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Bonus Episode: Life as a First-Gen PhD
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For this special bonus episode, Nan and Lisa sit down with Season 1 producer Richelle Wilson to talk about her experience as a first-gen college student, the challenges of student loan debt and getting a PhD in a collapsing academic job market, and why she loves higher ed even though it doesn’t always love her back.
Stay tuned for Season 2, coming your way soon!
About our guest
Richelle Wilson is a PhD candidate in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she is writing a dissertation about IKEA. She is the managing editor of Edge Effects, a digital magazine about the environment, and producer of the talk show A Public Affair on WORT 89.9 FM.
Produced and edited by Richelle Wilson
Theme music by Josh Wilson
Show cover art by Margaux Parker
Episode cover art by LwcyD on Pixabay
A special thanks to Wisconsin Humanities for their support of Season 1.
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