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Latest Episodes

“A Hip Hop Dissertation is a Community Body of Work:” Dr View Describes His Research
February 28, 2024

Stevie ‘Dr. View’ Johnson, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Creative Practice in Popular Music at The Ohio State University. He joins Voices of Excellence host Prof. David Staley to discuss the origi

Brian Skinner Talks Physics, From Basketball to Quantum Entanglement
February 14, 2024

Brian Skinner, associate professor of physics, joins David Staley this week to talk about his wide range of research topics, ranging from quantum entanglement and its implications to the physics of cr

Knoester Discusses Research on Impact of Sports in Daily Life
September 07, 2023

Chris Knoester, Professor of Sociology and Chair of Research of the Sports and Society Initiative at Ohio State, discusses the emerging field of sports sociology and the ways in which politics, econom

Gleissner Reflects on Emphasis on Literacy in Former Soviet Bloc
August 30, 2023

Philip Gleissner, Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures, specializes in the study of the culture and communication of former socialist Eastern Europe

Start Dancing With Devils, Says Michelle Wibbelsman
November 01, 2022

Michelle Wibbelsman, Associate Professor of Latin American Indigenous Cultures, ethnographic studies and ethnomusicology in the department of Spanish and Portuguese, studies ritual and politics, aesth

Categories Keep Us Alive, Says Vladimir Sloutsky
October 31, 2022

Vladimir Sloutsky, Professor of Psychology, researches conceptual development and interrelationships between cognition and language. His most recent publication describes how humans can learn about ca

Michelle Wibbelsman
October 18, 2022

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David Brakke Explains How the Gnostics Influenced “The Matrix”
June 22, 2022

David Brakke, Professor and Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity in the Department of History, studies and teaches the history and literature of ancient Christianity from its origins thro

How To Be Curious, With Doug Alsdorf
June 15, 2022

Doug Alsdorf, Professor in the School of Earth Sciences, researches satellite hydrology, large tropical wetlands, and geophysics. He describes himself as driven by curiosity, to ask “why is that there

How to be curious, with Doug Alsdorf
June 15, 2022

Doug Alsdorf, professor in the school of earth sc