The Seed Field

Zoe Weil Says “Education Is the Root System Underlying All Other Societal Systems”

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 1 Apr 2026 19:00:00 +0000

In a world facing many crises, where should we focus our efforts? For today’s guest, Zoe Weil, the answer is clear: education. “If we can transform educational systems,” she says, “then we may be able to transform our economic system, our political system, our food system, our production system, our legal system, all these different systems, so that they’re more just and more sustainable and more humane for everyone.” Zoe is the the cofounder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, and in this conversation she shares what makes Humane Education a powerful approach, what reforms our education systems need, and why we all could use more of a “solutionary” mindset.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the humane education programs that Antioch offers in partnership with the Institute for Humane Education: the MA in Humane Education, the MEd in Humane Education, the MEd for Experience Educators with a Humane Education Concentration, the Certificate in Humane Education, and the EdD in Educational & Professional Practice, Humane Education.

Find more information about Zoe’s books The World Becomes What We Teach and The Solutionary Way on the Institute for Humane Education’s website. And follow Zoe’s new interview show, Solutionary Voices, wherever you get your podcasts.

This episode was recorded March 22, 2026 via Riverside.fm and released April 1, 2026.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University
Host: Jasper Nighthawk
Editor: Nastasia Green
Producer: Karen Hamilton
Work-Study Assistants: Dani LaPointe, Odin Rasco, Rylie DeGarmo, and Shayla Kerr
Additional Production Help: Amelia Bryan, Jonathan Hawkins, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Can Studying Songbirds Help Us Form Bonds Across Borders?

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Fri, 6 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000

Many Americans know the seasonal rhythms of our songbird neighbors: they arrive in the spring and leave in the fall. But where do the birds go in winter? For biologist Mike Akresh, studying Kirtland’s warbler, wood thrush, and whistling warbler has led him all over the Caribbean and Central America. But the most remarkable connection are the local people he has met during this work, who have become his collaborators, students, and often powerful conservationists in their own rights. In this conversation, Mike shares about a recent trip to Rum Cay in the Bahamas, how the end of Indigenous burning practices has imperiled songbird habitat, the drama of capturing bald eagle nestlings, and much more.

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Visit the landing pages for Antioch’s MS in Environmental Studies and PhD in Environmental Studies to learn more about the programs Mike teaches in. You can learn more about his research and project on his personal website. And visit YouTube if you want to watch VC3TV’s interview with Mike, “Professors from the Antioch University are working with the forestry department in St. Vincent.”

This episode was recorded February 23, 2026 via Riverside.fm and released March 6, 2026.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Producer: Karen Hamilton

Work-Study Assistants: Dani LaPointe, Odin Rasco, Rylie DeGarmo, and Shayla Kerr

Additional Production Help: Amelia Bryan, Jonathan Hawkins, and Laurien Alexandre

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Thinking About Outdoor Classrooms With the Director of Antioch Forests

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Peter Palmiotto believes that outdoor classrooms can be much more intentional than the cliché of students enjoying a sunny day out on a manicured quad. Instead, he says, outdoor classrooms can be designed to work in any weather—and the natural world can be a key part of the learning they facilitate. Peter should know: he has spent the past dozen years building Antioch’s 80-acre teaching forest, Glover’s Ledge, into a highly functional and much-used outdoor classroom. In this conversation, he talks about the decisions made there, the vision for the future, and how other schools might cultivate their own outdoor classrooms. As Peter says, “The dialogue and the dynamic of a group moving through a outdoor classroom is totally different than students sitting in a classroom.”

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Visit the Glover’s Ledge website to learn more about Antioch’s premier outdoor classroom. Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MS in Environmental Studies and the PhD in Environmental Studies. You can also find the expanded press release about the recent $1.5 million dollar gift supporting Antioch’s Environmental Studies department and Glover’s Ledge on Common Thread.

Further listening: a previous Seed Field Podcast interview with two education faculty that asked, “To Reopen Schools, Teachers Took Their Students Outside. Should They Stay There?”

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This episode was recorded January 27, 2026 via Squadcast and released February 11, 2026.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Producer: Karen Hamilton

Work-Study Assistants: Dani LaPointe, Odin Rasco, Rylie DeGarmo, and Shayla Kerr

Additional Production Help: Amelia Bryan, Jonathan Hawkins, and Laurien Alexandre

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A Conversation With the Inventor of “Environmental Grief”

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 17:25:00 +0000

Over 20 years ago, Kriss Kevorkian coined the term “environmental grief” to describe the emotional impacts experienced by scientists and activists working around the clearcutting of redwood forests. In the intervening decades, more and more people have taken up this term to explain and explore their own emotions during a time of changing climate and environmental degradation. In today’s episode, Kriss talks about thanatology, her own work on behalf of the Southern Resident Orcas in the Salish Sea, and how we can harness environmental grief to act on behalf of the non-human world.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Undergraduate Studies programs in which Kriss teaches.

Kriss’s activist organization is called Legal Rights for the Salish Sea. If you want to follow Kriss’s advice and fill out your advanced directive, you can find more information at caringinfo.org.

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This episode was recorded November 14, 2025 via Riverside.fm and released January 28, 2026.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Producer: Karen Hamilton

Work-Study Assistants: Dani LaPointe, Odin Rasco, Rylie DeGarmo, and Shayla Kerr

Additional Production Help: Amelia Bryan, Jonathan Hawkins, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Millions of Americans Have Unfinished PhDs. Can We Help Them Graduate?

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:48:49 +0000

Over 30% of people who start a PhD don’t graduate within ten years. This can be a grand disappointment and a real setback—and it can hold learners back from contributing to their full ability. But today, degree completion programs are helping some of these students to return to the academy, finish their studies, complete their research, and claim their diplomas. So what goes into designing a degree completion program? In this conversation with Diane Richard-Allerdyce, the founding director of the Completion Pathway in Antioch’s PhD in Leadership and Change, we ask her about all of these questions—and learn how taking into account educational trauma and structural barriers is key to helping students finally complete their dreams.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the PhD in Leadership and Change, and the Completion Pathway that Diane directs. You can also read the announcement of the creation of the Completion Pathway.

This episode was recorded November 21, 2025 and released December 17, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Producer: Karen Hamilton

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Work-Study Assistants: Dani LaPoint.

Additional Production Help: Jen Mont, Amelia Bryan, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Athletic Training Started in D-1 Athletics. It Can Be So Much More.

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MS in Athletic Training that Ally chairs. You can also visit the main page for the Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions. To learn more about the Coalition for the Common Good, visit the CCG website.

This episode was recorded October 22, 2025 via Squadcast and released November 19, 2025.

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Additional Production Help: Amelia Bryan, Jonathan Hawkins, Jefferson Blackburn-Smith, Gina Calcamuggio, Jenny Hill, Kati Skon, and Laurien Alexandre

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How Do Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners Treat Trauma “From Every Angle”?

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 5 Nov 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Physical and mental health are deeply connected, yet the medical field too often treats these as entirely separate domains. Deana Batross says that this is unfortunate, because medical procedures (like heart transplants) often have psychological side effects, and mental health conditions (like complex PTSD) often have physical causes. Luckily, Deana is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners trained in the biopsychosocial model that sees the patient as a whole person. In this conversation, Deana discusses how she thinks about trauma, shares how her students in Antioch University’s Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner program study this topic, and discusses her work advocating for greater access to physical and mental healthcare.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program that Deana chairs. You can also visit the main page for the Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions.

If you’d like to listen to a related podcast episode, try our conversation with the psychologist Stephen Southern about expressive writing's potential for treating complex PTSD: “Therapists Are Using Creative Writing to Treat Complex PTSD—and Build Resilience”. You may also be interested in our conversation with the therapist Rachele Moskowitz about somatic approaches to therapy: “Using Somatic Therapy to Understand the Trauma in Our Bodies”.

This episode was recorded September 22, 2025 via Squadcast and released November 5, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Producer: Karen Hamilton

Work-Study Assistants: Dani LaPointe, and Liza Wisner.

Additional Production Help: Amelia Bryan, Jonathan Hawkins, Melinda Garland, Jefferson Blackburn-Smith, Gina Calcamuggio, Jenny Hill, Kati Skon, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Nurses See Health Inequities Every Day. Can Doctoral Study Help Them Tackle These Problems?

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 8 Oct 2025 08:15:00 +0000

From their position on the frontlines of healthcare, nurses intimately understand the issues facing their patients and communities. To tackle these big-picture problems, mid-career nurse practitioners are increasingly returning to school to get their Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP). As today’s guest, Jeffrey Fouche-Camargo explains, “It's all about the clinical settings and how we can take those problems that we encounter in our day-to-day work and, you know, come up with solutions on how to fix that.” In this conversation with the Founding Director of Antioch University’s DNP program, Jeffrey shares about the theoretical basis of nursing, his own doctoral project around postpartum care after caesarean, and how he’s hoping the DNP program will bring Antioch’s social justice mission to nurses in the heart of their careers.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Doctor of Nursing Practice program that Jeffrey directs. You can also visit the main page for the Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions. To learn more about the Coalition for the Common Good, visit the CCG website.

If you’d like to listen to a related podcast episode, try our conversation with Rachel Chickerella from earlier this year, “Bi+ Mental Health Is a Crisis. Why Is No One Talking About It?”

This episode was recorded September 18, 2025 via Squadcast and released October 8, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Producer: Karen Hamilton

Work-Study Assistants: Dani LaPointe and Liza Wisner

Additional Production Help: Amelia Bryan, Jonathan Hawkins, Melinda Garland, Jefferson Blackburn-Smith, Gina Calcamuggio, Jenny Hill, Kati Skon, and Laurien Alexandre

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How to Design a Nursing Program that Emphasizes Justice and Community Health

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 05:00:00 +0000

In higher education, we rarely have the chance to stop, take a year, and thoughtfully redesign entire programs. But that’s just what the faculty of Antioch University’s newly founded Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions have been doing this last year: taking the highly regarded programs previously offered through our partner, Otterbein University, and working to bring them to a nationwide audience through Antioch’s five campuses. In this episode, we talk with Regina Prusinski, Antioch’s founding Director of Nursing Programs, about why nursing is a fulfilling career, how she’s reworking the curriculum to emphasize Antioch’s focus on adult learners and social justice, why nurse practitioners will be in high demand over the next decade, and how this training prepares future nurse practitioners to be transformative agents of health justice in their communities.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Nursing Programs that Regina directs and the MS in Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner that she chairs. To learn more about the Coalition for the Common Good, visit the CCG website.

This episode was recorded September 12, 2025 via Squadcast and released September 24, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Producer: Karen Hamilton

Work-Study Assistants: Dani LaPointe and Liza Wisner

Additional Production Help: Amelia Bryan, Jonathan Hawkins, Melinda Garland, Jefferson Blackburn-Smith, Gina Calcamuggio, Jenny Hill, Kati Skon, and Laurien Alexandre

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The Critical Skills Classroom Is Turning 40. Why Don’t More Teachers Know About It?

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 07:04:00 +0000

The Critical Skills Classroom was founded forty years ago. This approach to classroom teaching pulls together experiential learning, cycles of action and reflection, and the cultivation of emotional intelligence. But today’s guest, Laura Thomas, says that the Critical Skills Classroom is still in some ways a secret—a good idea that more people should know about. That’s part of why she is marking the anniversary by releasing a 400-page book about the approach: The Complete Guide to the Critical Skills Classroom. In this conversation we talk with Laura about why the approach is more relevant today than ever, why cycles of action and reflection are so important, and what she sees for the future of this approach—and public education as a whole.

