The Quad Podcast

Chief Wicked

Kajol Char talks with UChicago student and rapper Ben Glover, aka Chief Wicked, about his life, work, and inspirations.

In-betweenness

Kajol Char explores her dual identities as American and Indian, and interviews a Venezualan-American with a similar experience. Image from https://www.theodysseyonline.com/no-do-not-speak-indian

The Uncommon Essay

Where is Waldo really? Why are you here and not somewhere else? What does Play-Doh have to do with Plato? Eva Haraldsdottir (B.A. 2019) chats with fellow UChicago students about the rite of passage that is writing the Uncommon Essay. https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/essay/past-essay-questions

Louisa and the Summer of Pies

Louisa Richardson-Deppe tasked herself with baking a pie for every week she was in Chicago last summer. She told Summer about all of them in loving detail, from blueberry to Dutch apple. Long live #PieSummer2k16. Produced by Summer Fields and Daphne Maeglin.

Unicorn Throwup: Blogger & activist Hoda Katebi

In the fall, Summer sat down with Hoda Katebi (UChicago 2016) the brain behind fashion and social action blog Joo Joo Azad (Free Bird!). They talked about her tons of projects, from the blog to her thesis on Iranian underground women's fashion and resistance to her new street photography book, Tehran streestyle! She calls her own fashion sense "unicorn throwup." We call it slaying on a daily basis. Produced by Summer Fields with help from Daphne Maeglin, Char Daston and Jay Van Ort. Visit her blog: joojooazad.com Order her book Tehran Streetstyle: joojooazadshop.com See her debate "Politics and Clothing: The Hijab" at the Chicago Humanities Festival Sat, Apr 30 3 – 4 PM: bit.ly/1WaBjOQ The song you're hearing: Firooz by Hichkas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxkncQCpzzc