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Math Therapy

Vanessa Vakharia, aka The Math Guru

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Math 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 ...
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Adding It All Up

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) welcomes you to Adding It All Up —a podcast created by and for mathematics educators and teachers. Join us each month as we explore current topics, insights, and emerging trends with thought leaders in the math community.
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The Dork Forest

Jackie Kashian

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The Dork Forest is a show where I, Jackie Kashian, interview everyone and anyone about what they really really like. ie thier dorkdom. Started in 2006, the youtube page has clips and full episodes. www.jackiekashian.com and www.dorkforest.com will lead you to all the information you may ever need re this show and Jackie's standup. Guests speak to their love of books, TV, Movies, Comic books, websites, food, wrestling, cars, action figures and bees. Thanks for enjoying the show.
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Have you ever imagined what role teaching and learning could play in the evolution of our species? Or how teaching and learning might change as we change, or reflect changes we need to make? If these questions resonate with you, or make you curious or excited, we want you to start conversations where you are too! In Season 1, we're going to explore how teaching, learning, and education might transform to reflect our changing needs as humans, and how we exist together.
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Carla is: a bookdragon; a 50-something with psychology and counseling degrees with post-grad work in grief/loss/trauma, sex crimes, and forensic anthropology; a woman who has lived in three haunted houses; a former freelance journalist and counselor, who is never bored; a disabled introvert who sees connections everywhere--like John Nash, only less math-y; a knitting fidget who loves horror movies with a skewed passion. Like one of her heroes, Harriet the Spy, she wants to learn everything a ...
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ELIX Greece

ELIX Greece

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ELIX is a non-governmental organisation in Greece providing non-formal education. On this podcast channel you will find remote learning resources for language learners of Greek as foreign language in the framework of the programme "The Learning for Integration Project: Quality Learning and Non-Formal Education for Refugee and Migrant Children and Adults in Greece" with the support of UNICEF, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and DG HOME. The Mini Kids Podcast series is being pro ...
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A grown-up fairytale for the soul. What if healing didn't come with instructions—but with a story? Santa Land is a place for the dreamers, the seekers, and the beautifully misunderstood. Created and hosted by Tony Felice, this podcast offers weekly ten-minute story episodes followed by gentle reflections—part personal journey, part universal truth. Guided by a wise little cricket, you'll explore identity, existence, grief, trauma, transformation… and the quiet, unwavering power of love. Told ...
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Girl Talk

Mericha

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Find Your Tribe!!! Join Mericha, Cara T & Raquel for Girl Talk...Conversing about marriage, singleness, relationships, family, children, careers, and spirituality. This podcast broadcasts live from Glory 93.9FM Studios in Nassau, The Bahamas.
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A podcast for collective (un)learning in the struggle for intersectional liberation. We focus on educational realms, expanding to other societal areas. We share our stories as academics as well as those of our featured guests, including disability activists involved with multifaceted dimensions of system’s equity, self-determination efforts, anti-ableist and antiracist liberation. Join us as co-conspirators. This podcast is also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DES_podcast
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I’m Michael Rosenbaum, I’ve spent the better part of the last two decades in and out of film and television - mostly known for playing the bald dude on the show Smallville. I’m the guy that you probably don’t know by name, but when you see my face you might say “oh, that guy from that thing.” I’ve befriended some of the most talented people in the business, but it wasn’t until I started inviting them into my home that I realized, I didn’t really know these people. What started as me having s ...
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Forks

