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In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, you’ll hear about the myth of learning styles from Dr. Stephen Hupp.  You also will hear a conversation about teaching and grading with Professor Christina Chapman and Dr. David Sharp.  This episode also includes some throw-back content, as you’ll hear Dr. Mary White, Dr. Kevin Hagopian, and Dr. Anni Reinking talk about grading and learning.  We hope this episode gets you thinking more carefully about your own formal learning pursuits, as well as your efforts as a lifelong learner and artisan of learning.

In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, four past guests share about their families of origin.  Was there a culture of learning, artisanship, and creativity within their families?  This episode should motivate current parents and caregivers to consider their role in nurturing human beings who can thrive creatively, artistically, and as lifelong learners.  You will hear from Professor Christina Chapman; artist, Martha Kelly;  philosopher and professor, Dr. Todd Long; economist, Dr. David Sharp; and human resources consultant, Melissa Shoun.  There's also a special appearance by Emma Knowlton. 

Join Max and Kelley as we discuss the Improv and Teambuilding Game - Yes And... It's a technique that keeps you in the affirmative and is something we've used in both acting as well as in our business training. It's so easy to go negative, which takes less energy on the front end but robs you of energy on the back end.  Yes And... teaches you how to build on other people's ideas so no one feels like their contribution will be diminished.  When people don't feel like they'll be judged, they're more likely to open up and contribute. It's a great game to use in team building in business, committees, faith-based, and performing arts organizations.  This week's prompt is to do a random act of kindness whether it's complimenting a stranger,  holding a door, or buying lunch or snacks for your business colleague. 

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Could the new Dad in town step in when he's needed the most to lead a ragtag group of kids to floor hockey glory? What bumps in the road could we expect when training up our group of youths, including your son and Mullet McMichaels, the All American defenseman? Could there be a mentor out there somewhere? Maybe Hook Murphy, with his tragic wrist shot related backstory, can bring everyone together. What does the end of a long day of floor hockey look like? Would you want to meet up with the guys that peaked in high school floor hockey at the Puck’s, the local bar and sports entertainment?

We have plenty of D2: The Mighty Ducks and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story  references in this episode as well as our presenter looking like The Excellence of Execution,  Bret "The Hitman" Hart. 

We Won't Finish This Podcast is a show where we write movies and talk about our failures. We will take turns pitching movies to eachother and working out the details for a rough outline on the show.

Music: Dirty Pots ft Zeebz

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The invention of the telescope is a pivotal moment for this story. Aside from the Double Decker taco, it may be the most important milestone in human history. What if there were traces of an intelligent civilization on the Moon? What would that mean to humans throughout moments in history as technology advances? What could humans even do with the information with limitations of technology? If there were remnants of a lost civilization, what happened to them? All of these questions are explored in this episode and what the consequences might be for seeking answers.

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You are the Orb Master in this story, but could your real life acquaintances embarrass you in front of your online friends? Will you let your gaming nemesis take your spot as Orb Master? If you were in an online game tournament, would your gamer fuel be Brisk Iced Tea or would you fill it with Mountain Dew and appearances be damned? It has to pair well with your Digiorno Pizza. If your dad, Shooter McGavin, demands you attend a dinner party that conflicts with your big gaming event, which life do you choose? Would you lose your gamer curves for a healthier work/real life balance? You wouldn’t fight your dad about it, would you?

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It's the Thunderdome of Poetry: two books (from the same poet) enter. Only one book leaves. We've got the books up on Instagram if you want to play along! @breakingformpod

Buy books authored by the poets we've referred to at Loyalty Books, a terrific Black-owned bookstore.

Check out Ada Limón's website here. The website has the correct publishing order of her fabulous books.

You can view Tracy K. Smith's poem "History" here, in its journal of first publication, Callaloo, Vol. 27, No. 4, Contemporary African-American Poetry: A New Wave (Autumn, 2004), pp. 876-882 (7 pages).

