Cooler by the Lake

Ep. 7 | In Conversation: GennaRose Nethercott and the UMD Literary Guild

Enjoy a seat at the table as writer, folklorist, and performer GennaRose Nethercott discusses romance novels, heist skills, graduate study, mining the archive and more with members of the UMD Literary Guild.

Ep. 6 | GennaRose Nethercott Performs Thistlefoot

Pull up a chair for an episode of history, folklore, and theatre as GennaRose Nethercott delivers a performance of her book Thistlefoot for UMD students, staff, faculty, and guests. Note: This episode contains depictions of violence.

Ep. 5 | Spooky Stories with GennaRose Nethercott

Host Connor Schwake explores the spooky side of the world with writer and folklorist GennaRose Nethercott, author of Thistlefoot. GennaRose kicked off our spring semester with a wintry visit to Duluth and UMD’s campus. This episode has three parts. First, an interview with the author. GennaRose and Connor discuss her use of folklore and the supernatural as a tool to examine life, experiences, emotions, and beyond, and Connor reflects on the complexity of using aspects of another group’s culture in literary production. Next, we share with you selections from the live reading of the tales GennaRose provided to our UMD community earlier in the year. Finally, we invite you to join our roundtable discussion with GennaRose and members of the UMD Literary Guild. If you haven’t read Thistlefoot, jump in anyway. We’ll give you plenty of warning before we get to some spoilers — while offering plenty of enticement for what you’ll find if you decide to take the plunge.

Ep. 4 | Student Stories - In Conversation with the Authors

As a companion to our previous episode featuring student stories, authors Jan Schober and Dakota Bond join host Connor Schwake for a conversation on experience, perception, and representation, all grounded in lived experiences in and around Duluth, Minnesota and Seoul, South Korea.  If you haven't listened to  "A JeJu Tale" or "Aliens Exist!" yet, you'll want to go back to our third episode [https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/GAKE6My2vvb] and start there. Or heck, go back to the beginning of the show [https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/PDTL95M2vvb] and learn what we're all about!

Ep. 3 | Student Stories

In this episode, we debut our first two student stories. Host Connor Schwake brings us Dakota Bond's "A JeJu Tale," an American's account of traveling to South Korea, and Jan Schober reads "Aliens Exist!" You'll have to hear this one to believe it.