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52. Getting to Know The University Archives & The Primary Source Immersion Program (24:50)

Date:
2017-03-04
Main contributors:
Kellams, Dina, Meiman, Meg, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Dina Kellams, Director of University Archives, and Meg Meiman, head of teaching and learning at IU Libraries, join us to discuss the Indiana University Archives and the Primary Source Immersion Program. The new program will help IU faculty members integrate primary sources into an existing or new course and show ways to foster students’ information literacy skills in relation to primary sources.

53. Graduation (09:59)

Date:
2019-05-07
Main contributors:
Sanchez Steenberger, Babrielle, Sanchez Steenberger, Maria, Shanahan, James
Summary:
The Sample: In our season finale, Maria and Gabrielle Sanchez Steenberger graduate from IU as first-generation college students, as education advocates, as mother and daughter. Their matching caps? "La Gente Está Presente Mamá" and "La Gente Está Presente Mija."

54. Guest Host Terri Francis Talks Film with Director Michael Schultz (28:29)

Date:
2019-01-16
Main contributors:
Francis, Terri, Schultz, Michael, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In this special guest interview, Terri Francis, Media School associate professor and director of the Black Film Center/Archive, talks with long-time film and television director Michael Schultz. They cover Schultz's youth, industry experience and storytelling philosophy.

55. Hamilton, Lee, Former Indiana Congressman (44:47)

Date:
2016-05-08
Main contributors:
Hamilton, Lee, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton joins host Jim Shanahan on this week's episode of Through the Gates. Hamilton represented Indiana's 9th Congressional District from 1965 to 1999 and served on several high profile committees both during and after his career in Congress. Hamilton went on to establish the Center on Congress at IU and still serves as a faculty member today. In this interview, Hamilton discusses his new book, his career in Washington and the state of American politics today.

56. Haunted History of Indiana University with Kat Klockow, The (22:51)

Date:
2017-10-17
Main contributors:
Klockow, Kat, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 65, we chat with IU alum, writer, and paranormal enthusiast Kat Klockow about Indiana University's spooky stories and urban legends. Klockow is author of "Haunted Hoosier Halls: Indiana University" and "Ohio's Haunted Crime." Be sure to listen to this in conjunction with episode 67, where our producers examine more ghost stories related to the IU Bloomington campus (Through-the-gates-at-iu – Ep-67-breaking-down-indiana-university-campus-ghost-stories).

57. Helmke, Paul & Lisa-Marie Napoli Talk Student Voters and the Midterm Elections (27:58)

Date:
2018-10-03
Main contributors:
Helmke, Paul, Napoli, Lisa-Marie, Shanahan, James
Summary:
"The thing that people forget, is that most elections are actually decided by the people that don't vote." Professor Paul Helmke, Associate Director of P.A.C.E. Lisa-Marie Napoli, and Dean Shanahan talk about the importance of midterm elections, beating Purdue in the Big Ten Voting Challenge, and the power of student voters.

58. Herzig, Monika, on Jazz Legend David Baker and Women in Jazz (29:15)

Date:
2016-09-18
Main contributors:
Herzig, Monika, McFadden, Dale, Handley, Chris J. , Shanahan, James
Summary:
Through the Gates host Jim Shanahan talks with Monika Herzig, jazz recording artist and lecturer in SPEA’s Arts Management program about jazz legend David Baker, jazz education, and women in jazz. Additional segments include the Hoosier 5 with IU Theatre professor Dale McFadden and a monologue by Chris J. Handley from the memory play "Dancing at Lughnasa."

60. Hidden Liberalism with Hussein Banai (24:46)

Date:
2020-09-16
Main contributors:
Banai, Hussein, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In our first episode of Season 6, The Media School's Dean Jim Shanahan sits down with Hussein Banai, assistant professor at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Banai's new book, "Hidden Liberalism Burdened Visions of Progress in Modern Iran," describes the ways that liberal political ideals appear in the country, and what their influence might mean for Iran's future. The two discuss the book, modern Iran's political sphere, and how it may affect international relations in the future.

61. Hindustan Times' Aman Sethi on the Demonetization in India (22:34)

Date:
2018-02-28
Main contributors:
Sethi, Aman, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 82, Dean Shanahan speaks to Aman Sethi about demonetization, digitization, and control as part of IU's India Remixed arts and humanities festival. Sethi is associate editor at the Hindustan Times.

63. Holiday Extravaganza (32:51)

Date:
2018-12-19
Main contributors:
Shanahan, James
Summary:
In Ep. 108, join the entire Through the Gates team has Dean Shanahan hosts our third annual holiday quiz show. Listen along and see if you can beat our high score!

