Amherst at 200: Celebrating Mind, Heart, and Community https://www.amherst.edu/ en © Amherst College. All Rights Reserved. Since 1821, Amherst has prepared critical and creative thinkers for lives of purpose and discovery. Amherst at 200: Celebrating Mind, Heart, and Community, released as a part of our Bicentennial celebration and narrated by Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Wright ’87, showcases the stories of 10 graduates from 70 years ago until the present. Each story is both a snapshot of life on campus and a reflection of the richness of an Amherst education. Tony Jack ’07, through personal experience and social research, explores how race and class impact the academic experience. Kathy Chia ’88 shows how the liberal arts can inform the architectural design process. Bill Pritchard ’53 describes how the College can change and grow without sacrificing what makes it special. Plus, current Amherst president Biddy Martin and past presidents Tony Marx and Tom Gerety reflect on their experiences at the College and the importance of the liberal arts in higher education. Listen to the stories and voices that make up the 200-year history of Amherst. Produced by Cadence13, in collaboration with Amherst College. https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f6e051e8-37fa-11ec-8784-476e380279aa/image/AMH106-Amherst-at-200-Cover-1800.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Amherst at 200: Celebrating Mind, Heart, and Community https://www.amherst.edu/ no episodic Amherst College Since 1821, Amherst has prepared critical and creative thinkers for lives of purpose and discovery. Amherst at 200: Celebrating Mind, Heart, and Community, released as a part of our Bicentennial celebration and narrated by Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Wright ’87, showcases the stories of 10 graduates from 70 years ago until the present. Each story is both a snapshot of life on campus and a reflection of the richness of an Amherst education. Tony Jack ’07, through personal experience and social research, explores how race and class impact the academic experience. Kathy Chia ’88 shows how the liberal arts can inform the architectural design process. Bill Pritchard ’53 describes how the College can change and grow without sacrificing what makes it special. Plus, current Amherst president Biddy Martin and past presidents Tony Marx and Tom Gerety reflect on their experiences at the College and the importance of the liberal arts in higher education. Listen to the stories and voices that make up the 200-year history of Amherst. Produced by Cadence13, in collaboration with Amherst College. Since 1821, Amherst has prepared critical and creative thinkers for lives of purpose and discovery. Amherst at 200: Celebrating Mind, Heart, and Community, released as a part of our Bicentennial celebration and narrated by Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Wright ’87, showcases the stories of 10 graduates from 70 years ago until the present. Each story is both a snapshot of life on campus and a reflection of the richness of an Amherst education. Tony Jack ’07, through personal experience and social research, explores how race and class impact the academic experience. Kathy Chia ’88 shows how the liberal arts can inform the architectural design process. Bill Pritchard ’53 describes how the College can change and grow without sacrificing what makes it special. Plus, current Amherst president Biddy Martin and past presidents Tony Marx and Tom Gerety reflect on their experiences at the College and the importance of the liberal arts in higher education. Listen to the stories and voices that make up the 200-year history of Amherst. Produced by Cadence13, in collaboration with Amherst College.

]]> Amherst College comm@amherst.edu 14 | Bill Ford Former Amherst trustee Bill Ford ’83 is CEO of General Atlantic, a private equity firm that is based in New York but active around the globe in the climate, consumer, life sciences, healthcare, and technology sectors. He talks with President Biddy Martin about business, philanthropy and the relevance of a liberal arts education to a rapidly changing world. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstBillFordTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 06 May 2022 07:01:00 -0000 Bill Ford full Amherst College Former Amherst trustee Bill Ford ’83 is CEO of General Atlantic, a private equity firm that is based in New York but active around the globe in the climate, consumer, life sciences, healthcare, and technology sectors. He talks with President Biddy Martin about business, philanthropy and the relevance of a liberal arts education to a rapidly changing world. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstBillFordTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Former Amherst trustee Bill Ford ’83 is CEO of General Atlantic, a private equity firm that is based in New York but active around the globe in the climate, consumer, life sciences, healthcare, and technology sectors. He talks with President Biddy Martin about business, philanthropy and the relevance of a liberal arts education to a rapidly changing world.

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]]> 1314 no 13 | Rebecca Segal Rebecca Segal ’18 was a transfer student, a neuroscience major and Amherst’s first U.S. Army ROTC member in 24 years. Now she’s a field artillery officer and a first lieutenant. In this interview with President Biddy Martin, she describes all of these experiences, plus the three lasting lessons she learned in her college courses. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstRebeccaSegalTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 04 May 2022 07:01:00 -0000 Rebecca Segal full Amherst College Rebecca Segal ’18 was a transfer student, a neuroscience major and Amherst’s first U.S. Army ROTC member in 24 years. Now she’s a field artillery officer and a first lieutenant. In this interview with President Biddy Martin, she describes all of these experiences, plus the three lasting lessons she learned in her college courses. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstRebeccaSegalTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Rebecca Segal ’18 was a transfer student, a neuroscience major and Amherst’s first U.S. Army ROTC member in 24 years. Now she’s a field artillery officer and a first lieutenant. In this interview with President Biddy Martin, she describes all of these experiences, plus the three lasting lessons she learned in her college courses.

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]]> 1560 no 12 | Fede and Ale Sucre Federico and Alejandro Sucre are twin brothers who grew up in Caracas, Venezuela; attended high school in New Mexico and Wales, respectively; and then both enrolled in Amherst’s class of 2013. They converse with President Biddy Martin about their academic and career paths, the sense of community they found on the men’s soccer team and more. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstSucreBrothersTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:01:00 -0000 Fede and Ale Sucre full Amherst College Federico and Alejandro Sucre are twin brothers who grew up in Caracas, Venezuela; attended high school in New Mexico and Wales, respectively; and then both enrolled in Amherst’s class of 2013. They converse with President Biddy Martin about their academic and career paths, the sense of community they found on the men’s soccer team and more. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstSucreBrothersTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Federico and Alejandro Sucre are twin brothers who grew up in Caracas, Venezuela; attended high school in New Mexico and Wales, respectively; and then both enrolled in Amherst’s class of 2013. They converse with President Biddy Martin about their academic and career paths, the sense of community they found on the men’s soccer team and more.

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]]> 1730 no 11 | Rosanne Haggerty President Biddy Martin speaks with Rosanne Haggerty ’82, former Amherst trustee and current president and CEO of Community Solutions, about how the organization strives toward a lasting end to homelessness in communities nationwide. Both Haggerty herself and Community Solutions have won MacArthur Foundation awards for their work.   Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstRosanneHaggertyTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 27 Apr 2022 07:01:00 -0000 Rosanne Haggerty full Amherst College President Biddy Martin speaks with Rosanne Haggerty ’82, former Amherst trustee and current president and CEO of Community Solutions, about how the organization strives toward a lasting end to homelessness in communities nationwide. Both Haggerty herself and Community Solutions have won MacArthur Foundation awards for their work.   Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstRosanneHaggertyTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices President Biddy Martin speaks with Rosanne Haggerty ’82, former Amherst trustee and current president and CEO of Community Solutions, about how the organization strives toward a lasting end to homelessness in communities nationwide. Both Haggerty herself and Community Solutions have won MacArthur Foundation awards for their work.  

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]]> 1293 no 10 | Kirk Johnson Kirk Johnson ’82 is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He digs deep into his passion for paleontology and geology, as well as his memories of Amherst. And he takes a panoramic view of the future of the College and the planet. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstKirkJohnsonTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 22 Dec 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Kirk Johnson full Amherst College Kirk Johnson ’82 is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He digs deep into his passion for paleontology and geology, as well as his memories of Amherst. And he takes a panoramic view of the future of the College and the planet. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstKirkJohnsonTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Kirk Johnson ’82 is the Sant Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He digs deep into his passion for paleontology and geology, as well as his memories of Amherst. And he takes a panoramic view of the future of the College and the planet.

