Math Therapy explores the root causes of math trauma, and the empowering ways we can heal from it. Each week host Vanessa Vakharia, aka The Math Guru, dives into what we get right and wrong about math education, and chats with some of today’s most inspiring and visionary minds working to make math more accessible, diverse, and fun for students of all ages. Whether you think you’re a "math person" or not, you’re about to find out that math people don’t actually exist – but the scars that math ...
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The Gifts of Trauma is a weekly podcast that features personal stories of trauma healing and the gifts revealed on the path to authenticity. Join us to hear what it was like for our guests to live with the tension of trauma, and what happened when they turned inward with compassionate curiosity. These highly relatable stories illustrate how they transformed their trauma generated fear, anger, pain or shame triggers into understanding, acceptance and love.
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Have you ever imagined what role teaching and learning could play in the evolution of our species? Or how teaching and learning might change as we change, or reflect changes we need to make? If these questions resonate with you, or make you curious or excited, we want you to start conversations where you are too! In Season 1, we're going to explore how teaching, learning, and education might transform to reflect our changing needs as humans, and how we exist together.
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Carla is: a bookdragon; a 50-something with psychology and counseling degrees with post-grad work in grief/loss/trauma, sex crimes, and forensic anthropology; a woman who has lived in three haunted houses; a former freelance journalist and counselor, who is never bored; a disabled introvert who sees connections everywhere--like John Nash, only less math-y; a knitting fidget who loves horror movies with a skewed passion. Like one of her heroes, Harriet the Spy, she wants to learn everything a ...
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The Dork Forest is a show where I, Jackie Kashian, interview everyone and anyone about what they really really like. ie thier dorkdom. Started in 2006, the youtube page has clips and full episodes. www.jackiekashian.com and www.dorkforest.com will lead you to all the information you may ever need re this show and Jackie's standup. Guests speak to their love of books, TV, Movies, Comic books, websites, food, wrestling, cars, action figures and bees. Thanks for enjoying the show.
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A grown-up fairytale for the soul. What if healing didn’t come with instructions—but with a story? Santa Land is a place for the dreamers, the seekers, and the beautifully misunderstood. Created and hosted by Tony Felice, this podcast offers weekly ten-minute story episodes followed by gentle reflections—part personal journey, part universal truth. Guided by a wise little cricket, you’ll explore identity, existence, grief, trauma, transformation… and the quiet, unwavering power of love. Told ...
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The Dr. Sev Talks Money podcast's mission is to empower women to approach money confidently, reframe their financial habits, and build a future where their money is a tool for opportunity and security. Through Dr. Sev Talks Money YouTube channel and Podcast, I provide actionable advice and inspiration to help you achieve financial freedom. Website: https://www.sevtalksmoney.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrSeverineBryan--SevTalksMoney LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/severinebryan/
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ELIX is a non-governmental organisation in Greece providing non-formal education. On this podcast channel you will find remote learning resources for language learners of Greek as foreign language in the framework of the programme "The Learning for Integration Project: Quality Learning and Non-Formal Education for Refugee and Migrant Children and Adults in Greece" with the support of UNICEF, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and DG HOME. The Mini Kids Podcast series is being pro ...
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Can you be happy and still be funny? Or does comedy need a trauma to work? Happy Not Funny is a weekly podcast hosted by award-winning comedian Michael Malone, who sits down with comedians, writers, actors, and mental health professionals to explore the complicated relationship between humor, happiness, and everything in between. Each episode dives into the stories behind the jokes, whether that be therapy sessions, breakups, grief, reinvention, addiction, joy, or the strange little moments ...
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Squarepeg is a podcast in which I talk to other late identified autistic women and nonbinary people about their lives, their autism journeys, and what they’ve learned along the way. I’m Amy Richards, and I was diagnosed autistic in 2016, when I was 37. I’ve been sharing my conversations with other autistic adults since 2020. I hope you’ll find these conversations inspiring and thought provoking, and that they’ll help you feel more connected to a worldwide community of people with similar exp ...
