TUniverse: Conversations from The University of Tulsa
Education Podcasts
Highlighting the cutting-edge research coming from The University of Tulsa, TUniverse is a new podcast series composed of short seasons covering a revolving array of topics. Every season will be piloted by a different host, each with academic-acclaim and unique perspectives on the topic. Listeners will be invited to join in on the mission and blast off to explore the worlds of neuroscience, humanities, the history of the Americas and more, so be sure to tune into the TUniverse and find out what's happening on our side of the galaxy.
Location:
United States
Description:
Highlighting the cutting-edge research coming from The University of Tulsa, TUniverse is a new podcast series composed of short seasons covering a revolving array of topics. Every season will be piloted by a different host, each with academic-acclaim and unique perspectives on the topic. Listeners will be invited to join in on the mission and blast off to explore the worlds of neuroscience, humanities, the history of the Americas and more, so be sure to tune into the TUniverse and find out what's happening on our side of the galaxy.
Twitter:
@utulsa
Language:
English
Website:
http://utulsa.edu/
Email:
news@utulsa.edu
Episodes
COVID-19 Special Report Five: Film and Media with Justin Rawlins
5/19/2020
COVID-19 Special Report Five: Film and Media with Justin Rawlins
Justin Rawlins, Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Film Studies, shares two sides of how COVID-19 is impacting entertainment: how film and media are made, and how film and media are experienced.
Link: https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/justin-rawlins/
Duration:00:28:53
COVID-19 Special Report Four: Cybersecurity with John Hale
5/14/2020
In this special report from the University of Tulsa, John Hale, the Chairperson of Computer Science, discusses the dynamics of working from home, the security risks, and the steps we can take to minimize them.
Duration:00:33:42
COVID-19 Special Report Three: Inequality in a Pandemic with Travis Lowe
5/13/2020
In this third special report from the University of Tulsa, we are joined by Travis Lowe, Assistant Professor of Sociology, who discusses racism and inequality is highlighted in a Pandemic.
Duration:00:15:43
COVID-19 Special Report Two: Media with Benjamin Peters
5/6/2020
In the second remotely-recorded special report from the University of Tulsa, Benjamin Peters joins the TUniverse podcast team to share his thoughts on the pandemic's relation to the media, including ideas for thinking about how the two relate and what it means for us.
Links: https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/ben-peters/
Duration:00:27:38
COVID-19 Special Report One: Oil and Gas with Tom Seng
5/4/2020
In this special report from the University of Tulsa, we are joined by Tom Seng, the Director of School of Energy Economics, Policy and Commerce, who shares about the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on the oil industry.
Links: https://faculty.utulsa.edu/faculty/tom-seng/
Duration:00:11:43
Noam Faingold's "The Defiant Poet" Preview
3/11/2020
Check out this preview of Noam Faingold's latest work and then stream his new piece on Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Play, or your favorite service!
Duration:00:05:48
The Human Connection - Playing with Sound
11/15/2019
In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, sits down with Mack Hagood, the Blayney Associate Professor of Comparative Media Studies at Miami University, in Ohio, and the author of Hush: Media and Sonic Self-Control. Together they discuss what sound means for us, how it's social effects have transformed over time, and just why we seem to like playing with it so much.
Duration:00:50:52
The Human Connection: An Interview with Robert Spoo
11/1/2019
In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, has a special sit-down interview with Bob Spoo, discussing his new book, Moderinism and the Law, along with it's exploration into the works of James Joyce and transatlantic Anglo-American modernist...
Duration:01:04:06
The Human Connection: Playing with Game Design
10/15/2019
In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, has a conversation with Tracy Fullerton, an award-winning game designer and professor at the University of Southern California. Together they explore what games allow users to do, how entertainment can be forged from the process, and why "play" is at the heart of all...
Duration:00:36:45
The Human Connection: Playing with Education
10/1/2019
In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, speaks with Helen Douglass, a Tulsa Artist Fellowship Fellow and Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Tulsa. From conversations about maker-spaces to thoughts on how playing relates to education, The Human Connection keeps the conversation going and continues redefining the power of...
Duration:01:21:30
The Human Connection: Playing with Music (Part 2)
9/15/2019
In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, keeps the music conversation going with Katie Moulton, a Tulsa Artist Fellowship Fellow and writer, editor and music critic. Moulton's understanding of not only music criticism, but also musical structure, fuels a conversation about how artist and listerns can play with music. After all, we "read" a book and "paint" a picture, but "play" music. Why is that? Find out our thoughts in this engaging...
Duration:02:08:54
The Human Connection: Playing with Music
8/28/2019
In this episode, Sean Latham, the Director for the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities, kicks off the Human Connection series by bringing in Layne Farmen for a conversation about how music production and lyric writing are "playful" Farmen uses his expertise in musical performance and breadth of musical knowledge to engage in a conversation covering everything from bluegrass music to Kanye West, and together the two share a conversation that begins to chisel away at the meaning of play: Why is...
Duration:00:42:02