14: “A Bowl Full of Kittens” with Jon Brammer

15: “The 2024 Pre-Nursing Cohort” with Zachary Duda, Elizabeth Turner, and Jazmin Hall

Show notes for this episode: Jeopardy! [https://www.jeopardy.com] Registered Nursing programs | CT State [https://ctstate.edu/programs/nursing] ARTH 1013: Architecture of the World [https://catalog.ctstate.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=25&coid=42800] Italy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy] England [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England] Multilingualism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism] Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT [https://backushospital.org] Certified Nursing Assistant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlicensed_assistive_personnel#Certified_nursing_assistant_(CNA)] Homeschooling [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling] Seton Home Study School [https://www.setonhome.org] Motivation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivation] BIO 2111: Anatomy & Physiology I [https://catalog.ctstate.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=2&coid=1225] Integrity [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity] Wolf's Den Family Campground [https://www.wolfsdencampground.com] Monadnock State Park [https://www.nhstateparks.org/find-parks-trails/monadnock-state-park] Anterior cruciate ligament injury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_cruciate_ligament_injury] Equestrianism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equestrianism] Association football [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football] Once on This Island [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_on_This_Island] Hello, Dolly! [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_(musical)] Jesus Christ Superstar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_Superstar] Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street] Hartford Stage [https://www.hartfordstage.org] Death of a Salesman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_a_Salesman] The Book of Mormon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_(musical)] Mormonism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism] Heartland [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_(Canadian_TV_series)] New York City [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City] Broadway theatre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre] Raising Cane's [https://www.raisingcanes.com/home/] French fries [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries] Hank's Dairy Bar, Plainfield, CT [https://www.hanksdairybar.com]

14: “A Bowl Full of Kittens” with Jon Brammer

Show notes for this episode: Blue Yeti microphone [https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/shop/p/yeti-premium-usb-microphone] Shure Beta 87a [https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/beta_87a] Shure SM7B [https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/sm7b] Shure MV7+ [https://www.shure.com/en-US/products/microphones/mv7?variant=MV7%252B-K] Lesley University [https://lesley.edu] Contemplative education [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemplative_education] Comparative religion [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_religion] The Bear [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_(TV_series)] Tutoring and Academic Success Center | CT State Three Rivers [https://ctstate.edu/academics/tutoring#three-rivers] Philosophy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy] Cosmology [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmology] Eastern philosophy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_philosophy] Ethics [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics] Trolley problem [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolley_problem] David Hume [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume] Top Gun [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun] CSI [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSI_(franchise)] Ernest Hemingway [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway] Hyphens and Dashes | Practical Typography [https://practicaltypography.com/hyphens-and-dashes.html] Signs of AI writing | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signs_of_AI_writing] Join or Die [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join_or_Die] Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Alone] Third place [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place] Turing test [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test] Christianity [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity] Islam [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam] Fear of missing out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out] Montessori education [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education] Sous-chef [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sous-chef] Foodie [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodie] Rooster Fighter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooster_Fighter] Bass guitar [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_guitar] Krav Maga [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krav_Maga] Villari's Martial Arts [https://villaristudios.com]

