Épisodes

  • Episode 1 - Making Sense of the World
    Aug 20 2024

    A conversation with Dominic Gangemi on making sense of the world. We start with a quote from Psalm 104 and discuss how science tries to understand the world we live in.

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    24 min
  • Episode 12 - Evidence-Based Mantra, Shibboleth, Whatever
    Jul 16 2024

    An audio essay dealing with another fashionable academic term "evidence-based" using Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to consider the contrasts between assumptions and facts.

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    23 min
  • Episode 11 - Factoring Impacts
    Jul 16 2024

    An audio essay dealing with the fashionable academic word "impact". A wry look at publications and citations, and a proposal to create a PIF (a personalized impact factor).

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    13 min
  • Episode 10 - World Enough and Time
    Jun 18 2024

    An audio essay dealing with time in a student's life.

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    10 min
  • Episode 9 - Academic Catwalk
    Jun 18 2024

    An audio essay dealing with the fashionable buzzwords prevalent in academia.

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    18 min
  • Episode 8 - Unnatural Selection
    Jun 18 2024

    An audio essay looking critically at the ways courses/programs select their students, from recruitment to admissions.

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    18 min
  • Episode 7 - Groupies
    Jun 18 2024

    An audio essay asking the question: "Is group based learning worth the hassle?"

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    12 min
  • Episode 6 - Marksmanship
    Jun 18 2024

    An audio essay on the endless pursuit of a number—marks, marks and marks.

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    17 min