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In Part 1 of our interview with Dr. Priscilla Coleman, a renowned professor of human development and family studies, we delve deeper into her extensive research on the psychological effects of abortion on women. Dr. Coleman discusses the methodologies behind her studies, addresses common criticisms, and shares insights from her meta-analyses that have been pivotal in shaping the discourse around abortion and mental health.​ It also deals with the societal and policy implications of her findings, offering viewers a comprehensive understanding of the complexities involved. Whether you're a student, researcher, policymaker, or someone interested in the nuanced aspects of this topic, this interview provides valuable perspectives grounded in empirical research.   Subscribe to our newsletter to get this amazing report: Refuting the Top 5 Gay Myths https://ruthinstitute.org/refute-the-top-five-myths/   Dr. Priscilla Coleman is a developmental psychologist and retired Professor of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). She is now the Science Director for The International Institute for Reproductive Loss (IIRL) (https://www.iirl.net/). The mission of IIRL is to provide, develop, and maintain evidence-based resources on the personal and relational impact of reproductive loss for lay and professional audiences. Dr. Coleman has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, with most on the psychology of abortion (decision-making and mental health outcomes). She has shared her research and analysis of peer-reviewed studies in numerous countries (Australia, Canada, Chili, Ecuador, England, Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, and Scotland) to wide-ranging audiences, most notably in Parliament Houses as medical and government personnel evaluated current and future laws regulating abortion.   Timeline of Events 2008: APA Task Force Report on Abortion. 2008-2010, recruitment for Turnaway Study. 2011. Coleman publishes article in British Journal of Psychiatry. June 2, 2020: A book by one of the principal investigators, Diana Greene Foster, is published, The Turnaway Study: Ten years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion. June 17, 2022: Coleman publishes Critique of the “Turnaway Study.” In Frontiers in Psychology. June 24, 2022, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. September 2022: calls for retraction of BJP article October 5, 2022, Frontiers publishes “Expression of Concern” regarding the article. October 13, 2022. Coleman retains legal representation. December 22, 2022. Coleman receives notice that Frontiers plan to retract the article. December 23, 2022. Dr. Coleman's attorneys sent a letter to the Frontiers in Psychology Editorial staff. December 26, 2022 Dr. Coleman's Frontiers article was retracted. December 29, 2022 Dr. Coleman's attorneys sent a letter of objection to the Frontiers in Psychology May 2023: Cambridge Press, publisher of the British Journal of Psychiatry, ruled in Coleman's favor and declined to retract.   Have a question or a comment? Leave it in the comments, and we'll get back to you!   Subscribe to our YouTube playlist:  @RuthInstitute  Follow us on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/theruthinstitute https://twitter.com/RuthInstitute https://www.facebook.com/TheRuthInstitute/ https://theruthinstitute.locals.com/newsfeed   Press: NC Register: https://www.ncregister.com/author/jennifer-roback-morse Catholic Answers: https://www.catholic.com/profile/jennifer-roback-morse The Stream: https://stream.org/author/jennifer-roback-morse/ Crisis Magazine: https://crisismagazine.com/author/jennifer-roeback-morse   Father Sullins' Reports on Clergy Sexual Abuse: https://ruthinstitute.org/resource-centers/father-sullins-research/   Buy Dr. Morse's Books: The Sexual State: https://ruthinstitute.org/product/the-sexual-state-2/ Love and Economics: https://ruthinstitute.org/product/love-and-economics-it-takes-a-family-to-raise-a-village/ Smart Sex: https://ruthinstitute.org/product/smart-sex-finding-life-long-love-in-a-hook-up-world/ 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage: https://ruthinstitute.org/product/101-tips-for-a-happier-marriage/ 101 Tips for Marrying the Right Person: https://ruthinstitute.org/product/101-tips-for-marrying-the-right-person/   Listen to our podcast: Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ruth-institute-podcast/id309797947 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1t7mWLRHjrCqNjsbH7zXv1   Subscribe to our newsletter to get this amazing report: Refuting the Top 5 Gay Myths https://ruthinstitute.org/refute-the-top-five-myths/   Get the full interview by joining us for exclusive, uncensored content on Locals: https://theruthinstitute.locals.com/support

“The biggest challenge for geophysicists? Learning machine learning's ‘new language' from the world of statistics.” Machine learning is transforming geoscience, and Gerard Schuster explains how. This conversation explores key ML applications in seismic interpretation, the role of convolutional neural networks in fault detection, and why hands-on labs are essential for mastering these techniques. With real-world examples and insights from his new book, Machine Learning Methods in Geoscience, this episode delivers practical knowledge for integrating ML into geophysics. KEY TAKEAWAYS > Why ML matters for geoscientists – The demand for ML skills is growing, and Jerry shares how this shift shapes education and careers. > CNNs in action – Convolutional neural networks are used to detect rock cracks in Saudi Arabia through drone imagery. > Transformers vs. traditional neural networks – Transformers process seismic data differently by capturing long-range dependencies, offering new advantages. NEXT STEP Explore Machine Learning Methods in Geoscience by Gerard Schuster, featuring hands-on MATLAB and Colab labs. Get the book and start applying ML techniques today! https://library.seg.org/doi/epdf/10.1190/1.9781560804048.fm TEXT A FRIEND These are great insights on how ML is actually being used in seismic work, not just theory. https://seg.org/podcasts/episode-249-machine-learning-methods-in-geoscience GUEST BIO Gerard Schuster has an M.S. (1982) and a Ph.D. (1984) from Columbia University and was a postdoctoral researcher there from 1984 to 1985. From 1985 to 2009, he was a professor of geophysics at the University of Utah and became a professor of geophysics at KAUST (2009–2021). He is currently a research professor at the University of Utah. He received several teaching and research awards while at the University of Utah. He was editor of GEOPHYSICS 2004–2005 and was awarded SEG's Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal in 2010 for his work in seismic interferometry. His previous books are Seismic Interferometry (2009, Cambridge Press) and Seismic Inversion (2017, SEG). LINKS * Buy the Print Book at https://seg.org/shop/product/?id=fe5a3cd3-77b2-ef11-b8e8-6045bda82e05 * Visit https://seg.org/podcasts/episode-249-machine-learning-methods-in-geoscience for the full guest bios and show notes. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Technical Program Chairs Yingcai Zheng and Molly Turko invite you to submit your best work. This year, we're fostering deeper collaboration between SEG, AAPG, and SEPM. Focus on regional challenges and how integrated geoscience can unlock solutions. Submit short or expanded abstracts for oral and poster presentations. The Call for Abstracts is open and closes on 15 March at 5:00 PM CT. Don't miss this opportunity to share your research and connect with the broader geoscience community at https://www.imageevent.org/. SHOW CREDITS Andrew Geary at TreasureMint hosted, edited, and produced this episode. The SEG podcast team comprises Jennifer Cobb, Kathy Gamble, and Ally McGinnis. If you have episode ideas or feedback for the show or want to sponsor a future episode, email the show at podcast@seg.org.

