Episodes

  • No More Exams: Profits vs Pedagogy | Jason Choo | The Storytellers Podcast #8

    No More Exams: Profits vs Pedagogy | Jason Choo | The Storytellers Podcast #8
    Jun 6 2023
    Our conversation sees us investigating this change, exploring the assumptions implicit in the old system of examination-based assessment and learning, the assumptions underpinning the new one, the integrity present in both, what this means for students, and ultimately the conflict between profits and pedagogy.
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • Time To Grow Up

    Time To Grow Up
    May 1 2023
    In this article narration, I explore misleading sentiments about the ideas of youth vs adulthood, and how an optimistic view on the onset of adulthood is well justified.
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    14 mins
  • Recession, Inflation, and the Housing market | Steve Keen | The Storytellers Podcast #6

    Recession, Inflation, and the Housing market | Steve Keen | The Storytellers Podcast #6
    Dec 10 2022
    55 mins
  • SOI #3 Empathy

    SOI #3 Empathy
    Dec 6 2022
    How should we think about empathy? Empathy can be distinguished into its two forms, cognitive (theory of mind) or emotional empathy. Each has different consequences in terms of how it makes us behave, and thus it's affect on our lives (as well as the lives of others).
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    4 mins
  • SOI: Something Of Interest

    SOI: Something Of Interest
    Dec 4 2022
    A little series where I share some some of the interesting (worth knowing) things that I've learnt sometime recently, taken from the books/podcasts I've been making my way through
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    2 mins
  • SOI #2 Neuroplasticity and Learning

    SOI #2 Neuroplasticity and Learning
    Dec 4 2022
    Under what circumstances do our brains retain the most information? What is the key to effective learning, and how do we get there?
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    3 mins
  • SOI # 1 Moral Intuition

    SOI # 1 Moral Intuition
    Dec 4 2022
    In short, how does our sense of morality, of right and wrong, work? Do we consciously make such decisions, or are we merely subject to flushes of feeling that dictate our reasoning. Recommended reading: The Righteous Mind, by Jonathon Haidt
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    6 mins
  • Covid-19 In 2022 | Peter Doherty | The Storytellers Podcast #5

    Covid-19 In 2022 | Peter Doherty | The Storytellers Podcast #5
    Sep 26 2022
    In this episode, I speak to Australian medical Nobel laureate, Peter Doherty. Peter and I focus on the theme of Covid-19, rehashing its nature as a pathogen, where we sit with it at this point, and what we can expect from the future. We also cover vaccince hesistancy, vaccine efficacy, long covid, and Peter's thoughts on our response to the pandemic.
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    58 mins