Chaotic Academia

Alina is back and as either insane or better than ever. In this episode she talks a little bit about what it is like to be a NEW community organizer and navigating organizing in a society where we are too burnt out to give anything else of ourselves. It's a fun little delve into Alina's new career as well as some food for thought on how we spend our time. 

Also, apologies for the sound! Alina moved and is in short-term housing for a while because her job requires travel, so she does not have her usual recording microphone and is back to using the good ol' iPhone headphones

SPOILER WARNING! If you haven't read the book that came out over 200 years ago, this episode will contain spoilers! In this episode, Alina talks about Jane Austen's life, her book Pride and Prejudice, and some of Alina's thoughts. This is like an unofficial preview of what Alina's Book Club will look like. If you like books, literature, learning, stories without actually having to read them, then definitely listen. Alina rips into her least favorite characters and hypes up the besties. 

SOURCES: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen#Family

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pride/summary/

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Alina talks all about how to approach your studies, different learning styles, places to learn, and answers a listener question. 

SOURCES: 

https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/education/blog/types-of-learning-styles/

https://academicsupport.jhu.edu/resources/study-aids/active-versus-passive-learning/

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In this episode Alina talks about the podcast updates, getting her shhh together, being her authentic, even if aggressive, self, what she believes can help you get your shh together, and how she wants to become sharper. A new year for a wannabe scholar. 

LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/alinadevoogd 

Alina talks about learning a new language, her studies in Spanish, learns some cool facts, and shares ways to learn a new language. Language is incredible and studying foreign languages is a great way to step into another world and out of your bubble. 

LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/alinadevoogd

SOURCES:

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/languages/

https://www.census.gov/topics/population/language-use/about.html

https://cis.org/Report/673-Million-United-States-Spoke-Foreign-Language-Home-2018

https://statisticalatlas.com/United-States/Languages

https://telelanguage.com/blog/spanish-speakers-united-states-infographic/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/soniathompson/2021/05/27/the-us-has-the-second-largest-population-of-spanish-speakers-how-to-equip-your-brand-to-serve-them/?sh=a3fbd24793ae

https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/how-many-languages-are-there-world

SPANISH RESOURCES:

https://www.spanishpod101.com/

https://www.wordreference.com/

https://studyspanish.com/

In this episode, Alina googled how to be confident so she can be more confident again. Maybe this advice is helpful, maybe it's not. Give it a listen to see for yourself! 

LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/alinadevoogd 

articles looked at:

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/370881

https://www.success.com/7-mental-hacks-to-be-more-confident-in-yourself/

https://www.tonyrobbins.com/building-confidence/how-to-be-confident/

https://www.wikihow.com/Be-Confident

https://www.verywellmind.com/how-to-boost-your-self-confidence-4163098

https://markmanson.net/how-to-be-confident

https://www.lifehack.org/683919/how-to-be-more-confident-the-definitive-step-by-step-guide

This episode has nothing to do with cream, it's all about libraries! (I am so sorry about the name, I just can't get off Berries and Cream Tiktok despite all my efforts) In this very messy episode, Alina talks through a brief history of libraries, some fun facts, and why you should go to your local lib 

MY LINKTREE: 

https://linktr.ee/alinadevoogd 

RESOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_libraries

https://www.britannica.com/topic/library/The-history-of-libraries

https://www.citethisforme.com/blog/2018/03/15/history-of-libraries

https://ehistory.osu.edu/articles/burning-library-alexandria

https://www.ala.org/news/sites/ala.org.news/files/content/State-of-Americas-Libraries-Report-2021-4-21.pdf

https://www.carnegie.org/news/articles/andrew-carnegie-legacy-support-public-libraries/

https://www.nps.gov/articles/carnegie-libraries-the-future-made-bright-teaching-with-historic-places.htm

SPOILER ALERT! This episode basically spoils the ENTIRETY of the book, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins. I give my thoughts, my critiques, my praises for the book that really gave context to my childhood favorite. I love the Hunger Games with my WHOLE heart and reading this book was a must. Not to mention, I get all political science nerdy in the second half, and sleep deprivation causes some giggles. 8.5/10! 

Truly I mean no hard feelings in any of my critiques. This episode is for commentary purposes only and I just hope to share some info with yall! I enjoyed it!

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As always,

RESOURCES:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/social-contract

Hobbes vs Locke with Regard to the State of Nature by Yusuf Gok

https://www.the-philosophy.com/hobbes-vs-locke

In this episode, Alina talks about how she got started in activism way back in her youth and then shares ways for you to get involved, too. If you care about social justice or some kind of issue and feel like you don't know where to begin, this is a potential start for you!! 

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