Episode 117: Char Adams on Black-owned bookstores
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Char Adams, CUNY Graduate Center alumna and author of , talks with journalist, author, playwright and Char’s former CUNY colleague, Beth Harpaz. Visit IndoorVoicespodcast.com to find out more.
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Episode 116: Rossi and Sibley on narrating motherhood
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Dr. a CUNY Graduate Center alumna whose dissertation is entitled, “Narrating Mother, Narrating Twenty-First Century America: On Choice, Refusal, and Relation” talks with Dr. Professor in Modern Languages and Literatures at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the author of Narrar Las Madres. Visit to learn more.
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Episode 115: Mark Christian on Frederick Douglass
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Dr. Mark Christian (Lehman College Professor in Africana Studies & Sociology) talks about his latest book, Frederick Douglass: A life in American History (Bloomsbury 2025) with his Lehman colleague Dr. Gillian Bayne. To learn more, visit .
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Episode 114: Reitz and Rutigliano on female anger
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Drs. Caroline Reitz and Olivia Rutigliano discuss Dr. Reitz’s book and the way anger is portrayed in popular culture, the role that anger plays, its potential and its limits. Visit for more.
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Episode 113: Jennifer Laird on energy insecurity
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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
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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
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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
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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 .
info_outlineDrs. Caroline Reitz and Olivia Rutigliano discuss Dr. Reitz’s book Female Anger in Crime Fiction and the way anger is portrayed in popular culture, the role that anger plays, its potential and its limits. Visit IndoorVoicesPodcast.com for more.