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Being an educator is not like other jobs. You put your whole self into it – it’s soul work. Each episode, we bring you insights, techniques, and strategies rooted in research that you can put into practice in your K-12 classroom right away. Host Rachel Logan (in education for 16 years and counting) uses interviews, great questions, and stories from her experiences in the classroom to make content come to life. Produced by the Sourcewell Education Solutions team.
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Teach, Lead, and Inspire: Teaching To Students Who Have Given Up on Learning
Jordan B Smith Jr Ed.D.
Get ready to tantalize your teaching senses and ignite the spark of inspiration in your classroom! In the debut episode of "Teach, Lead, and Inspire: Empowering Educators for Transformative Change," host Dr. Jordan B Smith Jr. takes you on a mouth-watering journey through the art of rekindling the love for learning, even in the most challenging students. Ever wondered how to breathe life into mathematics or any subject for students who seem to have lost interest? Dr. Smith Jr., renowned educ ...
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I’m Michael Rosenbaum, I’ve spent the better part of the last two decades in and out of film and television - mostly known for playing the bald dude on the show Smallville. I’m the guy that you probably don’t know by name, but when you see my face you might say “oh, that guy from that thing.” I’ve befriended some of the most talented people in the business, but it wasn’t until I started inviting them into my home that I realized, I didn’t really know these people. What started as me having s ...
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Tyron Motif 3x published author from New York. A hiphop baby loving the African culture, traveling and currently trying this YouTuber thing out. Im thinking about leaving America behind for Beautiful Mother Africa. When I do I promise to take all of you guys with me for the journey. This Podcast is categorized as Comedy and all statements are simply jokes or alleged! Tyron Motif on YouTube Instagram and twitch Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act
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Resolving Math-Anxiety Through Trauma-Informed Teaching, with Dr Bea Bleile
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54:21Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard This conversation explores how academic learning is impacted by a student's emotional state, prior experiences, and the safety of the learning environment. Bea, who has been teaching in various roles since 1993, saw that traditional teaching methods fail to account for the "whole" student…
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Visible Mending and Generational Promise in Learning
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53:00For our season’s final episode, I wanted to bring as many of our episode themes together as possible. To make it even more interesting, the conversation takes place outside of education – as an institution – almost entirely. But so many of our concepts for this season show up – kindness, accountability and restorative processes, where public love s…
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EMILY DESCHANEL: Life After Bones, Putting Family First & Strength in Vulnerability
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1:13:25Emily Deschanel (Bones, Animal Kingdom) joins us this week for a heartfelt and revealing conversation about stepping out of the shadow of a legacy role, balancing family with career, and embracing vulnerability as a source of strength. Emily talks about the highs and lows of working on Bones for over a decade, the unexpected adjustments of life aft…
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It’s comedy! It’s trauma. It’s Tromedy! Nancy Norton (@nancynorton) is a great comic and life time NURSE and wants to get inside the traumatic stuff in lives and make it funny. It’s fascinating. You will loveDonate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email [email protected] and venmo is@jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ww…
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Rewrite Your Story: Create a Life You Love
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33:09Ever feel like you're too old to start over? In this episode, Linda Murray Bullard shares how losing her job at 53 helped her rewrite her story, find her voice, heal generational trauma, and create a life she truly loves. We talk about healing family patterns, starting over, setting new boundaries, shifting our mindset, and creating a business that…
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137 [S10 E9] Meeting myself again: sensory needs, autistic joys and building stronger relationships after autism diagnosis
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1:03:50Marian Schembari is an author and essayist whose first byline was at age eleven. It was a poem about dragons. Since then, her essays about travel, friendship, money, and love have appeared in many well known publications, including The New York Times and Marie Claire. Marian was formally recognised as autistic at 34, and spent the next couple of ye…
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Unpacking Interdisciplinary Literacy Instruction with Shannon Rivard
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42:57This episode explores the importance of interdisciplinary literacy—the integration of reading and writing skills across all subject areas—with expert guest Shannon Rivard. Shannon shares her extensive experience in literacy instruction and discusses how literacy standards differ from traditional ELA standards, covers practical strategies for vocabu…
