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The Pre-Made Podcast

The Pre-Made Podcast

De : Matthew C Collins
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 In this podcast, you'll hear stories primarily from my Amherst College Class of 1994 classmates as we reflect on life 30+ years removed from graduation day. What have we been up to all these years? How has Amherst and a liberal arts education impacted our lives? What college memories have stayed with us? How are we thinking about the next 20 years? Art Divertissement et arts du spectacle Sciences sociales
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  • Valerie Leipheimer Rediscovers The Joy Of Art Through A New Lens: Motherhood

    Valerie Leipheimer Rediscovers The Joy Of Art Through A New Lens: Motherhood
    Apr 21 2026
    Valerie Leipheimer may be the first person in human history who can persuasively and clearly show how much art history and tax law have in common. How'd she come to that conclusion? By way of a path that has taken her from Amherst College, where she studied art history, through law school, and into a serendipitous turn as a corporate tax law summer associate in London that helped her find her true professional calling. Along the way, she enjoyed a long detour through Florence that sparked a deep love of Italian culture. She has passed her passion for arts and culture to her 17‑year‑old son, who has become her museum buddy and is lobbying hard to have her speak to his class about her Amherst thesis on Francis Bacon. For the opportunity to bond with her kid in his native environment, it may be time to dust off that thesis, which she came *this close* to publishing her senior year at Amherst. To contact Valerie, email her at vleiphei@yahoo.com.
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    50 min
  • Anand Pandian Asks What Stands Between Us — And What Could Bring Us Together

    Anand Pandian Asks What Stands Between Us — And What Could Bring Us Together
    Apr 7 2026
    Anthropologist Anand Pandian joins me to explore the everyday walls—physical, social, and mental—that shape modern American life. Drawing from his book, Something Between Us, he explains how the boundaries built into our homes, cars, and information sources make it harder to imagine living in community with people who might think differently or come from another place. We talk about what it takes to lower those barriers and create better ways to coexist. Anand also reflects on Ayya’s Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India, his book about his family's ancestral homeland told through his grandfather’s harrowing refugee journey. We revisit Amherst, where he didn't study anthropology but where he definitely got the bug. He also fondly remembers the rooftop “beach” at Valentine, the professors who shaped him, and the unexpected ways and timing that our intellectual callings announce themselves. We close with thoughts about the world the next generations will inherit, the ecological futures he’s working to imagine, and the advice he won’t give his teenagers. To get in touch, email him at pandian@jhu.edu. You'll find his books on Amazon and other booksellers, , and you also can visit his website: https://anand.studio/.
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    49 min
  • Aaron Carroll Explains How Questioning The System Became His Life’s Work

    Aaron Carroll Explains How Questioning The System Became His Life’s Work
    Mar 31 2026
    Aaron Carroll has spent his entire life following the instincts Amherst sharpened, especially the belief that learning never really stops. In this conversation, he traces the path from his first‑floor Morrow dorm room (where Bruno's pizza arrived through the window) to a career shaped by a liberal arts way of thinking. Aaron talks about the moment in residency when he nearly left medicine and how questioning assumptions became the through‑line of his work. We explore how the habits he built at Amherst show up everywhere: in the way he communicates complex ideas, in his drive to understand systems and symptoms, and in his commitment to helping others make sense of a messy world. Today, as CEO of AcademyHealth, Aaron continues to work at the intersection of evidence, public understanding, and policy. At its core, this is a story about how a liberal‑arts education can shape a life by teaching someone how to think, how to listen, and how to keep asking better questions. Aaron's professional contact information is publicly available. Listeners can also find him easily on social platforms and through his published work online.
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    52 min
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