UMKC Podcasting Practicum

Alienation is a conversation surrounding American identity, the connections that can be drawn from the idea of today's loneliness epidemic, and the historical origins of social isolation. Episode One discusses the historical phenomena of Prairie Madness.

Meat Cute is a podcast that shares great love stories and turns them into recipes that define them. We interview couples about how they met, their best and worst moments, the foods they love, and more, and create a recipe based on what we learn. Join your hosts, Bri Wilson, Emma Baxley, Elly Meman, and Hope J.E. Wampler as we celebrate two of the best things in life—love and a good meal. In this e...

Meat Cute is a podcast that shares great love stories and turns them into recipes that define them. We interview couples about how they met, their best and worst moments, the foods they love, and more, and create a recipe based on what we learn. Join your hosts, Bri Wilson, Emma Baxley, Elly Meman, and Hope J.E. Wampler as we celebrate two of the best things in life—love and a good meal. In this e...

Reece and Charlie discuss the Kansas City Massacre.

Reece and Charlie discuss what happened with the locally famous John Wornall House.  

Welcome to Drunk Letterboxd, where we are drunk and talk about movies on Letterboxd while drinking and being drunk and after we’ve watched a movie, we’re putting public opinion on blast. OoOoO you will listen to this episode OoOoO this time we watched and discussed Starve with our very super special guest star Alijah and laughed about things no one should probably laugh at.

Welcome to Drunk Letterboxd, where we are drunk and talk about movies on Letterboxd while drinking and being drunk and after we’ve watched a movie, we’re putting public opinion on blast. You must and will listen to our first episode where Birdemic is broken down like the director Ngyuen just before he made the film… Get it? Because he was broke.

Welcome to How Myths Are Made! In this podcast hosts Quinlan Patel and Alijah Smith explore different mythologies and the cultures that gave birth to them! We also discuss the various ways in which myths are constructed and how myths come to be in the first place! Join us!

Welcome to How Myths Are Made! In this podcast hosts Quinlan Patel and Alijah Smith explore different mythologies and the cultures that gave birth to them! We also discuss the various ways in which myths are constructed and how myths come to be in the first place! Join us!

Welcome to Must-Find-Authors Story Club, a place for writers to have a voice and receive feedback on their work. This week, we change up our format to reflect a more traditional workshop space as we discuss Emily Black’s short story “A Lord That Saves,” featuring a cult-like religious following and a girl on the run. Our theme song is “Sax on the Beach!” by Paul Yudin, used with permissions from U...

Welcome to Must-Find-Authors Story Club, a place for writers to have a voice and receive feedback on their work. This week, we explore Amanda Trout’s short story, “A Bird in the Hand,” a mystery-thriller short story featuring slight necrophilia, Egyptian mythology, and a dual-perspective narrative. Our theme song is “Sax on the Beach!” by Paul Yudin, used with permissions from Uppbeat: https://upp...

Join us this week to hear how Dorothea Puente--who Netflix deems as the world's worst roommate.  She bagged four husbands and killed at least nine people, and of course, how fairytales warned us about it all long ago. 

Tune in for episode 2, where we discuss Titane, another film by director Julia Ducournau. As alway, it gets weird, and this one is particularly gory.  Hi, hello. Welcome to We Aren’t Film Majors , where we don’t know shit about indie films but we talk about them anyway. Yours Truly, Zoё, Ross, Hayley, and America <3 :D

That's Not What the Book Said! In the battle of writer vs. screenwriter hosts Sarah, Todd, and Yara break it down and see who comes out on top. This week they present Stephen King's early short story Trucks and his movie adaption, Maximum Overdrive. This week's episode takes a little bit of a twist with Stephen King writing the story, screenplay and directing the movie. They discuss plot holes, th...

For a first step in the journey to convince Maryam (and all of you) that our cultural fascination with true crime is based in the same thing that makes folklore and fairytales so popular.  We discuss Ted Bundy, media glorification, and mommy issues. 

That's Not What the Book Said! In the battle of writer vs. screenwriter hosts Sarah, Todd, and Yara break it down and see who comes out on top. This week they present the conundrum of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's (or is it Philosophers?) Stone. With a variety of opinions and interesting facts they take a closer look at what you probably missed in the book and the movie. They examine character c...

Welcome to Yelp-Busters! We eat the food that Yelpers hate—or love—and come up with our own rating, based on the food, drinks, ambiance, and even ethical practices of the restaurant. Hosted by: Brooke Spalding, Maria Starns, Shannon Moran, Carter Groves, and Kayla Wiltfong In this episode, we visit Port Fonda in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. We discuss the ethics of a White-c...

Welcome to Yelp-Busters! We eat the food that Yelpers hate—or love—and come up with our own rating, based on the food, drinks, ambiance, and even ethical practices of the restaurant. Hosted by: Brooke Spalding, Maria Starns, Shannon Moran, Carter Groves, and Kayla Wiltfong This week, we visit the Taco Bell Cantina in Kansas City, Missouri, located in the Westport district of the city. We discuss t...

Hi, we are the Lurkers! Welcome to today’s episode of “Lurking in Literature," a podcast where in each episode, we deep-dive into a strange or supernatural trope, considering its appearances in human culture and storytelling across the ages.  Hosted by: Megan Kipper, Katheryn Riley, Stacey Schell, Anna Stokes  This week, Episode 1: Here Be Dragons. We will explore the history of dragons,...

Welcome to Worlds Unbound! The podcast where we examine the creation of a fictional world and how the story and characters are impacted by it. We are devoted to unpacking the inner workings of complex fictional universes, thereby unbinding the tightly bound. In this episode, our hosts Tristan, Alexis, and Iris will be unbinding the government, economy and fashion of the grisly world of the Hunger...

Welcome to My Kid Could Do That the podcast where we work to demystify great art and get to the core of why art can seem so intimidating. Join us as we discuss exciting and significant aspects of art history and dive deep into the composition of famous works. Today we will be looking at two pieces of art, ("The Fountain" by Duchamp and "Madame X" by Sargent) that really caused a stir in the art wo...

Welcome to Zodiaca! A world whose laws and structures are determined by the configurations of celestial bodies. A world where a person’s destiny, physical characteristics, and social status are determined, in large part, by their zodiac sign. A world that has always existed, but reveals itself only to those willing to venture beyond the boundaries of belief.

A podcast devoted to analyzing the details of literary adaptations, from costume design to soundtracks and scores. Hosted by Sophia Straight, Jasmine Rollins, and Kara Walters. Episode 2: Holes in the Narrative On this episode, our hosts talk about the multifaceted plot lines and narrative structures of "Holes" by Louis Sachar as well as some of the interesting soundtrack and casting choices of th...

A podcast devoted to analyzing the details of literary adaptations, from costume design to sound tracks and scores. Hosted by Sophia Straight, Jasmine Rollins, and Kara Walters. Episode 1: Little Women on the Big Screen On this episode, our hosts discuss some of the character arcs, directorial choices, and influential scenes in Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" as well as its book counterpart by autho...

The MFA Insider team interviews Ember Johnson, an MFA student at the University of Minnesota, about her program, her process, and a piece she's working on. Hosted by Giana Miniace, Jared McCormack, and Montana Patrick.