From the nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, recurrent and extreme climate disruptions became an underlying yet unacknowledged component of escalating conflict between Christian Armenian peasants and Muslim Kurdish pastoralists in Ottoman Kurdistan. By the eve of the First World War, the Ottoman state's shifting responses to these mounting tensions transformed the conflict into organized and state-sponsored violence.  In her book The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century (University of Cambridge Press, 2024), Dr. Zozan Pehlivan examines the impact of climate on local communities, their responses and resilience strategies, arguing that nineteenth-century ecological change had a transformative and antagonistic impact on economy, state, and society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

From the nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, recurrent and extreme climate disruptions became an underlying yet unacknowledged component of escalating conflict between Christian Armenian peasants and Muslim Kurdish pastoralists in Ottoman Kurdistan. By the eve of the First World War, the Ottoman state's shifting responses to these mounting tensions transformed the conflict into organized and state-sponsored violence.  In her book The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century (University of Cambridge Press, 2024), Dr. Zozan Pehlivan examines the impact of climate on local communities, their responses and resilience strategies, arguing that nineteenth-century ecological change had a transformative and antagonistic impact on economy, state, and society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

From the nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, recurrent and extreme climate disruptions became an underlying yet unacknowledged component of escalating conflict between Christian Armenian peasants and Muslim Kurdish pastoralists in Ottoman Kurdistan. By the eve of the First World War, the Ottoman state's shifting responses to these mounting tensions transformed the conflict into organized and state-sponsored violence.  In her book The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century (University of Cambridge Press, 2024), Dr. Zozan Pehlivan examines the impact of climate on local communities, their responses and resilience strategies, arguing that nineteenth-century ecological change had a transformative and antagonistic impact on economy, state, and society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, recurrent and extreme climate disruptions became an underlying yet unacknowledged component of escalating conflict between Christian Armenian peasants and Muslim Kurdish pastoralists in Ottoman Kurdistan. By the eve of the First World War, the Ottoman state's shifting responses to these mounting tensions transformed the conflict into organized and state-sponsored violence.  In her book The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century (University of Cambridge Press, 2024), Dr. Zozan Pehlivan examines the impact of climate on local communities, their responses and resilience strategies, arguing that nineteenth-century ecological change had a transformative and antagonistic impact on economy, state, and society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

From the nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries, recurrent and extreme climate disruptions became an underlying yet unacknowledged component of escalating conflict between Christian Armenian peasants and Muslim Kurdish pastoralists in Ottoman Kurdistan. By the eve of the First World War, the Ottoman state's shifting responses to these mounting tensions transformed the conflict into organized and state-sponsored violence.  In her book The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century (University of Cambridge Press, 2024), Dr. Zozan Pehlivan examines the impact of climate on local communities, their responses and resilience strategies, arguing that nineteenth-century ecological change had a transformative and antagonistic impact on economy, state, and society. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

Fruitvale Station (2013) is based on the real-life events leading to the death of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old black man who was shot and killed by a Bay Area Rapid Transit officer on New Year's Day 2009 at the Fruitvale district station in Oakland, California. The film depicts the final day in Oscar Grant's life, interspersed with flashbacks from his past, which together provide a richly layered picture a young man whose life was tragically cut short. The film was written and directed by Ryan Coogler  (in his first feature film), and stars Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant, Melonia Diaz as his girlfriend, and Octavia Spencer as Oscar's mother. Fruitvale Station not only provides a moving account of Oscar Grant's final day, but also presents a chilling indictment of police violence and the role that race still plays in perpetuating it. I am joined by Professor Michael Pinard of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Professor Pinard is a nationally recognized expert on criminal law, race and the criminal justice system, and the challenges faced by individuals with criminal convictions when reintegrating into society. Timestamps:0:00   Introduction4:18    Impressions of the film when it came out and today7:23    Living in the shadow of the criminal justice system9:25    Bystander recordings and their impact13:14  The challenges of prosecuting police violence17:17  The humanity of Oscar Grant18:53  How white and black people perceive law enforcement differently21:40  The fleeting nature of life for many black and brown Americans24:58  “The talk”26:45  What's changed since Oscar Grant's death, and what hasn't33:44  The need for a film about the school to prison pipeline37:09  The parents of the incarcerated Further reading:Cummings, André Douglas Pond, “Reforming Police,” 10 Drexel L. Rev. 573 (2018)Fan, Mary D., Camera Power: Proof, Policing, Privacy, and Audiovisual Big Data (Univ. Cambridge Press 2018)Pinard, Michael, “Poor Black and ‘Wanted': Criminal Justice in Ferguson and Baltimore,” 58 Howard L.J. 857 (2015)Schwartz, Joanna, Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable (Viking 2023)Simonson, Jocelyn, “Beyond Body Cameras: Defending a Robust Right to Record the Police,” 104 Geo. L.J. 1559 (2016)Law on Film is created and produced by Jonathan Hafetz. Jonathan is a professor at Seton Hall Law School. He has written many books and articles about the law. He has litigated important cases to protect civil liberties and human rights while working at the ACLU and other organizations. Jonathan is a huge film buff and has been watching, studying, and talking about movies for as long as he can remember. For more information about Jonathan, here's a link to his bio: https://law.shu.edu/faculty/full-time/jonathan-hafetz.cfmYou can contact him at jonathanhafetz@gmail.comYou can follow him on X (Twitter) @jonathanhafetz You can follow the podcast on X (Twitter) @LawOnFilm

It's the first episode with American guests - and the first one with three of them. For this episode of The Assistant Professor of Football, I am joined by three (real) professors  who regularly teach, in American university classrooms, about football - its culture, its meaning, its history. We talked about how that teaching is going, what would it be like to take a class with them, what do they assign, and how did they get into this subject in academia in the first place, and what good books are being written about the beautiful game beyond the well-known popular ones. And then we went on to opine more broadly, about the future of the game globally as well as here in the US, the next World Cup, why awful people run clubs, and what makes the beautiful game such a unique angle to understand the world. These guests are: - Dr. Brenda Elsey (Hofstra University, History Department), co-editor of Football and the Boundaries of History: Critical Studies in Soccer (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) and author of Futbolera: A History of Women and Sports in Latin America (University of Texas Press, 2019)- Dr. Peter Alegi (Michigan State University, Department of History), author of African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World's Game (Ohio University Press, 2010) and Laduma! Soccer, Politics and Society in South Africa (University of KawZulu-Natal Press, 2004); founder of The Football Scholars Forum- Dr. Pablo M. Sierra (University of Rochester, Department of History), author of Urban Slavery in Colonial Mexico: Puebla de los Ángeles, 1531-1706 (Cambridge Press, 2018)Please leave a quick voicemail with any feedback, corrections, suggestions - or just greetings - HERE. Or comment via Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky or Facebook. f you enjoy this podcast and think that what I do fills a gap in soccer coverage that others would be interested in as well, please Recommend The Assistant Professor of Football. Spreading the word, through word of mouth, truly does help. Leave some rating stars at the podcast platform of your choice. There are so many sports podcasts out there, and only ratings make this project visible; only then can people who look for a different kind of take on European soccer actually find me. Artwork for The Assistant Professor of Football is by Saige LindInstrumental music for this podcast, including the introduction track, is by the artist Ketsa and used under a Creative Commons license through Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/

At the #WhiteHouse reception to celebrate Eid al-Fitr on 2nd May, US #president  #joebiden  said that Muslims are globally being targeted with violence. This certainly seems to be the case, with news reports about state oppression, social ostracism, hate crimes and mob violence from around the world increasingly having one thing in common - the religious identity of the victims. Muslims seem to be the target of discriminatory policies ranging from racial profiling in the #US to #CAA in India to hijab bans in Europe. Furthermore Sri Lanka's shutting down of Madrasas, China's #Uighur concentration camps and Myanmar's ethnic cleansing reinforce the view that this is a global phenomenon. And it is not limited to the state-backed policies alone. Vandalism and terror attacks on mosques seem to have become disturbingly frequent in places as far away as Australia, France and Canada. And as per most international watchdogs, both sides of the Atlantic are witnessing a surge in violent crimes against Muslims, especially women who wear clothing associated with their religion.Is the global Muslim community under siege, as has been asserted by some observers? While the anecdotal evidence would clearly suggest so, does empirical data support it?Explaining social and political trends playing in numerous nations across different continents simply by pointing towards Global #Islamophobia leaves many questions unanswered. What is causing the selective targeting of Muslims? Why is this happening now at the same time in so many places? What makes Muslims more vulnerable to such targeting than other minorities in many countries? What are the possible solutions?In order to take on any challenge, it is crucial to first develop a proper understanding of it. This is our aim with the proposed knowledge session.SPEAKER:Prof. Khaled A. BeydounProfessor Khaled A. Beydoun is a law professor, author and public intellectual. He serves as a law professor at Wayne State University, a Scholar-in-Residence at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, and Associate Director of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights in Detroit. Professor Beydoun is author of the critically acclaimed book American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear, and co-editor of Islamophobia and the Law – published by University of Cambridge Press.Explore More at - www.argumentativeindians.comDISCLAIMER:We invite thought leaders from across the ideological spectrum. The guests in our sessions express their independent views and opinions. Argumentative Indians does not profess to subscribe, agree or endorse the same or be in anyway responsible for the stance, words and comments of our guests.

