About the show

The Rogue Academic is an organization dedicated to fostering collaboration between creative folks to share crucial information left out of the standard academic training program. We cover four main pillars of missing information: Mental Health and Wellbeing for Artists, Financial Literacy, Leveraging Technology, and Building Community. If you feel like your institution hung you out to dry and left you with a phat bill for the pleasure... welcome to the path of the Rogue! We're here to help.

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Episodes

  • Episode 13: Mean "Sheets"

    February 20th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  42 mins 19 secs
    comedy, comment, critique, dismantle, education, error, funny, help, ignorance, mean, music, musician, self help, system, tweet

    In the style of the famous "Mean Tweets" Lexie reads some critiques from professors she's been given over the years and chuckles at their inherent flaws as well as highlighting some comments from others.

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    Episode 12: Do your own publicity! ...because of COURSE you CAN!

    February 13th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  59 mins 55 secs
    ads, artist, business, calendar, content, creative, creator, following, money, musician, news, official, pr, profit, promotion, publicity, social media, viral

    Tracy has started a viral social media following where she gives tips on how to promote yourself without having to hire a publicist and was kind enough to share those pointers with Lexie.

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    Episode 11: The Trumpeter's Duty

    January 30th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  4 mins 12 secs
    awareness, bravery, ice, politics, protest, rest in peace, taps, trumpet

    Today, we remember the names of those who have been murdered by ICE.

  • Episode 10: Dr. Travis Reed "Winner winner, ...Chicken Dinner?"

    January 23rd, 2026  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 7 secs
    balance, brave, business, career, change, chicken, doctor, faith, journey, lgbtqia+, life, medicine, pivot, queer, surgery, vet, work

    Come catch up with by bestie from back in the day, Dr. Travis Reed to learn about his journey to find work life balance while maintaining the highest level of care for his patients with four paws!

  • Episode 9: Tris Brooks "...Full Send It!"

    January 16th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  56 mins 27 secs
    ableism, anxiety, arts, assistance, awareness, crisis, dance, disability, gender, identity, mental health, music, nhs, prevention, stage fright, therapy, uk, wellness

    Long time friends Tris Brooks and Lexie Signor discuss mental health challenges in an already challenging world as they relate to the performer's mindset and coping strategies.

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    Episode 8: Josh Dreon, (The Music Law Guy) "...Capitalism and Greed."

    January 9th, 2026  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 15 mins
    advice, attorney, business, coffee, do, don't, education, esquire, law, legal, media, music, production, representation, school, social

    Our host Dr. Lexie Signor has a nifty conversation over coffee with TikTok's Music Law Guy, Josh Dreon! We cover some little known facts, do's and don'ts for producing your own music and things to watch out for on social media.

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    Episode 7: Gunhild Carling "Dare it, DO it!"

    January 2nd, 2026  |  Season 1  |  58 mins 7 secs
    album, career, daring, eurocentric, gender, gunhild, jazz, jukebox, music, music theory, philosophy, postmodern, project, social media, trad, trad jazz, trumpet

    The world renowned multi-instrumentalist, and star of stage and screen Gunhild Carling joins us for a fabulous discussion about her experiences and adventures making music all over the world!

  • Episode 6: Clare Longendyke "...that's another story."

    December 19th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 16 mins
    album, business, crowd, crowd sourcing, discrimination, entrepreneurship, funding, grant, misogyny, mom, mother, mothering, music, performance, piano, project, promotion, story, success, writing

    Clare and Lexie didn't cross paths until attending the Mostly Modern Music Festival even though they went to grad school together at IU. Here, they discuss the performance world, the pitfalls of the conservatory system, and ponder solutions for problems in performance spaces.

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    Episode 5: Joe Leyva "This is Quality Control..."

    December 12th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 15 mins
    big break, blues, break in, business, finance, funk, how to, industry, money, music, professional, r&b, referrals, showbiz, travel, trumpet

    Joe and Lexie talk about the nuts and bolts of breaking into the performance side of the music industry.

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    Episode 4: Brandon Hall "Theories on Penis Envy and Higher Ed."

    December 5th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 34 mins
    colleagues, envy, freud, higher education, major, minor, music business, penis, psychology, story, struggle, success, trumpet, trumpeter

    Brandon and Lexie went to the same school and took two VERY different paths to escaping it.

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    Episode 3: Q0 Check in with your Anti-Establishment Fairy Godmother

    December 1st, 2025  |  Season 1  |  47 mins
    brand, branding, building, business, compassion, ghosting, help, interview, sabotage, self, storytime, success

    I was ghosted for an interview for the show. Did I let it stop me? Hell no.

  • Episode 2: Sam Javitch "AI will never have SOUL"

    November 28th, 2025  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 15 mins
    ai, business, computer, courage, gender, identity, jazz, music, narrative, rights, soul, trans, ucla

    Sam graciously shares her story of learning about her most authentic self through her study of jazz.