Alexis Hood & Amie Plourde

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Forks is a podcast about what happens when life doesn’t go as planned — and how we find our way forward. 🎧 New here? Start with our intro episode: on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Each week, longtime friends and hosts Alexis Hood and Amie Plourde sit down with people who’ve faced tough situations: mental health struggles, addiction, incarceration, divorce, job loss, grief, identity shifts — and chose to build something honest and meaningful in the aftermath. Whether you’re standing at your own ...
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Tyron Motif 3x published author from New York. A hiphop baby loving the African culture, traveling and currently trying this YouTuber thing out. Im thinking about leaving America behind for Beautiful Mother Africa. When I do I promise to take all of you guys with me for the journey. This Podcast is categorized as Comedy and all statements are simply jokes or alleged! Tyron Motif on YouTube Instagram and twitch Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act
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Join NCTM President Latrenda Knighten and the new President-elect, Dewey Gottlieb, for part one of a two-part conversation with Vanessa Vakharia. They'll discuss students’ relationships with mathematics and how educators can empower and guide them to realize they are fully capable of understanding it.…
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In this episode of Forks, we sit down with Vanessa Vakharia, founder of The Math Guru, bestselling author of Math Hacks and Math Therapy, and frontwoman of the indie rock band Goodnight Sunrise. After failing math twice in high school, Vanessa was convinced she “just wasn’t a math person.” Years later, she’s built a movement around proving that bel…
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Today we follow-up last week's episode with unfiltered celeb moms Cat and Nat (listen here) by interviewing Nat's daughter Taylor! Currently in Grade 11, she's a wealth of hard-earned wisdom, having taken her education into her own hands to overcome a system that literally told her not to bother even tryin…
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Catherine Wacha (@catherinewacha catherinewacha.bandcamp.com) explains why the multifaceted career of Paul Williams is THE BEST. I am convinced. You will love. Every November and December I ask that you NOT donate to the Dork Forest but find your local food bank and give as much as you can to them. FeedingAmerica.com has a listing OR google “your t…
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Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills 90210, Smallville, The Masked Singer) joins us this week for a candid and funny conversation about early fame, learning boundaries, and finding peace through growth. Brian talks about his wild 90210 years, the pressure of sudden fame, and how therapy, fatherhood, and self-awareness have shaped him into who he is to…
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There is nothing easy about life in the United States right now, and being an educator holds an increasing weight and tension. Education, as an institution, is facing an existential crisis and without the certainty that education itself still matters, what can give us certainty? What can we believe in that matters, regardless of our status or posit…
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) From the moment Vanessa met bestselling authors/podcasters Cat and Nat on Breakfast Television, where the 2 moms proudly professed to hate math ... she knew she had to have them on Math Therapy to dig deeper and find out why. They are the definition of unfiltered, so they are a perfect fit! This interview …
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In which Carla reenters the…why is it a house of leaves? Sources and references: The House of Leaves universe: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple, Spotify Starling House, Alix E. Harrow https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781250799067 House of Windows by John Langan and Adam Levi…
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Thank you to our sponsors: 🏠 Wayfair: ⁠https://www.wayfair.com/⁠ 🍽️ Factor: ⁠https://factormeals.com/inside50off⁠ ❤️ This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at ⁠https://betterhelp.com/inside⁠ and get on your way to being your best self Allison Mack (Smallville, Wilfred) joins us for one of the most raw and reflective conv…
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) *call-out before we get into today's ep* - If you or a colleague/parent/student has a story about incorporating the absurd 6-7 phenomenon into actual learning, we need you! Seriously, send us a brief text or a voicenote via Instagram DM or email. We've heard some stories and want to do an episode about enh…
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Sally Ann Hall (@meSallyAnn and FunnySallyAnn.com) is a comic with her first album and special coming out - look for “Pretty Dead Wife” picked five Sci Fi movies that had some wild socialmes sages. Spoilers galore for five movies from 2012-2018. And then GalaxyQuest. Heh. Fun. PreDestinationThe EndlessJupiter AscendingHunger Games FranchiseGalaxy Q…
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Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman, About My Father) joins us this week for an unfiltered conversation about chasing approval, the grind of stand-up, and learning to slow down. Sebastian opens up about growing up with immigrant parents, bombing in his early sets, and the nerves of auditioning for Scorsese before eventually working with Robert De Ni…
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In this episode we converse with Chantal Figueroa, Ph.D., a researcher, educator, and strategist that specializes in designing evidence-based programs meant to support the mental health and wellbeing of Latine peoples. Dr. Figueroa is the co-editor of the book titled Dis/ability in the Americas: The Intersections of Education, Power, and Identity. …
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) This past weekend, hearts across North America shattered as the plucky underdog Toronto Blue Jays lost to the LA Dodgers in extra innings of the deciding Game 7 of the Major League Baseball World Series. And if none of those words matter to you at all - then you and Vanessa have much in common! However, as…
