Join us as we go inside the famed Steinway piano factory, learn from two UConn researchers how to make music with our minds, and chat with Barry Berman '72, co-creator of famed fictional student politician Bill X. Carlson. 

Join us as we go inside the famed Steinway piano factory, learn from two UConn researchers how to make music with our minds, and chat with Barry Berman '72, co-creator of famed fictional student politician Bill X. Carlson. 

In this episode, we talk to Prof. Steven Wisensale about the sociopolitical significance of baseball; hear from Prof. Kenneth Foote about public manifestations of grief in the aftermath of the Parkland, Fla. shooting; and meet the most versatile student government candidate in UConn history. 

Welcome to the first-ever episode of UConn 360! In this installment, your hosts Julie, Ken, and Tom introduce themselves and explain what on earth they hope to accomplish with this undertaking. But there's more!

Also in this episode, there is an interview with Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Matthew Pugliese, WHUS General Manager Kailey Townsend, and a look at why penmanship instructor Ernest D. Proudman was the wrong faculty member to mess with. We hope you'll find this fun, informative, and worryingly habit-forming!