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The Emotions Behind Our Money Decisions: Healing From Money Shame
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45:19There are emotions behind our money decisions. Understanding them could help us heal from money shame. Money is not just math. It’s feelings, habits, and stories. In this episode, Dr. Khalya Hopkins shares how she paid off debt twice—first as a young single mom and later while helping her daughter through college and earning her doctorate. We discu…
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Math ed needs more conversations like this w/ Pam Harris
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46:23Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Today's ep ended up in a different place than Vanessa expected when she first sat down to chat with Pam Harris, founder of Math Is Figureoutable. Their first real interaction was on the DebateMath Podcast; Pam insisted that learning algorithms/shortcuts can actually hold students back from true learning, w…
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From Wounded Warrior to Universal Illuminator, with Juliano Innocenti, PMHNP, MSN
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1:00:13Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. In this episode, Juliano shares his personal journey from the trauma of in utero addiction and premature birth, to being raised in the foster system, to his healing through expressive arts and Compassionate Inquiry®(CI). As a psychopharmacologist with time-limited patient prescription assessments,…
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002 - Greg Warren - Wrestling with the Writing Process
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59:48A deep dive into Greg Warren’s comedy process—discipline, clean sets, crowd work, and the stories behind The Salesman, The Champ, and Farming. ______________________ Comedian Greg Warren breaks down the craft of stand-up comedy, from his iconic “Flute Man” bit to his obsession with Jif peanut butter. He shares how discipline from wrestling shaped h…
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Andy Rider and Steve Ditko’s Other Creations – EP 844
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47:17By Jackie Kashian
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DAVID GIUNTOLI: Secret Grimm Romance, Almost Superman & Lessons in Humility
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1:19:59By Cumulus Podcast Network
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A Path to Scholarship: Creativity and Black Maternal Health
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136 [S10 E8] 'Undercover autistic': shaping a more just and inclusive future for autistic care users & practitioners
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1:02:58Shazzy Tharby is a Disability & Neurodiversity Leader, Mental Health & Neurodivergence Consultant, counsellor and psychotherapist, the Founder of Positively Living, a worldwide therapeutic service, and Vice President of the Australian Clinical Supervision Association. Shazzy describes herself as “Autistic, disabled, a wheelchair user, and Muslim”. …
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) We're trying something new this week! Last week's ep with Mike Flynn dove into some very murky debate waters: do students need to know the "why" of what their learning in order to truly understand material, or is it fine for them to just memorize things as long as they get the answers? (If you missed, scro…
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Peace Activation Begins Within, with Eva Dalak
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57:55Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This conversation explores Eva’s transformative journey from traditional peacework to a trauma-informed, soul-centred approach. Her own experience of progressive vision loss forced her into two years of deep shadow work. In this process she identified and released unhelpful core beliefs …
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001 - Emma Willmann - Happiness, Anger, and the Strange Math of Comedy
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1:08:30Emma unpacks happiness, self-worth, therapy, ADHD, codependency, addiction, and the tension between gratitude, fulfillment, and modern social media. ______________________ Comedian Emma Willmann reflects on happiness, self-worth, and the ways society sells false versions of joy and sexuality. This conversation explores how consumer culture shapes o…
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Real Estate Investing After 40 Without a Six-Figure Bank Account
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31:10In this episode of Dr. Sev Talks Money, I’m joined by Ty Mangum to explore real estate investing after 40 without a six-figure bank account. Ty shares how she started her real estate journey later in life, built wealth without financial privilege, and now mentors women to do the same. We talk mindset, money, and why it’s never too late to invest. W…
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Myq Kaplan and Inspirational Quotes – EP 843
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1:04:52Myq Kaplan (@myqkaplan) has been on before! He’s talking his fave Inspirational Quotes this ep. He has many albums and videos and his comedy is great. Go see him. MyqKaplan.comDonate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email [email protected] and venmo is @jackiekashian. There is MERCH: www.JackieKashianStore.com is the d…