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Learn more about the Critical Skills Classroom at the Critical Skills Classroom website. This resource contains free lesson plans, e-books, an FAQ, and more.

The book Laura edited is The Complete Guide to the Critical Skills Classroom. It is available on Amazon in hardcover, softcover, and e-book editions.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider listening to our 2022 Seed Field Podcast interview with Laura Thomas, “To Grow Emotional Literacy, a Classroom Must Become a Community.”

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This episode was recorded June 24, 2025 via Squadcast and released July 30, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Producer: Karen Hamilton

Work-Study Assistants: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Dani LaPointe, and Liza Wisner.

Additional Production Help: Jen Mont, Amelia Bryan, Melinda Garland, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Bi+ Mental Health Is a Crisis. Why Is No One Talking About It?

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 14 May 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Surveys show that almost half of bisexual folks report experiencing moderate to severe psychological distress in the last year. These rates are roughly double that of straight, gay, and lesbian populations. So why isn’t it being treated as a crisis? In this conversation with the psychologist and researcher Rachel Chickerella, we discuss this mental health crisis; the many factors leading to it; how everyone, and especially mental health professionals, can be bi-affirming; and why it’s important both to face the crisis and, at the same time, to celebrate bi+ joy.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the PsyD in Clinical Psychology that Rachel teaches in.

You can read our recent profile of Rachel on Common Thread, “PsyD Core Faculty Helps Students Challenge Power Structures and Bi+ Stigma.”

Rachel’s recent publications include “Is It Worth It? A Grounded Theory Analysis of Navigating the Decision to Come Out as Bisexual,” “Predictors of Psychological Distress for Bi+ Individuals during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” and “Janelle Monáe vs. Katy Perry: Depiction of Bi+ Identities and Relationship to Depression and Stigma.” You can read Rachel’s faculty bio to find more of her scholarship.

Rachel’s own podcast is Reality Test. She co-hosts it with her fellow PsyD faculty member Kate Evarts. (Learn more about Evarts in our Common Thread profile, “For Kate Evarts, Relationships Are ‘The Key to Working Toward Social and Racial justice’”)

This episode was recorded April 10, 2025 via Squadcast and released May 14, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Team: Jen Mont, Amelia Bryan, and Jonathan Hawkins.

Work-Study Assistants: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Dani LaPointe, and Liza Wisner.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Antioch’s Incoming President Says “This Is Our Moment”

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Thu, 8 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Today, Antioch University is announcing our next President: Lori Erica Varlotta. In preparation for this announcement, we sat down with Lori for a wide-ranging conversation about what makes Antioch special, her experiences and wisdom drawn from decades as a leader in higher education, and the challenges and opportunities that she, as our next university leader, sees for our institution during a time when colleges and universities across the U.S. are being pressured and threatened in unprecedented ways.

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To learn more about Lori, visit the Incoming President webpage on Antioch’s website, where you’ll find the announcement and welcome video, press release, a brief bio, her CV, selected publications, and a form where you can leave a note for the Incoming President.

The two essays referenced in the episode are “Lipstick Leadership in Higher Education” at the Chronicle of Higher Education and Lori’s blog post on “Experiential Adult Education: Living and Practicing Democracy in Higher Learning.”

This episode was recorded April 28, 2025 via Squadcast and released May 7, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Assistants: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Dani LaPointe, and Liza Wisner.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Laurien Alexandre.

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In This Grad Program, Students Earn University Credit for Their Life Experiences

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:23:26 +0000

Our society places high value on advanced degrees. So what happens when students are able to claim the growth experiences that naturally occur in the course of a human life—from a career change to an experience of oppression—and bring it into their graduate studies, not just reflecting on what they learned but also earning credits towards their degree? This practice, known as Prior Learning Assessment, has transformative potential, says today’s guest, longtime Antioch faculty member Joe Cronin. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the nuts and bolts of Prior Learning Assessment, examples of how students have used this in their studies, and the educational philosophy that disrupts the teacher-student hierarchy.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Individualized Master of Arts program. You can also read our page about Prior Learning Assessment. And you can read the profiles of two IMA alums here: “A Champion for Peace,” which is about President José Ramos-Horta, and “For Emma Lombardi, Individualized Study Meant Listening to Her Ancestors.”

This episode was recorded March 24, 2025 via Squadcast and released April 16, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Assistants: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Dani LaPointe, and Liza Wisner.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Therapists Are Using Creative Writing to Treat Complex PTSD—and Build Resilience

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 2 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Therapy is so often based around conversation and storytelling that it’s been called “the talking cure.” But recently, mental health professionals have been finding healing power in asking their clients to write down their stories. Can keeping a journal, writing a memoir, or otherwise engaging in “expressive writing” help heal the wounds in our minds? In this conversation with Stephen Southern we talk about trauma, complex PTSD, and whether expressive writing” might offer effective treatment that not only heals past wounds but protects against future ones.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the programs Stephen teaches in: the low-residency MA in Clinical Psychology, the full-residency MA in Clinical Psychology on our Los Angeles campus, and the MA in Clinical Psychology based on our Santa Barbara campus. You can also explore the PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision based out of our Seattle Campus.

You can find Stephen’s latest paper, “Trauma Autoethnography as a Therapy Process” in the Journal of Loss and Trauma.

This episode mentions somatic therapy, a concept expanded on in a previous episode of the Seed Field Podcast: “Using Somatic Therapy to Understand the Trauma in Our Bodies” with Rachele Moskowitz.

This episode was recorded March 26, 2025 via Squadcast and released April 2, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Assistants: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Dani LaPointe, and Liza Wisner.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Making the Positive Case for DEI in Higher Education

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0000

When people mention Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion—DEI for short—it’s often in the context of political fights and high-stakes arguments about what universities should and shouldn’t be allowed to do. But what if we backed up and asked, What is the positive case for DEI in higher education? For this episode, we talk to Stephanie Helms Pickett, a scholar and administrator who currently serves as Antioch University’s Vice Chancellor of Equity, Belonging, and Culture. The conversation includes a definition of terms, why universities have an obligation to help all students have a fair chance to compete, and a story about Stephanie’s shocking experience meeting her first college roommate.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Office of Equity, Belonging, and Culture.

Read Jasper’s interview with Stephanie from last year on Common Thread.

Stephanie’s latest academic paper is “Say It Loud: Rhythms of Resistance in a Climate of Compliance: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Identity Based Student Center Staff Amid an Anti-Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Legislative Climate,” in the Journal of College and Character.

This episode was recorded February 25, 2025 via Squadcast and released March 19, 2025.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Assistants: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Dani LaPointe, and Liza Wisner.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Laurien Alexandre.

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Five Librarians on Defending Democracy, Book Bans, and the Freedom to Read

Thu, 5 Dec 2024 04:55:00 +0000

Five librarians discuss questions of democracy, censorship, libraries, and books. The panelists—Antioch’s Jen Sturge and Miranda Doyle, incoming AASL President Becky Calzada, 2023 Maryland School Librarian of the Year Sheri Anita Massey, and U of Baltimore librarian Allison Jennings-Roche—discuss how librarians can best serve students in the current political reality, the duty to present a wide variety a viewpoints, and best practices in resisting attempts to destroy public libraries entirely. “This is actually the first time that it's been criminalized for librarians and library workers to do their jobs,” says Jennings-Roche. “This is the first time we have ever been under threat of going to jail for providing access to materials.”

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To learn more about this event and the larger Antioch Works for Democracy initiative, visit the Antioch Works for Democracy libguide. You can also watch a full-length video recording of the event on our YouTube channel.

If you enjoyed this conversation, you may want to listen to our interview with Jen Sturge and Christie Kaaland, “S6 E10: Facing Book Bans and Budget Pressure, School Librarians Show Their Importance”

This panel discussion was recorded as part of the Antioch Works for Democracy speaker series on September 24, 2024 via Zoom. It was released on December 4, 2024.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

Guest Host: Nastasia Green

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Grace Kurfman, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Natalie Obando, and Diana Dinerman.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskin, Harold Hale, Margaret Morgan, Laurien Alexandre, and Melinda Garland.

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From ’64 Freedom Summer to the ’24 Election: Three Antiochians on the Long Fight for Social Justice

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:05:30 +0000

For both Judy Richardson and David Goodman, 1964 was a pivotal year. That year, Judy moved to Mississippi to help organize “Freedom Summer,” the famous drive to register Black voters in the heart of the Jim Crow South—work that led her to a career as a civil rights-focused activist, filmmaker, and educator. Meanwhile, 1964 touched David’s life in a more tragic way: during a trip to Mississippi, his brother Andrew and two fellow civil rights activists were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. David has spent much of the intervening decades working to honor his brother’s memory and fulfill American democracy’s promise through the Andrew Goodman Foundation. In this conversation, moderated by Janet Dewart Bell, Judy and David talk about their experiences, their decades of activist work since, and the lessons that today’s activists can draw on. As the U.S. grapples with the outcome of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election and what this will mean for civil rights and democracy, this conversation offers hard-won wisdom—and reasons for hope.

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This panel discussion was recorded as part of the Antioch Works for Democracy speaker series on October 21, 2024 via Zoom. It was released on November 15, 2024.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Grace Kurfman, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Taiwana Shambley, Natalie Obando, and Diana Dinerman.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskin, Harold Hale, Margaret Morgan, Laurien Alexandre, and Melinda Garland.

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The Role of Black Women in Democracy: A Panel Discussion

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:35:46 +0000

Black women have long stood at the crossroads of democracy and liberation. Their voices, advocacy, and resilience have driven progress toward equity and justice, yet the full acknowledgment of their contributions remains elusive. In this wide-ranging conversation, three formidable leaders—Judge Ashleigh Parker, Judge Faye R. Chess, and Cassandra Stokes—come together to share their experiences and wisdom in a conversation moderated by Stephanie Helms Pickett, Antioch’s Vice Chancellor for Equity, Belonging, and Culture. They discuss the challenges and rewards of fighting for our democracy despite facing stereotypes, patriarchy, misogyny, and misogynoir.

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Visit Antioch’s university news website, Common Thread, to read our interview with Stephanie Helms Pickett.

We invite you to listen to some of our previous conversations with Black leaders at Antioch:

This panel discussion was recorded as part of the Antioch Works for Democracy speaker series on September 17, 2024 via Zoom. It was released on October 23, 2024.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor and Guest Host: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Grace Kurfman, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Taiwana Shambley, Natalie Obando, and Diana Dinerman.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskin, Harold Hale, Margaret Morgan, Laurien Alexandre, and Melinda Garland.

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Two Writers Discuss Democracy, War, and Identity

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 9 Oct 2024 07:00:00 +0000

How do we make art in times of oppression? Do artists have a responsibility to explore questions of democracy, censorship, and human rights? In this conversation, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen talks with poet and Antioch faculty member Cathy Linh Che about their experiences of democracy as Vietnamese American immigrant writers whose work engages vistas of American democracy amidst the legacy and representations of the Vietnam War. Listen to this edited version of their live conversation in the Antioch Works for Democracy speaker series to hear their ideas about immigrant identities, the after-effects of war, and the role of artists and writers inside of our societies.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MFA in Creative Writing program that Cathy Linh Che teaches in.

To hear more voices from the Antioch MFA, you can listen to our roundup episode, Big Idea: How Creative Writers Work, and our interview with MFA Chair Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, S5 E9: Creative Writing Offers a Chance to Take Yourself Seriously.

