Author: Jane Xia Stacey Abrams, the speaker, strives to find a place for everyone who has been marginalized. She gave this speech to help others achieve their goals and to make a change. Abrams begins her speech with an anecdote …

Author: Allison Seigler This Stuff You Should Know episode was a SYSK Selects episode from 2009. It was about kleptomania and was released during the Christmas season because theft increases significantly during this time of year. Many people feel justified …

Author: Allison Seigler This week’s episode of Left, Right and Center was a special live episode for the midterms. Josh Barro was the host and center, Rich Lowry was the voice on the right, and Ana Marie Cox was the …

Author: Allison Seigler This week, Stuff You Should Know’s SYSK Selects episode featured grief. Every week, the podcast re-releases a very old episode. This episode on grief, specifically western human grief, was made in 2013. The show opened with a …

Author: Jane Xia Siah Lean Beilock, the speaker, begins her talk with an anecdote of herself in her soccer team. She details her experience as a high school goalkeeper trying to impress the national coach. She choked up, which leads …

Author: Allison Seigler On the latest episode of the Crooked Media podcast Pod Save the World, called “The Great British Breakdown,” British member of Parliament (MP) David Lammy talks about Brexit, political parallels between Britain and the U.S, and challenges …

Author: Sophia Stio Perhaps you are most familiar with actor Alec Baldwin from his work on the hit NBC comedy series, 30 rock, or as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live. Regardless of where you know him from, Baldwin has …

Author: Allison Seigler   In its second season, the Gimlet Media podcast Crimetown explores racism in an undercover police force in Detroit.  Its season premiere episode, “Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets” tells the story of how a young black …

Author: Alyssa Hui In this particular talk, Amy Cuddy focused on her research of body language and how it changes people’s perceptions of us and also the outcomes that occur in our lives. But most importantly, body positioning can shape …

Author: Katherine Nerone On Thursday, November 9th, NPR’s TV critic, Eric Deggans visited Madison to give a talk on how race is portrayed in the media. Deggans’ approach to media was critical in that he goes beyond surface …

Author: Ethan Huskey Euna Lee talks about her time as a documentary journalist in North Korea and speaks deeply about a theme of making an impact on the world. She describes how she was chased down by …

Author: Peter Kolanowski This is the Post Production Podcast, where three(although only two in this case) film nerds at WSUM discuss some movies that they’ve watched recently! On this episode, Peter and Tyler will talk about The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1974), …