Doc to Dock

Doc to Dock Pod
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What happens when long-distance friends turn their voice notes into a podcast? Doc to Dock is where two PhDs, Nicole K. Mayberry and Brett S. Goldberg, turn their ongoing voice notes into conversations that travel across place, politics, and perspective. Together, they explore how where we are shapes how we think, bridging time zones, disciplines, and ideas; a space where friendship and geography meet reflection. It’s voice notes turned podcast. Place as perspective.

  1. 4D AGO

    S2. Ep. 5 Politics is Gonna Do You, Babe.

    This week Nicole docks the conversation on the topic we were, surely, all told to bring up at the dinner table: politics. Brett and Nicole ask the question… does “apolitical” exist? If politics is about power, community, and how we negotiate space with one another, can anyone really opt out? They trace how repeated crises, platformized news, and cultural flashpoints (from sports to Super Bowl halftime to global conflict) have made politics feel inescapable. Through a conversation about the political as social — and the “geography of reason” that shapes what we see, center, or ignore — they unpack neutrality, privilege, and the choices we make about media, language, and engagement. Because whether you “do politics” or not they remind listeners… Politics is gonna do you, babe. Show Notes Nicole’s Notes 📚 Katherine McKittrick: Demonic Grounds: Black Women and the Cartographies of Struggle 📚 Lewis Gordon: Shifting the Geography of Reason in Black and Africana Studies - https://doi.org/10.1080/00064246.2020.1780861 🎬 Darkest Hour (2017) 🎬 The West Wing (Mercator Project Scene)-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Xyz9MgDWA  Brett’s Notes Tor Publishing - https://torpublishinggroup.com/  TJ Klune - https://torpublishinggroup.com/search/tj+klune Dr. Brett’s TJ Klune Rec’s Under the Whispering Door Green Creek series (four-book series) In the Lives of Puppets The House in the Cerulean Sea Doc to Dock is co-hosted, written, produced, and edited by Dr. Brett S. Goldberg and Dr. Nicole K. Mayberry.  Original music by Matt Bogdanow; artwork by Andre Gonzalez.  Doc to Dock is recorded between Washington, D.C. and Orange County, CA. We record on Nacotchtank/Anacostan, Piscataway, Pamunkey, Hashemann and Tongva lands.

    1h 12m

  2. MAR 6

    S2 Ep. 4 Now That's What I Call Millennial Angst!

    In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation from a perspective of millennial angst, political fatigue, and generational survival. What begins as a reflection on the low-grade anxiety humming through millennial adulthood shifts when breaking news of military escalation in the Middle East reframes the moment in real time. Framing the past 25 years as a darkly comic infomercial — Now That’s What I Call Millennial Angst — Nicole and Brett trace the emotional track list that shaped their generation: 9/11, the 2008 collapse, endless wars, Trump(s), COVID, and the persistent sense that the next headline is always waiting. Humor, loyalty, and even absurd protest become survival strategies, not forms of denial, but ways of metabolizing crisis without surrendering to it. Rather than offering geopolitical expertise, they reflect on place, perspective, and the daily practice of staying engaged while protecting joy. Show Notes  Nicole’s Notes 🎬 Vice (2018) A dramatized look at Dick Cheney, the Bush administration, and the lead-up to the Iraq War. 🎧 Blowback (Podcast, Season 1) A narrative deep dive into the Iraq War; how it started, how it was sold, and its long-term consequences. 🎬 The Big Short (2015) A dark comedy breakdown of the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street decisions that triggered it. Doc to Dock is co-hosted, written, produced, and edited by Dr. Brett S. Goldberg and Dr. Nicole K. Mayberry.  Original music by Matt Bogdanow; artwork by Andre Gonzalez.  Doc to Dock is recorded between Washington, D.C. and Orange County, CA. We record on Nacotchtank/Anacostan, Piscataway, Pamunkey, Hashemann and Tongva lands.

