The Sarah Lawrence College Podcast

This week on The Sarah Lawrence College Podcast we are joined by SLC Alum Anna Purves to discuss her original poetry board game Dead Poets Rise. Anna's story exemplifies the creative and industrious spirit an SLC education inspires. She shares her love of poetry, and some insightful advice for students entering post-graduate life.

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This week on The Sarah Lawrence College Podcast we are joined by James Stakenburg to discuss the various ways in which Sarah Lawrence College is an institute of Lifelong Learning.

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This week on The Sarah Lawrence College Podcast we are joined by Dave Stanfield & Kanwal Singh to discuss the newly renovated and recently opened Experiential Learning Center (XLC). Dave and Kanwal discuss all the opportunities available for students at the XLC and how the building helps establish a kind of town center at the heart of the SLC campus.

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Welcome to the season premiere of The Sarah Lawrence College Podcast! This week we are joined by esteemed former faculty Joe Forte to discuss the past 100 years of The Sarah Lawrence College campus.

Joe brings the former SLC Presidents and the buildings to life with his signature sense of enthusiasm and his depth of knowledge.

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In this season finale episode we are joined by SLC professor and author Bob Desjarlais to discuss his new book The Visual Afterlife of Abdelkader Bennahar. Bob sheds light on a mostly forgotten night of political unrest in France, zeroing in on a handful of photographs that capture his imagination.

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Sarah Lawrence College Podcast host Tim Kail announces that the Spring '26 season finale will publish Friday, June 26th!

This week on the Sarah Lawrence College Podcast we're joined by philosophy faculty Brom Anderson to discuss his latest book The Skeptical Roots of Critique: Hume's Attack on Theology and the Origin of Kant's Antinomy. Whether you're a Kant scholar or just someone who enjoys asking big questions this episode is for you. Host Tim Kail asks Brom about rationalism, empiricism, and space-time.

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This week we're joined by SLC Faculty and author Brian Morton to discuss his new book Writing as a Way of Life. Host Tim Kail asks Brian about his process, writing 500 words a day, setting "wimpy" goals, feeling like a story wants to exist, being a medium for the narrative, and what he's learned from SLC Students.

This episode was recorded in front an audience for one of our monthly Faculty Spotlight Events.

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Music by Kevin McKenna

In this episode Library Director Mustafa Sakarya attends the SLC annual event A Night Of Philosophy. We hear abridged versions of student papers as well as insights from the attending crowd. It's a lively episode that epitomizes SLC's interdisciplinary approach to education.

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Music by Kevin McKenna

This week we're joined by history professor Mary Dillard to discuss African History, segregation in America, the slave trade, the enduring importance of Public History, the cultural significance of Roots, and the beauty of Bryant Park in Manhattan. Mary also discusses her career at SLC and shares some advice for graduating students.

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Music by Kevin McKenna