Courage and Its Shadows Part 2 with Skydiver Jeff Provenzano

Courage and Its Shadows Part 2 with Skydiver Jeff Provenzano

Professional skydiver Jeff Provenzano returns to the podcast to reflect on his visit to Jimmy’s undergraduate seminar, Courage and Its Shadows. Jeff shares his experience being in a Yale classroom for the first time and his impressions of the students he met. Jimmy and Jeff discuss the beauty of skydiving and Jeff shares his advice for college graduates.

Courage and Its Shadows Part 1 with Skydiver Jeff Provenzano

Skydiver, stuntman, and Red Bull athlete Jeff Provenzano [https://www.redbull.com/us-en/athlete/jeffrey-provenzano] joins Jimmy to discuss his upcoming visit to Yale as a guest speaker in Jimmy’s undergraduate seminar, Courage and Its Shadows. Jeff shares his journey as a student and artist on the path to professional skydiving and discusses his expectations for meeting a group of Yale students for the first time. Follow Jeff and watch his signature Miracle Man trick at instagram.com/jeffprovenzano [https://www.instagram.com/jeffprovenzano]

Generational Insight: Polling and Political Insights from Milan Singh

Current Yale student Milan Singh joins Jimmy to discuss political attitudes and trends among today's college students and other members of Gen Z. Milan is co-founder and director of the Yale Youth Poll and an opinion editor for the Yale Daily News.

Changing Each Other: Universities, Individuals, and the Public Good

Jimmy and Yale Professor of Economics and Public Health Zack Cooper discuss how university research shapes public policy, how universities can extend their reach beyond their students, and how an improbable skydiving trip put Jimmy on the path to becoming a Yale student.

Leaning into the Unexpected and the Uncomfortable with Sarah Mahurin

Jimmy reflects on the value of grappling with uncomfortable ideas and the power of experiencing literature from differing cultures and viewpoints with guest Sarah Mahurin. Dean Mahurin has served as the Dean of Yale's Timothy Dwight College since 2014, where she advises several hundred undergraduate students. She also teaches undergraduate seminars on Black Southern literature and biography.