16: “Opposite Anxieties” with Hope Grant

16: “Opposite Anxieties” with Hope Grant

Andrew Marvin

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Three Rivers and Quinebaug Valley honors student Hope Grant kicks off season four to discuss excelling at two campuses, loving history and languages, and being a K-pop connoisseur.

Show notes for this episode:

• Fantastical
• The Best Password Managers to Secure Your Digital Life | Wired
• CT State Honors Program
• Caffeine
• Vitaminwater
• Dr. Pepper
• Burger King brings back Cini Minis to menu
• Root beer
• Quinebaug Valley campus | CT State
• Biology (BIO) | CT State
• Photosynthesis
• World war
• Band of Brothers
• Political Science (POLS) | CT State
• Goodfellas
• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
• Eastern Connecticut State University
• BigBang
• Meadows Music Theatre
• K-pop
• KPop Demon Hunters
• BTS
• Study Abroad | Eastern Connecticut State University
• Sacred Heart University
• ZZ Top with George Thorogood & The Destroyers
• SeatGeek
• Sensaphonics
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
• War of 1812
• Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
• Hard science fiction
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
• The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “Fantastic Baby” by BigBang | YouTube
• NBA Jam
• Retro World Expo
• Duolingo
• WINS (AM)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• Anxiety
• Sunday scaries
• Post-traumatic stress
• “Blood Sweat & Tears” by BTS | YouTube
• G-Dragon
• Quizlet
• How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport

15: “The 2024 Pre-Nursing Cohort” with Zachary Duda, Elizabeth Turner, and Jazmin Hall

15: “The 2024 Pre-Nursing Cohort” with Zachary Duda, Elizabeth Turner, and Jazmin Hall

Andrew Marvin

Newly admitted nursing students Zach Duda, Lizzy Turner, and Jazmin Hall join the show to discuss their first two years at Three Rivers, being vulnerable together, and how many times you can tear your ACL before you have to stop playing soccer.

Show notes for this episode:

• Jeopardy!
• Registered Nursing programs | CT State
• ARTH 1013: Architecture of the World
• Italy
• England
• Multilingualism
• Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT
• Certified Nursing Assistant
• Homeschooling
• Seton Home Study School
• Motivation
• BIO 2111: Anatomy & Physiology I
• Integrity
• Wolf's Den Family Campground
• Monadnock State Park
• Anterior cruciate ligament injury
• Equestrianism
• Association football
• Once on This Island
• Hello, Dolly!
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Hartford Stage
• Death of a Salesman
• The Book of Mormon
• Mormonism
• Heartland
• New York City
• Broadway theatre
• Raising Cane's
• French fries
• Hank's Dairy Bar, Plainfield, CT

This concludes season three of The Flowdown. Thanks for listening, and see you in the fall!

14: “A Bowl Full of Kittens” with Jon Brammer

14: ”A Bowl Full of Kittens” with Jon Brammer

Andrew Marvin

Dr. Jon Brammer joins the show to discuss contemplative pedagogy, the foibles of meeting culture, and problems both blender and trolley.

Show notes for this episode:

• Blue Yeti microphone
• Shure Beta 87a
• Shure SM7B
• Shure MV7+
• Lesley University
• Contemplative education
• Comparative religion
• The Bear
• Tutoring and Academic Success Center | CT State Three Rivers
• Philosophy
• Cosmology
• Eastern philosophy
• Ethics
• Trolley problem
• David Hume
• Top Gun
• CSI
• Ernest Hemingway
• Hyphens and Dashes | Practical Typography
• Signs of AI writing | Wikipedia
• Join or Die
• Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
• Third place
• Turing test
• Christianity
• Islam
• Fear of missing out
• Montessori education
• Sous-chef
• Foodie
• Rooster Fighter
• Bass guitar
• Krav Maga
• Villari's Martial Arts

13: “Lawful Literature” with Todd Barry

13: “Lawful Literature” with Todd Barry

Andrew Marvin

Dr. Todd Barry heralds the return of The Flowdown to discuss capital-L literature, the magic of musical theater, and artificial intelligence's impact on higher education.

