Synapse Radio - Synapse

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Aaron, Joe, and occasional guests discuss being a human in our complicated world.... more

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December 11, 2017 Curious Exploration 8: The Role of Implicit Bias
Aaron, Joe, and Sydney return to discuss the roles of implicit and explicit bias in the American landscape. We begin by discussing the IAT, an online measure of implicit assumption that may not be as reliable or valid as it initially seemed to be. Then, Joe and Sydney discuss their experience at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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November 03, 2017 Curious Exploration 7: The Peer Review Revolution
Aaron and Joe are back to discuss The New York Times' recent article, When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy. The conversation explores statistical "p-hacking," the peer review system, and the face that all of your favorite science may be a lie (except for growth mindset, we need something to hold onto).
When the Revolution Came for Amy Cuddy
Power Poses
Our P-Hacking Episode
Data Colada: Thinking about Evidence
Growth Mindset
Google’s Moonshot Lab
The Atlantic’s Inside X: Google’s Moonshot Factory
Music credits: The Mountain Goats.
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October 03, 2017 Curious Exploration 6: The 5-Second Rule
You can't throw a stone without hitting a motivational speaker or a life coach touting simple ways to improve your life. One of these life coaches has quite a few views on her TED talk about a method she calls the 5-Second Rule. Check out the video and our conversation about it. Sydney brought this one to us, and joins us for the conversation.
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September 19, 2017 Curious Exploration 5: From Dreams to Nightmares
We welcome Lazaro Silva on this episode, who has direct experience on both the law and direct service side of immigration, to talk about the recent political atmosphere around DACA.
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September 13, 2017 Curious Exploration 4: Transitions
Aaron and Joe have a brief discussion about the various transitions they have been going through. Aaron is settling in Seattle and his new job, while Joe is gearing up to move in with his SO and start a new job.
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September 04, 2017 Education Corner 3: The First Day of School
The Education Corner team spends some time reminiscing on our first day of school from the students perspective versus the professional perspective. We weave SEL into our conversation, and also spend some time thinking about our professional goals for the year.
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August 25, 2017 Curious Exploration 3: Righteous Rage on Many Sides...
Elise Springuel joins us for this episode where we discuss the surreal nature of the "Free Speech" rallies and counter-protests held in both Charlottesville and Boston (which Elise attended).
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August 18, 2017 Curious Exploration 2: The Cake is a Lie
In this episode we explore the theory of Ego Depletion, and how this culturally entrenched idea has come under suspicion lately of not being as reliable as we once thought. Sydney joins us for this episode.
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August 08, 2017 Education Corner 2: SEL in School
Aaron recently went to a conference on Social Emotional learning (SEL) in Seattle. He shares some of the insights he gathered from the conference, and we discuss how to bring SEL effectively in the classroom.
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July 29, 2017 Curious Exploration 1: Positive Disintegration
Joe and Aaron discuss Dubrowski's theory of Positive Disintegration and how it relates to trauma, crises, relationships, and privilege.
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FAQs about Synapse Radio - Synapse:

How many episodes does Synapse Radio - Synapse have?

The podcast currently has 55 episodes available.