ClariTalks

The second season of ClariTalks begins with a love story. When 17-year-old Seth arrived in a Guatemalan airport to meet his 27-year-old future fiance, he rushed over and hugged her tightly. It was “everything romance novels talk about,” Seth says. From that high point, everything fell apart for Seth and his ten-years-older love interest, leaving our protagonist to pick up the pieces of a broken relationship and reconsider his views on family and the good life. In this episode,  Jack Kubinec tells Seth’s story alongside interviews with an aspiring archaeologist and a PhD student in sociology with the goal of shedding light on this core question: how does family factor into the good life?

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What is “The Good Life?” For thousands of years philosophers, theologians, sociologists, psychologists, and many others have tried to answer this question. On this season of ClariTalks, we explore what “the good life” means to fellow students, friends, and faculty through captivating stories and academic insights. And perhaps we’ll learn that a life lived for Christ results in the “best life” one can find.

Season 2 premieres on April 10th! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @cornellclaritas to stay updated!

For our last episode in our Climate series, we step away from the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on the racial turbulence of 2020 that brought topics such as racial justice, police brutality, and critical race theory into the public eye. Through interviews with friends who have experiences with racism and bias, we dive into how storytelling may be a good method for amplifying the voices of those who are marginalized...and how it may ultimately fall short if action is not taken.

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For our last episode in our Climate series, we step away from the COVID-19 pandemic and focus on the racial turbulence of 2020 that brought topics such as racial justice, police brutality, and critical race theory into the public eye. Through interviews with friends who have experiences with racism and bias, we dive into how storytelling may be a good method for amplifying the voices of those who are marginalized...and how it may ultimately fall short if action is not taken.

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Let’s face it: large amounts of college students don’t go to college for the education that is provided. Parties, clubs, being with friends have been the defining part of the college experience for decades...at least until a global pandemic came along. In this episode, we dive into how the social climate of Cornell University shifted during COVID-19 from the perspective of various residential advisors and students. Through stories of Among Us game nights, sharing fried chicken, and listener perspectives, we try to understand how we can define what a community truly is in this strange college experience.

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Before the pandemic, did you ever use the now-popular video conferencing app called Zoom? In this episode, we take a look at the current weather of academics in higher education, which has been saturated with online classes and an overwhelming amount of Zoom calls. We hear from Dr. Cindy Van Es, a Statistics professor at Cornell University about the experience of doing a hybrid classroom setup, and from the Cornell Subreddit page where students describe their mental health struggles during this online semester. Ultimately, we try to answer the question: what value is there in doing college in an online environment?

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This week we take a break from our ongoing Climate series to bring you an insightful conversation with Cole Arthur Riley, writer and creator of the popular Instagram account Black Liturgies. The interview, led by Claritas Blog Editor Kimberly St. Fleur, walks through the story behind Black Liturgies and covers topics ranging from lament, rage, tragedy, and a new vision for Christian hope. We hope that as we are wrapping up 2020 and going through this advent season, this conversation will uplift as well as convict us as we reflect on the hardships and trials of the past year.

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The COVID-19 restrictions at Cornell University dealt a rough hand to one group whose job description is all about being on campus: campus chaplains. Jack takes us on a journey from Collegetown Bagels to the back of a minivan while interviewing campus chaplains about how they have had to adapt to the new weather patterns at Cornell, as well as how they believe the spiritual climate of Cornell is changing. Chaplains AG, Abbi, and Christina give us key insights into what they have learned during this season and what it’s been like to be a Campus Chaplain with no campus.

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Months of campaigning and debating could never have prepared America for a week quite like the 2020 presidential election, and college students were no exception. Told through peer interviews and election updates, we look at how students at Cornell reacted to the tumultuous election week and investigate how the political sphere on campus is changing. Ultimately, we analyze how gauging the weather of our political situations can lead Christians to bring about a climate change of humility, justice, and mercy in the future.

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In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, every facet of college life has transformed dramatically in the short term and may potentially have lasting long term effects. Through the lens of atmospheric sciences, we frame how the “weather” and “climate” of Cornell University may be changing and how we as Christians can find hope for the future. Special guests include Carley Eschliman, Cornell Class of 2020, and Dr. Ryan Lombardi, Vice President of Student Life at Cornell.

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