Wooommppp season two finale is here. BUT we talk about one of our favorite scenes in The Dark Knight Rises: THE PIT. And yes, we recap the scene for you (with maybe a tad bit of re-enacting. But we also talk about how to climb out when you’re entrenched in your views. Much like Bruce […]

This week we wrap up our three-part series on Education (check out the first and second ones and catch up if you’re behind) and go all the way back to high school. You know, everyone’s favorite time in life. Hormones, puberty, and life-changing teachers. We talk about how representation, role models, and impact can ripple […]

Welcome back to our three-part series on Education (check out last week’s episode on The Impact of Funding here:) and our next-level dive into how educational bubble manifest in the classroom. This week we challenge some of the typical narratives and solutions you hear about (aka “underfunded schools need more money” or “urban scholars need […]

What happens when one topic or subject can be highly variable in how it’s taught or absorbed — and what does that look like when we mix in funding into education. We’ve been toying with this question as we’ve traveled the world and found that we have … less than great responses when confronted with […]

We interrupt your regularly scheduled BTB Season for a fun mosaic of anecdotes and hilarious stories of how cultural or language barriers have resulted in issues ranging from plain awkward to just short of international incidents. Thanks to all of our friends who’ve shared their stories from all around the world. Or download the episode […]

This week we stay in the region of Eastern Asia and take a look at breaking stereotypes down by studying some case studies from China, Japan and Korea. We talked to people from each area about how various stereotypes were built up over time… and how they’ve started to be debunked. Check out some of […]

Until now, when we’ve talked about bubbles we’ve assumed that it was each individual’s choices or actions that kept them in an echo chamber. This week, we flip the script and take a look at the one of the world’s most tightly sealed bubbles–North Korea. What pushes people to escape from this bubble and is […]

SO. We hear a lot these days about women in the workplace and the really difficult conversations happening around harassment, equal pay, gender biases… the list, sadly, goes on and on. This week we talked to both men and women in different industries to get a better understanding of the conversations that are (or are […]

Alright this week’s episode is brought to you by … psychology and tons of interesting media/links. No need for me to overly introduce what will probably be some of the most interesting reading you’ll do this week… Renee Engeln’s book “Beauty Sick”: https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Sick-Cultural-Obsession-Appearance/dp/0062469770 and her blog posts on Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beauty-sick Happiness Initiative:  https://www.facebook.com/glamour/videos/vb.26815555478/10155603701885479/?type=2&theater Listen to this week’s […]

Hey y’all! Bet you thought we got sick of this podcast and not that we took 9 months to carefully source our tastefully curated season. Well, joke’s on you because this week, we bring you a new take on beauty standards. Via South Korea, Kenya, the US and India, we decided to dig deep on […]