Episode 105 - Paul Poast: "How I think about being an academic and why I wanted to be an academic."

Associate Professor Paul Poast from the Department of Political Science teaches and researches international relations and is a foreign policy fellow with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a world affairs columnist for the World Politics Review. Professor Poast talks about his career path, from potentially becoming a lawyer or athletic coach to becoming a University of Chicago professor. He compares being an academic to running a small business and credits his father for his entrepreneurial skills. Listen to the many anecdotes Professor Poast shares in this episode.
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