This episode is on some of the key differences between Christianity and Mormonism. We talk about the holy spirit, the afterlife, the divinity of Jesus, books of authority, Joseph Smith, and much more.Also big shoutout to my friend Alexander for sharing a little about his experiences with Mormonism.Hope you enjoy!

In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalization and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialized in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty (Cambridge University Press, 2018) offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. Mobilizing insights from scholarship on education, poverty research and childhood and youth studies, Hannah Hoechner, lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, describes how religious discourses can moderate feelings of inadequacy triggered by experiences of exclusion, and how Qur'anic school enrollment offers a way forward in constrained circumstances, even though it likely reproduces poverty in the long run. In our conversation we discuss the rural economy of Northern Nigeria, educational options for young boys, the activities of the Qur’anic school, how boys support themselves through domestic service, youth masculinity, poverty and economic instability, politics of respectability, the “prayer economy” and spiritual services, and participatory research and video production. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalization and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialized in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty (Cambridge University Press, 2018) offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. Mobilizing insights from scholarship on education, poverty research and childhood and youth studies, Hannah Hoechner, lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, describes how religious discourses can moderate feelings of inadequacy triggered by experiences of exclusion, and how Qur'anic school enrollment offers a way forward in constrained circumstances, even though it likely reproduces poverty in the long run. In our conversation we discuss the rural economy of Northern Nigeria, educational options for young boys, the activities of the Qur’anic school, how boys support themselves through domestic service, youth masculinity, poverty and economic instability, politics of respectability, the “prayer economy” and spiritual services, and participatory research and video production. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalization and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialized in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty (Cambridge University Press, 2018) offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. Mobilizing insights from scholarship on education, poverty research and childhood and youth studies, Hannah Hoechner, lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, describes how religious discourses can moderate feelings of inadequacy triggered by experiences of exclusion, and how Qur'anic school enrollment offers a way forward in constrained circumstances, even though it likely reproduces poverty in the long run. In our conversation we discuss the rural economy of Northern Nigeria, educational options for young boys, the activities of the Qur’anic school, how boys support themselves through domestic service, youth masculinity, poverty and economic instability, politics of respectability, the “prayer economy” and spiritual services, and participatory research and video production. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalization and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialized in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty (Cambridge University Press, 2018) offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. Mobilizing insights from scholarship on education, poverty research and childhood and youth studies, Hannah Hoechner, lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, describes how religious discourses can moderate feelings of inadequacy triggered by experiences of exclusion, and how Qur'anic school enrollment offers a way forward in constrained circumstances, even though it likely reproduces poverty in the long run. In our conversation we discuss the rural economy of Northern Nigeria, educational options for young boys, the activities of the Qur’anic school, how boys support themselves through domestic service, youth masculinity, poverty and economic instability, politics of respectability, the “prayer economy” and spiritual services, and participatory research and video production. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalization and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialized in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty (Cambridge University Press, 2018) offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. Mobilizing insights from scholarship on education, poverty research and childhood and youth studies, Hannah Hoechner, lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, describes how religious discourses can moderate feelings of inadequacy triggered by experiences of exclusion, and how Qur'anic school enrollment offers a way forward in constrained circumstances, even though it likely reproduces poverty in the long run. In our conversation we discuss the rural economy of Northern Nigeria, educational options for young boys, the activities of the Qur’anic school, how boys support themselves through domestic service, youth masculinity, poverty and economic instability, politics of respectability, the “prayer economy” and spiritual services, and participatory research and video production. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalization and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialized in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty (Cambridge University Press, 2018) offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. Mobilizing insights from scholarship on education, poverty research and childhood and youth studies, Hannah Hoechner, lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, describes how religious discourses can moderate feelings of inadequacy triggered by experiences of exclusion, and how Qur'anic school enrollment offers a way forward in constrained circumstances, even though it likely reproduces poverty in the long run. In our conversation we discuss the rural economy of Northern Nigeria, educational options for young boys, the activities of the Qur’anic school, how boys support themselves through domestic service, youth masculinity, poverty and economic instability, politics of respectability, the “prayer economy” and spiritual services, and participatory research and video production. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalization and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialized in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, Quranic Schools in Northern Nigeria: Everyday Experiences of Youth, Faith, and Poverty (Cambridge University Press, 2018) offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. Mobilizing insights from scholarship on education, poverty research and childhood and youth studies, Hannah Hoechner, lecturer at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, describes how religious discourses can moderate feelings of inadequacy triggered by experiences of exclusion, and how Qur'anic school enrollment offers a way forward in constrained circumstances, even though it likely reproduces poverty in the long run. In our conversation we discuss the rural economy of Northern Nigeria, educational options for young boys, the activities of the Qur’anic school, how boys support themselves through domestic service, youth masculinity, poverty and economic instability, politics of respectability, the “prayer economy” and spiritual services, and participatory research and video production. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Nicole is a professional vocal coach and voice researcher practicing from Hampstead, London. By understanding the complex mechanics of the voice, Nicole can turn her knowledge into practical tools for the singer. Whilst studying for her MA in vocal pedagogy, Nicole's research has already opened up opportunities to present at voice conferences in the UK. Having been a voice researcher for just a year, Nicole is already set to present her research at conferences attended by the world's leading voice experts and Cambridge Press. Aside from her career as a vocal coach, Nicole is a professional singer and songwriter. Her features with ‘Biometrix' have achieved over a million streams. Outside of this, Nicole keeps herself busy by singing and touring with function and tribute acts. Performing at weddings, parties, clubs and events means Nicole travels all over the UK as well as around the world. Most recently Nicole had the pleasure of singing at the Kenyan music festival. Nicole's event band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmXUC08J78w&feature=emb_logo https://nicolegillvocalcoach.com/ Snake Eyes Band: https://www.wehavesnakeeyes.com/ My name is Rebekah Keogh and I am a vocalist, songwriter, voice coach and host of Eat Sleep Sing Repeat. You can check out my links below; My artist links: https://linktr.ee/RebekahKeogh My studio links: https://linktr.ee/RKVS

Friday, 4 December 2020, 4 – 5pm The Kemble Lecture 2020 will be delivered by Prof. Clare Lees (University of London). The event is sponsored by the School of English and hosted in partnership with Trinity Long Room Hub. This annual lecture series in honour of John Mitchell Kemble, begun in 2005, invites distinguished scholars to speak on topics associated with Kemble: the history, literature, and archaeology of pre-Norman England, and its later reception, especially in the 19th century. This year we are delighted to welcome Prof. Clare Lees, Professor of Medieval Literature, Director of the Institute of English Studies, and Pro-Dean for National Research Promotion & Facilitation, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Prof. Lees's research interests include early medieval literatures, languages, and cultures of Britain and Ireland, gender and sexuality studies, and histories of place and belief. Her most recent work explores how modern and contemporary poets, writers, and artists engage with early medieval cultures. Recent major publications include The Contemporary Medieval in Practice, with Gillian R. Overing (London: UCL Press, 2019), and The Cambridge History of Early Medieval English Literature, ed. Lees (Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 2013; paperback 2016).