Poet Sun Signs:

Aries:
Ada Limón
Jericho Brown
Tracy K. Smith

Taurus:
Louise Glück.
Jorie Graham     
Carolyn Forché

Geminis:
Denise Duhamel
Anne Carson is most likely a Gemini (June 21).
Amy Clampitt

Leos
Carl Phillips
Rita Dove
Mark Doty
John Ashbery
Li-Young Lee

Virgos:
Natalie Diaz
Linda Gregg

Scorpio:
Terrance Hayes
Sharon Olds
Sylvia Plath

Sagittarians:
Lynda Hull

Capricorns
David Sedaris
Dorianne Laux (Her book Only As the Day is Long: New and Selected was a finalist for the Pulitzer in 2020, when Jericho Brown's The Tradition won. The other finalist was Mary Ruefle's Dunce).

Aquarians:
Elizabeth Bishop

None of the authors we listed were Libras, Cancers, or Pisceans. 

It's time for sexy lit crit, darlings!

As always, buy from indies! We recommend Loyalty Bookstores, a Black-owned DC bookstore. Shop here!

Tina Turner (born Nov. 26, 1939—Sagittarius) has sold over 100 MM records, received 12 Grammys, and been inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame twice. She is the 1st Black artist and 1st woman to grace Rolling Stone's cover. Watch her 2005 Kennedy Center Honors (with Oprah, Queen Latifah, Melissa Etheridge, and Beyonce) here. (~20 min)

Ann Peebles wrote and sang the original version of "I Can't Stand the Rain." Listen here.

Watch Camille Rankine read Shepherd's poem "Paradise" here. (-3 min)

Rae Armantrout is an Aries (April 13). Read 11 of her poems here on Granta.

 Read Dorianne Laux's "Fast Gas" here. 

Watch Eula Biss read from and discuss No Man's Land here (~60 min).

James L. White (b. March 26--Aries) wroteThe Salt Ecstasies (Graywolf, 1982). Read four of White's poems (including "Making Love to Myself," which we reference) here.

Watch Tim Dlugos read his heartwrenching poem, "G-9" (~15 min) about the AIDS ward at Roosevelt Hospital. You can also read the poem here. 

If you haven't read TERFy Adrienne Rich's essay on Dickinson, "Vesuvius at Home," it's  here. 

The Williams we quote is from "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"; an excerpt is  here. 

You can hear Robert Frost read "The Road Not Taken" here (with music by Chris Coleman, ~ 2 min.)

Listen to Marianne Moore read her poem "Bird-Witted" here. (~2 min.)

Percy Bysse Shelley (b. Aug 4—Leo) was married to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. He wrote things too, including "Adonais," which you can watch Mick Jagger read  here.  

You can listen to Plath (Scorpio) read her poems here (about an hour).

William Wordsworth (b. April 17, 1770—Aries)  wrote that "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings…." You can watch J'Kobe Wallace, 2015 North Dakota State Poetry Out Loud champ, recite "Daffodils" here. 

Watch Allen Ginsberg interviewed on Letterman here (~11 min).

Horace (b. December 8, 65 BCE—Sagittarius) coined the term "carpe diem." Watch a really hot guy recite that ode in Latin here (with Spanish subtitles, ~1 min).

Watch this iconic performance of Auden's poem "Funeral Blues" in Four Weddings and a Funeral (~2 min).

Brenda Hillman, "Male Nipples" here

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Four hundred and three specimens of a single vibrant plant are included among the flora at Melbourne University’s Herbarium. It's most commonly known today as the Emu Bush or eremophila — a native Australian medicinal plant with the ability to cure numerous diseases, but not everyone knows it by this name.   The issues raised by this single plant represent the stark cultural divide between Australia’s indigenous communities and the British settlers, illuminating patterns of marginalisation that persist to this day. In this episode of Uncurated, Mustafa Nuristani, Xinyue Huang and Xiaowei Chang examine the many names of a plant that speaks volumes about Australia’s past and present.

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Music for this episode was sourced from Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com/). The following tracks were purchased for use: 

1. Alexandra Woodward / Moonlight Mystery (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/eqd9ge0xUj/) 
2. Jon Björk / Outback Hunter (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/ALQMNIJyLj/) 
3. Piper Ezz / One Final Theft (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/CEd9NOlMib/) 
4. Giant Ember feat. Frida Wallin / When I Am Calling Your Name (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/1wAmKSTti8/) 
5. Jon Björk / River Serpent (https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/tzNWLBcFUF/) 

All are courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com  

Sound for this episode was sourced from YouTube and Free Sound:

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4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BUNHd7ENZk  

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I had the absolute privilege of meeting and interviewing Theo Ndindwa, who is for those who don't know, one of the first internationally recognised black ballet dancers in South Africa. He was selected to be part of a Nutcracker production in the early 90’s which was the first multiracial ballet production in post Apartheid South Africa. Then aged 12 he had the foresight to see that this was an opportunity to greater possibilities than what he had dreamt available to him till that point. Theo threw himself into the ballet world which took him to great heights, ultimately studying and dancing at some of the top institutions in Europe.

