2.6K
Downloads
24
Episodes
A podcast about the humanities on the Great Plains and beyond featuring interviews, stories, people, and places.
Episodes
Apr 20, 2020
Apr 20, 2020
21 min
In this episode, Susan Martens interviews Marianne Kunkel, two English PhD graduates, about her time at UNL and her ongoing career at Missouri Western State University.
Apr 6, 2020
Apr 6, 2020
42 min
In this episode, Cory Willard and some of his students discuss their experience in English 317: Literature and the Environment, which took place in western Nebraska in the summer of 2019. (Note: This course will be taught again during the summer of 2020, though it will be moved online.)
Mar 2, 2020
Mar 2, 2020
31 min
In this episode, Michael Page continues his interview with celebrated author and scholar James Gunn beginning with his recollections about Robert Heinlein.
Music for plainstate by Shadows on a River.
Feb 24, 2020
Feb 24, 2020
30 min
In this Episode, Michael Page sits down with James Gunn, who, at age 96, continues to be a publishing author of Science Fiction as well as a leading scholar in that field. Gunn discusses his forthcoming publication projects as well as his past encounters with notable Science Fiction scholars such as Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.
Feb 16, 2020
Feb 16, 2020
33 min
In this episode, students, staff, and faculty continue their discussion about their work on The Complete Letters of Willa Cather, a scholarly edition and digital archive.
Music for plainstate by Shadows on a River.
Feb 10, 2020
Feb 10, 2020
28 min
In this episode, students, staff, and faculty discuss their work on The Complete Letters of Willa Cather, a scholarly edition and digital archive.
Music for plainstate by Shadows on a River.
Dec 11, 2019
Dec 11, 2019
27 min
In this episode, members of the English Student Advisory Board discuss life, the universe, and everything.
Music for plainstate by Shadows on a River.
Nov 19, 2019
Nov 19, 2019
29 min
Members of UNL's Slam Poetry team continue their conversation from Episode 5.
Music for this episode by Shadows on a River.
Nov 11, 2019
Nov 11, 2019
26 min
Dr. Laura White, Professor of English, has written the libretto for the new opera, The Gambler's Son, which premiers in Lincoln on November 15, 2019. In this episode, she discusses converting the original source material to an opera and collaborating with husband Tyler Goodrich White. She also explains why Cozad, Nebraska is an ideal setting for opera.
Additional information about the opera is available here:
https://arts.unl.edu/music/news/unl-opera-premieres-opera-based-sandoz-novel-founding-cozad
Live webcast link: http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/television/glenn-korff-school-music-gamblers-son-opera-tyler-white-kimball
Music for plainstate by Shadows on a River.
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019
32 min
In this episode, four members of UNL’s Slam Poetry Team – Bianca Swift, Celie Knudsen, Celine Haynes, and Jack Buchanan – sit down to discuss their writing process, how they perform their work, and how that work is influenced by personal experiences and cultural events.