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Passion and Practicality: A Liberal Arts Podcast

Southern New Hampshire University Liberal Arts

Passion and Practicality is a podcast series produced by Southern New Hampshire University‘s online Liberal Arts department, which includes academic programs and courses in Communication, Composition, Creative Writing, English, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, History, Literature, and Philosophy. In this podcast series, faculty, staff, and guests discuss the career paths open to graduates of those programs, the research and creative work of practitioners in the field, and other interesting stuff.

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01:01:46

Word for Word Graduate Spotlight 2025

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2025/08/08

Word for Word honors five recent graduates of SNHU's online BA, MA, and MFA creative writing programs. Recommended by instructors and selected by Associate Deans Jacob Powers and Paul Witcover for their high literary achievement, these five outstanding writers read from their work, representing all the graduates of their respective programs.

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01:00:59

Word for Word: Agents and Agenting Panel, featuring...

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2025/07/25

Word for Word welcomes two of the top literary agents in the business, Joshua Bilmes and Lucienne Diver, for a discussion of the role agents play in the publishing world and what the career of a literary agent requires in an age of seismic changes to the literary landscape.

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01:01:47

Word for Word featuring Tananarive Due

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2025/07/11

Word for Word proudly welcomes award-winning author Tananarive Due! A leading voice in Black speculative fiction, Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award and a British Fantasy Award. Join us as she reads from and discusses her latest novel, The Reformatory, a searing work of history, resilience, and the supernatural.

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59:56

Wireside Chat featuring Tracy Crow Weidemaier

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2025/05/23

Wireside Chat proudly welcomes instructor Tracy Crow Weidemaier! Author. Literary Agent. Editor. Publisher. Veteran. Tracy wears many hats! Listen in as we talk about career multitasking, her work with the MilSpeak Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting creative writing in the military community, and her fiction, nonfiction and work-for-hire projects!

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01:39:03

History Speaker Series with Karen Sieber and Public...

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2025/05/09

In this History Speaker Series event, public historian Karen Sieber discusses her career as a public historian and historical consultant, focusing on her recent research on Moses Dickson and the Underground Railroad in Minnesota. Karen received her master's degree in public history from Loyola University Chicago. She is best known as the creator of Visualizing the Red Summer, which is part of the AP African American Studies curriculum nationwide. Her work has been featured by the Library of

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59:01

Word for Word featuring Jeffrey Ford

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2025/04/25

Word for Word is proud to welcome award-winning author Jeffrey Ford! Ford’s fiction has garnered World Fantasy, Edgar Allan Poe, Shirley Jackson, and Nebula awards. Join us as Jeff reads a new story, "Plunged in the Years," discusses his writing apprenticeship with John Gardner, and shares his wisdom about workshopping, the writer's subconscious, and more!

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01:07:52

Wireside Chat: MA or MFA - A Look at SNHU's Graduate...

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2025/04/11

In this special edition of Wireside Chat, Associate Deans Paul Witcover and Jacob Powers answer questions about SNHU's online MFA and MA creative writing programs. If you are a creative writer looking to take your passion for words to the graduate level, this is a great place to start!

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01:24:48

History Speaker Series with José Peláez and Doctoral...

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2025/03/28

In this History Speaker Series event, José Ernesto Peláez discusses his research and his experience transitioning from the online Master of Arts degree program in History at Southern New Hampshire University to an in-person doctoral program in History at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Additional topics for discussion include the decision to pursue a doctoral degree, applying to programs, expectations of students in doctoral programs, and strategies for researching and writing history.

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01:01:40

Word for Word Featuring the Penmen Review Fall...

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2025/03/21

The five winners of the 10th Annual Penmen Review Fall Fiction Contest read their winning stories and discuss their writing journeys. Welcome N. Ryan Tucker, Jesse Teller, Amy Midgett, Jenel Alan, and Megan Okonsky!

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01:00:28

History Speaker Series with David Valladares and...

