It’s My Prerogative: Self-publishing, Creativity, and Going Freelance feat. Melanie Ho
Send us Fan Mail It's a Bruin reunion! This week we welcome fellow Smart Girl and self-published author, Melanie Ho, as we discuss the hidden curriculum of self-publishing. We get into the nuts and...
21 Nov 20251h 8min
What About Your Friends?: Black Feminism & Informal Networks feat Sharon Harley
Send us Fan Mail We trace how Black feminist networks form, sustain, and transform lives, from a painful academic slight to a thriving community rooted in mentorship, writing, and everyday care. Prof....
7 Nov 202552min
First Gen Coalitions: Making Connections between Black and Asian Student Experience feat. Jim Lee
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, LT reconnects with longtime friend and colleague Professor Jim Lee (Asian American Studies, UC Irvine), who played a pivotal role in her transition from undergrad to ...
24 Okt 202554min
All The Smart Girl Feels: Doing Cancer While Doing A Book Tour
Send us Fan Mail It all started with a routine self-exam. In this episode, LT and Sam get specific in all the ways search results rarely do. We talk costs in plain numbers, coordination with surgeons ...
10 Okt 202540min
What is a Graduate Student?: Learning the Higher Ed Hidden Curriculum on the Fly feat. Tracy Buenavista
Send us Fan Mail In What is a Graduate Student: Learning the Higher Ed Hidden Curriculum on the Fly, LT and Sam welcome special guest Dr. Tracy Buenavista—professor of Asian American Studies at Cal St...
26 Sep 202557min
We Never Go Out of Style: Gen X Culture, Class, and the First-Gen Experience feat. Phuc Tran
Send us Fan Mail In Episode Four—aka The English Major Episode—LT and Sam welcome self-proclaimed “Honorary Smart Girl,” Phuc Tran, author of Sigh, Gone and Cranky, for a pop culture deep dive Gen X s...
12 Sep 20251h 31min
Being Black First Gen feat. George Turner
Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to be Black and first-gen? In this heartfelt and freewheeling episode, LT is joined by her former student—and now lifelong friend—Hon. George A. Turner, Jr. for a de...
29 Aug 20251h 7min
The Decision: Making Choices as a First Gen feat. Claire Brady
Send us Fan Mail In Episode Two, LT and Sam sit down with Dr. Claire Brady—President of Glass Half Full Consulting, former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, and proud first-gen grad—to flip the scri...
15 Aug 202557min
