36fc-43bf-8538-aa66c9ae3801/Jacobson, Joan. State Slaps Down Prison ‘Enterprise’, The Evening Sun, March 16, 1990.Warmkessel, Karen. $2 Million Fund Ordered To Repay Those Bilked By TV Huckster, The Baltimore Sun, November 14, 1989.Simon, David. Too Little Carnage to Satisfy Crowd, The Baltimore Sun, February 11, 1985. Case Summary: U.S. v. CEN-CARD AGENCY/C.C.A.C.https://casetext.com/case/us-v-cen-card-agencyccacP.S. Docket No. 30/77, August 19, 1988.https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/judicial/admin-decisions/1988/30-77d.htm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Kreider is the author of the essay collections We Learn Nothing and I Wrote This Book Because I Love You. He currently has a regular column at Medium, and has contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker‘s “Page-Turner” blog, al Jazeera, Vox, Nerve, the Men's Journal, The Comics Journal, Film Quarterly, and Fangoria. His cartoons have been collected in three books by Fantagraphics Books. His cartoon, “The Pain—When Will It End?” ran for twelve years in the Baltimore City Paper and other alternative weeklies, and is archived at the paincomics.com. Tim was born and educated in Baltimore, Maryland. He lives in New York City and an Undisclosed Location on the Chesapeake Bay. Connect with Timothy Kreider: http://timkreider.com/ Get Tim's books: https://www.amazon.com/Wrote-This-Book-Because-Love/dp/1476738998/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20 https://medium.com/@t.w.kreider Connect with Nick Holderbaum: Personal Health Coaching: https://www.primalosophy.com/ Nick Holderbaum's Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods (T): @primalosophy (IG): @primalosophy iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-primalosophy-podcast/id1462578947 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

Fred Scharmen teaches architecture and urban design at Morgan State University’s School of Architecture and Planning. He is the co-founder of the Working Group on Adaptive Systems, an art and design consultancy based in Baltimore, Maryland. His work as a designer and researcher is about how we imagine new spaces for future worlds, and about who is invited into them. His first book, Space Settlements—on NASA’s 1970s proposal to construct large cities in space for millions of people—is out now from Columbia Books on Architecture and the City. He received his Masters Degree in Architecture from Yale University. His writing has been published in the Journal of Architectural Education, Log, CLOG, Volume, and Domus. His architectural criticism has appeared in the Architects Newspaper, Slate, CityLab, and in the local alt-weekly Baltimore City Paper.

