Fast Facts for Gen Z
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Fast Facts for Gen Z
FEATURED: New Philosophy Mini-Series! I don't know anything about anything! If you, like me, are filled with curiosity and mild fear of the unknown, this is the podcast for you! I'll do the research and tell you everything you ever (and never) wanted to know, from the perspective of Generation Z. Tr...
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Philosophy Mini-Series Episode 3: Anarchism and Care
This season, take in the philosophy papers I've written since I started college. There are 4 episodes total. Today, listen to a critique of historical...
Philosophy Mini-Series Episode 2: Is Porn Art?
This season, take in the philosophy papers I've written since I started college. There are 4 episodes total. Today, hear extensive attempts to define...
Philosophy Mini-series Episode 1: Octopus Consciousness
Welcome to the new and improved Fast Facts for Gen Z! This season, take in the philosophy papers I've written since I started college. There are 4 epi...
The Lonely Goose
This episode is about a goose. Photo at www.fastfactsforgenz.wordpress.com
Power Imbalance and Progress
How do power dynamics inform our everyday interactions? What about our advocacy? What helps - or hinders - true progress? How can we move closer to eq...
A New Year's COVID - We're Back, Baby!
Welcome to Season 2 of Fast Facts for Gen Z! It's time for a new school year - what does that mean for me? What does that mean for all students? Aren'...
Season 1 Finale
We've come nearly full circle around the year since the podcast has begun, and I'll be taking a hiatus to improve the show. Here's why!
Education and The Youth with Xavier Adams
What is it like to teach Gen Z? What was it like to teach during a pandemic? How do we create learning environments that meet students' wants and need...
Connections with Nature and Musings on the Mind
Why does spending time in nature feel so different from everything else? What kinds of connections do we feel? What benefits are there, and why do the...
A Reflection on Online School, Again
The 2020-21 school year is coming to a close. What has the entire experience, pandemic and all, been like? How has it changed throughout the year? Wha...
The Art of Feedback
Why is giving feedback so hard? Why is TAKING feedback so hard? What obstacles stand in the way of effective feedback, and what obstacles stand in the...
Theatre and Thinking on Your Feet
What value can acting and theatre have for kids and teenagers? Why would someone want to be an actor over a director, or vice versa? How do the lesson...
Turtles?
I don't know guys, I haven't been able to think of anything but turtles and food insecurity for like a week and I already talked about food insecurity...
Our Unhealthy Relationship with Work
Why do people seem so addicted to work? Why do we experience feelings like fear and guilt when we aren't working, or when we take time off? How did th...
Susannah North Martin and the Salem Witch Trials
What exactly went down at the Salem Witch Trials? The women, known only as witches - who were they? What were they? How did this happen? In this episo...
In Which We Rage Against the Academic Machine with Halle Boroski
Where's the value in test-taking? Where are the problems? How is a teacher - or a college - supposed to evaluate a student, if not through a test? In...
Healthcare and Gen Z in the Workforce with Anna Grace Burns
What is it like to be an Emergency Medical Technician? What is it like to be a really young EMT? What's up with the healthcare system? In this episode...
Branding, Rebranding, and Identity
What does it mean for a person to have a brand? What's the difference between a brand and an identity? How can you ever know the real you? In this epi...
Charity and Policy
Why is community service important? What kind of work are charity organizations best at? When are charities necessary, and when is it time for policy...
Transitions and Trusting Yourself
What do you do when high school isn't really high school anymore? How do you prepare for college when it's still many months away? How do you deal wit...
Stonewall and Queer Survival
What was the Stonewall uprising, and why was it important? What factors influence the stories we tell about our history? Why is queer friendship a sur...
The Gifted Kid Mindset and Educational Trauma
How do our public schools harm the students it thinks are intelligent? How does that harm follow them through their school career and later life? How...
The Uncensored Library
How important is the freedom of the press? How to protections for that freedom differ across the world? In this episode, I take a trip to Reporters Wi...
Internet Safety
What are we teaching kids about staying safe on the Internet? What should we be teaching them? How does the Internet actually interact with our data?...
An Open Letter to My High School Administration
An open letter addressing student mental health, the difficulties students have with advocating for themselves, and the responsibility of authority fi...
Big Feelings and Behavior Management
What are some ways to help kids (and adults, and yourself) deal with big feelings? What makes a behavior management strategy effective or ineffective?...
The College Essay I Didn't Write
What makes a good college essay? What makes a bad one? Can you write an essay about hot sauce and actually make it work? In this episode, I give you V...
Christmas Jokes with Evan Wheeler
A Christmas-themed episode in which special guest Evan Wheeler makes a return to tell, cringe at, and rate Christmas jokes on a 1-10 scale. Are they g...
Traditions
What makes a tradition good or bad? How have they changed this year? What will happen to them next year? In this episode, I look at the way my holiday...
Childhood Pets and the Chicken Journal
What do pets do for us? Why do humans insist on being friends with everything in sight? What is the Chicken Journal, and what could possibly be inside...
Gaming Culture with Equipy
What is Twitch? What is it like to livestream video games to hundreds of people? What is the importance of a community? In this episode, I'm joined by...
Mansplaining Football with Evan Wheeler
What is football from the perspective of someone who actually played? Are Canadian and American football culture different? How does racism and homoph...
Star Wars and Storytelling
What makes the Star Wars franchise so incessantly popular? Isn't every movie basically the same? Why, if every story is just a repeat of another story...
Episode 18: I turned 18!!
For this 18th birthday special, I address what it means to become an adult the day after an incredibly polarizing election, and how I cope with both k...
Aquariums and the Inner Child
Why do we like aquariums? What does it mean to have an inner child? Why do we need to take care of it? In this episode, I recount my most recent exper...
A Reflection on Online School
What was online school like back in March? What is it like now? Should we go back to in-person school? In a (probably) soon-to-be outdated episode, I...
Existential Haikus with Abby Dease
What do you do when you're bored in class? Can we figure out what we were thinking eight or nine months ago? In this episode, I'm joined by a special...
Words Mean Things
What does etymology have to do with understanding daily speech? How can we track the evolution of certain words and definitions through time? Do words...
Algorithms and Corporate Twitter
How do social media algorithms actually work? What are brands doing on Twitter? What do advertisers actually want? Tune in to this week's episode as I...
I'm Tired; Potatoes
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming because the world is a disaster and I just want to talk about potatoes.