The PeppTalk Podcast

Welcome to Pepptalk - Pepperdine University’s podcast dedicated to sparking conversations of personal and global significance, featuring world-renowned professors, faculty, and students from across the University. pepperdineuniversity.substack.com

The PeppTalk Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Pepperdine University, with 26 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 81. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Pepperdine University hosts The PeppTalk Podcast, a education show with 26 episodes published.

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  The Only Way Out is Through ft. Daniel Voll

  May 27, 202627 minS0

  <p>What does it take to find the story that only you can tell — and then muster the courage to go get it? In this episode of PeppTalk, Coby sits down with Daniel Voll — journalist, playwright, and screenwriter — for a wide-ranging conversation on curiosity, craft, community, and the future of storytelling. From reporting in war zones and tracking down war criminals to executive producing the hit Netflix series Escaping Twin Flames and currently filming a 9/11 documentary at Guantanamo Bay, Daniel’s career has taken him to some of the world’s most complex and consequential stories.Fresh off serving as a guest sp...

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  Truth Has Nothing to Fear ft. Jonathan Koch

  May 25, 202626 minS0

  <p>What does it mean to pursue truth in a world that would rather keep ideas safe and untested?</p><p>In this episode of PeppTalk, Alexa and Coby sit down with Professor Jonathan Koch — professor of English and Great Books at Seaver College — to explore what a genuine liberal arts education looks like: when faith and learning are treated not as separate things to be integrated, but as something that was never meant to be divided in the first place.Professor Koch draws on John Milton's Areopagitica to argue that truth doesn't emerge from debate but is revealed through it...

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  The Lab and the Great Books

  May 21, 202620 minS0

  <p>What does studying both science and great books teach a person, and what kind of life does that integration prepare one for? In this episode of PeppTalk, hosts Alexa and Coby sit down with Vera Syers, a graduating senior of Pepperdine's Seaver College Class of 2026, in her final week as a Pepperdine student. The conversation is a graduation-week reflection on what four years in the lab and at the great books table have taught Vera, and what she carries into her life post-grad.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...

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  The Christian University and the Academic Establishment

  May 20, 202624 minS2

  <p>In this episode of PeppTalk, Coby Dolloff sits down with Professor Ron Highfield — theologian, author, and 37-year member of the Pepperdine faculty — to explore the ideas behind his new book, The Christian University and the Academic Establishment.Professor Highfield has spent decades thinking carefully about what it means to educate students as Christians — forming them to think about God, their vocations,their relationships, and the world through a distinctly Christian lens. In this conversation, he unpacks why the word "Christian" has to mean something concrete, how universities like Harvard and Yale drifted from their founding missions, and what it will t...

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  The Lab and the Great Books ft. Graduating Senior and Valedictorian Vera Syers ('26)

  May 4, 202620 minS2

  <p>What does studying both science and great books teach a person, and what kind of life does that integration prepare one for? In this episode of PeppTalk, hosts Alexa and Coby sit down with Vera Syers, a graduating senior of Pepperdine's Seaver College Class of 2026, in her final week as a Pepperdine student. The conversation is a graduation-week reflection on what four years in the lab and at the great books table have taught Vera, and what she carries into her life post-grad.</p><p></p><p></p>

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