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 artist, and scholar. She is constantly pushing the envelope with her poetry, cooking, and writing. Additionally, Williams is a writer-in-residence in medicine, health, and society […]

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 of four books, each of which looks at socio-economic habits that perpetuate poverty and housing inequality. His most recent book, Poverty, By America is a New York […]

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 a fearless creativity that bends the conventions of the style, Djangophonique is keeping the Hot Club revival alive and well. The result is a sound […]

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 to the kitchen table. She earned her master’s of theological studies from Duke Divinity School and master’s in gastronomy from Boston University. She has committed […]

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 Columbia University professor and director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Her scholarship focuses on end-of-life issues, medical ethics, and the doctor-patient relationship. In […]

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 University in 1996 and has worked as a journalist for publications such as Reuters, the Associated Press, the Miami Herald, and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Her broadcast […]

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 known for his creative vision, skill, and fortitude. He reflects on his most harrowing expedition in the memoir The Push: A Climber’s Journey of Endurance, Risk, […]

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 in history, communication studies, and sociology from Yale, Northwestern, and the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on the rapidly evolving digital technology industry and […]

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 him to stories on UPS, the Luddites, and the history of light. He graduated from Stanford University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. His […]

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 life. The diagnosis shed light on his experience in a new, life-giving way. Bowman shares his experience in On the Spectrum: Autism, Faith, & the Gifts […]

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 and one of America’s most celebrated poets. She has written or translated 20 poetry books for adults and children and five chapbooks. Her poems embrace […]

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 Theological Seminary, and Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where he made suffering a key theme of his research and teaching in modern Western […]