Join us for a live interactive presentation of The Brain Candy Podcast, the 2019 “Society and Culture” winner of the Podcast Awards. A sugar rush for your intellectual side, the ladies from the Brain Candy Podcast, Susie Meister and Sarah Rice muse about their experiences with reality television, travel abroad, and everything in between – candy for your left brain AND your right brain. Their special guest will be Dr. Larry Brilliant, notable for his work in the 1970s with the World Health Organization to eradicate smallpox.

Though perhaps best known for her reality TV show stardom, Pitt alum and Pittsburgh native Susie Meister is well-versed in global and social issues. She has felt this firsthand while participating on the MTV television show Road Rules, where she spent months outside of her normal life and confined to adventures with strangers a Winnebago. She completed her PhD in Religious Studies at Pitt in 2014, and now works as a diversity trainer and activist against prejudice. She brings that expertise to her podcast with her co-host Sarah Rice, fellow reality star from MTV’s The Real World: Brooklyn and The Challenge, who now holds an MA in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Join us for this very special podcast as Susie and Sarah explore themes ranging from bringing local to global, travel, social media, smallpox, pandemics, and everything in between.

Prizes will be raffled off and OCC credit is available for Pitt students. To be eligible for prizes, attendees must register for the event using their Pitt email address.

This event is free and open to the public; however, advanced registration is required. Click on this link to register: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-Q_B2qyvRXu5G3G4-xcvYQ

For more information, contact Rob Mucklo at rob.mucklo@pitt.edu.