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Our exclusive podcast interview with Instructional Excellence Conference 2024 speaker, Dr. James Lang.

The interview is a focused follow up to the keynote and workshop from the Walker Center’s annual end of the academic year conference. Dr. Lang spoke with us on this podcast season’s topic, Loneliness among young people and social connection. 

For more background on this topic, reference the Surgeon General’s advisory on the epidemic of loneliness, and also this short video of him talking about social connections.

Many thanks to Dr. Lang for speaking with us about this urgent crisis among our young people. 

S2, Ep2  Show Notes:

James Lang’s Links:

• Website: https://www.jamesmlang.com/ 
• Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/jimlang7 
• Books: https://tinyurl.com/JamesLangAMZ 
• Publisher’s Page https://www.jamesmlang.com/essays 
• Speaker’s Page https://www.jamesmlang.com/speaking 
• School/dept page: https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/whats-so-great-about-college/ 

The Wildlife Minute this month focuses on outdoor cats and their effect on wildlife. The majority of injured birds we see in wildlife rehabilitation come from outdoor cats. We love cats and want them all safe!

• Ideas on how to create a safe catio: https://tinyurl.com/2024Catio 
• Find help for local wildlife: https://campwildernest.com/ 
• Outside the local area, keep this site in mind for help: https://ahnow.org

WPTL is a creative endeavor of the staff of the 

Walker Center for Teaching and Learning - http://utc.edu/walker 

at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga. - http://utc.edu  

Hosted by Mary Marr and Heather Thach.   

Pilot shared Summer 2023 

Inaugural Season 1 Fall 2023

Season 3 Spring 2025 - 2026

New season starting Summer 2026

                      We would love to hear from you anytime at WCTL@utc.edu