Formative: Conversations on Who We Became

By Conversations Magazine

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A Jesuit college judges itself on who our students become and ‘Formative’ is an interview podcast about those lives and stories. It features intimate conversations with notable alums – from arts and culture, public service, business, philanthropy, sports, education, science, and so on – from Jesuit colleges across the country. Host Michael Serazio, associate professor of communication at Boston College, asks questions about who and what shaped their life journeys, influenced their successes, and guided them through callings, causes, challenges, and careers. An official podcast of Conversations Magazine and the National Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education, ‘Formative’ is about the impact our graduates have had and how they might inspire future generations of young people to set the world on fire.

Episode Date
Formative 16: The business of talking your way out of crisis (with Roshini Rajkumar, Boston College ‘93)
Feb 09, 2026
Formative 15: From childhood sports fan to pro team president (with Mark Lamping, Rockhurst University ‘80)
May 07, 2025
Formative 14: In politics, may the best argument win (with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marquette University ‘67)
Jan 22, 2025
Formative 13: A career-long view from the American embassy (with Harry Thomas, Holy Cross ‘78)
Jul 31, 2024
Formative 12: When an endangered child can’t come home (with Darcy Olsen, Georgetown ‘93)
May 14, 2024
Formative 11: What’s eating away at our local food systems (with Erika Polmar, St. Louis University ‘89)
Feb 21, 2024
Formative 10: Steeling the judicial ramparts on the last line of democracy (with Benes Aldana, Seattle University ‘91)
Dec 12, 2023
Formative 9: The cartoonist’s pen versus the autocrat’s sword (with Adam Zyglis, Canisius University ‘04)
Oct 16, 2023
Formative 8: On the front lines of the global refugee crisis (with Michael Gallagher, SJ, Spring Hill College ‘73)
Apr 21, 2023
Formative 7: The triumphs and trials of women's professional soccer (with Danielle Slaton, Santa Clara University ‘02)
Mar 11, 2023
Formative 6: The advance of the city college (with Ricardo Fernandez, Marquette University ‘62)
Nov 22, 2022
Formative 5: Mayoral imagination, big-city transformation (with Tom Murphy, John Carroll University ‘67)
Oct 07, 2022
Formative 4: How to cover the Pope (with Delia Gallagher, University of San Francisco '91)
Apr 26, 2022
Formative 3: Polling for a common good in polarized times (John Zogby, Le Moyne '70)
Mar 01, 2022
Formative 2: Homeless on the streets of Philadelphia (with Sister Mary Scullion, St. Joseph's University '76)
Dec 13, 2021
Formative 1: Lessons from NFL coaches for teaching middle school (with Sean Guthrie, Boston College '01)
Sep 14, 2021