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Join us to hear Sarah Caravalho Khan, Culture Transformation Leader speak about empathy, culture, and the employee experience. James Williams's book mentioned in the podcast can be found here and available as a free download from Cambridge Press. You can find Sarah on Linkedin  You can find Katty on Linkedin You can find Artisan Creative and on Linkedin.     Full transcript Welcome to the Artisan Podcast. Where we explore creativity, inspiration, and the determination, it takes to be an Artisan. This podcast is for Artisans by Artisans. I'm your host, Katty Douraghy, and I'm thrilled to introduce you to our next guest.   Katty: Thank you everyone for joining us on this episode of the Artisan Podcast. I am thrilled to welcome Sarah Caravalho Khan to our call here. Sarah and I have known each other for many many years, and she was one of our clients several years ago. Today she is the Director of Culture Transformation and Customer Success at Align Technologies. And given where we find ourselves currently with this remote workspace, I thought it would be great to have an opportunity to speak to Sarah about culture and how to create and maintain culture in our workplaces. Now, the conversation that we're having is really me reaching out to Sarah, knowing her expertise, and knowing our working backgrounds together. She's not necessarily representing Align in terms of the conversation that we're having today. This is really more her experience and her knowledge that she's bringing to the table and sharing with all of us. So without further ado, Sarah, welcome! It's so great to see you.   Sarah: Yeah, it's great to see you as always. It's been a long time.    Katty: It has been a long time. So, I wanted to chat with you about culture. Obviously, it's always critical in any organization. What I'm finding, what I'm hearing from a lot of our clients and talent alike, is maintaining culture in this remote setting, how to go about that and how to even from an onboarding standpoint, how to make sure that message is clear for incoming candidates. Could you talk a little bit about that and kind of how you've gone about fostering culture?   Sarah: Absolutely, I think, you know, most recently, I think that the things that I'm working on around culture have to do with a couple of things. I think, connecting to something bigger than yourself, is first and foremost, so that there's a sense of relatedness, between me as the employee, and my organization or between me as a contractor and the person I'm working for. There has to be a real sense of relatedness. You know, it's so interesting because I think that, especially in this environment, as we have gotten away from the face to face, you know, you have to remember a lot of people have always been living in an environment where it's been remote, and, you know. A know a lot of people working freelance in the gig economy, have been working for a long time, this way. And so it's probably not anything totally new for them, although it may be new for the people who are employing them. And so I think that you know, one of the, the very, very, I think, important things to keep in mind is that being very very authentic and genuine. I think this is what really helps to create the virtual intimacy. I think as you're onboarding, making sure that you're working with each other, and maybe little things like you know, of course, we all know about cameras now. That's one big thing but you'd be surprised how many people still don't turn on cameras. But I think really more importantly is I think a sense of authenticity and connection. I think that that's where we see the greatest success, and personally as I've been working with groups globally. This is where we had some really good success in connecting with cultures around the world, really different groups, just being very honest and open and connected and you're with them, there's a mindfulness element as well.   Katty: I love that and I love that you use the word relatedness, because relationships come from relatedness and really can't build those relationships, unless if we're having that connection with each other.   Sarah: I think this is one of the connections to empathy that I know that I have a special focus on right now as I'm working on culture. And, you know, there's a great book I'm reading right now by a philosopher John Williams. He talks about the attention economy and how we're so distracted in this environment and in this world right now and that leads us to make choices about how we interact with each other, and how we interact with the world at large, that maybe we wouldn't interact with if we didn't have this competition with technology and our attention. I would take that even further in my environment and think about, you know if you only see people or customers as numbers. You're never going to connect to them on a human level and really understand them so it's really necessary to kind of get past the point where, where you're looking at people as an archetype or a persona and really, really individualizing the attention you give them. So empathy is a really big part of it as well.    Katty: Yeah, absolutely. I actually read this quote the other day. Hold on one second, let me grab it. That really resonated with me. I'm reading Brené Brown's Dare to Lead right now.   Sarah: Oh, she's great!   Katty: And the quote was, “In the past jobs were about muscles, now they're about brains, but in the future, they'll be about the hearts.”   Sarah: Absolutely.   Katty: The Director of the London School of Economics, Minouche Shafik. That's very much what you're talking about here. If we don't lead with empathy if we don't lead from our hearts. It's really hard to be able to connect, especially in this environment.  Sarah: Absolutely, absolutely. And that requires people to learn new things and learn new skills that may not have--I believe personally that everyone has the capacity for empathy. I think that sometimes we exercise that muscle more often than less often and I think that this is going to be a skill that is really really one we're going to have to exercise in order to be able to connect to each other, and in companies and our employees as well.   Katty:  How would you go about teaching that, if someone is coming from a place where empathy and being empathetic really hasn't been--how they've kind of grown in their leadership style?   