The Flowdown

Andrew Marvin
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A thrice-semesterly podcast featuring conversations with Three Rivers students, faculty, and staff

  1. 4d ago

    17: “Sitting with the Work” with Frederick-Douglass Knowles II

    Show notes for this episode: • Sabbatical • London • Newcastle University • University of Rochester • Frederick Douglass • Center Church, Hartford, CT • Fred’s website • “Who Is Frederick-Douglass Knowles II, Hartford’s First Poet Laureate?” • Key West, FL • Nassau, Bahamas • Botswana • Eastern Connecticut State University • Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall • Sanyika Shakur • Spoken word • Southern Connecticut State University • BlackRoseCity by Frederick-Douglass Knowles II | Amazon • Sinking in Moonlight Alone by Frederick-Douglass Knowles II • Hip-hop • Poetry • Rhyme scheme • Marilyn Nelson | Poetry Foundation • Margaret Gibson • José B. González • “I, Too” by Langston Hughes • “Harlem” by Langston Hughes • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT • The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien | Bookshop.org • Jazz • Hartford Art School • Bebop • John Coltrane • Miles Davis • Charlie Parker • Dizzy Gillespie • Hard bop • Big band • Louis Armstrong • The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia • Jazz documentary by Ken Burns • Hemingway episode 1 by Ken Burns | YouTube • The Vietnam War by Ken Burns • Rock and Roll • “Macho Rock: Men Always Seem to End Up on Top” by Susan Hiwatt • Kanye West • Tina Turner • Beyoncé • Tupac Shakur • Johann Sebastian Bach • Albums for iOS • Longplay for iOS • The College Dropout • The Low End Theory • “In Defense of Kanye’s Vanity: The Politics of Black Self-Love” by Heben Nigatu • Audre Lorde • Hypertension • Libra • Siren: The Voices of Shelley Beattie

  2. Sep 30

    16: “Opposite Anxieties” with Hope Grant

    Show notes for this episode: • Fantastical • The Best Password Managers to Secure Your Digital Life | Wired • CT State Honors Program • Caffeine • Vitaminwater • Dr. Pepper • Burger King brings back Cini Minis to menu • Root beer • Quinebaug Valley campus | CT State • Biology (BIO) | CT State • Photosynthesis • World war • Band of Brothers • Political Science (POLS) | CT State • Goodfellas • The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt • Eastern Connecticut State University • BigBang • Meadows Music Theatre • K-pop • KPop Demon Hunters • BTS • Study Abroad | Eastern Connecticut State University • Sacred Heart University • ZZ Top with George Thorogood & The Destroyers • SeatGeek • Sensaphonics • The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas • War of 1812 • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir • Hard science fiction • Ready Player One by Ernest Cline • The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger • The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald • “Fantastic Baby” by BigBang | YouTube • NBA Jam • Retro World Expo • Duolingo • WINS (AM) • War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy • Anxiety • Sunday scaries • Post-traumatic stress • “Blood Sweat & Tears” by BTS | YouTube • G-Dragon • Quizlet • How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport

  3. May 14

    15: “The 2024 Pre-Nursing Cohort” with Zachary Duda, Elizabeth Turner, and Jazmin Hall

    Show notes for this episode: Jeopardy! Registered Nursing programs | CT State ARTH 1013: Architecture of the World Italy England Multilingualism Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT Certified Nursing Assistant Homeschooling Seton Home Study School Motivation BIO 2111: Anatomy & Physiology I Integrity Wolf's Den Family Campground Monadnock State Park Anterior cruciate ligament injury Equestrianism Association football Once on This Island Hello, Dolly! Jesus Christ Superstar Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Hartford Stage Death of a Salesman The Book of Mormon Mormonism Heartland New York City Broadway theatre Raising Cane's French fries Hank's Dairy Bar, Plainfield, CT

  4. Apr 30

    14: ”A Bowl Full of Kittens” with Jon Brammer

    Show notes for this episode: Blue Yeti microphone Shure Beta 87a Shure SM7B Shure MV7+ Lesley University Contemplative education Comparative religion The Bear Tutoring and Academic Success Center | CT State Three Rivers Philosophy Cosmology Eastern philosophy Ethics Trolley problem David Hume Top Gun CSI Ernest Hemingway Hyphens and Dashes | Practical Typography Signs of AI writing | Wikipedia Join or Die Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam Third place Turing test Christianity Islam Fear of missing out Montessori education Sous-chef Foodie Rooster Fighter Bass guitar Krav Maga Villari's Martial Arts

