Becky Rwakabukoza ’14 grew up in Mubende, Uganda, the youngest in a family of 10 children and the highest-ranking student in her district. In this episode, she describes her journey to and through Amherst as a Koenig Scholar and what she has learned about feminist advocacy in a Ugandan context.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstBeckyRwakabukozaTranscript

Math, fine arts, physics, drama, philosophy, travel, guidance from faculty: Kathy Chia ’88—co-principal of Desai Chia Architecture and a former Amherst trustee—outlines how every element of her liberal arts education has helped to shape her thinking as an architect.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstKathyChiaTranscript

Jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and professor Freddie Bryant ’87 takes us back to his childhood among artists and musicians in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Then he reflects on how his Amherst experience shaped his understanding of racial identity as well as his musical career. This episode features music performed by Bryant and his parents, Beatrice Rippy and Carroll Hollister, class of 1922.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstFreddieBryantTranscript

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Sociologist Anthony Abraham “Tony” Jack ’07 is the author of The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students. In this episode, he describes his own experience as a first-generation, low-income student at Amherst—and how he made it all the way to the front page of The New York Times and on to a Ph.D. and professorship at Harvard.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstTonyJackTranscript

Amherst College President Biddy Martin convenes with two of her predecessors, Tony Marx and Tom Gerety, for a discussion moderated by Cullen Murphy ’74. The three presidents compare notes on the meaning and value of a liberal arts education, the surprises they found at Amherst, the challenges of their leadership roles and their advice to their successor for guiding the College into the future.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstPresTranscript

For 200 years, Amherst College has proven the value of the liberal arts. Beginning this fall, Amherst celebrates the stories of 10 alumni whose time at Amherst College spans seven decades. Listen to the stories and voices that make up the proud 200-year history of Amherst.