Callings

About Callings

Conversations on college, career, and a life well-lived. “Callings” explores what it means to live a life defined by a sense of meaning and purpose. It focuses on the process of exploring and discerning one’s vocation, with particular emphasis on mentoring and supporting undergraduate students as they navigate college, career, and a life-well lived. Hosted by the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE).

Publisher

Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Oct 2020

Latest episode

14 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

67 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Sept 2026

   Moments of Annunciation: David Brooks

   David Brooks is one of America’s most recognized public intellectuals. He is a staff writer at The Atlantic, a senior fellow at Yale University’s School of Global Affairs, and a longtime cultural and political commentator for PBS NewsHour. For many years, he was an opinion columnist at The New York Times and is the author of many best-selling books including The Road to Character, The Second Mountain, and How To Know a Person. These days, David gives much of his attention to the challeng...

2. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Vocational Advice for Undergraduates: Season 6 Highlights

   This bonus episode features highlights from conversations that aired during the sixth season of Callings. In these clips, our guests offer advice for today's students and for anyone who teaches or mentors young adults. Listen to this compilation of insightful and interesting advice from Lee C. Camp, Michael Lamb, Willie James Jennings, Maria LaMonaca Wisdom, Barbara Brown Taylor, Angela Duckworth, Carlo Rotella, Anna Bonta Moreland, Jessica Riddell, and Almeda M. Wright.

3. 

   4 Jun 2026

   Teaching To Live: Almeda M. Wright

   This is a special episode of “Callings” for several reasons. First, it represents the podcast’s first experiment with recording an episode in front of a live audience; it was taped at the 2026 NetVUE Conference in Kansas City. Second, it features Almeda M. Wright, who is associate professor of religious education at Yale Divinity School and the author of Teaching to Live: Black Religion, Activist-Educators and Radical Social Change. In this conversation, Almeda talks about her academic and sp...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

112

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

39

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

68

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