Podcasts by “Off Press” — The Podcast of LMU Magazine
“Off Press” is a series of conversations with members of the Loyola Marymount University community about their impact on the world through their lives, their work and their Jesuit education.
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Episode 50: Mary Agnes Erlandson ’82 from 2023-04-24T23:41
Homelessness has many causes, and Mary Agnes Erlandson ’82 directs a social services center in Lennox, near LMU and LAX, that offers programs addressing many of them. Erlandson...
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Episode 49: Eileen Schoetzow ’98, MBA ’07 from 2023-03-21T21:07
Eileen Schoetzow ’98, MBA ’07, an urban and environmental planner for the City of Los Angeles, is part of a team that constructs homeless shelters for unhoused people in Los An...
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Episode 48: Kenneth Chancey ’15 from 2023-03-01T23:29
School was one of the safest places he knew growing up, Kenneth Chancey says. For one thing, he knew he’d get a meal there. Today, he’s left life in a van and a homeless shelte...
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Episode 47: Ben Bolch from 2023-01-23T22:20
Name, image and likeness (NIL) payments represent a new, large infusion of money into college athletics. Much will stream toward athletes through sponsorships and endorsements. But some scenario...
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Episode 46: Tara Pixley from 2022-11-15T18:31
Oil drills and storage facilities are scattered across the Los Angeles region, many located in the heart of residential communities. Tara Pixley, who teaches photojournalism in the LMU Bellarmin...
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Episode 45: Aarika Hughes from 2022-11-03T22:12
Aarika Hughes, in her second season as head coach of LMU women’s basketball, describes the strengths of the West Coast Conference competition and the discipline, defense and fast-paced play she ...
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Episode 44: Rebecca Delfino from 2022-07-18T17:56:14
The opioid crisis, which has killed as many as 700,000 Americans in the past 20 years, has fallen off the nation’s radar. Rebecca Delfino, clinical law professor at the LMU Loyola Law School, de...
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Episode 43: Kara Allen, Ed.D. ’14 from 2022-03-11T17:00:43
Kara Allen Ed.D. ’14, chief impact officer, is the San Antonio Spurs’ face in their community. Putting seats at the table where decisions are made — that’s how Allen describes her job. But it go...
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Episode 42: Eric Strauss from 2022-02-03T18:11:48
The impact of climate change on Southern California — in heat, ocean temperatures and coastal damage — is being felt now and will be significant, says Eric Strauss, executive director of the LMU...
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Episode 41: Paul Krumpe from 2021-08-18T15:28:20
Paul Krumpe, head coach of LMU men’s soccer, heads into the 2021 season with perhaps the strongest team he has fielded in his 24-year tenure. Krumpe talks about a squad that brings back almost e...
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Episode 40: Ernesto Colín from 2021-02-16T16:32:35
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted far more than the day-to-day operations of America’s schools. “What happened here is that the pandemic has revealed the fissures that we have in education set...
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Episode 39: Jason Bentley ’92 from 2020-11-24T19:03:10
Jason Bentley ’92 says his stint as general manager of KXLU, LMU’s independent radio station, occurred during “the golden age of college rock.” Bentley went on to greater fame as a KCRW DJ and m...
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Episode 38: Karen Bass from 2020-11-06T02:23:42
With votes nearly tallied, U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, describes changes she expects in a possible Biden presidency and a new Congress.
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Episode 37: Justin Levitt and Michael Genovese from 2020-11-04T20:59:47
The voting is over, and now the election is about counting, counting and counting. Justin Levitt, election law expert at LMU Loyola Law School, and Michael Genovese, LMU expert on the presidency...
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Episode 36: Sean Dempsey, S.J. from 2020-10-28T21:08:02
Catholic voters, whose ballots were crucial in 2016, may sway the 2020 presidential election. But, says Prof. Sean Dempsey, S.J., the days when Catholics voted as a bloc are long gone. Today, th...
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Episode 35: Chaya Crowder from 2020-10-23T18:08:48
“The Republican Party has made little to no attempt to historically appeal to Black voters since the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act,” says Prof. Chaya Crowder in describing why Black vote...
