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

Dr. David Sheffler is the Chairperson of the History Department at the University of North Florida. He’s made a career studying the education of ancient […] Read More

The answer is yes, always – and you didn’t think you could get a straight answer or an absolute from a philosopher. To be fair, […] Read More

We are so excited to have Dr. Brandi Dennison, professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Florida, back with us to help us […] Read More

Welcome to the Fall 2023 season of HTRD.  I’m back with a new student co-host, James Hayes to talk ethics and the pilgrimages.  You could […] Read More

The last podcast of the semester is here! In this episode, we continue exploring CRT – Critical Race Theory- its academic origins, who likes it, […] Read More

Throughout our conversations this semester at the university, we have spoken with scholars from various disciplines. Now, it’s time to hear from students and gain […] Read More

Rick Phillips, Ph. D. An expert in the sociology of religion, Rick Phillips joins us on this episode to talk about the formation of religious […] Read More

Sheila Goloborotko is an artist on a mission.  Like her art, she comes to her activism from many angles.  Queer, Latina, Jewish and engaged with […] Read More

Once in a great while, an insult is lobbed with such grace that it isn’t until it rockets passed your racquet that you realize you’ve […] Read More

Guest: Nicholas Seabrook, Ph. D. A Goldilock Democracy: Not too Hot, Not too Cold. Dr. Nicholas Seabrook, is a brave man; in this episode he […] Read More

Guest: David Jaffee How to be an Autodidact: Lessons in Curiosity Counter-hegemony, myth-busting, and public sociology are a few of the topics that David Jaffee […] Read More

The Epistemic Significance of Disagreements, is a great title, but what does it mean? In this episode, Dr. Matheson’s explains the challenges opposing arguments pose […] Read More

Adrienne Lerner is a woman with a bag full of credentials whose work in anthropology, archeology, administration and the law makes her a most interesting […] Read More

Hi Welcome to How to Ruin Dinner I’m your host Mary Treyz here with my student co-host Velanna Dondina Doolan, and we are excited for […] Read More