Apr 26, 2021
This will go down as the academic year that Simpson College and other colleges and universities have begun thorough conversations on cultural diversity, equity and inclusion on their campuses. This week's episode feature a panel discussion on DEI issues features Simpson students, faculty and staff.
Apr 19, 2021
Freedom of Assembly is one of the core protections of the First Amendment, and yet that seems more contentious today in our politically polarized times. That’s topic this week, as Pam Parry of Southeast Missouri State, Ken Paulsen of the Free Speech Center in Tennessee and Mark Stringer of the ACLU of Iowa join us to...
Apr 12, 2021
With demographics shrinking and traditional business models evaporating, newspapers across the nation are trying to find ways of staying alive and vibrant. Art Cullen, the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor of the Storm Lake Times in Iowa, is trying a new approach by building the Western Iowa Journalism Foundation to create...
Apr 5, 2021
Simpson College's debate team just won its fourth Pi Kappa Delta national championship in the past five years. Spencer Waugh, the director of Simpson's Speech, Debate & Mock Trial programs comes on the podcast to talk about how the team won its national title in a pandemic season — and how Simpson students overcame a...