Best Scholars Circle Interviews Podcasts (2025)

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Scholars’ Circle – Reasons for political violence and how it becomes inevitable – September 21, 2025 58:01

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Political violence is on the rise, we get insight into why it happens and ways to mitigate it’s occurrence. With scholars of politics, social inquiry and criminal justice. [ dur: 58mins. ] Roger Petersen is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science at MIT. He is the author of Understanding Ethnic Violence: Fear, Hatred, Resentment in…

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Scholars’ Circle – Supreme Court allows deportation based on profiling ; The future of indigenous exhibits – September 14, 2025 58:01

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How does the US Supreme Court decision to allow ICE to target immigrants based on language, accent, race, and employment affect the sweeps of undocumented immigrants in the US. And what are the social and economic impacts of Trump’s deportation policy? [ dur: 29mins. ] Hiroshi Motomura is the Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law a…

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Scholars’ Circle – Threat to Freedom of expression in US ; Author interview on case for universal Child Care for working American – September 7, 2025 58:01

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As part of an ongoing attack on free expression, Donald Trump is trying to criminalize flag burning. Is this proposed ban constitutional? [ dur: 29mins. ] Dennis Baron is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a frequent commentator on language issues in the national media and has written a number of …

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Scholars’ Circle – Alien Enemies Act policy use to deport immigrants and asylum seekers – August 31, 2025 58:00

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The Trump Administration is using the Alien Enemies Act to seize Venezuelans and ship them to a notorious prison El Salvador without due process. What can be done to protect and uphold the rule of law and human rights in the face of the Trump Administration’s rejection of them? What are some means of legal and political resistance when human rights…

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Episode 36: Binh Danh 13:16

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Binh Danh discusses his approach to photography, landscapes, and his Vietnamese heritage. His exhibition at The Jule features chlorophyll prints and daguerreotype images that blur the line between past and present, examining a transformation of American identity. Danh is the 2024 recipient of the William Collins Smith Auburn Award for Advancing Ame…

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Scholars’ Circle – US role in South Caucasus Armenia Azerbaijan peace treaty – August 24, 2025 58:00

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Will the so called peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan legitimize ethnic cleansing? Will it bring peace to the two nations? Or is it a recipe for future conflict? Military aggression and violations of of the notion of sovereignty have marked the conflicts in the South Caucuses region over the last three decades. Will the peace agreement …

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Scholars’ Circle – Recognizing Palestinian statehood and what that would mean for the war in Gaza – August 17, 2025 58:00

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After nearly two years of a war on Gaza, some countries in the West have indicated that they intend to recognize Palestine as its own state. What would such recognition mean for the conflict and how can the war end? [ dur: 58mins. ] Mira Sucharov is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science at Carlton University. She is …

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Scholars’ Circle – Texas Re-districting ; Grandmother’s of Argentine’s disappeared – August 10, 2025 58:00

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First, will Donald Trump’s and the republican party’s efforts to redraw electoral maps give them a permanent majority? [ dur: 24mins. ] Jeremi Suri is Professor in the Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin. He holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at The Uni…

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Scholars’ Circle – Corporation of Public Broadcasting funding cuts – August 3, 2025 58:01

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Congress has now clawed back the funding it had allocated for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. What does this mean for the future of publicly funded broadcasting in the USA? How will it affect news, public affairs and other vital information delivery? We will explore the role of public broadcasting in a democracy. What role does money play a…

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Scholars’ Circle – Private Military Corporations and State responsibilities – July 27, 2025 58:00

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Private Military Corporations have become a growing element of the warfighting landscape. States have historically had a monopoly on the use of military force. But private corporations challenge this monopoly. How much do they increase the lethality and likelihood of war? How much can private corporations be regulated? And what are the challenges t…

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Scholars’ Circle – Safe drinking water delivery in US ; Floods and aftermath in Ellicott City, Maryland – July 20, 2025 58:01

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Although Access to safe drinking water is a human right, millions of people in the United States do no have access to safe water. Lead in the pipes is the most well-known cause but there are many others. What can be done to fix the nation’s water delivery systems? What have we learned from the Flint case? [ dur: 34mins. ] Newsha Ajami is Chief Deve…

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Showcase: Benjamin Bush 4:26

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Benjamin Bush is an Associate Professor in the School of Industrial and Graphic Design. He is interested in the culture and standards native to the industrial design studio and curriculum. Also interested in designing for and instilling "fun" in to all walks of life. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showc…

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Showcase: Mario Bocanegra 4:22

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Mario Bocanegra is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design in the School of Industrial and Graphic Design, where he teaches courses in interactive media, imagemaking, photo communications, and typography. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this…

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Showcase: Robert Finkel 3:47

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Robert Finkel is the Program Chair and Associate Professor of Graphic Design in the Auburn University School of Industrial and Graphic Design. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on…

