In this episode, Susan speaks with Dr. Scott Belshaw, Director of the Cyber Forensics Lab at UNT, and Lab Research Assistant, Lorrin Underwood. They explain the Dark Web, which is a difficult-to-access region of the internet where many users conduct illegal business and bypass the censorship measures of repressive governments. They also discuss the Lab's role in developing cybersecurity tools for the military and law enforcement, as well as a wand they’ve developed to help merchants detect “skimmers” that may be stealing their customers’ credit card information. Finally, they share a preview of Dr. Belshaw's forthcoming book, Dark Web Unfiltered.

Follow the UNT Cyber Forensics Lab Twitter account: @UNTcyberlab.

For more information about OLLI at UNT, please visit our website, https://olli.unt.edu/, or send an email to [email protected].

In this episode, Susan speaks with Dylan Wray, Esports Coordinator at UNT. They discuss the evolution of video games, from the early days of friendly battles at your neighbor's house to today's championship matches that rival the Super Bowl in popularity. Dylan tells Susan how he responds to people who argue that playing video games isn't a sport and he explains how UNT became the first public university in Texas to start a varsity Esports program that offers scholarships to students.

UNT Esports Homepage: https://recsports.unt.edu/programs/esports

UNT Esports Social Media Accounts:

https://twitter.com/UNTEsports

https://www.twitch.tv/untesports

https://discord.gg/untesports

https://www.facebook.com/UniversityOfNorthTexasEsports

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNmK9q433s4irP14n_--Oog

To learn more about OLLI at UNT, please visit https://olli.unt.edu or send us an email at [email protected].

In this episode, Susan speaks with Dr. Ed Glick, Emeritus Professor of Television Production, Law and Regulation, and Educational Telecommunications in the Department of Media Arts at UNT. Ed reflects on some of the highlights of his career, beginning with how the U.S. Army helped to propel him from the battlefields of World War II to a prestigious music school in Europe. He recounts several other notable experiences, including how he ended up recording a campaign jingle for John F. Kennedy’s senate campaign and later hosted his own talk show on both WFAA Channel 8 and KXAS Channel 5 in the 1970s and 80s. Finally, Ed shares the advice he gives to anyone seeking a career in radio or television.

To learn more about our program, please visit https://olli.unt.edu/ or send an email to [email protected].

In this episode, Susan has a wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Richard McCaslin, Texas State Historical Association Endowed Professor of Texas History at UNT. They discuss the subjects of Dr. McCaslin's many books, including some that are still being written. He uncovers the true stories behind some enduring myths in Texas history while also shedding light on little known historical figures and events that have shaped the cultural landscape of our state.

Two published books are discussed at length in this episode:

Fighting Stock: John S. "Rip" Ford of Texas (Texas Christian University, 2011)

Tainted Breeze: The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, October 1862 (Louisiana State University, 1994)

To learn more about OLLI at UNT, visit https://olli.unt.edu/ or email [email protected].

In this episode, Susan speaks with Dr. Becky Knight, who is a faculty member in UNT's Health Services Administration program within the Department of Rehabilitation and Health Services. They discuss Dr. Knight's background in gerontology, healthcare, and senior housing administration, as well as the trends that have developed in those fields in recent years. Dr. Knight answers some common questions people have about healthcare as they age and talks about her work at UNT training the next generation of health services administrators.

To access Medicare's Nursing Home Compare database, go to https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/.

To learn more about OLLI at UNT, please visit https://olli.unt.edu or email [email protected].

In this episode, Susan interviews Emily Bowles and Hannah Stewart about their participation in a group research project as students in UNT’s History department. The project focused on a freedmen's community that formed around St. John’s church in Pilot Point, TX. Starting with names etched into the headstones of a neglected cemetery, these students were eventually able to sketch a portrait of a vibrant community of African Americans who lived in North Texas in the early 20th century. Their group then made headlines when they uncovered evidence of racial violence that played a significant role in the community's decline. Emily and Hannah ultimately presented the results of their group's research as an OLLI at UNT class in the Fall 2019 semester.

You can access the results of their group's research, including oral histories from descendants of the community, at https://omeka.library.unt.edu/s/stjohns/.

Their group project was also highlighted in this recent North Texan article: https://northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2019-fall/past-present.

In the interview, Emily references The Portal to Texas History, which can be accessed at https://texashistory.unt.edu/.

Susan interviewed one of their professors, Dr. Andrew Torget, in Episode 6 of our podcast.

To learn more about OLLI at UNT, visit https://olli.unt.edu or email [email protected].

In this episode, Susan speaks with two representatives of the U.S. Census Bureau about the importance of the 2020 Census. Jennifer Pope, Partnership Specialist for the Dallas Regional Census Center, talks with Susan about the history of the U.S. Census and the crucial information it generates for states and local communities. Marq Youngblood, Regional Recruiting Coordinator for the Denver/Dallas Region, discusses some of the exciting job opportunities that are available with the Census in 2020.

To learn more about your options for responding to the 2020 Census, please visit https://2020census.gov/en/ways-to-respond.html.

For more information about 2020 Census jobs, please go to https://2020census.gov/jobs or call 1-855-JOB-2020.

Jennifer Pope will be presenting "2020 Census 101" for OLLI at UNT on Friday, February 28 at our Good Samaritan Society Lake Forest Village classroom location. To learn more about our Spring 2020 semester, visit https://olli.unt.edu/catalog.

Full details about OLLI at UNT are available at https://olli.unt.edu. To contact our office, please email [email protected].

In this episode, Susan interviews Dr. Joshua Hook, Associate Professor in UNT’s Psychology Department and Associate Director of the Counseling Psychology Program. They discuss Dr. Hook’s work at UNT as well as his recent Lunch & Learn lecture for OLLI at UNT, which was titled “How to Live with Gratitude and Appreciation.” Dr. Hook shares some strategies to avoid living our lives on auto-pilot and discover our true purpose. Listeners are also invited to subscribe to Dr. Hook’s newsletter, which is available from his website: https://www.joshuanhook.com/.

Producer’s Note: We experienced some volume spikes during this recording that manifest in distorted audio in some moments. As a result, it’s probably best to avoid listening to this episode through headphones.

To learn more about our program, please visit our website, https://olli.unt.edu/, or send an email to [email protected].

In this episode, Susan interviews Dr. Bert Hayslip, Regents Professor Emeritus in UNT’s Psychology Department. Dr. Hayslip explains how an experience he had in a nursing home as a child motivated him to pursue a career working with older adults. He discusses with Susan some of the influences on memory and the ways in which we understand memory in later life. Dr. Hayslip explains why he dislikes the term “senior moment” and why he is a proponent of learning new skills to improve memory as we age.

To learn more about OLLI at UNT, please visit our website, https://olli.unt.edu/, or email us at [email protected].

In this episode, Susan interviews Dr. Jan Holden, who recently retired from a 31 year career as part of the UNT Counseling Program. Dr. Holden speaks with Susan about her background and how she came to conduct extensive research into the counseling implications of near-death experiences, after-death communication, and other transpersonal experiences—those that transcend the usual personal limits of space, time, and/or identity. Dr. Holden shares examples of astonishing transpersonal experiences from her research and discusses the profound life changes reported by those who have had these experiences.

To learn more about our program, please visit our website, https://olli.unt.edu/, or send an email to [email protected].