Rhonda Gracie, a horticulturist and visionary, makes everyone’s life much nicer at UNF. Her gardens are sanctuaries from the stressful world of work and study, […] Read More

That’s All Folks! The votes are in, the election is over, but don’t worry the chaos and recriminations will continue.  Our round table round up […] Read More

No one likes to hear bad news, and climate news is terrible. Our guest, Nick Papas, an industry energy consultant and principal of NPEnergyCa based […] Read More

What Do Guys Really Want? (from this election) Meet Hudson Main, John Kowalo, and Aiden Varney, three undergraduates at the University of North Florida; unfortunately, […] Read More

Your Vote Counts!  Thanks to Brent and the CLC We may disagree about who and what the biggest threat to democracy is, but we all […] Read More

If Disco is dead why is Patrick Hernandez’s mega-hit Born to be Polarized (1978) the soundtrack to this election?  Sure, I had to change a […] Read More

Dr. David Jaffee is back, bringing his sociology, politics, and housing expertise with him.  In this episode, Dr. Jaffee explains the challenges facing the country […] Read More

In this episode, we have the good fortune to speak with Dr. Jane Martin, M.D. Maternal and Fetal Physician in New Orleans, Louisiana. As a […] Read More

Dr. Christian Miller We vote for politicians we like or want to be like. But what can we really know about these people? What criteria […] Read More

“Freedom!” It’s the rallying cry from every corner of the political spectrum this election season. Philosophers, pundits, and politicians point out the difference between freedom […] Read More

Here’s the quick introduction to the latest season of the How to Ruin Dinner Podcast. This is the 8th year of this podcast’s existence, and […] Read More

Olympian and Wimbledon finalist MaliVai Washington is one of the greats of American tennis.  MaliVai competed at the very highest level, ending his career with […] Read More

In this episode, Mary and I speak with Alice Krauss, who recently retired as the manager of Brooks Adaptive Sports (sports for people with disabilities). […] Read More

In this episode we speak with Nick Morrow, Athletic Director at the University of North Florida about his path to a career in sports administration […] Read More

Donna Kirk: Sr. Associate Athletic Director at UNF In this episode, Beau and I discuss NCAA rules and regulations in college sports with compliance officer […] Read More

Welcome to a new season of How To Ruin Dinner: Conversations from the University. This semester, we will be thinking and discussing the ethics of […] Read More

In this episode Dr. Jonathan Matheson returns to discuss his new book :  Why It’s OK Not to Think For Yourself- part of the Why […] Read More

What’s Love Got to Do With It?  A Feminist Ethics of Care May Be Able to Explain. In this episode UNF Senior Skyler Outler and […] Read More

In this episode Bernie Powers suggests that given the complexity of climate concerns, the How to Ruin Dinner individual’s inability to effect meaningful change in […] Read More

In this episode my co-host James Hayes’s paper for his independent study course on pansychism is on the docket. He defines terms for us and […] Read More