The Vein is a student-produced podcast that weaves together the different voices of our University. We aim to share student and faculty stories as well as research perspectives. Here's hoping you find something that makes you think!
Episode 5: Plight of the Mind
Released 8 Apr 2015
In this episode, several UChicago students reflect on their experiences with mental illness.
Production: Kelsey Whitcomb, Orly Farber, Varsha Sundar, Flavius Beca, Jared Simo...
Bread Beats: "Turn of the Century"
Released 14 Mar 2015
Jenzo DuQue reads his story "Turn of the Century."
Episode 4: Racial Profiling in Hyde Park
Released 12 Mar 2015
Policing and racial profiling in Hyde Park.
Production: Konje Machini, Paul Dillon, Kenya Senecharles, Eric Holmberg, Jessica Law, Noah Sawyer, Alex Ding, Shombit Chaudhuri
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Blacklight Speaks - "Some Virginal Thots"
Released 28 Feb 2015
In the first episode of Blacklight Speaks, Ariel Stevenson reads her personal essay "Some Virginal Thots." Be sure to look for her piece in the upcoming Gender & Sexuality e...
Bread Beats: Valentine
Released 14 Feb 2015
Poems:
"Lover Lite" by Paul Dillon, from the upcoming issue of Sliced Bread
"3" by Yehuda Amichai
"A Drinking Song" by William Butler Yeats
"Twice Shy" by Seamus Heaney
Bread Beats: "The Byzantine Birds"
Released 31 Jan 2015
Julian Spergel reads "The Byzantine Birds" by Lillian Selonick.
Bread Beats: "Underneath" "Tom Hanks"
Released 31 Jan 2015
Elizabeth Bynum reads her poem "Underneath" and Lucia Lu reads her poem "Tom Hanks".
Episode 3: Values
Released 5 Dec 2014
What began as a story about the University of Chicago’s endowment grew into a conversation about how values affect decisions of investment, and on a broader scale, decisions of ...
Bread Beats: "It Was A Dark And Stormy And"
Released 26 Nov 2014
Sliced Bread + The Vein = Bread Beats! A new literary podcast from students at UChicago.
"It was a dark and stormy, and..."
Bread Beats: "The Pill," "Us, Thinking," "Catch & Release"
Released 26 Nov 2014
Sliced Bread + The Vein = Bread Beats! A new literary podcast from citizens of UChicago.
"I worried I lost us, in Union Station..."
Episode 2: The Sacrifice
Released 13 Oct 2014
In this episode, we discuss different animal models used in research.
Episode 1: Gender
Released 13 Oct 2014
In this episode, we explore questions of gender, focusing on the biological and social phenomena that shape our conceptions of self.