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At The Elephants with Rob Morris profiles alumni, faculty and other guests of UNC School of The Arts.
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Some of the leading experts in Business Strategy talk about their recent work and recent thoughts in relation to Business Strategy.
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Sing Français is a podcast about French language for singers. The host is an early career opera singer and French language specialist. A different guest each episode lets us into their personal relationship with the French language, before performing a live French piece and receiving personalised coaching.
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Want to be a high-achiever? We talk to the top performers in their fields about what it takes to become just that! Across industry and career fields there are some habits that the highest achievers have adopted to help them reach peak performance. Discover what those at the top of their games do to keep them ahead of the pack and continuously achieving. From Real Estate to top-athletes, Engineers to CEOs - we get the scoop on the key things that keep these bar-setters performing head and sho ...
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Subscribe for weekly discussions with cult survivors, experts in religious trauma recovery, and other topics related to recovering from religious harms. This show is hosted by volunteers from Recovering From Religion, which is a non-profit organization that works to provide hope, healing, and support for people who have questions or doubts about their faith. Whether you are an atheist, religious, or leaving a cult, we hope you will find this podcast helpful. We aren’t here to talk you out of ...
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Had a wonderful chat meeting and diving into the mind of Grey Grant. Gotta love that alliteration. They're an alliteration Girlie. Enjoy.Grey Grant, a composer and performer, discusses their journey as a trans non-binary person and their passion for music and theater. They talk about how they chose their name and their experiences in the music and …
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Katie was a blast to talk to! Love connecting with young new grads barreling into the business with blood, sweat, and tears. Enjoy.SummaryKatie discusses her background, including her name, living in Princeton, and her love for sleep. She talks about her recent acting projects and her work at Princeton University. The conversation then delves into …
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Ivan Potter-Smith is back! we had the best conversation about Artificial Intelligence and the ways we think it will and has already effected art. GPT, Sora, free coloring books, 3d printing. It is all HERE! Enjoy.The conversation explores the impact of AI and 3D printing on the art industry. It discusses how AI is already replacing certain jobs in …
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It is INTERNATIONAL WEEK on AtE! PART 2 All the way from the Windy City of India! Ojas Jain shares insight into the Bollywood scene in Mumbai as he walks us through his choice not to join the family business but instead to study and pursue filmmaking education in America. How does that happen and why is he not in Los Angeles? Find out and you know …
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It is INTERNATIONAL WEEK on AtE! PART 1 Lighting majors unite! We covered the globe-trotting travels of Ms. Yuko Taniguchi from Japan across the sea, back, across the sea, AGAIN. The specific journey to lighting through a need for community and so much more. Enjoy.
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Samantha in the house! Don't miss this great chat about the swing from Musical Theater to Opera to Editing! Enjoy. Samantha Richardson shares her background and experiences growing up in a fractured family. She discusses the dynamics of her parents' divorces and remarriages, as well as her relationship with her sister. Samantha reflects on the diff…
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Grant West discusses his background and journey into the film industry. He talks about growing up in North Carolina, his passion for making videos with friends, and his decision to pursue film in college. Initially interested in producing, he later discovered a love for design and directing. Grant also shares his thoughts on the role of a director …
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Ivan Potter-Smith (VA '10 D&P '14)
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What a wonderful artist Ivan Potter-Smith is. Starting in the mountains of Asheville, we work our way to Winston-Salem where we find a quick chat with a visual artist that started passionate about comic books and landed painting scenes. Now he does all kinds of things and he feels great about that. Shouldn't we all. Enjoy.…
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Great episode today with classical vocal major: Bonnie Blackwell. We talk about the freedom to be happy, Moravian church, different experiences with singing as an art form, pursuing confidence through your work and much more. Fun Fact: Bonnie is an actual ray of sunshine. Enjoy.
