Carla Swank Fox
@carlaswankfox.bsky.social
Instructor in Interactive Media and Ed.D. student at MTSU. Co-founder of Craft Content Nashville and Content Economy Nashville. Host of Artisanal Insights pod and co-host of #CnCShow. Ex-pat yinzer. Toddler mom. She/her.
If you love college football, Highland Cows, and spray tans, allow me to introduce you to the very chaotic Week 11 edition of the #CnCShow. We’ve already been wrong once this weekend, and it can only get crazier from here?! @unclecrappy.bsky.social @ajkuftic.xyz
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Carla and Crappy Show: The Exceedingly Distracted Edition
Also, good riddance Hugh Freeze, chaos in Baton Rouge, and … hey, Ohio scored again!
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November 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If you love college football, Highland Cows, and spray tans, allow me to introduce you to the very chaotic Week 11 edition of the #CnCShow. We’ve already been wrong once this weekend, and it can only get crazier from here?! @unclecrappy.bsky.social @ajkuftic.xyz
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Oh, this is brilliant.
Statler & Waldorf field goal intimidation at Maryland
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Oh, this is brilliant.
If there’s anything true in college football in 2025, it’s that the Big 12 never disappoints. The buffet is most definitely open today. And we’re not even out of the first window. #CnCShow
November 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If there’s anything true in college football in 2025, it’s that the Big 12 never disappoints. The buffet is most definitely open today. And we’re not even out of the first window. #CnCShow
If we truly believe that Friday night sets the tone for Saturday … we’re in for a wild ride today, friends. Buckle up. #CnCShow
NAU converts a 2 point try in the dark, the lights went out after the snap
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If we truly believe that Friday night sets the tone for Saturday … we’re in for a wild ride today, friends. Buckle up. #CnCShow
Grab your coffee … because it’s officially November Football season! How about 23 game previews? Yep. @unclecrappy.bsky.social, @ajkuftic.xyz and I have the chaos surrounded. Let’s go. #CnCShow
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Carla and Crappy Show: The November Football Edition
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November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Grab your coffee … because it’s officially November Football season! How about 23 game previews? Yep. @unclecrappy.bsky.social, @ajkuftic.xyz and I have the chaos surrounded. Let’s go. #CnCShow
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OH in the campus library’s makerspace: “More alcohol is better than less.” (They were referencing the 3D printer but, also … ehh?)
Happy Halloween week! 😆
Happy Halloween week! 😆
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
OH in the campus library’s makerspace: “More alcohol is better than less.” (They were referencing the 3D printer but, also … ehh?)
Happy Halloween week! 😆
Happy Halloween week! 😆
Yep. Absolutely it is.
Vanderbilt is 7-1 with this remaining schedule.
Talk to your kids about Playoff Vandy because it's possible.
Talk to your kids about Playoff Vandy because it's possible.
October 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Yep. Absolutely it is.
Greetings from halftime at First Bank Stadium where Diego Pavia is even faster in person than he seems on TV. Gonna be a wild second half. #CnCShow
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Greetings from halftime at First Bank Stadium where Diego Pavia is even faster in person than he seems on TV. Gonna be a wild second half. #CnCShow
This is a special episode of the CnCShow. Yes, the college football slate this weekend is loaded. But I also got to welcome a former student as guest co-host, and he totally rocked it. Listen to Dylan and me preview Week 8! @unclecrappy.bsky.social @ajkuftic.xyz
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Carla and Crappy Show: The Blue Raider Extra Point Edition
Also, farewell to James Franklin, chaos at Red River, and a Holy War just for good measure. Happy Fall Break, everyone!
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October 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is a special episode of the CnCShow. Yes, the college football slate this weekend is loaded. But I also got to welcome a former student as guest co-host, and he totally rocked it. Listen to Dylan and me preview Week 8! @unclecrappy.bsky.social @ajkuftic.xyz
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This is your weekly reminder that I also host a college football podcast, and if today is anything like last night, we’re in for a wild ride. Grab some coffee and listen/read/watch. @unclecrappy.bsky.social @ajkuftic.xyz #CnCShow
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Carla and Crappy Show: The Mystery Grab Bag Edition
Also, we may have accidentally become food bloggers. Oops. Our bad.
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September 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is your weekly reminder that I also host a college football podcast, and if today is anything like last night, we’re in for a wild ride. Grab some coffee and listen/read/watch. @unclecrappy.bsky.social @ajkuftic.xyz #CnCShow
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Reposted by Carla Swank Fox
Schedule a Dakota for your opening home game? Whew -- not so fast, my friend. Get ready to settle in for five straight days of college football -- and start by listening to this week's Carla and Crappy Show. @carlaswankfox.bsky.social @ajkuftic.xyz #CnCShow #CFB open.spotify.com/episode/1kDD...
Carla and Crappy Show: The 'What Are They Thinking?' Edition
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August 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Schedule a Dakota for your opening home game? Whew -- not so fast, my friend. Get ready to settle in for five straight days of college football -- and start by listening to this week's Carla and Crappy Show. @carlaswankfox.bsky.social @ajkuftic.xyz #CnCShow #CFB open.spotify.com/episode/1kDD...
So this is an annual reminder that in addition to being a college instructor, I’m also the co-host of a college football podcast. (Thanks, sports journalism roots!)
