Humanities Radio

Jasmine Velez-Zick examines the realities of domestic violence through personal stories and expert insight. Featuring former officer and trauma educator Justin Boardman, advocate and survivor Kris Barney, and survivor Rosa Narváez, the conversation unpacks how abuse begins quietly, how the brain responds to trauma, and why shame keeps so many people silent.

Jasmine weaves their stories with her own, offering a raw and honest look at the patterns of coercive control and the courage required to break free.

This episode tackles the complex yet swift world of emo rap. Emo rap is a sub genre in Hip Hop that exploded in the mid 2010s due to its unique sound, loyal fanbases, and emerging artists.

If you’ve ever stayed up way too late scrolling through TikTok, convinced that a new morning routine or a prettier matcha glass might finally fix your life, this episode is for you. In this episode, Kylie Williams goes beyond the “hot girl wellness” aesthetic you see online and digs into what actually makes us feel better: biologically, psychologically, and in real life.

Tyler Barrow breaks down one of the most dramatic turnarounds in Utah Football history. After a rough 5–7 campaign in 2024 marked by injuries, inconsistency, and an offense that ranked near the bottom nationally. The 2025 Utah Utes had their work cut out for them, and they were able to fight back to a 10–2 regular season record.

In the very first episode of Windswept Stories, Olivia Rosvall explores what it really means to leave home and start over somewhere new. Four guests, Laura, Ethan, Max, and Aaron, each grew up in different states, different cultures, and different family dynamics. But they all share one thing: they leaped to move to Utah.

Join senior diver and host Elias Petersen as he takes you along for the team’s second midseason meet at Princeton Diving Invite. From 3:45 a.m. airport chaos to late-night practices and everything in between, this episode gives you an honest, slightly messy and very real look into what college diving actually feels like.

Reagan Reynolds takes a look at how college life has changed over the years. Through personal stories, reflections, and a few surprising contrasts, she uncovers what students today have gained—and what might have been lost. This episode dives into how college life has evolved and what it really means to be a student in any era.

Utah welcomed Arizona State to Rice-Eccles Stadium with last year’s blowout loss in Tempe still in the back of everyone’s mind. This time, things swung hard in the Utes’ favor. What exactly went right, and why did it click so well? Dawson Janes, Jack Lyman and Tyler Barrow break it all down.

Abdi Hussein sits down with hardcore black anime fans and explores their personal stories behind their love for the art form. They dive into childhood moments, family influences, and reasons why black people resonate with anime so much as well as popular “anime” like The Boondocks and Bleach. Through open dialogue, we reflect on our own values and hope to provide listeners with insights behind the deep history that is shared between the two.

Football can refer to two different sports, depending on who you ask. So why not talk about them in one podcast. In this episode of the Football and Football Podcast, Jack Lyman talks about the similarities of each football and also what makes them unique from one another other and also compares the two to find out what makes them similar.