CAROLINE RANDALL SOUL FOOD AND THE COLLECTIVE CULTURAL MEMORY Caroline Randall Williams is an award-winning poet, young adult novelist, and cookbook author as well as an activist, public intellectual, performance […]

MATTHEW DESMOND POVERTY, BY AMERICA Matthew Desmond is a sociologist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and the founder and principal investigator of the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. He is the author […]

Djangophonique is an award winning project that delivers the infectious joy, and expressive freedom that is at the heart of Django Reinhardt’s jazz manouche. With respect for the tradition and […]

KENDALL VANDERSLICE TABLE CONVERSATIONS: BUILDING COMMUNITY AS WE EAT Kendall Vanderslice is a baker, writer, and the founder of the Edible Theology Project, an educational nonprofit connecting the Communion table […]

LYDIA DUGDALE THE LOST ART OF DYING: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN FACING OUR MORTALITY Dr. Lydia Dugdale is an internal medicine primary care doctor and a medical ethicist. She’s also a […]

NIALA BOODHOO LESSONS I’VE LEARNED FROM LISTENING Niala Boodhoo ’96 is an Axios journalist and podcast host, as well as guest host for 1A on NPR. She graduated from Calvin […]

TOMMY CALDWELL ROUTE FINDING FOR SUCCESS Tommy Caldwell is a talented rock climber, with numerous accomplishments in sport, traditional, and free climbing, big wall first ascents, and speed records. He’s […]

FELICIA WU SONG RESTLESS DEVICES: CHRISTIAN FORMATION IN A DIGITAL WORLD Felicia Wu Song is a cultural sociologist who studies the place of digital technologies in contemporary life. She’s trained […]

JACOB GOLDSTEIN TECHNOLOGY, LUDDITES, AND THE FUTURE OF WORK Jacob Goldstein is an NPR correspondent and podcast host. His interest in technology and the changing nature of work has led […]

DANIEL BOWMAN JR. NEURODIVERGENT STORYTELLING Daniel Bowman Jr. is a novelist, poet, and professor, who received an autism diagnosis at age 35 after experiencing crises in his personal and professional […]

ABRAM VAN ENGEN, JOANNE DIAZ AND MARILYN NELSON A LIVE RECORDING OF THE PODCAST, “POETRY FOR ALL” WITH MARILYN NELSON Marilyn Nelson is a three-time finalist for the National Book Award […]

TIM DALRYMPLE Timothy Dalrymple is a former national champion gymnast who turned to academia following an accident in college where he broke his neck. He’s studied at Stanford University, Princeton […]