Would love for you to join me, @unclecrappy.bsky.social, and @ajkuftic.xyz for Season 14! #CnCShow
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Would love for you to join me, @unclecrappy.bsky.social, and @ajkuftic.xyz for Season 14! #CnCShow
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Carla and Crappy Show: The 14th Time’s the Charm Edition
The Carla and Crappy Show · Episode
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August 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
So this is an annual reminder that in addition to being a college instructor, I’m also the co-host of a college football podcast. (Thanks, sports journalism roots!)
Would love for you to join me, @unclecrappy.bsky.social, and @ajkuftic.xyz for Season 14! #CnCShow
open.spotify.com/episode/5Vi7...
Would love for you to join me, @unclecrappy.bsky.social, and @ajkuftic.xyz for Season 14! #CnCShow
open.spotify.com/episode/5Vi7...
I rode in a golf cart with Walter Cronkite.
July 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I rode in a golf cart with Walter Cronkite.
OK, fellow academics … Finals Week. Who has a good grading playlist to share?
May 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
OK, fellow academics … Finals Week. Who has a good grading playlist to share?
Goodness. After surviving four consecutive days of tornado warnings and severe storms in Middle Tennessee, the emergency siren test on campus just now made me jump out of my office chair and grab my phone. I know testing systems is super important but … whew. Too soon.
April 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Goodness. After surviving four consecutive days of tornado warnings and severe storms in Middle Tennessee, the emergency siren test on campus just now made me jump out of my office chair and grab my phone. I know testing systems is super important but … whew. Too soon.
Good news! My Robert Morris Colonials get an almost home game by playing their first round game in Cleveland. Bad news? It’s against Bama. 🥴(Oof.) #LetsGoBobbyMo #BeatBama 💙❤️🤍🏀
March 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Good news! My Robert Morris Colonials get an almost home game by playing their first round game in Cleveland. Bad news? It’s against Bama. 🥴(Oof.) #LetsGoBobbyMo #BeatBama 💙❤️🤍🏀
Yes to all of this … but it doesn’t make it any less stressful. 😅
Go Bob. This is March. One more! 💙❤️🤍🏀
#LetsGoBobbyMo
Go Bob. This is March. One more! 💙❤️🤍🏀
#LetsGoBobbyMo
Fantastic defense and grit by Robert Morris late. Rallied from double digits. Overcame late onstacles. Tough shot by Kam Woods late.
Those are the building blocks of a championship performance.
One more hurdle Tuesday night.
Those are the building blocks of a championship performance.
One more hurdle Tuesday night.
March 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Yes to all of this … but it doesn’t make it any less stressful. 😅
Go Bob. This is March. One more! 💙❤️🤍🏀
#LetsGoBobbyMo
Go Bob. This is March. One more! 💙❤️🤍🏀
#LetsGoBobbyMo
I realize this is super trivial compared to everything else going on in the world right now, but I submitted 6 classes of midterm grades just a couple of hours late last night. I ended up with a super heavy teaching load due to the very unexpected FMLA leave of my colleague.
March 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I realize this is super trivial compared to everything else going on in the world right now, but I submitted 6 classes of midterm grades just a couple of hours late last night. I ended up with a super heavy teaching load due to the very unexpected FMLA leave of my colleague.
I just polished off half a sleeve of Thin Mints without even trying, if you’re wondering where I’m at mentally right now. 🙃
February 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I just polished off half a sleeve of Thin Mints without even trying, if you’re wondering where I’m at mentally right now. 🙃
Always take the over on the anthem. ALWAYS. 😉 Love me some Jon Batiste.
February 9, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Always take the over on the anthem. ALWAYS. 😉 Love me some Jon Batiste.
First day of class was generally a success. Everything else? Not so much. Whole house has the crud, except for me. And then, well … *gestures broadly*. As we coined a couple of semesters ago, life is life-ing, y’all. Whew.
January 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
First day of class was generally a success. Everything else? Not so much. Whole house has the crud, except for me. And then, well … *gestures broadly*. As we coined a couple of semesters ago, life is life-ing, y’all. Whew.
Also, the definition of audience here leaves much to be desired. “All of America.” Really?
The first thing I teach in my undergraduate audience research course is that if your audience is defined as “everybody,” your audience is actually nobody.
Sigh.
The first thing I teach in my undergraduate audience research course is that if your audience is defined as “everybody,” your audience is actually nobody.
Sigh.
I guess we're just giving up, then? Is that the plan? [Gift link] #Journalism
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The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’ (Gift Article)
This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
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January 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Also, the definition of audience here leaves much to be desired. “All of America.” Really?
The first thing I teach in my undergraduate audience research course is that if your audience is defined as “everybody,” your audience is actually nobody.
Sigh.
The first thing I teach in my undergraduate audience research course is that if your audience is defined as “everybody,” your audience is actually nobody.
Sigh.
Classes start on Tuesday. I’m still working on the syllabus for my social media class because … what are we even supposed to do at this point? I’m exhausted already. 😬
January 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Classes start on Tuesday. I’m still working on the syllabus for my social media class because … what are we even supposed to do at this point? I’m exhausted already. 😬
I’m on board with this idea. Might finally be the push I need to get back into my blogging habit. Who else is in?
OK, we're gonna get on Flickr. We're gonna start blogs. We're gonna share our bookmark lists and start doing meetups.
January 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I’m on board with this idea. Might finally be the push I need to get back into my blogging habit. Who else is in?
And a new year is upon us. May we make the most of 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
And a new year is upon us. May we make the most of 2025.