Math Therapy
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsMath Therapy explores the root causes of math trauma, and the empowering ways we can heal from it. Each week host Vanessa Vakharia, aka The Math Guru, dives into what we get right and wrong about math education, and chats with some of today’s most inspiring and visionary minds working to make math more accessible, diverse, and fun for students of all ages. Whether you think you’re a "math person" or not, you’re about to find out that math people don’t actually exist – but the scars that math class left on many of us, definitely do. And don’t worry, no calculators or actual math were involved in the making of this podcast ;)
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Teachers have trauma too w/ Brittany Hege
April 25, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBWe’re often talking about trauma from the student perspective: how it happens in the classroom, and how it follows them into adulthood. But one group is often overlooked in this discussion - teachers! Today Vanessa chats with educator Brittany Hege about the challenges teachers often face in keeping up with changing pedagogies, while already being strapped for time and often struggling with math traumas of their own! This is an honest and heartfelt discussion about how education can evolv...
More clickbait in the classroom! w/ Howie Hua
April 18, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBOf the truly infinite things Vanessa likes to rant about, few top the list like math’s marketing problem - which is why she was elated to chat with social media mathstar Howie Hua! Today Howie shares how his own experiences with math anxiety sucked the joy out of math when he was a student, and how he started to bring it back for both himself and his students when he became a teacher. He’s built a massive following on TikTok and beyond by sharing quick and fun explainer videos and math mem...
The spiritual side of math w/ Francis Su
April 11, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBWhen you picture a mathematician, what comes to mind? Now … what about a “mathematical explorer”? Well, that’s what Francis Su calls himself, and when Vanessa picked up his book Mathematics for Human Flourishing, she couldn’t put it down. On today's episode they explore how mathematical discovery can unleash the wonder and curiosity innate within us all. They also discuss some deep questions, like why do people have different emotional reactions to math compared to other fields? How can ...
Tell your students you trust them w/ Zak Champagne
April 04, 2024 10:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBLongtime listeners (like today’s guest, as you’ll discover…) will recall one name popping up in almost every interview last season, so Vanessa needed to find out for herself: who is Zak Champagne & why do people like him so much?! Through today’s rollercoaster episode she discovered a teacher with boundless enthusiasm for the joys of teaching, grounded in a deep respect for his students. They unpack what we really mean by terms like “student voice” and “building trust”, offer practical adv...
The difference between equity & equality w/ Dr. Pamela Seda
March 28, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBOn the Season 6 premiere of Math Therapy, Vanessa chats with Dr. Pamela Seda, an expert in all things education and inspiration! They dive deep into hot topics like how teachers can build trust in the classroom by modelling vulnerability, the benefits of cultivating community over competition, and a fascinating metaphor that illustrates what equity and accommodations truly mean in our schools. About Pam (Website, Insta, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) Dr. Pamela Seda, Founder and CEO of Seda ...
Season 6 Trailer
March 21, 2024 10:00 - 4 minutes - 2.87 MBSeason 6 drops March 28th - here’s a sample of who and what you’ll hear!
Refresher: Pi Day in Prison
March 14, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBIt's March 14th, aka 3.14 ... so Happy Pi Day! To help you get in the zone, we're re-airing an episode from last year recounting the Math Therapy team's Pi Day 2023 trip to Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Michigan. This stemmed from Vanessa's Season 3, Episode 10 interview with Christopher Havens, an inmate serving a 25-year sentence for murder who has rehabilitated himself with math and founded the Prison Mathematics Project. Find out more about PMP at prisonmathproject.org where ...
The Awkward Return?! (S6 is coming)
March 07, 2024 11:00 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MBThe rumours are true! (The rumours that Vanessa has been spreading herself.) Season 6 of Math Therapy launches March 28th! To get you hyped while we get this batch of episodes ready for you, here are some brief thoughts she recorded immediately after we finished a marathon 10 interviews over 4 days. What themes did she cover? Will she or her guests get cancelled this season? How much did she annoy her producer David? You be the judge ... Make sure you're subscribed to the podcast feed...
