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Devils and DetailsBlue Chair Conversation With Angel CollieAngel Collie is made for Leadership. He wakes up and writes down three things he is grateful for every day, taking the chance to lean into gratitude instead of fear. And in Angel’s experience working with faculty and students, he can lead with hope and belonging in partnership with Duke.
2026-03-0513 min
Devils and DetailsBlue Chair Conversation with Coach Jon Scheyer and Dr. Joseph TurekCoach Jon Scheyer and Dr. Joseph Turek are made for Teamwork. Head Coach of Duke Men’s Basketball Jon Scheyer and Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Dr. Joseph Turek both run successful teams that win together. In this conversation, they discuss the keys to success, what makes a team great and how their unlikely friendship has impacted their journeys.
2026-02-1922 min
Devils and DetailsDuke Researcher Discovers Revolutionary Treatment for CancerSuzanne Wardell is made for freedom. As an assistant research professor in pharmacology and cancer biology, she discovered that a drug designed to relieve post-menopausal symptoms could help cure breast cancer. Today, Suzanne credits Duke for providing freedom for her research that is changing women’s health and beyond.
2026-02-0520 min
Devils and DetailsPersevering After Research Funding CutsBill Pan is made for resilience. As a research scientist and professor at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, he has to be. Hear Pan’s story of how drastic cuts to research funding brought him back to the story of his parents’ marriage.
2026-01-2216 min
Devils and DetailsBlue Chair Conversation With Brandon GarrettBrandon Garrett, Duke professor of law, has seen the criminal justice system up close by representing defendants who were later exonerated and becoming a scholar of wrongful convictions cases. What is the justice system of our future? One in which technology used for good leads to fairness like never before.
2026-01-0810 min
Devils and DetailsBlue Chair Conversation With Brandon GarrettBrandon Garrett, Duke professor of law, has seen the criminal justice system up close by representing defendants who were later exonerated and becoming a scholar of wrongful convictions cases. What is the justice system of our future? One in which technology used for good leads to fairness like never before.
2026-01-0810 min
Devils and DetailsBlue Chair Conversation With Heather WhitsonHeather Whitson is made for purpose.
Heather Whitson’s life purpose came into focus when her love of science was linked to helping her grandmother confront Alzheimer’s Disease. Through her work at Duke, Dr. Whitson has found that Alzheimer's and dementia are diseases of aging that can be prevented decades before initial symptoms set in.
2025-12-1819 min
Devils and DetailsBlue Chair Conversation With Ronnie ChatterjiRonnie Chatterji is made for innovation.
The chief economist of OpenAI and professor of business and public policy at Duke, Chatterji says that technology of our present and future has the power to humanize us and grow our relationships stronger than ever.
2025-11-0516 min
Devils and DetailsBlue Chair Conversation With Victoria PinedoVictoria Pinedo is made for community.
As a first-generation college student at Duke, Pinedo ’22 says building authentic community takes both courage and using one’s voice. Her secret to successfully navigating a world of firsts? The community she built around her at Duke.
2025-11-0410 min
Devils and DetailsBlue Chair Conversation With Kate BowlerKate Bowler is made for hope.
After being diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at 35, Bowler began re-examining much of what she thought she knew about life, loss and joy. Now in remission, she explains what she has learned about how authentic hope can exist in the midst of life’s greatest uncertainties.
2025-11-0309 min
Devils and DetailsA Few Words at PartingEvery year at Duke ends with a celebration of LDOC – Last Day of Classes – with music, parties, and celebrations. And each year a group of student tour guides graduates, giving their final tours around campus. Devils & Details goes along to look into these last things.
2025-06-1111 min
Trey's TableTrey’s Table Episode 299: The Black Man Who Built the Duke ChapelThe Invisible Architect: Julian Abele & the Duke Chapel He Couldn’t Enter In this episode, I discuss the story of Julian Abele. The brilliant African-American architect.https://dukemag.duke.edu/stori...
