As we all are experiencing the transition back into normality since COVID-19 has turned this world upside-down, staying healthy has been the main focus recently. Dr. Valerie Phillips, a naturopathic doctor, gives us some expert advice on suppor

Episode6-IDoWhatIWant1

Mar 6th, 2022 1h 37m

Grim Greetings! Every so often we will do an episode called "I Do What I Want," a series featuring episodes on a lighter note, no book reports, just talking. We are giving you Grim Heathens a break from the doom and gloom (ourselves too). Liste

Episode5-TheBalladOfBlackTom

Feb 26th, 2022 1h 49m

Victor LaVelle's The Ballad of Black Tom (2016) illustrates weird fiction at its finest. Listen in as we discuss the author, the story that inspired this one, Cthululu mythos, H. P. Lovecraft's controversial legacy, and of course an array of to

Episode4-BlessMeUltima

Feb 18th, 2022 2h 12m

Grim Greetings! Listen to us discuss the coming-of-age story Bless Me Ultima (1972) by Chicano author Rudolpho Anaya. Trigger Warning(s): 1) SPOILERS 2) foul language 3) disturbing topics. Acoustics were written, recorded, and composed by David

Episode3-LongWayDown

Feb 9th, 2022 2h 24m

This week we discuss Jason Reynolds' young adult novel Long Way Down (2017). We address stats of gun violence in rural communities, generational trauma, toxic masculinity, lost loved ones, and mental health as well as adult cartoons, parallels

Episode2-HeartOfDarkness

Feb 2nd, 2022 1h 27m

Listen in as we talk about the many controversies of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1899). Trigger warning(s): 1) there are spoilers 2) these topics might be sensitive to some listeners--disturbing/frightening content specifically during th

Episode1-TheYellowWallpaper/TheMetamorphosis

Jan 25th, 2022 1h 43m

On this episode Alex, Warren, & Joy discuss the grim works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis (1915). Listen in as we discuss our insight about the texts as we compare them to today's s

Teachers&FirearmsTopic

May 25th, 2021 48m 24s

Returning to in-person public school instruction is starting to happen. School shootings have decreased since the start of the pandemic due to the transition to virtual instruction in schools across the nation. Student safety in the classroom s

TheRunnerOnAir-Gender&Guns

May 25th, 2021 1h 5m

On this episode we hear many voices concerning gun regulations. Both political views are represented leaving it up to the listeners to decide their stance on this matter. Enjoy! https://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/hum100/female.html https://www.

FinalProjectEMCESeniorSeminar

May 13th, 2021 48m 4s

This is a podcast of my journaling through a semester of uncertain times. #globalpandemic #ZoomUniversity

Interview with Mandy Fisher

May 12th, 2021 26m 54s

For my ENGL 3010 class instructed by Professor Beau Larimer at CSU Bakersfield, part of my final project is to conduct an interview with a public school ELA teacher. Mandy Fisher was kind enough to join me on this episode as we discuss topics a

CSUB-OWL's-IWD

Mar 8th, 2021 13m 23s

This episode is dedicated to International Women's Day at CSU Bakersfield. Today Ellice Richman and I are joined by Kristen Valdez (Chair) & Marina Manzano (Steering Committee) from the university's Organization of Women Leaders (OWLs). They in

TheRunnerOnAir-InternationalWomen'sDay

Mar 8th, 2021 24m 16s

On this episode, one of CSUB’s faculty members Robin Valente joins us as we discuss feminism, identity pronouns, science, & International Women’s Day. Portrait to the right by Quinne Kalyn. https://www.internationalwomensday.com www.quinnekalyn

TheRunnerOnAir-COVID&FacultyMembers

Feb 11th, 2021 1h 4m

On this episode, we dive into COVID-related experiences of three CSUB faculty members: Dr. MacQuarrie covers Virtual Reality instruction & literature that mirrors this strange time we are all living in. Dr. DanForth explains the struggles of vi

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