S4 E16: That's a Wrap!
May 23, 20268mEp. 610
Jim Heffernan (’96, ’17M) joins host Andy Perrine (’86) in the studio to recap Season 4 of the podcast and to preview the Spring/Summer issue of Madison magazine.
Hosted by James Madison University · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 61 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Being The Change is the official podcast of James Madison University. It features members of the JMU community who are combining intellect with action to live lives of purpose and meaning.
James Madison University hosts Being The Change, a education show with 61 episodes published.
Jim Heffernan (’96, ’17M) joins host Andy Perrine (’86) in the studio to recap Season 4 of the podcast and to preview the Spring/Summer issue of Madison magazine.
Hear about how a JMU professor — who also is a successful alumnus — gave his College of Business students an assignment to listen to a Being The Change podcast episode on leadership. Their reactions will surprise you and
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 did not all agree on the nation’s new direction. But they deliberated and compromised until they hammered together a document that has successfully guide
The second in a series honoring our founding principles during the nation’s 250th birthday celebration, JMU history professor Dr. Rebecca Brannon describes James Madison’s critical role in shaping the religious freedoms
The U.S. Department of Education has granted JMU over $5 million to help K-12 teachers and 40 other universities deploy programs aimed at teaching students civil-dialogue skills that are the foundation of a healthy democ
Generative Artificial Intelligence is changing the nature of education. Hear how, instead of running away or turning into AI cops, JMU is embracing the technology and infusing it in our curricula.
JMU’s seventh president reflects on his inauguration, the university’s rich history, and the exciting future he is leading us into with the introduction of The Madison Promise.
Enjoy a discussion on the essence of leadership with JMU's own 3-star Army general and our awesome ROTC battalion's commanding officer.
Hear how the Ole School Alumni Scholarship Group, which provides mentorship and career support to students, teamed up with JMU’s Summer Abroad Program in Ghana to offer a transformative international experience.
Discover what's behind JMU's incredible distinction as one of only nine universities nationally to receive both the Leadership for Public Purpose and Community Engagement classifications from the Carnegie Commission.
Catch up on all the exciting progress being made in JMU's four-phased strategic planning process, which is aimed directly at elevating our already stellar student experience, academic octane and national prominence.
With its historic first-place finish at the 2025 NASA Student Launch Challenge — beating teams from MIT, Virginia Tech and other top engineering schools — JMU Engineering has arrived on the national stage. Hear how the p
On the occasion of Study Abroad Week at JMU, hear how the Center for Global Engagement and University Recreation have teamed up to give students the opportunity to learn how to cook recipes from around the world.
The local art scene is burgeoning like never before, and it's bringing campus and community closer together through shared purpose. Hear what's going on and who's behind making it go.
Because good mental health greatly enables learning, JMU is constantly offering new programs to help students, faculty and staff find pathways to peace. In this episode, we spotlight one such program, the Serenity Center
Come along on a fabulous journey of discovery with JMU anthropologist Dr. Dennis Blanton and two of his former archaeology field-school students, Kyle Mitchell (’24) and Grace Gordon (’22), as they describe a significant
As the Dukes prepare to take on Oregon in the first round of the 2025 College Football Playoff, Athletic Director Matt Roan reflects on JMU’s culture of winning, which includes becoming the first program from Virginia to
Head of Financial Aid Brad Barnett also teaches courses on financial literacy. Hear from him and one of his students, senior Jameson Glynn, on why this aspect of wellness is so important and how students can get there.
JMU recently received a coveted distinction for being a driver of economic prosperity and innovation, joining just 94 other research universities nationally. Hear Drs. Anthony Tongen and Keith Holland (’00) describe what
Just in time for Thanksgiving, hear how viral TikTokker Rosie Grant (’12) traveled the globe collecting recipes etched into gravestones, became an internet sensation, and authored To Die For: A Cookbook of Gravestone Rec
Sponsor detection runs nightly. Check back soon.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
To pitch Being The Change, visit https://beingthechange-jmu.podbean.com for contact information, then craft a tight one-paragraph hook that ties your expertise to a gap in their recent education coverage.
Being The Change is hosted by James Madison University. The show is categorised under education and has published 61 episodes.
Being The Change has published 61 episodes.
Being The Change regularly covers education. It sits in the education category.
Being The Change is accessible for guests with genuine education expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Being The Change hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of Being The Change average 28 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.
Our data rates Being The Change's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched 7 days ago.