13: “Lawful Literature” with Todd Barry

Show notes for this episode: Stephen Sondheim [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim] Stephen Sondheim on Inside the Actor's Studio | YouTube [https://youtu.be/BjEMVHtsyX4] Into the Woods [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Woods] Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweeney_Todd:_The_Demon_Barber_of_Fleet_Street] Assassins [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassins_(musical)] Into the Woods: MTI Conversation Piece with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine | YouTube [https://youtu.be/NUN_MTChn5M] Sondheim teaches… YouTube playlist [https://youtu.be/8-VXXZLh2a0?list=PLwnBv2zywgMgQZWvyY_rRZNSejFGjwjO6] Elaine Stritch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Stritch] Parasocial interaction [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction] Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka [https://bookshop.org/p/books/filterworld-how-algorithms-flattened-culture-kyle-chayka/85103bbd18489d77?ean=9780593466797&next=t] Meditation [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditation] Waking Up app [https://www.wakingup.com] Hamlet [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet] Yoga [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga] Generation X [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X] Millennials [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennials] UConn [https://uconn.edu] Law 7891: Law and Literature | University of Connecticut [https://coursecatalog.law.uconn.edu/law-course-catalog/course/LAW/7891/] Hollywood, Los Angeles [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles] Simon & Schuster [https://www.simonandschuster.com] Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory by Peter Barry [https://bookshop.org/p/books/beginning-theory-an-introduction-to-literary-and-cultural-theory-fourth-edition-emeritus-professor-of-english-peter-barry/9c4766ab5a22320f?ean=9781526121790&next=t] The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages by Harold Bloom [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-western-canon-the-books-and-school-of-the-ages-harold-bloom/abde708b13c354e3?ean=9780063452046&next=t] Harold Bloom [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Bloom] Renowned literary critic Harold Bloom on the Power of Reading | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCwdltKoqPg] Grammarly [https://www.grammarly.com] Bullshit [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit] "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Wallpaper] ENG 1020: Composition II and Literature | CT State Community College Catalog [https://catalog.ctstate.edu/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=19&coid=33165] Mommy's Delicious Food, Norwich, CT | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mommys_deliciousfood/] Mahzu Sushi, Norwich, CT [https://mahzusushi.com]

12: “Functional and Comfortable” with Pamela Williams

Show notes for this episode: Twenty Thousand Hertz [https://www.20k.org] Criminal [https://thisiscriminal.com] Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! [https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/] 99% Invisible [https://99percentinvisible.org] “What's Up, Doc? Mel Blanc and the Magic of Looney Tunes” | Twenty Thousand Hertz [https://www.20k.org/episodes/whatsupdoc] “Pew Pew! The Making of Star Wars’ Iconic Sounds” | Twenty Thousand Hertz [https://www.20k.org/episodes/starwarspewpew] Looney Tunes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes] Marvin the Martian [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_the_Martian] Star Wars [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)] Logan's Run [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan%27s_Run_(film)] Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLk59H86ww] CT State Libraries [https://library.ctstate.edu/home] Seventh-inning stretch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh-inning_stretch] Imposter syndrome [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome] “I know that I know nothing.” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_that_I_know_nothing] Middlemarch Madness [https://kottke.org/24/02/0044052-middlemarch-madness-a-sch] David Sedaris [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sedaris] Blood Meridian, narrated by Richard Poe | Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Meridian-Cormac-McCarthy-audiobook/dp/B000QUEM6M] The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood [https://bookshop.org/p/books/prince-los-cocuyos-pb-richard-blanco/6433835?ean=9780062313775&next=t] The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-boys-a-memoir-of-hollywood-and-family-clint-howard/18834209?ean=9780063065253&next=t] The Silmarillion, narrated by Andy Serkis [https://www.amazon.com/Audible-The-Silmarillion/dp/B0C5MRBGFV] Three Rivers Campus Library [https://library.ctstate.edu/threerivers] Singer sewing machines [https://www.singer.com/pages/singer-machines] IBM Selectric [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric] Episode 18: The Memory Artist | This Is Love Podcast [https://thisislovepodcast.com/the-memory-artist/] Episode 19: The Wolves | This Is Love Podcast [https://thisislovepodcast.com/episode-19-the-wolves/] Note: The Flowdown will be on summer break until September 2025. See you in the fall!

11: “Making Yourself Uncomfortable” with Tia D’Alessandro

Show notes for this episode: Heirloom Market [https://www.heirloommkt.com] Shrinking [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinking_(TV_series)] Severance [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_(TV_series)] CT State AI Presidential Fellows Program 2025 Cohort [https://ctstate.edu/ai-presidential-fellows-program/cohort] Rhode Island College [https://www.ric.edu] Anthropology [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropology] University of Hartford [https://www.hartford.edu] Public speaking [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_speaking] Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg [https://charlesduhigg.com/supercommunicators] Glossophobia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossophobia] "To the Student Who Used AI to Do a Paper" by Joseph Fasano | Poets.org [https://poets.org/poem/student-who-used-ai-write-paper] Center for Teaching | CT State [https://ctstate.edu/cft/] Dr. Miguel Cardona | Ed.gov [https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-organization/leadership-directory/dr-miguel-cardona] Costco [https://www.costco.com] Victor Wooten: Words of Wisdom #9 | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZOaWNu87Kk]