
23. India Hagen-Gates
India Hagen-Gates, PhD candidate in the SIU School of Communication Studies, joins Mario to discuss environmental rhetoric and representation, Unlikely Hikers, conceptualizations of nature, and teachi...
19 Sep 202555min

22. Dr. Sakshi Bhati
Welcome back from summer! Dr. Sakshi Bhati, assistant professor in the SIU School of Communication Studies, joins Mario to discuss leadership communication, community engagement, mental health, and im...
9 Sep 20251h 13min

21. Alicia Utecht
Alicia Utecht, PhD candidate in the SIU School of Communication Studies, joins Mario to talk about her fate to attend SIU going back to her time in undergrad, academic service, disability studies, fan...
26 Mai 20251h 6min

20. "Cult Piece" Postmortem
T Brown, SIU Communication Studies PhD candidate and director of the Kleinau Theater show Cult Piece, joins Mario to reflect of the production and the process of its creation. Cult Piece is an experim...
7 Mai 20251h

19. Dr. Caleb McKinley-Portee
Dr. Caleb McKinley-Portee, assistant lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts at Southern Illinois University, joins Mario to discuss Black performance aesthetics, Afrofuturism, Sankofa, the blending o...
21 Apr 20251h 12min

18. "'Til Death Do Us Part" Postmortem
Sean Maulding, SIU Communication Studies PhD student and director of the Kleinau Theater show 'Til Death Do Us Part, joins Mario to discuss his recent performance and the core concepts that shape it. ...
7 Apr 202557min

17. Justin Young
Welcome back to the Communication Studies podcast! SIU School of Communication Studies assistant lecturer Justin Young joins new host Mario Sanders to talk about his winding path to academia, his love...
27 Mar 20251h 10min

16. "Left on Read" Postmortem
Zoe Freedkin, director of the Kleinau Theater show Left on Read, joins Justin this week to discuss the recent production from genesis of idea through post-production reflections. Left on Read is Freed...
28 Okt 20221h 7min



