  5. Mar 24

    13: “Lawful Literature” with Todd Barry

    Show notes for this episode: Stephen Sondheim Stephen Sondheim on Inside the Actor's Studio | YouTube Into the Woods Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Assassins Into the Woods: MTI Conversation Piece with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine | YouTube Sondheim teaches… YouTube playlist Elaine Stritch Parasocial interaction Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka Meditation Waking Up app Hamlet Yoga Generation X Millennials UConn Law 7891: Law and Literature | University of Connecticut Hollywood, Los Angeles Simon & Schuster Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory by Peter Barry The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages by Harold Bloom Harold Bloom Renowned literary critic Harold Bloom on the Power of Reading | YouTube Grammarly B******t "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ENG 1020: Composition II and Literature | CT State Community College Catalog Mommy's Delicious Food, Norwich, CT | Instagram Mahzu Sushi, Norwich, CT

  6. 04/30/2025

    12: “Functional and Comfortable” with Pamela Williams

    Show notes for this episode: Twenty Thousand Hertz Criminal Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me! 99% Invisible “What's Up, Doc? Mel Blanc and the Magic of Looney Tunes” | Twenty Thousand Hertz “Pew Pew! The Making of Star Wars’ Iconic Sounds” | Twenty Thousand Hertz Looney Tunes Marvin the Martian Star Wars Logan's Run Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer | YouTube CT State Libraries Seventh-inning stretch Imposter syndrome “I know that I know nothing.” Middlemarch Madness David Sedaris Blood Meridian, narrated by Richard Poe | Amazon The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family The Silmarillion, narrated by Andy Serkis Three Rivers Campus Library Singer sewing machines IBM Selectric Episode 18: The Memory Artist | This Is Love Podcast Episode 19: The Wolves | This Is Love Podcast Note: The Flowdown will be on summer break until September 2025. See you in the fall!

  7. 04/01/2025

    11: “Making Yourself Uncomfortable” with Tia D’Alessandro

    Show notes for this episode: Heirloom Market Shrinking Severance CT State AI Presidential Fellows Program 2025 Cohort Rhode Island College Anthropology University of Hartford Public speaking Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg Glossophobia "To the Student Who Used AI to Do a Paper" by Joseph Fasano | Poets.org Center for Teaching | CT State Dr. Miguel Cardona | Ed.gov Costco Victor Wooten: Words of Wisdom #9 | YouTube

  8. 02/26/2025

    10: “Thinking My Last Thought” with Almira Gulotta

    Show notes for this episode: Zenyatta Mondatta The Police (band) Noun Giant panda Charismatic megafauna Poke Pokémoto | Groton, CT Salute | Hartford, CT Grass and Bone | Mystic, CT (permanently closed) Steak tartare Boredom Cookie Run: Witch's Castle Sewing Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Venusaur | Bulbapedia Lucario | Bulbapedia Pokémon X and Y Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow Cetaphil Skin Moisturizers for Sensitive Skin Vitamin D The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter | Kottke.org Tick Lyme disease Alpha-gal syndrome Rabies Rat snake Ouroboros Garden of Eden Judas Iscariot Theology Fashion Bikini Bikini Atoll Hartford Denim Company Madewell Fast fashion Steelcase Leap Muji Blackwing Pilot G2 Pilot Juice Uniball Signo DX UM-151 Shorthand Duolingo Turkish language Insomnia Yoga Richard Siken Sylvia Plath | The Poetry Foundation Harold Bloom Mary Oliver | The Poetry Foundation The Bell Jar Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy Suttree Eve Babitz Slow Days, Fast Company Dune Game of Thrones Bruvvy “Dredd Hot” | YouTube “Fake It” | YouTube “Portrait of Fryderyk in Shifting Light” by Richard Siken

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A thrice-semesterly podcast featuring conversations with Three Rivers students, faculty, and staff

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  • Creator
    Andrew Marvin
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    The Flowdown