Episode 86: Julie Turley and Joan Jocson-Singh on Musicking Motherhood
Release Date: 06/13/2023
Episode 113: Jennifer Laird on energy insecurity
Indoor Voices
Jennifer Laird, Assistant Professor in Lehman College’s Department of Sociology talks with Richard Relkin, Assistant Vice President for Communications and Marketing at Lehman, about Jennifer’s book which she co-authored with Columbia University’s Diana Hernandez. was published in April 2025 by the Russel Sage Foundation. Visit for more info.
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Episode 112: “Wikipedia is the CUNY of the Internet”
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LaGuardia Community College instructional technology librarian Ann Matsuuchi talks with CUNY’s University Archivist and co-principal investigator of the project, Natalie Milbrodt, and the university’s Wikimedian-in-Residence Richard Knipel. Visit for more info.
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Episode 111: Nathan Lents on the queerness of animals
Indoor Voices
John Jay College of Criminal Justice colleagues, Dr. Nathan Lents (Biology) and Dr. Olivera Jokić (English and Gender Studies), discuss Dr. Lents's new book, The Sexual Evolution: How 500 million years of sex, gender and mating shape modern relationships. Visit for more info.
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Episode 110: The big questions
Indoor Voices
In collaboration with the John Jay College Office for the Advancement of Research, Kathleen moderates a conversation about the value of the humanities with colleagues David Munns (History), Allison Pease (Provost & Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs), Belinda Rincon (Latin American and Latinx Studies and English), and Dean Ringel (History). A bonus segment includes a conversation with Dr. Charissa Che, English department faculty at John Jay. Visit for more information.
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Episode 109: Kathleen Collins on common unhappiness
Indoor Voices
Kathleen discusses her novel, (Vine Leaves Press, 2024), with Dr. April Burns, Associate Professor of Psychology at . This Book Talk was recorded live at the CUNY Graduate Center on March 5, 2025. Visit for more information.
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Episode 108: Valerie Paley on museum truths
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Author and CUNY museum studies graduate student talks with Valerie Paley, senior vice president and the Sue Ann Weinberg Director of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library at . Learn more at .
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Episode 107: Feminist modernists on reading, relevance, and resistance
Indoor Voices
Jean Mills, Associate Professor and chairperson in the English Dept. at John Jay College, and Ria Banerjee, Professor of English and Honors Program Coordinator at Guttman Community College and the Graduate Center, discuss Dr. Banerjee’s book and related topics. Visit for more.
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Episode 106: Olivera Jokić and Dijana Jelača on knowing the past
Indoor Voices
Olivera Jokić (John Jay College) and Dijana Jelača (Brooklyn College) discuss , translated from Serbo-Croatian to English by Dr. Jokic. For more information, visit .
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Episode 105: Diana Rickard on the new true crime
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colleagues, Diana Rickard and Tracy Bealer, talk about the true crime genre and Dr. Rickard’s book . Visit to learn more.
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Episode 104: Mary Phillips on Ericka Huggins and Sister Love
Indoor Voices
Mary Frances Phillips, author of (NYU Press 2025) talks with Olivia Moy, faculty member in the English Dept. at CUNY Lehman College, about the educator, poet, activist, former political prisoner and Black Panther Party veteran. Visit for more.
info_outlineJulie Turley (Kingsborough Community College) and Joan Jocson-Singh (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art) discuss their book, Heavy Music Mothers: Extreme Identities, Narrative Disruptions, with Monica Berger (NYC College of Technology).