Circular Firing Squad

Circular Firing Squad

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Circular Firing Squad episodes

  • Nobody Dies from Cognitive Dissonance

    How does your teaching change in the summer, do you ever review counseling theories, and what movie would you like to see remade are some of the questions on this episode of Circular Firing Squad


    Stephanie at 2:19
    As counselor educators, do you ever have to go back and review theories, or do you know them so well by now you don’t have to? How much review of the “basics” do you do, if any?

    Elliott at 7:49
    Do you play board games? If so, what are some favorites?

    Jenn at 16:40
    How can we help teach the broader public about how to tolerate ambiguity?

    Marty at 23:10
    How does, or would, your teaching change in the summer?

    Gina at 30:38
    What old movie would you like to see remade and who would star in it?

    Final Shot at 36:52
    What's your favorite sandwich

    40 min
  • Theories Have Rainbows

    Your idea of a 'good student', your experience of career counselors, and what your 15-year old self imagined what you would be doing as an adult are a few of the questions posed on this episode of Circular Firing Squad

    Stephanie - 4:00

    Has your idea of a “good student” changed since you became a faculty member?

    Eric - 12:10

    What was the last thing to make you laugh unexpectedly?

    Jenn - 21:03

    What is the ideal number of students to be enrolled in core counseling courses (excluding prac-internship)?

    Marty - 30:00

    What did your 15-year-old self imagine you’d be doing right now?

    Elliott - 37:30

    Are there career counselors who actually do career counseling? (I meet dozens of people who are "passionate" about it but haven't seen a client this century)

    Gina - 44:38

    What is an experience that was so jarring it shifted how you think of a place? Good or bad?

    Final Shot Question - 58:44

    What makes you lose track of time?


    1 hr 2 min
  • Doppelgänger invasion

    The show ends Season 1 with the regular squad being replaced with their doppelgängers, who discuss the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given, does being close to a counselor change the way you relate to people, and the TV show you would like to be a part of on this episode the Circular Firing Squad.

    Nikki Perry (Eric’s wife) 1:24

    What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?

    Gabriella Vrablik (Gina’s twin sister) 5:10

    If you could learn another language overnight, what would it be?

    Jim Marder (Stephanie’s dad) 9:38

    Do you feel as strong a connection with current popular  music as you did with the popular music that you listened to as a teen and young adult (what might now be called "oldies")?

    Brady Ingersoll (Elliot’s son) 22:50

    Do the things you look forward to change as you get older?

    Drew Teague (Jen’s college friend) 30:35

    Does being close with a counselor affect the way you relate to other people?

    Hannah Jencius Flower (Marty’s daughter) 39:10

    What tv show would you like to be a part of? (current or past)

    Final Shot 44:50

    If your doppelgänger weren’t a counselor, what job do you think they’d be great at?

    52 min
  • The upside-down universe

    The biggest mistake academics make in their career, the most challenging feedback for a supervisee, and your go-to, all day, sipping drink are some of the questions for this episode of Circular Firing Squad

    Jenn @ 4:20

    What is the most challenging feedback to give supervisees during clinical supervision?

    Gina @ 12:58

    Do you like a specific tea or coffee or something else to sip through out the day?

    Stephanie @ 19:10

    Are faculty being overloaded right now to a point of diminishing returns all around (faculty, students, university)

    Marty @ 30:25

    What is the biggest mistake academics make in their career?

    Elliott @ 38:48

    What posters adorned the walls in the room of your teen-aged self?

    Final Shot Question @ 45:15

    Are your taxes done?

    48 min
  • Gas Station Cake Pop Lady

    Your least favorite therapist line or saying, the theory that you experience the most values dissonance, and your go-to self care snack are some of the questions for this episode of Circular Firing Squad.


    Gina 4:03

    What’s your least favorite therapist line or saying?

    Elliott 9:10

    Do you think our society is collectively losing its “mind?” Why or why not?

    Stephanie 16:00

    What theory do you experience the most values dissonance with? Does it change how you teach it?

    Eric 23:27

    What is your go to self-care snack?

    Marty 30:05

    Do you keep your books?

    Final Shot 38:40

    Ketchup or Mustard

    41 min
  • Explosion in the Oven

    The best question you’ve gotten from a student, lies higher education perpetuates, and what your perfect day would be are some of the questions for this episode of Circular Firing Squad.    


    Timeline of questions in this episode


    Stephanie - 2:30
    What’s the best question you have gotten from a student?

    Eric - 12:52

    What are your favorite outdoor hobbies?

    Elliott - 20:40

    What lies do you think higher educational institutions perpetuate?

    Gina - 33:06

    What is a tradition that you have that has significant meaning?

    Jenn - 46:18

    What research methodology would you like to use that you haven’t used before?

    Marty - 54:00

    What would be a “perfect” day for you?

    Final shot - 1:01:03

    Road trips or plane rides?

    1 hr 4 min
  • Death of a Handshake

    The biggest challenge the profession is facing, helpful things from hurtful relationships, and what keeps you coming to work every morning are a few of the questions on this episode of Circular Firing Squad.

    39 min
  • Oooky, spooky, stuff

    A counseling theory you could abandon, being practical or passionate about the field, and your go-to seasoning are some of the questions in this episode.

    30 min

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Circular Firing Squad is a fast-paced question and answer podcast where everyone is a host, and everyone is a guest. Each person poses a question, sits in the middle of the 'firing squad', and gets…