We invite you to read the books mentioned in this episode, including An Asian American A to Z: A Children's Guide to Our History and Split by Cathy Linh and The Sympathizer: A Novel and A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial by Viet Thanh Nguyen.

This conversation between Viet Thanh Nguyen and Cathy Linh Che was recorded as part of the Antioch Works for Democracy speaker series on September 5, 2024 via Zoom. It was released on October 9, 2024.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Grace Kurfman, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Taiwana Shambley, Natalie Obando, and Diana Dinerman.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskin, Harold Hale, Margaret Morgan, Laurien Alexandre, and Melinda Garland.

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Talking With President José Ramos-Horta About Environmental Justice, Peace, Democracy, and Activist Tactics

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:58:12 +0000

As we face this century’s challenges—from climate change to democratic backsliding to multinational cooperation—we need new models of leadership. That’s what Antioch alum, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta says. And he should know. He was one of the leaders of Timor-Leste’s long effort to win freedom from colonization and the right to democratically elect its own government. In this wide-ranging conversation with Abigail Abrash Walton, the Chair of Antioch’s Department of Environmental Studies, Ramos-Horta discusses his country’s still-fragile democracy, the vulnerability of island nations in a time of climate change, the activist tactics he and his countrymen used to gain their freedom, and the need for a new generation of leaders on the world stage.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Individual Master of Arts program that Ramos-Horta graduated from. You can also find the program pages for the MS in Environmental Studies, the PhD in Environmental Studies that Abigail Abrash Walton oversees as chair.

To learn more about this event and the larger Antioch Works for Democracy initiative, visit the Antioch Works for Democracy libguide.

Listen to our Seed Field Podcast interview with Abigail Abrash Walton in S6 E6: Can We Bring Resilience, Innovation, and Joy to the Climate Crisis?

Read the profile of José Ramos-Horta that ran as the cover story of the 2021 Antioch Alumni Magazine: “A Champion for Peace.”

This conversation between José President Ramos-Horta and Abigail Abrash Walton was recorded as part of the Environmental Justice and Democracy Fall 2024 Colloquia Series and Antioch Works for Democracy on September 6, 2024 via Zoom. It was released on September 25, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Nastasia Green

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Lauren Arienzale, Grace Kurfman, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Taiwana Shambley, Natalie Obando, and Diana Dinerman.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskin, Harold Hale, Margaret Morgan, Laurien Alexandre, and Melinda Garland.

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How Can Universities Support Democracy? With AW4D, Antioch Tries Many Ways

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 07:00:00 +0000

In May, Antioch University announced a robust set of democracy-promoting initiatives called Antioch Works for Democracy. Now, the effort’s six pillars are all in motion, from the announcement of twelve awardees from the Fund for Democratic Initiatives to the first Employee Days of Action to the many events being hosted through Education for Democracy, and more. In this special episode, we tell the story of the creation and development of Antioch Works for Democracy through the voices of many of the key figures behind this effort.

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If you’d like to find information about Antioch Works for Democracy, the place to go is the AW4D Libguide. You can find tabs for the six pillars there and detailed event listings along with registration instructions.

If you have any questions about Antioch Works for Democracy, please reach out to the organizing team at AW4D@antioch.edu

The interviews that make up this episode were recorded in June of 2024. Additional footage of Fund for Democratic Initiatives awardees discussing their projects was drawn from a recording of an event held of July 2, 2024.

This episode was released on Aug 14, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Grace Kaufman, Lauren Arienzale, Dani LaPointe, Liza Wisner, Diana Dinerman, Natalie Obando, and Taiwana Shambley.

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskins, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Diane White Believes Healthcare Needs Reform—And That Antiochians Will Help Lead It

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Mon, 8 Jul 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Diane shares her background, her focus on diversity and social justice in healthcare education, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted existing inequalities. The conversation also touches on Diane’s personal journey towards understanding health inequities and her goals for the new school in fostering graduates who can create positive change in the healthcare system.

Diane White has the hard but exciting job of creating a new school at Antioch: the Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions, of which she is the founding Dean. In this conversation, Diane discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on health inequities but didnt lead to meaningful reforms, the experiences she’s had as a nurse and professor that led her to care about health justice, the unique circumstances around the formation of this new school as part of the Coalition for the Common Good, and the ways Antioch is deliberately working to ensure its students learn to see and resist the inequities endemic in our healthcare system.

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To learn more about Diane White, read our feature-length profile of her, which we just published on Common Thread.

You can browse the first programs to launch from the Graduate School of Nursing and Health Professions on Antioch’s website.

This interview was recorded on June 26, 2024 and released on July 8, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University
Host: Jasper Nighthawk
Editor: Johanna Case
Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont
Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Grace Kurfman, Lauren Arienzale, and Dani LaPointe.
Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskins, Amelia Bryan, Melinda Garland, and Jenny Hill.

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Facing Book Bans and Budget Pressure, School Librarians Show Their Importance

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Jen Sturge was working as a librarian supervisor when, “in about 2021, 2022,” she explains, “the nature of my work changed—and it wasn't for the better.” Organized parent groups started challenging books and getting them banned from the library. In today’s conversation with Jen Sturge and her colleague Christie Kaaland, we discuss how these book challenges take up time, resources, and enthusiasm, distracting from the vital work that school librarians do to support learning, media literacy, love of reading, and healthy schools. Before the book banners came to town, Jen says, “I had absolutely what I considered to be the best job in the entire world.” The question is, how can we as a society build back our libraries and support librarians?

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Endorsement in K-12 Library Media that Jen and Christie teach in.

Listen to our interview with Jen and Christie’s colleague Deb Kachel, S6 E2: School Librarians Are Essential, So Why Are These Jobs Disappearing?

You can explore the data about school libraries in your own city or town at the website of SLIDE: The School Librarian Investigation—Decline or Evolution?

This episode was recorded June 11, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released June 25, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Georgia Bermingham, Stefanie Paredes, Grace Kurfman, and Lauren Arienzale

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskins, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Best Of: Reconciling Psych’s Problematic Foundations With Its Transformative Potential

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 29 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Jude Bergkamp is a true believer in the potential of psychology to transform lives and help heal society—but he doesn’t believe that this can happen without reconciling the field’s problematic foundations with a knowledge of how systems of power impact practitioners and clients. This insight guides his work directing the Doctor of Psychology program at Antioch’s Seattle Campus as well as his contributions as a member of the Competencies Taskforce of the American Psychological Association, determining what future students will study across the entire discipline. In this interview with guest host Mair Allen, Jude tackles question including, what does social justice mean, how do you become a therapist, how does your identity shape your practice, how do systems shape your identity, and what are the challenges that students face as they enter a flawed but important system. But the wide-ranging conversation also engages the challenges of working within the criminal legal system as a forensic psychologist and the question, how you stay grounded in your work when facing challenges that affect every aspect of your life?

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Doctor of Psychology program that Jude directs. You can also read there our recent Common Thread article on Jude being appointed to the Comptencies Taskforce of the APA.

We encourage you to download and read Jude’s paper, “Tugging at the Root of Oppression.”

This episode was recorded December 5, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released February 22, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Guest Host: Mair Allen

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Is Talk Therapy Always Right For Kids? Play Therapy Offers Another Way

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 15 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Certificate in Play Therapy that Cary founded and directs.

This episode was recorded April 22, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released May 14, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Georgia Bermingham, Stefanie Paredes, Grace Kurfman, and Lauren Arienzale

Additional Production Help: Karen Hamilton, Adrienne Applegate, Jamila Gaskins, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Our World’s Diverse Students Need Anti-Racist School Counselors

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Syntia Santos-Dietz) — Wed, 1 May 2024 07:00:00 +0000

As American public schools become increasingly diverse, tens of millions of children find themselves navigating systems that weren’t designed with their backgrounds and cultures in mind. Beyond the U.S. the problem can be even more stark—because American approaches, even when flawed, have ripple effects worldwide. Today’s guest, Syntia Santos-Dietz, says that school counselors are especially situated to make changes that better serve students around the world. In this conversation we talk about what it means for school counselors to develop cultural competence, how traveling back and forth between cultures has helped her understand the systems she works within, and her plan to bring Antioch school counseling students to work and study in her home country of Honduras.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MA in School Counseling that Syntia teaches in and helped found.

Learn more about Syntia’s work on her faculty page.

This episode was recorded April 4, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released May 1, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

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School Counselors Play a Vital Role. Schools Need to Let Them Do Their Jobs.

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

The profession of school counseling has evolved over the last forty years to encompass not just academic and career guidance but also social-emotional support for students and the entire school. Yet too often today the core work of school counselors gets pushed to the side, displaced by demands that they fill in as substitute teachers, substitute principals, and even recess monitors. According to Taqueena Quintana, one of the founders of Antioch’s MA in School Counseling, this is foolish and does long-term harm to well-being across the school. In this interview, we talk with Taqueena about this issue as well as her experiences as a school counselor, the demographic imbalance in the profession, the evolving role of school counselors, ways parents can support them, and much more.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MA in School Counseling that Taqueena teaches in and helped found.

Learn more about Taqueena’s work on her faculty page.

This episode was recorded April 3, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released September April 17, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Stefanie Paredes, Georgia Bermingham, Grace Kerfman, and Lauren Arienzale.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland.

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Can We Bring Resilience, Innovation, and Joy to the Climate Crisis?

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 3 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000

Innovation. Resilience. Joy. These concepts are not always top of mind when we think about the climate crisis. Is that a problem? Today’s guest, the scholar, educator, and leader Abigail Abrash Walton, says that taking action like this can be an antidote to despair. In fact, this kind of small, local action might be the only thing that will help us break our dependence on fossil fuels and build a more sustainable and just future.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MS in Environmental Studies that Abi directs. And learn more about Abi’s work and research on her faculty page.

This episode was recorded March 22, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released September April 3, 2024.

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Antioch University produces the Seed Field Podcast.
Host: Jasper Nighthawk
Editor: Johanna Case
Digital Design: Mira Mead
Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont
Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, Georgia Bermingham, Lauren Arienzale, and Grace Kurfman.
A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland.

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Big Idea: Decolonizing Mental Health Education

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000

As mental health professionals grapple with racism and exclusion in some of their foundational texts and concepts, a movement of reformers is working to decolonize the field. But what does that look like? And how will it impact our communities? In this episode we gather the voices of seven different faculty members from across Antioch University’s counseling, psychology, and therapy programs—and hear their insights into this important work.

This Big Idea episode pulls clips from interviews with Jude Bergkamp, Beth Donahue, Mariaimeé Gonzalez, Catherine Lounsbury, Mariela Marin, Amy Morrison, and Syntia Santos Dietz. We invite you to listen to the full interview episodes featuring these faculty members:

“S1E10: To Have Just Classrooms, We Must Decolonize and Reimagine Our Disciplines” with Syntia Santos Dietz and Catherine Lounsbury
“S2E6: Art Therapy Can Provide Healing Beyond Words” with Beth Donahue and Amy Morrison
“S2E7: Latinx/e Communities Deserve Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care” with Mariaimée Gonzalez
“S5 E3: Reconciling Psych’s Problematic Foundations With Its Transformative Potential” with Jude Bergkamp
“S5 E5: Cultural Self-Assessment Is a Practice With Transformative Potential” with Mariela Marin

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs in which Catherine Lounsbury, Mariaimeé Gonzalez, and Syntia Santos Dietz teach, the MA in Clinical Psychology in which Mariela Marin teaches, the PsyD in Clinical Psychology in which Jude Bergkamp teaches, and the Art Therapy concentration in which Amy Morrison and Beth Donahue teach.