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Episode 34: Stefan Bradley from 2020-10-16T17:00:31
With the Biden-Trump presidential battle threatening to sweep most national issues from the nation’s radar, Prof. Stefan Bradley discusses what he sees at stake for Black Americans in the 2020 e...
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Episode 33: Carol Costello from 2020-10-07T21:12:18
As Election Day approaches, the White House turns into a virus hot zone and political incivility deepens. Carol Costello, former CNN anchor, discusses America’s diseases of body and spirit — and...
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Episode 32: Allan Ides and the SCOTUS Nominee from 2020-10-01T17:28:07
If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, her impact may be shaped by her relationship with Chief Justice John Roberts, says Allan Ides, LMU Loyola Law School professor. Ides...
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Episode 31: Justin Levitt and Election 2020 from 2020-09-24T16:39:50
Justin Levitt, constitutional law professor at the LMU Loyola Law School, may be one of the few election law and voting rights experts who does not expect an electoral apocalypse to overwhelm El...
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Episode 30: Michael Genovese from 2020-09-02T14:58:26
Prof. Michael Genovese, a leading expert on the presidency, discusses the upcoming presidential election, which will present voters with a stark choice and promises to be as unpredictable as it ...
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Episode 29: Sean Kennedy '86, LLS '89 from 2020-06-16T23:55:22
In May, an LMU Loyola Law School suit was rejected that would have forced the release of more juveniles in detention who are at risk for the coronavirus. Sean Kennedy, director of the LLS Center...
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Episode 28: Sung Won Sohn from 2020-06-11T22:25:49
The rapid, global onset of the coronavirus pandemic slammed economies around the world. Sung Won Sohn, LMU professor of finance and economics, discusses signs of hope in a stark U.S. and Califor...
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Episode 27: Tom Plate from 2020-05-29T22:16:27
U.S. relations with China — from the COVID-19 crisis to democracy protests in Hong Kong — may shape the November 2020 presidential election. Tom Plate, LMU professor and Asia expert, talks about...
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Episode 26: Fernando Guerra and Brianne Gilbert from 2020-05-28T16:47:15
When the Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles surveyed L.A. residents this spring about Mayor Eric Garcetti's leadership in the COVID-19 crisis, they documented overwhelming support across...
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Episode 25: Shira Shafir '99 from 2020-05-14T18:37:27
The coronavirus has caused more than 80,000 deaths in the United States in just four months. Shira Shafir ’99, professor of epidemiology, warns that as in the 1918–19 influenza epidemic a second...
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Episode 24: David Offenberg from 2020-05-01T17:54:30
The COVID-19 shutdown has slammed the film industry, causing delayed movie releases, closed theaters and widespread unemployment for workers. David Offenberg, an expert in entertainment finance,...
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Episode 23: Chilembwe Mason '98, M.D. from 2020-04-07T15:17:11
The COVID-19 crisis is now straining health services in several U.S. regions. In the third of our series on the pandemic, Chilembwe Mason, M.D., who is an emergency medicine physician in Bronx, ...
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Episode 22: Stan Johnson from 2020-04-02T17:41:51
"I don't want to be anywhere where there's no pressure," says Stan Johnson, new head coach of the LMU men's basketball team. "That's not fun; pressure is a privilege." Johnson talks about the re...
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Episode 21: Thomas V. Cunningham from 2020-03-30T22:10:35
The COVID-19 crisis is already straining health services in several U.S. regions. In the second of our series on the pandemic, Thomas V. Cunningham, a bioethics director at Kaiser Permanente Wes...
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Episode 20: Kate Pickert from 2020-03-26T16:43:11
COVID-19 has created a global medical crisis and a U.S. health policy crisis. In the first of our series on the pandemic, Prof. Kate Pickert, who covered the U.S. healthcare system for Time maga...
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Episode 19: Paul Westhead from 2020-02-18T00:35:58
Paul Westhead’s innovative basketball philosophy, known as “The System,” produced one of the most high octane teams seen in college basketball and an unforgettable run to the NCAA tournament Eli...
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Episode 18: Judy Woodruff from 2019-12-17T23:54:29
Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour anchor, discusses the debate moderator’s role in one of the most visible stages in a presidential election process. It’s part of our special Off Press podcast series ...
