Formative: Conversations on Who We Became
by Conversations Magazine
February 22, 2024 8:18 am
A Jesuit college judges itself on who our students become and ‘Formative’ is an interview podcast about those lives and stories. It features intimate conversations with notable alums – from arts and culture, public service, business, philanthropy, sports, education, science, and so on – from Jesuit colleges across the country. Host Michael Serazio, associate professor of communication at Boston College, asks questions about who and what shaped their life journeys, influenced their successes, and guided them through callings, causes, challenges, and careers. An official podcast of Conversations Magazine and the National Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education, ‘Formative’ is about the impact our graduates have had and how they might inspire future generations of young people to set the world on fire.
Recent Episodes
Formative 11: What’s eating away at our local food systems (with Erika Polmar, St. Louis University ‘89)
2 months agoFormative 10: Steeling the judicial ramparts on the last line of democracy (with Benes Aldana, Seattle University ‘91)
4 months agoFormative 9: The cartoonist’s pen versus the autocrat’s sword (with Adam Zyglis, Canisius University ‘04)
6 months agoFormative 8: On the front lines of the global refugee crisis (with Michael Gallagher, SJ, Spring Hill College ‘73)
12 months agoFormative 7: The triumphs and trials of women's professional soccer (with Danielle Slaton, Santa Clara University ‘02)
1 year agoFormative 6: The advance of the city college (with Ricardo Fernandez, Marquette University ‘62)
1 year agoFormative 5: Mayoral imagination, big-city transformation (with Tom Murphy, John Carroll University ‘67)
2 years agoFormative 4: How to cover the Pope (with Delia Gallagher, University of San Francisco '91)
2 years agoFormative 3: Polling for a common good in polarized times (John Zogby, Le Moyne '70)
2 years agoFormative 2: Homeless on the streets of Philadelphia (with Sister Mary Scullion, St. Joseph's University '76)
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