But he knew in his heart that he was destined to return home to South Africa to play his part in providing the opportunity he was given to children from similar disadvantaged backgrounds. Having successfully run Ikapa Dance with his wife for 15 years doing just that, Theo now finds himself in search of the next challenge, how to expand and scale this type of access to creativity and education to the townships of South Africa.

Theo is a legend, generous with his time and his heart and I could not help being totally inspired by his story. Its a story of vision, will and passion. Enjoy.

Women are legally banned from singing in public in Iran. Learn about artists who have fled from Iran in pursuit of their musical careers: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-53451702. 

Something a little different this month as we talk all things Reading Fringe Festival with the people behind the shows – Steph, one of the Fringe organisers; Fiona, an artist and curator based in our twin-town of Dusseldorf; and Reading-based comedian Preet. Together we discuss the challenges of putting on a digital festival, why the Fringe brings something different to our arts calendar and learn a bit more about some of the shows you can enjoy online this year via www.readingfringefestival.co.uk

The What's On Reading podcast is presented by WhatsOnReading.com editor Damien Passmore and produced by Atlantic Garden Media - email: info@atlanticgardenmedia.com

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Royal Family, we couldn't sit happily on our thrones with all that's happening in the world and not provide our commentary. We take a militant stance on all things George Floyd, Karen, the civil unrest, feminism, self-defense, and the state of our children.

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This podcast features poet Daniel Lockhart, fresh from his tour of multiple Canadian cities. Lockhart holds degrees from Trent University, Montana State University, and Indiana University, and is the author of four poetry collections, The Gravel Lot That Was Montana, This City at the Crossroads, Big Medicine Comes to Erie, and most recently, Devil in the Woods. He has also written a collection of essays called Wënchikàneit Visions. His work has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations and has appeared in Malahat Review, Contemporary Verse 2, the Dalhousie Review, Grain, McNeese Review, and the Windsor Review among others.

Daniel Lockhart is also the publisher at Urban Farmhouse Press. He is a Turtle Clan member of the Moravian of the Thames First Nation, and currently resides at Waawiiyaatanong on the south shore of the Detroit River (also known as the border cities of Windsor ON and Detroit MI).

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Before they become history, historical events are often family stories. Today we have a live recording of the Windsor book launch for To the River: The Remarkable Journey of Caroline Quarlls. It’s about one of the most famous escape stories in Underground Railroad history, and co-author Kimberly Simmons is a direct descendant of the book’s heroine.

The event was held at The Historic Sandwich First Baptist Church. The church was founded in 1820, and is the oldest active black church in Canada, and it was an important Underground Railroad site.  The current building—a large open structure—dates to 1851. Irene Moore Davis introduces Kimberly Simmons and the amazing true story in her book.

For more information on the book, follow these links:
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/jarvis-caroline-quarlls-part-of-windsors-remarkable-history
https://www.facebook.com/959138707439041/posts/it-is-here-may-i-offer-a-great-read-to-the-river-the-remarkable-journey-of-carol/2679135402106021/

This month, we’re talking about Reading’s “Hidden Gems” – the people and places doing great things in the arts, culture and heritage community that more people need to know about. 

And we’re joined by three shining examples - Katie from the university’s Music at Reading (www.reading.ac.uk/music), Rosie from the Berkshire Record Office (www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk) and Stephen from Sunday Assembly Reading (www.sundayassemblyreading.uk) – who each shine a light on just what makes each organisation worth seeking out.

We also have a bonus catch-up with Pete from Readipop Festival who reveals the first names in this year’s line-up.

For even more of Reading’s Hidden Gems, check out:
whatsonreading.com/themes/hidden-gems

The What's on Reading podcast is produced by Atlantic Garden Media - if you'd be interested in a podcast for your business or charity please contact us at info@atlanticgardenmedia.com