The Seed Field Podcast
1) The Critical Skills Classroom Is Turning 40. Why Don’t More Teachers Know About It?
A conversation with Antioch education core faculty member Laura Thomas about the Critical Skills Classroom approach, her new book on the subject, and why cycles of action and reflection are so importa...Show More
2) Bi+ Mental Health Is a Crisis. Why Is No One Talking About It?
A conversation with the psychologist and researcher Rachel Chickerella about why bisexual populations are experiencing a mental health crisis—and what we can do about it.
3) Antioch’s Incoming President Says “This Is Our Moment”
A conversation with Antioch University’s Incoming President, Lori Varlotta, about her excitement to lead this institution, how her past has prepared her for this role, and how she sees Antioch impacti...Show More
4) In This Grad Program, Students Earn University Credit for Their Life Experiences
A conversation about the transformative potential of Prior Learning Assessment with Joe Cronin.
5) Therapists Are Using Creative Writing to Treat Complex PTSD—and Build Resilience
A conversation about trauma, complex PTSD, and whether expressive writing might offer effective treatment that not only heals past wounds but protects against future ones with Stephen Southern.
6) Making the Positive Case for DEI in Higher Education
A conversation with Stephanie Helms Pickett about the concepts of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—and why focusing on them is key for universities to accomplish their missions.
7) Five Librarians on Defending Democracy, Book Bans, and the Freedom to Read
A panel discussion about democracy, censorship, libraries, and books between five librarians: Miranda Doyle, Becky Calzada, Sheri Anita Massey, Allison Jennings-Roche, and Jen Sturge.
8) From ’64 Freedom Summer to the ’24 Election: Three Antiochians on the Long Fight for Social Justice
A conversation between noted civil rights activists (and Antioch alumni) Judy Richardson, David Goodman, and Janet Dewart Bell about their experiences in the ’60s, their decades of work since, and les...Show More
9) The Role of Black Women in Democracy: A Panel Discussion
A panel discussion with Judge Ashleigh Parker, Judge Faye R. Chess, and Cassandra Stokes about the way Black women's voices, advocacy, and resilience have driven progress toward equity and justice in ...Show More
10) Two Writers Discuss Democracy, War, and Identity
A conversation between Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen and the writer Cathy Linh Che, who is Core Faculty in Poetry at the Antioch MFA.