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]]> 1646 no 9 | Meron Hirpa Dr. Meron Hirpa ’11 is a physician focused on public health and health equity in Cincinnati and Ethiopia. She recalls bidding an emotional farewell to her family and enrolling at Amherst as a first-generation college student, in pursuit of her longtime dream of becoming a doctor. Find out how the telementoring and QuestBridge programs, as well as faculty, staff and alumni, helped her blaze her path. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstMeronHirpaTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 17 Dec 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Meron Hirpa full Amherst College Dr. Meron Hirpa ’11 is a physician focused on public health and health equity in Cincinnati and Ethiopia. She recalls bidding an emotional farewell to her family and enrolling at Amherst as a first-generation college student, in pursuit of her longtime dream of becoming a doctor. Find out how the telementoring and QuestBridge programs, as well as faculty, staff and alumni, helped her blaze her path. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstMeronHirpaTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Dr. Meron Hirpa ’11 is a physician focused on public health and health equity in Cincinnati and Ethiopia. She recalls bidding an emotional farewell to her family and enrolling at Amherst as a first-generation college student, in pursuit of her longtime dream of becoming a doctor. Find out how the telementoring and QuestBridge programs, as well as faculty, staff and alumni, helped her blaze her path.

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]]> 1427 no 8 | Bill Pritchard While still an undergraduate, William H. Pritchard ’53 “decided that there was nothing in the world that I would rather do than come back and teach at Amherst”—and that’s exactly what he did. Pritchard, now the Henry Clay Folger Professor of English, Emeritus, looks back on more than 70 years of learning, teaching and institutional change. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstBillPritchardTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 15 Dec 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Bill Pritchard full Amherst College While still an undergraduate, William H. Pritchard ’53 “decided that there was nothing in the world that I would rather do than come back and teach at Amherst”—and that’s exactly what he did. Pritchard, now the Henry Clay Folger Professor of English, Emeritus, looks back on more than 70 years of learning, teaching and institutional change. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstBillPritchardTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices While still an undergraduate, William H. Pritchard ’53 “decided that there was nothing in the world that I would rather do than come back and teach at Amherst”—and that’s exactly what he did. Pritchard, now the Henry Clay Folger Professor of English, Emeritus, looks back on more than 70 years of learning, teaching and institutional change.

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]]> 1963 no 7 | Chris Lehane Chris Lehane ’90 is currently a global policy and communications executive at Airbnb and previously served as special assistant counsel in the Clinton White House. As a college student, he got the chance to have pizza with another future U.S. president. Lehane shares this story and other memories and insights from his days as a political activist and athlete at Amherst. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstChrisLehaneTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 10 Dec 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Chris Lehane full Amherst College Chris Lehane ’90 is currently a global policy and communications executive at Airbnb and previously served as special assistant counsel in the Clinton White House. As a college student, he got the chance to have pizza with another future U.S. president. Lehane shares this story and other memories and insights from his days as a political activist and athlete at Amherst. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstChrisLehaneTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Chris Lehane ’90 is currently a global policy and communications executive at Airbnb and previously served as special assistant counsel in the Clinton White House. As a college student, he got the chance to have pizza with another future U.S. president. Lehane shares this story and other memories and insights from his days as a political activist and athlete at Amherst.

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]]> 1630 no 6 | Christine Croasdaile Now a J.D./M.B.A. candidate at Howard University, Christine Ayanna Croasdaile ’17 looks back to her many activities at Amherst: majoring in Black studies and Spanish, engaging with Black and Caribbean student organizations, and taking on a key role in the activist movement known as Amherst Uprising. Croasdaile also looks ahead, sharing her hopes for the College’s future. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstChristineCroasdaileTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 08 Dec 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Christine Croasdaile full Amherst College Now a J.D./M.B.A. candidate at Howard University, Christine Ayanna Croasdaile ’17 looks back to her many activities at Amherst: majoring in Black studies and Spanish, engaging with Black and Caribbean student organizations, and taking on a key role in the activist movement known as Amherst Uprising. Croasdaile also looks ahead, sharing her hopes for the College’s future. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstChristineCroasdaileTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Now a J.D./M.B.A. candidate at Howard University, Christine Ayanna Croasdaile ’17 looks back to her many activities at Amherst: majoring in Black studies and Spanish, engaging with Black and Caribbean student organizations, and taking on a key role in the activist movement known as Amherst Uprising. Croasdaile also looks ahead, sharing her hopes for the College’s future.