Sarah: I think, you know, that's a really, you know, the million-dollar question right there. I think that there's a lot of emergent work on, you know, I think at its, its most, you know, operationalized. “How do we measure empathy, how do we measure that, and then how do we teach that?” I think that those are two things that we're grappling with it at the place that I work right now. But I would say, you know, really, it starts with a sense of knowing who you are first. I think that understanding, hearing examples, understanding what empathy looks like, understanding how, how it feels to have an empathetic conversation. Sometimes it just depends on what I'm doing with my work, but sometimes I will lead a conversation about empathy, and actually toss it back to the people I'm working with. “Do you think it can be taught?” And then we have, this kind of dialogue about, “Well what does it look like when you're doing it? How does it, how does it sound?” And we practice, actually, we do, you know, discussions and this is of course, part of design thinking and the design thinking philosophy is that you have, empathetic, interviews or dialogues with your customers. And, you know, it's just taking it, even back down to the work that I do with customers, it's like you can't solve for something that some pain that people are experiencing unless you go there with them and understand it. And you can't understand it if you're asking the wrong questions.  And so a lot of it has to do with really asking the right questions.   Katty: Yeah absolutely and I think that sometimes, just as human beings we don't necessarily listen to connect, we're listening to solve. So our brain is thinking fast about what else should I ask next versus just hearing what somebody is saying.   Sarah: Absolutely, so I mean and I'm guilty of this too. My husband will tell you I am totally guilty of this, but I think that you know, being intentional I think it's another thing that's really important. I saw this show on the Life of the Buddha, once on our public television, here in the San Francisco Bay area. And there was a point where the speaker was saying you have to pay attention. Pay attention. And so I think again, bringing it back to mindfulness. What kind of conversation are we having right now? Are we having a conversation so that there is an even exchange? Are you listening so that I can just hear you and not provide a solution? What are we actually doing? And I think that that's, a hard thing to do but I think it's really necessary if we want to connect with people and learn, learn this as a skill to be better in tomorrow's workforce really.    Katty: Yeah, absolutely. I think you know that I'm fairly involved with the Entrepreneurs Organization, and when we come into our small groups with fellow entrepreneurs, that's exactly what we do, we actually keep problem-solving at bay. We don't come together to problem-solve from giving advisory, being in an advisory capacity. We come to the listen, really understanding and knowing that the person probably has the answer within them somewhere.  Sarah: Yes!   Katty: Right?   Sarah: That's right.    Katty: And just trying to be there and be present with them, maybe experience, share if it makes sense. But really just to be there and listen and have them kind of come to that, that conclusion for themselves. It's hard!   Sarah: It's totally hard! Yeah, absolutely. And you know, I think that for me -- I'm very, very fortunate because I'm also a certified coach, and I was lucky enough to get certified through the NeuroLeadership Institute, which is a group that really studies how the brain reacts. That's where you know relatedness comes in. That's a social threat that the brain responds to negatively. So I learned all this stuff about how our brains work, and what you're saying is so true, I think, you know, I learned that in my coaching, training, and practices. People know what they need to do most of the time. It's just about facilitating that process and so I think personally that's one of the most rewarding things to see whether you're managing people or you're coaching somebody or you're volunteering with an entrepreneurial organization. To understand that you're just a facilitator, you're not there to give the answer.    Katty: How do we bring that back to the interviewing environments?   Sarah: So interviewing for talent, you know, when we're bringing talent on board. Yeah, I think that it comes back to the kind of conversation that you're having right? So, really, in that kind of context, it's-- you're wanting to hear about the experiences that people are having. And, you know, it is such a challenge sometimes to not sound like a robot. And say, “Well, tell me about a time? Tell me about a time? Tell me about another time?” But really, I think that showing genuine interest, asking a question saying, “And how was that for you? What was the outcome?” You know, asking kind of those, those follow-on questions, and again it's not looking at my list of questions and knowing that I have to get through eight or nine before the interview ends. It's understanding what you generally need to get out of the conversation. And for me this is what I work with clients in a coaching situation it's, you ask one question that is definitely open, and then just dive in and go there with them, and it is so much fun, you know, I mean you have to keep track of time for sure. But really just being very very curious about that experience that someone is telling you about. And, “So who would you have to work with on that?” And it was that difficult when you had to work different time zones and it was just really getting into the weeds with somebody about their experience, and they'll tell you, probably more than you thought you would ever get.   Katty: Yeah, absolutely. One of my favorite questions is just to ask candidates on the creative side; what projects they're most proud of, and why?  And just that pride just shines through and they talk about what they created and who they worked with and how they overcame the challenges and then it becomes a story.    Sarah: Yes. Yes, and isn't that what we're looking to do? Is find the stories. Yeah, yeah absolutely.   Katty: Love that. So, speaking of stories and stories that companies tell, you know, really as it pertains to their core values and the stories of how they present themselves. Can you talk a little bit about just culture and core values and how the two of them play a role in hiring, as well as onboarding someone?   Sarah: Yeah, I think hiring onboarding and I would even pull it through to say, you know the whole employee experience, including how people perform and how they show up every day, how they treat their co-workers, how they treat their customers, and then how they off-board. You know, I think that that's a thread, the values thread that you can pull all the way through. I'll give you an example. Actually, I'll give you a couple of examples. Many years ago, when I was working at San Jose State University. We were starting a whole onboarding program and we had a conversation with each other as we were creating the program about our values. And it's like how do you teach values that you know in a way that it's not going to feel heavy-handed and in a way that people can actually live these values? And what we used to do was, which I thought was great. We worked with a company called ITS. It was a great company to help us think through how to do this. Was talking about our values, but we didn't just talk about the values we had discussion about how that would show up, how that shows up for people in, you know, in general. And then really having a discussion about