Being Human in the Age of AI: A podcast

015 Esther Windt 

Esther Windt is a trans woman writer who’s currently attending Saint Ambrose University for an English Degree (Creative Writing Concentration). She’s been published with the Midwest …

014 Garrett Traylor

Garrett Traylor is a proud husband, father, son, brother, dog-dad, and whatever other ways humans are connected by love. He works as an academic librarian in his hometown. He has p…

013 Emily Tobin

Emily Tobin is a librarian from Michigan who now lives in Illinois. She enjoys making art and experiencing entropy.

012 Kai Newell 

Kai Newell is a queer author and advocate who uses their writing and work to push for equality and inclusion. A Transgender and Gender Expansive Care Coordinator by day, they’re passio…

011 Emily Murphy

Born and raised in Davenport, Iowa, Emily Murphy is a sophomore at St. Ambrose University, recently switching majors from forensic psychology to creative writing in pursuit of her chi…

010 Caitlin Moran

Caitlin Moran is a Masters student in Rhetoric at Iowa State University. They earned their Bachelors of Arts in English from Dominican University. Outside of academia, Caitlin plays …

009 Sam Miller

Sam Miller is a 17-year-old human being surely not a robot. You can usually find them reading or writing accompanied by a caffeinated drink. They strongly believe in the importance of s…

008 Ava Miller 

Ava Miller has been writing since they could pick up a pencil, and to everyone's chagrin, they show no signs of stopping. They graduated from St. Olaf College in 2023 with degrees in E…

007 June Heller

June Heller lives in Davenport, Iowa, where she and her husband own the local Minor League Baseball team, the Quad Cities River Bandits. June recently took up creative writing while st…

006 Gregory Gomez 

Gregory Gomez is a rising artist within the Quad Cities. His studies include an English Education degree with an endorsement in ESL as well as a music minor. He performs alongside t…

005 Philip Goldfarb Styrt 

Philip Goldfarb Styrt is an assistant professor of English at St. Ambrose University. He writes poetry about modern themes and topics in traditional lyric forms, and lives i…

004 Monica Flink

Monica Flink is an award-winning author, poet, and baker from Davenport, Iowa. Her work can be found in Writers on the Avenue's Everything Old is New Again anthology, Midwest Writing …

003 Allie Crisco

Allie Crisco is a sophomore at St. Ambrose University. She enjoys writing in her spare time, particularly free verse poetry and narrative fiction. The first time she shared her work p…

002 Adrian Cole

Adrian Cole is a poet and mixed media artist. Their works have been included in Altas Vol. 13, Euphemism (2018-2019), and CitySpeaks; a collaborative work between local writers and the…

001 Asmita Bag 

Asmita Bag is a Junior at Pleasant Valley High School. She enjoys writing poetry and (apparently) tying her identity to a high school. When she's not writing, she can be found sitting …

000 Being Human in the Age of AI: A podcast

The Being Human in the Age of AI podcast is the product of an ongoing collaboration between the Midwest Writing Center and the Galvin Fine Arts Center at St…