College on the Radio

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Carleton College President Alison Byerly about why she feels it is important to still teach undergraduate students in the classroom in her role as President, what about studying and teaching English and Literature courses prepared her to become President of Carleton, what are the biggest challenges facing higher education today, is the purpose of a college education l...

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Carleton College Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Andreia Carrillo about galactic archeology, how the Milky Way was formed and how it has evolved over time, what are the building blocks that make up a galaxy, how stars are born and how they die, if there is other life in the galaxy, what is the ultimate fate of the Milky Way, and more. 

Host Joe Moravchik talks with St. Olaf College Professor Emeritus of Religion John Barbour about his teaching and writing in virtue and ethics, self-assessment, loss of faith, solitude, de-conversion, transformation, and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Minnesota author Cary Griffith about his writing process, writing fictional mysteries and what they ultimately say about reality, each of his books, and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Carleton Professor of History William North about his research in Medieval History, what aspects of the Middle Ages he is most interested in, why it is important to study the Humanities, and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik talks with certified financial planner Tristan Cox about when in life it's a good idea to begin investing, the benefits of 529's and Roth IRA's, if it's ever too late to begin an investment plan, the phases of retirement and how to best prepare for those phases, and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik talks with St. Olaf Professor Diane LeBlanc about her career as a Professor of Writing in Wyoming and at St. Olaf College, discuss her work including readings from her book titled The Feast Delayed, and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik talks with St. Olaf Professor of Developmental Psychology about how much who we become as adults is shaped by early childhood, how children from homes with neglect and abuse outgrow these negative experiences and thrive, how young adults are developing much differently than previous generations due to technology, parasocial connections with social media influencers, and much mor...

Host Joe Moravchik continues his conversation with Dr. Joel Weisberg about the origins of Cosmology and Dr. Weisberg's studies of the universe.

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Carleton College Environmental Microbiologist Dr. Rika Anderson about her background in oceanography and astrobiology, if research studying hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor helps scientists better understand where life may exist elsewhere in the universe, is it possible that life on Earth was seeded from elsewhere in the universe, the topic of genomic research, h...

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes back Carleton College Professor Emerita of Geology and Environmental Studies Mary Savina to discuss tectonic plates, Pangea, continental drift, how our oceans were formed, Earth greenhouse, and icehouse states, our planet's magnetic field, and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes Minnesota attorney, author, publisher, and podcast producer Rob Jung, and they discuss him beginning to write novels at age 75, his mystery and historical fiction books, his writing process, the podcast he produces, and much more.

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Carleton College President Emeritus and current Political Science professor at Carleton Steve Poskanzer about his new book, The University's Voice - Principled Silence and Purposeful Speech, about when it is appropriate, necessary and ill advised for a public institution to take a stance on a given issue.

Host Joe Moravchick welcomes St. Olaf College Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Physics Anne Gothman to the show. They discuss her work in paleoenvironmental ocean research, her study of coral reefs, and  the natural drivers of climate change.

St. Olaf College and KYMN Radio partners with Professor Christopher Chapp and his students in a course on media and politics. As part of the project, students researched, wrote, produced, and hosted on-air programming for KYMN's St. Olaf College on the Radio Week.  Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Caleb Schmotter discusses his research in judicial independence, court curving, what...

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes writing team John Olson and David Bruns. They are Naval Academy graduates and were both at the Yard, though they never crossed paths. Years later, after John served on an aircraft carrier and on amphibious assault ships and David in the submarine force, they met at a conference for veterans and began a writing partnership. They now have fourteen books together in the th...

St. Olaf College and KYMN Radio partners with Professor Christopher Chapp and his students in a course on media and politics. As part of the project, students researched, wrote, produced, and hosted on-air programming for KYMN's St. Olaf College on the Radio Week.  Professor Diane Angell is an Associate Professor of Practice in Biology at St. Olaf. On this episode, they discuss local prairies, cri...

St. Olaf College and KYMN Radio partners with Professor Christopher Chapp and his students in a course on media and politics. As part of the project, students researched, wrote, produced, and hosted on-air programming for KYMN's St. Olaf College on the Radio Week.  Professor Ryan Dawkins is a current professor of Political Science at Carleton College, teaching advanced classes around American poli...

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes St. Olaf College Associate Professor of Economics Allison Luedtke to discuss network economics, computational economics, the affects of artificial intelligence on the U.S. economy, and her Substack titled The Rest is Tenacity, and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes St. Olaf College Professor of Russian Language and Area Studies Giulia Dossi where they discuss her experience living and studying in St. Petersburg and Moscow, her preparation for her future course about Russian and Ukrainian literature, and touch on certain areas in her current research including historical contagions and epidemics in Eastern Europe, nineteenth-centur...

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes Attorney and Teacher of Sports Law Eric Brever, where they discuss name, image and likeness, and financial opportunities and its effect on athletics.

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes Carleton College Professor Emerita Susan Jaret McKinstry to the program. She taught in the English Department at Carleton for nearly 40 years. They'll discuss her career — including teaching abroad in Ireland and Russia, author Virginia Woolf's work, why storytelling matters, and Professor Jaret McKinstry reads from her book of poetry titled Tumblehome. This and much mo...

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Dr. Rod Christensen, primary care physician and former president of Allina Clinic, about preventative screenings, lifestyle choices for healthy living, advances in healthcare, his upcoming course titled "Dementia: Biology, Prevention, Treatment, and Response," and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Carleton College Director of Academic Technology Dr. Wiebke Kuhn about her technology leadership role, emerging technologies, language learning models like ChatGPT, the benefits and ethical concerns of artificial intelligence, and much more. 

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Dr. Louis Epstein, a professor of Musicology at St. Olaf College, about creating music, how music affects social and political climates, and why he does not see AI as a threat to music creation.