{"id":25387,"date":"2010-04-21T11:46:56","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T15:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/home.bates.edu\/?p=25387"},"modified":"2016-02-08T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T20:47:54","slug":"lounge-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2010\/04\/21\/lounge-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Lounge Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new WRBC-FM program brings the faculty to the world<\/h3>\n

By Elizabeth McKean \u201912 and Gabrielle Otto \u201911<\/em><\/p>\n

Once a week, seniors Matthew Reynolds and Tucker Pawlick welcome a faculty member into the underground WRBC radio station on Frye Street for their show The Faculty Lounge<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Interviewers and interviewees perch on stools next to microphones, cloistered by the blinking lights of the radio gear, hundreds of CDs, and illustrations of sea creatures on the ceiling.<\/p>\n

In Reynolds\u2019 words, the show falls \u201csomewhere between a lecture and Crossfire<\/em>.\u201d He and Pawlick, of Westport, Conn., try for a relaxed atmosphere where their intense interest in the guests can engender a genuine conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea for the show started as an archive project,\u201d explained Reynolds of Mill Valley, Calif. \u2014 a Web repository of faculty lectures and interviews. \u201cThen we started thinking about it as a radio show, like Fresh Air, where prospective and current students could listen to admired professors in dialogue about their current academic projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cOur show extends discussion beyond the classroom,\u201d allowing professors to share their current work and passions. \u201cAnd it promotes a more equal and accessible relationship between professors and students.\u201d<\/p>\n

A March episode featured Eric Hooglund, visiting professor of politics. Hooglund is a leading American scholar on Muslim countries, particularly Iran, and has written for The New York Times <\/em>and the U.K.\u2019s Guardian<\/em> about last summer\u2019s elections in Iran. The WRBC hosts focused on his experiences in Iran during the 1979 Islamic Revolution and his insights into the country\u2019s present political climate.<\/p>\n

Hooglund\u2019s interest in Iran began during a Peace Corps stint in the late 1960s. He returned in 1978 and 1979 to complete research for his dissertation. He told the WRBC listeners that this was \u201ca fascinating time with a lot of energy and excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pawlick and Reynolds asked if there was a time when he felt particularly immersed in the revolution. Hooglund recalled learning that a close friend, a short-story writer and activist, had been killed by the Shah\u2019s secret police. This event inspired Hooglund to translate his friend\u2019s banned stories into English and have them published.<\/p>\n

More broadly, the experience brought home to Hooglund the importance of struggling against injustice, he explained, as Pawlick referred to the professor\u2019s long involvement in social justice work.
\nHooglund was pleasantly surprised by his interviewers\u2019 skill, he said after the broadcast. \u201cThey actually got me to think about issues I don\u2019t normally think about, and we had a stimulating conversation about my diverse intellectual interests and political activism.\u201d<\/p>\n

As hosts, said Reynolds, \u201cwe\u2019ve become more confident with our interviewees. It\u2019s becoming more of a dialogue than a monologue, though we still think our listeners are more interested in what our guests have to say than what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pawlick agreed. \u201cAt Bates there are all these really smart people who are a great resource. And if they have something interesting to say, I\u2019m going to want to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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