64. IU Athletics with Galen Clavio & Zach Osterman (27:18)

Date:
2019-05-01
Main contributors:
Clavio, Galen, Osterman, Zach, Shanahan, James
Summary:
It's no surprise that Indiana has a long legacy of top-tier athletic programs. This week, Dean Shanahan sits down with Galen Clavio, IU Associate Professor & Director of the National Sports Journalism Center, and Zach Osterman, the Indy Star's collegiate sports reporter, to talk about IU Athletics past and present.

65. IU Bloomington Provost Lauren Robel (42:51)

Date:
2016-02-14
Main contributors:
Robel, Lauren, Shanahan, James
Summary:
IU Provost Lauren Robel chats with IU Media School Dean James Shanahan in this week's podcast.

66. IU Culture of Care (37:04)

Date:
2016-03-20
Main contributors:
Fasone, Leslie, Holbrook, Patrick, Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week on Through the Gates, Media School Dean Jim Shanahan talks with Leslie Fasone and Patrick Holbrook about their work on the Culture of Care initiative. Culture of Care is led by students and supported by faculty. It's designed to get IU students to care for one another in four main areas: sexual well-being, drug and alcohol awareness, mental health, and respect.

67. IU President, McRobbie, on the Future of Voting (23:52)

Date:
2018-10-17
Main contributors:
McRobbie, Michael, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In Ep. 100, Dean Jim Shanahan is joined by Michael McRobbie, President of Indiana University. Tune in to hear about President McRobbie's work on the national Committee on the Future of Voting, the challenges facing our election process, and the debate of paper versus electronic voting.

68. IU Women's Basketball Coach Teri Moren (25:48)

Date:
2019-03-15
Main contributors:
Moren, Teri, Shanahan, James
Summary:
What’s next for IU Women’s basketball after winning the WNIT championships last spring? Dean Shanahan sits down with head coach Teri Moren to talk about the future of the team, her coaching philosophy, and the changing face of collegiate basketball.

69. IU's Paul Helmke & Brian DeLong on the 2016 Political Season (44:12)

Date:
2016-11-01
Main contributors:
Helmke, Paul, DeLong, Brian, Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week, Through the Gates host Jim Shanahan discusses the upcoming election and recent electoral debates with IU School of Public and Environmental Affairs professors Paul Helmke, Professor of Practice and director of the Civic Leaders Center, and Brian DeLong, senior lecturer and university debate coach. This far-reaching conversation explores a variety of issues related to both Donald J. Trump and Secretary Hillary Clinton's recent campaigns during this unusual and trend-setting election season.

70. Julien, Eileen, and the Arts of Survival (35:44)

Date:
2016-07-09
Main contributors:
Julien, Eileen , Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week, we’ll hear from Eileen Julien, IU professor of comparative literature and director of IU’s Institute for Advanced Study. Julien is also co-director of “Arts of Survival: Recasting Lives in African Cities,” a three-week summer institute that has brought together 22 faculty and three graduate students from universities and colleges across the U.S. The institute is hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study on the IU Bloomington campus and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Julien, who is author of “Travels with Mae: Scenes from a New Orleans Girlhood,” is bringing a personal touch to “Arts of Survival” by loaning part of a collection of Mardi Gras regalia to the Mathers Museum of World Cultures for an exhibit beginning July 12. Public readings and films will also be offered during the institute, and the group will travel to New Orleans to examine the intersection of contemporary urban culture art with the political and social structures embedded in the city.

71. Kalven, Jamie, the First Amendment, and the Laquan McDonald Case (27:04)

Date:
2018-03-14
Main contributors:
Kalven, Jamie, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 84, journalist Jamie Kalven spoke to Media School Dean James Shanahan about using first amendment freedoms to fight censorship. Kalven successfully fought a subpoena to name sources for his story about the police-involved shooting death of Chicago teenager Laquan McDonald.

73. Late-Life Love with Susan Gubar (29:38)

Date:
2019-02-13
Main contributors:
Gubar, Susan, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Through the Gates celebrates Valentine's Day with one of IU's beloved professors emeriti, Susan Gubar. Author of the new book Late-Life Love, Gubar talks with Dean Shanahan about the way love changes and remains the same as we age. They also discuss Gubar's life and New York Times blog Living With Cancer.

75. Lemonis, Chris, IU baseball coach (38:32)

Date:
2016-04-10
Main contributors:
Lemonis, Chirs, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Though spring has been slow to arrive, baseball is already here! To bring us up to speed on this year's IU baseball team, Through the Gates welcomes head coach Chris Lemonis. Lemonis is now in his second season as head coach of the Hoosiers, and today he'll tell host Jim Shanahan about the joys and challenges of coaching baseball in the Big Ten.

