Let's Talk

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman interviewing Isabelle Sarraf, a copy chief for The Daily Northwestern, on her latest story about the impact of ICE regulations on Northwestern's international student community. 

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman reading three poems aloud - one about the night sky, one about a toxic relationship, and an ode to nature's beauty.

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman stressing the importance of not spending money on #BLACKOUTDAY2020. 

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman talking about the importance of positive self talk and one simple step to get started today. Additionally, he reads the best letter he's ever received. 

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman making an argument for why white people need to do the work of being anti-racist to promote a more equitable and fair America for all. 

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman discussing how players who have perpetrated domestic violence have changed the way he views baseball and the Chicago Cubs. 

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman reading an excerpt from DO NOT OPEN. MONSTERS INSIDE. This is a fictional short story about the antics of Master Sergeant Conlan O’Meara, the youngest astronaut to ever attempt a non-lunar interplanetary landing in history. 

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman reading a profile about Katie Krall, one of 22 members who were a part of a new diversity initiative from Major League Baseball in 2018. The group is composed of people from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds in baseball who were matched with various front offices around the league. 

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman reading three essays from when he applied to colleges aloud (Stanford, Syracuse, Northwestern) and some advice on taking the pressure off of the college search process. You can find written versions of the essays read in the podcast at ryanwangman.win/blog. 

Welcome to Let's Talk, a new podcast created by writer and journalist Ryan Wangman aiming to promote and facilitate important conversations for a better world. This episode features Wangman reading three poems aloud - one from his eighth grade mind, one from high school, and a flaming hot sonnet he wrote while at Northwestern University.