Paul Krauss MA LPC sits down with singer-songwriter Cameron Blake to discuss songwriting in a way that humanizes the voices and stories of the times we live in. Cameron and Paul discuss the universal appeal of music in our lives and how it can open us to new experiences and perspectives if allow our hearts to truly listen. Paul discusses his experiences hearing Cameron Blake perform his new album live in 2019 and how some of the stories that were told brought up both existential and emotional reactions. Cameron shares the story of his life in music as well as his composition of his new album, which was written during a week at a silent retreat and is rich with honest and raw human stories. Cameron shares about his writing process and lyrics and what inspires his writing. Many songs are also shared. If you like music and philosophy, you will love this episode! Also Discussed: Saying things through art that you might not say from a podium, personal and collective inspiration for songwriting, feeling changed from music, writing from the perspective of a character, channeling emotions into songs, trauma, Woody Guthrie, Thomas Merton, silent retreat, not giving up your power, the recent Syrian conflict, talking about politics without polarizing people, Bob Dylan, humanizing stories and people, war, walking into the black, anesthetizing news, simple answers, complicated situations, the root of all war is fear, acceptance, Tolstoy, everyone wants to change the world but no one wants to change themselves, empathy, avoidance, reflection, Goya, learning violin, Michigan, Baltimore Maryland, folk tradition, music for the people, jazz musicians, classical musicians,——Greta Thunberg, reducing carbon emissions, the complicated issues of energy, changing perspectives, transformation, rebirth, climate change increasing global terrorism, Portugal, carpe diem, existential themes, six minutes and twenty seconds, Emma Gonzalez , Joan Baez, dissociation, little time to reflect, emotional maturity, Leonard Cohen, heavy metal, releasing a new album, using your voice, telling stories no matter where you are. Michigan-born Cameron Blake is most passionate about engaging with the parts of us that are fragile and vulnerable. This is reflected most deeply in his songs, which have touched the hearts of people all over the world. Ranging from gospel-fired, high energy roots rock to introspective folk, Cameron's music is as diverse as his personal story. He began composing and playing the violin at the age of twelve; a talent that would eventually culminate in a Master's Degree from the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore. Compassion, curiosity and a fair share of burnout took him beyond the walls of the practice room and out on the street, where he regularly worked and communed with the poor. Sharing what he experienced was the starting point for a new career path as a singer-songwriter. He taught himself piano and guitar, quickly immersed himself in the Baltimore music scene and took his individual brand of chamber folk on the road. After meeting the love of his life and moving back to Michigan to raise a family, Cameron's artistry bloomed into full maturity with the release of Alone On The World Stage (2015). Recorded with nothing more than voice, guitar and occasional piano, the record garnered international acclaim for its subject matter; a heart-rending, poetic and poignant picture of the issues that face the world we live in today. His keen eye for detail and skill for getting inside of characters to reveal flesh and blood human lives continued with the release of Fear Not (2017); a lush, masterfully orchestrated album that tackles the complex subject of fear. The album has earned praise from the likes of The Huffington Post, No Depression and Paste in the US and was released throughout Europe on the Netherlands based record label Continental Song City in 2018. If you've seen him before, you know that Cameron's performances leave a lasting, emotional impact.  Whether it's performing as a front man or a soloist, in a sold-out amphitheater or an intimate club, Cameron gives himself fully to his audience.  Described as “brilliant” (Baltimore City Paper), “impressive” (Local Spins) and “beautiful” (Washington Times), Cameron's soulful baritone voice, powerful lyrics and physical presence make him one of Michigan's most original and compelling live performers. Paul Krauss MA LPC is the Clinical Director of Health for Life Grand Rapids, home of The Trauma-Informed Counseling Center of Grand Rapids. Paul is also a Private Practice Psychotherapist, EMDRIA Consultant in Training (CIT), host of the Intentional Clinician podcast, Behavioral Health Consultant, Clinical Trainer, and Counseling Supervisor. Paul is now offering consulting for a few individuals and organizations. Paul is the creator of the National Violence Prevention Hotline (in progress)  as well as the Intentional Clinician Training Program for Counselors. Questions? Call the office at 616-200-4433.  If you are looking for EMDRIA consulting groups, Paul Krauss MA LPC is now hosting weekly online and in-person groups.  For details, click here.  
Original Music: ”Shades of Currency" [Instrumental] from Archetypes by PAWL (Spotify) Original Songs by Cameron Blake utilized in this episode: After Sally from Fear Not (2017) North Dakota from Alone on the World Stage (2015) Queen Bee from Fear Not (2017) How Dare You from the forthcoming album Walking Into the Black (2020) Henny Penny from the forthcoming album Walking Into the Black (2020) Wailing Wall from Fear Not (2017) Fear Not from Fear Not (2017) Sandtown from Fear Not (2017) Check out Cameron Blake on Spotify   Michigan Mental Health Counselors Association is working to increase the availability of quality mental health services statewide, increasing education, promoting best practices, and working to keep Licensed Professional Counselors and other professionals accessible by the public.  

