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PAW is Princeton University’s editorially independent magazine by alumni, for alumni. On the monthly PAWcast we interview alumni, faculty, and students about their books, their work, and issues that matter to the Princeton community.
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PAWcast: Valedictorian Daniel Yu ’26 Seeks a Life In Pursuit of Justice
Yesterday00:26:37Tap to summarizeOn this episode of the PAWcast, Princeton valedictorian Daniel Yu ’26 discusses his research in African American and gender and sexuality studies and his plans for the future: Next year he’ll begin studying in the U.K. as a Marshall Scholar, working toward a master’s degree in race and gender studies at SOAS University of London with the eventual goal of a public-facing career that contributes to global debates on LGBTQ+ justice. In a University statement, assistant professor Marcus Lee praised Daniel as “an exceptionally talented, diligent and enterprising student” who pays attention to the real-world stakes of academic research. Daniel’s work, Lee said, “will continue to enlarge our understanding of the human condition.” Find a transcript at paw.princeton.edu/pawcast.
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PAWcast: Alumni Travel Journalist-Adventurers Tell You Where to Go
4w ago00:33:36Tap to summarizeOn this episode of the Princeton Alumni Weekly’s PAWcast, we bring you a conversation from PAW’s Tiger Travels section, between travel journalist Laura Dannen Redman from the Class of 2003 and Jaqui Gifford ’02, who is currently editor in chief of the gold standard magazine for jetsetters, Travel + Leisure. They say travel journalism is a field in flux, but the lure of adventure will never die. If you’ve ever wanted to go gorilla trekking, or visit Disneyland Paris, or if you’ve wondered whether seeing cherry blossoms bloom in Kyoto is worth the trip — this is the conversation for you. Visit paw.princeton.edu/pawcasts to read the transcript.
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Memorials PAWcast: Remembering Charles Helms ’80
Apr 100:27:59Tap to summarizePAW Memorials editor Nicholas DeVito sat down with Doug Eberhart ’80 to discuss Charles Helms ’80. Chuck was a lawyer, teacher, and had a deep faith in his family and Catholicism.
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PAWcast: Professor Sean Wilentz Co-produced Bob Dylan’s New Bootleg Albums
Mar 2500:37:29Tap to summarizePrinceton history professor Sean Wilentz has co-produced a new eight-CD box set of material by singer, songwriter, and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan. It’s called The Bootleg Series Number 18: Through the Open Window, 1956 to 1963, and it contains 165 tracks, many of them never heard before. It also contains 125 pages of liner notes written by Wilentz, who is a scholar of Bob Dylan and his music. Unusual for a history professor, Sean can also boast not one but two Grammy nominations, one of which was Dylan-related. Find the transcript for this podcast at paw.princeton.edu/pawcasts.
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Culinary Podcaster Maggie Hoffman ’04 Knows What’s for Dinner
Mar 200:26:39Tap to summarizeOn this episode of the PAWcast, Maggie Hoffman ’04 discusses her path to building a podcast and an online presence around that age-old question, which some of us love and some of us hate: What’s for dinner? Previously, Maggie was managing editor of Serious Eats and digital director of the recipe website Epicurious, and she published two books of cocktail recipes. Now, she’s applying what she learned at her own venture, titled The Dinner Plan. Patrons of her podcast and Substack get recipes, cookbook recommendations, and other tips. Like how to recover from kitchen burnout. She agreed to come on the PAWcast to discuss her journey and help us all figure out what to put on the table tonight. Read a transcript of this episode at paw.princeton.edu.
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PAW Book Club: Suleika Jaouad ’10’s ‘Between Two Kingdoms’
Feb 1800:31:33Tap to summarizeOn this episode of the Princeton Alumni Weekly’s book club podcast, Suleika Jaouad ’10 discusses ”“Between Two Kingdoms,” her memoir of fighting a rare and aggressive form of leukemia and, afterward, finding a way to rebuild her life and her very sense of self. She also discusses her follow-up, “The Book of Alchemy,” and explains the role journaling has played in her life and her writing. She writes that while working on “Between Two Kingdoms,” she made this discovery: “If you’re in conversation with the self, you can be in conversation with the world.” (Find the transcript at paw.princeton.edu/pawcasts)
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Memorials PAWcast: Remembering Hendrix Neimann ’73
Dec 900:29:40Tap to summarizePAW Memorials editor Nicholas DeVito sat down with Rob Mancuso ’73 and Mike Mims ’71 to discuss Hendrix “Drix” Neimann ’73. Drix was active in Business Today at Princeton and co-founded New Jersey Monthly Magazine.
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PAW Book Club: Todd Purdum ’82 Penned a Biography of Desi Arnaz
Nov 1400:27:49Tap to summarizeOn this episode of the PAW Book Club podcast, career journalist Todd Purdum ’82 answers book club members’ questions about his new biography, “Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television.” As Todd’s exhaustive research shows, the Cuban-born star of “I Love Lucy” contributed far more than his widely loved charm and comedic talent to the early television industry — many techniques and practices he pioneered are still used today. Yet his own life was a mixture of struggle and success. In his book, Todd puts it like this, “As with most people, and certainly so many high-achieving people, his strengths were bound up with his weaknesses. It was the youthful trauma of losing everything that made him willing to risk anything. The upside of his profligacy was his generosity. The flip side of his restlessness was his creativity. The corollary of his addictions was his drive. He was a genuine original, and for better and worse, he knew it.”
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Memorials PAWcast: Remembering Richard Springs III ’64
Oct 3100:24:51Tap to summarizePAW Memorials editor Nicholas DeVito sat down with Lanny Springs ’67 to discuss his brother William Springs III ’64. Dick played football at Princeton and was a cattle rancher.
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Vocalist Charmaine Lee ’14 Is Taking Her Mind-Bending Music to All 50 States
Oct 900:37:30Tap to summarizeCharmaine Lee ’14’s music might be unlike anything you’ve ever heard before. Lee grew up in a musical family and studied jazz at Princeton along with sociology. She also sang with one of Princeton’s a cappella groups, and the experience inspired her to carve out an innovative niche as a vocalist in the world of auditory art. Right now, she’s on a tour of 60 shows through all 50 states, and she has a new album out, titled “Tulpa.” Lee agreed to come on the PAWcast and discuss how and why she creates her art — and share some of it as well.
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