Episodi

  • Faith, History, and Hollywood
    May 1 2024
    This 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
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    20 min
  • Mary Lou Williams' Finished Symphony
    Jun 4 2024
    Scott 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.
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    19 min
  • Playing in the Dirt
    Oct 2 2024
    In 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.
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    18 min
  • Is That a Dog in the Library?
    Mar 4 2025
    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.
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    17 min
  • Remembering John Feinstein '77
    Mar 14 2025
    DukeMag writer Corbie Hill spoke with the noted sportswriter, who died March 13, for our Fall 2024 issue. Here are excerpts from that interview.
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    6 min
  • A Few Words at Parting
    Jun 11 2025
    Every 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.
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    11 min
  • Blue Chair Conversation With Kate Bowler
    Nov 3 2025
    Kate 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.
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    9 min
  • Blue Chair Conversation With Ronnie Chatterji
    Nov 5 2025
    Ronnie 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.
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    17 min