“The goals isn’t to drag them across the finish line — to check the boxes. It is to help them learn” - Sean Yeager. Shouldn't that be the goal for all of us? Take a listen to Sean's perspective on interdisciplinary teaching, radical inclusivity, and not taking anything for granted as 'universally understood'. Through this combination of methods, Sean has created a pedagogy that prioritizes intellectual growth without doing so at the expense of a student's health and shows us that learning happens when our students feel heard, acknowledged, and respected. 

A few shout-outs from this episode:

- Sean mentions the course Strange Loops and Metamathematics at around 11:00. Sean would like to make sure that Douglass Hofstadter's name, as the author of Gödel, Escher, Bach, is highlighted. 

- Similarly, Sean would like to make sure that his reference to "Amy" at around 16:00, refers to Amy Shuman - Professor of English at The Ohio State University. 

- The mention of tea at the end should be attributed to Uncle Iroh (from "Avatar: The Last Airbender")

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