A Daily Dose of Austen

Guest: Devoney Looser, Professor, English, Arizona State University, and editor, “The Daily Jane Austen: A Year of Quotes”

Jane Austen has become a pop culture icon, inspiring multiple creative projects, including even "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." You can now enjoy Austen every day of the year!

Jane Austen Is More Than a Good Rom Com

Guest: Jane Kathleen Gardner Hinckley, Adjunct Faculty, Comparative Arts and Letters, Brigham Young University

Recovering the original Jane Austen now that she's become a pop culture icon. 

Hip Hop Diplomacy

Guest: Mark Katz, Professor, Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, founder and former Director of Next Level; Junious Brickhouse, Director, Next Level, founder and Director, Urban Artistry

The U.S. Department of State started sending out “hip hop diplomats” in 2013 through a program called Next Level, a new way to spread community and society through an art form that can transcend political boundaries and languages.

Dance and Connection

Guest: Bronwyn Tarr, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

Dancing is fun and makes (many of) us happy. But it also improves social cohesion and may change the way our brains process relationships with other people.