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Showcase: Frank Hu and Robert Sproull 3:54

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Frank Hu is Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture, where he teaches studio in addition to courses in construction and graphic studies. Robert Sproull is an Associate Professor in Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 sp…

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Showcase: Marguerite Dreyer 4:35

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Marguerite Dreyer teaches Graphic Design in the Auburn University School of Industrial and Graphic Design. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/…

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Showcase: Georges Fares 5:30

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Georges Fares is an Assistant Professor of Interior Design, Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/…

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Showcase: Jia Wu 3:43

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Jia Wu, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor, Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences. Her accomplishments emphasize interdisciplinary and industry collaborations in functional apparel, primarily focusing on usercentered apparel design research. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast…

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Showcase: David Shanks 6:17

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David Shanks is an Assistant Professor in Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/…

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Showcase: Meirav Goldhour 2:26

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Meirav Goldhour teaches in the Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/…

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Showcase: Courtney Windham 3:35

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Courtney Windham is a designer, maker, and educator serving as an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Auburn University’s School of Industrial + Graphic Design. She leads courses in kinetic typography, publication design, interactive media, and branding. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025…

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Showcase: Isaac Cohen 5:03

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Isaac Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. He has spent this time working with communities around the country on the design of varied public spaces, advocacy and fundraising to build parks, and on engagement and research into critical issues impacting the use o…

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Showcase: Gwendolyn Cohen 3:38

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Gwendolyn Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, where she teaches landscape architecture design studios, courses in the Construction Sequence and elective seminars. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specif…

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Showcase: Millian Pham 5:34

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Millian Pham is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History. Her current research compares the effects of structural and systemic oppression on the body and spirit through drawing, sculpture, installation, and performance. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 s…

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Showcase: Cait McCarthy and Jordan Young 3:22

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Cait McCarthy is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Auburn University School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture. Through her research, teaching, and practice, McCarthy explores the ability of novel analog, digital, and material methods to simultaneously illuminate contemporary challenges and provide unexpected experien…

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Showcase: David Hill 5:12

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David Hill is an Associate Professor in Auburn’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. His current research streams include plant performance and material harvesting and reuse strategies. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In…

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Showcase: Lijun Chao 4:00

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Lijun Chao is an artist and faculty member in the Department of Art and Art History. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the work on view at The Jule Museum through July 6, 2025: https://jcs…

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Showcase: Andy Holliday 4:07

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Andy Holliday is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking in the Department of Art and Art History. His studio practice ranges from printmaking to ceramics and sculpture. Andy's current work explores the roles of communication and collaboration in the creative process. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showca…

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Showcase: Dawn Michaelson 5:50

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Dawn Michaelson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor, Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences. Her research and creative activities focus on apparel studies affecting individuals with health conditions. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on ad…

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Showcase: Sarah Coleman 4:28

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Sarah Coleman is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, teaching design studios as well as in the History, Theory and Practice sequence. Her recent work, undertaken as part of a Fulbright Scholarship, explored the historic health landscapes of the Sadgeri Plateau in the Republic of Georgia. Showcase brings together creative scholarship f…

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Showcase: Young-A Lee 4:31

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Young-A Lee, Ph.D. is Under Armour Professor and Department Head of the Department of Consumer & Design Sciences in the College of Human Sciences. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically centers on advocacy and process. In this podcast series, faculty discuss the process behind the wor…

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Showcase: Kelly Bryant 6:03

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Kelly Bryant is Professor of Graphic Design in the Auburn University School of Industrial and Graphic Design. A design educator for over 30 years, her personal work/research focus on collage and painting as an extension to her design work. Showcase brings together creative scholarship from across Auburn University. Showcase 2025 specifically center…

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Episode 35: Kate Medley 10:26

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Kate Medley talks about her exhibition "Thank You Please Come Again" at The Jule. Working as a photojournalist, Kate Medley covers national news in the American South, focused on storytelling and environmental portraiture. In this exhibition, Medley invites viewers to see the people and culinary art of service stations, convenience stores and quick…

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Episode 34: Randi Evans with Victoria Ashley on WEGL 91.1 FM 14:03

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Victoria Ashley discusses The Jule Museum with Dr. Randi Evans on “It's All History To Me" Auburn's History Radio Hour, WEGL 91.1 FM. Each week "It's All History To Me" interviews a history professional with the theme of Bridging the Past and Present. From "It's All History To Me" episode 4.2 "The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art with Dr. Rand…

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Episode 33: Origins of Animal Art 10:40

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Deirdre Madeleine Smith, Ph.D., Lecturer of Museum Studies at University of Pittsburgh and Assistant Curator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, talks about the origins of animal art in conjunction with The Jule’s exhibition "Radical Naturalism: Daniel Newman" on view through December 8, 2024: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibition/newman/…

