AmLit Readers: American Literature, Culture, and History Podcast

Ep 13.2 Bonus Careers — Finding One’s Passion or Calling


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Episode 2 of 2 on Careers for Humanities Majors Part II offers my take on the cultural imperative to find one's passion or to find one's life calling through work. 
Watch the Youtube episode here: https://yhttps://youtu.be/R56DVKokb3U
Further reading: The book cited in the episode is Scott Kelly’s memoir, Endurance: A Year in Space; a New York Times article on an experimental college can be found here https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/opinion/sunday/college-anti-college-mainstream-universities.html. Also mentioned in Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility.  My bucket list for college students can be found in Module 3Bc (and in an upcoming episode).
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AmLit Readers: American Literature, Culture, and History PodcastBy Prof. O'Malley