Violet LeVoit is a novelist and film critic whose writing has appeared on Rogerebert.com, TurnerClassicMovies.com, the Baltimore City Paper, Allmovie.com, and many others. She is the author of the short story collections I AM GENGHIS CUM and I'LL FUCK ANYTHING THAT MOVES AND STEPHEN HAWKING, as well as the critically lauded dark experimental noir I MISS THE WORLD. Her latest book is SCARSTRUCK, an erotic bisexual romance set in 1950s Hollywood that's been compared to a Lifetime movie written by James Ellroy.Links:http://Violetlevoit.comhttps://www.instagram.com/violetlevoit/@violetlevoit Twitter@violetlevoit InstagramPublisher: http://Kingshotpress.comAmazon: https://www.amazon.com/Violet-LeVoit/e/B00TOXQLQQ

Summary, Episode 8: Interview with Robin Bullock – Celtic Guitar, Mandolin, Cittern and More… Hailed as a “Celtic Guitar God” by Baltimore City Paper and “one of the best folk instrumentalists in the business” by Sing Out! Magazine, Robin Bullock is one of the preeminent acoustic music masters of our time. His virtuosity on guitar, […] The post FGH-0008: Interview with Robin Bullock – Celtic Guitar, Mandolin, Cittern and More… appeared first on Adam Rafferty.

Summary, Episode 8: Interview with Robin Bullock – Celtic Guitar, Mandolin, Cittern and More… Hailed as a “Celtic Guitar God” by Baltimore City Paper and “one of the best folk instrumentalists in the business” by Sing Out! Magazine, Robin Bullock is one of the preeminent acoustic music masters of our time. His virtuosity on guitar, […] The post FGH-0008: Interview with Robin Bullock – Celtic Guitar, Mandolin, Cittern and More… appeared first on Adam Rafferty.

WYPR producer Jamyla Krempel hosts today’s show. There’s been lots of talk lately about changing the narrative in Baltimore. Last month, Mayor Catherine Pugh told an audience at the Parkway Theatre that Baltimore had a “perception problem.” She also said she wanted to “work on the media not depicting Baltimore always as this negative place to be.” The Mayor’s statements got lots of people, including Jamyla, thinking about how Baltimore is perceived.For the first half of the show, Jamyla welcomes two journalists who’ve spent a lot of time thinking and writing about the city. Lawrence Lanahan is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Al Jazeera, Columbia Journalism Review and other outlets. He was the creator of WYPR’s The Lines Between Us series. And he was senior producer of the WYPR show “Maryland Morning.” Lisa Snowden McCray is a longtime Baltimore journalist. She was a writer and associate editor for the Baltimore City Paper and then editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Beat, a weekly alternative paper which, sadly, ceased publication yesterday. Later in the show, Jamyla welcomes Al Hutchinson, the president and CEO of Visit Baltimore, and Annie Milli, the executive director of Live Baltimore to talk about Baltimore’s narrative going forward.

Tim Kreider, cartoonist and author of the essay collection “I Wrote This Book Because I Love You” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Tim Kreider gained a reputation as a cartoonist in the style of B. Kliban before turning political following the stolen election of 2000 and 9/11. His series, “The Pain — When Will It End?” ran for twelve years in the Baltimore City Paper and other alternative weeklies. Currently he writes for The New York Times and other newspapers and magazines. His latest collection of essays deals with the personal and the political, and examines such topics as the war on terror, atheism, the circus and other themes. The post Tim Kreider appeared first on KPFA.

Writer Colette Shade is probably best known for a nonfiction piece she wrote for Gawker in 2015 about the Maryland Hunt Cup. Centering around the Baltimore County horse race that took place almost a week after Freddie Gray’s death, the piece highlighted the disparities inherent to Baltimore’s history, an area of great interest to Colette. Her writing, which has appeared in The New Republic, Jezebel, The Atlantic, Baltimore City Paper and other places, often examines labor, history, politics and material culture. Colette talked about how those interests developed, as well as about her time in tabloids and the novel she’s working on, titled “The Blessing of the Hounds.”

