Indoor Voices
Rich Relkin, Assistant Vice President for Communications & Marketing at Lehman College, talks with Crissa-Jean Chappell, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English and author of the recently published YA novel, Sun Don’t Shine (Fitzroy Books, January 2024). Visit for more.
info_outline Episode 94: Second chances at Queensboro CorrectionalIndoor Voices
Faculty from LaGuardia Community College discuss the Second Chance Act Improving Reentry Education and Employment Outcomes grant from the US Department of Justice to fund a comprehensive prison-to-college project at Queensboro Correctional Facility. Prof. Hugo Fernandez interviews Profs. John Chaney and Joni Schwartz-Chaney. For more information on the program and guests, visit Indoorvoicespodcast.com
info_outline Episode 93: Resistance, rebellion, and resilience: American slavery on filmIndoor Voices
Ann Matsuuchi (LaGuardia Community College), Caron Knauer (LaGuardia Community College), and Sherry Antoine (AfroCROWD), discuss Knauer’s book . Visit for more.
info_outline Episode 92: Louis Bury on the way things goIndoor Voices
Kathleen talks with , associate professor of English at Hostos Community College and author of The Way Things Go (punctum books, 2023). Visit for more.
info_outline Episode 91: Dara Byrne on making way for inspirationIndoor Voices
Kathleen talks with Dara Byrne, Dean of . Visit for more.
info_outline Episode 90: Academic librarians on popular cultureIndoor Voices
Kathleen talks with her CUNY librarian colleagues - Vikki Terrile, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at Queens College and Stephanie Margolin, Associate Professor and librarian at Hunter College – about pop culture scholarship in the academy and in their library careers.
info_outline Episode 89: The Bronx Nobody KnowsIndoor Voices
Returning guest host Beth Harpaz talks with Helaine Helmreich, wife of the late Professor William Helmreich (Graduate Center/City College, Sociology) about Prof. Helmreich’s recently published book, . Visit for more.
info_outline Episode 88: Jayashree Kamblé on popular romanceIndoor Voices
Jayashree Kamblé and Tara Hickman of LaGuardia Community College discuss Jayashree’s book, (Indiana University Press, 2023).
info_outline Episode 87: Victoria Sanford on feminicideIndoor Voices
Lehman College professor talks with Richard Relkin, Assistant Director for Communications & Marketing at Lehman, about her recently published book .
info_outline Episode 86: Julie Turley and Joan Jocson-Singh on Musicking MotherhoodIndoor Voices
Julie Turley (Kingsborough Community College) and Joan Jocson-Singh (Lucas Museum of Narrative Art) discuss their book, , with Monica Berger (NYC College of Technology).
info_outlineMichael Rain is a 2017 alumnus of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. He's the co-founder of ZNews Africa and founder of the Enodi project, a digital gallery that highlights the stories of first-generation black immigrants of African, Caribbean and Latin descent. This episode was recorded at the Made In NY Media Center, a collaborative workspace in Brooklyn where Michael recently completed a podcast certificate program produced through a partnership between the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and the Made in NY Media Center. Visit indoorvoicespodcast.com where you can learn more about Michael's work.