76. Life in Language with Douglas Hofstadter, A (24:14)

Date:
2020-12-23
Main contributors:
Hofstadter, Douglas, Shanahan, James, Monaghan, Elaine, Baron, Violet
Summary:
Dr. Douglas Hofstadter has researched, written, discovered and created many things - his expertise runs from cognitive science to literature, to language, and to art. His 1979 book Goedel, Escher, Bach became a classic in the popular understanding of the workings of our brain. Professor Hofstadter has since written many things - some playful inquiries, some piercing meditations, some all at once. Since 1977, he has held a professorship at IU that started in computer science and has spanned many departments. Dean Shanahan, Professor Elaine Monaghan and Producer Violet Baron sat down with Professor Hofstadter to hear his take on his writings, and on using musings on language to take on life.

77. Look at IU Swimming with Coach Ray Looze and Olympic hopefuls Lilly King and Blake Pieroni, A (28:42)

Date:
2016-06-12
Main contributors:
Looze, Ray, King, Lilly, Pieroni, Blake, Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week, we hear from IU swim coach Ray Looze, the 2016 Big Ten Coach of the Year for both men’s and women’s swimming, along with swimmers Lilly King, a rising sophomore from Evansville studying physical education in the School of Public Health, and Blake Pieroni, a rising junior from Chesterton, Ind., studying biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. King was named the 2016 Big Ten Women’s Swimmer of the Year. Both King and Pieroni hope to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (Aug. 5 to 21) at the Olympic Trials for swimming June 26 to July 3 in Omaha, Neb. In this podcast, King and Blake talk about the discipline required for day-to-day life as student swimmers — and the numerous calories needed to fuel their training.

78. Lotus World Music & Arts Festival with Sunni Fass & Rob Simonds (20:29)

Date:
2018-09-26
Main contributors:
Fass, Sunni, Simonds, Rob, Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week, Dean Shanahan discusses the Lotus World Music and Arts Festival with Executive Director Sunni Fass and Interim Artistic Director Rob Simonds. Listen to learn about the history of the festival, how Lotus cultivates the acts, and what artists that will be performing this year.

79. MacDonald, Scott, University Philanthropist (17:36)

Date:
2017-05-17
Main contributors:
MacDonald, Scott D., Shanahan, James
Summary:
In May 2016, the Indiana University Bloomington Office of Student Life and Learning announced a substantial gift from alumnus Scott D. MacDonald to establish the MacDonald Scholars Program within the Division of Student Affairs. IU's MacDonald Scholars work to help others through innovative and impactful community service projects.

80. Making, Innovating, and Learning in IU's Makerspace (27:32)

Date:
2017-04-25
Main contributors:
Maltese, Adam, Huang, Joey, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Episode 54 features a discussion with Adam Maltese and grad student Joey Huang about "the MILL," a creative space at IU Bloomington for tinkering, crafting, prototyping, and exploring creative solutions to pedagogical problems.

81. Martins, Nicole, on the effects of mass media on children (27:26)

Date:
2016-10-12
Main contributors:
Martins, Nicole, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Through the Gates host and Dean of the Media School Jim Shanahan speaks with Associate Professor Nicole Martins about her work on the effects of media on children. The conversation reveals some of the ways gender, body image, and interpersonal violence are impacted by media use.

82. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (24:47)

Date:
2018-01-31
Main contributors:
Sanders, Steve, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 78, Dean James Shanahan speaks to Professor of Law Steve Sanders about Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission—a case in which the Supreme Court will determine whether the application of Colorado's public accommodations law to compel a cake maker to design and make a cake that violates his sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage violates the Free Speech or Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.

84. McGibbon, Murray, IU Theatre Professor (31:32)

Date:
2016-05-01
Main contributors:
McGibbon, Murray, Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week on Through the Gates, IU associate professor Murray McGibbon joins host Jim Shanahan to discuss his upcoming "original pronunciation" production of Shakespeare's "King Lear". McGibbon utilized a grant from IU's New Frontiers in the Arts and Humanities Program to develop the new version of the play. The New Frontiers program encourages scholars to produce innovative works of scholarship and creative activities. McGibbon took that directive and used it to create a version of the play that utilizes a version of English pronunciation that most closely resembles what Shakespeare's actors would have used in the first run of the production in 1606. In this interview, Shanahan will ask McGibbon about the development of the play, how original pronunciation works and the challenges for both the actors involved and McGibbon as a director

86. Meat the Future with David Kay (21:06)

Date:
2017-06-19
Main contributors:
Kay, David, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 55, we talk to David Kay of Memphis Meats, a California-based company working to change the way meat gets to your plate by producing real meat from lab-grown animal cells.

