In this first ever episode of SwaDharma, Brad, Rachel, and Eric discuss the excessive pressure on students during exam season in our SFU segment. In our pop-philosophy segment, we explore NBC’s The Good Place, Green Day’s Jesus of Suburbia, J Cole’s Home for the Holidays, and the pedagogical benefits of pop-media in an ethics class. Then, we have a very, VERY, special word--a cosmogonic myth, in fact-- from the sponsor of SwaDharma, Abby’ss Blue Hole Brewing. (Abby’ss Blue Hole Brewing: Deeper and Wetter). After bubbling and diving through the Abyss, we’ve got three P’s in a podcast for our ancient wisdom segment: Plato, Pedagogy, Pink Floyd, and a hint of Paulo Friere as we discuss the theory and psychology of Brad’s f’ed-up pedagogy. We’ll also call into question the ethics of the grading system. After a WTF update on UFO’s and drinking bleach (after you, sir), we round things off with some upbeat farm news in our Homegrown segment on the annual return of the BGs.

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