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]]> 1451 no 5 | Pat Fitzgerald As a federal prosecutor, Pat Fitzgerald ’82 has worked on multiple high-profile legal cases, including those related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa. Here, the former Amherst trustee looks back on the most indelible moments of his career and on the many lessons he learned when arrived at the College from a Catholic high school in Manhattan. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstPatrickFitzgeraldTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Pat Fitzgerald full Amherst College As a federal prosecutor, Pat Fitzgerald ’82 has worked on multiple high-profile legal cases, including those related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa. Here, the former Amherst trustee looks back on the most indelible moments of his career and on the many lessons he learned when arrived at the College from a Catholic high school in Manhattan. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstPatrickFitzgeraldTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices As a federal prosecutor, Pat Fitzgerald ’82 has worked on multiple high-profile legal cases, including those related to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa. Here, the former Amherst trustee looks back on the most indelible moments of his career and on the many lessons he learned when arrived at the College from a Catholic high school in Manhattan.

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]]> 1448 no 4 | Becky Rwakabukoza Becky Rwakabukoza ’14 grew up in Mubende, Uganda, the youngest in a family of 10 children and the highest-ranking student in her district. In this episode, she describes her journey to and through Amherst as a Koenig Scholar and what she has learned about feminist advocacy in a Ugandan context. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstBeckyRwakabukozaTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Becky Rwakabukoza full Amherst College Becky Rwakabukoza ’14 grew up in Mubende, Uganda, the youngest in a family of 10 children and the highest-ranking student in her district. In this episode, she describes her journey to and through Amherst as a Koenig Scholar and what she has learned about feminist advocacy in a Ugandan context. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstBeckyRwakabukozaTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Becky Rwakabukoza ’14 grew up in Mubende, Uganda, the youngest in a family of 10 children and the highest-ranking student in her district. In this episode, she describes her journey to and through Amherst as a Koenig Scholar and what she has learned about feminist advocacy in a Ugandan context.

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]]> 1471 no 3 | Kathy Chia Math, fine arts, physics, drama, philosophy, travel, guidance from faculty: Kathy Chia ’88—co-principal of Desai Chia Architecture and a former Amherst trustee—outlines how every element of her liberal arts education has helped to shape her thinking as an architect. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstKathyChiaTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 19 Nov 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Kathy Chia full Amherst College Math, fine arts, physics, drama, philosophy, travel, guidance from faculty: Kathy Chia ’88—co-principal of Desai Chia Architecture and a former Amherst trustee—outlines how every element of her liberal arts education has helped to shape her thinking as an architect. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstKathyChiaTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Math, fine arts, physics, drama, philosophy, travel, guidance from faculty: Kathy Chia ’88—co-principal of Desai Chia Architecture and a former Amherst trustee—outlines how every element of her liberal arts education has helped to shape her thinking as an architect.

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]]> 1654 no 2 | Freddie Bryant Jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and professor Freddie Bryant ’87 takes us back to his childhood among artists and musicians in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Then he reflects on how his Amherst experience shaped his understanding of racial identity as well as his musical career. This episode features music performed by Bryant and his parents, Beatrice Rippy and Carroll Hollister, class of 1922. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstFreddieBryantTranscript Music, in order of appearance: Kaleidoscope by Freddie Bryant This, and My Heart performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister Come Slowly, Eden performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister Trouble Man performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister By, an’ By performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister I’m Goin’ to Tell God All My Troubles performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister Serena by Freddie Bryant Hommage by Freddie Bryant Aria from “Acias y Galatae” performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister More World...More Jazz by Freddie Bryant Mother to Son performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Freddie Bryant full Amherst College Jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and professor Freddie Bryant ’87 takes us back to his childhood among artists and musicians in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Then he reflects on how his Amherst experience shaped his understanding of racial identity as well as his musical career. This episode features music performed by Bryant and his parents, Beatrice Rippy and Carroll Hollister, class of 1922. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstFreddieBryantTranscript Music, in order of appearance: Kaleidoscope by Freddie Bryant This, and My Heart performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister Come Slowly, Eden performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister Trouble Man performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister By, an’ By performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister I’m Goin’ to Tell God All My Troubles performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister Serena by Freddie Bryant Hommage by Freddie Bryant Aria from “Acias y Galatae” performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister More World...More Jazz by Freddie Bryant Mother to Son performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader and professor Freddie Bryant ’87 takes us back to his childhood among artists and musicians in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Then he reflects on how his Amherst experience shaped his understanding of racial identity as well as his musical career. This episode features music performed by Bryant and his parents, Beatrice Rippy and Carroll Hollister, class of 1922.

Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstFreddieBryantTranscript

Music, in order of appearance:

  1. Kaleidoscope by Freddie Bryant
  2. This, and My Heart performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
  3. Come Slowly, Eden performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
  4. Trouble Man performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
  5. By, an’ By performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister
  6. Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister
  7. I’m Goin’ to Tell God All My Troubles performed by Todd Duncan, Piano by Carroll Hollister
  8. Serena by Freddie Bryant
  9. Hommage by Freddie Bryant
  10. Aria from “Acias y Galatae” performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister
  11. More World...More Jazz by Freddie Bryant
  12. Mother to Son performed by Beatrice Rippy Hollister

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]]> 1830 no 1 | Tony Jack Sociologist Anthony Abraham “Tony” Jack ’07 is the author of The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students. In this episode, he describes his own experience as a first-generation, low-income student at Amherst—and how he made it all the way to the front page of The New York Times and on to a Ph.D. and professorship at Harvard. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstTonyJackTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:30:00 -0000 Tony Jack full Amherst College Sociologist Anthony Abraham “Tony” Jack ’07 is the author of The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students. In this episode, he describes his own experience as a first-generation, low-income student at Amherst—and how he made it all the way to the front page of The New York Times and on to a Ph.D. and professorship at Harvard. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstTonyJackTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Sociologist Anthony Abraham “Tony” Jack ’07 is the author of The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students. In this episode, he describes his own experience as a first-generation, low-income student at Amherst—and how he made it all the way to the front page of The New York Times and on to a Ph.D. and professorship at Harvard.

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]]> 1770 no Presidents in Conversation Amherst College President Biddy Martin convenes with two of her predecessors, Tony Marx and Tom Gerety, for a discussion moderated by Cullen Murphy ’74. The three presidents compare notes on the meaning and value of a liberal arts education, the surprises they found at Amherst, the challenges of their leadership roles and their advice to their successor for guiding the College into the future. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstPresTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:01:00 -0000 Presidents in Conversation full Amherst College Amherst College President Biddy Martin convenes with two of her predecessors, Tony Marx and Tom Gerety, for a discussion moderated by Cullen Murphy ’74. The three presidents compare notes on the meaning and value of a liberal arts education, the surprises they found at Amherst, the challenges of their leadership roles and their advice to their successor for guiding the College into the future. Transcript: https://bit.ly/AmherstPresTranscript To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Amherst College President Biddy Martin convenes with two of her predecessors, Tony Marx and Tom Gerety, for a discussion moderated by Cullen Murphy ’74. The three presidents compare notes on the meaning and value of a liberal arts education, the surprises they found at Amherst, the challenges of their leadership roles and their advice to their successor for guiding the College into the future.

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]]> 2265 no Welcome to Amherst at 200: Celebrating Mind, Heart, and Community For 200 years, Amherst College has proven the value of the liberal arts. Beginning this fall, Amherst celebrates the stories of 10 alumni whose time at Amherst College spans seven decades. Listen to the stories and voices that make up the proud 200-year history of Amherst. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:26:45 -0000 trailer Amherst College For 200 years, Amherst College has proven the value of the liberal arts. Beginning this fall, Amherst celebrates the stories of 10 alumni whose time at Amherst College spans seven decades. Listen to the stories and voices that make up the proud 200-year history of Amherst. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices For 200 years, Amherst College has proven the value of the liberal arts. Beginning this fall, Amherst celebrates the stories of 10 alumni whose time at Amherst College spans seven decades. Listen to the stories and voices that make up the proud 200-year history of Amherst.

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