Shows
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.
2025-11-0510 minDevils 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.
2025-11-0416 minDevils 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 minDevils 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 minDevils 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 minDevils 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 minDevils 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 minDevils 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 minDevils 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