Oct 27, 2020
Maeve Callan of Simpson's Department of Religion shows how stories of the bubonic plague — The Black Death — of the 1300s can offer us insights into our own pandemic times. Professor Callan is a historian of religion at Simpson and the author of two books: The Templars, The Witch & The Wild Irish and Sacred Sisters...
Oct 20, 2020
Simpson's independent student newspaper, The Simpsonian, turns 150 years old this month. Founded on Oct. 1, 1870, by eight students, The Simp has been the center of the Simpson Experience for thousands of alumni over the past 15 decades, including leading national journalists and winners of the Pulitzer Prize....
Oct 12, 2020
Simpson College hasn't seen the large outbreaks of COVID-19 that have plagued other colleges and universities. Heidi Levine, vice president of student development and planning, comes on the podcast this week to talk about the college's efforts to keep students, staff and faculty safe and healthy in these pandemic times.
Oct 5, 2020
WHO-TV political editor Dave Price is this week's guest. He's interviewed by Seth Andersen of Simpson's Culver Center about last week's first presidential debate, as well as what he's learned from years of covering presidential politics in the Midwest, which he covers in his book 'Caucus Chaos Trump.'