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Fordham Basketball's Bre Cavanaugh Reflects on Quarantine
Fordham Conversations - May 05, 2020 21:01 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe rapid outbreak of COVID-19 has halted the sports world for the last two months. Fordham Women’s Basketball redshirt-junior Bre Cavanugh was one of the student athletes poised for postseason play. After averaging over 19 points, leading Fordham to the Atlantic 10 Semifinals and a potential WN...
Feminism's Forgotten Fight
Fordham Conversations - March 12, 2020 17:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham University's annual Women's Philanthropy Summit hosted hundreds of alumni, students and faculty to network and reflect on work and the power of giving. Keynote speaker Kirsten Swinth, an associate professor of history and American studies at Fordham University, discussed societal challen...
Diverse Biology/Shared Humanity
Fordham Conversations - March 03, 2020 16:12 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations host Robin Shannon talks with Dr. Anne Hoffman and Dr. Jason Morris about their course Diverse Biology/Shared Humanity. In it, students explore empathy through science, literature, music and more. The course draws on readings and approaches from biology and literary s...
Catholic School Leadership: The Next Generation
Fordham Conversations - February 26, 2020 16:27 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon talks with members of The Curran Catholic School Leadership Academy. Its goal is to prepare students from Fordham University, and other colleges, for the realities of leading a Catholic school Dr. Noelle Beale is Regional Superintendent for the Catholic S...
I Am A Boy of Color
Fordham Conversations - February 17, 2020 15:18 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon talks with author Deanna Singh. The Fordham University Alumni discusses what inspired her to write her first children’s picture book I Am A Boy of Color. Singh describes it as “a tribute to the beauty and power boys of color possess.”
Slavery, Racism, and Higher Education
Fordham Conversations - February 11, 2020 17:21 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations host Robin Shannon talks with Dr. Craig Steven Wilder about his book "Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities." The book explores the connection between Ivy League schools and the slave trade.
Jedi & Jesuits
Fordham Conversations - February 03, 2020 18:59 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week's Fordham Conversations examines the Stars Wars universe and its religious and spiritual influences. The panel discussion Jedi & Jesuits: Explore the Deep Side of a Galaxy Far, Far Away was put on by the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture in partnership with Fordham Campus Minist...
Building a Bridge Between The Church and The LBGTQ Community
Fordham Conversations - January 29, 2020 16:21 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFather James Martin, author and editor at large of America magazine, has made headlines for his outreach to the LGBT community. Martin is the author of Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity. He sits...
Thicker Than Mud
Fordham Conversations - January 21, 2020 15:22 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations host Robin Shannon is joined by Natural Sciences Department Chair Jason Morris, Ph.D to discuss his new novel “Thicker Than Mud.” The book tells the story of a Jewish archeology professor who stumbles upon an ancient discovery while on a dig in Israel. This begins a jour...
A Conversation With Actor LaTanya Richardson Jackson.
Fordham Conversations - January 21, 2020 15:20 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations host Robin Shannon is joined by Natural Sciences Department Chair Jason Morris, Ph.D to discuss his new novel “Thicker Than Mud.” The book tells the story of a Jewish archaeology professor who stumbles upon an ancient discovery while on a dig in Israel. This begins a jou...
Left Bank of the Hudson: Part 2
Fordham Conversations - January 07, 2020 10:24 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversation Host Robin Shannon talks with Author David J. Goodwin. The Assistant Director at Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture discusses his book “Left Bank of the Hudson: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street. In part one, we discussed the history of the tob...
Left Bank of the Hudson: Part 1
Fordham Conversations - December 30, 2019 16:15 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversation Host Robin Shannon talks with Author David J. Goodwin. The Assistant Director at Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture discusses his book “Left Bank of the Hudson: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street. It tells the story of a former New Jersey warehous...
Get to Know Your Backyard Opportunity
Fordham Conversations - December 23, 2019 15:15 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon sits down with Author, businessman and computer programmer Kingston Temanu. The Fordham University Gabelli School of Business graduate talks about his latest book “Get to know your backyard Opportunity.” In it, he explains how to pick up key business and ...
A Conversations with Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist Loretta Tofani
Fordham Conversations - December 17, 2019 15:52 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations host Robin Shannon talks with Loretta Tofani, a reporter for The Washington Post who won a Pulitzer Prize for her 1982 investigation of rape in a Maryland jail. Tofani, who is also a Fordham Alum, discusses her career highlights and offers advice for journalists.
Modern Mantras
Fordham Conversations - December 10, 2019 17:41 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon talked with author and humorist Dan Zevin to discuss his latest book and YouTube series, Very Modern Mantras: Daily Affirmations for Daily Aggravations. Zevin said, his book will have you mastering the meditations that really matter, like Mantra for Star...
