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The Good is a free, monthly podcast that shares stories about Dickinson students, professors and alumni.

Each month, we'll hear from President Margee Ensign, stretch your mind with a brain teaser and connect with what's good at Dickinson. Subscribe to The Good on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher.

Look for new episodes of The Good from August to November and from January to May.


Podcast Episodes

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Podcast: Admissions Decision Release Day
This episode of Dickinson's award-winning podcast includes a message from President Ensign on the college's response to COVID-19. We also hear about "Decision Release Day" for prospective students.
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Podcast: Competition in the Performing Arts
In this podcast, we explore the concept of competition in the performing arts at Dickinson.
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Podcast: Paying the Game of Life
In this podcast, we look at how Dickinsonians are charting a course for a financially fit future with the First-Year Seminar called Paying the Game of Life.
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Podcast: Inside the Blue Mountain Battalion - Dickinson College ROTC
In this podcast, we join the Blue Mountain Battalion on a training exercise and learn how ROTC deepens the liberal-arts experience.
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Podcast: How Students and Educators Can Lead the Fight Against Climate Change
In this podcast episode, we go inside the recent BE.Hive On Campus summit to learn how behavior change can fight climate change.
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Podcast: Meet Dickinson College's Rabbi Marley Weiner
In this podcast, we meet Rabbi Marley Weiner, the first full-time director of Dickinson's Asbell Center for Jewish Life, and we visit the Revolutionary Challenge Ideation Workshop.
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Podcast: Pre-Orientation Adventures at Dickinson College
Dive into Dickinson's Pre-Orientation Adventures! We talk with a student adventure leader and the program's coordinator to learn how students spend their first few days on campus.
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Podcast: Dickinson College Alumnus and Hollywood Screenwriter Ed Ricourt '95
Political science major Ed Ricourt '95 wanted to be a lawyer until he wrote his first screenplay for a course at Dickinson. We chat with him about his journey and his writing style.
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Podcast: Dickinson College Professors Probe the Unseen World of Rattlesnake Dens
In this podcast, we travel to Colorado with a team of Dickinson professors researching rattlesnakes.
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Podcast: Dickinson College Students Tell Forgotten Stories of Slavery
In this podcast, we meet Dickinson students researching the college's connections to American slavery.
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Podcast: Dickinson College Alumna, Media Mogul and Finance Titan Amy Nauiokas
In this podcast, we talk with media master and Wall Street veteran Amy Nauiokas '94.
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Podcast: Dickinson College Squash Teams Welcome New Coach, Celebrate Five Years of Success
In this podcast, we visit the men's and women's squash teams as the program marks its fifth season and welcomes a new coach.
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Podcast: Dickinson College Student Discusses Landmark Climate Change Lawsuit
In this episode of "The Good," Dickinson student Sophie Kivlehan '21 discusses her involvement in a landmark federal lawsuit over climate change.
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Podcast: Inside Admissions at Dickinson College
We ride along with a Dickinson College admissions staff member on a visit to prospective students. Plus, the dean of admissions offers tips for "finding your fit" at college.
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Podcast: Dickinson College Team Explores Iceland's Lakes on National Geographic Research Trip
In this podcast episode, we travel to Iceland with Dickinson researchers who've earned the title "National Geographic Explorers."
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Podcast: Dickinson College Alumna and Comedy Writer Lauren Ashley Smith '06
We travel to Manhattan for a conversation with TV comedy writer, actor, improv comedian and Dickinson alumna Lauren Ashley Smith '06.

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Podcast: Dickinson College Alumnus and Nanotechnology Pioneer Chad Mirkin '86
We head to Chicago and the campus of Northwestern University for a conversation with renowned chemist, nanotechnology pioneer and Dickinson alumnus Chad Mirkin ’86.

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Podcast: Dickinson College Geophysics Class Searches for Unmarked Graves
We join a geophysics class as they search for unmarked gravesites with ground-penetrating radar.

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Podcast: Dickinson College Alumnus and Phillies President Andy MacPhail '76
We talk baseball, leadership and more with alumnus and Philadelphia Phillies President Andy MacPhail '76.


The Good is produced by Craig Layne and Christine Baksi in association with Dickinson College’s marketing and communications office. Craig Layne is host.