By the band’s own estimation, Wume is an exercise in conjuring vibes. With April Camlin on drums and Albert Schatz on synths, the Baltimore duo creates groovy electronic pop with an emphasis on polyrhythmic structures. Wume spent their early years in Chicago before coming to Baltimore, April’s hometown. Always a creative child, April spent a lot of time in the background, and described the process of finding her scene and getting involved with music. It’s the visceral yet controlled nature of drumming that appeals to April, though she often found it challenging to get people to take her seriously as a female drummer. She talked about that experience, the diversifying Baltimore music scene and discovering her creative community in the CopyCat Building. April is also a fine artist who works in textiles, and she discussed the roles her art and music play in influencing each other.(Baltimore City Paper photo by J.M. Giordano)

Baltimore-based reporter Baynard Woods again joins producer Michael O'Connell on the podcast, this time to discuss his new column and podcast "Democracy in Crisis," started after the November election to provide alt weeklies with coverage of national political developments without having to add writers and further constrain budgets.

Say goodbye to those iconic yellow boxes. The Baltimore Sun Media Group has announced it plans to close a recent acquisition, the Baltimore City Paper. City Paper first hit the presses in 1977. Over four decades, the local paper with an attitude has provided a forum for investigative reporters, writers, cartoonists, and oddballs alike. And every week, without fail, it has appeared on street corners throughout the city, for free. Current editor Brandon Soderberg and long-time City Paper writer Michael Anft join us to reflect on Baltimore's beloved alt-weekly.

Brandon Soderberg of the Baltimore City Paper and @notrivia on twitter came through to discuss Choices: The Movie, the crime epic by Memphis' own Three Six Mafia. If you haven't yet, definitely check out Brandon's piece "heroes", recently published in the Baltimore City Paper and available here - http://www.citypaper.com/g00/news/features/bcpnews-heroes-20170103-htmlstory.html?i10c.referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.pshares.org%2Findex.php%2F41883%2F

Brandon Soderberg of the Baltimore City Paper and @notrivia on twitter came through to discuss Choices: The Movie, the crime epic by Memphis' own Three Six Mafia. If you haven't yet, definitely check out Brandon's piece "heroes", recently published in the Baltimore City Paper and available here - http://www.citypaper.com/g00/news/features/bcpnews-heroes-20170103-htmlstory.html?i10c.referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.pshares.org%2Findex.php%2F41883%2F

Brandon Soderberg is Baltimore City Paper's deputy editor and arts editor. As a journalist, he's covered some of the most important moments in Baltimore City's music and culture (such as the deaths of Lor Scoota and Freddie Gray and the rise of Tate Cobain and the Baltimore Club Music scene), as well as huge national stories (traveling to cover the Republican and Democratic National Conventions). We talk to Brandon about everything, including how he went from writing for his Blogspot blog (http://no-trivia.com) to writing for major publications such as SPIN, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and eventually Baltimore City Paper, alt-weekly publications as a whole, the Baltimore music scene, writing, race, and much more. You need to hear this. Follow Brandon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/notrivia and check out his latest articles at http://www.citypaper.com/bcpnews-brandon-soderberg-20150630-staff.html. Check out Channel 10 Podcast host Singodsuperior's new EP Kouros on iTunes, Amazon, Tidal, Spotify, etc. Keep up with Singod at http://singodsuperior.com. Check us out at http://channel10podcast.com and email us at channel10podcast@gmail.com. Please favorite, subscribe, and comment on iTunes, Soundcloud, and Stitcher. Visit http://channel10podcast.com for more dope episodes, and click the "Store" link at the top to purchase Channel 10 Podcast merchandise and support the podcast. Channel 10 Podcast presents the Wu-Tang Podcast, chronicling Wu-Tang's music, one album at a time. Check it out at http://wutangpodcast.com. Check out polirivvemz, the new project from 410 Music Factory, now available on iTunes, Spotify, Tidal, and other major digital retailers. Check out http://410musicfactory.com for more.

Episode 36 starts a three episode stint on 2015 in Film. The first conversation is with my friend Dominic Griffin. He writes reviews of film (and other forms of art) on different blogs along with the Baltimore City Paper. We go over our thoughts on some of the films this year and filmmakers and the industry itself. We also talk a bit about the Academy Awards which is prime for this year’s Oscars. Check out and follow Griffin online: https://twitter.com/captain_fuck http://deadshirt.net/author/dom/ http://www.citypaper.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Dominic+Griffin&target=all&spell=on Music in this episode: Frank Ocean - You Are Luh Kanye West (feat. Kid Cudi) - Father Stretch My Hands pt. 1 A$AP Rocky (Feat. Pharrell) - Hear Me Kali Uchis - Ridin’ Round J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League (feat. Rick Ro$$ & Drake) - Empire Baauer (feat. Novelist & Leikeli47) - Day Ones Azealia Banks - The Big Big Beat Kanye West - 30 Hours (GOOD Fridays version) All the music copyright their respective owners Get at me @julianlytle on Twitter, IG, Snapchat, Tumblr, Soundcloud & Vine Subscribe on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ignorant-bliss-podcast-feed/id415595194?mt=2 also please leave a review if you can! Also on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ignorant-bliss Also on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/julianlytle Also on the Taylor Network of Podcasts - http://taylornetworkofpodcasts.com/?s=ignorant+bliss&submit=Search

Episode 36 starts a three episode stint on 2015 in Film. The first conversation is with my friend Dominic Griffin. He writes reviews of film (and other forms of art) on different blogs along with the Baltimore City Paper. We go over our thoughts on some of the films this year and filmmakers and the industry itself. We also talk a bit about the Academy Awards which is prime for this year’s Oscars. Check out and follow Griffin online: https://twitter.com/captain_fuck http://deadshirt.net/author/dom/ http://www.citypaper.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Dominic+Griffin&target=all&spell=on Music in this episode: Frank Ocean - You Are Luh Kanye West (feat. Kid Cudi) - Father Stretch My Hands pt. 1 A$AP Rocky (Feat. Pharrell) - Hear Me Kali Uchis - Ridin’ Round J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League (feat. Rick Ro$$ & Drake) - Empire Baauer (feat. Novelist & Leikeli47) - Day Ones Azealia Banks - The Big Big Beat Kanye West - 30 Hours (GOOD Fridays version) All the music copyright their respective owners Get at me @julianlytle on Twitter, IG, Snapchat, Tumblr, Soundcloud & Vine Subscribe on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ignorant-bliss-podcast-feed/id415595194?mt=2 also please leave a review if you can! Also on Stitcher - http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/ignorant-bliss Also on Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/julianlytle Also on the Taylor Network of Podcasts - http://taylornetworkofpodcasts.com/?s=ignorant+bliss&submit=Search

Episode 36 starts a three-episode stint on 2015 in Film. The first conversation is with my friend Dominic Griffin. He writes reviews of film (and other forms of art) on different blogs along with the Baltimore City Paper.

The second episode of Baltimore City Paper's podcast, hosted by Baynard Woods with D. Watkins, Brandon Soderberg, and Lawrence Burney. We talk about D's book "The Beast Side" and about Baltimore rapper Young Moose.

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, IAJ producer Michael O'Connell talks to Baynard Woods, editor at large of the Baltimore City Paper. Woods shares his first-hand experience covering the protests, riots and uprisings that took place last April following the funereal of Freddie Gray, an African-American youth who died in police custody. Woods talks about the challenges of covering a big, breaking news story while navigating the often violent confrontation between protesters and the Baltimore City Police.

Al Shipley is a Baltimore-based music critic. He contributes to Baltimore City Paper, Rolling Stone, Noisey, Complex, Pitchfork and many more. He is author of the upcoming book, "Tough Breaks," which chronicles the history of Baltimore Club music. In addition, Shipley runs two blogs, Narrowcast - critiques of music, television, and movies. Government Names - a blog dedicated to Baltimore's Hip-Hop Scene. You can find Shipley and his some of his writings at: Twitter.com/alshipley http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/ http://governmentnames.blogspot.com/ We talk with Shipley about his career as a writer, the Meek and Drake Beef, ghostwriting throughout Hip-Hop, Baltimore's current music scene, and much more.

Episode 1: Uber and the Lexington Market by Baltimore City Paper

Follow us on Twitter! @Jimmy2Bad @BetterRobotJosh @MichaelMoran10 @DigSeshPod This week on The Digression Sessions we all fall into a burning ring of Meyer. That's right, Jim Meyer returns to the program and this time it's impersonal. Jim is a Baltimore-based stand-up comedian, columnist for the Baltimore City Paper, and is now really into planting trees around the city, apparently. Hot topics discussed this week include;  Jim's recent interview with Jock Cousteau's son, the recently proven correlation between scrotom-size and parental competence, and the the City Paper , Best of contest (Jim got the gold for Best Columnist, while we got the bronze for Best Podcast, and both Josh and Mike awarded themselves homemade ‘Participation' ribbons for Best Comedian). Thanks everyone who got us to number three in the contest! I mean really the other two rankings both correspond with bathroom behaviors anyway, so we are more than happy with three! Don't forget to ‘like' our Facebook page and check out Josh and Mike's standup and improv dates at the Calender on the Digression Sessions website. Thanks DigHeads!

Vote for us in the (Baltimore) City Paper's annual Best Of contest! CityPaper.com/Bob/Poll "Best Podcast" is in the last item of the "News & Media" section! Josh & Mike love you! First round of voting ends Aug 15! Second round of voting starts Aug 19, where only the top three voted podcasts will be eligible! Get us in the top 3! And then let's take this thing! @BetterRobotJosh @MichaelMoran10 @DigSeshPod And check out other episodes on iTunes and DigressionSessions.com

Vote for us! City Paper's Best Of for 2013! Best Podcast! Under the News & Media section! www.citypaper.com/bob/poll Hola Digheads! On this week's Digression Sessions we have one of Josh and Mike's favorite improvisers/people, no it's not Wayne Brady, it's the amazing Jon Ulrich! Jon returns to the Digression Sessions maybe with a bit of a somber ‘tude (he says he was feeling a bit anxious) but he fortunately also brought the fact that he is Jon Ulrich so it all worked out. Though we didn't get quite as metaphysical as the last time Jon was ‘round these parts, we still; had a great time in what may be one our most disjointed, yet interesting eps yet. Topics discussed include how much Josh and Mike love Jon Ulrich, how no one appreciates an improv unless they were present for it, ghosts (spoiler alert-Mike is skeptical while Josh and Jon are suckers), and more! Oh and if you haven't please, please, please vote for us in the Baltimore City Paper's “best of” for best podcast. It's at the bottom of the News and Media section. We really want to take this thing this year! VOTE HERE!  - www.citypaper.com/bob/poll We love you! @DigSeshPod @BetterRobotJosh @MichaelMoran10 

Loretta McNary Live is a premier blog talk radio show created for an empowered, active, and diverse TV, radio, social media and online listening audience. LML uses a progressive live call in format to target an ever expanding market of online listeners wanting an impressive menu of meaningful, insightful, and authentic conversations. Today our guest is Marshall C. Bell. As author, Marshall released his second novel, Baltimore Blues: Harm City, in late 2012.  He has received glowing reviews for his work in the Examiner and Baltimore City Paper.  Marshall C. Bell, a native Baltimorean, is a Howard University Alum, professional speaker, and host of Midday Magazine with Marshall Bell Show on Radio One 1010 WOLB-AM in Baltimore, Maryland. As the managing partner of The Bell Group, LLC, a Baltimore-based political consulting firm, his background in politics extends over 25 years, beginning with his role as campaign manager for his brother, former Baltimore City Council President, Lawrence Bell III. As author, his first book of fiction, The Darkest Secret, published in 2009, received critical acclaim for its frank and earnest dissection of race relations in the new millennium. His second and most recent novel, Baltimore Blues: Harm City, also received glowing reviews for its coming of age story centered on one young man's struggle to overcome obstacles. This daunting novel explores the choices that many of our children are forced to make in a world with competing dualities: one based on street credibility and reputation, the other, steeped in a proud African-American history of integrity, pride and honor.