Pi Day in Prison (Seriously)
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) There's no other way to say this: we went to prison for Pi Day this year. Longtime listeners will remembers Vanessa's fascinating and inspiring interview wi...
30 Maalis 202347min
Math reform under attack w/ Jo Boaler
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Math Therapy is (briefly) back! We've been hard at work on a new season which I can't wait for you to hear soon, but I had to share an excerpt of one of the...
23 Maalis 202318min
S4E10: Queering math w/ Dr. Anthony Bonato
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) In our final episode of the season, Vanessa chats with math professor Dr. Anthony Bonato about what it means to be queer in - let’s face it - the historicall...
26 Touko 202226min
S4E09: Giving students the voice they deserve w/ Rosalind Wiseman
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Did you know that the infamous math movie Mean Girls was actually inspired by Rosalind Wiseman’s non-fiction book called Queen Bees and Wannabes? Today Vanes...
19 Touko 202231min
S4E08: “Dude Walls” & the lost women of science w/ Katie Hafner
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) You may be thinking “what the F*CK is a dude wall?!”, and today Vanessa talks to the incredible Katie Hafner to find out. Katie is an author, journalist, an...
12 Touko 202236min
S4E07: Defying Asian math stereotypes w/ Steven Tran
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) One of the missions of this podcast is challenging stereotypes, and on today’s episode we tackle a big one: Asians and math. Steven Tran grew up with Asian p...
5 Touko 202228min
S4E06: From mathochistic to mathcurious w/ A.K. Whitney
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) This one’s for all the adults out there who are like “hmmm maybe it’s not too late to learn a little math…”! On today’s episode Vanessa talks to journalist A...
28 Huhti 202225min
S4E05: Compassion & confidence in the classroom w/ Sophie Soberano
Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Nothing shows how important teacher-student relationships can be than actually being friends with some of your students over a DECADE later, as is the case w...
21 Huhti 202232min
