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).
Callings
Latest Episodes
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 featur...
Hope Circuits: Jessica Riddell
Jessica Riddell is committed to cultivating hope in higher education. Her book, Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and Other Systems for Human Flourishing, offers innovative tools for educators that include stories of luminaries and ...
A Vocational Playbook: Anna Bonta Moreland
Recently, Anna Moreland coauthored (with Thomas Smith) The Young Adult Playbook: Living Like it Matters. The book is specifically written for undergraduates and invites and guides them in vocational reflection and discernment. But for ...
The Craft of Teaching (and Learning): Carlo Rotella
Carlo Rotella, a writer and a professor at Boston College, is interested in the nuts and bolts of teaching. In particular, he is interested in the craft of teaching and the ways we can build classroom experiences that help people make meaning. ...
Grit and Purpose: Angela Duckworth
Angela Duckworth is known for her work on grit, the topic of her best-selling book and her famous TED-talk. In this wide-ranging conversation, Angela explores the wisdom of Howard Thurman and Viktor Frankl, the alignment between values and deci...