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Episode 17: Tony Coelho ’64 from 2019-12-17T23:11:04
Tony Coelho, who ran the 2000 Gore Democratic presidential campaign, says don’t underestimate approachability when it comes to the voters’ choice for president. It’s part of our special Off Pres...
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Episode 16: Tom Perez from 2019-12-17T03:10:42
Tom Perez, chair of the Democratic National Committee, says the 2020 election will be a moral fork in the road for the United States. His interview is the fourth in our six-part Off Press podcas...
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Episode 15: Tia Carr '21 and Olin Osborne '23 from 2019-12-13T22:08:52
Young voters may determine the 2020 presidential election. Tia Carr and Olin Osborne, LMU international relations majors, describe what they expect from presidential candidates and what they bel...
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Episode 14: Michael Genovese from 2019-12-12T23:11:30
Prof. Michael Genovese, a leading expert on the presidency, looks at the Democratic presidential candidates and talks about the party’s need to offer a compelling alternative to President Trump ...
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Episode 13: Richard Fox from 2019-12-11T22:59:35
Prof. Richard Fox, an expert on U.S. elections, discusses the Democratic primary race and which contenders have the best chance to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020. It’s the first in our si...
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Episode 12: Elizabeth Drummond from 2019-09-17T22:34
In recent western history, hate has seemed to fuel political movements and national conflicts around the world from the Nazi Holocaust to the Rwandan genocide of Tutsi people. Elizabeth Drummond...
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Episode 11: Lynell George '84 from 2019-08-01T21:25:14
Los Angeles is a rare city with a significance in America that is equally powerful as both myth and reality. Writer Lynell George '84, who is native to this place, has spent years exploring L.A....
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Episode 10: Richard Fox from 2019-06-14T21:38:42
With 23 candidates, the Democrats’ presidential primary process looks like a dinner party with too many guests. Richard Fox, LMU professor of political science who specializes in U.S. elections,...
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Episode 9: Evelyn McDonnell from 2018-11-13T22:03:09
Without women, the sound and substance of today's rock and pop music would be unimaginable. Evelyn McDonnell, director of the LMU journalism program, music writer and co-editor of "Women Who Roc...
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Episode 8: Justin Levitt from 2018-11-01T22:52:56
Gerrymandering, it has been said, creates elections in which politicians choose their voters instead of voters choosing their representatives. Justin Levitt, an expert in constitutional law at L...
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Episode 7: Carlos Soto ’16 from 2018-09-24T21:57:49
Carlos Soto ’16 started his tequila company, Nosotros, as an undergraduate. Since then, he’s mastered everything from recipe to production, bottling, international sales and delivery. He’s even ...
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Episode 6: Garrett Snyder ’09 from 2018-03-12T17:30:53
Los Angeles is considered one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the United States, and its culinary culture is just as wide-ranging. As food editor of Los Ange...
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Episode 5: Demian Willette from 2018-02-26T22:57:43
The fish you order at your favorite seafood restaurant may not be the fish you get. Demian Willette, LMU biology professor, studies species substitution — the substit...
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Episode 4: Helen and Robert Singleton from 2018-02-01T16:25:25
In July 1961, Robert Singleton, retired LMU professor of economics, and Helen Singleton M.A. ’85 left Los Angeles for New Orleans, where in defiance of state segregat...
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Episode 3: Elias Wondimu from 2017-11-07T23:03:40
After being exiled from Ethiopia, his homeland, Elias Wondimu turned to producing books that help document his country’s history. Wondimu is now publisher of LMU’s Ma...
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Episode 2: Chris Dufresne from 2017-09-28T22:03:33
Don Klosterman ’52 set national records as a Loyola Lions quarterback and found even greater success in the pro game as general manager of the Los Angeles’ Rams and Express (USFL). Former L.A. T...
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Episode 1: Lisa See ’79 from 2017-07-14T19:35:31
Lisa See is the author of 10 novels and a nonfiction book that explore Chinese and Chinese-American experiences in the United States. Editor Joseph Wakelee-Lynch talks with See about her new nov...
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