Host Joe Moravchik talks with St. Olaf Professor Diane LeBlanc about her career as a Professor of Writing in Wyoming and at St. Olaf College, discuss her work including readings from her book titled The Feast Delayed, and much more.

Host Joe Moravchik talks with St. Olaf Professor of Developmental Psychology about how much who we become as adults is shaped by early childhood, how children from homes with neglect and abuse outgrow these negative experiences and thrive, how young adults are developing much differently than previous generations due to technology, parasocial connections with social media influencers, and much more.

Host Joe Moravchik continues his conversation with Dr. Joel Weisberg about the origins of Cosmology and Dr. Weisberg's studies of the universe.

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Carleton College Environmental Microbiologist Dr. Rika Anderson about her background in oceanography and astrobiology, if research studying hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor helps scientists better understand where life may exist elsewhere in the universe, is it possible that life on Earth was seeded from elsewhere in the universe, the topic of genomic research, her work on the PBS science documentary series Nova, and much more.

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes back Carleton College Professor Emerita of Geology and Environmental Studies Mary Savina to discuss tectonic plates, Pangea, continental drift, how our oceans were formed, Earth greenhouse, and icehouse states, our planet's magnetic field, and much more.

Host Joe Moravchik welcomes Minnesota attorney, author, publisher, and podcast producer Rob Jung, and they discuss him beginning to write novels at age 75, his mystery and historical fiction books, his writing process, the podcast he produces, and much more.

Host Joe Moravchik talks with Carleton College President Emeritus and current Political Science professor at Carleton about his new book, The University's Voice - Principled Silence and Purposeful Speech, about when it is appropriate, necessary and ill advised for a public institution to take a stance on a given issue.

Host Joe Moravchick welcomes St. Olaf College Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Physics Anne Gothman to the show. They discuss her work in paleoenvironmental ocean research, her study of coral reefs, and the natural drivers of climate change.