This podcast features alumna author Sophie Brickman, class of 2002. Sophie is a writer, journalist, and editor whose work has appeared in the “New Yorker,” the “New York Times,” the “Wall Street Journal,” “Saveur,” the “San Francisco Chronicle,” the “Best Food Writing” compilation, and the “Best American Science Writing” compilation, among other publications. She is a contributor to the op/ed section of the “Guardian,” and her first book, “Baby, Unplugged,” explored the intersection between pare...
Jan 23, 2025•46 min
This podcast features alumna author Daphne Uviller, class of 1989. She is the author of the Zephyr Zuckerman Series: “Super in the City,” “Hotel No Tell,” and “Wife of the Day.” Her first book was an acclaimed anthology, coedited with Deborah Siegel, “Only Child: Writers on the Singular Joys and Solitary Sorrows of Growing Up Solo.” A former book and poetry editor at “Time Out New York,” Daphne's reviews, profiles, and articles have been published in the “Washington Post, the “New York Times,” “...
Aug 28, 2024•48 min
This podcast features alumnus Grant Kleiser, class of 2013. Grant is a teacher of history at Trinity and recently passed his doctoral defense at Columbia University in the City of New York and will receive his PhD in May 2024. Grant’s dissertation explored free ports in the Atlantic region where goods and services could be traded with less oversight than in most European imperial ports. He received his undergraduate degree "summa cum laude" from the University of Pennsylvania. At Columbia he spe...
Apr 22, 2024•58 min
This podcast features alumnus author David Grosz, class of 1993. David is editorial director and chief digital officer at Cahiers d’Art Institute, a publisher of catalogues raisonnés of leading twentieth and twenty-first century artists and architects, including Frank Gehry, Sam Gilliam, Robert Irwin, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, and Niki de Saint Phalle. David is a graduate of Yale University and received an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College. His debut novel is “Provid...
Mar 13, 2024•35 min
This podcast features alumna author Nicole Ruane, class of 1988. Nicole is senior lecturer in classics, humanities, and Italian Studies at University of New Hampshire. She was previously a visiting assistant professor at Syracuse University, a lecturer at Northeastern University, and an instructor at Union Theological Seminary and The General Theological Seminary. She has published numerous scholarly articles about gender, sacrifice, and ritual in the Bible and her work was included in “A Questi...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr 3 min
This podcast features alumnus author Scott Newman, class of 2017. Scott is a writer, editor, podcast host, and founder. He has visited nearly forty countries and has lived in Amman, Antibes, New York, Sydney, and Paris. His debut book is “The Night Before the Morning After.”
Jul 12, 2023•40 min
This podcast features alumnus author Jason Schwartzman, class of 2008. Jason is a writer, senior editor, biographer, and teacher. His writing has appeared in the “New York Times,” “New York Magazine,” “Narratively,” “Gothamist,” “Hobart,” “BULL,” “River Teeth,” “X-R-A-Y,” and other publications. Jason lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, Alexandra, and their dog, Stella. His debut book is, “No One You Know.”
May 18, 2023•53 min
This podcast features alumnus author Cyrus R. K. Patell, class of 1979. Cyrus is professor of English at New York University in New York. He received his AB, AM, and PhD in English and American literature and language from Harvard University. His scholarship and teaching centers on the theory and practice of world literature; cosmopolitanism; Global Shakespeare; “Star Wars;” minority discourse theory; literary historiography; and US literary history. He is the author of “Emergent U.S. Literature...
Apr 26, 2023•59 min
This podcast features alumna author Aleksandra Crapanzano, class of 1988. Aleksandra is a screenwriter and food writer. A recipient of The M.F.K. Fisher Award for Distinguished Writing from The James Beard Foundation, she is a dessert columnist for “The Wall Street Journal.” She is the author of “The London Cookbook” and “Eat. Cook. LA.,” and her work has been widely anthologized, most notably in “Best American Food Writing.” She has been a frequent contributor to “Bon Appetit,” “Food & Wine...
Feb 08, 2023•44 min
This podcast features alumna author Catherine Price, class of 1997. Catherine is a science journalist, founder of ScreenLifeBalance.com, and the author of several books including: “How to Break Up With Your Phone” and “Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food.” Her work has appeared in the “Best American Science Writing,” the “New York Times,” “Popular Science,” “O, The Oprah Magazine,” the “Los Angeles Times,” the “San Francisco Chronicle,” the “Washington Post Magazin...
Jan 18, 2023•44 min
This podcast features alumnus author Calvin D. Sun, class of 2004. Calvin is a board-certified physician specializing in emergency medicine, a public speaker, author, activist, and travel writer based in New York City. He has worked at multiple emergency departments—most notably during the COVID-19 pandemic—as well as large-scale events primarily across the New York City metropolitan area. Calvin is also the founder of The Monsoon Diaries: a blog-turned-travel community that has taken hundreds o...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 20 min
This podcast features alumna author Phoebe Zerwick class of 1978. Phoebe is an award-winning investigative journalist, narrative writer, and college professor. Her writing has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine ; National Geographic ; the Nation ; the Winston-Salem Journal ; and Glamour , among other publications. Her work has been recognized by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, Columbia Univer...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 34 min
This podcast features alumnus author Tom Lin class of 2014. Tom was born in Beijing, China, and immigrated to the United States when he was four years old. A graduate of Pomona College, he is currently in the PhD program in the English department at the University of California, Davis. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu is his debut novel.
Jun 02, 2022•58 min
This podcast features Associate Professor of Education and (by courtesy) History at Stanford University Emily J. Levine class of 1997. She received her PhD in history and the humanities at Stanford and her BA from Yale, where she later returned as an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow. She was the recipient of fellowships from the National Humanities Center and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and her work is currently supported by a multi-year Stanford grant dedicated to recovering the u...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 5 min
This podcast features Lower School Learning Specialist Monique Duncan who has been at Trinity since 2017. Monique is dedicated to influencing youth positively through education and advocacy. She writes and illustrates multicultural children's stories that inspire, amuse, and foster a love of reading, while reflecting images and experiences with which children of diverse cultures can identify. She aims to help cultivate their understanding of themselves, their communities, and the world around th...
Apr 21, 2022•45 min
This podcast features Vincent Katz class of 1978. Vincent is a poet, translator, critic, editor, and curator. He is the author of fifteen books of poetry, including Broadway for Paul and Previous Glances: an intense togetherness . He won the 2005 National Translation Award, given by the American Literary Translators Association, for his book of translations from Latin, The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius . He was awarded a Rome Prize Fellowship in Literature at the American Academy in Rome...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 5 min
This podcast features alumna author Katherine “Kitty” Harvey class of 1999. Kitty is an adjunct assistant professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. She is also on the board of advisors at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and holds a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies from King's College London. Previously, she served as an intelligence officer in the US Navy, with tours in the Middle East, Europe, and at sea. Her book is A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: ...
Feb 24, 2022•42 min
This podcast features alumnus author Mark Prins class of 2007. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Mark has received fellowships from the Truman Capote Trust, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. Previously, he studied literature at Williams College and Exeter College, Oxford. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. His debut novel is The Latinist , a modern retelling of the myth of Daphne and Apollo set in the lofty world of cutthroat academia.
Feb 09, 2022•52 min
This podcast features alumna author Sophie Brickman class of 2002. Sophie is a writer, journalist, and editor whose work has appeared in the New Yorker , the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , Saveur , the San Francisco Chronicle , the Best Food Writing compilation, and the Best American Science Writing compilation, among other publications. She is currently a columnist at the Guardian . Her book is Baby, Unplugged , which explores the intersection of parenting and technology. To listen ...
Jan 12, 2022•47 min
This podcast features Head of Computer Science Justin Gohde, who has been teaching math and computer science for more than twenty years. He oversees Trinity’s computer science curriculum and programs, including a design lab makerspace with a wide collection of rapid prototyping tools for supporting computer science, robotics, and other STEAM-focused projects. His book is Programming with OpenSCAD: A Beginner's Guide to Coding 3D-Printable Objects , a learn-to-code book that introduces core compu...
Dec 08, 2021•39 min
This podcast features Teacher of Visual Arts Myriam Abdelaziz, who was born in Egypt, grew up in Switzerland, and has lived in France. A graduate of the International Center of Photography, in 2009 and 2011 she was named by the Magenta Foundation as one of twenty-five emerging photographers in the United States and she is a winner of the Lens Culture Emerging Talent prize, American Photography #24, La Bourse du Talent, and PhotoEspana as well as being nominated for the Pictet Prize in 2016 and 2...