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2025/03/14

In this History Speaker Series event, Dr. David Valladares discusses his career and his new book, England’s Response to Hitler in the 1930s: Empire, Appeasement, and the Cliveden Set, which discusses political and strategic efforts by British aristocrats to support Nazi Germany’s rearmament efforts and the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia. More information about the book can be found on the publisher's website. Dr. Valladares received his doctoral degree in history from Florida State

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01:00:07

Wireside Chat featuring Frank Sennett

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2025/03/07

In which Wireside Chat hosts Melissa Hart and Paul Witcover welcome instructor and author Frank Sennett, who talks about the pacing and structure of thrillers, his surprising favorite novel, how to develop your unique voice as a writer, and much more!

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57:13

Ethics in Action 2024: Leadership Panel

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2025/02/28

Ethics in Action is an event series hosted each year by the Liberal Arts team that focuses on student discussion, ethical reflection, and collaboration around current issues. The Fall 2024 Ethics in Action event was a student conference that took place on December 11, 2024, and focused on leadership in the 21st century.In this panel, a group of community leaders and employers from different industries speaks to what leadership looks like in the 21st century.

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01:07:15

Ethics in Action 2024 Keynote: Christopher Preston...

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2025/02/28

Ethics in Action is an event series hosted each year by the Liberal Arts team that focuses on student discussion, ethical reflection, and collaboration around current issues. The Fall 2024 Ethics in Action event was a student conference that took place on December 11, 2024, and focused on leadership in the 21st century. The keynote for Ethics in Action featured Dr. Christopher Preston, Professor of Philosophy from the University of Montana. The title of his address is “Ethicist Gone Feral: Where

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58:13

Ethics in Action 2024: Edil Sandoval and Jonathan Murphy

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2025/02/28

Ethics in Action is an event series hosted each year by the Liberal Arts team that focuses on student discussion, ethical reflection, and collaboration around current issues. The Fall 2024 Ethics in Action event was a student conference that took place on December 11, 2024, and focused on leadership in the 21st century. In Conference Session 2, Edil Sandoval will present on “The Ethical, Political, and Cultural Implications of Repatriating Indigenous Art: Leadership and Responsibility in

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54:13

Ethics in Action 2024: Anne Marie Collier and Chloe...

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2025/02/28

Ethics in Action is an event series hosted each year by the SNHU Liberal Arts team that focuses on student discussion, ethical reflection, and collaboration around current issues. The Fall 2024 Ethics in Action event was a student conference that took place on December 11, 2024, and focused on leadership in the 21st century. In Conference Session 1, Anne Collier will present “The Ethics of VIP Status.” Following that, Chloe Price will present “Leading Humanity Back into Balance with Nature through

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01:00:14

Wireside Chat featuring Jan Elizabeth Watson

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2025/02/21

In which Wireside Chat is joined by Online MFA instructor Jan Elizabeth Watson, author of the contemporary fiction novels "Asta in the Wings" and "What Has Become of You"! We discuss the appeal of pseudonyms, ambition as a creative goad, red flags writers should know before querying agents and editors, and more!

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59:45

History Speaker Series with Margaret MacDonald and...

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2025/02/14

In this History Speaker Series event, Dr. Margaret MacDonald discusses her professional and academic career, her advocacy work as a public historian, and her research on Carolyn Beatrice Parker, the first Black woman known to receive an advanced degree in physics and worked on the Dayton Project, part of the Manhattan Project, during World War II.

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01:03:18

Word for Word featuring Special Guests Adrienne...

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2025/02/07

Join us as Word for Word celebrates SNHU's creative writing instructors in a special event spotlighting Young Adult fiction! Award-winning writers and SNHU instructors Melissa Marr and Adrienne Kisner read from their works-in-progress, discuss their writing journeys, and share insights into today's YA fiction market!

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59:48

Wireside Chat featuring Kaitlyn Ballenger

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2025/01/24

In which Wireside Chat is joined by Online MFA instructor and award-winning author Kait Ballenger! Lovers of paranormal romance and dark romantasy will not want to miss this episode, as Kait shares an insider's view of romance publishing today and talks about her love of villainous heroes and spicy redemption arcs.

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37:22

Composition as a Path to Healing Self and Community

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2024/12/20

How many times have you graded a narrative from a student that helped them process a difficult time in their life or assisted another student with researching a controversial topic as they became passionate about healing a societal ill? Join composition instructors Bonnie Fox and InnaRae Guy in exploring avenues to support students who find themselves on a healing journey while working on course writing projects.

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