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Learning for Life @ Gustavus

Gustavus Adolphus College

History professor Greg Kaster explores the intersections of liberal arts learning, current events, and real-world problem solving from the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minn. From conversations with cancer and climate change researchers to behind-the-scenes glimpses into higher ed decision-making, Kaster"s short, engaging interviews introduce listeners to the people behind the ideas.

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01:12:01

“Chief Champion of Everything and Caretaker of the...

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/03/08

For this special 100th episode of the podcast, Greg speaks with Rebecca Bergman, the 17th and first woman President of Gustavus, about her background, her paths to the chemical engineering major at Princeton, a career in biomedical engineering at Medtronic, and eventually the presidency of Gustavus, the similarities and differences between leadership in the private sector and nonprofit academe, the qualities of a successful leader, her work and achievements as president, her long-term hopes and case

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01:03:03

Building Bridges 27

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/03/01

In advance of the 27th annual student-run Building Bridges Conference at Gustavus, ”Knowledge Is Power: Dismantling Systematic Bias in Educational Institutions,” conference co-chairs Mad Chase and Ellie Hartmann, Class of ’23, speak about their paths to and experiences at the College, the purpose of Building Bridges, the work of organizing the conference, their roles as co-chairs, the focus and lineup of this year’s conference, the rewards of their involvement in it, and #WhyGustavus.

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01:17:26

“I Want to Spend a Life Kind of Sampling”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/02/22

Professor Samuel Kessler, holder of the Ake and Kristina Bonnier Chair in Jewish Studies in the Department of Religion at Gustavus, talks about his background and paths to his BA in History, PhD in Religious Studies, and the Bonnier Chair, the origins and logic of the latter, learning and teaching about “lived religion,” varieties of Judaism and being Jewish at Gustavus, falling for Berlin while studying there as an undergraduate, his book nearing completion about the nineteenth-century Chief Rabbi

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01:03:40

“A Judge’s Ultimate Accountability Is to Our Democracy”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/02/15

The Honorable Krista J. Jass ’90 talks about her path to becoming a Gustavus undergraduate and then lawyer, public defender, and now judge in Minnesota’s Fifth Judicial District, the scope of her judgeship, her involvement in Family Dependency Treatment Court, preparing for a case and writing a decision, what makes her an effective judge, the role of law and the courts in our democracy, and the impact of Gustavus on her life.

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01:09:21

“Every Single Point [Results from] a Mistake”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/02/08

Gustavus Head Volleyball Coach Rachelle Sherden and Academic All-American team member and recent graduate Kate Holtan talk about the impact of the pandemic on the team and its seasons, their backgrounds and paths to volleyball, coaching, and Gustavus, the attractions of volleyball and ingredients of successful playing and coaching, Kate’s academic experience and involvement in the Gustavus Women in Leadership Conference, and what makes Gustavus distinctive.

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01:09:21

"Living in the Body"

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/02/01

Former Minnesota Poet Laureate and Gustavus Professor Emeritus of English Joyce Sutphen converses about growing up on a dairy farm, her path to poetry and the faculty at Gustavus, her 12 years between dropping out of and finishing college, an arresting turning point in a London theater, and writing and memorizing poetry. Special bonus: she also reads an older and forthcoming poem of hers.

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01:24:00

“At Art’s Core Are Questions”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/01/25

Artist Kristen Lowe, Professor of Art and Art History at Gustavus and, as a recent profile put it, “one of the most important working artists in Minnesota,” on charcoal and drawing, her formative education at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, an amazing opportunity and experience at the Louvre fresh out of graduate school, creating the works for her exhibit “Battle at the River Bottom: Drawings and Videos” at Gustavus’s Hillstrom Museum of Art, women and art, and why art matters.

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01:15:23

Tennis, History, and Real Estate

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/01/18

Jim Hearn '82, three-time All-American tennis player and history major at Gustavus, on his undergraduate years, love of tennis, how he became involved in the real estate industry, founding the real estate investment firm ApexOne, the nature of the firm and his role in it, and what it takes to succeed in business (spoiler alert: writing well matters more than you might think).

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01:09:49

From “Farm Kid” to Public Servant

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2022/01/11

Margaret Anderson Kelliher '90, who was recently named the next director of public works for the City of Minneapolis, talks about her path from family farm to Gustavus, politics, Minnesota state representative, and, eventually, Speaker of the Minnesota House (only the second woman to serve in that position), her experience as Speaker and a candidate for governor and later Congress, her position as Commissioner of Minnesota’s Department of Transportation, and the department’s purview, present focus,

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01:16:27

“Everything Is Connected, Nothing Is Lost”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/12/21

Gustavus professor emeritus of classics William (Will) Freiert reflects on his Jesuit education and path to classics, the development of the classics department at Gustavus and his and his classicist spouse Professor Emeritus Patricia Freiert’s rolesin that, his teaching career at a Jesuit prep school in Washington, D.C. and then Gustavus, connecting ideas and the past (antiquity) and present, his love of theater, and the meaning and importance of the liberal arts. Click here for a transcript.

