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22/06/2022

David Brakke Explains How the Gnostics Influenced “The Matrix”

David Brakke, Professor and Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity in the Department of History, studies and teaches the history and literature of ancient Christianity from its origins through the fifth century, with special interest in asceticism monasticism, Gnosticism, biblical interpretation, and Egyptian Christianity. He discusses why the Gnostics and their views were considered so dangerous and what the Gospel of Judas reveals about these beliefs. David-Brakke-Explains-How-the-Gnostics-Influenced-22The-Matrix22_otter_aiDownload

22/06/2022

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30 min
27/11/2024

Episode 37: Jim Phelan & Aaron Oforlea — James Baldwin’s “Going to Meet the Man”

In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Aaron Oforlea discuss James Baldwin’s “Going to Meet the Man,” published in Baldwin’s 1965 short story collection of the same title. Aaron Oforlea is an Associate Professor of English at Washington State University and is an alumnus of the Ohio State University. Oforlea has cultivated significant expertise in the domains of African American literature, folklore, and rhetoric, as well as in narrative theory, medical humanities, film studies, and masculinity studies. In 2017, Oforlea published James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and the Rhetorics of Black Male Subjectivity, which was honored in 2018 with the College Language Association’s Award for Creative Scholarship. In addition, Oforlea has contributed scholarly articles in the fields of folklore, rhetoric, and literature.

27/11/2024

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1h 17m
25/09/2024

Episode 35: Jim Phelan & Christopher González — Junot Díaz’s “The Books of Losing You”

In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Christopher González discuss Junot Díaz’s 2024 flash fiction, “The Books of Losing You.” Christopher González is a graduate of The Ohio State University. He is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Department of English at Southern Methodist University, and González has also just begun a term as the Chair of his department. His areas of expertise include 20th century American literature, Latinx literary and cultural production, multiethnic literatures of the United States, film, comics, and narrative theory. González is the author, editor, and co-editor of numerous books including Reading Junot Díaz; the International Latino Book Award-winning Reel Latinxs: Representation in U.S. Film & TV, co-authored with Frederick Aldama; the Perkins Prize Honorable Mention Permissible Narratives: The Promise of Latino/a Literature; and his 2024 memoir, Big Scary Brown Guy.

25/09/2024

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45 min
20/12/2024

Episode 38: Jim Phelan & Amy Elias — Lemony Snicket’s “The Lump of Coal”

In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Amy Elias discuss Lemony Snicket’s 2004 short story, “The Lump of Coal.” Amy Elias teaches and writes at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she holds the title of UT Chancellor’s Professor and Distinguished Professor of English. Elias is also the director of UT’s Denbo Center for Humanities and the Arts. Elias’s areas of expertise include narrative theory, contemporary literature and culture studies, and humanities advocacy, as well as the arts of the present. Elias founded the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present, or ASAP. Elias is the author of Sublime Desire: History and Post-1960s Fiction, which won the Perkins Prize in 2002. Elias has also edited or co-edited several books, including Speculative Light: The Arts of Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin; The Planetary Turn: Relationality, and Geoaesthetics in the 21st Century; and Time: A Vocabulary of the Present.

20/12/2024

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41 min
13/06/2025

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

This program will discuss Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. This presentation will first discuss the approach and diagnosis to lymphocytosis. It will use case presentations to highlight the presentation and evaluation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The presenter will also review complications and health maintenance implications for CLL. The second half of the talk will discuss staging and risk stratification. The presenter will review the rationale for observation and indications for treatment as well as the various different treatment options and their associated side effects. Link to transcript

13/06/2025

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57 min
25/10/2024

Episode 36: Jim Phelan & Suzanne Keen — John Cheever’s “The Death of Justina”

In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Suzanne Keen discuss John Cheever’s 1960 short story, “The Death of Justina.” Suzanne Keen is a Professor of English at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Keen wrote the book on narrative empathy, Empathy in the Novel, which came out in 2007 and opened up a rich and wide ranging debate about the affective dimensions of reading fiction and their consequences for the lives of readers when they’re not reading. Keen’s most recent contribution to that critical conversation is Empathy and Reading: Affect, Impact, and the Co-Creating Reader. Keen has written several other books, including Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction, Thomas Hardy’s Brains: Psychology, Neurology, and Hardy’s Imagination, and the widely adopted textbook, Narrative Form. In addition to her work on the novel and narrative theory, Keen has published a volume of poetry, Milk Glass Mermaid, and individual poems in numerous literary magazines.

