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What Is, Is Beautiful: Poetry and Attention with Leah Naomi Green
In this episode, we sit down with Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Environmental Studies Leah Naomi Green to continue this season’s central question: What is beauty? Approaching the…
What Is Beauty?: Aesthetics, Attention, and Shared Humanity with Angela Sun
In this episode, we sit down with Assistant Professor of Philosophy Angela Sun to explore the question at the heart of this season: “What is beauty?” Through reflections on philosophy, music, art and…
The Serendipity of Learning: Openness, Opportunity, and the Liberal Arts with Provost Lena Hill
In this episode, we sit down with Provost Lena Hill, whose vision and leadership maintain the best of the liberal arts education at Washington and Lee. For Hill, education is not only about mastery…
Cultivating a Life of Beauty: Fulfilling W&L’s Mission of Lifelong Learning with James Lambert
In this episode, we sit down with James Lambert, whose career and curiosity embody Washington and Lee’s mission of lifelong learning. For Lambert, the pursuit of knowledge is inseparable from the…
A Life Under Construction: Rethinking Identity, Technology, and Personal Evoluation with Stu Gray
In this episode, we talk with Stu Gray, associate professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, whose winding journey from West Point to political theory is a story of risk, reflection and…
Cultivating an Interesting Mind for a Lifetime: A Conversation with President Will Dudley
In this episode, Will Dudley, Washington and Lee University president and philosophy professor, shares how a lifelong love of asking questions shaped his path from an aspiring mathematician to a…
The Risk is Worth it: Unlearning, Uncertainty, and the Real Lessons of Entrepreneurship with Jay Margalus
In this episode, we talk with Jay Margalus, Johnson Professor of Entrepreneurship and Leadership and Director of the Connolly Center for Entrepreneurship at W&L. Margalus shares his…
Inviting the Imagination: Writing, Editing and the Shenandoah Magazine with Beth Staples
In this episode, we talk with Beth Staples, editor of Shenandoah Literary magazine and assistant professor of English. Staples discusses storytelling, the legacy of Shenandoah, the exciting changes…
Learning What You Love: Mentoring Students through the Fellowship Application Process with Matthew Loar
In this episode, Matthew Loar, Director of Fellowships and Student Research at Washington and Lee University, shares his path from studying abroad in Rome to shaping the futures of current W&L…
Weathering the Storm of a Changing World: The Lasting Value of the Humanities and Shakespeare with Holly Pickett
In this episode, Holly Pickett, professor of English at Washington and Lee University, shares her experience with Shakespeare, from an unconvinced high school student to an early modern drama…
Kindling Moments of Pure Joy: Gene McCabe’s Philosophy to Coaching and Mentoring Student Athletes in a Changing World
In this episode, Gene McCabe, head men’s lacrosse coach and assistant director of athletics for compliance, details how sports and childhood mentors launched his trajectory as an educator in…
Shaking Up The Consciousness: The Ethics of Cultural Heritage and How We Live and Die with Melissa Kerin
In this episode, Melissa Kerin, Professor of Art History at Washington and Lee University and Director of the Roger Mudd Center for Ethics, discusses this year’s theme for the Mudd Center: “How We…
Lessons in Chemistry: Shaping Minds, Shaping Futures with Lisa Alty
In this episode of W&L After Class, we sit down with Lisa Alty, the John T. Herwick, M.D. Professor of Chemistry at Washington and Lee. With a career spanning over three decades, Professor Alty…
Leaps and bounds: The Sky is the Limit with W&L Dance and Jenefer Davies
Jenefer Davies, Professor of Dance and Chair of the Department of Theater, Dance, and Film Studies at Washington and Lee University shares her early beginnings at age three to her current role…
Facing The Gray: Mass Genocide, Child Soldiering and the Flicker of Goodness Through the Lens of Law with Mark Drumbl
Through a serendipitous happenstance, Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and director of the Transnational Law Institute, has dedicated his career to practicing, teaching and…
W&L Through and Through: Paul Youngman: From W&L Undergrad to Professor and Department Chair to Associate Provost and W&L Parent
Paul Youngman, W&L class of 1987, associate provost and the the Harry E. and Mary Jayne W. Redenbaugh Professor of German, details his very full days as a W&L undergrad, his return to his…
Mindful Technology: Unraveling the Impact of Modern Technologies on Our Well-Being with Wythe Whiting
Wythe Whiting, professor of cognitive and behavioral science, helps us explore the complex connections between mental health, sleep, physical activity and cognitive functioning. In this episode,…
The Williams School: Not Just a Business School with Rob Straughan
Rob Straughan, the Crawford family dean of the Williams school and Professor of Business Administration brings a wealth of knowledge and insights about the unique interdisciplinary approach of the…
Real World Solutions: Connecting conversations in the classroom to real-world issues in human rights and corporate accountability with Kish Parella
In this episode, we chat with Kish Parella, Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Law, about her academic research in business and human rights, how her students influence her scholarship, and why…
Into the Vault: Exploring Washington and Lee’s Special Collections and Archives with Tom Camden
Tom Camden, Washington and Lee’s outgoing head of Special Collections and Archives, tells us how W&L ignited his career as a historian, then takes us on a tour of what has come to be known as…
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W&L After Class, the Lifelong Learning Podcast has published 51 episodes since June 2020, covering topics in Education.
W&L After Class, the Lifelong Learning Podcast is currently active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 46m.
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