The Awkward Goodbye
October 19, 2023 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.87 MBDon't worry, Math Therapy isn't going anywhere ... but here's a fun bonus episode as we look back on an incredible 5th season! It was a total success in every possible way, except one: for whatever reason, Vanessa lost the ability to simply say "goodbye" at the end of the interviews. This hadn't been an issue in previous seasons but she somehow got very in her head about it, and when her producer David recently listened back to them he thought they were hilarious and had to be shared our l...
Embracing your limitless mind w/ Jo Boaler
July 20, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBIn Vanessa's masters thesis titled "Imagining a World Where Paris Hilton Loves Math", there was nobody quoted more frequently than today's guest, Stanford professor Dr. Jo Boaler. On the season 5 finale of Math Therapy, Vanessa sits down with her math ed hero to discuss how limiting beliefs vs a growth mindset impact the brain, how struggle and mistake-making benefit learning, and the extremely personal resistance she's faced in a career dedicated to making math more equitable and accessibl...
Teaching students to ... think?! w/ Peter Liljedahl
July 13, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBPeter Liljedahl is literally changing the math classroom. His book "Building Thinking Classrooms" has taken the educational world by storm with a simple message: instead of teaching students to memorize, we have to teach them to think. Sounds trite, but if you ... think about it, traditional classrooms are not designed that way! Today, Peter explains to Vanessa how a "thinking classroom" swaps out tables for vertical whiteboards to reduce barriers for student interaction in problem-solvin...
Mistakes: Villains or Heroes?
July 06, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBShould mistake-making be encouraged in math class? Or should mistakes be shamed because “in the real world” you can get fired from your job from making a mistake? You can probably guess how Vanessa feels, but a fellow educator recently disagreed … so of course she took to Twitter and a spirited convo ensued! On today’s episode she further outer-processes her thoughts on this topic, and shares two classroom exercises that encourage constructive mistake-making and help normalize growth from f...
Centering student voice in math class w/ Crystal Watson
June 29, 2023 10:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBToday's guest literally entered the chat wearing a t-shirt that read "TRUTH MATTERS”, and that sure set the tone for this wide-ranging episode! Crystal M. Watson is an educator who firmly believes in centering student voices in the classroom, and she also advocates for empowering students by making math practical and meaningful to their life experience. Throw in some discussion on defining success, different approaches to grading, and a simple but thorough explanation of what "critical rac...
Redefining "Success"
June 22, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBIn today's episode, Vanessa explores the dangers of narrowly defining success and argues that contrary to popular belief, failure and success are actually BFF, not opposites (looking at you, Merriam-Webster!). She also shares a practical classroom tool for teachers and students to collaborate on shared definitions of success to support everyone's learning. Connect with us: Vanessa Vakharia: @themathguru (Insta, Twitter, TikTok) Math Therapy: @maththerapy (Twitter)
Refresher: Drag queens & math class w/ Kyne Santos
June 15, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBIn honour of Pride Month, we're taking a mid-season 5 break to re-air one of our all-time fave episodes featuring mathematician / drag queen Kyne Santos. Drag has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons, so we wanted to share Kyne's inspiring story of breaking stereotypes and defying the haters. If you're new to the podcast we also highly recommend going back and listening to the season 4 finale with Dr. Anthony Bonato which dove further into the fraught relationship between aca...
How struggle leads to growth w/ Robert Kaplinsky
June 08, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBThink of this week's episode as a kind of reverse palate cleanser ... Vanessa and today's guest Robert Kaplinsky more than make up for the lack of swearing last week! What got them fired up? Oh, just the systemic barriers to educational reform and the lack of support for both teachers and students when it comes to working through math anxiety ... But don't worry, it's not all doom and gloom; Robert is certain that if we make math more practical to daily life and more welcoming to a diversi...