    1h 18m

  3. FEB 27

    S2 Episode 3. On Curiosity and Joy

    In this episode, Brett docks the conversation from a perspective of curiosity, joy, and survival. After a candid account of living with suicidal ideation, Brett shares a clinical reframe: curiosity as an actionable, sustaining practice. Brett and Nicole explore how small pleasures, obsessive fandoms, and everyday curiosities can become lifelines. They weave personal stories (from Lord of the Rings to Ted Lasso and Pokémon Go) into a larger argument about utopia as practice, the difference between hope and actionable care, and how genuine curiosity builds connection. Gentle, practical challenges and reading/listening recommendations are offered for listeners who want to lean into joy without erasing the darker realities. Content note: This week’s episode discusses themes around suicide and mental health.  Brett’s Notes:  Julien Baker “Appointments” music video Ted Lasso “Be curious, not judgemental” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FofLSherM Lord of the Rings “Theoden’s Battle Speech” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POdknqszMDY  Brett’s suicide writing: Thoughts on/of Suicide On Hope and Despair On Writing, Connection, and Emotions in a Pandemic Inside/Out … or … The Workplace Nicole’s Notes Lord of The Rings “The tales that really mattered” video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8SX0mWP0 Playlist LOTR: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7Jijv5dCRvZX1RqgjQTSLc?si=c9674fb8b6274893  Need help? Know someone who does? - Call or text 988- Chat at 988lifeline.org  Connect with a trained crisis counselor. 988 is confidential, free, and available 24/7/365. Doc to Dock is co-hosted, written, produced, and edited by Dr. Brett S. Goldberg and Dr. Nicole K. Mayberry.  Original music by Matt Bogdanow; artwork by Andre Gonzalez.  Doc to Dock is recorded between Washington, D.C. and Orange County, CA. We record on Nacotchtank/Anacostan, Piscataway, Pamunkey, Hashemann and Tongva lands. For more or find us on https://linktr.ee/doctodockpod and follow the show at @doctodockpod on Instagram and YouTube.

    1h 4m

  4. FEB 20

    S2 Episode 2: The Rise of the American Gestapo

    In this episode, Brett docks the conversation from Minneapolis, reflecting on the visible escalation of state violence and the rhetoric surrounding ICE. Together, Brett and Nicole interrogate the phrase “American Gestapo”: why it resonates, where it illuminates, and where it risks obscuring a harder truth — that ICE is not a foreign aberration but a product of a long U.S. genealogy of racialized containment. Drawing on history, geography, and Nicole’s framework of cartographies of subordination, they ask what it means to confront authoritarianism without exporting it elsewhere. Trigger/content note: This episode discusses police and state violence, murder, and systemic racism. Listener care is advised. Brett’s Notes Hamilton, 2015.  Nicole’s Notes Whitman, James Q. Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law. Princeton University Press, 2017. Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Random House, 2020. Blee, Kathleen M. Women of the Klan: Racism and Gender in the 1920s. University of California Press, 1991. McGhee, Heather. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. One World, 2021. Tuan, Yi-Fu. Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience. University of Minnesota Press, 1977. Hall, Stuart. “The Work of Representation.” In Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices, edited by Stuart Hall, Sage, 1997. Mayberry, Nicole K. Shrouded Cartographies of Subordination: How Science Fiction Stories Build Anti-Black Futures. PhD diss., Arizona State University, 2022. Doc to Dock is co-hosted, written, produced, and edited by Dr. Brett S. Goldberg and Dr. Nicole K. Mayberry.  Original music by Matt Bogdanow; artwork by Andre Gonzalez.  Doc to Dock is recorded between Washington, D.C. and Orange County, CA. We record on Nacotchtank/Anacostan, Piscataway, Pamunkey, Hashemann and Tongva lands. For more or find us on https://linktr.ee/doctodockpod and follow the show at @doctodockpod on Instagram and YouTube.

    1h 19m

  5. FEB 13

    S2 Episode 1. Can Women and Men Be Just Friends?

    In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation by sitting with a question that keeps coming up in her friendships and relationships: can men and women actually be just friends? Thinking about When Harry Met Sally, Nicole and Brett unpack how popular media, religion, and gendered socialization shape the limits placed on friendship. Nicole reflects on growing up in rigid religious gender worlds and later relationships structured by mistrust and surveillance, while Brett situates the question within architectures of masculinity, loneliness, and entitlement. Together, they explore why jealousy is treated as inevitable, trust as naïve, and friendship as something that must be justified or closely monitored. The conversation moves through questions of power, emotional capacity, and boundaries, challenging the expectation that intimate partnerships should be everything, and asking what gets lost when other forms of connection are restricted or devalued. It’s a reflection on friendship, desire, and what it means to build a life shaped by relationships that expand, rather than narrow, who we’re allowed to be. Nicole’s Notes When Harry Met Sally (1989) We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity by bell hooks History of Sexuality Vol 1 by Michel Foucault  Brett’s Notes Stud: Architectures of Masculinity by Joel Sanders American Pie (1999) “APT.” – Rosé & Bruno Mars Doc to Dock is co-hosted, written, produced, and edited by Dr. Brett S. Goldberg and Dr. Nicole K. Mayberry.  Original music by Matt Bogdanow; artwork by Andre Gonzalez.  Doc to Dock is recorded between Washington, D.C. and Orange County, CA. We record on Nacotchtank/Anacostan, Piscataway, Pamunkey, Hashemann and Tongva lands. For more or find us on https://linktr.ee/doctodockpod and follow the show at @doctodockpod on Instagram and YouTube.

    1h 16m

  6. 12/08/2025

    Bonus Dock. I Have Friends Everywhere with Dr. Gabby Lout.

    In this bonus episode for season 1, the Docs are joined by Dr. Gabby Lout, Ph.D., to talk about friendship—the kind that travels across time zones, life phases, and shifting priorities. Together, they reflect on what it means to keep showing up for each other when careers, continents, and calendars get in the way. The conversation explores the work of maintaining connection, how adult friendships evolve, and why having “friends everywhere” is both a gift and a challenge. Show Notes Nicole’s Notes  Infusion Coffee & Tea Crafters in Tempe, Arizona  Brett’s Notes Little Ox Coffee in Fullerton, CA @littleoxcoffee) - Instagram Gabby’s Notes Ocean Outcomes  The Doc to Dock Podcast is produced by Dr. Nicole Mayberry and Dr. Brett Goldberg. Original music written and composed by Matt Bogdanow. Podcast artwork designed and illustrated by André Gonzalez. For more or find us on https://linktr.ee/doctodockpod and follow the show at @doctodockpod on Instagram and YouTube.

    1h 26m

  7. 12/05/2025

    Episode 6. Am I A Man or A Muppet?

    In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation, asking what it means to live between ambition and ease—to want success and still long for stillness. Brett and Nicole talk about the pull between striving and slowing down, and how that tension shows up in everything from career choices to the curated calm of social media. They look at the trad-wife phenomenon as an extreme expression of this desire for comfort, and how it blurs the line between resistance and retreat. The conversation explores how feminism, surveillance, and selfhood intersect online, and what it means to negotiate the parts of ourselves that want different things. It’s a thoughtful and grounded reflection on ambition, rest, and the contradictions of wanting a life that feels both full and free. Nicole’s Notes Passport to Paris (1999) Gilmore Girls (TV series, 2000–2007) Maintenance Phase (Podcast, hosted by Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes)The Truman Show (1998) Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (1975) Brett’s Notes Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)New York Minute (2004) Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake The Doc to Dock Podcast is produced by Dr. Nicole Mayberry and Dr. Brett Goldberg. Original music written and composed by Matt Bogdanow. Podcast artwork designed and illustrated by André Gonzalez. For more or find us on https://linktr.ee/doctodockpod and follow the show at @doctodockpod on Instagram and YouTube.

    1h 8m

  8. 11/28/2025

    Episode 5. Love? Actually, patriarchy.

    In this episode, Brett docks the conversation, asking what love looks like under patriarchy—and why so many men are, well, mid. Nicole and Brett unpack how capitalism, masculinity, and social expectation shape the ways we love, labor, and stay. They talk about the pandemic’s impact on intimacy, the loneliness of settling, and why so many cultural narratives end at the chase but skip the realities of a relationship. The conversation explores emotional imbalance, accountability, and the tension between comfort and fulfillment. It’s a grounded and candid reflection on love as work, patriarchy as constraint, and what it means to build relationships that nurture our individual freedoms rather than limit them. Show Notes Brett’s Notes Love Actually (2003) bell hooks, All About Love: New Visions (2000) Marriage Story (2019) Annie Hall (1977) Nicole’s Notes Moulin Rouge! (2001) The Materialists (2025, forthcoming) Hitch (2005) Pride & Prejudice (2005) Gone Girl (2014) The Doc to Dock Podcast is produced by Dr. Nicole Mayberry and Dr. Brett Goldberg. Original music written and composed by Matt Bogdanow. Podcast artwork designed and illustrated by André Gonzalez. For more or find us on https://linktr.ee/doctodockpod and follow the show at @doctodockpod on Instagram and YouTube.

    1h 25m
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What happens when long-distance friends turn their voice notes into a podcast? Doc to Dock is where two PhDs, Nicole K. Mayberry and Brett S. Goldberg, turn their ongoing voice notes into conversations that travel across place, politics, and perspective. Together, they explore how where we are shapes how we think, bridging time zones, disciplines, and ideas; a space where friendship and geography meet reflection. It’s voice notes turned podcast. Place as perspective.

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  • Creator
    Doc to Dock Pod
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Explicit
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