Show notes for this episode:

• Stephen Sondheim
• Stephen Sondheim on Inside the Actor's Studio | YouTube
• Into the Woods
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Assassins
• Into the Woods: MTI Conversation Piece with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine | YouTube
• Sondheim teaches... playlist | YouTube
• Elaine Stritch
• Parasocial interaction
• Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
• Meditation
• Waking Up app
• Hamlet
• Yoga
• Generation X
• Millennials
• UConn
• Law 7891: Law and Literature | University of Connecticut
• Hollywood, Los Angeles
• Simon & Schuster
• Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory by Peter Barry
• The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages by Harold Bloom
• Harold Bloom
• Renowned literary critic Harold Bloom on the Power of Reading | YouTube
• Grammarly
• Bullshit
• "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• ENG 1020: Composition II and Literature | CT State Community College Catalog
• Mommy's Delicious Food, Norwich, CT | Instagram
• Mahzu Sushi, Norwich, CT

12: “Functional and Comfortable” with Pamela Williams

12: “Functional and Comfortable” with Pamela Williams

Andrew Marvin

On our season two finale, Campus Director of Library Services Pam Williams joins the show to discuss cultural shifts around libraries, information literacy in the age of AI, and how they don’t make sewing machines like they used to.

Show notes for this episode:

• Twenty Thousand Hertz
• Criminal
• Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!
• 99% Invisible
• “What's Up, Doc? Mel Blanc and the Magic of Looney Tunes” | Twenty Thousand Hertz
• “Pew Pew! The Making of Star Wars’ Iconic Sounds” | Twenty Thousand Hertz
• Looney Tunes
• Marvin the Martian
• Star Wars
• Logan's Run
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer | YouTube
• CT State Libraries
• Seventh-inning stretch
• Imposter syndrome
• “I know that I know nothing.”
• Middlemarch Madness
• David Sedaris
• Blood Meridian, narrated by Richard Poe | Amazon
• The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood
• The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
• The Silmarillion, narrated by Andy Serkis
• Three Rivers Campus Library
• Singer sewing machines
• IBM Selectric
• Episode 18: The Memory Artist | This Is Love Podcast
• Episode 19: The Wolves | This Is Love Podcast

Note: The Flowdown will be on summer break until September 2025. See you in the fall!

11: “Making Yourself Uncomfortable” with Tia D’Alessandro

11: “Making Yourself Uncomfortable” with Tia D’Alessandro

Andrew Marvin

Communications teacher Tia D’Alessandro joins the show to discuss Spring Break recovery, public speaking as conversation, and lessons learned at Costco.

Show notes for this episode:

• Heirloom Market
• Shrinking
• Severance
• CT State AI Presidential Fellows Program 2025 Cohort
• Rhode Island College
• Anthropology
• Public speaking
• University of Hartford
• Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg
• Glossophobia
• "To the Student Who Used AI to Do a Paper" by Joseph Fasano | Poets.org
• Center for Teaching | CT State
• Dr. Miguel Cardona | Ed.gov
• Costco
• Victor Wooten: Words of Wisdom #9 | YouTube

10: “Thinking My Last Thought” with Almira Gulotta

10: “Thinking My Last Thought” with Almira Gulotta

Andrew Marvin

Three Rivers student Almira Gulotta joins the show to talk about—among other things—charismatic megafauna, animal-borne disease, fashion's reflection of politics and culture, getting into your head, and bringing our selves to poetry.

Show notes for this episode:

