Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Self-Care Stuff: Considering Whether to Stay or Drop Out
Episode 15
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
5 years, 5 months ago
Howard Gardner, "A Synthesizing Mind: A Memoir from the Creator of Multiple Intelligences Theory" (MIT Press, 2021)
Episode 119
The synthesizing mind is one that identifies a program or asks a question, pulls together information from across disciplines or creates new data thr…
5 years, 5 months ago
Jonathan Zimmerman, "The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 882
Jonathan Zimmerman’s The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020) is the first full-length history of college …
5 years, 6 months ago
How To Use Your First Amendment Rights On Campus (and Off)
Episode 5
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
5 years, 6 months ago
A Glimpse into the Emotional Abilities of Teachers: Handling Stress, Anger, and Shame (Part 2)
Episode 28
There is no doubt that teaching is a meaningful profession, but teachers often find themselves in stressful, emotionally challenging situations. How …
5 years, 6 months ago
How to See Your Senior Year of High School as a Path to College
Episode 4
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
5 years, 6 months ago
A Glimpse into the Emotional Abilities of Teachers: Handling Stress, Anger, and Shame (Part 1)
Episode 28
There is no doubt that teaching is a meaningful profession, but teachers often find themselves in stressful, emotionally challenging situations. How …
5 years, 6 months ago
College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom: A Conversation with Eddie R. Cole
Episode 4
Some of America's most pressing civil rights issues--desegregation, equal educational and employment opportunities, housing discrimination, and free …
5 years, 6 months ago
Matthew H. Rafalow, "Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
Episode 118
In this episode, I speak with Matt Rafalow, about his book, Digital Divisions: How Schools Create Inequality in the Tech Era (University of Chicago P…
5 years, 6 months ago
Jonathan Boyarin, "Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side" (Princeton UP, 2020)
Episode 204
New York City's Lower East Side has witnessed a severe decline in its Jewish population in recent decades, yet every morning in the big room of the c…
5 years, 6 months ago