25/10/2024

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51 min
10/10/2025

Stroke: Prevention and Rehabilitation

This program will discuss Stroke: Prevention and Rehabilitation. In this program, learners should expect a review of the risk factors for stroke with an emphasis on modifiable risk factors and their relative contribution to stroke risk. We will also review the expected recovery of various stroke symptoms and how to best counsel survivors regarding this recovery. Link to transcript

10/10/2025

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1 hr
26 JAN

Kyle Ewing, TerraSlate

In this episode, we’re joined by Kyle Ewing, Founder and CEO of TerraSlate—a Colorado-based manufacturing company and global leader in waterproof, tear-proof paper and ultra-durable printed materials. Kyle has grown TerraSlate from a basement startup into a $40 million vertically integrated manufacturing enterprise, serving customers ranging from the U.S. military and NFL teams to Michelin-starred restaurants and Fortune 500 manufacturers. Remarkably, he built the company with zero outside funding and still owns it outright. TerraSlate is a compelling example of modern American manufacturing in action: lean operations, same-day fulfillment for 95% of orders, in-house innovation of nano-coated and military-grade materials, and a culture-first leadership approach. The company competes head-to-head with low-cost imports—while keeping production in the U.S. and pushing the boundaries of advanced materials. Kyle also brings deep insight into scaling without outside capital, building resilient manufacturing systems, and leading teams with kindness, clarity, and discipline. He is the author of Ideas to Empires, where he shares lessons on building factories that can scale sustainably—even without the founder in the room. Join us for a conversation on growth, innovation, operations, and culture—and what it truly takes to build a successful advanced manufacturing company from the ground up. Keywords: manufacturing leadership, advanced materials, vertically integrated manufacturing, workforce culture

26 Jan

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26 min
09/08/2024

Episode 34: Jim Phelan & Dorothee Birke — Ali Smith’s “Text for the Day”

In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Dorothee Birke discuss Ali Smith’s short story, “Text for the Day,” from her 1995 collection, Free Love and Other Stories. Dorothee Birke is professor for Anglophone Literatures at the University of Innsbruck, and her many areas of expertise include the history of the novel, reading and book culture, memory studies, and narrative theory. Birke is the author of two books, Writing the Reader: Configurations of a Cultural Practice in the English Novel and Memory’s Fragile Power: Crises of Memory, Identity, and Narrative in Contemporary British Novels. Among Birke’s numerous articles, she has won the International Society for the Study of Narrative’s annual prize for best essay in the journal for an article co-authored with Birte Christ, Ellen McCracken and Paul Benzon for Narrative, “Paratexts and Digital Narrative.” Birke is currently the second vice president of the International Society for the Study of Narrative.

09/08/2024

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46 min
19/07/2024

Episode 33: Jim Phelan & Brian McAllister — Juliana Spahr’s “Gentle Now Don’t Add to Heartache”

In this episode of the Project Narrative Podcast, Jim Phelan and Brian McAllister discuss Juliana Spahr’s 2005 poem, “Gentle Now Don’t Add to Heartache.” Brian McAllister is Assistant Professor of English at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. McAllister’s areas of expertise include modern and contemporary literature, poetry studies, environmental literature, econarratology, and rhetorical narratology. Among other topics, McAllister has published essays on Samuel Beckett, J. M. Coetzee, and Edwin Morgan. He served as the guest editor of the 2014 special issue of Narrative on narrative and poetry. McAllister also has an essay forthcoming in the October 2024 issue of Narrative: “Landscape Rhetoricity: Narrative, Ecology, and Topographic Form.”

19/07/2024

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50 min

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