Latest Math trauma Podcast Episodes
S4E09: Giving students the voice they deserve w/ Rosalind Wiseman
Math Therapy - May 19, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsDid 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 c...
S4E08: “Dude Walls” & the lost women of science w/ Katie Hafner
Math Therapy - May 12, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsYou’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 inconvenientl...
S4E07: Defying Asian math stereotypes w/ Steven Tran
Math Therapy - May 05, 2022 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsOne 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 abili...
S4E06: From mathochistic to mathcurious w/ A.K. Whitney
Math Therapy - April 28, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis 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/websit...
S4E05: Compassion & confidence in the classroom w/ Sophie Soberano
Math Therapy - April 21, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsNothing 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 f...
S4E04: Dancing on the moon w/ Dr. Merritt Moore
Math Therapy - April 14, 2022 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsToday’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 ...
S4E03: 4 million subscribers watch this guy do math w/ Grant Sanderson
Math Therapy - April 07, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsToday’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 ...
S4E03: 4 million subscribers watch this guy do math w/ Grant Sanderson
Math Therapy - April 07, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsToday’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 ...
S4E02: Is math the ultimate catfish? w/ Terilisha
Math Therapy - March 31, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWe’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 th...
S4E01: Can math predict the Oscars? w/ Ben Zauzmer
Math Therapy - March 24, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWill 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 ...
Season 4 drops March 24!
Math Therapy - March 17, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWe 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...
Season 4 trailer
Math Therapy - March 17, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWe 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...
S3E10: How math rehabilitated a murderer w/ Christopher Havens
Math Therapy - June 10, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWhen 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 committ...
S3E09: I’m not a math person, don’t @ me w/ Bex
Math Therapy - June 03, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThe 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...
S3E08: There are no stupid questions w/ Roger Fischer
Math Therapy - May 27, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsAlright 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 ...
S3E07: Challenging stereotypes by fulfilling them w/ Abby Govindan
Math Therapy - May 20, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWe 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 eit...
S3E06: Why representation matters w/ Brittany Rhodes
Math Therapy - May 13, 2021 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsForget 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 consi...
S3E05: How brands can use their power for good w/ Candace Borland
Math Therapy - May 06, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsLate 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 ...
S3E04: Mathfluencers, Mean Girls & more w/ Esther Brunat
Math Therapy - April 29, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsYep, 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 Vane...
Extra Credit: Spirituality & Science
Math Therapy - April 27, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis 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 ...
S3E03: Albert Einstein was a f*cking Pisces w/ Anthony Perrotta
Math Therapy - April 22, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIf 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 l...
S3E02: The math teacher that changed my life w/ Ewa Kasinska
Math Therapy - April 15, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIt 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-...
S3E01: A drag queen walks into a math class ... w/ Kyne Santos
Math Therapy - April 08, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSeason 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...
Season 3 Trailer
Math Therapy - April 01, 2021 10:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSeason 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: @mathther...
Mailbag #2: Teachers Tell All!
Math Therapy - March 25, 2021 10:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsWe'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 trau...
The square root of possible w/ the creators of Netflix's Jingle Jangle!
Math Therapy - December 17, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsIt’s a Math Therapy holiday miracle!! After bawling her eyes out watching the groundbreaking Netflix Christmas movie Jingle Jangle and raving about it to literally everyone in earshot, Vanessa had the most festive chat in the history of the podcast with the film’s creators! Writer/director Dav...
Why is no one listening to John Mighton?! w/ John Mighton
Math Therapy - August 06, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis season of Math Therapy might be over, but not before Vanessa meets her own personal mathematical hero, Canada’s very own Dr. John Mighton. Brace yourself for a season finale filled with joy, laughter, and tears (shockingly, NOT Vanessa’s) as Vanessa and Dr. Mighton dig deep into the way in ...
S2E10: Why is no one listening to John Mighton?! w/ John Mighton
Math Therapy - August 06, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis season of Math Therapy might be over, but not before Vanessa meets her own personal mathematical hero, Canada’s very own Dr. John Mighton. Brace yourself for a season finale filled with joy, laughter, and tears (shockingly, NOT Vanessa’s) as Vanessa and Dr. Mighton dig deep into the way in ...
Nature, meet Nurture w/ Tamara Rebick & her kids
Math Therapy - July 30, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week Vanessa goes out on a limb and does something she’s never done before on the pod: she talks to real, actual children (and their mom, of course)! Despite her rocky relationship with math growing up, Tamara Rebick chats with Vanessa about her determination to show her two daughters that ...
S2E09: Nature, meet Nurture w/ Tamara Rebick & her kids
Math Therapy - July 30, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsThis week Vanessa goes out on a limb and does something she’s never done before on the pod: she talks to real, actual children (and their mom, of course)! Despite her rocky relationship with math growing up, Tamara Rebick chats with Vanessa about her determination to show her two daughters that ...
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