EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today was hired straight out of graduate school as Executive Director of the Association of Community Arts Councils of Kansas and was lucky enough to work with rural arts councils throughout the state. She saw first-hand how groups of (mostly) women encouraged culture on the Plains. From there, she went on … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees, my guest spent 29 years in classrooms, first teaching 7th grade Language Arts & Social Studies, followed by 22 years of high school English and Psychology. Upon retirement, she joined a writing workshop, where a good instructor taught her that the slash and burn of editing don’t … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a retired medical doctor and author of Making the Rounds; Defying Norms in Love and Medicine which garnered a starred review in Kirkus Reviews and was among Kirkus Reviews Best 100 Indie Books of 2022. She writes articles for many publications and magazines, and, NPR recently interviewed her. She … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a renowned international lawyer and author. He has represented countries and businesses in nearly 1,000 international disputes around the world, including cases involving Sudan, Ethiopia and Yemen. He taught at universities in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, including Harvard Law School, National University of Singapore and St. Gallen … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is a senior-level library administrator with over 25 years of experience in education and considerable international experience. He is the Dean of Troy University Libraries. Before entering the library field, he spent 8 years as a history teacher in Georgia and one year teaching English as a second language in … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today left a promising career as an ecologist catching protected reptiles, amphibians, and kissing frogs, to move to remote northwest Spain with her blue-eyed prince (now blue-eyed husband). In between writing, she uses her time growing her own food, continuing to renovate and look after two stone farmhouses, and discovering more … Read More
EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today holds a master’s degree in art history and taught college courses throughout her career. She’s also worked as an art gallery director, a lecturer for The Norton Simon Museum of Art, and recently as a Road Scholar lecturer. She has led numerous art tours in Europe and, at one point, … Read More
My guest today is an award-winning author who served as a public school teacher for thirty years before turning to historical investigation and writing. In 2008 the Texas state legislature honored her career in education by formal resolution. A Western Writers of America Spur-Award-winner twice, she also won the Caroline Bancroft History Prize from the … Read More
My guest today had careers as a journalist, newspaper editor, publisher, and media executive, but he has written fiction most of his life. The newspaper biz has taken him and his family from Arizona, to small towns in North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, from seven years in Washington, D.C., to five years in Asia. Born … Read More
My guest today attended what is now the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and received a BFA in painting and drawing. She worked in advertising for a few years, then went back to college to receive a teaching certification. While teaching at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, PA (known for Kobe Bryant and … Read More