87. Media Portrayal of Muslims, the Political Climate & Student Activism (22:57)

Date:
2016-09-11
Main contributors:
Sinno, Abdulkader, Khabbaz, Dana, Cummings, Janae, Shanahan, James
Summary:
IU Media School dean Jim Shanahan interviews Prof. Abdulkader Sinno on topics ranging from the portrayal of Muslims in popular culture to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim citizens in the U.S. to comedians who help bridge the gap between negative perceptions and reality. In a later interview, Janae Cummings interviews IU senior Dana Khabbaz about student activism.

88. Moscow-Based Journalist and Filmmaker, Elena Volochine (34:03)

Date:
2019-01-09
Main contributors:
Volochine, Elena, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Dean Shanahan sits down with journalist and documentarian Elena Volochine to discuss Russian politics, her experiences reporting in Moscow, and her film Oleg's Choice, which follows Russian fighters in Eastern Ukraine.

89. On & Off the Court with Tamika Catchings (26:27)

Date:
2019-02-27
Main contributors:
Catchings, Tamika, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Dean Shanahan sits down with WNBA legend Tamika Catchings to talk about legacy champions, dreaming big, and the importance of making a positive impact. Catchings was the keynote speaker at this year's MLK Jr. Day Leadership Breakfast.

90. One Note at a Time with Pianist and Professor, Norman Krieger (29:40)

Date:
2019-03-27
Main contributors:
Groupé, Larry, Shanahan, James
Summary:
With two Musical Composition/Arrangement Emmy wins behind him, professor Larry Groupé talks with Dean Shanahan about Hollywood scoring for movies, video games, and shows. Groupé leads IU's new film and media scoring program, teaching classed in the Jacobs School of Music and the Media School.

91. Payne, Melanie, IU Welcome Week (32:30)

Date:
2016-08-21
Main contributors:
Payne, Melanie, Shanahan, James
Summary:
When students at IU Bloomington head back to campus, Melanie Payne and her team are there to help them. Payne is the senior associate director of First Year Experience and the director of New Student Orientation, and she joins Through the Gates this week to share exactly how she makes the move-in experience a good one for all of the new Hoosiers heading to school for the first time.

92. Poet Kate Lilly (1:18:18)

Date:
2016-01-31
Main contributors:
Lilley, Kate, Shanahan, James
Summary:
A chat with poet Kate Lilley, hosted by Media School Dean James Shanahan, is featured on this week's Through the Gates: IU This Week podcast.

95. Professor Bernard Fraga Explains the Gap in Voter Turnout (30:20)

Date:
2018-11-07
Main contributors:
Fraga, Bernard, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In Ep. 103, Dean Jim Shanahan is joined by Bernard Fraga, Professor of Political Science at Indiana University. Tune in to hear about Fraga's research on voter turnout rates, political polls, and gerrymandering and redistricting.

96. Professor of Rock & Roll Andy Hollinden (30:25)

Date:
2018-12-05
Main contributors:
Hollinden, Andy, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In Ep. 106, Dean Shanahan talks with Jacobs School of Music Senior Lecturer Andy Hollinden. Known as the "Professor of Rock & Roll," Hollinden talks about his love affair with music, his admiration of Frank Zappa, and teaching the next generation about music legends.

97. Psychological & Brain Sciences with Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces (29:14)

Date:
2019-05-15
Main contributors:
Lorenzo-Luaces, Lorenzo, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Assistant Professor of the Psychological and Brian Sciences Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces discusses depression, psychotherapy, and the potentials of online treatment for mental illness.

98. Racek, Jon, and Design Thinking (19:37)

Date:
2018-12-12
Main contributors:
Racek, Jon, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 107, Dean Shanahan and Jon Racek, senior lecturer in the IU School of Art, Architecture + Design's comprehensive design program, talk about Racek's start as a firm-owning designer, his foray into playground building and his most recent work in 3D-printing prosthetic hands.

99. Rhodes Scholar Jenny Huang (20:37)

Date:
2019-04-03
Main contributors:
Huang, Jenny, Shanahan, James
Summary:
This week Dean Shanahan sits down with IU alumna and Rhodes Scholar Jenny Huang. Tune in to hear Jenny's story: from her avid reading as a child, to field research in Iceland, to her new adventure as a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford.

100. Russian Environmental Journalist Angelina Davydova (25:38)

Date:
2019-04-10
Main contributors:
Davydova, Angelina, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Angelina Davydova reports on the environment for Russian and international media. During a visit to IU Bloomington, this Hurbet H. Humphrey fellow from UC Davis sat down with Dean Shanahan to discuss Russian waste management, thawing permafrost and how the changing climate is affecting the natural landscapes of Russia.