This episode was recorded February 20, 2024 via Descript and released February 28, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Designer: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordinator: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Can Mindfulness Help Teachers Be Less Reactive, More Compassionate?

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 7 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000

The practice of mindfulness is increasingly popular, even showing up in school curricula and employee wellness programs, where it’s often presented as a tool for managing stress. But Susan Dreyer Leon says that for teachers in particular, mindfulness offers much more than just a stress reduction. In this conversation, we discuss how mindfulness can offer a valuable approach to help us be less reactive, more compassionate, and better able to serve our students.

This conversation centers mindfulness and Adult Social-Emotional Learning (Adult SEL). Don’t miss our conversation with Laura Thomas about Social-Emotional Learning for students, “S3E9: To Grow Emotional Literacy, a Classroom Must Become a Community.”

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Mindfulness for Educators concentration in the MEd for Experienced Educators and the Certificate in Mindfulness for Educators that Susan teaches in.

This episode was recorded January 25, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released February 7, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Big Idea: How Creative Writers Work

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000

In this special Big Idea episode, our editor Johanna Case revisits three of our favorite Seed Field Podcast interviews about creative writing and pulls out advice and wisdom that’s useful not just for writer but for anyone making art and making a life as an artist. From MFA Chair Lisa Locascio Nighthawk’s reflections on writing from a place of emotional truth to Colette Freedman’s advice for writers choosing what to write about and Alistair McCartney’s explanation of the power of defamiliarization, this episode explores some of the most potent ideas from our full interviews with each of these writers. And each writer starts to answer to the question of whether creative writing can change the world for the better.

Lisa Locascio Nighthawk appeared on “S5 E9: Creative Writing Offers a Chance to Take Yourself Seriously.”

Colette Freedman appeared on “S4E8: Writing for Film and Stage Requires Collaboration—and Sometimes Just Doing It Yourself”

Alistair McCartney appeared on “S3E6: Stuck On Autopilot, We Ignore Daily Injustices. Can Art Shake Us Awake?”

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MFA in Creative Writing that Lisa, Colette, and Alistair teach in.

This episode was recorded January 19, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released January 24, 2024.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

Guest Host: Johanna Case

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland.

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Best Of: Heather Cheney on Literacy and Justice

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000

As extremist school boards ban thousands of books, Republican governors restrict what subjects can be taught, and red-state legislatures seek to make English the only language allowed in public classrooms, questions of how literacy is defined and taught have only become more contested over the last two years. That’s why today we’re re-releasing this conversation with literacy scholar Heather Cheney. Everyone who cares about the education of future generations should know about the unequal ways that different kinds of literacy are accorded power in our society—and what we can do to change that.

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Please note that Heather’s last name has changed, and she is referred to in the episode as Heather Hebard.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Seattle Education programs that Heather teaches in.

This episode was recorded April 18,2022 via Riverside.fm and originally released April 27, 2022. This “Best Of” episode was released January 10, 2024.

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Antioch University produces the Seed Field Podcast.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode go to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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We All Aspire to Be Life-Long Learners—How Can Universities Support Us?

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Universities across the country are offering more and more classes outside of degree programs. These include job training programs for employers, continuing education credits required to keep certifications, and more creative classes that serve a personal interest. But why should universities be the place where we go to be life-long learners? And how do universities need to change to embrace this opportunity? In this interview with Terry Ratcliff, the Dean of Antioch’s School of Distance and Extended Education, we answer these questions and more.

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The School of Distance and Extended Education that Terry has been talking about offers classes, certificates, and badges in lots of different areas, and you can visit its website at continuinged.antioch.edu. We’ll add that link in our shownotes.

We’ll also link there to where you can sign up for the Continuing Education newsletter, which is the best way to keep up with their latest offerings.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Continuing Education offerings of the School of Distance and Extended Education where Terry is dean. And to stay up-to-date with the latest offerings, sign up for the Continuing Education Newsletter.

This episode was recorded November 8, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released December 13, 2023.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland.

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Panel Discussion: Careers at the Intersection of Education and Justice

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000

A special panel of three educators convened to discuss the future of education, the interesting and rewarding careers that can be had in the field, and the ways that these Antiochians are pushing forward both pedagogy and institutions. Featuring PhD in Leadership and Change alum Ashley Benson, current EdD student Dani Belvin, and MEd alum Ally Muir.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the PhD in Leadership in Change, the EdD in Educational and Professional Practice, and the MEd for Experienced Educators degree programs.

This episode was recorded August 9, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released November 29, 2023.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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School Librarians Are Essential, So Why Are These Jobs Disappearing?

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000

There’s a quiet epidemic wiping out school librarian positions across the U.S. Between 2015 and 2019, the number of librarians declined by 20%, and one in five school librarian positions was eliminated entirely. But why is nobody noticing? According to researcher and Antioch faculty Deb Kachel, it might be because there hasn’t been a nationwide data set showing the staggering numbers—until now. In this conversation, we talk with Kachel about the SLIDE project, the way marginalized communities are hit hardest by the loss of school librarians, and how communities can fight back.

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Visit the SLIDE project’s website, libslide.org, and don’t miss their data browser where you can look up your local school district and see how many librarians it currently employs. You can also read the article that Deb and her co-authors recently published in the Peabody Journal of education: “The School Librarian Equity Gap: Inequities Associated with Race and Ethnicity Compounded by Poverty, Locale, and Enrollment.”

Deb teaches in Antioch University’s School of Education.

This episode was recorded October 30, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released November 15, 2023.

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The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Supporting Non-Traditional Learners Starts With Respecting Their Knowledge

Wed, 1 Nov 2023 07:00:00 +0000

For those of us who have been shut out of higher education in the past, the path back to being a successful student is full of obstacles. The right support can make this a little easier, though. In this episode, we explore this question with Russell Thornhill and Kathryn Pope, the Co-Directors of the BRIDGE program on Antioch’s Los Angeles campus—a financially free program that has helped over 700 students gain experience and credit studying at the college level. We try to answer how best to support each other as we advance in knowledge and power.

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Visit bridge.antioch.edu to learn more about the BRIDGE Program, and you can use that website to apply as a student or to make a donation.

This conversation pairs well with our last episode, an interview with Ingrid Ingerson about the Clemente Course and educational trauma.

To learn more about the life and work of Russell Thornhill, read our recent article on Common Thread, “Within Academia and Spirituality, Russell Thornhill Leads Towards Liberation.”

This episode was recorded October 19, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released November 1, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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The Students Healing Educational Trauma by Studying Literature, History, Art, and Philosophy

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

For many Americans, a college degree is seen as a path to a better job. But higher education is not just about career advancement. It’s also about developing the life of the mind, critical reflection, and a love of learning. Often, says guest Ingrid Ingerson, those students who have experienced educational trauma and had interrupted studies are those most positively impacted by the chance to study the humanities. That’s why she’s worked to build on Antioch University’s partnership with the Clemente Course in the Humanities to create a first-of-its–kind, free, four-course series for non-consecutive learners. It’s called “Inflection Points.” In this conversation, Ingrid talks about her own educational history and how it brought her to this work, her research into specific Clemente instructors for her Master of Education thesis, and the transformations she has seen in students who embrace this work.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the BRIDGE Program in Los Angeles and the Inflection Points Course that Ingrid helped found. You can also read our news article about the launch of Inflection Points.

Learn more about the Clemente Course in the Humanities on their website.

This episode was recorded June 15, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released June 28, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Creative Writing Offers a Chance to Take Yourself Seriously

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000

It can be hard to find time and emotional space within our busy lives to sustain a creative writing practice. At the same time, writing offers a key space to process and make sense of our experiences. Navigating the writing life is a productive challenge, says this week’s guest Lisa Locascio Nighthawk, the Chair of the Antioch MFA in Creative Writing. In this wide-ranging conversation, she touches on the experience of nobody wanting to publish a personal essay, starting her own newsletter to write about adolescence and music, and the way taking your own story seriously can be a political act.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MFA in Creative Writing that Lisa Locascio Nighthawk chairs.

You can visit Lisa’s website to learn more about and purchase Lisa’s novel, Open Me. And you can visit Substack to subscribe to Not Knowing How.

This episode was recorded May 23, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released June 14, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Guest Host: Mair Allen

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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We Understand Dyslexia Better Than Ever, Yet Most Students Still Don’t Get Help

Wed, 31 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000

20% of people live with dyslexia, yet our public school systems are for the most part designed for students who don’t have difficulty reading. In the past thirty years, the science around dyslexia has come a long ways. Today, those who can access early screening, early diagnosis, early intervention, and appropriate accommodations are often able to thrive academically and in future careers. But many lack access to these services. That’s what Genya Devoe is working to change, both as an activist and as faculty in Antioch University School of Education, where she has designed and leads our Dyslexia Studies programs. In this conversation, guest host Johanna Case, who is herself dyslexic, talks with Genya about our evolving understanding of dyslexia, best practices in treating it, efforts to pass legislation to bring services to all students.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Certificate in Dyslexia Studies and the Master of Education for Experienced Educators with the Dyslexia Studies Concentration, the latter of which is offered in fully-online and low-residency options through Antioch University’s New England campus.

For more resources, Genya recommends visiting the websites of the International Dyslexia Association, Decoding Dyslexia, and the Yale Center for Dyslexia.

This episode was recorded May 18, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released May 31, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Guest Host and Editor: Johanna Case

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Interns: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Carrie Hawthorn, Stefanie Paredes, and Georgia Bermingham.

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Taking Emotional Intelligence Seriously Helps Us Cultivate Great Places to Learn

Wed, 17 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000

“Emotions are neurohormones,” says Joshua Freedman. “And these little chains of chemical affect every living cell in our brains and bodies.” But for as much power as emotions have over our lives and selves, too often our educational systems emphasize subject area mastery over cultivating emotional intelligence. Freedman is the perfect person to talk to about this, because for the last 25 years has served as CEO of 6 Seconds, and he helped design the Social Emotional Learning Specialization for Antioch University’s Doctor of Education program. In this interview we talk about how to befriend and learn from the feeling of shame, how to cultivate a school that is a great place to learn, the importance of adult social emotional learning, and much more.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the low-residency Doctor of Education program and its Social Emotional Learning Specialization.

You can also visit the website for 6 Seconds, which has many resources for understanding and cultivating emotional intelligence.

This episode was recorded April 20, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released May 17, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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To Build a Better World, Business Leaders First Have to Envision It

Wed, 3 May 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Visit Antioch University’s website to learn more about the Master of Business Administration program that Kenneth Baker helped found and that he currently serves as the chair of.

Guest host Jane Paul teaches in the BA in Liberal Studies at Antioch University’s Los Angeles Campus.

Listen to our Seed Field Podcast interview with Jane Paul in S4E7: We Can Build an Equitable Economy By Starting Small—and Right Now

This episode was recorded April 18, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released May 3, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Editor: Johanna Case

Guest Host: Jane Paul

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

To access a full transcript and find more information about this and other episodes, visit

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Best Of: Victoria Chang on Literary Citizenship

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Visit Common Thread to read our recent article, “Victoria Chang Wins 2023 Chowdhury Prize in Literature.”

Visit our website to learn more about Antioch’s MFA in Creative Writing.