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BUSINESS INQUIRIES: [email protected] Support the podcast: PATREON - http://patreon.com/secondhandtherapypod MERCH - http://secondhandtherapypod.com Follow us here: http://instagram.com/happynotfunnypod http://tiktok.com/@happynotfunnypod Contact us: [email protected] PO BOX 230595, Las Vegas, NV 89105…
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MARÍA GABRIELA DE FARÍA: Superman Villainy, Culture Shocks & Turning Trauma to Humor
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1:12:25María Gabriela de Faría (Superman, Animal Control) joins us this week for a powerful and open conversation about stepping into a life-changing role in Superman while learning to embrace her own vulnerability. María talks about leaving Venezuela for Hollywood, the culture shock she faced, and the identity struggles that came with it. She opens up ab…
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If you’ve ever been afraid of math, this episode is for you! Also, if you are a math or art teacher, this episode is for you too!! My guest this week and I had a conversation that turned out to be one of my personal favorites, partly because I spontaneously burst into math! I can’t believe I just typed that sentence but it is true, and it was calle…
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135 [S10 E7] A blessing and a curse: autism, masking and miscommunication
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59:14My guest this week is Clara Törnvall, an author and journalist who lives in Stockholm, Sweden with her two children. Clara was diagnosed autistic five years ago at age 42, leading her to write her first book, The Autists - Women on the Spectrum, a personal essay and cultural history of autism, which has been sold to 13 countries. In 2023, she publi…
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The Power of Windows and Mirrors with Ann McGee founder of Open Windows Books
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47:12In this episode Ann McGee, Founder of Open Windows Books, shares her journey in increasing diverse literature for our rural schools. Learn about the concept of windows and mirrors in literature, how diverse texts are important for all our students, and teacher learning for how to “teach” diverse books. Interested in getting involved? Check out an O…
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How to find the "why" in math class w/ Mike Flynn
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49:04Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) When Mike Flynn started teaching, math was just one of many subjects he had to guide his students through. The problem was, the way he was taught math made him hate it! But when a new career opportunity gave him the chance at a much deeper understanding of the concepts and a reason "why" they mattered in t…
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Technology & AI : Benefits & Hazards, with Sat Dharam Kaur, ND
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59:22Hosted by J’aime Rothbard, Kevin Young and Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. Join us as we explore the overall impact of technology and AI on human attachments, relationships, dependence, skills, wellbeing and our environment. AI is examined in therapeutic contexts, along with the considerable ethical and societal concerns around …
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Adam Korga (@adamkorga_author) is a coder and wants the world to get the jokes IT peoples tell each other. HEH. I ALMOST get many of these jokes. He’s written a book that you can preorder now, and get Sept 30th – called IT Dictionary. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email [email protected] and venmo is @ja…
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In which Carla shares her five star reads of the past year, and talks about where she's been. Theme song and stinger: “She Comes Through the Fog” by Haunted Me, used with permission. How to Support Cupcakes: Subscribe to ad-free episodes and the newsletter at theremightbecupcakes.com (hosted by ghost.io), Buy used books from the podcast's bookstore…
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JOHN BARROWMAN: Full Transparency, Reclaiming Control & the Fan Who Saved His Life
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1:25:38John Barrowman (Doctor Who, Torchwood) joins us this week for a transparent conversation about the facts and fiction of his contentious actions on set in the past and the dangerous fallout as a result of it in the present. John owns up to his actions while reflecting on how this period of time lead to some dark thoughts and plans; one of which was …
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Bankruptcy Isn’t the End: Healing Money Stress and Building Wealth
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30:56Bankruptcy doesn’t mean your money story is over. This episode shares how one person went from bankruptcy to an 800+ credit score, proof that a fresh start is possible. You’ll learn how to heal from money stress, rebuild credit, and start building wealth. We also talk about raising money-smart kids, breaking free from public aid, and creating a new…
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Trauma-Responsivity and Teaching Practice
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1:01:34I write and talk extensively about the impacts of trauma on learning, educational trauma, and how trauma-responsivity in teachers can provide a counter to the impacts, and interrupt cycles of harm. I learned these things largely through my own practice, and applying research and observation, but hearing how other people interpret and apply this wor…
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Exclusive: Math Therapy audiobook sample for our listeners!
