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Local podcast takes off

September 4, 2026September 4, 2026 Jacob Peirce0Tagged Jose Lira, podcast, Vermillion Unplugged

Over two years ago Jose Lira began his podcast Vermillion Unplugged with the idea of getting a closer view into, what he considered an oddity. A college town with only 12,000 residents. Lira only wanted to focus on a podcast concerned with the people of Vermillion, and although he has kept that spirit, Lira has […]

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Meet the host of USD’s ‘Credit Hour’ podcast

November 2, 2020November 3, 2020 Tyler Boyle0Tagged alumni, business owners, contributions, COVID-19, credit hour, doctors, economists, george floyd, guest speakers, James Abbot, law school, michael ewald, podcast, professors, social justice, students, systemic racism

When former USD president James Abbot retired in May of 2018 the university was looking to do something to commemorate Abbot’s 21 year presidency. That’s when USD’s communications director Michael Ewald got a call from USD’s videographer Adam Gomez about doing a podcast with the former president. At this moment, USD’s “Credit Hour” was born. […]

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