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01:02:54

Sweden, the Roma, and Katarina Taikon

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/12/14

Swedish journalist, author, and filmmaker Lawen Mohtadi, the 2021 Out of Scandinavia Artist-in-Residence at Gustavus, speaks with guest host and Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies Ursula Lindqvist about her background, the history, presence, and treatment of Roma people in Sweden, and the life of Swedish Romany activist and children’s author Katarina Taikon, subject of a documentary film by Mohtadi. Click here for a transcript.

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01:12:28

“Imagine the Experience of Others”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/12/07

Historian Jordan T. Watkins, Assistant Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University and a professional colleague of Greg’s, converses about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on his teaching both now and long term, his Mormon faith tradition and interest in it, his path from business major to history major, his recent book Slavery and Sacred Texts: The Bible, the Constitution, and Historical Consciousness in Antebellum America, fear about facing the difficult aspects of our

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01:03:10

Student Senate, Student Communities

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/11/30

Student Senate Co-Presidents Regina Olono Vidales and Ben Menke, Class of ’22, talk about their paths to Gustavus and their majors, the pandemic’s impact on students, how the Senate operates, the rewards of serving on it, some of its recent accomplishments, the student communities and opportunities that make Gustavus special, and what comes next for each of them. Click here for a transcript.

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01:11:46

"The Black Athlete, Ronald Reagan, and the New Right"

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/11/23

Dr. Katelyn Aguilar, the newest member of the Gustavus Department of History, on growing up in an inclusive household as the daughter of a high-school basketball coach in Indiana, her path to African American and Sport History, her research on what the University of Miami’s football team of the mid-1980s had to do with the rise of the New Right embodied by Ronald Reagan, protest by Black athletes and the new Netflix series on Colin Kaepernick, early impressions of Gustavus, and why history matters

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01:00:36

“The Appomattox Syndrome” and Civil War History

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/11/16

Distinguished Civil War historian Gary Gallagher of the University of Virginia on how and why he became interested in the war, his friendship and collaboration with fellow leading Civil War historian James M. McPherson (Gustavus Class of 1958), how “the Appomattox syndrome” distorts historical understanding of the conflict, why it was a “Union war” above all else, Lincoln and Grant, the monuments controversies, his renowned personal library, and why the war still matters. Click here for a

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01:08:55

From Dairy Farm to Pompeii Kitchen

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/11/09

Pedar Foss ’88, Professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University, talks about his path to Gustavus, classics, and archaeology, his research on the kitchens, food, and dining rooms of Pompei and Herculaneum, the amazing twists and turns of his current book project on Pliny the Younger’s famous letters, and the case for both classics and soccer. Click here for a transcript.

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01:01:25

Nursing, Public Health, and the Liberal Arts

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/11/02

Dr. Lynnea Myers ’05 of the Department of Nursing at Gustavus talks about her undergraduate experience as a nursing major there, her clinical training and research in the U.S. and Sweden in, respectively, pediatric healthcare and neuroscience, the nursing profession and public health, new nurses amid COVID-19, her experience with Sweden’s health care system, and why a liberal arts education is excellent preparation for nursing. Click here for a transcript.

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01:04:00

“How Do You Get Criminal Justice with Justice?”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/10/26

Professor Suzanne Wilson of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Gustavus on her liberal arts education, becoming a sociologist and the essentials of her discipline, her research on U.S. drug policy and Colombia as well as Colombian paramilitary groups and organized crime, the transnational “cocaine commodity supply chain,” the liberal arts approach to criminology at Gustavus, her courses and why they keep her interested, and the case for studying sociology and anthropology. Click here

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01:11:36

“Pick Up a Bucket and Get to Work”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/10/19

Physicist and leading climate scientist Dr. Jason Smerdon ’98 of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Earth Institute at Columbia University, on #WhyGustavus from Pullman, Washington, his paths to science and academia, his undergraduate and graduate school experiences (featuring haikus, luck, contingency, and potassium cyanide), his scholarship with historians and the influence of English courses on his career, the reality, evidence, and politicization of human-influenced climate change, doable

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01:04:04

“Delivering World-Class Leaders”

Learning for Life @ Gustavus ·

2021/10/12

Representative Samantha (Sam) Vang ’16, one of the first two Hmong American women to win a Minnesota House seat, speaks about her path to Gustavus and politics, the police killing of Daunte Wright in her district in April 2021 and its aftermath, her work as a state legislator, Hmong political engagement, and #WhyGustavus. Click here for a transcript.

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