How trauma affects the brain w/ Liesl McConchie
June 01, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBLast week's episode featured a deep dive with Vanessa into math trauma: what it is and how to avoid it. Today, brain expert Liesl McConchie joins her to explain the neurological science of trauma, debunk the myth of the "math gene", and discuss the hopeful promise of neuroplasticity. And not to be all clickbaity, but Vanessa ends up sharing some pretty intense math trauma of her own... About Liesl: (Twitter, Website) Liesl McConchie is an international expert on how the brain learns, and ...
What even is math trauma?
May 25, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBEach episode, Vanessa discusses the impacts that math trauma can have on our collective relationship with math. But she realized she's never explained what it is! In this episode she defines what math trauma actually is, unpacks why traumatic educational experiences happen more often in math than in other subjects, and lists 8 common causes of math trauma for educators to be aware of. The tweet that started it all Free webinar by Dr. Kasi Allen: Math Trauma: Healing Our Classrooms, Our S...
Mathers gonna math w/ Deborah Peart
May 18, 2023 10:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBYou know how readers read and writers write? Well one day Deborah Peart decided that math should also be a verb, so she created the Mather movement. She and Vanessa discuss the difference between a "mather" and a "mathematician", how numeracy and literacy are basically the same thing, and how bringing a mindfulness approach to her classrooms led to her being known by her students simply as "Peace Lady". Shake up your glitter jar (yep, that's a thing) and settle in for this hilarious and u...
Teaching math as an act of protest w/ Dan Meyer
May 11, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBWhen Vanessa crossed paths with Dan Meyer at a math conference, she sensed some pushback on her concept of math therapy. So naturally, she invited him on the podcast to get into it! The ensuing rollercoaster interview blurred lines between clearing the air and settling the score, as they hilariously debated hot topics ranging from the need for student-centred educational reform ... to which of them holds the most impressive Guinness World Record. You be the judge! About Dan: (Twitter, Sub...
Season 5 trailer
May 08, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 1.69 MBWe have some serious A-list math celebs coming at your podcast feeds over the next 10 weeks - here's a little sample until season 5 launches this Thursday!
Exciting update w/ Jill from Season 2!
May 04, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes - 9.52 MBLongtime listeners will remember Season 2's Jill Waddell who shared her inspiring decision to switch careers at age 40 and go back to school for power engineering - facing down her lifelong math anxiety along the way! Vanessa caught up with her after graduation to find out how things turned out (spoiler alert - she was class valedictorian!) and hear what advice she'd give her younger self. Jill's epic story can show everyone that it's never too late in life to face your fears ... even i...
Pi Day in Prison (Seriously)
March 30, 2023 11:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBThere's no other way to say this: we went to prison for Pi Day this year. Longtime listeners will remembers Vanessa's fascinating and inspiring interview with Christopher Havens, an inmate serving a 25-year sentence for murder who has rehabilitated himself with math and founded the Prison Mathematics Project (Season 3, Episode 10). Vanessa helped with the virtual Pi Day celebration last year, but this year was a first: PMP was able to host an in-person event at Bellamy Creek Correctional F...
Math reform under attack w/ Jo Boaler
March 23, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBMath Therapy is (briefly) back! We've been hard at work on a new season which I can't wait for you to hear soon, but I had to share an excerpt of one of the interviews I just did - you'll see why. Stanford professor Jo Boaler is one of my math heroes, I referenced her all through my master's thesis, and her work in trying to make math education more equitable has been an inspiration to literally millions of people. But there are some who disagree with her vision so much that they have tak...
S4E10: Queering math w/ Dr. Anthony Bonato
May 26, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes - 37 MBIn our final episode of the season, Vanessa chats with math professor Dr. Anthony Bonato about what it means to be queer in - let’s face it - the historically snobby and closed-minded field that is math. But as soon as you hear Anthony in today’s episode, you’ll understand there will be no silencing his advocacy for diversity & inclusion in math … or for that matter his insistence that Adele’s album titles actually form a unique prime-numbers based mathematical sequence?! Anthony discusses ...
