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MSA033: Till We Have Faces, Session 24

Mythgard Academy - April 26, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Tonight we will look at the final temptation of Psyche and the long-awaited reunion. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

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Why Not Futurama #83 - Bender's Game (Part 3)

Why Not Futurama? - April 25, 2024 14:12 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratings
The Planet Express crew are zapped into the fantasy realm of Cornwood when Andy and Scott review part 3 of Bender's Game. Find more Why Not Futurama? through the official RF4RM social media channels: Web | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram   Rate, review, & subscribe to Why Not Futurama? on...

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British Dandies: Engendering Scandal and Fashioning a Nation

Professor Buzzkill History Podcast - April 23, 2024 07:15 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratings
Well-dressed men have played a distinctive part in the cultural and political life of Britain over several centuries. But unlike the twenty-first-century hipster, the British dandies provoked intense degrees of fascination and horror in their homeland and played an important role in British socie...

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216: Publishing for Promotion

Academic Writing Amplified - April 23, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
In this episode, I discuss publishing for promotion within academia. As you navigate and plan your academic career, it's essential to understand how publishing intersects with each stage of a professorship. From the early years leading up to the first promotion to the later stages of tenure and ...

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BONUS: Choose Your Summer Writing Project

Academic Writing Amplified - April 18, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Today's podcast episode is designed to help you figure out your summer writing plan while you listen. If you have a backlog of papers and you want to maximize your summer writing, start with this podcast episode.  Then, if you like my style of teaching, apply for this summer’s cohort of Navi...

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EP134: Meet Retired Lt. Gen. Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr., President, Angelo State University — an award-winning Texas Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI)

In The Margins - April 18, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Meet retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr., president of Angelo State University (ASU), which continues to evolve and thrive as a leading institution in higher education in part by leveraging its opportunities. The university is dedicated to serving its diverse student population...

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Should Policy Match Voters' Preferences?

Not Another Politics Podcast - April 17, 2024 12:00 - 42 minutes
How do we know if our democracy is healthy? For political scientist, the answer often comes down to things we can measure like responsiveness to voter’s wishes. But is that really the right thing to measure? There are two camps in this debate. The empiricists want to focus on what and how we ca...

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BONUS: Using Navigate to Find Joy and Balance Post-Tenure: Client Case Study with Kirstie McAllum

Academic Writing Amplified - April 17, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Kirstie McAllum is an alumna of our Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® 12-week program. On today's episode, Kirstie shares her experience in Navigate. In Navigate, Kirstie worked to develop her decision-making skills through mission-driven time and project management (which–spoiler alert!–is the ...

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Once a King: The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII

Professor Buzzkill History Podcast - April 16, 2024 07:29 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratings
Jane Marguerite Tippett discusses her new book about Edward VIII, the English king who abdicated the throne in 1936 for the woman he loved, the American socialite Wallis Simpson. She describes the complexity of his life and the almost innumerable myths about his political views, his hopes for the...

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215: Experiments in Self-Trust

Academic Writing Amplified - April 16, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
You have the deep-rooted knowledge and experience to create the career and life that you want! But first, you must filter through all the messages about what work looks like and the social and cultural nuances in academia so you can act on your self-trust.     In today's episode, I explore t...

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570: SilmFilm 7-10: Nirnaeth Arnoediad

The Tolkien Professor - April 12, 2024 22:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 198 ratings
Having planned the outline of Season 7, it is now time to think in a little more detail about the last quarter of the season: the Battle itself. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

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569: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 70

The Tolkien Professor - April 12, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 198 ratings
Today Maggie and Corey return to Tolkien in order to begin looking more carefully at the act of translation being done in the process of the conversion from book to film. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 70, recorded on April 8, 2024. Join us o...

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MSA033: Till We Have Faces, Session 23

Mythgard Academy - April 12, 2024 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Tonight we and Orual look back at the earlier narrative with a new perspective. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAvd

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Provost Laurie McCauley shares vision for making education more accessible

Michigan Minds - April 12, 2024 16:48 - 19 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratings
UM's Vision 2034 is the outcome of the yearlong strategic visioning process that engaged more than 25,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors, and local community members. UM's vision to be the defining public university outlines four areas where the university will make dramatic and focuse...

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BONUS: Revisiting the Ideal Week

Academic Writing Amplified - April 11, 2024 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
On today’s bonus podcast episode, I’m revisiting the Ideal Week and explaining an up-leveled way to use it to create the career (and life) you want.   If you want spaciousness in your calendar, time to think and read and write, then this bonus podcast episode is for you!   When you creat...

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Why Not Futurama #82 - Bender's Game (Part 2)

Why Not Futurama? - April 11, 2024 03:07 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 59 ratings
Andy and Scott join Fry, Leela, and Farnsworth in their war against Mom when they look at part 2 of Bender's Game. Find more Why Not Futurama? through the official RF4RM social media channels: Web | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram   Rate, review, & subscribe to Why Not Futurama? on: Ap...

