TALK LIKE A PIRATE
East Carolina University’s podcast, Talk Like a Pirate, explores various topics related to current happenings on campus, across the nation and around the globe.
Hosted by ECU News Services’ Rich Klindworth, TLaP began Sept. 19, 2019, on International Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Check out #PirateVoices, Talk Like a Pirate’s sister series, where we showcase ECU’s diversity by amplifying Pirates’ personal stories of searching, seeking treasure and chasing purpose.
SEASON SIX
Episode 2: ECU is Now R-1
East Carolina University is now a top-rated research institution. ECU Chancellor Dr. Philip Rogers and associate professor and researcher Dr. Bhibha Das talk about why ECU received the prestigious designation and why it matters, in Season 6, Episode 4 of Talk Like a Pirate.
— Mar 11, 2025
Episode 1: All Things Gambling – It’s Here to Stay and the Need to Study it
In the Season 6 premiere episode of Talk Like a Pirate, ECU’s Dr. Michelle L. Malkin talks about all things gambling – from its impact on college students to its omnipresent aspect in our lives and the need to study its effects.
— Jan 10, 2025
SEASON FIVE
- Episode 1: You and AI
- Episode 2: Lets Connect for Student Success
- Episode 3: Student Success and Heart Health
SEASON FOUR
- Episode 1: Best Masks for a Pandemic
- Episode 2: I Thought We Were Communicating?
- Episode 3: Healthy Holiday Eating and those Infamous Carbs
- Episode 4: Holiday Music and Writing New Music
- Episode 5: How Much Screen Time is Good for Kids?
- Episode 6: Delta-8 THC and CBD
SEASON THREE
- Episode 1: Remembering 9/11 from a Pentagon First Responder
- Episode 2: COVID-19 Update with Dr. Paul Bolin
- Episode 3: Sitting Down with Football Legend Vonta Leach
- Episode 4: “Older” Workers — Is 70 the New 50?
- Episode 5: The Poison, Toxins and Venom that Surrounds Us
SEASON TWO
- Episode 1: Getting Caught up on Voting History
- Episode 2: Getting out the Vote at ECU
- Episode 3: Shaping the Future of Student Entrepreneurs
- Episode 4 : COVID-19 Antibody Treatment
- Episode 5: Handing COVID-19 and the Holidays
- Episode 6: COVID-19 and Misinformation
- Episode 7: How Common is Voter Fraud?
- Episode 8: Gen Z’s Role in the 2020 Election
- Episode 9: The State of Polling
- Episode 10: Caring for Children’s Hearts
- Episode 11: Candid Conversation with Chancellor Ron Mitchelson
- Episode 12: Women and the Vaccine, Fact vs. Fiction
- Episode 13: Vaccines and People of Color
- Episode 14: Vaccine Myth Busters
- Episode 15: Healthy Living After COVID-19
- Episode 16: ECU P.h.D. in MLB
- Episode 17: The Hospitality Industry Within the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Episode 18: College Student Food Insecurity
SEASON ONE
- Episode 1: Vaping Phenomenon
- Episode 2: Fact or Fiction
- Episode 3: Spooky Season
- Episode 4: Holiday Stress
- Episode 5: Kissing Strangers
- Episode 6: Coronavirus in the U.S.
- Episode 7: Vaping 2.0
- Episode 8: Predicting 2020’s Democratic Nominee
- Episode 9: COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Episode 10: Social Distancing, Masks and More
- Episode 11: Job Hunting During a Pandemic
- Episode 12: Economic Recovery Amidst COVID-19
- Episode 13: Reopening and Vaccine Development
- Episode 14: COVID-19 Vaccine and Potential Treatments
- Episode 15: Answering COVID-19 Questions on Safety
- Episode 16: Myth Busting COVID-19