Devils and Details

A monthly sonic check-in with Duke. Something cool on campus, a few words about alumni activities, an interview or two. Sit down and let us tell you a story.

Episodes

Blue Chair Conversation With Brandon Garrett

January 8, 2026 • 10 mins

Brandon Garrett, Duke professor of law, has seen the criminal justice system up close by representing defendants who were later exonerated and becoming a scholar of wrongful convictions cases. What is the justice system of our future? One in which technology used for good leads to fairness like never before.

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Blue Chair Conversation With Heather Whitson

December 18, 2025 • 19 mins

Heather Whitson is made for purpose. Heather Whitson’s life purpose came into focus when her love of science was linked to helping her grandmother confront Alzheimer’s Disease. Through her work at Duke, Dr. Whitson has found that Alzheimer's and dementia are diseases of aging that can be prevented decades before initial symptoms set in.

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Blue Chair Conversation With Ronnie Chatterji

November 5, 2025 • 16 mins

Ronnie Chatterji is made for innovation. The chief economist of OpenAI and professor of business and public policy at Duke, Chatterji says that technology of our present and future has the power to humanize us and grow our relationships stronger than ever.

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Blue Chair Conversation With Victoria Pinedo

November 4, 2025 • 10 mins

Victoria Pinedo is made for community. As a first-generation college student at Duke, Pinedo ’22 says building authentic community takes both courage and using one’s voice. Her secret to successfully navigating a world of firsts? The community she built around her at Duke.

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Blue Chair Conversation With Kate Bowler

November 3, 2025 • 9 mins

Kate Bowler is made for hope. After being diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at 35, Bowler began re-examining much of what she thought she knew about life, loss and joy. Now in remission, she explains what she has learned about how authentic hope can exist in the midst of life’s greatest uncertainties.

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A Few Words at Parting

June 11, 2025 • 11 mins

Every year at Duke ends with a celebration of LDOC – Last Day of Classes – with music, parties, and celebrations. And each year a group of student tour guides graduates, giving their final tours around campus. Devils & Details goes along to look into these last things.

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Remembering John Feinstein '77

March 14, 2025 • 5 mins

DukeMag writer Corbie Hill spoke with the noted sportswriter, who died March 13, for our Fall 2024 issue. Here are excerpts from that interview.

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Is That a Dog in the Library?

March 4, 2025 • 16 mins

In this episode of Devils and Details senior writer Scott Huler visits a program that brings dogs into Perkins Library, has a conversation about grievance with professor and best-selling author Frank Bruni, and considers what it means when your institution outlasts its trees.

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Playing in the Dirt

October 2, 2024 • 17 mins

In this episode of Devils & Details, we dig in the dirt with the folks who maintain the award-winning field at Wallace Wade Stadium; we listen in on an interview of sports-writing giant John Feinstein ’77 by staff writer Corbie Hill; we consider the various goodbye and welcome parties Duke throws for its incoming freshmen and its alums moving to new cities; and we look back at the quiet summer campus.

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Mary Lou Williams' Finished Symphony

June 4, 2024 • 18 mins

Scott Huler talks with professor of the practice Anthony Kelley ’87, AM’90 about the unfinished symphony of jazz great and former Duke artist in residence Mary Lou Williams. Kelley learned during the Covid lockdown that the late jazz legend had, during her Duke days, left behind an unfinished symphony. That sounded like a challenge and Kelley was up to it. In April 2024 the Duke Wind Symphony premiered his completed “History…” in B...

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Faith, History, and Hollywood

May 1, 2024 • 20 mins

This month, Devils and Details meets David Ntim, a sophomore chosen as this year’s Duke Chapel Student Preacher. Ntim discusses faith, hope, and finals. We also talk with Lisa Weistart ’92 about "Details of the Devil," a new documentary on Duke's Blue Devil mascot. The Duke Alumni regional teams are showcasing the documentary at various events, with more to come. Additionally, we chat with Emmy-winning writer Michael Schur about hi...

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Episodes

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Blue Chair Conversation With Ronnie Chatterji

Blue Chair Conversation With Victoria Pinedo

Blue Chair Conversation With Kate Bowler

A Few Words at Parting

Remembering John Feinstein '77

Is That a Dog in the Library?

Playing in the Dirt

Mary Lou Williams' Finished Symphony

Faith, History, and Hollywood

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Blue Chair Conversation With Brandon Garrett

Blue Chair Conversation With Heather Whitson