This week we feature award-winning writer and educator Kerry Jones ’00 in the #ShockArt lane of our #ShockTalk podcast series. Jones is the director of the writing center at Wichita State. She holds a B.A. in English from Mansfield University with dual minors in philosophy and creative writing. In this inaugural episode of our Shocker Lit Reading miniseries — and with a tip of the witch’s hat to the Halloween season — Jones has chosen to read from her new short story, “Love, American Style.” Available wherever you listen to your podcasts.

For a continuation of “Love, American Style,” visit ShockerAlumni org: https://www.shockeralumni.org/s/1817/19/interior.aspx?sid=1817&gid=2&pgid=1214

In this interview, host Jacob O'Connor sits down with Roy More III. Roy is an aerospace engineer and CEO and Founder of STEMusic. STEMusic uses the power of music to get younger kids interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math. Roy has used this company to target a unique group of kids in hopes of having a larger chain effect on the work force as a whole. Tune in to find out more!

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https://www.thestemusic.com

Hey, Shockers! What does an NCBCA three-time 1st team All-American, a four-time PWBA title winner and armadillos have in common? Find out in this episode of #ShockTalk Shocker Sports with Shocker alumna and pro bowler Dasha Kovalova’18. 

This episode of Shock Talk: Innovators features Kim McCollum, assistant director of GoCreate: A Koch Collaborative, which is housed in Wichita State’s John Bardo Center on the university’s Innovation Campus. McCollum and host Jacob O'Connor talk about the signature makerspace that helps inventors and hobbyists make whatever they can imagine — from woodworking projects, to T-shirt presses, to … you name it! 

The WSUAA and Wichita State Athletics co-host this #ShockTalk: Shocker Sports with a panel of former WSU athletes. Moderator Gretchen Torline ’94 is joined by Keomi Johnson ’00 (basketball, softball, and track), Terri (Richter) Moses ’80/90 (basketball and softball) and Deana (Alexander) Torgerson ’97/99 (basketball and track and field).

In this episode of the Shock Talk podcast, Jacob and Rob sit down with Derek Sorrells. Derek is a local serial entrepreneur who started and sold his first business at age 19 and is now the Co Founder of The Arcade, Founder of Sweet 'n Saucy, & Owner of Papa's General Store. In this interview we discuss how Derek got his start in entrepreneurship, how he came up with each business idea, and what it has meant to him to run businesses in the city of Wichita.

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https://sweetnsaucywichita.com

This Career Chat features Stan Longhofer '89 as moderator. Dr. Longhofer holds the Stephen Clark Chair of Real Estate and Finance at Wichita State’s Barton School of Business and is the founding director of the university’s Center for Real Estate. Joining Stan are Abby Kelly '11 — Barton School of Business graduate who works with Fulton Grace Realty in Chicago — and David Grard '14, an Elliott School of Communication graduate who works in Oregon with the Portland Real Estate Group. The WSUAA partners with the Shocker Career Accelerator in the production of this podcast.

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In this Shock Talk podcast, host Jacob O'Connor and co host Rob Gerlach sit down with Jesse Marks. Jesse is a WSU graduate and local entrepreneur who has made a business around your compost. Jesse is the Founder and CEO of Nudge Compost. His business collects food scraps from Wichita locals and composts them, similar to how the garbage collection service works- except it's good for the environment. In this episode, Jacob and Rob discuss how Jesse came up with this eco-friendly business and why Wichita is the perfect place for it to thrive.

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Our #ShockTalk Podcast guest Darren DeFrain — associate professor of English at Wichita State and the author of numerous short stories, essays, and screenplays, as well as the story collection Inside & Out (MSR Press) and the cult novel The Salt Palace (New Issues Press) — talks R&D about an app he is co-developing for visually impaired people. The app, called Vizling, enhances the experience of reading comic books and graphic novels. Awarded $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue research on the app, DeFrain hatched the idea for Vizling with a former graduate student of his, Aaron Rodriguez, who’s now a Ph.D. student at Florida State.

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http://vizling.org/

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Veteran theater, television and film actor Ray Wills ’82 hosts this WSUAA-produced Shock Talk Career Chat featuring Wichita State University-educated performing artists Rhonda Aldrich ’78, Angela Parrish ’10/10, David Stone ’70 and Julius Thomas III ’05, aka “Alexander Hamilton,” who each talk about their work, how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the current performing arts scene, and how their days at Wichita State set the stage for their professional creative endeavors.