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In this weekly podcast, Raysean Ricks, an Augusta University alumnus, catches you up with university news, events and breaks down what life is really like for a college student. Join him as he discusses pop culture, interacts with the AU community and keeps you updated with everything happening ‘in the wild.’ New episodes drop every Tuesday.
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A measured look at earlier diabetes diagnoses and why medication is only one part of care.
Diabetes comes to In The Wild through a practical concern: why young adults are being diagnosed earlier than previous generations. Rayshawn brings that question to Dr.
A warm studio visit about ceramics, education, apprenticeship, and community.
Tire City Potters gives the 200th episode of In the Wild a warm, lived-in setting. The visit follows Shashir, an alum and owner, as he traces a shift from a pharmacy track at the University of Georgia and an interest in chemistry toward ceramics after returning to Augusta…
A lively look at nursing careers that reach beyond bedside care into AI-aware, deeply human practice.
In The Wild gives nursing a wider lens as Rayshawn speaks with Dr. Jennifer Broxton, program director for the CNL program, and Dr. Colleen Walters, program director for the DNP program, about roles beyond bedside care.
A grounded campus conversation on medical models, prosthetic craft, art therapy, and the work of healing.
Art is treated here as part of health care's working vocabulary, not as a decorative side note. The episode moves between medical illustration and art therapy, with Dr.
A coffee bar conversation turns alumni entrepreneurship into a grounded lesson in partnership, systems, and civic ambition.
Trellis Coffee Bar becomes a grounded look at alumni entrepreneurship in Augusta, with Rayshawn speaking to AU alumni Josh Whiting and Ross McDaniel about building a business around coffee, relationships, and community.
Campus radio from the wrong side of reality.
Campus decisions, Northeast news, and Northeast priorities.
How research culture changes in practice.
Conversations from inside the IT channel.
Rayshawn and Katie Davis use In the Wild to ask why young adults are being diagnosed with diabetes sooner, and Davis says she entered the field after growing up with type 1 diabetes herself.
In The Wild marks episode 200 at Tire City Potters, where owner Shashir says he started at the University of Georgia as a pharmacy major before returning to Augusta College and ceramics.
Rayshawn talks with Dr.
Rayshawn opens In the Wild by tying Augusta University's health sciences identity to its liberal arts side, then introduces Dr.
In The Wild visits Trellis Coffee Bar in Augusta to hear AU alumni Josh Whiting and Ross McDaniel explain how coffee became a vehicle for relationships and community.
In The Wild interviews Alexander Schwartzman about Augusta University’s School of Computer and Cyber Sciences, which grew from 9 faculty and 300 students in 2017 to 55 faculty and nearly 1,000 students.
In The Wild examines global experiences at Augusta University through interviews with L.D.
In The Wild examines how Augusta University makes decisions through Staff Council, Faculty Senate, and the Undergraduate Student Government Association.
In The Wild examines how PaceLine supports cancer research at Augusta University’s Georgia Cancer Center and funds the annual Pace Day event.
John Ryan says CPAR, Augusta University’s Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response, uses the “all hazards” model to prepare for storms, flooding, and targeted violence.
Host Raysean Ricks interviews the dean of the College of Nursing and an alum about nursing education and experiences.
Host Rayshawn interviews Dale Hartenberg about the new parking deck on the Hill Sciences Campus and Danielle Hayes about her return as a lecturer.
Host Rayshawn discusses burnout and well-being with Dr.
Host Rayshawn discusses the weight loss drug Ozempic and diet culture with doctors from the Medical College of Georgia.