Outside the Classroom

This page began during the Spring 2020 semester when students and teachers were facing sudden changes in their social, physical, and emotional lives with isolation and Covid-19 regulations. It has been shaped by my own interests and student contributions to the resources listed.

After multiple requests for a list of things I recommend during courses, this page shall suffice! These are personally recommended podcasts, films, activities, etc. — most are related to my teaching and research interests.

Podcasts

• True Crime Garage
• Generation Why
• Intersectionality Matters!
• Why Won’t You Date Me (rated PG-13)
• Root of Evil
• Stuff You Should Know
• The Heavy Flow Podcast
• Serial
• Latino USA, NPR
• Sex With Emily (rated PG-13)
• TEDRadio Hour
• Cite Black Women

TV/Streaming

• Criminology
  • When They See Us (Netflix, 2019)
  • How to Fix a Drug Scandal (Netflix, 2020)
  • The Confession Tapes (Netflix, 2019)
  • The Innocence Files (Netflix, 2020)
  • Exhibit A (Netflix, 2019)
  • Cold Case Files (Netfli
  • The Ripper (Netflix, 2020)
  • Unsolved Mysteries (Netflix, 2019)
  • The Innocent Man (Netflix, 2018)
  • Don’t F**k With Cats (Netflix, 2019)
• Sexuality
  • Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On (Netflix, 2017)
  • Sex Explained (Netflix, 2019)
• Law/Society
  • Mrs. America (Hulu, 2020)
  • Amend: the Fight for America (Netflix, 2021)
  • The Devil Next Door (Netflix, 2019)
  • Wild Wild Country (Netflix, 2018)
  • Love on the Spectrum (Netflix, 2019)
  • Operation Varsity Blues: the College Admissions Scandal (Netflix, 2021)

Films/Documentaries

• 9 to 5: The Story of a Movement (Netflix, 2021)
• 13th (Netflix, 2016)
• Radium Girls (Netflix, 2020)
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix, 2020)
• Crip Camp: a Disability Revolution (Netflix, 2020)
• Disclosure (Netflix, 2020)
• Reversing Roe (Netflix, 2016)
• #Cats_the_Mewvie (Netflix, 2020)
• Amanda Knox (Netflix, 2016)
• Nanette (Hannah Gadsby/Netflix, 2018)
• A Secret Love (Netflix, 2020)

Books

Self-Care

• Explore.org (live streaming videos of animals, nature, wildlife, baby creatures)
  • Kitten-Cam (Live streaming kittens)
• Sudoku Online (also available via phone apps)
• Shark Tracker (also available via phone app)
• Instagram Pages
  • CATS: Cats of Madison, Waffles the Cat, Lil Bub, Atchoum the Cat, Cinderblock Cat, Nala Cat, Hosico, Bodega Cats, MadCat Madison
  • DOGS: Doug the Pug, Toast the Corgi, Dogs of Madison, Dogs in Food, Dog Meets World
  • BAKING: Brittanie Bakes, Frosted Cookies, Lauryn Marie Bakes, Frankie’s Cupcakes (my page!), That Cupcake Lady, The Frosted Cookiery, Cake Art Lookbook
  • WISCONSIN: Wisconsinights, Wisconsin’s Outdoor Explorer, Discover Wisconsin, Madison Area, Turkeys of UW Madison, City of Madison
• Fun Twitter Accounts
  • Possum Every Hour, Raccoon Every Hour, Simon’s Cat, Fake Science, Cat in the Sink, Faces in Things 

*I am not paid by any of these organizations/companies to advertise their products/services.*