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In this episode of UNT POD, University of North Texas experts discuss the making of Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding dress and the impact Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has on the fashion industry as the third season of The Crown is set to air.

In this episode, we discuss:

● The making of Queen Elizabeth II’s wedding dress

● The Texas Fashion Collection features a dress designed by designer Norman Hartnell that shares similar features with Queen Elizabeth’s wedding dress

● Queen Elizabeth II’s dress made a statement, showcasing her country’s creativity as it was recovering from World War II

● The newest royal, Meghan Markle, can cause fashion brands’ sales to increase when she wears their ready-to-wear brands

● Markle makes a statement with her fashion choices by wearing clothes that promotes sustainability and accessibility

Featured in this episode are:

· Annette Becker, director of the Texas Fashion Collection

· Iva Jestratijevic, assistant professor, College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism

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In this episode of UNT POD, our University of North Texas student and faculty experts discuss their mission to document and preserve endangered and indigenous languages, including South Asian languages such as Lamkang, Mankiyali, Kashmiri and Burushaski. They also discuss events such as UNT’s Year of Indigenous Languages series and Indigenous Peoples’ Day, set for 11 a.m. Oct. 15 at Sage Lawn.

In this episode, we discuss:

● What “endangered language” really means

● How languages lose vitality

● UNT’s efforts in documenting and preserving endangered and indigenous languages

● Important language archival tools such as CORSAL (Computational Resources for South Asian Languages)

● Indigenous language events

● Students who have come to UNT to help save their own languages

Featured in this episode are:

● Shobhana Chelliah, associate dean and professor in UNT’s department of linguistics

● Sadaf Munshi, chair and professor in UNT’s department of linguistics

● Sumshot Khular, a Ph.D. student in UNT’s department of linguistics and a native Lamkang speaker

● Javid Iqbal, a graduate student in UNT’s department of linguistics and a native speaker of Burushaski

● Midhat Shah, a graduate student in UNT’s department of linguistics and a native speaker of Kashmiri

● Christina Wasson, professor in UNT’s department of anthropology and the organizer of UNT’s Year of Indigenous Languages series

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In this episode of UNT POD, our University of North Texas faculty experts and alums discuss the important milestones from the summer of 1969, along with their continued reverberations. Ann McCutchan, a UNT alum and former professor of creative writing who penned a memoir in 2016 about growing up on the space coast in Titusville, Florida, perhaps sums it up best: “That was some summer.”

In this episode, we discuss:

● The moon landing and its effects on American ingenuity and technology

● The Stonewall Riots as some of the first, and most important, milestones in the early gay rights movement

● Woodstock and its celebration of music and the American spirit

Featured in this episode are:

● Ann McCutchan, a UNT alumna and former professor of creative writing who witnessed the launch as a teenager growing up in Titusville, Florida

● Ron DiIulio, better known as Starman, a UNT professor of physics and astronomy and the director of UNT’s astronomy lab

● Suzanne Enck, a UNT associate professor in Communication Studies and an allied professor for Women’s and Gender Studies who serves on the Women’s and Gender Studies executive committee

● Clark Pomerleau, a UNT associate professor in the Department of History who teaches History of Sexuality and Gender History

● Sara Outhier, a UNT alumna and UNT music librarian for digital and audio services

● Hosts Erin Cristales, Melisa Brown and Kris Muller

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In this episode of UNT Pod, acclaimed journalist and co-director of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Michael Mooney — who also happens to be a UNT alum — speaks with Monique Bird, discussing everything from the Mayborn conference and the state of journalism to his simultaneous love of, and aversion to, Twitter.

In this episode, we discuss:

● Highlights from the Mayborn conference over the years

● Its benefits for up-and-coming and established journalists

● The state of the journalism industry

● The benefits and drawbacks of Twitter, particularly for writers

Featured in this episode is:

● Michael Mooney, a UNT journalism alum and co-director of the conference. The theme of this year’s Mayborn event, which took place in late July, was “Justice in America,” a topic Mooney knows well — he’s covered crime and social justice for magazines ranging from Texas Monthly to D Magazine to GQ, and has been featured in the anthology of the Best American Crime Reporting. He’s the author of Texas Monthly’s August cover story, and also writes sports and culture articles for publications such as ESPN the Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Popular Mechanics.

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In this episode of UNT POD, we sit down with counseling doctoral student Damien McClintock to breakdown the five stages of grief and how each is portrayed by Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hulk, Thor, Captain America and Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame.

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Damien McClintock, doctoral student in the counseling program at the University of North Texas

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In this episode of UNT POD, our University of North Texas faculty experts -- along with some student superfans -- take a look at the impact of Game of Thrones as the series finale looms. “They’re gonna break our hearts,” UNT student Macie Alberth says. “That’s the whole point, I guess.”

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