Nancy's Bookshelf: Two writers formerly at Chico State

By Nancy Wiegman,

Published April 22, 2026 at 1:32 PM PDT

Two writers formerly at Chico State University:

A rebroadcast of a 2008 interview with president Paul Zingg who died April 9, 2026, and retired faculty member Steve Metzger

1st guest — Paul Zingg | An Emerald Odyssey: In Search of the Gods of Golf and Ireland

by Paul Zingg
https://www.amazon.com/Emerald-Odyssey-Ireland-November-Hardcover/dp/B014LM3BQ2

2nd guest — Stephen Metzger | Getting It Write: mostly Unpublished Writing 1974–2025

Episode #810

Nancy's Bookshelf

Nancy Wiegman

Nancy Wiegman has a master's degree in French linguistics from Indiana University and taught yoga and foreign languages at CSU Fresno and the College of Charleston before moving to Chico in 1990.

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Matt Fidler

Matt Fidler is a producer and sound designer with over 15 years’ experience producing nationally distributed public radio programs. He has worked for shows such as Freakonomics Radio, Selected Shorts, Studio 360, The New Yorker Radio Hour and The Takeaway. In 2017, Matt launched the language podcast Very Bad Words, hitting the #28 spot in the iTunes podcast charts.

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