Nothing Never Happens: A Radical Pedagogy Podcast is a journey into radical pedagogical theory and praxis, where we connect with leading voices in teaching and learning. With our conversation partners, we engage a wide range of approaches across educational contexts — including but not limited to radical democratic, abolitionist, decolonial, feminist, queer, anarchist, and other popular grassroots models. Our work is guided by and indebted to the wisdom of our students and community partners, in and far beyond the colleges where we teach.
Meet Our Team
Tina Pippin
Tina is the Wallace M. Alston Professor of Bible and Religion at Agnes Scott College, a women’s college in Decatur, GA. She teaches religious studies, gender and women’s studies, and human rights. An author of numerous articles and books on pedagogy, and a winner of the American Academy of Religion Teaching Award, she is continually growing as a teacher-activist.
Lucia Hulsether
Lucia is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Skidmore College. She writes and teaches about the history of capitalism and labor; religion in the Americas; feminist, queer, and critical race theory; and theory and method in the study of religion. Long ago she was a student at Agnes Scott, where she saw firsthand the power of democratic classrooms, departments, and social movements.
Aliyah Harris
Aliyah is a student at Georgia State University, where she’s an accomplished musician and dancer. In addition to being responsible for the sound editing of Nothing Never Happens, she has contributed her original music for our intros and outros. She’s on the right in the adjacent picture, standing next to our former contributing podcast producer China Wilson.
Max Bowen & Mark McKee
Together, Max and Mark make up the band Akrasis. Mark does the beats; Max does the raps. Check out their bandcamp page here. You can hear Max on guitar here.
Aviva and the Flying Penguins
Our opening thematic melody is written by Aviva and the Flying Penguins and performed by Aviva and Lance Erik Haugan. Transitional variations of opening thematic melody recorded, orchestrated, arranged and performed by Lance Erik Haugan.
Lance Erik Haugan
Our opening thematic melody is written by Aviva and the Flying Penguins and performed by Aviva and Lance Erik Haugan. Transitional variations of opening thematic melody recorded, orchestrated, arranged and performed by Lance Erik Haugan.
Honorary Mentions
This podcast is possible because of a wide community that has helped us along the way. We received game-changing early production support from China Wilson and Calvin Burgamy (pictured on the left, in the recording studio with Tina). Emily Gwynn, Megan Simmons, Kennedy Thedford, and Percie Thompson have consulted on technology, programming, and content. We are grateful to colleagues, students, and guests for cheering us on and challenging us to grow as teachers, learners, and organizers.