04 January 2014
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Matt Legler joins Stephen and Kevin to look back at our prediction Wins and Fails for 2013, then look ahead at what’s in store for 2014
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Anchorman, Arrested Development, Austin, Austin City Limits, Black Mirror, Bradley Cooper, cable, CastAR, Coin, Colorado, Czech, Edge of Tomorrow, Fund Anything, Godzilla, Google Fiber, Google Glass, Her, house of cards, Husbands, Inside Llewyn Davis, Jawbone Up, Jeff Jarvis, Kevin, Kickstarter, Manos: The Hands of Felt, Matt, MYO, Netflix, Nymi, Orange is the New Black, Pacific Rim, Paradise Lost, Patreon, patronage, Paul Walker, Planet of the Apes, Quicksilver, Red vs. Blue, Skulpt Aim, STARLING Eyewear, Stephen, TED Talks, The Stand, The West Wing, The Wolf of Wall Street, Transcendence, TV, Uber, Your Whole Entire Life, Zach Braff, ZipCar
17 December 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Shawn takes a break from running marathons to join Stephen and Kevin as they wrap up an in-depth discussion of paternalism in American Higher Education.
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Aristotle, art, Arthur Chickering, attribution, big data, creativity, diversity, education, FERPA, higher education, Internal Family Systems, Jean Piaget, Kevin, NASPA, parenting, patents, podcasting, Shawn, Stephen, Stitch Fix, student affairs, Switzerland
13 November 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
How did you feel about the staff at your university when they enforced policy? When they told you that something wasn’t in your best interest? When they offered to help you through tough times? It’s been a while since we’ve visited the subject of Higher Education, and we’ve perhaps never approached it from quite the same vector as this episode. Student Affairs veteran and resident synesthete Shawn Brackett joins me and Kevin for an insider’s look at institutionalized paternalist / maternalist practices in public universities, historical precedents for them, and some questions around the ethics of their implementation. So settle in for some free pizza, free condoms, and free thought in this week’s BF.
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adulthood, alcohol, Alexander Graham-Bell, Arthur Chickering, autonomy, bachelor’s degree, childhood, drugs, economics, education, Fermat’s Last Theorem, high school, higher education, in loco parentis, Kevin, maternalism, paternalism, Reed College, sex, sex education, Stephen, student affairs, Texas Tech University, The Purge, The Simpsons, University of California System
13 October 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Kevin and Stephen scream their way through the spectacular new film Gravity, and miraculously return to earth to discuss it.
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2001: A Space Odyssey, Alfonso Cuaron, Apollo 13, Avatar, Castaway, Children of Men, District 9, Doom, Elysium, film, George Clooney, gravity, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hollywood, IMAX, Kevin, Metacritic, Moon Landings, NASA, Neill Blomkamp, Nickelodeon, Penny Arcade, Phil Phish, physics, Prometheus, Rotten Tomatoes, Sandra Bullock, science fiction, space, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen, Stephen King, The Plant, The Shining, The Tomorrow People, transhumanism, visual effects
03 October 2013
By StephenTorrence
In Podcast
Kevin and Stephen fight a Story War and discuss Honest Trailers, PoMo theatre, the Monomyth, and much more on this week’s free-flowing F-isode.
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A New Kind of Science, Boing Boing, Breaking Bad, Cabin in the Woods, Community, complexity, Dan Harmon, Disney, feminism, FEZ, Flatland, Hercules, Honest Trailers, horror, Indie Game: The Movie, James Woods, Joseph Campbell, Kevin, Netrunner Android, Norman Leary, Orange is the New Black, racism, sexism, Steam, Stephen, Stephen Wolfram, Story War, Suzan-Lori Parks, The America Play, The Hero's Journey, The West Wing, theatre, TV, Valve, Weeds, XKCD, You're Next
