Max Maldonado
Multimedia Journalist
(561) 373-6160 // Maldonado.S.Max@gmail.com
Below is a list of episodes where I have solely produced, edited, and voiced.
In Conversation is a podcast that features faculty from Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, talking with Dean Michael Horswell, Ph.D., about research and creative activity that spans the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Each episode spotlights a professor whose scholarly work is affecting the world in a significant way. Listeners will not only learn of the latest developments in the many academic disciplines of the college but will gain insight into the creative and critical processes our scholars and artists bring to their projects.
THIS IS THE FIRST EPISODE OF "IN CONVERSATION", AN ORIGINAL PODCAST THAT I HELPED TO PRODUCE FOR FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY'S COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS. IN THIS FIRST EDITION, DEAN MICHEAL HORSWELL SITS DOWN WITH PAPTYA BUCAK. BUCAK, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO HER WRITING PROCESS AND HER EXPERIENCE WITH ISSUES OF IDENTITY. THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED IN JULY OF 2019.
In Conversation Ep. 1
JOSEPH VELASQUEZ IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PRINTMAKING IN FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY’S DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS & ART HISTORY. HIS WORK INCLUDES MURALS, GRAFFITI TAGS, PLACASOS, AND TINTA. WHILE
HIS MOBILE STUDIO BEGAN WITH THAT RENAISSANCE-TYPE PRINTING
PRESS, VELASQUEZ’S CREATIONS OFTEN ENGAGE WITH 21 ST CENTURY
POPULAR CULTURE. THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED IN JULY OF 2019.
In Conversation Ep. 4
CAMERON IS A FULL PROFESSOR IN FAU’S DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY. HER
STUDIES OF NATURAL MEDICINE HAVE SPANNED MORE THAN THREE DECADES. DR. MARY CAMERON’S INTEREST IN NATURAL HEALING HAS LED HER ACROSS
SOUTH ASIA--PARTICULARLY NEPAL--WHERE NATURAL MEDICINAL PRACTICES, KNOWN AS AYURVEDA, ARE STILL IN USE. HER LATEST BOOK, “THREE FRUITS: NEPALI AYURVEDIC DOCTORS ON HEALTH, NATURE, AND SOCIAL CHANGE,” WAS PUBLISHED IN 2019. SHE SAT DOWN WITH DEAN HORSWELL IN DECEMBER OF 2019.
In Conversation Ep. 7
CAROL PRUSA IS A PROFESSOR OF PAINTING AND DRAWING IN FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY’S DEPARTMENT OF VISUAL ARTS & ART HISTORY. HER ARTWORK SPANS FROM SILVERPOINT DRAWINGS, PAINTING, AND SCULPTURE AND HAS BEEN FEATURED IN MANY GALLERIES AND MUSEUM ACROSS THE GLOBE. PROFESSOR PRUSA IS OUR GUEST FOR THIS EDITION OF INCONVERSATION. THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED VIA WEBEX IN APRIL OF 2020.
In Conversation Ep. 11
DR. SUSAN SCHNEIDER IS OUR GUEST FOR THIS EDITION OF IN CONVERSATION. DR. SCHNEIDER IS A PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY, WHOSE WORK CENTERS AROUND CONCIOUNSNESS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. PRIOR TO JOINING FAU, DR. SCHNEIDER SERVED AS THE NASA-BARUCH BLUMBERG CHAIR AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NASA, AND HER WORK HAS BEEN CITED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, WIRED, AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. SHE SAT DOWN WITH DEAN HORSWELL OVER A VIDEO CALL IN AUGUST OF 2020.
In Conversation Ep. 14
In Conversation Ep. 16
DR. THOMAS STOLLAR IS DEAN MICHAEL HORSWELL’S GUEST FOR THIS EDITION OF IN CONVERSATION. STOLLAR IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CERAMICS AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY. HE IS ALSO THE CREATOR OF THE ONLINE EXHIBITION PLATFORM “DISTANT CERAMICS.” STOLLAR STARTED THE ONLINE GALLERY IN A TIME WHEN PHYSICAL EXHIBITIONS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD AND TO GIVE ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD A PLACE TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORK IN THE MEDIUM. I DID ALL THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT WRITING, AUDIO EDITING, AND LENT MY VOICE TO THE OPENING AND CLOSING. THIS EPISODE WAS RELEASED IN OCTOBER OF 2020.
In Conversation Ep. 18
DR. BECKA MCKAY IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT FAU, WHERE SHE DIRECTS THE CREATIVE WRITING MFA, THE GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN LITERARY TRANSLATION, AND SERVES AS FACULTY ADVISOR TO THE LITERARY MAGAZINE SWAMP APE REVIEW. SHE HAS TRANSLATED SEVERAL WORKS OF FICTION AND POETRY FROM MODERN HEBREW, AND IS THE AUTHOR OF THE POETRY COLLECTIONS A METEOROLOGIST IN THE PROMISED LAND, HAPPINESS IS THE NEW BEDTIME, AND THE LITTLE BOOK OF NO CONSOLATION, WHICH IS SET TO BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY 2021. SHE SAT DOWN WITH DEAN HORSWELL OVER A VIDEO CALL IN DECEMBER OF 2020.