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Nerd from the Future
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Embrace your inner nerd✨📚
Podcast hosted by Ramzi Fawaz

https://www.nerdfromthefuture.com
From three different generations, the three have grown up together: as students and mentors, friends, colleagues, and now chosen family. Listen to the episode on your favorite streaming platform now!

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October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Curious about Nerd From the Future's origin story? The newest episode reveals it all! Alongside professors Dr. Kathleen Moran and Justin Gomer, Ramzi Fawaz discusses his entry into higher education.

#nerdfromthefuture #podcast #uwmadison #highereducation #ramzifawaz #kathleenmoran #justingomer
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The independent broadcast network has provided free, unedited coverage of state government proceedings since 2007.

Co-founder Jon Henkes joined @fayeparks.bsky.social to explain what could be lost if they can’t reach their fundraising goal.

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WisconsinEye faces funding challenges - WORT-FM 89.9
The independent broadcast network has provided free, unedited coverage of state government proceedings since 2007.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Featuring professors and authors Dr. Armando Ibarra and Cindy Cheng, you can listen to this episode on all streaming services now.

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The Wisconsin Idea
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October 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The latest episode of Nerd From the Future is out now, all about the Wisconsin Idea! UW students & families know it best, but what exactly is the Wisconsin Idea? How has public perception changed over the years, and how does it look in action?
#wisconsinidea #uwmadison #podcast #nerdfromthefuture
October 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Teaching Sex
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October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Episode 6 of New From the Future is out now! This ep. features professor/author Robert McRuer and lecturer Anthony Michael D'Agostino. We discuss the debate of teaching sex in the classroom. Consent, incel culture, BDSM, porn addiction, & more, this episode covers it all. #sexeducation #teachingsex
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Oliver Gerharz is an editor and podcast host studying Journalism at UW-Madsion. He is an editor for the Daily Cardinal and hosts two podcasts through UW-Madison's student radio station, You Seem Exceptional and The EMMIE Podcast.
October 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ella Rae Olson is a writer and cultural critic from Wisconsin. She studies English, Creative Writing, and Chicanx/Latinx Studies at UW. She researches Generation Z, temporality in late-capitalist societies, and the impacts of physical geography on the dissemination and devleopment of knowledge.
October 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Meet some of the members of our team: Ella Rae Olson and Oliver Gerharz! Both are students at UW-Madison and work behind-the-scenes on this podcast.

This podcast wouldn't be the same without the hard work and dedication of these two! Stay tuned to meet more members of our team.
October 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
also stay tuned to meet the team members… including two gen z icons who just ✨happen✨ to be in the last episode
October 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Teaching Gen Z
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October 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The newest episode of Nerd from the Future is available now! With professors Darieck Scott and Ainehi Edoro, this episode discusses the opportunities and challenges of teaching Gen Z. It also features Ella Rae Olson and Oliver Gerharz, Gen Z students! #podcast #nerdfromthefuture #genz #academia
October 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Incoming undergraduates to UW-Madison will have to fill out the CSS Profile to apply for institutional financial aid. The form is available starting today. Wisconsin Watch reports.
UW-Madison is changing its financial aid process. Here’s what to know.
by Natalie Yahr / Wisconsin Watch and Becky Jacobs / The Cap Times, Wisconsin Watch Starting this fall, UW-Madison will require applicants to fill out the CSS Profile, an online application used by…
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October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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@hamsandwichmel.bsky.social reviews Quan Barry's hypnotic horror novel, THE UNVEILING, which explores "America's ongoing racial haunting." Its commentary is one that Madison readers will likely recognize in their own city.

The book launches Tues, Oct 14, with @groveatlantic.bsky.social.
Terror at the edge of the earth
Quan Barry's horror novel, "The Unveiling," mines a deadly South-Pole expedition to explore America's ongoing racial haunting.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin’s pause on abortion services starts today. But a pair of bills state Democrats introduced this past week could help fill the gap, Rep. Lisa Subeck tells @fayeparks.bsky.social.

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Wisconsin Democrats seek to lift abortion restrictions - WORT-FM 89.9
Planned Parenthood WI’s pause on abortion services starts today. But a pair of bills introduced this past week could help fill the gap, Rep. Lisa Subeck tells WORT.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
What's a University Good for, Anyway?
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September 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Episode 4 of Nerd from the Future is out now! This episode is all about what a university is good for. With guest authors and professors Elizabeth Anker and Kristina Huang, we discuss how the university structure interacts with society.

#podcast #nerdfromthefuture #university #academia
September 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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It is horrifying how many Americans, including officials within the U.S. government, can witness civilians in Gaza, especially babies, being burned in their tents or torn apart in the streets and shelters by U.S.-made bombs, & yet feel no urgency to stop it.
How deeply shameful. How utterly inhumane
September 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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President Trump says an old drug that acts like a vitamin can reduce autism symptoms in many children. The science doesn't support that claim.
Leucovorin for autism? Many scientists — and parents — are skeptical
President Trump says an old drug that acts like a vitamin can reduce autism symptoms in many children. The science doesn't support that claim.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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"Rep Thomas Massie is declaring victory on his move to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files after the election to fill a vacant AZ House seat, Semafor reports.

And he says House Speaker Mike Johnson and “some of the powers that be in DC are in full panic right now” about it."

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September 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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The ICE facility in Dallas where three detainees were killed in a shooting on Wednesday is still closed, but many people with scheduled check-ins still showed up the next day, only to be turned away.
24 hours after shooting, migrants show up to ICE Dallas facility fearful of missing their appointments
The ICE facility in Dallas where three detainees were killed in a shooting on Wednesday is still closed, but many people with scheduled check-ins still showed up the next day, only to be turned away.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Rest in Power, Dr. Taylor

Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, UW professor and Black history archivist, dies at 76
Quintard Taylor, Jr., professor emeritus of history at UW and founder of an online archive of Black history, died Sunday.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Why the Humanities Should Matter to You
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September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Episode 3 of Nerd from the Future is available on all streaming services now! This episode features professors and authors Sarah Ensor and Matthew Tinkcom and discusses the hot-button rumors around humanities education.

#podcast #nerdfromthefuture #humanities #university
September 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM