Bluestocking Stories Season 2
Bluestocking Stories is Mary Baldwin University’s podcast about the people and stories that make our community. Listen for interviews with faculty, staff, students, and alumni exploring their insights, expertise, and experiences.
Season 2 of Bluestocking Stories speaks with President Jeff Stein, Dr. David McLeod, Suzie Dull, MBA, and graduate students and basketball players, Jaden Ignacio and Quentin Hart.
President Jeff Stein: Advancing, Optimizing, and Connecting
Listen to this interview with Dr. Jeff Stein, president at Mary Baldwin University. Dr. Stein and host Keith Taylor discuss Mary Baldwin’s transformative strategic plan and how its core tenets, Advance, Optimize, and Connect, will help to guide MBU to a thriving future.
Dr. David McLeod: Biology, Curiosity, and Frogs
Listen to this interview with Dr. David McLeod, associate professor of kinesiology at Mary Baldwin University. David and host Keith Taylor discuss recent updates to anatomy education at MBU, the value of passion and curiosity in academic study, and frogs.
Special Edition: Jaden Ignacio ’24 and Quentin Hart ’24
After 2024’s exceptional showing for the men’s Fighting Squirrels basketball team, including a first-ever appearance in the NCAA DIII national tournament, MBU grad students and leaders on the basketball team, Jaden Ignacio and Quentin Hart join the show.
With host Keith Taylor, they discuss the Mary Baldwin student-athlete experience, giving back to the community, and their plans for the future.
Suzie Dull, MBU: Career Exploration and Preparation
Listen to this interview with Suzie Dull, MBA, who serves as senior director and interim executive director of the McCree Center for Life Success at Mary Baldwin University. Suzie and host Keith Taylor discuss MBU’s new approach to career preparation and the importance of exploration for young adults finding their careers.
Bluestocking Stories Season 1
Bluestocking Stories is Mary Baldwin University’s podcast about the people and stories that make our community. Listen for interviews with faculty, staff, students, and alumni exploring their insights, expertise, and experiences.
Season 1 of Bluestocking Stories focuses on creativity, speaking with members of the Mary Baldwin Community who work within and outside of the creative arts, but apply their creative to their fields nonetheless.
Phoebe West
Listen to this interview with Phoebe West, associate vice president of brand strategy and creative direction.
West talks lifelong creativity, fostering creativity in your work, and salad dressing innovation.
TyRon Simmons ’27
Listen to this interview with TyRon Simmons, MBU freshman, early education major, and burgeoning creative.
TyRon talks the transition from NYC to MBU, his commitment to becoming an educator, and his unexpected dive into creative outlets on campus.
Todd Telemeco
Listen to this interview with Dr. Todd Telemeco, vice president and dean of the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences.
Todd talks creativity in medicine, his personal creative outlets, and the importance of fostering a creativity-centered interprofessional curriculum.
Kate Simon
Listen to this interview with Kate Simon, MBU alumna and extraordinary photographer.
Kate talks early childhood creativity, the intimacy of her work as a photographer, and the importance of art as a vector for change.
Peter Kirwan
Listen to this interview with Dr. Peter Kirwan, associate professor of Shakespeare and Performance and lifelong Shakespeare reviewer, practitioner, and educator.
Dr. Kirwan talks teaching internationally, the importance of hands-on education, and the adventure of coming to Staunton from his home in England.
Stori Ayers ’09
Listen to this interview with Stori Ayers, MBU alumna and Broadway actor.
Stori talks discovering her creative side, her time at MBU, and the importance of reconnecting with the world outside of creativity to recharge.