This week, we speak with UConn English Professor Pamela Bedore about the world's most famous detective, learn about the intricacies of literary translation from Peter Constantine at the Humanities Institute, and learn about some pre-Huskies nicknames that thankfully did not catch on. 

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.