The Politics Classroom

In the Classroom: Professor Nicole Nguyen, UIC (Criminology, Law, and Justice; Educational Policy Studies)

Topics: Homeland Security curriculum in US schools; Countering Violent Extremism; role of teachers and therapists in policing extremism; gendered aspect of policing extremism; Zero Tolerance in schools; abolition; arguments that don't make sense; who becomes a terrorist

Episode Transcript

Intro and Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

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Photo description: Young Vietnamese-American woman with shoulder-length black hair and brown eyes looks straight at the camera. She is smiling, and her teeth are very white. She's wearing a black shirt and a silver chain.

In the Classroom: Max, Sam, and Meghna 

Topics: 23 events in 23 years (2000-2023) to celebrate 23 years of UIC Radio.

For more information about each event, check out The Bookshelf!  (Under construction) 

Episode transcript 

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age 

Transition Music: Happy Birthday by Birds of Norway 

Photo created by Professor Floros (she really needs a production team!) 

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In the Classroom: Chicago mayoral candidate Ja'Mal Green

Topics: Chicago elections (in February!); E.P.I.C. agenda; activism arrests and bans; experience over age; creating a public bank; investing in neighborhoods; Progressive bona fides

Episode transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Miss U So by Midnight Daydream

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Photo description: Ja'Mal is a young Black Man with a wide smile and short, black, curly hair. He is wearing a dark blue suit with a Chicago flag pin on his lapel, a white shirt and a lighter blue patterned tie. Ja'Mal's hands are clasped in front of his waist. The background is a city skyline colored green.

In the Classroom: Dr. Margaret Fink, Director, UIC Disability Cultural Center

Topics: Disability vocabulary, reclaiming "crip", disability justice, disability cultural centers, non-apparent disabilities, ADHD, improving accessibility in the classroom

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music:  Gotcha! by Avocado Junkie

Photo description: Margaret, a white woman with brown hair and brown tortoise shell glasses, smiles at the camera while taking a selfie. Margaret is wearing a blue and white patterned blouse and a navy blue cardigan. Behind her are the bright green leaves of the trees outside the BSB building on UIC's campus.

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This is a re-release of an episode of The International Classroom, a live studio precursor of this podcast. The episode originally aired on UIC Radio in 2019.

In the Classroom: 2019 UICUF President Janet Smith & Executive Vice President Aaron Krall

Topics: Union contracts; bargaining units; tenure-track v. non-tenure track; university budgeting

Episode transcript

Photo credit: UIC United Faculty

Intro & Outro music: "Three Goddesses" by Third Age

Transition music: "Truffle Shuffle" and "Hotpants" by Tiger Gang

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For further reading: The Bookshelf

In the Classroom: UICUF organizers Sophie Bauerschmidt Sweeney and Jeff Edwards; UICUF President and bargaining co-chair Aaron Krall

Topics: Union organizing; strike planning; forming a bargaining team; working with management; demonstrating power through mobilization; short tribute to Janet Smith

Transcript coming soon

Photo credit: Charitianne Williams

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Happy Claps and Whistle by Amir Madani Rascado via Soundstripe

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In The Classroom: Professor Nicole A. Perez, Bridge to Faculty Scholar, Department of Medical Education, UIC

Topics: Medical education; medical racism; winding career paths; social and cultural capital; community cultural wealth; first generation student success

Episode Transcript

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: The Sheriff is in Town by Adam Saban

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In the Classroom: UIC History Professor Robert D. Johnston

Topics: Professors with teacher parents; union stewards; teaching aspiring teachers; the Omaha Platform of the People's Party (1892); not populism but populisms; conspiracy theories; nativism; US Founders

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Strikken by Tiger Gang

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In The Classroom: I have the joy and privilege of speaking with many UIC faculty and students about what makes UIC special, and why they've chosen to make it home. Thank you to all who participated in the episode. I look forward to many more episodes in 2023!

Photo by Marvin Meyer on Unsplash

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: You Cool! by Ends of the Earth

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In the Classroom: Ryan Hurley, Regional Director for the Illinois Senate Democratic Fund

Topics: Nov. 8 election; election day for a campaign staffer; paying campaign staff; post-Covid campaigning; the power of texting

Photo by Andrew Adams on Unsplash

Intro & Outro Music: Three Goddesses by Third Age

Transition Music: Viral by Sweet Sammy