The Liz Cast

Liz Norell

The Liz Cast is a podcast that features real conversations with real people -- about all the things that fascinate me. Listen in for stories and conversations about living, loving, and striving in 2021.

  1. Episode 44: Introducing The Present Professor

    03/29/2025

    Episode 44: Introducing The Present Professor

    In December 2024, my first book -- The Present Professor: Authenticity and Transformational Teaching -- was released. There's an audiobook of that available, but in this new series, I share some of the deeply personal stories that informed the book in my own voice.  Buy The Present Professor from the University of Oklahoma Press. The audiobook is available from all major audiobook vendors and produced by Tantor Media.Older episodes of this podcast are available wherever you get your podcasts or on my website here.Get in touch with me on social media! I'm active on Bluesky and LinkedIn (find me @liznorell) or you can email me at liznorell at gmail dot com. More soon!

    10 min

  2. 11/29/2021

    Episode 43: Reading recap - Thomas King & Michael Lewis

    I'm back with another installment of What Liz Has Been Reading Lately, featuring Thomas King's excellent book, The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, and Michael Lewis's latest book, The Premonition. Both are definitely recommended! To find out more about Thomas King, check out this profile from CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/books/thomas-king-is-hopeful-that-his-writing-has-changed-the-world-but-he-s-still-not-sure-1.5795015 And be sure to look up the book I discuss here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-inconvenient-indian Michael Lewis is notoriously social media averse, but you can learn more about him and his work at his web site: http://michaellewiswrites.com/#top Both books he's written in the last five years are among my top nonfiction favorites of all time! They make it easy to understand how, when, and why government is an important part of our overall health and progress as a country.  The Fifth Risk: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393357455 The Premonition: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780393881554 Learn more about the characters I mention: Carter Mecher: https://www.phc.health/team-member/carter-mecher-md Charity Dean: https://www.phc.health/team-member/charity-dean-md-mph-tm-2 Joe DeRisi: https://profiles.ucsf.edu/joe.derisi DeRisi's Lab: http://derisilab.ucsf.edu/ Either would make a great Christmas gift! And while you're at it, why not shop independent bookstores! You can do so using those links or support local bookstores at https://bookshop.org/. Next week, I'll be talking about an excellent book I'm currently about halfway through: Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come, all about introverting, by Jessica Pan. And maybe also some more from Caste, Teaching Machines, and/or Tarana Burke's searing memoir, Unbound, all of which I'm in the middle of right now! Follow me on Goodreads at https://goodreads.com/liznorell to see what I'm reading and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/liznorell to see what I'm thinking.

    11 min

  3. 11/07/2021

    Episode 42: Reading recap - Aubrey Gordon & Isabel Wilkerson

    In this week's episode of What Did Liz Read This Week? I talk about Aubrey Gordon's book What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat and Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste. Y'know. Some light reading. Aubrey Gordon formerly wrote exclusively under her internet handle Your Fat Friend. She's a fat activist and co-host of the incredibly popular podcast Maintenance Phase, along with Michael Hobbes. Isabel Wilkerson won the Pulitzer Prize for her previous book, The Warmth of Other Suns. Her latest book Caste has similarly been hailed as an incredible achievement, chosen by Oprah and others as a book of the year. It's also the common read this academic year for my college's honors program. Links: What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat: https://www.yourfatfriend.com/home/bookMaintenance Phase web: http://maintenancephase.com/MP IG: https://www.instagram.com/maintenancephase/?hl=enMP Twitter: https://twitter.com/maintenancepodAubrey Gordon's web site: https://www.yourfatfriend.com/AG's IG: https://www.instagram.com/yrfatfriend/?hl=enAG's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yrfatfriendMichael Hobbes's web site: https://rottenindenmark.org/MH's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmarkCaste: https://www.isabelwilkerson.com/retailersThe Warmth of Other Suns: http://warmth.isabelwilkerson.com/Isabel Wilkerson web: https://www.isabelwilkerson.com/IW IG: https://www.instagram.com/isabelwilkerson/?hl=enIW Twitter: https://twitter.com/isabelwilkerson

    23 min

  4. 11/01/2021

    Episode 41: Reading recap - Radical Candor (part 2) and Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis

    This week, I talk about key insights from the second half of Kim Scott's revised edition of Radical Candor: How to Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. See the four quadrants that undergird Scott's arguments here: https://www.radicalcandor.com/our-approach/ And read more about Kim Scott here: https://www.radicalcandor.com/ I also share thoughts from Angela Y. Davis's 2003 book, Are Prisons Obsolete?  I'm so often reminded of the saying: "hurt people ... hurt people." Unless and until we can break the cycle of trauma and hurt that leads so many to have their lives forever altered by breaking a law, we will never achieve an equitable criminal justice system. Read more about Davis's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213837/are-prisons-obsolete-by-angela-y-davis/ And consider supporting / researching further with these groups she recommends: http://criticalresistance.org/https://www.hrw.org/https://incite-national.org/http://www.ncianet.org/https://www.prisonactivist.org/https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/http://www.nomoreprisons.org/http://sentencingproject.org/

    12 min

  5. 10/24/2021

    Episode 40: Reading recap - Radical Candor by Kim Scott (part 1)

    It's been a long time since my last episode, mostly because COVID sucks and my anxiety has been spiraling for a while. But I'm back! And starting what I hope will become a regular (or semi-regular) Sunday offering -- a short episode each week (ish) recapping what I've been reading that week. This week, I talk about key insights from the first third of Kim Scott's revised edition of Radical Candor: How to Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. See the four quadrants that undergird Scott's arguments here: https://www.radicalcandor.com/our-approach/ And read more about Kim Scott here: https://www.radicalcandor.com/ This week, I'm hoping to read more of Scott's book AND I'm eager to dive into Angela Davis's short 2003 book, Are Prisons Obsolete?

    17 min

  6. 07/19/2020

    Episode 39: Covid Convos with Gaytha

    This is the fifth in a special series of "covid convos" -- conversations with women about how they've been navigating the coronavirus over the last few months. In this episode, I talk to Gaytha in Dallas, Tex., about how working from home and taking care of her three-year-old daughter Blanche has had a positive impact on her family. Gaytha has learned that "work-life balance" is something that's both easier and harder to achieve in a work-from-home lifestyle, in that she is often working much later in the day, but she also has the flexibility to decide when she's doing most of her work. She has also really loved getting to be Blanche's "person," for the first time since Gaytha was on maternity leave after giving birth. I'm pretty confident you'll find something in this episode to inspire you to think about what you might be taking for granted during these ... odd times. I know I did. If you'd like to be a part of The Liz Cast or share your own #CovidConvo, please reach out! You can get in touch via www.liznorell.com.

    26 min

  7. 07/09/2020

    Episode 38: Covid Convos with Stephanie

    This is the fourth in a special series of "covid convos" -- conversations with women about how they've been navigating the coronavirus over the last couple of months. In this episode, I chat with Stephanie about how her work as an event coordinator at a retreat center in Monteagle, Tenn., has changed since March. (Hint: It's A LOT.) We also talk about a wellness retreat she's planning in July 2020, as well as her thoughts on identity and this moment as a woman of color. Find out more about the conference Stephanie mentions, A Bounty of Good Health, at this web site: https://www.duboseconferencecenter.org/bounty DuBose Conference Center is a wonderful place to escape and hold your events, and it's right down the street from me, too! Find out more about it at https://www.duboseconferencecenter.org/ If you'd like to find out more about Liz or her work, visit https://www.liznorell.com/. Get in touch with show ideas, feedback, or what's on your mind.

    28 min

  8. 06/14/2020

    Episode 37: Covid Convos - with Rachel L.

    This is the third in a special series of "covid convos" -- conversations with women about how they've been navigating the coronavirus over the last couple of months. In this episode, I chat with Rachel, who has weathered -- along with covid-19 -- a tornado and a bee infestation...! While it's been a topsy-turvy couple of months, she reflects back on this time with refreshing perspective and equanimity. I looooooove this episode!

    48 min
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The Liz Cast is a podcast that features real conversations with real people -- about all the things that fascinate me. Listen in for stories and conversations about living, loving, and striving in 2021.

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  • Creator
    Liz Norell
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodes
    45
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © (C) 2018-2021 Liz Norell
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    The Liz Cast