Alumni Spotlight #4: Diamond Eagles Society with Debbie Smatresk, Dr. Cathy Bryce, and Nicole Sprowl transcript

Alumni Spotlight #4: Diamond Eagles Society with Debbie Smatresk, Dr. Cathy Bryce, and Nicole Sprowl

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with UNT Alumni Debbie Smatresk and Dr. Cathy Bryce, co-founders of the UNT Diamond Eagles Society, and the group's organizer, Nicole Sprowl. They discuss the process of creating the Diamond Eagles Society, as well as the goals, operations, and accomplishments of the organization. They also discuss the focus of the organization's grants for 2020.
Date: September 2, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 49: Photojournalism In Times Of War with Thorne Anderson transcript

Episode 49: Photojournalism In Times Of War with Thorne Anderson

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Thorne Anderson, Endowed Chair for Narrative & Multimedia Journalism in the Mayborn School of Journalism at UNT. Susan and Thorne discuss his motivation behind being a photojournalist in war-stricken areas, and reflect on his experiences in the field.
Date: September 16, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 48: Documenting Iraq's Missing Modern Art with Dr. Nada Shabout transcript

Episode 48: Documenting Iraq's Missing Modern Art with Dr. Nada Shabout

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Nada Shabout, Professor of Art History and Coordinator of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Initiative at UNT. Susan and Dr. Shabout discuss a project run by the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA) to map the teaching of Art History related areas. They also discuss various aspects of modern art in the Arab world, including colonialism and the documentation of works that went missing from Iraq's Museum of Modern Art after the fall of Baghdad in 2003.
Date: September 9, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 50: Human Trafficking In America with Dr. Given Kachepa transcript

Episode 50: Human Trafficking In America with Dr. Given Kachepa

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Given Kachepa, owner of Inwood Dental in Dallas. Susan and Dr. Kachepa discuss his childhood experience as a victim of human trafficking, and the importance of educating people on the topic in order to help other human trafficking victims.
Date: September 23, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 51: The Search for Black Holes and Quasars with Dr. Ohad Shemmer transcript

Episode 51: The Search for Black Holes and Quasars with Dr. Ohad Shemmer

Podcast produced by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) that features an interview with Dr. Ohad Shemmer, astrophysicist and Associate Professor at UNT. Susan and Dr. Shemmer discuss terms related to astrophysics, including the difference between being an astronomer and an astrophysicist, and the relation between black holes and quasars. They also discuss his inspiration behind becoming an astrophysicist, and how discoveries in the field allow scientists to understand the universe.
Date: September 30, 2020
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 19: Peggy Higgins transcript

Episode 19: Peggy Higgins

Interview with Peggy Higgins for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this premiere episode of our second season, Susan interviews OLLI at UNT Faculty and Advisory Council member, Peggy Higgins. They discuss how Peggy's background in interior design led to a second career in Health Care Sciences and Alzheimer's education, and how her diverse interests have influenced the unique courses she now offers on the psychology of color for OLLI at UNT.
Date: September 5, 2019
Creator: Supak, Susan & Higgins, Peggy
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 20: Dhanada Kulkarni transcript

Episode 20: Dhanada Kulkarni

Interview with Dhanada Kulkarni for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan interviews Dhanada Kulkarni of the Astanga Ayurved Center in Coppell, TX (astangaayurvedcenter.com/). Dhanada is an Ayurvedic Physician, Master Yoga Therapist, founder of SohamAyurYoga, Vedic Astrologer, and Vastu Consultant. Dhanada discusses her background and training, then breaks down the basic concepts of Ayurveda. Later in the conversation, she explains Vedic Astrology and the differences between Ayurvedic medicine and Western medicine. Dhanada also talks with Susan about her positive experiences teaching OLLI at UNT members.
Date: September 12, 2019
Creator: Supak, Susan & Kulkarni, Dhanada
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 22: Dr. Jorg Waltje transcript

Episode 22: Dr. Jorg Waltje

Interview with Dr. Jorg Waltje for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan interviews Dr. Jörg Waltje, Executive Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence at Texas Woman’s University and author of the book Blood Obsession: Vampires, Serial Murder, and the Popular Imagination. Dr. Waltje explains the Center’s various initiatives aimed at helping both students and faculty succeed. He and Susan also discuss his hobbies, his background in languages and literature, as well as his experiences teaching for OLLI at UNT.
Date: September 26, 2019
Creator: Supak, Susan & Waltje, Jorg
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Episode 21: Dr. Krisstal Clayton transcript

Episode 21: Dr. Krisstal Clayton

Interview with Dr. Krisstal Clayton for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) podcast. In this episode, Susan interviews Dr. Krisstal Clayton of the Department of Psychology at UNT. In a wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Clayton talks with Susan about her collaborations with law enforcement professionals, clinicians, criminal offenders, and victims' advocates to educate students about the many roles psychology plays in the American legal system. Dr. Clayton also explains how she got involved developing music-paired rehabilitation therapy for persons with stroke and describes some of her other innovative approaches in the classroom.
Date: September 18, 2019
Creator: Supak, Susan & Clayton, Krisstal
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Witnesses to History: A Conversation with Norman F. Gant, Jr. captions transcript

Witnesses to History: A Conversation with Norman F. Gant, Jr.

Video of an interview of Dr. Norman Gant regarding his rememberances of being a Dallas medical student at the time of the assassination of JFK, including his participation in removing a bullet from the body of officer J. D. Tippit.
Date: September 27, 2023
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evening with Dory Wiley: Kennedy Assassination, The Ultimate "Who done it?" captions transcript

An Evening with Dory Wiley: Kennedy Assassination, The Ultimate "Who done it?"

Video of a presentation by Dory Wiley providing an overview of the lecture series about the 60th anniversary of the assassination of JFK. He also discusses the day of the assassination, with a summary of research, investigations, and the discovery of new material during the last sixty years.
Date: September 14, 2023
Creator: University of North Texas. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library