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Douglas Widick (@DouglasWidick and .com) … I remember SOME things about the Beatles and learn other things. It’s really fun. Enjoy. Every November and December I ask that you NOT donate to the Dork Forest but find your local food bank and give as much as you can to them. FeedingAmerica.com has a listing OR google “your town” and “food bank.” I beli…
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Kristen Schaal (Last Man on Earth, Bob’s Burgers) joins us this week to share her unfiltered journey through the highs and lows of Hollywood. From crashing on couches in New York and making comedy for no money, to finding her voice on South Park and building family on Bob’s Burgers, Kristen’s story is one of persistence and originality. Along the w…
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Most episodes, Vanessa is chatting with colleagues about the root causes of math anxiety/trauma and exploring how math education can change to avoid causing them. But as long as math remains a 4-letter word for some, we need some practical coping strategies! So today, Vanessa details 5 ways you can flip an…
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Cindy Caponera (@cindycaponera) is a comedy writer and she LOVES NYPD Blue and I learn why. WHY? I was once (positively) compared to Sipowitz … so there. You will love. Donateto The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and venmo is@jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠⁠www.JackieKashianStore.com⁠⁠ is the direct…
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Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, From Beyond) joins us this week to open up about her journey from cult horror icon to truth-seeking storyteller. Barbara shares what it was like growing up in a carny family, the fractured reality of her parents’ marriage, and how she eventually found closure with her father. We also talk about her early soap opera da…
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Sometimes an interview fires us up so much here at Math Therapy HQ, that we end up debriefing and debating it long after the guest has signed off - at which point producer David says to host Vanessa "we should have recorded THAT too!" So today, we actually did! We kept the mics rolling after interviewing l…
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Linda Marcus Smith (@lindamarcussmith) is a NY comic and has been a teller during four different bank robberies. It’s a crazy reminder of how people BANKED in the 1970s and 1980s. Before ATM’s and when you’d just write a check without ID. Nuts. Enjoy. Donate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and …
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Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, Burden of Truth) opens up in this week’s episode about the surprising turns of her career and the lessons learned along the way. From the sting of being fired from a pilot to the unexpected path that led her to Smallville, Kristin reflects on rejection, resilience, and finding her voice. She also talks about midlife healt…
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) What is memory? Are different brains good at memorizing different things (like math vs music)? Is memorization even a good way to learn? Why don’t we teach math like we teach reading? Why do we love puzzles and escape rooms but hate math class? Is it possible to make math learning fun?? Will Vanessa ever l…
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For our season's final episode, I wanted to bring as many of our episode themes together as possible. To make it even more interesting, the conversation takes place outside of education – as an institution – almost entirely. But so many of our concepts for this season show up – kindness, accountability and restorative processes, where public love s…
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Emily Deschanel (Bones, Animal Kingdom) joins us this week for a heartfelt and revealing conversation about stepping out of the shadow of a legacy role, balancing family with career, and embracing vulnerability as a source of strength. Emily talks about the highs and lows of working on Bones for over a decade, the unexpected adjustments of life aft…
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It’s comedy! It’s trauma. It’s Tromedy! Nancy Norton (@nancynorton) is a great comic and life time NURSE and wants to get inside the traumatic stuff in lives and make it funny. It’s fascinating. You will loveDonate to The Dork Forest if you like the show. The paypal email ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ and venmo is@jackiekashian. There is MERCH: ⁠⁠ww…
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Join NCTM President Latrenda Knighten and the new President-elect, Dewey Gottlieb, as they invite Holly Kreider to discuss daily activities that can create natural opportunities for children to build confidence in math. Center for Family Math This episode of Adding It All Up is sponsored by Prodigy Math.…
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In this episode we converse with David I. Hernández-Saca, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Northern Iowa. The conversation explores what truly matters, the role of healing, disability consciousness, immigration and citizenship, and disrupting master narratives, "common sense," and labeling pr…
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Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Today's ep ended up in a different place than Vanessa expected when she first sat down to chat with Pam Harris, founder of Math Is Figureoutable. Their first real interaction was on the DebateMath Podcast; Pam insisted that learning algorithms/shortcuts can actually hold students back from true learning, w…
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I sometimes think that if I look inside the workings of truly outstanding teachers I will always find their wildly creative twin secretly pulling the levers! That more people in academia are not strongly encouraged to not only pursue their creative interests but bring that creativity into their classrooms and scholarship kind of blows my mind. If y…
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In this episode of the DES podcast, we sit down with Dr. Rachel Lambert, associate professor at UC Santa Barbara, to discuss her groundbreaking book Rethinking Disability in Mathematics: A UDL Math Classroom Guide for Grades K-8. Dr. Lambert shares powerful stories about disability, inclusion, and the need to reimagine math education as a space of …
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