• Zenyatta Mondatta
• The Police (band)
• Noun
• Giant panda
• Charismatic megafauna
• Poke
• Pokémoto | Groton, CT
• Salute | Hartford, CT
• Grass and Bone | Mystic, CT (permanently closed)
• Steak tartare
• Boredom
• Cookie Run: Witch's Castle
• Sewing
• Nintendo 3DS
• Pokémon
• Venusaur | Bulbapedia
• Lucario | Bulbapedia
• Pokémon X and Y
• Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
• Cetaphil Skin Moisturizers for Sensitive Skin
• Vitamin D
• The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter | Kottke.org
• Tick
• Lyme disease
• Alpha-gal syndrome
• Rabies
• Rat snake
• Ouroboros
• Garden of Eden
• Judas Iscariot
• Theology
• Fashion
• Bikini
• Bikini Atoll
• Hartford Denim Company
• Madewell
• Fast fashion
• Steelcase Leap
• Muji
• Blackwing
• Pilot G2
• Pilot Juice
• Uniball Signo DX UM-151
• Gregg shorthand
• Duolingo
• Turkish language
• Insomnia
• Yoga
• Richard Siken
• Sylvia Plath | The Poetry Foundation
• Harold Bloom
• Mary Oliver | The Poetry Foundation
• The Bell Jar
• Blood Meridian
• Cormac McCarthy
• Suttree
• Eve Babitz
• Slow Days, Fast Company
• Dune
• Game of Thrones
• Bruvvy
• “Dredd Hot” | YouTube
• “Fake It” | YouTube
• “Portrait of Fryderyk in Shifting Light” by Richard Siken

9: “Not Chronically Online” with Kerrylee Pelkey

9: “Not Chronically Online” with Kerrylee Pelkey

Andrew Marvin

Educational Assistant and writing tutor Kerrylee Pelkey joins the show to discuss media consumption, hearing protection, and water filtration.

Show notes for this episode:

• Mastodon
• Electoral-Vote.com
• Political Wire
• Bluesky
• Threads
• Bird by Bird
• Buddhism Plain and Simple
• Tutoring and Academic Support | CTState.edu
• The Autumn of the Patriarch
• Streaks
• Crime and Punishment
• The Brothers Karamazov
• Sofa
• What an Owl Knows
• Loop Earplugs
• AirPods
• Sensaphonics custom ear protection
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Studio Ghibli Fest 2024
• Regal Cinemas
• Letterboxd
• The Boy and the Heron
• Hayao Miyazaki
• Poetry
• Sharon Olds
• Louse Erdrich
• Billy Collins reads "Divorce" | YouTube
• Oasis app
• Biobot Analytics
• LifeStraw
• Klean Kanteen
• Nalgene
• Yeti
• Migraine
• Love Is Blind
• The Golden Bachelorette
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• Moby-Dick
• Harold Bloom
• Tár
• The Zone of Interest
• Amadeus
• Glengarry Glen Ross
• No Country for Old Men
• Goodfellas
• Suika Game
• The Last of Us
• Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
• Dark Souls
• Demon's Souls
• FromSoftware
• Final Fantasy
• It Takes Two
• Dark | Netflix

Note: The Flowdown will be on winter break until February 2025. See you in the Spring semester!

8: “I Listen to Nothing” with Victoria Holdridge DiFilippo

8: “I Listen to Nothing” with Victoria Holdridge DiFilippo

Andrew Marvin

Professor of ESOL Vicky Holdridge DiFilippo joins the show to discuss English-language learning, traveling at home and abroad, and the joys of a very blended family.

Show notes for this episode:

• Imposter syndrome
• English-language learner
• Otis Public Library, Norwich, CT
• Anthropology
• School for International Training
• U.S. Embassy in Peru
• English as a second or foreign language
• Norwich, CT Adult Education
• New London, CT Adult Education
• Indonesia
• Adventure travel
• Lonely Planet
• Jakarta
• Bali
• Tokyo
• Islam
• Hinduism
• TYCA Northeast
• Connecticut Foster Care
• Connecticut Department of Children and Families
• Running
• Goat
• Donkey
• Chicken
• Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)
• Rush

7: “Throwing More Joes” with Thomas Walsh

7: “Throwing More Joes” with Thomas Walsh

Andrew Marvin

U.S. Army veteran and Three Rivers student Tom Walsh kicks off season two to discuss his time in the military, developing resilience, and living in the challenge zone.