how, and I found this to be true in my personal life. I would say you know as James Williams says in the book that I'm reading about attention, as he talks about, he calls it Starlight. So as we understand our Starlight, our guiding principles. Then really, what follows is easier, you know, when we have to make those decisions. So, when I'm hiring somebody if I know what I need to be looking for and showing up in a candidate. That will be much easier. That's going to give me a lot of information when I'm onboarding again, reinforcing those values but making sure it's very important that people understand that if they're living by our values as an organization. It's going to make their lives a lot easier when they have to make decisions. Because we want people to be empowered to make decisions, and we can't make every single decision for each other. It's just impossible and so I think it becomes a framework that you can use to make sure that people are able to say okay well if this is the decision and I know my value is empathy. Then, this is how I'm going to approach solving this decision on my own. So I think that that's, you know, that's, definitely part of it. And I think that you know, again, you can see it in hiring so there are a lot of really cool assessments now that if you define your values, you can actually have candidates take assessments that will, you know, show you basically where there is opportunity to grow. And where there's a definite match for your core values as an organization. But I think even without you know in a fancy assessment, you can just ask questions about values and organizational values. Even if I'm the head of a department, and I want to understand if someone's going to work well for my personal values, you can always ask about that as well. And then to the extent that there is resonation in the conversation, I think you'll understand to what extent there's a connection point. And then again of course, throughout the employee lifecycle and the employee experience, reign those values and so that's not just you know when you hire and then onboard, it has to continue to live. Otherwise, it does feel really empty, and it's not going to resonate with people when you bring it up once a year during performance, right.   Katty: Yeah absolutely, and it doesn't work if it's just a plaque on the wall with the words.    Sarah: Totally! Oh yeah yeah. I think about it. That's kind of the worst way to do it, right?    Katty: Yeah. Yeah, I think, you know, it's interesting how your values just show up on a daily basis. I think about Artisan's core values and one of our values is agility. And I can say during this pandemic if it hadn't been for that one core value to really make us be agile and just think differently and go with the flow because it was just really really difficult. Knowing that a particular path that we had planned for 2020 and didn't end up being that path. So, just to recognize where those core values are showing up I think it's important.   Sarah: I think, I think you're totally right there, and I think the other piece of that is to highlight. You know, we wouldn't have chosen these core values unless we knew that to be successful in this organization, these are the ones that you need to display, right? or I know personally, you know, where I work agility is one of our core values, too. I personally know that if I'm not agile or if I don't demonstrate agility in my thinking and flexibility because I think that's part of it, right? I'm gonna have a really hard time. And so I think that it's an indicator I think when you're at a place and you're getting hired or you're going through interviews, you know, if it hasn't been mentioned yet, I would ask what the core values are. Because that will give you some information about to what extent you're going to be a fit for the organization. But yeah, absolutely. I think that that's a really important thing to think about. And then the organization, to the extent you can highlight opportunities to share with people, how people are successful so that it keeps it really top of mind for people.    Katty: Yeah. Important is to be able to highlight how those values are showing up for them, for sure. You touched upon something that I'd love to kind of dive deeper on, and that's the employee experience. I know I hear about user experience and customer experience all the time, I'd love to just kind of learn a little bit more about EX and what that world looks like.   Sarah: Yeah, yeah, totally. You know, I think this is a really exciting time. I think for this kind of piece of the discipline to come out. I say discipline, I think about HR traditionally has many disciplines. There's competition benefits there's recruiting, whatever it is. But then there's also, you know, an emerging place of employee experience. And it's not just in human resources, it's emerging in customer experience as well. It's emerging in all parts of organizations. And there's a research organization called Forrester that where I work we're involved with. And it's so cool because when I first started working with the CX team when I was still in human resources before I came over fully. My team and I were really just very involved in reading everything we could about employee experience and really understanding that there was such a strong connection between the employee experience and the customer experience. You know, you almost can't if you think about it, you almost can't separate them. And so I had just kind of dipped my toe in the water and asked Forrester, a little bit about this, and they had a lot of articles and research that they had done on this. And you know, it was really, really great to read that there are different organizations at different steps in their maturity around linking EX to CX. But you know, I think it starts with, you know -- we all talk about the customer experience or CX and, you know, sometimes we'll do some dream mapping which really goes through tracking, maybe points in a customer's journey with us. When are they going to be, when are they going to be more delighted and less divided at different points in time? And I think that we really should be doing this with employee experience as well. Is tracking, you know, my team did it actually with the help of our CX team when I was still in human resources. So let's talk about onboarding and let's talk about the employee their first, you know, six months to a year. Let's track some of those key points in time where they're either going to make a decision or something is going to dawn on them and let's talk about whether that's a magic moment or a tragic moment. And let's talk about why, and let's look at those tragic moments and see what we can do about it. So I think you can approach it in very much the same way but I think that would be really cool. And, you know, I'm sure there's organizations out there doing this but, you know, how do we kind of overlap that employee lifecycle with something that a customer is going through. And, you know, if there's a point of time when a customer really needs something and our employees really need the same information and can't get it to the customer. That's when things can fall apart, right? You kind of start to see some weak links there in the process and so I think it's part, you know process reengineering part total creativity because you're looking at a journey, and you're seeing what options there might be to make it better. But there's also a lot of empathy that's required and necessary for something like this.   