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The Mindvalley Podcast brings you the world's leading minds in personal growth, exploring cutting-edge ideas for mind, body, spirit, and work. Join Mindvalley founder Vishen Lakhiani and renowned TV host Megan Pormer as they dive deep into the transformative wisdom that traditional education often misses. Unlock the secrets to extraordinary living, expand your consciousness, and discover the tools to create a life you love. Join us every week - Big names. Big topics. Big transformations. Wel ...
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Practical Proficiency Podcast

Devon Gunning | La Libre Language Learning

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Where world language teachers gather to transition to proficiency oriented instruction through comprehensible input. All through practical, real-life, teacher-friendly ideas that make teaching language more joyful! Hosted by Devon of La Libre Language Learning.
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Machine learning and artificial intelligence are dramatically changing the way businesses operate and people live. The TWIML AI Podcast brings the top minds and ideas from the world of ML and AI to a broad and influential community of ML/AI researchers, data scientists, engineers and tech-savvy business and IT leaders. Hosted by Sam Charrington, a sought after industry analyst, speaker, commentator and thought leader. Technologies covered include machine learning, artificial intelligence, de ...
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The Harvard EdCast

Harvard Graduate School of Education

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In the complex world of education, the Harvard EdCast keeps the focus simple: what makes a difference for learners, educators, parents, and our communities. The EdCast is a weekly podcast about the ideas that shape education, from early learning through college and career. We talk to teachers, researchers, policymakers, and leaders of schools and systems in the US and around the world — looking for positive approaches to the challenges and inequities in education. Through authentic conversat ...
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Inquiring Minds

Indre Viskontas

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Each week we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science and society collide. We’re committed to the idea that making an effort to understand the world around you though science and critical thinking can benefit everyone—and lead to better decisions. We want to find out what’s true, what’s left to discover, and why it all matters.
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People I (Mostly) Admire

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

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Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt tracks down other high achievers for surprising, revealing conversations about their lives and obsessions. Join Levitt as he goes through the most interesting midlife crisis you’ve ever heard — and learn how a renegade sheriff is transforming Chicago's jail, how a biologist is finding the secrets of evolution in the Arctic tundra, and how a trivia champion memorized 160,000 flashcards. To get every show in the Freakonomics Radio Network without ads and a m ...
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Decode the Left is the only anti-communist platform built on thousands of hours inside the radical left’s inner circles. Karlyn Borysenko infiltrates their meetings, collects their materials, decodes their language, and exposes their ideas. karlyn.substack.com
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A bi-weekly podcast hosted by Lisa Petrides, CEO and Founder of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), “Educating to Be Human” explores what it means to be human at the intersection of education, technology and culture. In each episode, Lisa speaks with people who, through their passion and commitment, are creating transformative change in education. In Season 1, Lisa dives into the fundamental question of how we as humans might place front and center the c ...
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Colloquia

David Joseph Sigrist

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Join David Sigrist the Linguist and the minds behind the Immersio platform as we have meaningful, yet informal conversations about the intersection of language, education, and technology. Listen in on discussions with innovators, educations, and thought leaders who are shaping how we learn and teach languages in an increasingly connected world. Whether you’re a language school owner, local instructor, or simply passionate about learning, Colloquia offers accessible explanations, inspiring st ...
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Welcome to the Get Richer Teacher Podcast. My name is Ola and I'll be your guide and mentor on your way to a profitable, sustainable, but most importantly, enjoyable language education business. And why would you care to do that? To build a business like that? Because there is literally no other way. The language education market is in a bizarre state. Companies making millions in profit yet paying teachers peanuts. Native speakerism is still way too powerful. And finally, the students are b ...
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China Myth Podcast is a self-produced immersion experience of my journey through the fascinating and misunderstood dilemmas of Chinese business culture - a reaction, a behavior, even a suggestion - and asks whether I could have achieved a better outcome with a different attitude, mindset, and approach. Because sometimes, learning how to listen is a lost art of communication.
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IOE insights

IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

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Thoughts and ideas on education, culture, psychology and social science to create lasting and evolving change from our academics, students, alumni and other brave thinkers. Brought to you by IOE, the world's leading centre for education and social science research, courses and teaching, and a faculty of University College London (UCL). More from us: https://ucl.ac.uk/ioe
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Wondering Forum

William, Maxeem and Friends

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STYLE: Mostly about listening but some visuals (e.g. maps, historic documents). This isn't the history you're going to hear about in most history podcasts. This is the decreasingly secret, increasingly weird, waningly wacky and waxingly wonderful real world, which is truly stranger than fiction. Wondering Forum is a virtual place for researchers and even secret agents to share insights and wonderings about the world we live in, to live and grow in peace and harmony with one another, in order ...
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Hi, I'm Nancy Buswell and I've been teaching people how to improve their English for over 16 years! I'm an American who teaches in a university in southern China. The Ten Questions ESL (English as a Second Language) Podcast is for people around the world who want to improve their English listening comprehension and English accent (intonation). I produce two kinds of podcast episodes. 1) TQ: My original idea was the Ten Questions ESL Podcast. I interview native and non-native English speakers ...
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Top tips and practical ideas for looking, feeling, and living your best life. Topics and guests discuss image and style, emotional intelligence, body language, relationships, health, self-improvement, building a successful business, and more. Get life coaching and practical strategies that you can implement immediately with former network anchor and personal brand strategist Colleen Hammond and her guests. Coffee with Colleen rolls fun, family, and faith into every episode. Colleen has found ...
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She changed the game in hip-hop, built a Hollywood career—and then had to figure out who she really was. Eve shares how she reclaimed her name, found peace through motherhood and spirituality, and what it took to stop performing and start becoming. Eve is a Grammy-winning Artist, Actress, and Author of Who’s That Girl?—a memoir about identity, heal…
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#195 There are lots of misconceptions about teaching grammar. There are also opinions about whether or not there is a place for teaching grammar in a proficiency-based classroom. In this episode, Catherine Ritz and Mike Travers, authors of Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching GRAMMAR for Proficiency, join me to talk about the place of grammar in…
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Abraham Verghese is a physician and a best-selling author — in that order, he says. He explains the difference between curing and healing, and tells Steve why doctors should spend more time with patients and less with electronic health records. SOURCES: Abraham Verghese, professor of medicine at Stanford University and best-selling novelist. RESOUR…
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As a third-grade teacher, Lily Howard Scott noticed how she spoke to students impacted more than just their experience in the classroom. How teachers speak to their students and intentional shifts in language can nurture children’s inner lives, foster self-regulation and reduce perfectionism, she says, and become their inner voice. “The thing about…
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Today, we're joined by Nidhi Rastogi, assistant professor at Rochester Institute of Technology to discuss Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), focusing on her recent project CTIBench—a benchmark for evaluating LLMs on real-world CTI tasks. Nidhi explains the evolution of AI in cybersecurity, from rule-based systems to LLMs that accelerate analysis by p…
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Yesterday, I joined Kim Iversen for an interview to talk about what I uncovered when I went undercover at the Institute for Research on Male Supremacism Conference. Over four days, I sat through panels and workshops where activists laid out exactly how they plan to use the idea of "male supremacism" as a political weapon — not just against individu…
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Let's explore the Chinese character 诶 (ei), one of the versatile characters in Mandarin! 🖋️🇨🇳 Not only will you learn how to write 诶, but you'll also discover its different pronunciations and meanings in each of the 4 tones. 🎶 PLUS Examples! Chinese tones are crucial for understanding and distinguishing words, and this character is a great example …
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#194 Where do you find opportunities for exploring language and culture beyond the classroom? Have you found ways to involve your students in service learning projects? In this episode, I have the privilege of speaking with Chris Howell who is the co-founder of the Pulsera Project. This is an organization that supports artisans in Guatemala and Nic…
