The Boston College Magazine Podcast
Conversations with thinkers, leaders, and fascinating personalities from across the Boston College community.
Episodes
21 episodes
BC professor Ana M. Martínez-Alemán reflects on 20 years studying the effects of social media.
Ana M. Martínez-Alemán, associate dean for faculty & academic affairs and professor at BC’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development, is widely recognized as one of the first researchers to study the effects of social media on colleg...
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29:05
Mary Bryant Shrader '80 on her journey to becoming a YouTube star.
Mary Bryant Shrader '80 discusses how she went from being a retired tax attorney to a YouTube sensation with more than one million subscribers and a popular cookbook.
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31:36
John Finney reflects on 30 years as BC's maestro
John Finney, recently retired director of the University Chorale of Boston College and conductor of the Boston College Symphony Orchestra, on his iconic 30-year career at BC.
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31:50
Chuck Hogan ’89 on what makes great crime novels
Chuck Hogan ’89 on seeing "The Town" filmed, his favorite crime novels, and how he came back to writing novels ten years later.
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48:26
Barry Gallup ’69 on Doug Flutie, Bob Cousy, and spending nearly a half-century in BC athletics.
Barry Gallup ’69 on helping to recruit Doug Flutie to BC, making basketball's Elite 8 while playing for Coach Bob Cousy, and graduating as one of the greatest receivers in the history of BC's football program.
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22:54
Desmon and Derrick Lewis, founders of the Bronx Community Foundation
Twin brothers Desmon Lewis '05 and Derrick Lewis '06 are the founders of the Bronx Community Foundation, which they established in 2017 to help improve life in the New York City borough where they grew up. When the pandemic hit before the organ...
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36:03
Longtime classical music radio host—and new hall of famer—Laura Carlo.
Longtime classical radio morning host Laura Carlo, newly inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame, talks about her career in a competitive industry, and about keeping classical music accessible to audiences around the world.
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31:26
BC history professor—and sudden media star—Heather Cox Richardson.
BC History Professor Heather Cox Richardson's smash newsletter Letters From an American has made her one of the nation's leading public intellectuals
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50:24
BC hockey star and two-time Olympic medalist Cayla Barnes on the Beijing Winter Games.
Boston College hockey star and two-time Olympic medalist Cayla Barnes discusses the heated U.S.-Canada hockey rivarly and her goal to inspire more young girls to take up the sport.
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Vice Provost for Enrollment John Mahoney on the admissions process at BC, and how to make an application stand out.
It's harder than ever to get into Boston College. Vice Provost for Enrollment John Mahoney discusses everything you want to know about admissions at BC, including how to make an application stand out.
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40:21
STM Dean Thomas Stegman, S.J., reflects on what a devastating medical diagnosis has taught him about work, life, and faith.
STM Dean Thomas Stegman, S.J., who will step down in June following a diagnosis of glioblastoma, discusses what he's learned from his illness.
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34:14
BC Experts Discuss the Future of Pandemics
The world is likely to experience additional pandemics in the years ahead, so we spoke with four BC experts about how we can better prepare for the outbreaks to come.
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41:28
A Chance in the World author Steve Pemberton '89 on his new book.
Steve Pemberton, author of the acclaimed memoir A chance in the World, discusses his new book The Lighthouse Effect.
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31:41
Dr. Charles Grandson '05, discusses how schools are addressing societal inequities.
Dr. Charles Grandson, Chief Equity & Strategy Officer for the Boston Public Schools, on teaching through the pandemic, how schools are addressing societal inequities, and BC's Donovan Urban Teaching Scholars Program.
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22:55
Professor Brad Harrington on how the pandemic has permanently reshaped the work place
Brad Harrington, Executive Director of the Boston College Center for Work and Family and an associa...
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15:46
BC Law Prof. Patricia McCoy on the state of the economy and fiscal policy in the Biden Administration
BC Law Professor Patricia McCoy discusses the new stimulus package, the state of the national economy, and what fiscal policy might look like in the Biden Administration.
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42:54
Extreme Swimmer "Crazy" Craig Lewin '08.
Former BC swimmer "Crazy" Craig Lewin just became only the 240th person to ever complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. He discusses what it's like to battle the elements and swarms of jellyfish while swimming in the ocean for 11 stra...
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35:08
Professor Janet Helms on systemic racism and how "not seeing color" can perpetuate it.
Professor Janet Helms, author of the book A Race is a Nice Thing to Have, on individual and institutional racism, and how whites who "don't see color" can inadvertently perpetuate to systemic racism.
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BC student musician Nova Wang '21, whose video of himself playing the violin went viral.
During the pandemic, Nova Wang '21 filmed himself playing each of the parts in an eight-part violin arrangement of “For Boston” that he wrote. Nova talks about how he felt when his video struck a chord with Eagles everywhere on social media and...
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Former BC Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau discusses the need for reform in the criminal justice system.
BC Law School Dean Vincent Rougeau discusses the national protests against police brutality, the need for reform throughout the entire criminal justice system, BC's new forum on racial justice, and his own experiences with race as a Black Ameri...
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