Math Therapy

Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) In Vanessa's masters thesis titled "Imagining a World Where Paris Hilton Loves Math", there was nobody quoted more frequently than today's guest, Stanford pr...

20 Heinä 202341min

Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Peter Liljedahl is literally changing the math classroom. His book "Building Thinking Classrooms" has taken the educational world by storm with a simple mes...

13 Heinä 202343min

Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Should mistake-making be encouraged in math class? Or should mistakes be shamed because “in the real world” you can get fired from your job from making a mis...

6 Heinä 202332min

Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Today's guest literally entered the chat wearing a t-shirt that read "TRUTH MATTERS”, and that sure set the tone for this wide-ranging episode! Crystal M. W...

29 Kesä 202343min

Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) In today's episode, Vanessa explores the dangers of narrowly defining success and argues that contrary to popular belief, failure and success are actually BF...

22 Kesä 202328min

Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) In honour of Pride Month, we're taking a mid-season 5 break to re-air one of our all-time fave episodes featuring mathematician / drag queen Kyne Santos. Dr...

15 Kesä 202333min

Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Think of this week's episode as a kind of reverse palate cleanser ... Vanessa and today's guest Robert Kaplinsky more than make up for the lack of swearing l...

8 Kesä 202338min

Send us a text! (US messaging rates apply) Last week's episode featured a deep dive with Vanessa into math trauma: what it is and how to avoid it. Today, brain expert Liesl McConchie joins her to expl...

1 Kesä 202344min