You can purchase the books we talked about in the show, The Trees Witness Everything, Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation, Love, Love, OBIT, and Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief.

Recorded September 2, 2021 via Riverside.fm. First released September 8, 2021, and re-released April 19, 2023.

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Lauren Instenes

Re-Release Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

To access a full transcript and find more information about this and other episodes, visit

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Cultural Self-Assessment Is a Practice With Transformative Potential

Wed, 5 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Santa Barbara-based MA in Clinical Psychology that Mariela teaches in. You can also check out the program’s Latinx Mental Health Concentration that they direct.

This episode was recorded March 22, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released April 5, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Centuries of Oppression Built the Racial Wealth Gap. Can Black Entrepreneurs Heal It?

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the PhD in Leadership and Change that LaTanya graduated from.

You can also find more about LaTanya’s dissertation in our recent article, “Dissertation Watch: Dynastic and Generative Intent for First-Generation Black Wealth Creators.”

Learn more about LaTanya’s work at her website.

This episode was recorded March 8, 2023 via Riverside.fm and released March 22, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Best Of: Why Antioch’s Chancellor Believes Universities Must Build and Protect Democracy

Wed, 8 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Since this interview was first released two years ago, Antioch has announced the creation of a new system of colleges and universities, starting with affiliation with Otterbein College. This makes our interview with Chancellor Bill Groves about the role of higher education in promoting democracy only more relevant. So today we’re re-releasing this conversation about how Antioch University’s values of promoting social, economic, and environmental justice have been put to the test and the vital role Chancellor Groves believes higher education plays in building and maintaining democracy through educating voters and taking thoughtful stands on social injustices.

You can read more about Antioch’s mission statement involving social, economic, and environmental justice here.

To hear more from about the affiliation, listen to our recent Seed Field Podcast episode about that subject, featuring an interview with Chancellor Groves and Otterbein President John Comerford.

Recorded April 26, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released June 9, 2021. Re-released March 8, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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William R. Groves, JD, is the 22nd leader of Antioch University. He began working with Antioch in 1979 and has served as Chancellor since 2016. In his time at Antioch, Chancellor Groves has worked with faculty to improve structures and processes for faculty voice and has helped the university weather uncertain times in a changing landscape of higher education.

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Reconciling Psych’s Problematic Foundations With Its Transformative Potential

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:15:00 +0000

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We encourage you to download and read Jude’s paper, “Tugging at the Root of Oppression.”

This episode was recorded December 5, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released February 22, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Guest Host: Mair Allen

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Co-Designing With Marginalized Communities Requires Curiosity, Being Quiet, and Sharing Power

Wed, 8 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the the School of Environmental Studies and Sustainability that Kayla is faculty in. It offers study of conservation psychology at the certificate, bachelor’s, Master of Science, and PhD levels. We encourage you also to read Kayla’s paper in Zoo Biology and our Common Thread article looking back at the Co-Design project after its first year.

This episode was recorded December 21, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released February 8, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Ask Students to Solve Sustainability Problems and They Will Learn and Grow Empowered

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Certificate in Climate Change Education, the Masters of Education in Educating for Sustainability, and other programs from the School of Education that Paul teaches in.

You can download Paul’s dissertation on the UMass Amherst website.

This episode was recorded December 13, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released January 25, 2023.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

To access a full transcript and find more information about this and other episodes, visit

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Writing for Film and Stage Requires Collaboration—and Sometimes Just Doing It Yourself

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Many of us dream of writing a screenplay that becomes a blockbuster or of having our play open on Broadway. But the worlds of theater and film often seem impenetrable and full of barriers, especially for people from less privileged backgrounds. To learn more about how emerging playwrights and screenwriters can navigate these challenges, we sat down with the writer Colette Freedman. Colette is a longtime faculty member of Antioch’s MFA program and has had her stage plays and screenplays produced around the world. The conversation touches on how to produce films yourself without asking for permission, how Colette transforms the injustices that enrage her into strong stories, and the important place of humor in her writing and teaching.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the low-residency MFA Program that Colette teaches in.

Learn more about Colette’s work at her personal website. Buy her book The Last Bookstore at bookshop.org, and visit IMDB to follow her films Sister Cities and the forthcoming 7000 Miles.

You can find the profile of Colette’s student John Richards on Common Thread.

This episode was recorded November 29, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released December 14, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

To access a full transcript and find more information about this and other episodes, visit

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We Can Build an Equitable Economy By Starting Small—and Right Now

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Thu, 1 Dec 2022 17:42:33 +0000

How do we build sustainable, just economies? This is a question that seems to call for big, systemic solutions. But those can feel out of reach and beyond our scale to affect. The activist and educator Jane Paul says that there is another option: while fighting for larger change, we can build small-scale solutions in our communities. From worker-owned cooperatives to land trusts and mutual aid societies, we can start building a more equitable economy right where we are, and right now.

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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Undergraduate Studies program at our Los Angeles campus that Jane teaches in. Learn more about Jane’s work at this link.

Links mentioned in the interview: LA Co-op Lab, Los Angeles Eco-Village, Cooperation Jackson, Hope in the Dark, and Beautiful Solutions.

This episode was recorded October 27, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released December 1, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

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Alum Panel: The Intersection of Activism and Career

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:00:00 +0000

So many of us seek to meaningfully improve our communities and world—but it’s not always clear how we can combine that work with our careers. Seeking answers, we talked to three Antioch alumni who have grappled with this question in their own lives and work. Deb Moy is empowering transit workers in the Bay Area. Max Golding founded a tenant union in Santa Barbara. Isaias Narvaez connects you with resources in Los Angeles. In this conversation, they offer insights and an inspiring look at how three people have made activism an important part of their work.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MA in Clinical Psychology program at our Los Angeles campus that Isaias attended, the MA in Clinical Psychology program at our Santa Barbara campus that Max attended, and the online Doctor of Education program in which Deb is currently studying.

To learn more about Deb’s work in transit activism and watch videos that she produced, visit California Transit Works. Here is the link to the Santa Barbara Tenants’ Union that Max helped found.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University

Host: Jasper Nighthawk

Editor: Johanna Case

Digital Design: Mira Mead

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

Recording Help: Lauren Instenes

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton, Amelia Bryan, and Melinda Garland

This episode was recorded July 7, July 9, and July 13, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released November 11, 2022.

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Affirming LGBTQIA+ Youth is Imperative—And Sometimes a Challenge

Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:00:00 +0000

It’s vital that communities support LGBTQ youth—but for clinical psychologists seeking to provide affirming care, this treatment can be a minefield. Especially in cases when there is not parental support, how do therapists and psychologists provide necessary care for their LGBTQ clients? To answer these questions, guest host Gina Pasquale sits down with Dr. Tenika Jackson, the new chair of the MA in Clinical Psychology programs at Antioch Los Angeles. Tenika has years of experience working with LGBTQ youth and their families, and in this episode she shares her insights into how best to go about this work in our current political climate.

Visit Antioch University’s website to learn more about the Traditional MA in Clinical Psychology at Antioch Los Angeles, the Low-Residency MA in Clinical Psychology based at Antioch Los Angeles, and the PsyD in Clinical Psychology at Antioch New England.

This episode was recorded September 2, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released October 26, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

Guest Host: Gina Pasquale.

Host: Jasper Nighthawk.

Editors: Lauren Instenes and Johanna Case.

Digital Design: Mira Mead.

Web Content Coordination: Jen Mont.

Work-Study Intern: Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion

A special thanks to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland.

Guest Bio:

Dr. Tenika Jackson is the chair of the traditional and low-residency MA in Clinical Psychology programs at Antioch Los Angeles, where she also directs the specialization in LGBT-Affirmative Psychology. She has years of experience as a clinical psychologist, counseling LGBTQIA+ youth and their families. She holds a PsyD from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University with a Multicultural Community Proficiency.

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Health Psychology Fosters Wellness for the Body and Mind

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Living a healthy life is more than just eating the “right” foods and doing the “right” exercises, especially because these things may look different depending on your culture. Health Psychology is a way of looking at wellness in a whole new way that involves fulfilling the needs of both the mind and body. The faculty coordinator for Antioch’s BA Health Counseling and Psychology, Lynn Dhanak, joins us for a conversation about how understanding health psychology and focusing on strength-based approaches could have a profound impact on how we view wellness in our society.

To learn more about the BA in Health Counseling & Psychology that Lynn teaches in visit our website antioch.edu.

This episode was recorded August 31, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released October 12, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Sierra Nicole DeBinion, Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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Understanding and Treating Addiction on a Societal and Individual Level

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Addiction is widespread in our society, yet there is still so much stigma about the disease and treatment. How can we destigmatize addiction and best treat it as individuals, mental health professionals, and as a society? What is addiction, and how are mental health professionals working to treat it? How are therapists serving their clients, and what are they hopeful about in the field of addiction treatments? Join us in a conversation with mental health professionals, Misty Grant and Wendy Harris, to discuss how they are trying to address these questions in their practice and teaching.

To learn more about the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Antioch New England that Misty teaches in, and the Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology at Antioch Los Angeles visit our website.

This episode was recorded August 4, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released September 28th, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

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Using Somatic Therapy to Understand the Trauma in Our Bodies

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:00:00 +0000

When we experience trauma, it affects our minds and bodies in ways we may not even be aware of. Somatic therapy is a way for us to begin to understand the ways in which our bodies react to traumatic events so that we can process, heal, and move forward. This week’s guest Rachele Moskowitz specializes in this form of therapy and in this conversation she urges listeners to think about trauma and healing as a full body experience.

To learn more about the concentration in Somatic Therapy in the Masters of Art in Clinical Psychology at Antioch Santa Barbara here.

This episode was recorded July 28, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released September 14th, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

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Antioch and Otterbein Leaders Discuss First of its Kind National University System

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:00:00 +0000

This is the first episode of Season Four of the Seed Field Podcast! To start a great season, we are bringing you a very special conversation with two leaders in higher education: Antioch University’s Chancellor Bill Groves and the President of Otterbein University, John Comerford. A little over a month ago, a plan was announced for the two universities to affiliate with each other, to build a new private, nonprofit university system. In this interview, listeners can learn about both our universities’ histories and their new path forward directly from the two leaders most responsible for making this happen. We also delve into the plans to expand this system beyond these two founding schools, fulfilling this vision that has been boiled down to the phrase: collaboration, not competition. Here’s to the new shared chapter between these two venerable institutions!

To learn more about this affiliation visit antioch.edu/system.

This episode was recorded August 16, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released August 31, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

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Big Idea: Redefining Literacy

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 20:35:22 +0000

We’re getting ready to launch Season Four of the Seed Field Podcast and we’re putting together two mini-episodes that revisit interviews from Season Three and pull out the themes that consistently run through them.

If there's hope in anything, there is hope in children as educators. As our school systems focus on producing certain test scores, checking boxes, and sometimes treating students as products rather than people, we have education experts like the three guests from this mini series on “literacy” who challenge teachers to take an individualized approach, to meet students where they are, and encourage their curiosity. In this episode we share clips from interviews with Heather Hebard, Laura Thomas, and Gopal Krishnamurthy to revisit their suggestions on redefining what we think of as literacy, supporting social-emotional learning, and encouraging scientific exploration.

The episodes mentioned in this recap are:

Expanding Our Definition of Literacy is Necessary for Justice with Heather Hebard
To Grow Emotional Literacy, a Classroom Must Become a Community with Laura Thomas
Developing Math and Science Literacy Means Moving Beyond the “Right” Answer with Gopal Krishnamurthy

This episode was recorded August 18, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released August 30, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Sierra-Nicole E. DeBinion, Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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Big Idea: Destigmatizing Sex

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:00:00 +0000

We’re getting ready to launch Season Four of the Seed Field Podcast and to cap off a great season, we’re putting together two mini-episodes that revisit interviews from this season and pull out the themes that consistently run through them.

When discussing sexuality, sex therapy, and sex education there is the only thing we can count on- variation. When we allow individuals to know that variation is the only “normative” part of sexuality, then we get to live with less shame and more joy. In this bonus mini-episode, we revisit interviews with Dr. Markie LC Twist, Dr. Theodore Burns, and Fiona O’Farrel. Recapping these interviews, this is a conversation that emphasizes consent, destigmatizing sex therapy for adults, the harm of “abstinence-only education”, erotophobia in mental health treatment, and treating ourselves and others in our communities in a compassionate and socially just way.

The episodes mentioned in this recap are:

Beyond ‘The Talk’—Supporting Young People As They Explore Sexuality and Gender with Dr. Markie L.C. Twist
In Place of Fear and Shame, We Need Sex-Positive Education with Dr. Theodore Burnes
The Tools of Sex Therapy Can Nurture Healthier Relationships with Fiona O’Farrell

This episode was recorded August 18, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released August 30, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Sierra Nicole Debinion, Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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Developing Math and Science Literacy Means Moving Beyond the “Right” Answer

Wed, 25 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000

When using the “Scientific Method,” we ask questions, observe the world, and interpret what we find. Sometimes this leads us to change our initial ideas—but no matter what, we lead with curiosity. So why is it that science education today so often focuses on memorizing facts and solving tidy problems with right and wrong answers? In this interview with Dr. Gopal Krishnamurthy we ask these questions. Topics covered include foul-smelling childhood experiments, an engagement with non-standard mathematical notation, and the ways that today, “despite the best efforts of our teachers, learning is critically endangered.”

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MS in Environmental Studies, Science Teaching that Gopal is the director of.

Learn more about Gopal in his faculty bio and his personal website.

Gopal’s article “Taking ‘Mistakes’: A Mathematical Tragicomedy” can be accessed online (requires a subscription).

This episode was recorded May 9, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released May 25, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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To Grow Emotional Literacy, a Classroom Must Become a Community

Wed, 11 May 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Students learn more than reading, writing, and arithmetic in school, classrooms are also where students practice their social and emotional skills. But how can teachers support a student’s growth in these areas, and should this be treated as equally important as more test-able skills? To find out, we talked with Laura Thomas, an expert on collaborative learning communities who has served for 20 years in the education department at Antioch New England. In this conversation, Laura discusses how we should understand emotional intelligence, the importance of cultural respect, and current attacks on public education.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about our education programs. And here is a link to the Master of Education for Experienced Educators program that Laura directs.

Read Laura’s Edutopia column about collaborative learning communities.

This episode was recorded April 22, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released May 11, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

To access a full transcript and find more information about this and other episodes, visit theseedfield.org

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Expanding Our Definition of Literacy is Necessary for Justice

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Words are how we tell our stories, form our identities, and advocate for ourselves within society. But are schools doing a good job preparing students to be confident, empowered writers? In this interview with the literacy expert Heather Cheney, she discusses how writing education and literacy education are unequally distributed across our nation’s schools, and she challenges our understanding of what counts as literacy. Join us in this conversation to learn about the unequal ways that different kinds of literacy are accorded power in our society, and what we can do to change that.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the Seattle Education programs that Heather teaches in.

Please note that Heather’s last name has changed, and she is referred to in the episode as Heather Hebard.

This episode was recorded April 18,2022 via Riverside.fm and released April 27, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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How Sharing and Listening to Stories Can Stop Us From Othering Our Neighbors

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Antioch University) — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 04:00:00 +0000

Our life experiences not only define us but they can also connect us to people in our community or even people on the other side of the world. Alum and current Antioch professor, Jocelyn Robinson joins guest host Lauren Instenes to discuss how preserving the stories of the past and those of people today can unite communities and educate the world. Jocelyn, is a radio producer, educator, and oral historian, who is working with the radio station WYSO to document the stories of a local community in Dayton, Ohio, and is also running a project to preserve archival radio content at Historically Black Colleges & Universities.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about Antioch’s Online Undergraduate programs that Jocelyn teaches in.

Joceyln’s piece titled The Flag created for The Big Ponder is available at this link.

The West Dayton Stories project can be found at this link and WYSO also plays clips of the interviews live on air.

This episode was recorded March 17th, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released April 13t, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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Stuck On Autopilot, We Ignore Daily Injustices. Can Art Shake Us Awake?

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:00:00 +0000

The idea of “defamiliarization” says that we sometimes become so used to our world that we grow numb to it. It takes powerful art to remind us of how strange an experience the opera can be, or how cruel it is that our society forces people to live without shelter on the freeway on-ramps. In this episode we interview the novelist and professor Alistair McCartney about his recent seminar on the Russian theorist Viktor Shklovski and his theory of “defamiliarization.” We talk about what exactly this term means, how it plays out in the works of Leo Tolstoy and Toni Morrison, and how this practice can be used both in and outside of literature to create a more empathetic world.

Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the programs Alistair teaches in: the MFA in Creative Writing and the BA in Liberal Studies.

Learn more about Alistair’s writing and find links to buy his novels on his personal website.

You can read the essay, “Art as Technique,” in Viktor Shklovsky: A Reader.

This episode was recorded February 2, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released March 30, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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We Need to Face Racism. Womanism Offers a Path Towards Healing.

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 04:00:00 +0000

It’s been almost ten years since the founding of the Movement for Black Lives, which kicked off a decade of activism and creativity comparable to the abolitionist movement and the Civil Rights Movement. And yet, even after the work of these powerful movements, we still see racism in this country. So the question remains: can white people learn to be less racist in action and thought? In this conversation with Dr. Tawana Davis we learn about her work trying to do just that by creating the Facing Racism program. We discuss her Antioch dissertation studying the effectiveness of that program, her work as a womanist centering the lived experience of Black women, and the more spiritual dimensions of making anti-racist change.

To learn more about the PhD in Leadership and Change that Tawana graduated from, visit the program’s webpage. And through the Antioch Libraries you can download and read Tawana’s dissertation.

Learn more about the Facing Racism program that Tawana cofounded on the Soul 2 Soul Sisters website. You can also visit the websites of Carrie’s Touch and Healing the Healers.

Visit our website to find the Seed Field Podcast interview with Stephen Brookfield about educating for anti-racism.

This episode was recorded February 23, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released March 15, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

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When Toxic Behavior Is Tolerated at Work, Good People Quit. Is There a Different Way?

Wed, 2 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +0000

From spreading rumors and giving condescending feedback to undercutting decisions and meddling to try to bring down a team, toxic behaviors are all too common in the workplace. In this interview with Dr. Mitchell Kusy, author of the book, Why I Don’t Work Here Any More, we learn more about these toxic behaviors and what we can do to make sure they don’t derail our organizations. From the “Jekyll and Hyde” dynamic that toxic employees often use to hide their behavior to the notion of “toxic enablers” and “toxic buffers,” Mitch shares many evidence-based insights into what creates this unhealthy dynamic—and how we can intervene to create work cultures of respectful engagement.

Find out more about the PhD in Leadership & Change or the Professional Certificate in Leading Transformative Change that Mitch teaches in.

Learn more about Mitchell Kusy’s work here.

This episode was recorded February 14, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released March 1, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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The Tools of Sex Therapy Can Nurture Healthier Relationships

Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Fiona O'Farrell hopes for a world in which sex therapy isn’t a specialization within psychotherapy but is embraced as central to the field. Through her work as a sex therapist and as faculty at Antioch Seattle, she is actively working towards this future when every therapist will be comfortable providing guidance on how sexual practices and gender identities impact our lives. In this episode, Fiona tells us of the healing she has seen happen when therapists give patients the permission to be their full sexual selves, and she discusses how sex therapy is uniquely positioned to aid both individuals and the overall health of relationships, regardless of their kind.

To find out more about the certificates in Sex Therapy and Sex Education Fiona directs at Antioch Seattle, visit Antioch’s website.

Learn more about Fiona O'Farrell’s work here.

This episode was recorded January 10, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released February 16, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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In Place of Fear and Shame, We Need Sex-Positive Education

Wed, 2 Feb 2022 05:00:00 +0000

Sexual education is extremely important and we need more of it. In the second episode of our mini-series about human sexuality we talk with Dr. Theodore Burnes about the need for educators to go beyond the “SexEd” class, incorporating open and sex-positive discussions about sexuality, and gender also across young people’s educations. Dr. Burns, a therapist and educator specializing in sexuality and gender, shares with us key strategies to create culturally responsive, sex-positive learning environments that make children safer.

You can find out more about the Master of Arts in Applied Psychology that Theo teaches in, and in particular its LGBT-Affirming Psychology Specialization on our website.

This episode was recorded January 4, 2022 via Riverside.fm and released February 2, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Beyond ‘The Talk’—Supporting Young People As They Explore Sexuality and Gender

Wed, 19 Jan 2022 05:00:00 +0000

We’re kicking off our third season with a three-episode mini-series on sexuality and the ways that it intersects with the many subjects taught at Antioch University. For our first guest we interview Dr. Markie L.C. Twist, an acclaimed sexuality educator, sexologist, relationship therapist, and author. In this conversation we discuss expanding our ideas around relational diversity and gender identity to support young people as they find their way in our current world.

Visit the program page of the Couple & Family Therapy program at Antioch New England, to learn more about this subject.

To find more information about Markie’s books, publications, and other talks she’s given, visit her personal website.

This episode was recorded December 13, 2021 via Riverside.fm and released January 19, 2022.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch

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Big Idea: Teaching for Social Justice at Antioch

Wed, 5 Jan 2022 05:00:00 +0000

It’s easy to say you want to imbue social justice into a program’s curriculum—but how do you actually do it? Across conversations from this season we heard about how different disciplines are embracing ideas of literary citizenship, decolonizing their curricula, and advocating for a more inclusive definition of leadership. All while building on Antioch’s 170-year history of social justice education. (This is the third of three mini-episodes that revisit interviews from Season Two and pull out the themes that consistently run through them.)

Links to Excerpted Episodes:

“Envisioning a Writing World Full of Good Literary Citizens” with Victoria Chang

“Leadership Is Worth Studying—And Reforming” with Dr. Donna Ladkin

This episode was recorded December 8, 2021 via Riverside.fm and released December 22, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Big Idea: Mental Health Justice at Antioch

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Access to mental health care should be a right, not a privilege. In the second episode of our bonus series, we take a look back at conversations with mental health professionals at Antioch, and how they have used their work to address social injustices in our society. Whether it is helping us confront our unconscious biases, advocating for culturally responsive therapy practices, or creating more accessibility to these professions, Antiochians are continuing to break boundaries and push their field in the direction of justice.

Links to Excerpted Episodes:

“To Heal Our Communities, We Need to Explore the Unconscious Mind” with Dr. Monique Bowen

“Art Therapy Can Provide Healing Beyond Words” with Amy Morrison and Beth Donahue

“Latinx/e Communities Deserve Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care” with Dr. Mariaimeé Gonzalez

This episode was recorded December 8, 2021 via Riverside.fm and released December 29, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Big Idea: Environmental Justice and Environmental Education at Antioch

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:00:00 +0000

“You must praise the mutilated world,” wrote the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski. But in an age of worldwide environmental crisis and collapse, how do we cultivate this appreciation, knowledge, and love? Across three recent conversations with Antiochians engaged in the work of environmental justice and environmental education, we heard multiple creative approaches. Here we look for common themes and bigger answers. (This is the first of three mini-episodes that revisit interviews from Season Two and pull out the themes that consistently run through them.)

Links to Excerpted Episodes:

“Through Eating, Sharing, and Studying Food We Can Build Sustainable Communities” with Jon Garfunkel

“To Reopen Schools, Teachers Took Their Students Outside. Should They Stay There?” with Ellen Doris and Liza Lowe

“To Find Solutions to Our Most Global Problems, We Must Go Into the Field” with Jim Jordan and Dawn Murray

This episode was recorded December 8, 2021 via Riverside.fm and released December 22, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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To Find Solutions to Our Most Global Problems, We Must Go Into the Field

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Solving global problems requires looking at the whole picture—and sometimes that means getting your hands dirty. In this conversation with environmental studies experts Jim Jordan and Dawn Murray, we hear why their work often involves studying across disciplines—and across the globe. They are clear about the benefits they see from studying in different environments all around the world—from gaining a deeper understanding of the problems our planet faces to creating meaningful connections across cultures.

Dawn Murray directs the BS in Environmental Studies, Sustainability, and Sciences for Antioch Online.

Jim Jordan is the Director of the Field Studies Program for Environmental Studies at Antioch New England.

Keep a look out for Dawn's forthcoming book titled Monpa Traditional Plants: Indigenous Knowledge from a Himalaya Healer.

Read a recent profile on Dawn written by Jasper Nighthawk for our online news site Common Thread.

This episode was recorded November 19, 2021 via Riverside.fm and released December 15, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Latinx/e Communities Deserve Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care

Wed, 1 Dec 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Over 60 million Latinx/e individuals currently live in the US, yet this community is often underserved—and perhaps especially when it comes to mental health care. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Mariaimeé Gonzalez about the work she is doing to make sure that counseling for Latinx communities is done by diverse and well-trained professionals who understand the specific issues this community faces.

Click here to learn more about Mariaimeé Gonzalez. Read the recent article about the Latinx Mental Health and Social Justice Maria and Syntia Santos Dietz co-founded. Explore the Seattle MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling here.

Gina Pasquale was our guest host. Gina’s episode from season one, “How We Can Support Children Through Hard Times By Being Better Listeners” can be found here.

Recorded November 19, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released December 1, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Art Therapy Can Provide Healing Beyond Words

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Words are powerful tools to express emotion and experience—but they have their limits. This is a problem for therapists who engage with their clients primarily by talking, however, using art in a therapeutic context enables a different kind of exploration and communication. In this episode, two practitioners and professors of art therapy, Amy Morrison and Beth Donahue, discuss the history of this therapeutic modality, its potential to reach people excluded by more conventional therapies, and also how the new online therapist training program they just launched has made this profession more accessible than ever.

Click here to find out more information about the online MA in Art Therapy and Clinical Mental Health Counseling program Amy and Beth created.

You can learn more about Amy Morrison or Beth Donahue on the Antioch website.

Recorded November 3, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released November 16, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Through Eating, Sharing, and Studying Food We Can Build Sustainable Communities

Wed, 3 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Do you know where your food comes from? Whether it is the food we are getting at a grocery store, farmer’s market, restaurant, or our backyard, understanding the different ways food is produced and the larger systems it is a part of can help us fight for more sustainable and equitable access to food. Scholar and dedicated food educator Jon Garfunkel talks with guest host Mair Allen about the ways that acts like reclaiming public spaces for gardening, having conversations with local food providers, and volunteering to help to feed your community can help us understand and correct problems in the food systems we currently depend on—both locally and globally.

image from Unsplash via Thomas Gamstaetter

To learn more about Jon Garfunkel and EduCulture, visit that organization’s website. Find information about the certificate program that Jon runs at Antioch by visiting the Leadership in Edible Education website.

Read Mair’s Antioch-focused writing on Common Thread and find read their poetry and other writing on their personal website.

Recorded October 26, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released November 3, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Leadership Is Worth Studying—And Reforming

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000

The phenomenon of leadership is something that affects our lives every day, which is why scholars like Dr. Donna Ladkin believe that analyzing how our ideas of leadership are shaped is extremely important to building a better society. In this episode, we discuss the history of leadership ideology and Dr. Ladkin’s work in pushing the leadership studies field to recognize its roots in whiteness.

Visit Antioch University’s website to learn more about the Graduate School of Leadership and Change.

To learn more about Donna Ladkin click here. You can find out more information here about the Leading for Inclusion & Racial Justice Certificate that Donna convenes.

Recorded September 16, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released October 20, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Envisioning a Writing World Full of Good Literary Citizens with Victoria Chang

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Victoria Chang, Jasper Nighthawk, Lauren Instenes) — Wed, 6 Oct 2021 04:00:00 +0000

The celebrated poet Victoria Chang envisions a writing world in which collaboration, generosity, and mutual aid are regular features. In both her life as a writer and in her role as chair of Antioch’s Creative Writing MFA program, Victoria embodies these qualities, which together she calls “literary citizenship.” And she inspires her students to do the same. In this conversation we explore what being a good literary citizen means to Victoria, how this ethos has influenced her own work and career, and how building a more inclusive writing community benefits everyone.

Visit Antioch University’s website to learn more about the MFA in Creative Writing program.

Learn more about Victoria Chang click here.

You can purchase the books we talked about in the show, Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation, Love, Love, OBIT, Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief.

Recorded September 2, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released September 8, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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To Heal Our Communities, We Need to Explore the Unconscious Mind

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 04:00:00 +0000

Psychologist and teacher Dr. Monique Bowen believes that the benefits of psychoanalysis extend far beyond the healing and personal growth that can come from exploring one’s unconscious. In a country built on whiteness and systemic racism, the act of analyzing unconscious thoughts and behaviors can provide an opportunity for community healing across communities. Having a safe space to have these conversations is essential. In this conversation, Dr. Bowen discusses how therapy can be a place of healing not only for the patient but also for the therapist—and for the community at large.

Visit Antioch University’s website to learn more about the PsyD in Clinical Psychology.

Learn more about Dr. Monique Bowen click here.

Recorded August 16, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released September 22, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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To Reopen Schools, Teachers Took Their Students Outside. Should They Stay There?

Wed, 8 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Outdoor learning was an educational trend that took off when the pandemic made the indoors unsafe. Now, many students and teachers have experienced the benefits of this way of learning. Will students ever want to go back inside? And should they? To find out, we had a conversation with two Antioch faculty, Ellen Doris and Liza Lowe, who specialize in place-based and nature-based education. They talk about the many benefits of outdoor education and share some great tips for those interested in creating safe and fun outdoor experiences for their students.

To learn more about the Inside Outside Network visit insideoutside.org.

Visit Antioch University’s website to learn more about the Nature-Based Education Program.

To learn more about Ellen Doris and Liza Lowe click here.

Recorded September 2, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released September 8, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Karen Hamilton and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Big Idea: Lessons from Season One of the Seed Field Podcast

Wed, 1 Sep 2021 04:00:00 +0000

With Season Two kicking off in just one week, the Seed Field Podcast team wanted to take a look back at some of the knowledge our guests shared in Season One. Over these twelve episodes, we had conversations with Antiochians representing all six of our campuses and across disciplines including education, mental health, environmental studies, leadership, and more. In this episode, host Jasper Nighthawk and producer Lauren Instenes play their favorite clips, ranging from advice for navigating mental health during a pandemic to how to decolonize our communities and workplaces. We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane—and don’t forget to join us next week for the start of Season Two!

Here are direct links to each episode of Season One, in the order they are presented in today’s show:

Stephen Brookfield on Anti-Racist Education

Catherine Lounsbury and Syntia Santos-Dietz on Decolonizing Curricula

Doug Wear and Lane Janger on Bringing Therapy Online

Gina Pasquale on Children’s Mental Health

Cynthia Ruffin on Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth

Zoe Weil on Humane Education

Libby McCann and Sue Byers on Teaching Climate Change

Jean Kayira on Ways of Thinking About the Environment

Chancellor Bill Groves on Higher Education and Democracy

Aqeel Tirmizi on Self-Awareness in Leadership

Kirsten Grimstad on Memory Activism

Sue Woehrlin on Narrative

You can always find the full episodes from Season One and future seasons at our website, theseedfield.org.

Recorded August 17, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released September 1, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

The Seed Field Podcast’s host is Jasper Nighthawk, and its editor is Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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Reflect, Act, Repeat. How Cycles of Inquiry Help Us Challenge Dominant Narratives

Wed, 4 Aug 2021 04:00:00 +0000

Mapmaking? Birdwatching? Political activism? Dr. Sue Woehrlin sees in each of these activities the importance of narrative—and she teaches her students to see and master these narratives. Stories are the way we make sense of the world, so it’s important for us to understand the stories of our cultures, our communities, and ourselves. Dr. Woehrlin joins the Seed Field Podcast for the final episode of our first season to discuss ways of studying and questioning the stories around us. Through a fascinating conversation about maps, birds, and narrative, we explore ways that changemakers can take back control of the stories being told, reimagining the world and work to make it more just.

Dr. Sue Woehrlin teaches in the Undergraduate Program at Antioch University Seattle. Learn about Antioch University’s Undergraduate offerings here.

Learn more about Dr. Sue Woehrlin.

Recorded July 12, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released August 4, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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A World in Crisis Calls for Conscious and Courageous Leadership

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 04:00:00 +0000

As the world faces many serious problems, from climate change to global health crises, we need leaders who serve humanity in a conscious and courageous way. This week’s guest host, Dr. Y. Falami Devoe, is joined by leadership scholar Dr. Aqeel Tirmizi to discuss what steps we can take as individuals and communities to train and develop the kinds of leadership we want to see in the world.

Listen and Subscribe to Dr. Y. Falami Devoe’s podcast ...And the Conversation Continues on Youtube.

Learn more about the programs offered by Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change.

Follow Antioch University on Facebook and LinkedIn to be notified when the new Professional Certificate designed by Dr. Tirmizi, “Advancing Conscious Leadership” is launched later this summer.

Learn more about Dr. Aqeel Tirmizi and Dr. Y. Falami Devoe.

Recorded July 2, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released July 21, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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To Have Just Classrooms, We Must Decolonize and Reimagine Our Disciplines

Wed, 7 Jul 2021 04:00:00 +0000

How can teachers embody and pass on values of social justice in a country built on colonization, hierarchy, white supremacy, and the oppression of other cultures? This is the question a five-person Social Justice Pedagogy Committee in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program has been asking: how to decolonize their program’s curriculum. For this episode we talk with two members of this team, Cathy Lounsbury and Syntia Santos Dietz, about the insights they have gained from starting this process, why engaging in these kinds of dialogues is so important, and how others might undertake similar work.

To learn more about the work of the Social Justice Pedagogy Committee, you can watch their full presentation at the Association for Humanistic Counselling.

Learn more about Antioch New England’s Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling by following this link.

Learn more about Cathy Lounsbury and Syntia Santos Dietz.

