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Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree

A podcast that explores the liberal arts as an educational system emphasizing inquiry, personal development and innovation that is foundational to a healthy, inclusive, and progressive society. Cal Poly Humboldt College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences Dean and environmental historian Jeff Crane, hosts a wide range of guests whose experiences as students of the liberal arts have shaped their lives in school, as professionals, and in their lives outside of their careers. Presented by Cal

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00:39:29

Episode 59: What We Mean by Shared Governance with...

Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree ·

2025/09/25

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree, a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. Dr. Lee Bebout is back on the show (first featured in episode 13) this month to discuss an article he co-authored with Jeff for Inside Higher Ed entitled What We Mean by

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00:57:22

Episode 58: Scott Spillman on the Possibility of a...

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2025/06/03

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree, a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. Today's guest is Scott Spillman, an American historian and the author of the book Making Sense of Slavery: America’s Long Reckoning, from the Founding Era to Today (2025)

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00:44:30

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Episode 57: Dr. Jalil on How Propaganda...

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2025/05/20

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree, a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.Today we are excited to welcome Dr. Hanni Jalil to the show! She is an historian of health, disease, and medicine in Latin America and is interested in studying how people,

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00:43:44

Episode 56: On Martha Nussbaum and Chapter One of Not...

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2025/05/13

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree, a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.This episode focuses on Dr. Martha Nussbaum and chapter one of her book Not For Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities. From the Princeton University Press website

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00:58:44

Episode 55: Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin and a Deep Look at...

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2025/03/19

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.Our guest today is Professor Enkeshi El-Amin, a community sociologist, a cultural worker and a social entrepreneur. She studies the link between race and place and Black community

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00:47:14

Episode 54: Dr. James Mestaz on Humans, Water and the...

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2025/03/12

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.This week's guest Dr. James Mestaz, Assistant Professor of History at Sonoma State University. His first book Strength from the Waters: A History of Indigenous Mobilization in

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00:49:25

Episode 53: Adam Zweber on Using Philosophy to Teach AI

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2025/03/05

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.This week's guest is Adam Zweber, who is currently a lecturer at University of North Carolina -Wilmington. He received his PhD from Stanford, an M.A. in philosophy from Western

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00:57:56

Episode 52. Neil Kraus is Back to Discuss Where...

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2025/02/26

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.Our guest this week is Dr. Neil Kraus, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. He teaches several courses in American politics and public policy,

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00:56:41

Episode 51: New America and the Truth About Public...

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2025/02/18

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.New America is a think tank founded in 1999 that focuses on a range of public policy issues, including national security studies, technology, asset building, health, gender, energy,

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00:41:49

Episode 50: Dr. DeLisa Hawkes and Asks Questions...

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2025/02/04

⁠⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.Our guest for this episode is Dr. DeLisa D. Hawkes , an African American Studies scholar and an affiliate faculty member of the Department of English and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality

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00:58:18

Episode 49: Dr. Neil Kraus: A Close Look at The...

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2024/11/12

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got a F#@*ing job with a Liberal Arts Degree. This week's episode features a conversation with Dr. Neil Kraus who is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. He teaches several courses in American politics and public policy, and specializes in urban politics and policies. And he is the author three books Majoritarian Cities: Policy Making and Inequality in Urban Politics (2013, University of Michigan Press), Race, Neighborhoods, and

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00:42:08

Episode 48: Jennifer Berkshire and The Education Wars

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2024/10/16

⁠⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join professor of history and humanities Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.For this week's episode Jennifer Berkshire is back on the show to discuss her co-authored and recently released book The Education Wars. Jennifer is a teacher in the Boston college Prison

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00:44:01

Episode 47: Alternative Research Practices in...

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2024/10/08

⁠⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. This week's guest is Dr. Dylan Harris, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. Dylan is a broadly trained

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00:52:06

Episode 46: Higher Ed Amid Protests with Dr. Asheesh...

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2024/10/02

⁠Yeah, I Got a F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good.Dr. Asheesh Kapur Siddique⁠ is back on the show today! Asheesh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an historian of early America, early

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00:49:30

Episode 45: Dr. Rosemary Sherriff and the...

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2024/09/24

Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree is a show that takes a deep look at the humanities and higher education more generally. Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and education as a personal and public good. Our guest for this episode is Dr. Rosemary Sherriff, Professor of Geography at Cal Poly Humboldt. We are always excited to feature professors that call our school home. There is a lot of exciting work being

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00:53:10

Episode 44: Dr. Brad Vivian Decodes Anti Higher Ed...

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2024/09/17

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. And we have a great, helpful and sobering episode for you today. Dr. Bradford Vivian is a professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Pennsylvania State University. His research and teaching focuses on theories of rhetoric (or the art of

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00:59:49

Episode 43: Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray on Doom, Hope and...

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2024/09/10

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good. This week's guest is Cal Poly Humboldt's own Dr. Sarah Ray. Sarah has been Program Leader of the Environmental Studies Program here at Humboldt since 2013. She received her PhD in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy, with a focal department of English,

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Episode 42: Dr. Alex Moulton Understands Place...

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2024/09/03

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good.This week's episode features a conversation with⁠ Dr. Alex Moulton⁠, who is an Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Hunter College. Alex is our first geographer on the show, which is exciting! He earned his PhD in Geography from Clark

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00:48:22

Episode 41: Bob Mann on Louisiana, Authoritarianism...

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2024/08/27

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good.This episode is guest hosted by Abigail Smithson, who is normally the producer of the show. This week's guest is Robert Mann, who, until recently, held the Manship Chair in Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University where

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00:50:40

Episode 40: Dr. Trinidad Gonzales, Professor and...

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2024/08/20

Welcome back to Yeah, I Got an F#%*ing Job With a Liberal Arts Degree! Join Cal Poly Humboldt Dean Jeff Crane as he interviews a range of guests about the value of the liberal arts and higher education as a personal and public good.Dr. Trinidad Gonzales is a history and Mexican American Studies instructor at South Texas College. He is a co-founder of Refusing to Forget, a public history project devoted to examining state-sanctioned violence against ethnic Mexicans in Texas during the 1910s

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