An Announcement. Then, Jess chats with her guest, Bobby Lussier, about Bill McKibben, climate discourse, and intersectional environmentalism.
Jess talks to Caroline Buckley about the science of love and the theories of maintaining relationships.
Jess Fisher, Host
Caroline Buckley, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
Jess chats with Lily Lester about women in comedy and the divisive public opinion of Amy Schumer.
Jess Fisher, Host
Lily Lester, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
Jess chats with Jordan Palmer and Matt Iannantuoni about Sigmund Freud, Jaceques Lacan, pyschotheropy, signifiers, and identity.
Jess Fisher, Host
Jordan Palmer, Guest
Matt Iannantuoni, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
Jess and Nick talk about World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., WWE Superstars, Postmodernism, and also Disney for a little bit.
Jess Fisher, Host
Nick D'Ambrosia, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
Jess chats with Ethan about acoustics, artificial intelligence, neural networks, self-driving cars, sirens, sirens, sirens, and lots of jargon.
Jess Fisher, Host
Ethan Wagner, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
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Jess chats with her guest, Jonathan, about immersive theatre, how to do it... and how not to do it.
Jess Fisher, Host
Jonathan Young, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
Jess chats with her guest, Nicole, about Cuba’s healthcare system, what the US can learn from it, and the importance of intersectionality in medical practice.
Jess Fisher, Host
Nicole Comella, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
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In the seventh episode of Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Jess talks to her guest, Ciara Brown, about engineering. Ciara wrote many papers at UPenn, but we’re taking a deep dive into her report on optimizing Philadelphia school bus routes, and racial bias in the COMPAS software.
Jess Fisher, Host
Ciara Brown, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Episode Six: Furries & Psychology with Dr. Kathy Gerbasi
In the sixth episode of Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Jess interviews Dr. Kathy Gerbasi, Professor of Pyschology at Niagara County Community College.
Jess Fisher, Host
Dr. Kathy Gerbasi, Guest
John Morgenstern, Audio Editor & Research Assistant
Best Paper I Ever Wrote is brought to you by Hickory Playground, a 501(c)(3) arts organization dedicated to supporting artists. Hickory Playground supports new work by artists from around the world and raises financial support for public school arts departments in Catawba County, North Carolina. Check out hickoryplayground.org to learn more.
In the fifth episode of Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Jess and John switch things up… and speaking of John, please welcome him as the official audio editor of the pod!
Jess Fisher, Host
John Morgenstern, Host, Audio Editor, and Research Assistant
Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Episode Four: Horror Films, Death Denial, and America.
In the fourth episode of Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Jess Fisher talks with guest Marshall Schaffer about horror films like Midsommar and Cannibal Holocaust and their connections to America’s societal death denial!
Credits:
Jess Fisher, Host
Marshall Schaffer, Guest
Jordan Makant, Audio Editor
John Morgenstern, Research Assistant & Handy Boy
Best Paper I Ever Wrote is brought to you by Hickory Playground, a 501(c)(3) arts organization dedicated to supporting artists. Hickory Playground supports new work by artists from around the world and raises financial support for public school arts departments in Catawba County, North Carolina. Check out hickoryplayground.org to learn more.
© Morgan Honeycutt 2020
In the third episode of Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Jess Fisher is joined by longtime friend Miranda Schumacher witches, perception, inversion, and the ever-shifting blame game…
Credits:
Jess Fisher, Host
Miranda Schumacher, Guest
Jordan Makant, Audio Editor
John Morgenstern, Research Assistant & Handy Boy
In the second episode of Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Jess Fisher talks with guest Amanda Dimeo about a high school essay exploring Frankenstein through a Marxist lens!
Credits:
Jess Fisher, Host
Amanda Dimeo, Guest
Jordan Makant, Audio Editor
John Morgenstern, Research Assistant & Handy Boy
In the first episode of Best Paper I Ever Wrote, Jess Fisher talks with guest Dylan Tashjian about fame, Instagram, reality TV, and the odd ways the Kardashians have kept up with us just as much as we’ve kept up with them.
Credits:
Jess Fisher, Host
Dylan Tashjian, Guest
Jordan Makant, Audio Editor
John Morgenstern, Research Assistant & Handy Boy
Welcome to the start of something new for the Hickory Playground: our very first podcast. Brought to you by Jess Fisher, this is the Best Paper I Ever Wrote.
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