SLC Embedded / What Was That Like? Podcast Series

Writing the Future with Sean Campbell ’11

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Undergraduate Season 3

Season 3 The Business of Storytelling with Max Mallory '11 Pursuing a Career in the Film Industry with Jo Steinhart '17 Social Time with a Social Worker/Psychotherapist with Slade Roff '12 Pursuing Careers in Arts and Media with Alexis Mendez '18 Curating and Establishing a Professional Identity in the Art World with Rachel Keller '13 Writing the Future with Sean Campbell '11

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Sean Campbell ‘11 (MFA in Writing), an award-winning freelance journalist, adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and fiction writer, speaks with Kerry Cooper ‘25, Stella Maiden ‘24, and Henrik Nielsen ‘24. Sean discusses his varied college experience and how he discovered his passion for writing. He breaks down his journalistic and fiction writing process; the importance of empathy and setting boundaries as a journalist; and his unconventional approach to networking, allowing his work to speak for itself.

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Season 3

Hear more conversations between Sarah Lawrence students and alumni about life after college in the What Was that Like? series

Episode 1

Max Mallory ’11

A virtual meeting with five participants shown in separate frames, each in different environments. One frame has the text "SLCEMBEDDEd."

Episode 2

Jo Steinhart ’17

Six people in a virtual meeting grid, each in their own frame, looking at the camera with neutral to smiling expressions.

Episode 3

Slade Roff ’12

Seven people in a virtual meeting, each in individual video call frames, with varied backgrounds and lighting.

Episode 4

Alexis Mendez ’18

Seven individuals in a video call, with one black screen labeled "Zixuan."

Episode 5

Rachel Keller ’13

Three people are in a virtual meeting, each in separate frames, with two above and one below.

Episode 6

Sean Campbell ’11

Four people in a video call grid. Top left wears a red shirt, top right a striped shirt, bottom left is in low light, bottom right sits by bookshelves.

What Was That Like? Podcast Series

Inspired by the style of Story Corps, the What Was That Like? podcast series features recorded conversations between Sarah Lawrence students and alumni about life after college. Working in small groups of shared interests, students completing internships (or other work experiences) speak with an alum about their experience after graduation. Each episode is centered on students’ questions and features a particular career community or pre-professional area. Topics include alumni’s paths after graduation, transformative experiences, work-life balance, networking, belonging, advice for students, and more. What Was That Like? is offered in collaboration with Alumni Relations, and features a growing number of alumni from an inclusive range of experiences.

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