Emory University/Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement

Ideas Festival Emory Podcast

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The Ideas Festival Emory podcast, produced by Emory University’s Center for Public Scholarship and Engagement, extends the conversations sparked by Emory’s annual Ideas Festival. Each episode explores a timely, consequential idea through in-depth conversations with scholars, artists, policymakers, and practitioners whose work is shaping how we understand the world—and how we care for one another. Grounded in Emory’s commitment to public scholarship, the podcast connects academic insight with real-world challenges, inviting listeners into thoughtful dialogue that bridges research, creativity, a...

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Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. discusses America USA with Erica Armstrong Dunbar 29.06.2026 45:26

Today's episode is a live recording from Emory University's Performing Arts Studio, captured on June 3, 2026. We're honored to share a conversation between scholar, author, and public intellectual Eddie Glaude Jr. and historian Erica Armstrong Dunbar. Their discussion centers on Glaude's new book, America, USA, a searching examination of the stories Americans tell about themselves—and the realitie...

Work Is Fun with Steve Carse, founder of King of Pops 21.05.2026 28:58

In this episode Steve Carse, founder of King of Pops and author of Work Is Fun—talks about entrepreneurship, creativity, and building a business culture rooted in joy and purpose. Reflecting on the unlikely rise of King of Pops from a single pushcart to a beloved community brand, Carse explores the role of optimism, experimentation, and human connection in meaningful work. Rather than treating art...

Patrick Radden Keefe Live at Glenn Memorial Auditorium, April 9, 2026 28.04.2026 50:12

Today’s episode is a live recording featuring bestselling author Patrick Radden Keefe in conversation with journalist and host Virginia Prescott from Glenn Memorial Auditorium on Emory’s campus. Keefe’s latest book, London Falling, is a gripping work of narrative nonfiction that begins with a devastating loss—the death of a nineteen-year-old—and unfolds into a complex investigation of identity, de...

Kin Live: Emory's Tayari Jones Launches Her New Novel in Conversation with Pearl Cleage 02.03.2026 32:39

Recorded live at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta on February 22, 2026, this episode features novelist Tayari Jones in conversation with playwright and essayist Pearl Cleage about Jones’s new novel, Kin. What began as a different contracted project became a deeply personal story about friendship, motherlessness, ambition, and the emotional inheritance passed between generations of Black w...

Beyond the Pill: How Art Can Heal with Art Pharmacy's Chris Appleton 13.02.2026 24:23

In this episode of the Ideas Festival Emory podcast, Maya Kroth interviews Chris Appleton, founder of Art Pharmacy. discusses the growing mental health and loneliness crises and explains how social prescribing—connecting people to arts and cultural experiences as part of healthcare—can serve as a powerful, evidence-based intervention. Drawing on personal experience, emerging clinical data, and rea...

Imagination as a path through dementia, with Anne Basting, founder of TimeSlips 13.01.2026 29:31

In this episode of the Ideas Festival Emory podcast, host Maya Kroth speaks with Anne Basting, founder of TimeSlips , about creativity, aging, and the power of storytelling to foster connection and dignity. Drawing on Bastings’ pioneering work using imaginative engagement with people living with dementia, the conversation explores how creative expression can transform care, challenge assumptions a...