Storylisteners

Rich Feller Timeline: Reflections

In this fourth and final episode, Rich looks at his present and future and he talks with Michael about the themes that can be derived from a life richly lived. NOTE: Barbara is Rich's wife. Chris is his son. Lorie studied with Rich and is Michael's wife.

Rich Feller Timeline: Building a Life

In this third episode, Rich speaks with Michael about building his reputation as a trailblazer and leader in the career development field. He talks about continuing his education in both traditional and not-so-traditional ways, including seeking some of the leading thinkers in America to learn from them directly. Then he takes us on a journey, both personal and professional, to understand how he went from a learner to a teacher of thousands around the world. More important than all of that, however, is the chance to become a husband and father. He talks about the ends he would travel to be a good one.

Rich Feller Timeline: College and Beyond

In this second episode, Rich speaks with Michael about college life in the late 1960s, including the role of being a college basketball player, which forged lifelong friendships. And the role of politics and activism that would form his life as a citizen. He also discusses the decisions and insights that led to his career path and the love interests of his youth. One student he knew back in his early years of college would later become his life partner.

Rich Feller Timeline: A Childhood

Timelines are long-form narrative listening projects that walk through a whole life of one person. The purpose is to both demonstrate narrative listening as a conversational technique, while also celebrating the lives of extraordinary people. This series features the life of Rich Feller, a beloved and influential professor, speaker, and leader in the career development field. From 1980 until 2013, Rich was a faculty member of the Department of Education at Colorado State University. In 2007, the Colorado Career Development Association honored Rich by naming a leadership award after him. After retiring, he has continued his work with partners such as YouScience and NASA as well as speaking and consulting around the world. In this first episode, Rich talks about his childhood in a working class area of Cold Spring, New York, where he learned to love sports. He carefully observed the lives of his mother and father, and other adults in his life, who all would cultivate many of his interests, including his passion for understanding the meaning of work. He speaks with Michael Humphrey.

Storylisteners for Democracy: Steve Weiss and Jesse Grace Ventured into The Eye of a Democracy Storm

When Jesse Grace and Steve Weiss were asked to make a documentary about mail-in voting, it seemed like a straightforward assignment. Until COVID struck, and the 2020 presidential election turned into a referendum on mail-in voting, filled with conspiracy theories, death threats to election workers, and ultimately, an invasion of the U.S. Capitol. What resulted was the hour long documentary Democracy vs. The Big Lie: The Truth Behind Mail-In Voting. Grace and Weiss are both members of the Journalism and Media Communication faculty at Colorado State. How did they make the switch from informational storytelling to coverage of a historic moment of crisis in our democracy? And just as importantly, what shaped them to become the storytellers, and storylisteners, that they are today?