Show notes for this episode:

• U.S. Air Force
• U.S. Army
• ASVAB
• About GI Bill Benefits
• Cryptologic Language Analyst | U.S. Air Force
• Cavalry Scout | U.S. Army
• IED Attack | U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• War in Afghanistan, 2001–2021
• Iraq War
• Triune brain
• Esprit de corps
• Resilience | APA
• Three Rivers Oasis Center
• VITAL Program | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Naval Submarine Base New London, CT
• Ceramic art
• Art therapy
• Mindfulness
• Survivor guilt
• John Roderick
• WhatifAltHist | YouTube
• Useful Charts | YouTube
• The Bible

6: “Cultivating Care” with Rebecca Kitchell

6: “Cultivating Care” with Rebecca Kitchell

Andrew Marvin

For our season one finale, Dr. Becca Kitchell joins the show to talk about being an associate dean of student development, coffee on the Cape with sharks, and finding the glimmer in your day.

Show notes for this episode:

• Academic dress
• Regis College
• Student affairs
• Providence College
• EdD in Higher Education Leadership | Regis College
• Clark University
• Title IX
• CARE Teams | CT State
• Connecticut Department of Children and Families
• Equine-assisted therapy
• High Hopes Therapeutic Riding
• Healing Hearts
• Yoga
• All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
• Ted Lasso
• Schitt's Creek
• Panic attack
• Anxiety
• Depression
• A Quick Guide to the Different Types of Coffee Roasts | TIME
• Cape Cod
• Beanstock Coffee
• "Coffee Roasting Explained" by James Hoffmann | YouTube
• Snowy Owl Coffee Roasters
• Chemex Coffeemaker
• Shark
• We Can Do Hard Things podcast

Note: The Flowdown will be on summer break until September 2024. See you in the fall!

5: “Knowing What You Don’t Want” with Sarah Selke

5: “Knowing What You Don’t Want” with Sarah Selke

Andrew Marvin

Dr. Sarah Selke joins the show to discuss not eating mangos in the Kingdom of Tonga, what's wrong with your lawn, and a certain workshop you may want to apply for.

Show notes for this episode:

• Austere | Merriam-Webster
• Dracaena trifasciata
• Old North Church, Boston
• Microbiology
• Microorganism
• "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
• Mycology
• Fungus
• Botany
• Plant pathology
• Stachybotrys chartarum
• Peace Corps
• Tonga
• Mango
• University of Florida
• Native species
• Lawn
• No Mow May
• Monoculture
• Caterpillar
• Charter Oak
• Festuca
• Fanny Hesse
• Sabbatical
• Master Gardener Program | UConn
• CT State Faculty! Apply for Sarah and Andrew's Instructional Skills Workshop happening in June 2024!

In Memoriam Alycia Ziegler (1984–2024)

In Memoriam Alycia Ziegler (1984–2024)

Andrew Marvin

In memory of Three Rivers Director of Student Activities Alycia Ziegler

Alycia R. Ziegler: obituary, tribute wall, and memorial information

Donate meals or gifts to Alycia's family | Give In Kind

4: “Second Brain” with Hyrum Merkley

4: “Second Brain” with Hyrum Merkley

Andrew Marvin

We kick off the second half of season one with SGA President Hyrum Merkley, who joins the show to discuss the masks we wear, languages of page and screen, and living with ADHD and autism.

Show notes for this episode:

• Blue Yeti - Premium Multi-Pattern USB Microphone with Blue VO!CE
• Seasonal affective disorder
• The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter | Kottke.org
• Utah
• Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees | The Verge
• Beowulf
• 2002 Winter Olympics
• Balkans
• Big Mac Index
• Dublin
• Mechanical filter (respirator)
• Computer programming
• Java (programming language)
• C++
• Visual Basic (.NET)
• Python (programming language)
• Ruby (programming language)
• Semicolon
• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Meditation
• Role-playing video game
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Tom Bombadil
• Dungeon Master
• Matthew Mercer
• TierZoo | YouTube
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Autism spectrum
• Sarcasm
• Masking (personality)
• Student Government | Three Rivers
• Extraversion and introversion

3: “Rebirthday” with Alycia Ziegler

3: “Rebirthday” with Alycia Ziegler

Andrew Marvin

Director of Student Activities Alycia Ziegler joins the show to discuss advocacy, past lives, and choosing to be who you are. Also, music and pizza.

