Browse By

more »

21. Conversation with Adrian Matejka (16:35)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Matejka, Adrian
Summary:
We asked five questions (and a little more) to Indiana University professor and poet-in-residence Adrian Matejka. The award-winning poet is author of The Devil’s Garden, Mixology, and The Big Smoke—a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. His upcoming collection of poems, Map to the Stars, will be released in March 2017.

23. IU President, McRobbie, on the Future of Voting (23:49)

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.

24. Bell, Jeannine, Talks Hate Crimes in the Midwest (23:07)

Date:
2018-10-10
Main contributors:
Melvin, Richard S., Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 99, Dean Shanahan and Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law Jeannine Bell talk about hate crimes and their persistence in the United States, especially in the highly segregated Midwest.

25. Getting to Know Chicano Batman (27:38)

Date:
2018-04-18
Main contributors:
Miles, Emily
Summary:
In episode 89, Through the Gates producer Emily Miles speaks to the SoCal genre-blurring act Chicano Batman. The group visited Bloomington to headline the annual Culture Shock festival, which took place at Rhino's Youth Center on April 14, 2018.

26. Discussing Honest Journalism with Raju Narisetti (26:07)

Date:
2018-05-07
Main contributors:
Narisetti, Raju, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 91, Dean Shanahan speaks to Raju Narisetti founder of Mint, India's second-largest business newspaper. Narisetti visited the IU Bloomington campus as part of the India Remixed festival, where he spoke on "Why Honest Journalism Is in Peril in the World's Largest Democracy." At the time of this recording, Narisetti was CEO of Gizmodo Media Group.

27. Casa, La (05:29)

Date:
2018-10-12
Main contributors:
Navarro, Angelica
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, senior Angelica Navarro tells us what it's like to step into and be a part of IU's Latino Cultural Center.

28. Friendsgiving (05:46)

Date:
2018-11-16
Main contributors:
Norman, Calla
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, junior Calla Norman tells us about the power of cooking and how she fits it into student life.

29. Documentarian Ruth O'Reilly (27:53)

Date:
2018-05-20
Main contributors:
O'Reilly, Ruth, Monaghan, Elaine, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 92, Dean Shanahan and IU Media School Professor of Practice Elaine Monaghan speak to award-winning documentary maker Ruth O’Reilly. O'Reilly worked as a journalist in Ireland, particularly Northern Ireland between 1989 and 2014, and participated in Indiana University’s first “Representing Religion” symposium.

30. 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.

31. Life of Adventure: A profile of Barbara Restleh, A (17:07)

Date:
2018-03-28
Main contributors:
Restle, Barbara, Keller, Greta, Bartok, Bela, Miles, EMily
Summary:
In episode 86, Emily Miles speaks with Barbara Restle, environmental activist and press freedom advocate. A childhood in 1930s Austria, where Nazi occupation came to suppress independent reporting, led Restle to eventually study journalism at Indiana University. In 2017, Restle contributed funding to the Media School for the study of the Freedom of Information Act and confidential source protections. The music in this episode comes from Greta Keller, Bela Bartok, Jahzzar and Doctor Turtle.

32. Puzzles (05:19)

Date:
2018-10-05
Main contributors:
Rhoda, Andrew
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, we take a jog through the IU Lilly Library's Slocum Puzzle Collection. We work from Rubik's Cubes to Hot Miso Soup on a tour of the interdisciplinary fun of puzzles.

33. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director Jane Rogan (24:41)

Date:
2018-09-12
Main contributors:
Rogan, Jane, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 95, Dean Shanahan and Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director Jane Rogan talk about how her team addresses community-identified needs and opportunities by connecting Indiana towns with IU courses, students, and faculty.

34. Samuel, Ian, and Steve Sanders on the Modern Supreme Court (26:57)

Date:
2018-08-29
Main contributors:
Samuel, Ian, Sanders, Steve, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 93, Dean Shanahan interviews Maurer School of Law professors Ian Samuel and Steve Sanders. They talk about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel's time as Antonin Scalia's counter-clerk, judicial politics, and Samuel's podcast First Mondays.

35. 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.

36. Game Design (06:00)

Date:
2018-11-02
Main contributors:
Sellers, Mike, Zeller, Samuel
Summary:
The Sample: In this episode of The Sample, Terick talks with Mike Sellers of the Media School about the way game design can extend beyond entertainment. Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash.

37. 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.

38. Holiday Extravaganza (32:50)

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!

39. Singer, Peter, On Animal Rights (24:28)

Date:
2018-10-24
Main contributors:
Singer, Peter, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 101, Dean Shanahan and bioethicist/moral philosopher Peter Singer talk about animal rights, global poverty and the climate.

40. Strong, James, Talks Soul Music (24:09)

Date:
2018-09-19
Main contributors:
Strong, James, Shanahan, James
Summary:
In episode 96, Dean Shanahan and IU Soul Revue Director James Strong talk about soul music, the Soul Revue and Strong's time in the industry, working with artists from New Edition to Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, to Stephanie Mills.