Professor & a Comedian Walk into a Bar

By: Sepehr Vakil & Mike Knight
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  • A Professor and a Comedian Walk Into a Bar, PCWB, is a podcast co-hosted by Chicago comedian and comedy producer Mike Knight, and Sepehr Vakil, an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.

    PCWB is co-produced by a phenomenal group of undergraduate students from Northwestern University, and executive-produced by filmmaker and DePaul Professor Raphael Nash, MFA. PCWB is a highly original project born out of a desire to merge the worlds of academia and comedy, and have honest, informed, and engaging conversations about the complex cultural, political, and scientific issues that impact all of our lives.

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Episodes
  • PCWB EP2: Comedian Sonal Aggarwal and Professor Katherine S. Cho

    PCWB EP2: Comedian Sonal Aggarwal and Professor Katherine S. Cho
    Sep 11 2024

    ✅ TUNE IN ✅ 🚀 In Episode 2: We sit down with Professor Katherine Cho from Loyola University, an expert on student activism in higher education. We are also joined by Chicago actor, comedian, and movement artist Sonal Aggarwal. In our 2nd episode we talk with our guests about the recent student protests sweeping the country, and what we can expect in the approaching academic year.
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • PCWB EP1: Comedian Calvin Evans and Professor David Stovall

    PCWB EP1: Comedian Calvin Evans and Professor David Stovall
    Sep 11 2024

    ✅ TUNE IN ✅ 🚀 In Episode 1: We sit down with 2 legendary Chicagoans - Professor David Stovall from the University of Illinois Chicago, and comedian Calvin Evans. In this inaugural episode of PCWB, we have a highly engaged discussion on the politics of DEI and critical race theory in the city of Chicago during Mayor Brandon Johnson's first term, and ahead of the DNC. Tune in!
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    1 hr and 20 mins

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