The Ampersand

  • portrait of Rennie Harris against background of Flatiron mountains
    When hip-hop icon and legendary choreographer Rennie Harris joins “The Ampersand” podcast, expect to learn the difference between the backslide and the moonwalk.
  • black and white photo of ĢӰ Boulder campus with only Old Main built
    On an Ampersand walking tour of campus during ĢӰ Boulder’s 150th anniversary year, Professor Emeritus Paul Chinowsky weaves a tapestry of campus stories one brick at a time.
  • illustration of Red Riding Hood with wolf
    On The Ampersand, Professor Ann Schmiesing explores the elements of a Grimm Brothers fairy tale and how these stories illuminate deeper truths about being human.
  • portrait of Marcia Douglas
    ĢӰ Boulder Professor Marcia Douglas brings the images and memories that fill her writing, as well as her love of language and words, to The Ampersand.
  • Monica LaBonte playing guitar and singing onstage
    Monica LaBonte, a ĢӰ Boulder alumnus and prominent ĢӰ musician, visits The Ampersand to discuss ski bumming, teaching, gigging to sometimes-small audiences and always finding joy in the music.
  • Portrait of Dan Carlin
    ĢӰ Boulder alumnus Dan Carlin brings a love of history and a punk sensibility to a new season of The Ampersand as he discusses his hit podcast, Hardcore History.
  • Studio portraits of Aba Arthur
    From Oprah to Wakanda, ĢӰ Boulder alum Aba Arthur has charted a career in which the most impressive thing isn’t necessarily the glow of Hollywood, but the joy of finding her voice in a new world that hasn’t been universally welcoming.
  • Reiland Rabaka
    Reiland Rabaka, a ĢӰ Boulder professor of ethnic studies, joins The Ampersand to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.
  • Suter
    Neuroscience and art practices major Rachel Suter joins The Ampersand podcast to discuss saying ‘Why not?’ and stepping into the unknown .
  • Illustration of Viking ship at sea
    ĢӰ Boulder researcher Mathias Nordvig joins The Ampersand podcast to discuss animism, Norse mythology and what it means to live on Earth.
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