Show notes for this episode:

• Student Clubs | Three Rivers
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | CT State
• Three Rivers Full Plate Food Pantry
• OutCT | New London Pride
• Backus Hospital
• Nursing Program | CT State
• James Blunt
• Ed Sheeran
• Tegan and Sara
• Ani DiFranco
• Indigo Girls
• Disturbed
• Tom Morello
• Rage Against the Machine
• Florence and the Machine
• Stevie Nicks
• Fleetwood Mac
• Chaka Kahn
• Jill Scott
• Gin Blossoms
• Toad the Wet Sprocket
• "Hey Jealousy" by Gin Blossoms | YouTube
• Coolio
• Dr. Dre
• Wu Tang Clan
• Eminem
• "Supermarket Flowers" by Ed Sheeran | YouTube
• "Barcelona" by Ed Sheeran | YouTube
• Andrew's First Listens: 2021
• Andrew's First Listens: 2021 playlist | Apple Music
• Andrew's First Listens: 2023 playlist | Apple Music
• Amy Winehouse
• Adele
• "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse | YouTube
• Foo Fighters
• "Wheels" by Foo Fighters | YouTube
• Frank Sinatra
• Phoebe Bridgers
• Taylor Swift
• "Closing Time" by Semisonic | YouTube
• "Curtains" by Ed Sheeran | YouTube
• New York-style pizza | Wikipedia
• La Stella Pizzeria, Norwich, CT
• Jack's Brick Oven Pizza, Norwich, CT

Note: The Flowdown will be on winter break until February 2024. See you in the Spring semester!

2: “Stubborn 18th Centuryism” with Sarabeth Grant

2: “Stubborn 18th Centuryism” with Sarabeth Grant

Andrew Marvin

Dr. Sarabeth Grant joins the show to talk about teaching as a full-time identity, exploring our relationship with the past, and how we can all find comfort in the 18th century.

Show notes for this episode:

• Sarabeth's book: Exemplary England: Historical Inquiry and Literary Recompense in Pope, Gray, and Richardson
• Three Rivers Campus Library Databases
• Instructional Methods | Three Rivers Campus, CT State
• Adjunct professor | Wikipedia
• University of Hartford
• Doctor of Philosophy | Wikipedia
• Sacred Heart University
• Stonehill College
• Brandeis University
• University of Rhode Island
• Peer review | Wikipedia
• Middle English lyric | Wikipedia
• 18th century in literature | Wikipedia
• Alexander Pope | Wikipedia
• Age of Enlightenment | Wikipedia
• Novel | Wikipedia
• Paul Fairie: "A Short History of We Are Raising a Generation of Wimps" | Mastodon
• Pastoral | Wikipedia
• Pride and Prejudice | Wikipedia
• Harold Bloom | Wikipedia
• Jane Austen | Wikipedia
• Old English | Wikipedia
• Middle English | Wikipedia
• Early Modern English | Wikipedia
• The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman | Wikipedia
• Blood Meridian | Wikipedia
• Moby-Dick | Wikipedia
• Fyodor Dostoevsky | Wikipedia
• “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving
• Dracula Daily

1: “I Min-Maxed Myself” with Séamus Welsh

1. “I Min-Maxed Myself” with Séamus Welsh

Andrew Marvin

Three Rivers student Shea Welsh inaugurates the show to discuss writing papers that teachers want to read, the wondrous powers of public libraries, and how there's always something else to worry about.

Show notes for this episode:

• Min-maxing | Giant Bomb
• Mastodon
• Rule of Thirds | Wikipedia
• Shea's artwork for Digital Photography
• Time-Block Planner
• Mukbang | Wikipedia
• Trifles by Susan Glaspell
• "They Say / I Say" by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
• "The Rise and Fall of Club Penguin" by Izzzyzzz | YouTube
• Trisha Paytas | YouTube
• Goodreads
• The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien, read by Andy Serkis | Amazon
• Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89 | The New York Times
• The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon | Amazon
• Library Technology Certificate | CT State Community College
• Three Rivers Campus Library
• Groton Public Library
• Lucy Robbins Welles Library
• "When in doubt, go to the library."
• Anxiety | Wikipedia
• Passes to Local Attractions | Otis Library, Norwich
• Museum Passes | Groton Public Library
• The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum