The Vein: Recent Episodes

The Vein

The Vein is a student-produced podcast that weaves together the different voices of our University. We aim to share student and faculty stories as well as research perspectives. Here's hoping you find something that makes you think!

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In this episode, several UChicago students reflect on their experiences with mental illness.

Production: Kelsey Whitcomb, Orly Farber, Varsha Sundar, Flavius Beca, Jared Simon, Joyce Lu, Medha Biswas, Anya Krok Music: Surya Giri

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Jenzo DuQue reads his story "Turn of the Century."

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Policing and racial profiling in Hyde Park.

Production: Konje Machini, Paul Dillon, Kenya Senecharles, Eric Holmberg, Jessica Law, Noah Sawyer, Alex Ding, Shombit Chaudhuri

Music: Surya Giri Sample: Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint 1

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In the first episode of Blacklight Speaks, Ariel Stevenson reads her personal essay "Some Virginal Thots." Be sure to look for her piece in the upcoming Gender & Sexuality edition of Blacklight Magazine.

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Poems: "Lover Lite" by Paul Dillon, from the upcoming issue of Sliced Bread "3" by Yehuda Amichai "A Drinking Song" by William Butler Yeats "Twice Shy" by Seamus Heaney

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Julian Spergel reads "The Byzantine Birds" by Lillian Selonick.

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Elizabeth Bynum reads her poem "Underneath" and Lucia Lu reads her poem "Tom Hanks".

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What began as a story about the University of Chicago’s endowment grew into a conversation about how values affect decisions of investment, and on a broader scale, decisions of institutional policy.

Featuring Rev. Julian DeShazier, Law Professor Geoffrey R. Stone, and undergraduates Sam Zacher and Alex Dunlap.

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Sliced Bread + The Vein = Bread Beats! A new literary podcast from students at UChicago.

"It was a dark and stormy, and..."

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Sliced Bread + The Vein = Bread Beats! A new literary podcast from citizens of UChicago.

"I worried I lost us, in Union Station..."

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In this episode, we discuss different animal models used in research.

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In this episode, we explore questions of gender, focusing on the biological and social phenomena that shape our conceptions of self.