A UMD Podcast-Palooza

From innovating within the arts to successful sports activities titles to tackling society’s largest points, Terps have a lot to speak about. Fortunate for listeners, the result’s a plethora of UMD-based podcasts.

The downloadable audio installments are as common as ever; a 2022 survey by the Infinite Dial discovered that 38% of Individuals listened to a podcast within the final month. They’ve lots to select from: Spotify final 12 months touted providing greater than 4 million podcasts in 2022, up from 500,000 in 2019.

UMD college students, school, employees and alums are well-represented within the thriving house, producing and internet hosting exhibits starting from in-depth analysis interviews to lighthearted popular culture chats. Put in your headphones and take a hearken to the earful we’ve compiled under:

Cowl Story | Stephanie Shonekan, Faculty of Arts and Humanities dean
Which model is healthier: “I Consider in You and Me” by the 4 Tops, or Whitney Houston’s remake? Shonekan, an ethnomusicologist and dean of ARHU, dives into such original-vs.-cover musical debates, with every episode that includes no less than one artist of colour.

Meals Community Obsessed | Debra Puchalla ’04
Puchalla, senior vp of multiplatform manufacturing and digital technique for Meals Community, the Cooking Channel and TLC, produces episodes through which host Jaymee Sire and cooks, influencers and Meals Community stars dish on cooking traits, favorites, fails and triumphs.

Way forward for Humanity | Anand Anandalingam, Ralph J. Tyser Professor of Administration Science and former dean of the Robert H. Smith College of Enterprise
Can we domesticate lab-grown meat that’s each climate-friendly and humane? Will AI improve, slightly than overshadow, human endeavors? Anandalingam trains his lens on these and different doubtlessly life-changing applied sciences of the subsequent 20 to 50 years.

Gettin’ Grown | Tykeia Robinson Ph.D. ’16
Robinson and her co-host, Jade—“two completely satisfied and hardworking Black girls who’re simply attempting to learn to grownup”—chat round what they name the “kitchen desk” about subjects together with race and meals, monetary wellness, skincare and extra.

Hear the Turtle | Assistant Media Relations Administrators Ben Kessler ’17 and Taylor Smyth ’14
Kessler and Smyth give a behind-the-scenes have a look at all issues Maryland Athletics by means of interviews with coaches, student-athletes and different UMD personalities—from Brenda Frese and Kevin Willard to Johnny Holliday and Scott Van Pelt ’88.

I AM Wholesome & Match | Steve Jordan ’98
Private coach Jordan, who turned to well being and health after struggling a traumatic mind damage, explains the podcast title as a key motivation mantra and follows it up with suggestions from those that have made everlasting life modifications.

It’s Nice Enterprise | Janice Burg-Levi ’79
Burg-Levi, CEO of Intercoastal Advertising and Technique Group, and co-host Pete McCormick, a digital advertising and marketing skilled, interview entrepreneurs, advertising and marketing specialists and different professionals to offer listeners with recommendation and inspiration—irrespective of the place they’re in their very own careers.

Jobbing Out | A.J. Francis ’11, M.A. ’16 and former Terp Aaron Oster
Oster and Francis, a former Terps defensive lineman, be a part of co-hosts Glenn Clark and Brandon Linton to debate every thing professional wrestling, speaking to a few of the squared circle’s largest stars.

Latinx Intelligentsia | Michelle Espino, affiliate professor, Division of Counseling, Greater Schooling and Particular Schooling
Espino converses with college students, school, directors and activists with the purpose of uplifting members of the Latinx group by means of greater training.

Go away Your Mark, the Podcast | Aliza Licht ’96
Bestselling writer and international vogue govt Licht—the previous sassy Twitter phenom DKNY PR GIRL—emphasizes constructing your model by means of conversations with profitable pals.

Maryland Threat Administration Schooling Podcast | Paul Goeringer, agricultural and useful resource economics senior school specialist and College of Maryland Extension specialist
Goeringer discusses points in agriculture legislation, danger administration and different sectors, together with carbon contracts, right-to-farm legal guidelines and state court docket choices.

Shifting Oolong | Ming Gault ’20, Linda Kuo ’20 and Sally Feng ’20
Three Asian American girls and greatest pals chat about their experiences as latest school grads and the way they’re tackling maturity.

My Block Counts | Sacoby Wilson, professor of utilized environmental well being
From the Jackson, Miss., water disaster in his residence state to air pollution issues for African Individuals and different individuals of colour in Maryland, environmental justice professional Wilson and visitors tackle the broad challenge of disparate well being outcomes in underserved communities.

Offbeat | The Diamondback
Episodes characteristic discussions about “the nooks and crannies of the College of Maryland” that transcend typical beat reporting.

On the File With Ambi | Ambi Narula ’20, public relations specialist within the Fischell Division of Bioengineering
On this present for Philip Merrill Faculty of Journalism college students by #MerrillMade alums, Narula is joined by fellow Merrill grads to debate how their careers have panned out and provide recommendation to budding journalists.

