As every instructor knows, laboring through the school year is rewarding and, often, exhausting. Professors struggle to balance lesson planning, teaching, committee work, and advising, while still trying to eke out time for their own[…]

Stream or download this episode. In the 1980’s, facing the pressure of the feminist movement and the sexual revolution, a group of conservative Protestant pastors and thinkers banded together to champion traditional family and church[…]

  Katie Grubbs, Sara Klooster, and Marie Hause discuss Nora Ephron’s romantic comedy classic, You’ve Got Mail. -Introductions -Why we chose this topic   KNOWING -Background on the story of You’ve Got Mail (adaptation of[…]

-Above image is “Pharoah and the Midwives” from the Golden Haggadah, Catalonia, early 14th century (British Library) -Introductions: Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Alexis Neal, and Katie Grubbs -Why this topic? Knowing -Were you ever taught about[…]

-Introductions -Background on the Film (production details, etc.) -Plot Summary -Historical Context: 1850’s Oregon -How does this story relate to Plutarch’s story of the Rape of the Sabines? -Discussion: Which brother is the most handsome?[…]

Introductions Why this topic? Knowing About Alta Mar: production details Brief plot summary How we watched: How did you choose to watch the series? Dubbed in English? In Spanish? In Spanish with English subtitles? What differences[…]

*Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony* Episode 105: Sexism and the Teaching Profession Katie Grubbs, Kim Feldman, and Ilia Grubbs discuss the history of the feminization of teaching, as well as how sexism still[…]