Finding Your Groove with stic from dead prez

Finding Your Groove with stic from dead prez

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On this episode, Dr. Easley and Bennett Olupo are joined by world-renowned rapper and author Khnum “Stic” Ibomu (One half of the Legendary Hip Hop Band, Dead Prez), who has developed a strong fan base thanks to wellness oriented and conscious lyrics. We discuss why the growth mentality present in fit-hop, the hip-hop subgenre he created, is so important in this day and age.

Across the Airwaves: Exploring Kurdish Identity Through Radio Broadcasting

Across the Airwaves: Exploring Kurdish Identity Through Radio Broadcasting

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Jon Bullock, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale’s Institute of Sacred Music, joins Ariana Hones (M.Div ’25) for a conversation on how radio is used as a tool for shaping Kurdish identity. Using the lens of ethnomusicology and the sacred, Jon discusses the impacts of colonialism and technologies of sound, such recording and broadcasting on Kurdish music.

Faith, Friends, and Family

Faith, Friends, and Family

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In this episode, you will hear Lynsey discuss how she balanced work, treatment, and family. Lynsey talks candidly about how hard treatment has been and how her friends and family have offered her real support, offering some guidance and encouragement to those looking to support a friend with cancer.

Craft & Career: Rob Ronan ’99, content designer and UX writer for Reality Labs at Meta – Part 2

Craft & Career: Rob Ronan ’99, content designer and UX writer for Reality Labs at Meta – Part 2

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The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together.

As we continue our conversation with Rob Ronan ’99, 20-year veteran in digital writing and user experience design, working with companies like Disney and Meta.

OCS Craft & Career Podcast (full episode list) – https://ocs.yale.edu/podcast

A Balancing Act: Learning to Grow with and Empower Students with Dean Toddi Steelman

A Balancing Act: Learning to Grow with and Empower Students with Dean Toddi Steelman

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On this episode, Dr. Easley speaks with Dean Toddi Steelman of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. She shares her experience in leadership and shares how she works to support students, faculty and staff. This episode is so rich because they both used to work together, and you will enjoy listening to this humble leader whose work has had a global and national impact!

Treating under-represented patient populations: Women recovering from heart bypass surgery and veterans struggling with suicidal thoughts.

Treating under-represented patient populations: Women recovering from heart bypass surgery and veterans struggling with suicidal thoughts.

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In this episode of the YJBM Podcast, hosts James and Ellen discuss an article examining how we might improve recovery among women following heart bypass surgery, and an article examining the factors linked to suicidal thoughts among veterans throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward

Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward

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This episode of our podcast features a conversation with historian R.J.M. Blackett about the 19th century newspaper editor, Congregational minister, and temperance advocate Samuel Ringgold Ward. Despite Ward’s prominent role in the abolitionist movement, his story has been lost because of the decades he spent in exile. In Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle, R. J. M. Blackett rediscovers a pivotal figure in Black history and his importance and influence in the struggle against slavery and discrimination.

Rob Ronan ’99, content designer and UX writer for Reality Labs at Meta – Part 1

Rob Ronan ’99, content designer and UX writer for Reality Labs at Meta – Part 1

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The Craft & Career series connects with professional creatives from the arts, entertainment, and media industries, to discuss the nuances of their craft, the reality of their careers, and how, in often surprising ways, these two concerns can work together.

We’re excited to open our spring Season with Rob Ronan ’99, 20 year veteran in digital writing and user experience design, working with companies like Disney and Meta, to discuss what writers should know about user experience, and how to best navigate the flow between personal professional practices.

OCS Craft & Career Podcast (full episode list) – https://ocs.yale.edu/podcast

Life’s Journey

Life’s Journey

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In this episode, Lynsey Eno reads her story of being diagnosed with breast cancer 7 years ago when her second son was just a newborn and how she got her degree in social work in the midst of hospitalizations and chemo treatments. Lynsey is a Congregational Christian and credits God, her friends, and family with giving her the strength to make it through all that she has been through.

Being a Conduit for Change with Dr. Justin Kunkle

Being a Conduit for Change with Dr. Justin Kunkle

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On this episode, Dr. Easley is joined by Dr. Justin Kunkle, the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies and Academic Advisor in the Department of Forestry at Michigan State University. We discuss how Dr. Kunkle supports students in the community beyond just giving lip service. He expounds that it is a constant learning process, but we think he already has great wisdom to share.