Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDavid Eaton, "World History through Case Studies: Historical Skills in Practice" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019)
Episode 786
Teaching world history surveys can be a nightmare! How on Earth is anyone supposed to cover so much information from all over the world and from so m…
5 years, 10 months ago
Beth Pickens, "Your Art Will Save Your Life" (The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2018)
Episode 139
As a teenager visiting the Andy Warhol Museum, Beth Pickens realized the importance of making art. As an adult, she has dedicated her life to empower…
5 years, 10 months ago
J. Kim and E. Maloney, "Learning Innovation and the Future of Higher Education and The Low-Density University" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 114
Despite stereotypes of colleges and universities still stuck in the age of the blackboard and sage-on-stage lectures, a quiet revolution has been tak…
5 years, 10 months ago
Philis Barragán-Goetz, "Reading, Writing, and Revolution: Escuelitas and the Emergence of a Mexican American Identity in Texas" (U Texas Press, 2020)
Episode 70
Debates about Ethnic Studies in K-12 and Higher Education have highlighted the importance of culturally inclusive pedagogy in schools. Despite discus…
5 years, 10 months ago
Katie Day Good, "Bring the World to the Child: Technologies of Global Citizenship in American Education" (MIT Press, 2020)
Episode 259
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, boosters of digital educational technologies emphasized that these platforms are vital tools for cultivating globa…
5 years, 10 months ago
Art Markman, "Bring Your Brain to Work: Using Cognitive Science to Get a Job, Do It Well, and Advance Your Career" (HBR Press, 2019)
Episode 14
What does it take to both fit in and yet also prosper and grow as a person in the workplace?
In today's interview, I discuss this question and others …
5 years, 10 months ago
Christopher Newfield, "The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2016)
Episode 113
In The Great Mistake: How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), Christopher Newfield diagnos…
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LaDale Winling, "Building the Ivory Tower: Universities and Metropolitan Development in the Twentieth Century" (U Penn Press, 2018)
Episode 777
Universities have become state-like entities, possessing their own hospitals, police forces, and real estate companies. To become such behemoths, hig…
5 years, 10 months ago
Nicole Piemonte, "Afflicted: How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice" (MIT Press, 2018)
Episode 81
In Afflicted: How Vulnerability Can Heal Medical Education and Practice (The MIT Press), Nicole Piemonte examines the preoccupation in medicine with …
5 years, 10 months ago
T. Paulus and A. Wise, "Looking for Insight, Transformation, and Learning in Online Talk " (Routledge, 2019)
Episode 112
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Trena Paulus of East Tennessee State University and Dr. Alyssa Wise of New York University on their new book, Looki…
5 years, 10 months ago