S4E09: Giving students the voice they deserve w/ Rosalind Wiseman
May 19, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBDid you know that the infamous math movie Mean Girls was actually inspired by Rosalind Wiseman’s non-fiction book called Queen Bees and Wannabes? Today Vanessa talks to Rosalind about why we need to change the media and messaging that girls get about how it’s not “cool” to be good at math. How can we teach students that they can be good at more than one thing? How can we help them embrace who they are individually in the face of the completely insane pressures of high school!?! Well, don’t ...
S4E08: “Dude Walls” & the lost women of science w/ Katie Hafner
May 12, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBYou’re probably thinking “what the F*CK is a dude wall?!”, and today Vanessa talks to the incredible Katie Hafner to find out. Katie is an author, journalist, and host of the podcast “Lost Women of Science,” whose mission is to tell the stories of female scientists who history has inconveniently forgotten. But how do we prevent this from happening in the future? How do we encourage more girls and women to go into STEM, and how do we ensure their portraits aren’t left off the walls of our ac...
S4E07: Defying Asian math stereotypes w/ Steven Tran
May 05, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes - 39.5 MBOne of the missions of this podcast is challenging stereotypes, and on today’s episode we tackle a big one: Asians and math. Steven Tran grew up with Asian parents, and the pressures and expectations from his family, community, and society as a whole affected his perception of his own math ability. Getting caught cheating in high school could have led him down a very different educational path if not for a teacher that treated him with genuine care and compassion, and, most importantly, bel...
S4E06: From mathochistic to mathcurious w/ A.K. Whitney
April 28, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MBThis one’s for all the adults out there who are like “hmmm maybe it’s not too late to learn a little math…”! On today’s episode Vanessa talks to journalist A.K. Whitney, who went back to school at 38 to learn math and chronicled it in Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, and her own podcast/website delightfully titled “The Mathochism Project”. She is basically the definition of overcoming math trauma and making it less of a stigma - but how did she do it? Why don’t more people do it? And how c...
S4E05: Compassion & confidence in the classroom w/ Sophie Soberano
April 21, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBNothing shows how important teacher-student relationships can be than actually being friends with some of your students over a DECADE later, as is the case with Vanessa and Sophie Soberano. Sophie was one of Vanessa’s first tutoring students, long before The Math Guru even existed! Sophie went from daily math meltdowns in high school to becoming a math teacher who leads her class with compassion and creativity, and today she shares how she uses a mindfulness approach to get her students read...
S4E04: Dancing on the moon w/ Dr. Merritt Moore
April 14, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBToday’s guest has a dream: to dance on the moon. With a robot. The craziest part? This is actually an attainable goal for Dr. Merritt Moore, better known as the “Quantum Ballerina”! Merritt has a PhD in Atomic & Laser Physics and is also a professional ballerina, and if that’s not enough for one resumé, she was recently selected for astronaut training. She went viral during a pandemic lockdown with a video of her dancing with an actual robot as her partner. Today, Merritt tells Vanessa ab...
S4E03: 4 million subscribers watch this guy do math w/ Grant Sanderson
April 07, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBToday’s guest is an actual celeb in the math-world. We’re talking A-list, we’re talking literally MILLIONS OF FANS. Grant Sanderson explains very high level math on his YouTube channel, 3Blue1Brown, in a way that is accessible for anyone to tune in and learn from! Vanessa and Grant discuss how he makes math so appealing and unintimidating, how a feeling of discovery or usefulness can help students develop a sense of ownership over a topic, and how teachers can motivate their students to pay...
S4E03: 4 million subscribers watch this guy do math w/ Grant Sanderson
April 07, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBToday’s guest is an actual celeb in the math-world. We’re talking A-list, we’re talking literally MILLIONS OF FANS. Grant Sanderson explains very high level math on his YouTube channel, 3Blue1Brown, in a way that is accessible for anyone to tune in and learn from! Vanessa and Grant discuss how he makes math so appealing and unintimidating, how a feeling of discovery or usefulness can help students develop a sense of ownership over a topic, and how teachers can motivate their students to pay...