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(better watched on YT/Spotify than listened to) This year Steven and Rob hit up some massive alumni events at Lincoln Center in New York and in Winston-Salem for the first ever UNCSA Homecoming! Follow these stories in this special holiday episode of At The Elephants! For Rob's full breakdown of Homecoming:https://youtu.be/RRhK2j4YV7UFor the Golden…
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Aaron Hammersley is a wonderful fellow that has had quite a journey. More of this podcast became about bisexual representation than was planned but thats how things shake out sometimes. In this case, we have two Los Angelenos sharing their stories of awakening and transformation! Also about working your way towards your dream job in unexpected ways…
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Holiday Special pt.1 | Faith in Art/The Art of Faith
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The happiest of New Years to you all! Please enjoy this holiday compilation compiled by Rob and Steven--and that's not even the best part! This is only part 1! Faith and Religion are often the roots for people who catapult into the intense study of art available at a conservatory like UNCSA. Sometimes we depart that faith and sometimes we embrace i…
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E212: Cuban Ray-guns, Schoolgirl Poisonings, and Monkey Men with Rob Palmer
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This week on RfRx, Rob Palmer returns to discuss mass psychogenic illness. Have U.S. government employees in Havana and all around the world – even behind the White House gates – been attacked and injured over the past seven years by secret energy-weapons wielded by undiscovered assailants for political reasons? Have thousands of girls in their sch…
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You can go your own way! That is the resounding lesson in today's chat with the insightful and talented Drake Duffer (great name, come on!). You can find Drake's music all over the music platforms but you can find this chat right here about his life in Winston-Salem, NC before, during, and after UNCSA! Yes we got a townie on the show today and he's…
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E211: Atheist Street Pirates: Building Secular Community with Evan Clark
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This week on RfRx, Evan Clark joins us to talk about Atheist Street Pirates, local activists who track and remove illegal religious signage littering highways, streets, and neighborhoods with unwelcome and illegal street propaganda across the United States. Evan will share ideas for building and maintaining secular communities using innovative tech…
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E210: Godless Engineering with John Gleason
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This week on RfRx, John Gleason (Godless Engineer) joins us to talk about his deconversion from religion, dealing with shame and loss of close relationships as a result, and using his background in computer and software engineering to build an online community. John argues that “godless” is a term that signifies religion is a part of our past, a fa…
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Mariah is from Long Island. Born and raised. Listening to her you would never know it--why that is, may surprise you. We get into the long journey that took her out of New York for school and what took her right back. Married, working, dancing--this was another great chat about learning and how people are different. NOT SO SIDE NOTE: If you can, go…
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Russian live from Turkey! Roza and I had a wonderful chat over a not-so-wonderful internet connection that touched on the immigrant experience, the good places to play tennis, the magic of language and the right ways to educate (spoiler: there is no right way). Don't miss it!
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The beautiful and talented Roxy Peykamian is on the show today talking about the lifelong aspiration of documentary filmmaking, the realization of the pausing of that dream AFTER achieving it for reasons that will surprise you, her Persian North Carolina roots, why she's being working in the wardrobe department and more. Don't miss it!…
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E209: Laughing Loudly in Outer Darkness with Stephanie M.
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Losing faith for a person born into the LDS church (aka the Mormons) has been compared to a death by a thousand cuts. This week on RfRx, Stephanie shares her experience leaving the LDS church. Stephanie comes from a family with roots in the early years of the church, and is one of the few members of her family who has officially removed her name fr…
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E208: Playing Devil's Advocate with Lucien Greaves
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After leaving religion, many people report experiencing lingering feelings of fear of hell and demonic forces from their former religious traditions. Others have found more creative ways to reinterpret the myth of Satan. For this week’s RfRx Foundation Spotlight episode, we chat with Lucien Greaves, co-founder of the Satanic Temple, about non-theis…
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E207: Getting Lost in Trauma w/ David Teachout
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This week on RfRx, David Teachout returns to talk about trauma. Religious fundamentalism often wants us to define ourselves through trials and victimization to declare ourselves martyrs to a cause. Let’s discuss getting out of this mindset and into one that celebrates humanistic pride within adversity. David Teachout is a mental health therapist an…
