Tune In
Tune In
Need a fun show to watch? Looking for a compelling podcast? Find some of our alumni in the spotlight as well as behind the scenes.
Doug Besterman ’86
SCHMIGADOON
This three-time Tony Award®-winner has done it all: musician, composer, producer, arranger, and orchestrator for film, television, and theater. He earned a GRAMMY Award nomination for Schmigadoon. This original production parodies 1940s musicals and features a backpacking couple who get trapped in a magical town.
Chloe Corcoran ’04
BEING TRANS
Chloe Corcoran—an LGBTQ activist, PhD student, and higher education professional—is one of four Los Angeles-based transgender people featured in the first season of this audio reality podcast. Through each person’s story, listeners can gain understanding and build empathy around what it’s really like to be transgender.
Jane Dubin ’78, ’79 (MS)
HOUSES ON THE MOON
Jane Dubin is a Broadway producer and board chair of Houses on the Moon, a theater company that also produces a storytelling podcast dedicated to amplifying unheard voices. The first season spotlights lives affected by gun violence, families with incarcerated loved ones, undocumented youth, and people in the LGBTQ community.
Listen on the Broadway podcast network
Siena Facciolo ’19
THE PROCESS
How do we build a life full of creativity? What inspires us? Siena Facciolo’s podcast, The Process, offers honest conversations between artists that reveal the strength, challenges, purpose, vulnerability, and joy of living a creative life. Her guests include musicians, authors, dancers, and artists.
Listen on theprocess.buzzsprout.com
Beth Greenwood ’22
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
Beth Greenwood—the first woman player in Yellowjackets baseball history and the first American woman catcher in NCAA baseball history—appears in this new series, which is based on the 1992 movie by the same name. Greenwood, who plays an opposing player without any lines, laughs when she says, “It looks more legit with me doing baseball scenes than the actors.”
Tom Mayer ’13
BLIND DUET
In each episode of this podcast, two artists get two weeks to record two minutes of music. The twist: The musicians have no idea who their partner will be. Co-hosts Tom Mayer and Benjamin Kahn bring a combined 30 years of music experience to facilitate important discussions on creativity, the music industry, and connectivity—with the occasional Rochester alumnus as a guest.
Joel McNeely ’84E (MM)
THE ORVILLE
Joel McNeely is an Emmy® Award-winning composer and conductor with more than 100 motion picture and television credits. He has worked with such filmmakers as James Cameron, John Lasseter, Seth MacFarlane, and George Lucas. McNeely is currently at work scoring the science fiction television drama series, The Orville.