The Trojan Women Project
Fordham Conversations - December 06, 2019 18:10 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsRobin Shannon, host of Fordham Conversations, sat down with members of the Trojan Women Project, an initiative that sends artists from countries that have experienced a history of conflict, such as Guatemala, Cambodia, and Kosovo, to collaborate artistically in their home countries and with acto...
Storytelling and Business: The Storytelling Project
Fordham Conversations - November 25, 2019 16:09 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsGabelli School of Business graduate students let the audience in on some of their real-life stories as part of Associate Professor Travis Russ’ The Storytelling Project class. Fordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon is joined by Russ and his students Chris Watts, Jonathan Schenker and Alfie W...
Media and the Middle East
Fordham Conversations - November 21, 2019 16:46 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations host Robin Shannon discusses censorship, digital privacy, freedom of speech and cultural preservation with NU-Q dean and CEO Everette Dennis. These topics are among some of the subjects examined in the sixth annual NU-Q’s Middle East Media Use Survey.
The Changin Times of Ike White
Fordham Conversations - November 14, 2019 16:55 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon talks with Producer and Fordham Alumni Vivienne Perry. Her documentary The Changin Times of Ike White follows the life of a musical prodigy whose story takes a number of dramatic twists.
Bob Abate: The Journey of a WWII Veteran Interviewer
Fordham Conversations - November 05, 2019 17:43 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations host Robin Shannon sits down with Bob Abate who collects the oral history of combat soldiers who have served in World War II. The Fordham University Alumni, Veteran and Yonkers resident shares his experience gathering the unique and remarkable stories of these soldier wh...
Global Goals: Advice For Transforming Our World.
Fordham Conversations - October 29, 2019 14:14 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon sits down with four members of the Fordham University Community who are part of the Gabelli School of Business. They recently took part in a forum on ways that everyday people can help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Lerzan Ak...
Pre-Med & Music: Rethinking Science through A Hip Hop Battle
Fordham Conversations - October 21, 2019 14:37 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsOne Fordham University instructor is using music to expand how his student’s think about science. Fordham Conversations host Robin Shannon sits down with Biology Instructor Jaime Parker and Anatomy student Nicole Margiotta. They discuss how putting on a live music competition helps pre-med stu...
There’s No Crying in Newsrooms
Fordham Conversations - October 17, 2019 13:59 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations host Robin Shannon talks with the author of the new book “There’s No Crying in Newsrooms: What Women Have Learned about What It Takes to Lead.” Kristin Grady Gilger is Senior Associate Dean at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State
Faith and Contemporary Life: A Dialogue
Fordham Conversations - October 10, 2019 14:19 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsClergy abuse, women in the church and a moral economy are topics of discussions hosted by Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture. Fordham Conversations host Robin Shannon sits down with CRC Director David Gibson and Assistant Director David Goodwin. They discuss these events, up...
What’s Your Brand?
Fordham Conversations - September 30, 2019 17:17 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon talks with Fordham Public Relations Professor Steve Horowitz and students Lauren Hutt and Katherine Graham about the best way to brand yourself for success in the job market.
Disability and Socioeconomic Status
Fordham Conversations - September 26, 2019 15:38 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn the U.S. a persons with a disability is less likely to complete high school, more likely to experience unemployment and even have a higher levels of material hardships. And on a global scale the diagnosis is sometimes worse. Fordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon discusses the relationsh...
The Privilege of Membership
Fordham Conversations - September 19, 2019 15:45 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThis week Fordham Conversations features stories about membership. Whether you're a member of a social club, or a member of a community, there are pros and cons to membership. First, we talk to Alan Linn. He's the owner of the Norwood Club on W 14th St in Manhattan. Norwood is one of the most ex...
From a Nickle to a Token
Fordham Conversations - September 12, 2019 14:34 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsFordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon sits down with Andrew Sparberg. He’s the author of “From a Nickle to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA.” It’s a comprehensive look at New York’s transit system from its inception to the 1960s.
Presidential Disability
Fordham Conversations - September 04, 2019 16:42 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsWhat happens when the president is disabled or dies? What about when there's no vice president? Fordham Conversations host John Rogan moderated a panel at Fordham Law School about the 25th Amendment and what would happen if a president wasn’t able to perform his or her powers and duties. The ...
Missing Persons:
Fordham Conversations - August 28, 2019 15:19 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 5 ratingsThere are hundreds of thousand missing persons in the FBI’s database. For many people, the methods of finding their lost loved ones are as mysterious as their disappearances. Fordham Conversations Host Robin Shannon talks with Privacy and Information Consultant Bob Gellman. He discusses some o...
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