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30:19Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) If you follow Vanessa on Instagram, you know the rollercoaster she went on to record the audiobook version of Math Therapy ... well, the hard work / literal sweat & tears paid off because it is now out! You can find it on Audible/Amazon right now, and if you have never used Audible you can likely get it fo…
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Topper Sundquist and Heavy Metal – EP 841
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59:44Topper Sundquist (of the pocast @CusslerHustlers) has been a lifetime fan of Heavy Metal and he picks bands from 1995 to NOW. Did you know there’s new Metal bands. Yes. Everyone else knew. I learned!! Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email [email protected] and venmo is@jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ww…
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Catching Up On Retirement? It's Never Too Late
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29:32We’re tackling a fear many women over 40 quietly carry, the worry that there’s not enough time left to build true financial security. If you’ve ever thought, “I’m too far behind to catch up,” this episode will show you that it’s not too late to take control of your money and your future. My guest, Renee K. Collins, CPA, CFP®, AFC®, is the founder o…
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MATT JONES: Family Over Fame, Breaking Bad Anxiety & Typecast Exhaustion
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1:20:25Matt Jones (Breaking Bad, Mom) joins us this week to share how growing up in a tumultuous household shaped him into a devoted family man who prioritizes his family over fame. Matt talks candidly about the dichotomy between who he prides himself to be versus the offbeat, aloof characters he gets typecast as. We also talk about the anxiety he experie…
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Solving for All: High-Quality Math for Every Classroom with Chris Castillero and Mike Jordahl
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1:18:11This episode features guests Chris Castillero and Mike Jordahl, who are experts in mathematics education. The episode focuses on the importance of high-quality math instruction in every classroom and addresses common barriers that teachers face in providing such instruction. Chris and Mike share their insights on overcoming math anxieties, the late…
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Why 1 + 1 isn't always 2 w/ Eugenia Cheng
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50:14Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Have you ever felt like it's impossible to win an argument with someone, or even simply see eye to eye on anything? On today's episode, mathematician Eugenia Cheng joins Vanessa to challenge the black-and-white thinking that often defines our world - especially in math class. 3 Key Topics Discussed: Why se…
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Elevating Consciousness & Healing Through Art & Music with Ester Martinez
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1:04:09Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J’aime Rothbard. This rich conversation explores many topics, from Ester’s personal and professional journeys, to spiritual mysticism, to the parallels between experiencing ‘excellence’ in art, music and transformational trauma healing. Ester began sharing her NDEs and naming,”‘the Divine embrace” as her…
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S2:Episode 11 - Teaching & Student Loan Crisis
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47:53This transcript features Dr. Jordan Smith discussing his personal journey into teaching, which unexpectedly led him to confront the complexities and predatory nature of the student loan system. He argues that student loans are a significant asset for the U.S. government and a "racket" that traps individuals in long-term debt. Here's a breakdown of …
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S2:Episode 10 - College Football & Student Loans - Father, Son , Purpose
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56:38This podcast episode, titled "College Football & Student Loans - Father, Son, Purpose," begins with a brief discussion on college football before diving into the main topic: the hosts' personal experiences with student loans and the broader issues within the higher education financing system. Main Topic: The predatory nature of student loans, the l…
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