2025-05-0928 min
Devils and DetailsRemembering John Feinstein '77DukeMag writer Corbie Hill spoke with the noted sportswriter, who died March 13, for our Fall 2024 issue. Here are excerpts from that interview.
2025-03-1405 min
2025-03-0517 min
Devils and DetailsIs That a Dog in the Library?In this episode of Devils and Details senior writer Scott Huler visits a program that brings dogs into Perkins Library, has a conversation about grievance with professor and best-selling author Frank Bruni, and considers what it means when your institution outlasts its trees.
2025-03-0416 min
Devils and DetailsPlaying in the DirtIn this episode of Devils & Details, we dig in the dirt with the folks who maintain the award-winning field at Wallace Wade Stadium; we listen in on an interview of sports-writing giant John Feinstein ’77 by staff writer Corbie Hill; we consider the various goodbye and welcome parties Duke throws for its incoming freshmen and its alums moving to new cities; and we look back at the quiet summer campus.
2024-10-0217 min
Devils and DetailsPlaying in the DirtIn this episode of Devils & Details, we dig in the dirt with the folks who maintain the award-winning field at Wallace Wade Stadium; we listen in on an interview of sports-writing giant John Feinstein ’77 by staff writer Corbie Hill; we consider the various goodbye and welcome parties Duke throws for its incoming freshmen and its alums moving to new cities; and we look back at the quiet summer campus.
2024-10-0217 min
Devils and DetailsMary Lou Williams' Finished SymphonyScott Huler talks with professor of the practice Anthony Kelley ’87, AM’90 about the unfinished symphony of jazz great and former Duke artist in residence Mary Lou Williams. Kelley learned during the Covid lockdown that the late jazz legend had, during her Duke days, left behind an unfinished symphony. That sounded like a challenge and Kelley was up to it. In April 2024 the Duke Wind Symphony premiered his completed “History…” in Baldwin Auditorium.
2024-06-0418 min
Devils and DetailsFaith, History, and HollywoodThis month, Devils and Details meets David Ntim, a sophomore chosen as this year’s Duke Chapel Student Preacher. Ntim discusses faith, hope, and finals. We also talk with Lisa Weistart ’92 about "Details of the Devil," a new documentary on Duke's Blue Devil mascot. The Duke Alumni regional teams are showcasing the documentary at various events, with more to come. Additionally, we chat with Emmy-winning writer Michael Schur about his book, "How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question."
Host: Scott Huler
Guests: David Ntim, Lisa Weistart ’92, Michael Schur
2024-05-0120 min
ART CREATORSStephen Hayes Art is a LanguageAt an early age, Stephen Hayes discovered that art was his preferred method of communication. Today, Stephen encourages Duke students to move past their fears and speak through their art.
Stephen has recently been appointed the Esbenshade Assistant Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University.
Read more about Stephen and his work in the fall 2022 issue of Duke Magazine: dukemag.duke.edu/
2023-12-2404 minART CREATORSStephen Hayes Art is a LanguageAt an early age, Stephen Hayes discovered that art was his preferred method of communication. Today, Stephen encourages Duke students to move past their fears and speak through their art.
Stephen has recently been appointed the Esbenshade Assistant Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University.
Read more about Stephen and his work in the fall 2022 issue of Duke Magazine: dukemag.duke.edu/
2023-12-2404 min
The Devils' Share: The Podcast of Duke MagazineEpisode 7, Lesley LewisLeslie Lewis '79 calls herself "one of the lost Dukies." In a world where our alumni offerers of advice in general suggest pursuing what interests you and letting things shake out from there, she looks back from her 60th birthday and wonders whether more planning might not have helped her. Mind you, she's accomplished great things, and her look backwards might suggest more about Duke alumni and their high standards than anything else. Her story ends our first season of The Devils' Share. Don't forget to email us at dukemag@Duke.edu if you have thoughts or suggestions for upcoming...
2018-10-2204 min