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Gals Guide episodes

  • YGF Flashback - Ada Lovelace

    Tieing into Bonnie's 1 Cool Thing about the women who made the Internet is this older episode of our sister show, Your Gal Friday. Learn about the life and legacy of the world's first computer programmer. This episode is so old Leah was still going by her stage name Kate Chaplin. Let's see if anyone notices :) 

    Original air date: July 2017 Ep #8 of Your Gal Friday

    Show Notes & Links https://galsguide.org/podcasts/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/galsguide 

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/galsguidetothegalaxy

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/GalsGuideGalaxy

    48 min
  • YGF Flashback - Ada Lovelace
    Tieing into Bonnie's 1 Cool Thing about the women who made the Internet is this older episode of our sister show, Your Gal Friday. Learn about the life and legacy of the world's first computer programmer. This episode is so old Leah was still going by her stage name Kate Chaplin. Let's see if anyone notices :) 
    Original air date: July 2017 Ep #8 of Your Gal Friday
    Show Notes & Links https://galsguide.org/podcasts/
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/galsguide  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/galsguidetothegalaxy
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/GalsGuideGalaxy
    48 min
  • Women Who Made the Internet - Bonnie's 1 Cool Thing

    Step aside Al Gore, because Bonnie read a book with a pun in the title all about how so many women made the internet! Learn about the women who invented computer programming and hyperlinks. Learn who decided early computers would be oatmeal color and why we use the term "computer bug" Spoilers! It's all women!!! We're tapping into the motherboard on Gal's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast!

    Show Notes & Links https://galsguide.org/podcasts/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/galsguide 

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/galsguidetothegalaxy

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/GalsGuideGalaxy

    28 min
  • Women Who Made the Internet - Bonnie's 1 Cool Thing
    Step aside Al Gore, because Bonnie read a book with a pun in the title all about how so many women made the internet! Learn about the women who invented computer programming and hyperlinks. Learn who decided early computers would be oatmeal color and why we use the term "computer bug" Spoilers! It's all women!!! We're tapping into the motherboard on Gal's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast!
    Show Notes & Links https://galsguide.org/podcasts/
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/galsguide  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/galsguidetothegalaxy
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/GalsGuideGalaxy
    28 min
  • Fibroids - Leah's 1 Cool Thing

    After medical emergencies, car accidents, and hormone ragers the gal pals are back! They talk about why they vanished for a short while - no, it wasn't Thanos - it was Leah's battle with fibroids. Upwards of 80% of women develop fibroids and this is Leah's experience. So buckle in because the gals are talking about something that many women think they have to deal with alone. 

    Show Notes & Links https://galsguide.org/podcasts/

    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/galsguide 

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/galsguidetothegalaxy

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/GalsGuideGalaxy

    48 min
  • Fibroids - Leah's 1 Cool Thing
    After medical emergencies, car accidents, and hormone ragers the gal pals are back! They talk about why they vanished for a short while - no, it wasn't Thanos - it was Leah's battle with fibroids. Upwards of 80% of women develop fibroids and this is Leah's experience. So buckle in because the gals are talking about something that many women think they have to deal with alone. 
    Show Notes & Links https://galsguide.org/podcasts/
    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/galsguide  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/galsguidetothegalaxy
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/GalsGuideGalaxy
    48 min
  • S3E13 — The Importance of Language Learning: An Undergraduate Perspective
    Cornell undergraduates Hezekiah Thompson and Justin Kang talk about what they have gained from their language learning experiences, and their advice for incoming freshmen, or any prospective language student.
    With this episode, our third season of Speaking of Language comes to an end. We will be back in September with new topics and guests. In the meantime, you can listen to our archived shows on our website at lrc.cornell.edu, on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. We wish all our listeners a wonderful summer.
    22 min
  • S3E12 — Charlene Polio — Language Difficulty
    Charlene Polio discusses facts and myths about the challenges of language learning, and suggests strategies for framing the learning process, whether your students are motivated or anxious.
    Dr. Polio is Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian & African Languages at Michigan State University, where she teaches in the Master’s Degree Program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages and also in the Second Language Studies Program. She gave a talk last week as part of our monthly LRC Speaker Series titled “Are Some Languages Really More ‘Difficult’ to Learn?” and we will extend our conversation about language difficulty on our podcast.
    28 min
  • S3E11 — Amanda Seewald — Early Language Learning, Music, and Advocacy
    Amanda Seewald of Learning Kaleidoscope grew up in a monolingual household. By the time she was in college, she was advocating for language education in Washington, D.C. Later on, she founded Maracas, a homegrown language immersion program that uses music and rhythm to teach Spanish to young learners. This week, we hear her story, and learn about what you can do to help build a global, multilingual future.
    27 min
  • S3E10 — Sarah Mercer — Teacher Wellbeing
    Sarah Mercer discusses the importance of teacher wellbeing for effective language teaching and offers concrete steps for preventing burnout.
    Sarah discusses the “Greater Good in Action” website in her interview; that can be viewed here: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/
    Donations in memory of Dan Gaibel can be made to Hospicare of Ithaca, https://www.hospicare.org/. Dan also established a GoFundMe to support his young son: https://www.gofundme.com/khm42-dan
    25 min

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