Sinopsis
Moraine Valley Community College Library, Palos Hills, Illinois, USA. The Library PodCast includes audio from cultural events and interviews with faculty and scholars. This podcast is intended to enhance the larger Moraine Valley curriculum. The views expressed by guest speakers or audience members are their own and are not necessarily the official views of the Moraine Valley Community College board of trustees, staff, faculty, or administration.
Episodios
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I, Robot, Frankenstein, and the 2019-2020 One Book, One College
05/06/2019Faculty members Amani Wazwaz and Carey Milsap-Spears join librarians Tish Hayes and Troy Swanson to talk about Isaac Asimov's I, Robot
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Student Tribute Speeches
07/05/2019MVCC Honors students give speeches about family, friends, and other topics.
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The Hero's Journey and the Power of Myth
23/04/2019The hero’s journey is a mythological template common across cultures. This panel will define this mythology and discuss what it teaches us in literature and popular culture.
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Climate Change and the Mechanics of Skepticism: How Can we KNOW Better?
18/04/2019This talk by Librarian Troy Swanson will focus on climate change but also ask participants to think about how they make decisions about other charged topics.
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Baking with Vegetables: From the Garden to the Oven with Chef Rose Deneen
16/04/2019Join the chef as she demonstrates how vegetables can be used for a variety of baked goods.
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The Impacts of Factory Farming
15/04/2019Special guest Stephanie Domingo, Chicago Director of the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition will discuss the ecological and public health impacts of industrial agriculture, and the power of our food choices.
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G. Willow Wilson author of Ms. Marvel
11/04/2019Wilson explores the background and development of the character Ms. Marvel. She talks about the difference in writing a new character and writing a legacy character such as Wonder Women.
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A Biologist from Long Ago: The Accomplishments of Al-Jahiz, a Ninth Century Polymath
04/04/2019his lecture introduces the early Biological and Evolutionary theories of Al Jahiz along with the observations of early Biologists.
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Inspiring Insight from Arab American Women: Professional, Passionate and Proud
29/03/2019Women leaders from our local Arab-American community came together to share their stories. The discussion was inspiring and instructional.
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