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Episode 32: Self-Care Saturdays with Sheri Schumacher 9:07

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Sheri Schumacher talks about “mend WORKwear” a series created for Self-Care Saturdays at The Jule. The “mend WORKwear” sessions focus on the practice and mindfulness of mending using the Japanese Boro tradition as inspiration.Sheri Schumacher is a designer and maker whose creative practice explores narratives about cultural landscapes and records a…

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Episode 31: Rachel Libeskind 11:15

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Rachel Libeskind talks about her exhibition "The Golden Record" at The Jule Museum at Auburn University, on view from August 6-December 7, 2024: https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibition/libeskind/By The Jule Museum at Auburn University

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Episode 30: Walter Hood and Taneshia West Albert 43:44

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Walter Hood and Taneshia West Albert in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Walter Hood is the creative director and founder of Hood Design Studio in Oakland, California. He is also a professor at the University of …

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Episode 29: Lonnie Holley and Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander 41:14

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Lonnie Holley and Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Dr. Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander is curator of the exhibition "Black Codes: Art and Post-Civil Rights Alabama" on view January 23 t…

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Episode 28: Joe Minter 25:46

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Tim Gihring of The Object Podcast from the Minneapolis Institute of Art explores the artist Joe Minter, featured in the exhibition "Black Codes: Art and Post-Civil Rights Alabama" organized by guest curator Dr. Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander for the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University."Thirty-five years ago, Joe Minter received …

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Episode 27: Bethany Collins and Janet Dees 34:31

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Bethany Collins and Janet Dees in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, artist Bethany Collins explores histories of the American South through sculpture, song, and the printed …

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Episode 26: Elizabeth M. Webb and Joy Harjo 28:59

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Elizabeth M. Webb and Joy Harjo in conversation at the Auburn Forum for Southern Art and Culture, a symposium organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on February 3, 2024.Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States, is a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.Elizabeth M. Webb's exhibition "a bearin…

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Episode 25: Ark of Bones 11:15

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Walter Hood talks about "Ark of Bones" a sculptural installation created for his exhibition "Arc of Life/Ark of Bones" organized by The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. Inspired by the Henry Dumas short story of the same name, "Ark of Bones" represents ancestral connections to Black Americans.Walter Hood is the creative d…

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Episode 24: Walter Hood 10:14

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Walter Hood talks about growing up in North Carolina and the way in which he approaches painting in his creative practice. His exhibition "Arc of Life/Ark of Bones" opens on January 23, 2024 at The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. The exhibition features a new series of paintings that recall memories from the first ten ye…

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Episode 23: Jim Draper 12:23

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Jim Draper talks about his exhibition “Feral” as part of the series “Radical Naturalism” at The Jule, on view through December 10, 2023. Conversation recorded with Laura Sitterly '23.Draper's work, which includes drawing, painting, photography, video and writing, is informed by journeys into the wilds of Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. https:…

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Episode 22: Wildflower Garden 12:20

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What is that wildflower garden at the museum? Auburn scholars Kelly Homan and Zachary Beneduci talk about wildflowers, biochar, and bees and how they connect to a long-term research study happening in the gardens at The Jule. Conversation recorded with Laura Sitterly '23.By The Jule Museum at Auburn University

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Episode 21: Memory Mine 13:26

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Sam Moyer talks about her exhibition "Memory Mine" at The Jule with Laura Sitterly '23. Centering the exhibition on Alabama’s richness in natural resources and regional artists’ contributions, Moyer creates sculptures and paintings from one natural marble boulder mined in Sylacauga, Alabama. https://jcsm.auburn.edu/exhibitions/sam-moyer/…

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Episode 20: Art Bargain of the Century 12:06

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Charlotte Hendrix reads excerpts from "The Art Bargain of the Century" an unbelievable saga of how Auburn University purchased 36 controversial masterpieces and opened a world-class art museum for the 21st century, published in the Fall 2023 issue of Auburn Magazine.By The Jule Museum at Auburn University

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Episode 19: Indecent Spaces 13:36

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Conversation about the project "Indecent Spaces" with Jonah Bokaer, Hala Shah, and Isaiah João at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. "Indecent Spaces" is a project from the creative teams of Jonah Bokaer Choreography, Partner–In–Charge Charles Renfro of Diller, Scofidio + Renfro – DS+R, and Isang Yun, interpreted by vio…

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Episode 18: Memorial Poems 15:20

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Inspired by commemorative poetry and detailed research, Poetry II students at Auburn University, led by Associate Professor Rose McLarney, produced their own poem in response to the work of sculptors Daniel Chester French and Augustus Saint-Gaudens as well as local monuments. The student poems personify the monuments and juxtapose point of views, e…