Views on Justice | The Choose Alexander Williams, Jr. Heart for Schooling, Justice and Ethics
Retired U.S. District Courtroom Choose Williams tackles subjects starting from police brutality to gun violence to the shifting authorized atmosphere for hashish with a spread of specialists, scrutinizing how the scales of justice are balanced criminally, socially and ethically.

Quantitude | Gregory Hancock, professor and program director, Division of Measurement, Statistics and Analysis
Hancock and co-host Patrick Curran, professor within the Division of Psychology and Neuroscience on the College of North Carolina, talk about all issues quantitative—together with strategies, stats and information evaluation—with out taking themselves too significantly.

Radio Rumi | Fatemeh Keshavarz, professor and division head, Roshan Institute for Persian Research
A broadcast poet, Keshavarz discusses and displays on the works of Jalal al-Din Rumi, the influential Thirteenth-century Persian poet.

Run Inform This | Mara Schiavocampo M. Jour. ’01
4-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer Schiavocampo joins fellow veteran reporters Wesley Lowery and Keith Reed to offer perspective on race and social justice, masking every thing from politics to sports activities to popular culture and past. They’re conversations “you received’t hear within the mainstream information—however ought to,” they are saying.

SESYNC Audio Interviews | Nationwide Socio-Environmental Synthesis Heart
Researchers from the middle talk about intersections of the science of human habits and of the pure world, whether or not by means of personal land administration, local weather change modeling or defending susceptible habitats.

Takeover | Capital Information Service
On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Courtroom overturning Roe v. Wade, curbing gun management efforts and limiting the federal government’s energy to limit carbon emissions, Philip Merrill Faculty of Journalism graduate college students and Capital Information Service reporters Kate Seltzer and Hunter Savery talk about the court docket’s conservative supermajority and the way its choices have an effect on the nation.

Testudo Instances | Testudo Instances group
Testudo Instances pupil sportswriters dive into the newest information from round UMD and the Massive Ten Convention, that includes previews, recaps and evaluation.

The Chopping Edge | Stephen B. Thomas, professor of well being coverage and administration and director of the Maryland Heart for Well being Fairness
Thomas, founding father of the Well being Advocates In-Attain and Analysis marketing campaign (HAIR) to have interaction barbershops and salons as public well being portals, supplies perception about COVID-19, well being disparities and empowering Black communities.

The CyberWire | Dave Bittner ’91
Episodes break down cybersecurity information into each day briefings—that includes interviews with trade, tutorial and analysis specialists—and embrace different particular editions masking what’s occurring in our on-line world.

The Backyard Thyme Podcast | Faculty of Agriculture and Pure Assets/College of Maryland Extension
An ideal podcast for plant mother and father, this wide-ranging sequence covers points for gardeners like local weather change, plant-care suggestions and even easy methods to come to grips with species that scare us—a particular Halloween episode from hosts Emily Zobel, Rachel Rhodes and Mikaela Boley.

The Marchand and Ourand Sports activities Media Podcast | John Ourand ’89
Sports activities Enterprise Journal author Ourand joins New York Publish senior sports activities media columnist Andrew Marchand because the sports activities reporters masking the reporters. Of their weekly episodes, they talk about the “enterprise past the buzzer,” that includes visitors like ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt ’88 and broadcasting legend Bob Costas.

The Maryland Made Podcast | Maryland Athletics
Episodes produced by Maryland Made, UMD’s student-athlete growth program, provide sensible info to empower present and former Terps to pursue their skilled passions and change into leaders of their communities.

The Good Guys on Enterprise | Doug Sandler ’86
Sandler and co-host Strickland Bonner chat with entrepreneurs and specialists to offer insights “served with a aspect dish of shenanigans and a crapload of good,” they are saying, hoping to assist listeners discover success in enterprise—and life.

Time4Coffee | Andrea Koppel, adjunct journalism lecturer
Award-winning former CNN journalist Koppel curates what she calls “digital networking coffees,” talking with a whole bunch of pros from dozens of fields to offer perception and recommendation for these in search of to interrupt into completely different industries. She affords episodes in brief “Ok-Cup” clips, super-focused “Espresso Photographs” or full-length conversations.

Clever Traditions | Hilda Labrada Gore ’83
“Holistic Hilda” embraces ancestral traditions to attain optimum well being, interviewing well being and wellness specialists like scientists, docs and farmers to disclose recommendation for nourishing our our bodies.

WMUC Sports activities | WMUC Sports activities group
On high of offering listeners with full-game broadcasts and highlights from Terp video games, UMD’s student-run sports activities radio station additionally delves into sports activities happenings off campus, together with in professional leagues just like the NBA and MLB.

Dylan Manfre M.Jour. ’22 contributed to this story.