S4E02: Is math the ultimate catfish? w/ Terilisha
March 31, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 32.9 MBWe’re not the only ones who binge-watched Netflix’s The Circle over the pandemic, and one reason we were OBSESSED was the breakout star of the show: Terilisha, a math teacher AND musician, who stole our hearts with her IDGAF attitude! Today Vanessa chats with Terilisha about her experience on the show, how the media (and society) struggle to accept that people can be multifaceted, how the educational system fails us early by not prioritizing practical math skills like personal finances, and ...
S4E01: Can math predict the Oscars? w/ Ben Zauzmer
March 24, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBWill you be watching the Oscars this Sunday, comparing the winners with your predictions? Well one person who definitely will be is our first guest of season 4 - Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics! Ben, who is also the director of baseball analytics for the New York Mets, uses stats from past and present awards to try to predict this year's winners, and we also discuss representation and diversity among award winners and across all media, as well as the classic Math Therapy debate: can mat...
Season 4 trailer
March 17, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.23 MBWe are BACK! We've got 10 incredible and inspiring guests lined up for the new season of Math Therapy, each with a totally different history and relationship with math. Season 4 launches March 24th and because that’s a few days before the Oscars, we’re starting with a fascinating chat with Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics - he uses statistics to try to predict this year’s winners! We discuss some juicy topics like representation and diversity in the media & among award-winners, and how...
Season 4 drops March 24!
March 17, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 4.23 MBWe are BACK! We've got 10 incredible and inspiring guests lined up for the new season of Math Therapy, each with a totally different history and relationship with math. Season 4 launches March 24th and because that’s a few days before the Oscars, we’re starting with a fascinating chat with Ben Zauzmer, author of Oscarmetrics - he uses statistics to try to predict this year’s winners! We discuss some juicy topics like representation and diversity in the media & among award-winners, and how...
S3E10: How math rehabilitated a murderer w/ Christopher Havens
June 10, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MBWhen this podcast started, interviewing a convicted murderer - while he was still in prison, no less - was admittedly not on Vanessa’s “Math Therapy guest” bingo card. But then we heard how Christopher Havens discovered math in solitary confinement halfway through a 25-year sentence, and committed the rest of his life to rehabilitating himself and repaying his debt to society. On today’s season 3 finale of Math Therapy, Vanessa chats with Christopher about how a lack of purpose in his youth...
S3E09: I’m not a math person, don’t @ me w/ Bex
June 03, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBThe year was 2020. A tweet went viral on the interwebs and Vanessa damn near lost her mind. Somewhere in the UK, Bex had tweeted that the best part of being an adult was “opting out” of math; online mag Bustle picked it up and next thing we know Bex was on our podcast - turns out she’s even more hilarious over Zoom than she is on Twitter! On today’s episode she describes how dyscalculia (number dyslexia) influenced her rocky relationship with math, how she learned to cope and ended up workin...
S3E08: There are no stupid questions w/ Roger Fischer
May 27, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBAlright teachers, this one’s for you! Today Vanessa chats with Dr. Roger Fischer, an educator from Montana who is not just a hardcore fan of the podcast but also a natural math therapist himself! Roger explains how small instances of math trauma can lead to long-term effects on students, how he incorporates mindfulness and compassion into his lesson plans, and how there is absolutely no such thing as a stupid question. About Roger Dr. Roger Fischer loves math. He hasn’t always loved it, th...
S3E07: Challenging stereotypes by fulfilling them w/ Abby Govindan
May 20, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MBWe all hate harmful stereotypes, but have you ever thought of breaking stereotypes … by simply fulfilling them?! Being an Indian woman who doesn’t like STEM carries many consequences, and on today’s episode, Vanessa talks to South Asian comedian Abby Govindan about how women are pressured to either resist or conform to social and cultural expectations, and how she’s navigated that struggle through humour - especially through provocative tweets which is how Vanessa found her in the first plac...
S3E06: Why representation matters w/ Brittany Rhodes
May 13, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBForget Uber Eats - get some math delivered to your doorstep! Yep, that’s a thing, and it’s all thanks to Brittany Rhodes, the founder of math-activity subscription-box company Black Girl MATHgic! Vanessa chats with Brittany about why she saw a need for representation in math education, how consistency is the key to kids building confidence in their skills, and how her quest to show Black girls that they belong in the world of math has been so successful that she’s even received a shoutout fr...
