Ep #02: Leadership, Resilience, and Authenticity with Angie Torain

Today we are joined by Angie Torain, Director of Athletics and Recreation at the University of Chicago. Angie offers a glimpse of her journey in college athletics, from serendipitous beginnings to fostering a culture of inclusion. She also opens up about the lessons she learned through her extensive experience. Listen in as Angie shares candid reflections on resilience, embracing mistakes, and asking the right questions before committing to a job. You’ll learn about the importance of authenticity and alignment in career choices, as well as the transformative power of leadership rooted in trust and vulnerability.https://scholarship.depauw.edu/conv_leaders/1001/thumbnail.jp

Ep #03: NBA All-Star 2024: Behind the Scenes with Dianna Boyce

Today we welcome back Dianna Boyce, Vice President of 2021 NBA All-Star, Inc., to uncover the intricacies behind the NBA All-Star 2024 event held in Indianapolis. In this episode, Dianna provides an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse into the meticulous planning that went into orchestrating this grand event. From the selection of venues to the decision-making process behind hosting numerous outdoor events, she sheds light on the strategic choices made to ensure a memorable experience for attendees. Listen in as Dianna delves into the importance of community involvement and collective effort, as well as the power of partnerships and collaboration in executing large-scale events. You’ll learn about leveraging online technology for enhanced fan engagement, the significance of building a strong bench to sustain future endeavors, and more.https://scholarship.depauw.edu/conv_leaders/1002/thumbnail.jp

HoneyVoiced: A Translation of Pindar’s Songs for Athletes

This new translation of Pindar\u27s songs for victorious athletes marries philological rigour with poetic sensibility in order to represent the beauty of his language for a modern audience as closely as possible. Pindar\u27s poetry is synonymous with difficulty for scholars and students of classical studies. His syntax stretches the limits of ancient Greek, while his allusions to mythology and other poetic texts assume an audience that knows more than we now possibly can, given the fragmentary nature of textual and material culture records for ancient Greece.It includes an authoritative introduction, both to the poet and his art and to ancient athletics, alongside brief orientations to the historical context and mythological content of each victory song. The inclusion of a glossary supplies additional mythological and historical information necessary to understanding Pindar\u27s poetry for those coming to the works for the first time. His is the largest body of textual remains that exists for ancient Greece between Homer (conventionally dated to 750 BCE) and the Classical Period (480–323 BCE), and constitutes a rich resource for politics, history, religion, and social practices

Aca-Media Podcast Episode 73: Thinking With Our Ears: Jacob Smith on Audio Scholarship

Bust out your fancy headphones for this episode, folks. In one our best episodes ever from an audiophilic perspective, Jonathan Nichols-Pethick talks with Jacob Smith about his recent experimental audiobooks, ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene and Lightning Birds: An Aeroecology of the Airwaves, both of which are available as open access files on the University of Michigan Press website. Then Chris and Michael chat about the gratification of SCMS volunteering, wish you a happy eclipse, and tout the glories of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament