This week host Garret Castleberry provides a Special Topics in Media progress report, including developments on campus that continue to aid and improve the program's ability to spread in new directions and connect with new audiences. Garret uses this the transitional space to contextualize how even the "complicated" seasons in Higher Ed can produce fruitful outcomes. This includes an account of how Special Topics not only functions as an internal classroom tool but also a way to generate scholarship, forge cross-disciplinary relationships, and expand university and program boundaries.