Recorded June 29, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released July 7, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and past episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org. To get updates and be notified about future episodes, follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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How Affirmation Helps Queer Youth Thrive Despite Ongoing Discrimination

theseedfield@antioch.edu (Cynthia Ruffin, Lauren Instenes, Jasper Nighthawk) — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000

As Pride Month comes to an end, we discuss the continued need for LGBTQ+ activism, the challenges facing youth today, and ways to radicalize pride in the fight for social justice with Cynthia Ruffin, the director of COLORS LGBTQ Youth Counseling. As director of this free therapy service, Cynthia has great insight into how these young people continue to experience discrimination and trauma in our country, and she urges us to find new ways to show up for the LGBTQ+ community.

More about COLORS:

COLORS is a Los Angeles-based therapy service offering free, unlimited, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy to LGBTQ+ identified youth under age 25. Visit colorsyouth.org to learn more.

This year is COLORS’s ten-year anniversary! To join COLORS in celebrating this milestone visit colorsyouth.org, where they will be posting information about how to sign up for their upcoming event.

Find out more about Cynthia Ruffin.

Recorded June 7, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released June 23, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and future episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit

theseedfield.org

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Why Antioch’s Chancellor Believes Universities Must Build and Protect Democracy

Wed, 9 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000

In the United States, the past year has forced us to come to terms with how fragile our democracy is. In the face of this national reckoning, Antioch University’s values of promoting social, economic, and environmental justice have been put to the test. In this episode, Antioch’s Chancellor, William Groves, discusses the vital role he believes higher education plays in building and maintaining democracy through educating voters and taking thoughtful stands on social injustices.

More about Chancellor Groves:

You can read more about Antioch’s mission statement involving social, economic, and environmental justice here.

Recorded April 26, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released June 9, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland for their contributions.

For information about this and future episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org or follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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To Challenge Dominant Narratives, Activist Memory Workers Reclaim History

Wed, 26 May 2021 04:00:00 +0000

Activist movements make the world more just by exploring forgotten or concealed aspects of the present and the past. In this episode, we talk with Kirsten Grimstad, a scholar of post-war Germany and feminist thought who is working to preserve cultural memory and to make history more accessible. With guest host Lauren Instenes, she discusses how activists can use the knowledge of previous activist moments and movements along with the memory of past societal injustices to “ignite the fire of civil courage.” She discusses the importance of holding ourselves and our countries accountable for past harm—and of promoting reparations and healing in the present.

More about Dr. Kirsten Grimstad:

Dr. Grimstad has a PhD in Comparative Literature and is the Co-Chair of Undergraduate Programs at Antioch University, Los Angeles, where she teaches classes on literary modernism and Holocaust memory work. She has published a book on the German author Thomas Mann called The Modern Revival of Gnosticism and Thomas Mann’s Doktor Faustus, and was also a co-author of the New Woman's Survival Catalog published in 1973 and republished in 2019.

Buy The New Woman’s Survival Catalog here or find it at your local bookstore.

Learn about Undergraduate Studies at Antioch University Los Angeles or watch the AULA Undergraduate Studies Anytime Open House.

Recorded May 3, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released May 26, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was guest hosted and edited by Lauren Instenes. The host was Jasper Nighthawk. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Simon Javan Okelo for their contributions.

For information about this and future episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org or follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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How We Can Support Children Through Hard Times By Being Better Listeners

Wed, 12 May 2021 17:20:00 +0000

This past year of a deadly pandemic has been tough on everyone, but it’s been particularly hard for children. Most have had to cope with having their entire routines turned upside-down by the removal of in-person school. And now, over a year later, many are dealing with the uncertainty of going back to school before they can be vaccinated. To make sense of this time of instability, we called up Dr. Gina Pasquale, an expert in child mental health. In this episode, she shares insights into what this year has been like for children all over the country, and provides some invaluable strategies for supporting not only children but all of the people we care about, as we face the next big transition—and the rest of our lives.

More about Dr. Gina Pasquale:

Dr. Pasquale is a teacher and psychotherapist who specializes in infant mental health and Autism Spectrum Disorders. A graduate of Antioch University New England’s Doctor of Psychology program, she now teaches as affiliate faculty in the program, leading multiple courses including the Professional Development Series. In her private practice, Dr. Pasquale uses talk therapy to treat clients of all ages, and she provides psychological testing for a wide range of educational, emotional, and behavioral issues. When she is not seeing patients or teaching, Dr. Pasquale can be found avidly riding her mountain bike throughout the Keene area.

Learn more about Antioch University New England’s Doctor of Psychology program.

Recorded April 28, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released May 12, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University.

This episode was hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and edited by Lauren Instenes. Special thanks for this episode goes to Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, Melinda Garland, and Simon Javan Okelo for their contributions.

For information about this and future episodes, and to access a full transcript, visit theseedfield.org or follow Antioch University on Facebook.

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A Problem as Big as Climate Change Calls for Diverse Ways of Knowing

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 04:00:00 +0000

“We need to expand our understanding of the word environment,” says Dr. Jean Kayira, a scholar of sustainability and Indigenous Knowledge. “In my view, environment is really about interconnectedness and the interdependence of everything.” Jean directs Antioch’s PhD in Environmental Studies, and she is a leader in this interdisciplinary field that tries to deepen our understanding of the world—and to keep the world from changing it so much that it’s no longer hospitable. In this episode, Jean shares with us why multiple knowledge systems are better than just one, how dancing on mountaintops can be part of rigorous scholarly inquiry, her passion for the Malawian concept of umunthu, and the importance of planting seeds (sometimes literally) in your own community.

More about Dr. Jean Kayira:

Jean is the Director of Antioch’s PhD in Environmental Studies. An expert on community-based education, socio-ecological justice, and Indigenous Knowledge, Jean grew up in Malawi before coming to North America. She holds a PhD from the University of Saskatchewan, where she wrote her dissertation Re-Learning our Roots: Youth Participatory Research, Indigenous Knowledge, and Sustainability through Agriculture. Jean's research involves working with youth, educators, and community members around issues of sustainability and environmental justice.

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Recorded April 7, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released April 27, 2021.

The Seed Field Podcast is produced by Antioch University, co-hosted by Jasper Nighthawk and Simon Javan Okelo, and edited by Lauren Instenes. Guidance for this episode came from Melissa Batalin, Karen Hamilton, and Melinda Garland.

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Why Environmental Justice Requires Education and a Focus on Equity

Thu, 15 Apr 2021 02:00:00 +0000

Across the country, activists and educators use Earth Day to teach the public about the importance of environmental justice and action to slow and mitigate climate change. This year we take it as an opportunity to talk with two Antioch faculty, Libby McCann and Sue Byers, about how we can challenge the ways our country has used environmental education in the past and collectively push for more equitable solutions to the climate crisis.

More about Dr. Libby McCann:

Libby is based in New England where she serves as the Director of the Environmental Education Concentration in the Master of Science in Environmental Studies, Environmental Education program. Libby also helps to run the Keene Community Garden project at AUNE and has directed Earth Partnership for Schools, a national program planting native gardens as outdoor classrooms. She has lived and worked in California, Washington, New Zealand, New Jersey, and Wisconsin as an environmental and consumer organizer and environmental educator/interpreter.

More about Sue Byers:

Sue is based in Seattle where she is the Director of the Urban Environmental Education Master’s in Education program at Antioch University Seattle. Sue began her career in education at Seattle Public Schools where she directed college access and readiness programs for middle and high school students. She served as Chief Academic Officer at the College Success Foundation where she launched programs in Washington State and the District of Columbia, serving over 6,000 low-income and underserved youth.

If you would like to read the written pieces mentioned in this podcast, you can read Sue Byers’ blog post on Earth Day at the Seed Field, and you can find the essay Racism is Killing the Planet by Climate Justice Fellow Hop Hopkins at the Sierra Club’s blog.

You can click here to find out more about the Coalition of Communities of Color.

Learn more about the Environmental Studies & Sustainability Programs at Antioch University.

Recorded April 7, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released April 14, 2021.

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To Create a World Where All Can Thrive, Education Must Change

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Institute for Humane Education founder Zoe Weil talks with our co-hosts to dive into the history of humane education, how to move from being a problem solver to being a “solutionary,” and the impact she believes humane education could have on our country and world – especially as we emerge from a global pandemic.

The Institute for Humane Education helps educators teach about human rights, environmental preservation, and animal protection to create a world where all can thrive, they recently partnered with Antioch University to offer MA, MEd, EdD and certificate programs in Humane Education.

You can find the books Zoe mentions like The World Becomes What We Teach and Most Good, Least Harm on the IHE website here.

Watch Zoe’s TEDx Talk on The World Becomes What We Teach here.

Read more about Antioch University and the Institute for Humane Education’s partnership here.

Learn more about the Institute for Humane Education here.

To apply for a Humane Education program please visit antioch.edu.

Recorded March 22, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released March 31, 2021.

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How Therapy is Evolving to Support Mental Health in Unprecedented Times

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 04:00:00 +0000

In this episode, recorded almost exactly a year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced lockdowns across the U.S., we have a deep conversation with two Antiochians working on the front lines of mental health to discuss the ways the field of therapy is evolving.

Dr. Doug Wear is the Director of Antioch’s Community Counseling and Psychology Clinic in Seattle. The clinic was fast in adapting to the circumstances of the pandemic and has been offering free counseling to frontline health workers this whole year.

Lane Janger is a current student in AULA’s Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology program where he has spearheaded the development of Antioch Community Therapy Services (ACTS), a clinic that offers free tele-counselling to Californians affected by the pandemic.

Doug and Lane share the difficulties they’ve faced trying to meet their communities’ counselling needs as well as their insights into how the field has already changed with the rise of teletherapy—and how more change is inevitable.

Looking to connect with a therapist in the state of Washington? Learn more about Antioch University Seattle’s Community Counseling and Psychology Clinic here.

Looking to connect with a therapist in the state of California? Learn more about Antioch University Los Angeles’s Antioch Community Therapy Services (ACTS) here.

Read our Common Thread article about ACTS here.

Recorded March 8, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released March 17, 2021.

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What Adult Education Can Show Us About Educating for Anti-Racism

Wed, 3 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000

As we find ourselves at a unique point in our country’s history, where more individuals and institutions than ever are attempting to recognize the ways in which their actions uphold white supremacy, we can learn much from the work of Antioch’s first Distinguished Scholar, Stephen Brookfield. In its premiere episode, co-hosts of The Seed Field Podcast, Jasper Nighthawk and Simon Javan Okelo enter into a thought-provoking discussion with Stephen about his long career in adult education and how he uses it to frame antiracism as an educational endeavor we must all undertake, both individually and collectively. Simon and Jasper ask questions about Stephen’s upcoming book, Becoming a White Antiracist, and about the work he is currently undertaking as Antioch’s Distinguished Scholar.

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Pre-order Becoming a White Antiracist here.

Read the recent Common Thread article on Stephen Brookfield, Adult Ed Reformer and Anti-Racist Scholar Stephen Brookfield Joins Antioch as Distinguished Scholar.

More about Stephen Brookfield:
Stephen D. Brookfield (PhD) has been a leader in the field of continuing education for 40 years. His overall project is to help people learn to think critically about the dominant ideologies they have internalized and how these can be challenged. His twentieth book – Becoming a White Antiracist – co-authored with Mary Hess, will be published by Stylus Publishers in Spring 2021. Stephen is also a member of The 99ers, a punk rock band, whose music you can find wherever you get your music. Visit stephenbrookfield.com to learn more.

Recorded February 10, 2021 via Riverside.fm. Released March 3, 2021.

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Welcome to The Seed Field [Trailer]

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:19:40 +0000

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