Hello everyone, and welcome back to Season two of the Bean Pot. I’m thrilled to be able to continue this journey for another season, and excited to explore several new topics that will, hopefully, help us all to see our world from new perspecti

Dr. Jay Valentine: Philosophy, Buddhism, and Pandemics

Dec 28th, 2020 1h 7m

Dr. Jay Valentine is my special guest for this Season 1 bonus episode. He is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Troy University, and an expert in Buddhism, eastern religions, meditation, and philosophy. We recorded this episode just as Ala

Dr. Aaron Hagler: Middle East History, Israeli–Palestinian Conflicts, and Peace Process

Mar 13th, 2020 1h 6m

In the July of 2000, President Bill Clinton hosted a summit meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat. Five months later, in December, President Clinton, and the two leaders publicly anno

Dr. Govind Menon: Black Holes, Plastics, and STEM

Feb 27th, 2020 58m 33s

It’s hard for me to imagine a world where everyone believes the earth is basically shaped like a snow globe. That water is trapped above a dome, and it rains when windows open in the sky to let water in. That the lights in the sky rotate like a

Stephen Stetson: Beyond Coal

Jan 16th, 2020 1h

My guest today is Stephen Stetson, who is a Senior Campaign Representative for the Sierra Club, covering Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. The Sierra Club, is America’s oldest and largest environmental organization. Stephen's primary focus is t

Tori Lee Averett: The Importance of the Arts

Jan 3rd, 2020 1h 58m

Thank you for joining me on this journey of self-reflection and personal growth. I’m enjoying making this podcast, and reflecting on the things that are important to me. I want to keep improving the podcast and you can help me do that by visiti

Andrew Maraniss: Games of Deception

Dec 19th, 2019 1h 3m

Andrew Maraniss discusses his new book Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany.This is the true story of the invention of a game, created by a thoughtful man named Ja

Dr. Richard Nokes: Professor Awesome, and Zombies

Nov 28th, 2019 1h 11m

Dr. Richard Scott Nokes, professor of Medieval Literature at Troy University. In this interview we discuss his Professor Awesome persona, and how his intellectual outreach to connect his academic work to the general public lead to much bigger t

James Radford: Boll Weevil — A Novel

Nov 28th, 2019 1h 2m

Civil rights attorney, documentary film maker, and novelist James Radford talks about his new book “Boll Weevil", a fascinating courtroom and political drama that draws attention to life in the rural South, race relations, social justice, and e

Dr. Luke Ritter: America’s First Nativist Movement

Nov 28th, 2019 1h 13m

Adam sits down with Dr. Luke Ritter to discuss his forthcoming book “The Origins of Nativism in the Antebellum West”. Dr. Ritter completed his Ph.D. in American History at Saint Louis University, and currently teaches at Troy University. We sp

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Welcome to The Bean Pot

Nov 28th, 2019 3m 17s

A quick back story to the podcast by me, Adam Drinkwater, a transplanted Pennsylvanian living in the very deep American Southeast. The show's name is an analogy for my existential journey of self-reflection, personal growth, and community devel

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