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BONUS: Using Navigate to plan for Full: Client Case Study with Michelle Espino

Academic Writing Amplified - April 10, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
Michelle Espino is an alumna of our Navigate: Your Writing Roadmap® 12-week program. On today's episode, Michelle shares her experience in the Navigate!  More about Michelle: Dr. Michelle M. Espino (she/ella) is a first-generation college student and an associate professor in the Higher Educ...

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Ballot Disqualifications and the Fourteenth Amendment

Emphasis Added - April 09, 2024 18:00 - 46 minutes
In this episode of Emphasis Added, Season 5 hosts Jake Guarino and Harrison Little meet with Emily Berman, a  Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and an expert in constitutional law. In our discussion, we examine the recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Trump v. Anderson concer...

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Ballot Disqualifications and the Fourteenth Amendment

Emphasis Added - April 09, 2024 18:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
In this episode of Emphasis Added, Season 5 hosts Jake Guarino and Harrison Little meet with Emily Berman, a  Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center and an expert in constitutional law. In our discussion, we examine the recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Trump v. Anderson concer...

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The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory

Professor Buzzkill History Podcast - April 09, 2024 08:20 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratings
Professor Adam Domby explains why the Lost Cause of the Confederacy is full of fraud, fabrication, and white supremacy. And he analyzes how it is expressed in statuary, memory, and commemoration in the American south in the Jim Crow era. This is a complete examination of the Lost Cause and its de...

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214: Book Review of Slow Productivity by Cal Newport

Academic Writing Amplified - April 09, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
In today's episode, I review Cal Newport's latest book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. I loved his book Deep Think and recommend it often. I was excited to read his newest work and wanted to relay my thoughts and insights to you!  In Slow Productivity: The L...

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President Santa J. Ono shares vision on democracy and engagement

Michigan Minds - April 08, 2024 12:42 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratings
In January 2034, president Santa J. Ono set the university on a path to imagine what aspirations the University of Michigan could achieve in the next 10 years. UM's Vision 2034 is the outcome of the yearlong strategic visioning process that engaged more than 25,000 students, faculty, staff, alum...

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Dealing with plastic that can't be recycled

Michigan Minds - April 04, 2024 13:56 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 7 ratings
Consumers have to wrangle with a sticky issue: Much of the plastic used every day can't be recycled. And the kind of recycling that can be done is called mechanical recycling, which means that plastic that can be recycled is simply broken down to be repurposed as other plastic objects, often wh...

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BONUS: Mission-guided Time and Project Management

Academic Writing Amplified - April 04, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 45 ratings
In the age of “productivity hacks” and “there’s an app for that,” you might be pursuing tools for time and project management instead of the actual skills needed for better time and project management.   In Navigate, we teach mission-guided time and project management skills. You will refine...

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EP133: Improving Student Success and Reducing Equity Gaps with Dr. Monica Parrish Trent

In The Margins - April 04, 2024 04:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
Meet Dr. Monica Parrish Trent, chief program and network officer at Achieving the Dream (ATD). Trent's career spans over 25 years, during which she has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to improving student success and reducing equity gaps, particularly for BIPOC and low-income students. Her e...

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567: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 68

The Tolkien Professor - April 03, 2024 17:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 198 ratings
Happy Gondorian New Year! Corey and Maggie celebrate the day with a discussion of their discussion of the adaptation of the Prologue to the Lord of the Rings. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 68, recorded on March 25, 2024. Join us on Mondays ...

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568: Other Minds and Hands, Episode 69

The Tolkien Professor - April 03, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 198 ratings
Maggie and Corey make a brief return to Arrakis this evening, joined once more by our resident Dune experts, Dom Nardi and Trevor Brierly Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 69, recorded on April 1, 2024. Join us on Mondays at 4:30 PM ET, on this...

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MSA033: Till We Have Faces, Session 22

Mythgard Academy - April 03, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 76 ratings
Orual absorbs what she learned in her day in court. Join us on the Signum University Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/szXMFAv

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Podcast 19: Stress and Anxiety

Are You Invisible? Tips and Tricks for Adults with Learning Disabilities and Dyslexia - April 03, 2024 16:00 - 56 minutes
What's something everybody today has in common?  Lots, and lots, and lots of stress and anxiety. Plus, having an invisible disability can bring an extra load of craziness.  Check out this podcast to see if this applies to you.....

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Erin McElroy on Silicon Valley Imperialism

Imagine Otherwise by Ideas on Fire - April 03, 2024 15:50 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
How has the Silicon Valley form of technocapitalism shaped geographies around the world? In episode 159 of Imagine Otherwise, host Cathy Hannabach interviews Ideas on Fire author, University of Washington geography professor, and housing justice activist Erin McElroy about the global reach of ...