Nov 10, 2021•48 min
This podcast features Teacher of Physical Education and Fitness Teresa Edwards, a five-time Olympian and a four-time Olympic gold medalist—in 1984 she became the youngest basketball player to win a gold medal and in 2000 the oldest to win gold—a two-time All-American basketball player, the University of Georgia retired her jersey number, one of only three players to receive that honor. She scored 1,982 points playing for the Cairo High School Syrupmakers and in 1982 was named Georgia High School...
Oct 19, 2021•41 min
This podcast features Jennifer S. Hirsch class of 1984, a medical anthropologist and professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University, who codirects the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation, known as SHIFT, a research project on sexual assault and sexual health among Columbia undergraduates. With Shamus Khan, she is coauthor of Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus , which draws on SHIFT’s ethnographic research to examine sexual assault and ...
Feb 27, 2020•55 min
This episode of podmissum features Commencement 2019, with senior speakers Audrey Vachel Coombe ’19 and Umar Bin Ali ’19, commencement speaker Richard Stengel—the parent of Gabriel, class of 2016 and Anton, class of 2019—as well as The Reverend Timothy L. Morehouse, Trinity’s chaplain; John Allman, the head of school; Thomas Bolster, teacher of performing arts; Stephen M. Kolman, the Upper School principal; Alexis Mulvihill, assistant head of school for academic affairs; and Philip Berney, the p...
Jun 05, 2019•1 hr 58 min
Alumna author Kristina Pérez ’98 identifies as a half-Argentine and half-Norwegian native New Yorker. She holds a PhD in medieval literature from the University of Cambridge and has taught at the National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong. As a journalist, she’s written for many international news outlets including the Wall Street Journal Asia , Condé Nast Traveler , and CNN. She is the author of the nonfiction adult title, The Myth of Morgan LaFey and the young adult fanta...
Mar 05, 2019•50 min
A conversation with Teacher of English Brad Anderson and Teacher of Classics Bill Pagonis about the Iliad and Odyssey and the reasons that they continue to value and learn from these ancient poems. Brad Anderson joined Trinity's English Department in 2005 and has his degrees from Stanford University and Yale University. Bill Pagonis has taught in Trinity's Classics Department since 2003 and has degrees from Ohio University and The City University of New York. The conversation took place in the n...
Dec 24, 2018•1 hr 6 min
This episode of podmissum features Commencement 2018, with senior speakers Laura Mia Russo ’18 and Julian Hornos Kohl ’18, commencement speaker Amy Davidson Sorkin—the parent of Oscar, class of 2018—as well as The Reverend Timothy L. Morehouse, Trinity’s chaplain; John Allman, the head of school; J. Bradford Anderson, teacher of English; Stephen M. Kolman, the Upper School principal; Alexis Mulvihill, assistant head of school for academic affairs; and Matthew McLennan, the president of the board...
Jun 29, 2018•1 hr 34 min
John Werner has created a career out of bringing ideas, networks and people together to generate powerful results. Currently, John serves as Managing Director and Partner at Link Ventures, and as Chief Network Officer, SVP Corporate Development of Cogo Labs. Before joining Link Ventures and Cogo Labs, John's deep curiosity and penchant for problem-solving led him to a diverse set of roles spanning many fields and interests. Previously, John was a VP at Meta, a Y-Combinator augmented reality star...
May 15, 2018•31 min
Nancy Reyes ’93 has had a nearly twenty-year career in advertising and is one of the most respected professionals in her field. She is currently the managing director at TBWA\Chiat\Day New York. Prior to TBWA, Nancy was vice-president of marketing for Verizon, responsible for 360-degree creative product for the brand’s wireless business, which included advertising, retail, and social marketing under the “Better Matters” brand platform. She has worked in advertising agencies in New York City and ...
May 03, 2018•57 min
This episode of podmissum features David A. Lifson ’68. David A. Lifson ’68, is a partner with Crowe LLP based in New York City and a leader of the firm’s national Global Private Client Service tax and business consultancy practice, where he develops business strategies and personal financial plans utilizing both his and the firm’s broad range of accounting, audit, tax and business consulting backgrounds, both domestically and internationally. Lifson was co-managing partner of Hays & Co. LLP...
Apr 30, 2018•24 min
