Let’s Talk: Taylor Swift w/ Emily Cancro
Introducing Emily Cancro, a student researcher with may passions, including popular culture. She joined Ayah Wahab, this episode’s host, for a conversation regarding her scholarship about Taylor Swifts “All...
Let’s Talk: Gun Control w/ Benson Wang
Let’s kickoff the first episode after Spring Break by introducing a newer addition to the PITcasts, Samiha Bala. She has been working in editing and now showcases her skills...
Let’s Talk: Chat GPT
The Podcast committee is back again to talk about new technology and how it affects students! This episode focuses on Chat GPT, an AI designed to mimic human writing....
Let’s Talk: The Hallyu Wave w/ Bevin Adams
Introducing Bevin Adams, a student researcher majoring in Global Studies! Hosts Adesina Newkirk and Ayah Wahab lead the conversation about the Hallyu Wave, also known as the Korean Wave....
Let’s Talk: Mike Pence Comes to UNC
Not only does the PITcast do research, but it does current events as well! The Podcast committee comes together to analyze current events affecting students. The first topic on...
Let’s Talk: Appalachia w/ Ryleigh Bennet
Introducing Ryleigh Bennett, our first student researcher of this show! Host Ethan Dahlke guides the conversation about her article published in the Spring 2023 cycle of the PIT Journal....
Looking Back on Words of Wellness
How has our exploration of the rhetoric of wellness shaped our own practices? What are some of the highlights of the semester? What have we learned?
Social Media
How do our online habits impact our wellness? What strategies can we use to manage social media? What happens when we move from consumers to producers of online content?
Wellness Coaching
Coaching offers digestible lessons in wellness. What can we learn about the audiences for coaching and coaching books? What is the role of ethos and inspiration in promoting wellness?...
Relationships
Starting before we're born, relationships give meaning to our lives. How can we connect with others authentically? How do we draw boundaries with others? And why are relationships such...
Self-Esteem
Our identities and the ways we relate to the world make up major aspects of our self-esteem. How does self-talk contribute to self-esteem. How can we gain self-confidence and...
Words of Wellness Introduction
Dan and Elise discuss the Words of Wellness podcast. They give some context on the class behind the podcast and forecast what listeners will get out of the series.
3. Together Alone
In this episode of Channel 105, Professor Steven Gotzler’s students contemplate what it means to live in a world that is more connected and more disconnected than ever before....
2. States of Mind
This episode of Channel 105 comes from a section of English 105i: Health and Medicine. Join instructor Graham Culbertson and his student in the following segments, all related to...
Channel 105 Introduction
UNC writing program professors Dan Anderson and Graham Culbertson discuss what you can expect to hear on Channel 105
Episode 02: Social Media in the Classroom
Hosts: Allison Beatty, Cat Olah, Dan Anderson Guest: Matthew Duncan On this episode of “Teaching with Technology”, Allison, Cat, and Dan talk with Matt Duncan about the academic legitimacy...
Episode 5: Climate Change As Colonization
In this series we’ve addressed the ways climate concerns are stymied and undermined through explanations that reduce climate collapse to a kind of inevitability. While we’ve addressed proposed solutions...
Episode 4: Climate Change as Human Nature
Lack of political action on the climate emergency can lead people to feel fatalistic. Generation Z especially can feel they have been born “after the end” to borrow James...
Episode 3: Climate or the Economy
Welcome to “In a Warming World” a podcast that critically examines cultural narratives that minimize climate change in order to reveal how ecological social change is not only possible...
Episode 2: Climate Indifference
While people that express outright skepticism are fewer and fewer, indifference to climate change seems to be on the rise. Indifference in the face of climate change can result...
Episode 1: Climate Skepticism in the US and Germany
“Climate change?!! What a hoax!” “Of course! It’s just heavy summer rain.” Source: roth-cartoons.de/projekt/klimaluege/ Students from UNC Chapel Hill and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) discuss the similarities and differences between U.S....
Introduction: In a Warming World
2020 has set a new record for hottest year to date. Deadly heat waves, powerful storms, and out-of-control wildfires, are only some of the negative ecological consequences. Social consequences...
Episode 01: Using Technology to Introduce Challenge
Allison, Patrick, and Cat speak with Dan Anderson about his approach to integrating technology into his courses. Discussion topics include the learning curve associated with creating podcasts, how COVID-19...
Let’s Talk: Individualism w/ Akash Bhowmik
Brigit Pierce, who is both a member of the PITcasts and the managing editor of the journal, flexes her hosting muscles in this episode featuring another student researcher. Akash...