Jane Austen, Hip Hop Diplomacy, Dance Connections

A Daily Dose of Austen Guest: Devoney Looser, Professor, English, Arizona State University, and editor, “The Daily Jane Austen: A Year of Quotes” Jane Austen has become a pop culture icon, inspiring multiple creative projects, including even "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." You can now enjoy Austen every day of the year! Jane Austen Is More Than a Good Rom Com Guest: Jane Kathleen Gardner Hinckley, Adjunct Faculty, Comparative Arts and Letters, Brigham Young University Recovering the original Jane Austen now that she's become a pop culture icon.  Hip Hop Diplomacy Guest: Mark Katz, Professor, Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, founder and former Director of Next Level; Junious Brickhouse, Director, Next Level, founder and Director, Urban Artistry The U.S. Department of State started sending out “hip hop diplomats” in 2013 through a program called Next Level, a new way to spread community and society through an art form that can transcend political boundaries and languages. Dance and Connection Guest: Bronwyn Tarr, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Dancing is fun and makes (many of) us happy. But it also improves social cohesion and may change the way our brains process relationships with other people.