The Ampersand

  • portrait of Rennie Harris against background of Flatiron mountains
    When hip-hop icon and legendary choreographer Rennie Harris joins 'The Ampersand' podcast, expect to learn the difference between the backslide and the moonwalk.
  • black and white photo of CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº campus with only Old Main built
    On an Ampersand walking tour of campus during CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s 150th anniversary year, Professor Emeritus Paul Chinowsky weaves a tapestry of campus stories one brick at a time.
  • illustration of Red Riding Hood with wolf
    On The Ampersand, Professor Ann Schmiesing explores the elements of a Grimm Brothers fairy tale and how these stories illuminate deeper truths about being human.
  • portrait of Marcia Douglas
    CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº Professor Marcia Douglas brings the images and memories that fill her writing, as well as her love of language and words, to The Ampersand.
  • Monica LaBonte playing guitar and singing onstage
    Monica LaBonte, a CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº alumnus and prominent Colorado musician, visits The Ampersand to discuss ski bumming, teaching, gigging to sometimes-small audiences and always finding joy in the music.
  • Portrait of Dan Carlin
    CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº alumnus Dan Carlin brings a love of history and a punk sensibility to a new season of The Ampersand as he discusses his hit podcast, Hardcore History.
  • Studio portraits of Aba Arthur
    From Oprah to Wakanda, CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº alum Aba Arthur has charted a career in which the most impressive thing isn’t necessarily the glow of Hollywood, but the joy of finding her voice in a new world that hasn’t been universally welcoming.
  • Reiland Rabaka
    Reiland Rabaka, a CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº professor of ethnic studies, joins The Ampersand to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.
  • Suter
    Neuroscience and art practices major Rachel Suter joins The Ampersand podcast to discuss saying ‘Why not?’ and stepping into the unknown .
  • Illustration of Viking ship at sea
    CU Âé¶¹Ó°Ôº researcher Mathias Nordvig joins The Ampersand podcast to discuss animism, Norse mythology and what it means to live on Earth.
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