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E206: Separating Religion and Government w/ Geoffrey T. Blackwell
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This week on RfRx, we are joined by attorney Geoffrey T. Blackwell to discuss the separation of religion and government. We will have a general discussion about the concept of separation of church and state, the current state of the law in the United States, and some recent relevant Supreme Court cases and victories on behalf of non-religious folks…
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E205: Deconstruction on the Spectrum with Anthony Dominello
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This week on RfRx, Anthony Dominello joins us to discuss how autism affects deconstruction and deconversion from religion. Anthony will discuss what autism is, describe the diversity of autistic people both in their personal identities and presentations and share his experiences of deconstruction and deconversion as it relates to people with autism…
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E204: Surviving a Christian Cult w/ Andrew Pledger
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This week on RfRx, Andrew Pledger comes on the show to share his experiences of his upbringing in a fundamentalist Christian cult and the level of control and mental abuse he experienced as a student at Bob Jones University as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Andrew will further discuss his experiences with fundamentalism and the intersection of r…
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E203: Politics and Civic Engagement After Religion: Part 2 w/ Jason Racheotes
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This week on RfRx, Jason Racheotes returns for the continuation of his presentation on Politics and Civic Engagement After Religion. We will be discussing how our views on politics and civic engagement may evolve and change after deconverting or coming out of religion. We will learn about some different political concepts that are often ignored and…
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E202: Philosophy and Secularism w/ Nicholas Soutter
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How can philosophy improve our understanding of secularism and critical thinking? This week on RfRx, join us for a conversation about secularism and philosophy with philosopher, author, and speaker Nicholas Soutter. We will discuss the field of philosophy and its applications to secularism, dogma, controversial social issues, and science fiction. B…
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E201: How to Avoid Cognitive Bias w/ Richard Gilliver
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How do you know if your thinking and decision-making are biased? We encounter so much information on a daily basis that all of us are susceptible to cognitive bias, which is often the result of our brains’ attempts to simplify information processing. This week on RfRx, Richard Gilliver will discuss what cognitive biases are, how to avoid bias in sk…
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E200: Trauma and Your Brain w/ Dr. Darrel Ray
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Religion impacts our brains and nervous systems. The evidence is easy to see and is experienced by many people. Dr. Ray will show how emotions like fear and disgust are used by religion. He will also demonstrate how religion interferes with our normal attachment systems and how religion distorts normal development from childhood to adulthood among …
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E199: Why There Is No God w/ Armin Navabi
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This week on RfRx, join us for a conversation with former Shia Muslim, author, and public speaker, Armin Navabi. Armin will discuss his faith and his journey to becoming a secular activist, as well as his book “Why There Is No God”, in which he deconstructs common arguments for the existence of a god. Bring your questions for the live Q&A with Armi…
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E198: How to Avoid Getting Hung Up on Bad Ideas w/ Matt Dillahunty
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This week on RfRx, we are joined by Matt Dillahunty, a well-known activist and lecturer on topics including skepticism, humanism, atheism, and critical thinking. Matt will be talking with us about his experiences examining his own beliefs, explaining how to critically evaluate claims, and answering your questions about religion, faith, and the supe…
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Nicholas is an impressive fellow. I can say that confidently after chatting with him on this episode. Somehow we never met before but we had a wonderful chat about the path of the dancer, working with family, the love of music as a tool, and not to mention this dude has got mad hats. Like you don't even know. Don't miss it!…
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The wonderful Trent Spivey is here everyone! Long Time Listener, First Time Caller (LTLFTC); we had the best conversation about the work he's doing now in VR. Specifically, helping to record immersive experience with terminal family remembers. Sounds like Black Mirror right? I thought so too. We get into it and so much more don't miss it!…
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How to Help Others w/Marcus Bridgewater
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10 quick brilliant minutes from Marcus Bridgewater on how to help others help themselves and why greed prevails. FROM FULL EPISODE: "MARCUS BRIDGEWATER"
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Very recent graduate Charlie Herndon in my living room to talk about how we're shaped by education and what that really means to each of us. We also talk about how Family Guy is still watchable and plenty more. Don't miss it!
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Nine years and three deans apart in Drama Directing--today on AtE the lovely Marina from Brazil is here to dish on how things have changed in our shared major, the journey as an international student, the dreaded visa process and (my favorite) the sensibilities of Gen Z and the differences in language in culture looking at America from the outside-…
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Steven Kopp II (AtE Co-Producer)
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Kopp's back! We sat down in LA after our homecoming trip to talk about WHY he works on At The Elephants. We cover how Steven came on to the show earlier this year and the value he sees in the ongoing discussion. Why do people end up at UNCSA? Did it save your life or F you up or is it just college? These questions are interesting to both of us. Ste…
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David Parker, Joyce Actor & Margaret Holtz (Drama '73)
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Shot AT THE ELEPHANTS WITH ROB MORRIS, this mini-episode contains some wonderful chats with Golden Pickles (50 years out) from (U)NCSA. David Parker, Joyce Actor & Margaret Holtz share their stories of how they ended up at this brand new thing called the North Carolina School of the Arts in the 1969 Summer of Love. David and Margaret shared that of…
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UNCSA had its first ever homecoming! But there's no sports game right? What once was PICKLESTOCK is reinvented! What did it consist of? Who was there? How could it be better? All this and more this week on At The Elephants! Don't miss it! Stay tuned for chats with some Golden Pickles (50 years out) recorded AT THE ACTUAL ELEPHANTS! Are ya kidding m…
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Finally got the band leader on the talk show as a guest after many years. For those that don't know, Daniel is the composer and performer of At The Elephants music (both intro and outro were borrowed from his album PUNK PHILOSOPHY). We get into the story of how the music got on the podcast and even better why it was written! What makes a musical so…
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Johnny Reese is in the house and we had a wonderful chat about SC, growing up queer, growing up Christian and all sorts of other growing up. Don’t miss it!
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Brandon Harris III (Drama '10)
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The boys are back in the closet! Brandon is back At The Elephants continuing the deep dive with Rob about how two best friends have had such different journeys.
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We got a double dancer! That's right HS and Undergrad for Sofia from Brazil. We got into the on-campus life of an international student and really dug into the experience of traveling to the states to do the art. Also a big fan of the "was this too much for you at that age" conversation. For Sophia, well you go watch and listen and she can tell you…
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E197: Why Science Education is Important w/ Dr. Ethan Siegel
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This week on RfRx, we are joined by Ethan Siegel Ph.D., astrophysicist and author of "Starts with a Bang!" He is a science communicator who has taught physics and astronomy at various colleges and written numerous books. He will share fascinating information about the universe, and discuss the importance of science education and science communicati…
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James Carey joins us LIVE (not really) from Capitol Hill! We got into his transition from management of stages to managing events in our nations diplomatic epicenter! Love takes us in all sorts of directions and Mr. Carey shows us that today on AT. THE. ELEPHANTS! Don't miss it.
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E196: Celebrating Sex Positivity w/ Arden Hart
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We are kicking off Pride Month with an intimate conversation with adult content creator Arden Hart. We’ll talk about gender diversity, sex positivity and adult entertainment. We’ll also learn about common arguments used to advance anti-trans laws and where those arguments are flawed in reasoning and evidentiary backing. Bring your questions for Ard…
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E195: Logical Fallacies: The Sequel w/ Rob Palmer
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This week on RfRx, Rob Palmer is returning to host Part II of the interactive logical fallacies trivia challenge. Bring your A-game and play trivia with us, or just come watch the show and hone your critical thinking skills. Why? Because recognizing these bad arguments can help you do two things: avoid being deceived by false claims made by others,…
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I absolutely ADORE Sara Seger and so should you. Sara is one of the first pickles I met in my entire School of the Arts journey. OG. Listen to us catch up and talk RIOULT, the rare 4-year High School NCSA experience, dance as a lifetime career and so much more. Don't miss it!
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Quick Rob-Only episode for you updating you on the State Of the Pod. Wanted to talk about bringing on Steven Kopp & Michael Johnson, breaking through 100 episodes, the future of the show, homecoming this year, what we are learning, the reoccurring themes of AtE and the gratitude for our listeners. Don't miss it!…
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The one and only Brentwood Slim! Mr. Wayne Bennett is in the house or at least in a house and let me tell ya, this is a great episode. We talk drumming, hip-hop, being the only black man in his drama class, Jacksonville, and so much more. Don't miss it!
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