S3E05: How brands can use their power for good w/ Candace Borland
May 06, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MBLate last year AT&T ran a full-page ad in the New York Times depicting a mother and daughter in despair over math homework, and Vanessa was NOT impressed. Whether we realize it or not (and we usually don’t), the media plays a massive role in shaping everything from our collective social values to our individual self-worth. So what if brands acknowledged that responsibility and used marketing not just to sell products but to also promote positive change in the world? Today Vanessa speaks w...
S3E04: Mathfluencers, Mean Girls & more w/ Esther Brunat
April 29, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBYep, you read that right: mathfluencers are the future of education and today’s guest is leading the way! Esther Brunat and The Squadratics (think Mean Girls but like, if Mean Girls somehow had even MORE math) are on a mission to market math to Gen Z, and they’re gaining mad momentum. Today Vanessa talks to Esther about how teachers can embrace new technology, genuinely connect with their students, and even learn valuable marketing lessons from hideous footwear trends. See you on the 'gram! ...
Extra Credit: Spirituality & Science
April 27, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBThis season's interviews were all done remotely over Zoom with our producer Sabina Wex and technical producer David Kochberg listening in, and the conversations were so much fun that we often kept chatting after the actual interviews were over! Vanessa's convo last week with astrologer Anthony Perrotta got us all especially fired up, and since she and Sabina are super into astrology and tarot, and David is super NOT, we wanted to share a little bonus episode diving further into the overlap ...
S3E03: Albert Einstein was a f*cking Pisces w/ Anthony Perrotta
April 22, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBIf you follow Vanessa on Instagram, you may know that a) she has really gotten into astrology, and b) that is slightly controversial for an aspiring mathfluencer**. So today Vanessa is joined by modern astro-celeb Anthony Perrotta to discuss how his background in architecture and love of math led him to exploring patterns in the movements of our universe and the use of sacred geometry through history. Together they explore how spirituality and science can coexist and even complement each o...
S3E02: The math teacher that changed my life w/ Ewa Kasinska
April 15, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MBIt is no exaggeration to say that this podcast (and Vanessa’s entire career in math education) would not exist if she hadn't crossed paths with superhero math teacher Ewa Kasinska in high school. Today, Ewa spills the tea on what Vanessa was like as a 17-year-old, how she managed to turn a math-hater into a Math Guru, and what the media gets wrong about teachers, and she also shares her fave tips for teachers on how to engage, inspire, and excite even the most skeptical students. Ewa also c...
S3E01: A drag queen walks into a math class ... w/ Kyne Santos
April 08, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 46.7 MBSeason 3 of Math Therapy kicks off today with a brand new theme: math in the media! Historically, media representations of math have left a LOT to be desired, but change is in the air and we are HERE for it. Today Vanessa chats with / fangirls over Kyne Santos - a true trailblazer when it comes to showing how complex and multi-dimensional we can be if we give ourselves permission! From fierce competition on Canada’s Drag Race to taking math viral on TikTok, they discuss how Kyne has been re...
Season 3 Trailer
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.1 MBSeason 3 starts April 8th, and for the next 10 weeks Vanessa Vakharia, aka The Math Guru, will be exploring the relationship between math and the media with a diverse range of guests. Subscribe now! Follow Vanessa @themathguru on Instagram or Twitter Math Therapy is also on Twitter: @maththerapy Transcript for this episode can be found at www.maththerapypodcast.com
Mailbag #2: Teachers Tell All!
March 25, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MBWe're back!! Well, we'll be back for real April 8th when Season 3 of Math Therapy officially launches. To get in the zone, today Vanessa is sharing a few short stories we received from some teachers who are determined to be part of the education solution after their own brushes with math trauma. If any of these stories resonated with you, let Vanessa know @themathguru on Instagram or Twitter, and follow our brand new Twitter account @maththerapy! If you have a story you want us to consi...