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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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  • Jo Park Shows How Observation Becomes A Way of Seeing Ourselves

    Jo Park Shows How Observation Becomes A Way of Seeing Ourselves
    Jun 16 2026
    From the forest pansy redbud she studies each morning to the students she teaches at Penn, Jo Park talks about the power of observation as both a discipline and a source of meaning. She reflects on how gardening during Covid sharpened her ability to see patterns and small transformations, and how that same attentiveness informs her scholarship on Asian American literature and the frameworks that shape identity. We also explore Jo’s research into the creative work produced by Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II, including the rock gardens whose arrangements reveal how people create beauty even under duress. Across gardening, teaching, and historical study, Jo makes a strong case for the power of the humanities and developing our understanding of what it means to be human. Show note: William Carlos Williams' poem, To Elsie: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46485/to-elsie
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    54 min
  • Edward Lees Built A Life Balancing Markets, Nature, Poetry, And Self‑Discovery

    Edward Lees Built A Life Balancing Markets, Nature, Poetry, And Self‑Discovery
    Jun 9 2026
    Edward Lees, like many Amherst College graduates, has generally gravitated toward breadth. That first manifested in his academic journey from physics to neuroscience to European studies, and later in a career that has taken him through biotech hedge funds and today into environmental investing from his home in London. To complement that arc, he’s carved out space for the outdoors and for poetry, two practices that ground him and give him outlets for inspiration. Edward also reflects on a more personal dimension of the last several years: understanding autism within his family and recognizing some of those traits in himself. That realization has reframed how he remembers his Amherst years, including why small groups felt easier than large ones and why some friendships have lasted his adult life. Edward's experience sheds light on how we can come to understand ourselves over time and how the pieces of our lives can reveal a clear and intentional design, even if we haven't always been aware of it.
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    42 min
  • Matt “Rudy” Ronfeldt Reminds Us That Clarity Begins With Space To Listen

    Matt “Rudy” Ronfeldt Reminds Us That Clarity Begins With Space To Listen
    Jun 2 2026
    Matt “Rudy” Ronfeldt grew up possessing a deep curiosity and passion for physics and Buddhism, but graduating from Amherst College having majored in physics left him with a gnawing doubt: whether he wanted to pursue physics professionally. He then did something some of us may only daydream about: he stepped off the grid and into the Himalayas. Months of trekking, six weeks of silence in a Buddhist monastery, and a vow to make compassion his North Star reshaped everything that came after. That included walking away from the foundation that physics had provided and pursuing a career in education and educational research devoted to identifying the qualities and inputs that are associated with better teachers. In this conversation, Rudy reflects on navigating uncertainty and the unexpected ways that purpose can emerge when we slow down enough to hear it. Contact Rudy via email: ronfeldt@umich.edu.
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    53 min
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