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This episode is a little bit emotional – because it’s the last episode of Get Richer, Teacher. I’m closing this chapter with a heart full of gratitude and a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to work with me, straight from the people who’ve experienced it. Whether you’re a long-time listener, a past client, or just curious what my coaching ac…
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Jens Ludwig has an idea for how to fix America’s gun violence problem — and it starts by rejecting conventional wisdom from both sides of the political aisle. SOURCES: Jens Ludwig, professor of economics at the University of Chicago and director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. RESOURCES: Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of America…
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In Part 2 of my Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Builder series, you can watch me break down HOW I translate famous children's books in Chinese 📚✨. In this video, we continue with What Do You Do With An Idea? 🧠, exploring key phrases and their translations while explaining HOW WE can improve upon the original translations and WHY. This is also a great o…
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In this episode, Kelly Hong, a researcher at Chroma, joins us to discuss "Generative Benchmarking," a novel approach to evaluating retrieval systems, like RAG applications, using synthetic data. Kelly explains how traditional benchmarks like MTEB fail to represent real-world query patterns and how embedding models that perform well on public benchm…
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Send us a text Planning a world language unit doesn't have to be a solo mission - this episode offers a detailed walkthrough of teaching adverbs of frequency with a proficiency-oriented approach. I share my exact five-day plan for introducing, practicing, and assessing this grammar concept in a way that follows the natural language acquisition proc…
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The Decode The Left Podcast is officially here—and we’re not playing defense. In this kickoff episode, Dr. Karlyn Borysenko lays out the next phase of the mission: 400 new Substack supporters, a grassroots membership drive, and the most aggressive Spy Stream campaign yet. You’ll hear exactly how this movement started, how AI is helping decode lefti…
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In this Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Builder video, I break down the Chinese translation of What Do You Do With An Idea? 🧠✨ This beloved children's story is not only fun but also a great way to learn Mandarin! 🇨🇳 I'll guide you through the key vocabulary and explain how the Chinese translations differ from the English, focusing on the meaning behind…
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#193 Do you use task cards? How can we get the most out of them in our language classrooms? Task cards are useful tools for building engagement, supporting proficiency, and adding variety to your routines. In this episode, we’re looking at 15 creative ways to use task cards. You might already have a few that you like to use, and after this episode …
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In today’s episode, I’m sharing my very real, very subjective opinions on why most business courses out there simply don’t work for language teachers and coaches. And nope, it’s not just me being critical – it’s based on stories I hear all the time. Here’s what I talk about: The kind of business advice most teachers come across first – and why that…
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🎉 Want a fun and meaningful way to teach your child Mandarin Chinese? This Mandarin Storytime Vocabulary Builder uses The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐛 to help kids learn new Chinese words through familiar stories and cultural context. Perfect for kids ages 5–12, this video is part of a growing series that makes learning Chinese fun, engaging, and pare…
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To succeed in school, in life, and as contributors to a more equitable society, students must be able to recognize, analyze, and challenge systemic injustices, say Harvard Lecturer Aaliyah El-Amin and Boston College Professor Scott Seider. Through their research, they are examining what it truly means to pursue education for justice in K–12 schools…
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In Season 1 of Educating to Be Human, we asked questions—about creativity and curiosity, change and adaptation, empathy and self-worth. We spoke with changemakers in classrooms, communities, and prisons, all committed to reimagining education as a powerful lever for transformation. In this special bonus episode, host Lisa Petrides looks back at the…
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In this episode, Emmanuel Ameisen, a research engineer at Anthropic, returns to discuss two recent papers: "Circuit Tracing: Revealing Language Model Computational Graphs" and "On the Biology of a Large Language Model." Emmanuel explains how his team developed mechanistic interpretability methods to understand the internal workings of Claude by rep…
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Love The Very Hungry Caterpillar? 🐛✨ We brought this classic story to life in Mandarin Story Time videos! 🇨🇳 Now, I'll guide you through the Chinese translation of all the key phrases, explaining how and why certain English phrases have better translations than the literal. 🗣️ Whether you're a fan of the story or looking to learn Chinese through fu…
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#192 How much flexibility or autonomy do you have over your curriculum? Are you able to integrate CI techniques and procedures? This can be a bit challenging if our curriculum is aligned with chapters in a textbook or prescribed units. Today I speak with Ashley Mikkelsen, a Spanish teacher in North Dakota. Ashley talks us through her personal journ…
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If you’ve ever wondered why your course isn’t selling – or you’re just starting out and want to avoid wasting time on offers that flop – this episode is a must-listen. I break down the art and science of building offers that don’t just sound good on paper, but actually sell. Here’s what we talk about in this episode: Why a strong offer is non-negot…
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Ellen Wiebe is a physician who helps seriously ill patients end their lives in Canada, where assisted suicide is legal. Is death a human right? SOURCES: Ellen Wiebe, clinical professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia. RESOURCES: "The Last Decision by the World’s Leading Thinker on Decisions," by Jason Zweig (The Wall Street Journa…
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This week, I release my first novel, The Communist Manifesto: A Revolutionary Fairy Tale. The book is a dystopian fairy tale that takes the readers through a communist revolution. It presents a story that is violent, cruel, and deeply uncomfortable. But it is the truth. If you enjoy books like The Hunger Games, 1984 and Brave New World, you’ll like…
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Send us a text Language teachers everywhere face the same challenge: how do we create units that actually lead to acquisition instead of just memorization? The answer lies in understanding how our brains naturally process and store language. In this eye-opening episode, I break down the six-phase structure that every successful proficiency-based un…
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Welcome to the Heartfelt Resonance Podcast 🌱! In this space, we explore how to overcome anxiety through positivity, self-awareness, and emotional control. I’m Gene, and together, we’ll unleash a wave of positive energy 🌊 as we dive into the unseen forces shaping our thoughts, emotions, and actions. Whether from family, culture, or societal expectat…
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Today, we're joined by Maohao Shen, PhD student at MIT to discuss his paper, “Satori: Reinforcement Learning with Chain-of-Action-Thought Enhances LLM Reasoning via Autoregressive Search.” We dig into how Satori leverages reinforcement learning to improve language model reasoning—enabling model self-reflection, self-correction, and exploration of a…
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#191 Do you have effective routines that support your students’ language proficiency and communication skills? We often think of the communication modes, proficiency levels and 90+% target language as the routines that we foster in the classroom. In this episode you’ll hear about another type of routine, student-created graphic organizers. These ar…
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Fear holds many of us back from taking the next step – whether in business or life. But here’s the truth: fear is normal, and it doesn’t have to control you. In this episode, I dive deep into the different types of fear that can paralyze us, from fear of failure to fear of rejection and why it’s important to move through fear – so you can finally s…
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He has been a lawyer, an instructor at the F.B.I. Academy, the owner of a frozen-yogurt chain, and a winner of the TV show Survivor. Today, Kwon works at Google, but things haven’t always come easily for him. Steve Levitt talks to Kwon about his debilitating childhood anxieties, his compulsion to choose the hardest path in life, and how Kwon used g…
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If you value my work, please consider a $8/month or $80/year subscription. I’m funded entirely by you. If you can’t financially support my efforts, please consider sharing my work with your friends and family to spread the message. I can’t do it without you. At first glance, the optics are shocking: Jewish students chaining themselves to Columbia’s…
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In today’s digital landscape, schools face growing cybersecurity threats that can disrupt learning, compromise sensitive data, and leave administrators scrambling to recover. With cybercriminals becoming more sophisticated, understanding these risks and being prepared is more critical than ever, says Lisa Plaggemier, the executive director of the N…
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In this powerful episode of Inquiring Minds, host Indre Viskontas reconnects with her longtime mentor, Dr. Bruce L. Miller—one of the world’s foremost authorities on dementia, empathy, and the neuroscience of human behavior. Dr. Miller is a Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), wh…
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