The Coffee Hour
The Coffee Hour
Adam Venrick
A weekly podcast produced through Denison University's "The Doobie" radio station and hosted by Adam Venrick.
411. Two Words: Excuuuuse Me, Princess
This week, Adam sits down with musician and video game designer Malcolm McDonough. The two talk about Malcolm's music, the game he's designing and the glories of 90s video-game-based television. Plus, one of Malcolm's original songs: "Beacon of Hope." All this and more on The Coffee Hour.
May 7, 2021
27 min
410. The Broom Closet Variation
This week's episode deals with Chess! Adam interviews chess aficionado and history student Camron Alten-Dunkle about the origins of chess, the popularity of chess post-Queen's Gambit, Soviet Chess and the complicated legacy of Bobby Fischer.  All this and more on The Coffee Hour. 
Apr 23, 2021
34 min
409. Bucephalus: The Cult Saga
This week, on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Denison student Jeff Stevens to discuss Cult Game, the video game that Jeff is designing about... you guessed it... cults. The two discuss what it takes to design a game, how the game came to be and what Jeff's plans are for the game and his LLC. All this and more on The Coffee Hour. 
Apr 16, 2021
23 min
408. Radio Chicago
This week on the Doobie, Adam sits down with Patrick Fina from the Community Leadership and Involvement Center (CLIC) to discuss campus organizations and Patrick's work on the Doobie in a behind the scenes episode. Through this, they discuss Patrick's background with campus radio in Chicago and what makes campus orgs succeed or fail. Note: In the recording process, some error occurred causing Adam's voice to sound slightly distorted. Patrick's vocals are, for the most part, untouched by this error and the interview still plays as it should.
Apr 9, 2021
27 min
407. A Story of the Hill
In this episode, Adam sits down with Denison student Genevieve Pfister, the founder of Stories on the Hill, an organization which creates audiobooks of public domain works for retirement homes. The two discuss how the organization came to be, some of their events and what Genevieve is currently reading. All this and more on The Coffee Hour.
Mar 26, 2021
25 min
406. Smoking With an Oxygen Tank
In this episode of The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Denison Cinema Professor Sabrina Renkar to discuss Don't Fence Me In, the film she is making with her mother, documentarian Mary Elaine Evans, the story two young women who rode cross country on horseback on a dare.  The two discuss the popularity of documentaries, the fluctuating popularity of various genres and how young filmmakers might revamp older films, as well as the just-announced Oscar noms. All this and more on The Coffee Hour. 
Mar 19, 2021
46 min
405. In a Sedimental Mood
This week's episode is all about ROCKS. Or rather, Sediment. Or rather, the sedimentological research being done in Louisiana's Bonnet-Carré Spillway. Adam sits down with Denison Geo-Science student, Laura Lapham to discuss the multi-university research being done on the spillway, what learning about its sediment could tell us about the health of the region, how the Mississippi delta is slowly sinking and how climate change has impacted flooding near the spillway. All this and more on The Coffee Hour.
Mar 12, 2021
29 min
404. Taking A Minute
This week on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Denison Theatre Professor, Dr. Cheryl McFarren to discuss the potential destructiveness of how acting is taught in America. Through this, they discuss the merits and demerits of method acting, emotional recall, trauma sharing and possible antidotes to toxicity in theatre.  All this and more on The Coffee Hour.
Mar 5, 2021
42 min
403. The Good, The Bad and the Automated
This week, on The Coffee Hour, Adam sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Klainot-Hess, a professor of Sociology at Denison University and OSU to discuss labor stratification in modern America. They talk about "good" and "bad" jobs, how the gap between them is getting smaller and smaller, how automation has uprooted certain jobs, the rise of casualized labor how work might be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. All this and more on The Coffee Hour. 
Feb 26, 2021
37 min
402. Everyone and Their Aunt
Adam sits down with Denison alum Ethan McAtee ('20) to discuss Ethan's upcoming novel The Stolen Stone, as well Ethan's early film, on which it's based. Along the way, they cover the democratization of art, working under COVID and how our brains change in college.  All this and more on The Coffee Hour. 
Feb 19, 2021
48 min
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