Katty: I love that, and really just looking at-- because you're right, the employee journey, really, as our internal clients. Right. And, you know, making sure that we're giving it as much emphasis, if not more because the employee journey isn't a positive one, then it's gonna manifest itself externally.    Sarah: Absolutely, absolutely. Sometimes it happens where you're--I had this happen to me maybe a month ago, where I had someone on the other end of the phone say, “Yeah, you know, I'm just going to tell you right now just for full transparency, you know, we're giving you this. This gift card because you had a really bad experience, I would cash it in in the next two weeks just saying.” And I'm like, Oh my gosh, what is happening for the employee, what is happening at this company where they have to make you feel compelled to do something? And so, I think that's absolutely true and I'm never going to buy from that company again. And it's not the employees' fault but something is broken. And I think that is just you know I wouldn't-- I think that's an extreme example, but I think that these things come up, you know, when people are overwhelmed. Because their employee experience is such that they don't have any balance, then they're not going to answer customer inquiries, or there's going to be absenteeism because they're getting sick or whatever it is, right? I mean it's so interconnected and I think that we're just really starting to learn about the connection to the CX, the customer experience, right now. So it's an exciting time.   Katty: Yeah, absolutely, and just the customer experience, the employee experience. And I think internally how we could tie that back to coaching and mentoring and making sure that, that employee journey is one that is on a growth trajectory. That there are opportunities that we can look internally at our existing teams to see how they can spread their wings and grow. It's really important.   Sarah:  It is, it is. And I think that this kind of comes back to that point in time where you-- Everybody's looking for a personalized experience now it's just the world we live in, right? And so, I think that the challenge for people who are managing other people. I know it's a challenge for me when I manage people. Is how do I make sure that everybody gets what they need? Whether it's you know, a personal development plan, or maybe somebody just needs more of a mentor in a specific area, you know it's so much easier to do a one size fits all. But I think that's where you can tie it back to empathy because if you actually recognize your employees as people, it becomes a little bit more natural. Because you're going to remember, you know, and we start looking at a span of control where you're, you know, managing a team or 20 employees of course gets harder. But when you're managing a small team, I think that it's really important, more important, even to get to know them as people when you're talking about growth, because everybody needs something different.   Katty: Yeah, absolutely. You talked about assessments, I'd love to dig into that a little bit more. We use StrengthsFinder here at Artisan. My husband's actually as StrengthsFinder coach. So I have a lucky assessment, you know, professional that can help us administer this, but I find that ever since we started doing this, I found it so eye-opening. And just in terms of my own understanding of myself and how I react to particular things or how I, you know, maybe I should be paying more attention to XYZ because it's important to my employees because their strengths rely on that. Can you share a little bit more about assessments, is there one that you're a big fan of, do you recommend companies to use different kinds of assessments?   Sarah: Yeah, I mean StrengthsFinder is great, number one. I love StrengthsFinder and of course, there are so many assessments now I mean I could tell you maybe just like a fraction of the ones that I've worked with because there's so many that you can choose from. I would say, you know, it depends on what you're trying to do with the assessment. So you know, for example with Myers Briggs, obviously you want to be very careful that you're not making hiring decisions because it hasn't been validated for hiring decisions. So I guess that would be the one thing that I would say is if you're wanting to look at exploring assessments, just make sure that it's been validated for hiring and probably want to validate for hiring at your company just to make it legally defensible. I think that from just an overall good development, I think again, Strengths Finder is awesome. One that we use right now is called Outmatch. And you know, I say we, but you know we at the company I work for, and that assessment is kind of like you have to go through a discovery process. It's validating because it's for hiring and development. So, that's where they look at your core values, and they look at the things that are important to do well at the company. And really, there's an assessment again-- it's been validated for hiring. So we give it to employees who come through the organization, and it is a data point. It's not the data point, but it's one thing to think about as we're making decisions. And I think the really cool thing about it though is that you can also not have the person retake the assessment but you can run it again when they're an employee for development. So that's pretty cool. You know and I think that there are just lots of other assessments but I think that there are also lots of other ways to do self-assessment, you know. There are lots of frameworks that you can use, again, I think it just depends on how you're going to use it. If it's for development, I think there's a little bit more flexibility, as long as there aren't implications for performance management, again they're all these rules, right? But I think that you know, Frameworks are really great too. There's, there's another one that I was actually just thinking about this morning, called the TKI and that's the Thomas Killman conflict modes instrument. Which is a really great one, and it's not necessarily, you know, to give to warring factions, you know you don't give it to different departments that are having problems but you give it to individuals. You know I've done this in workshops where we look at --it's kind of a proactive way to look at the way that you approach conflict. And so you may be less assertive, and you may, you know have a different style than someone who's more assertive and it really just teaches you how to recognize that, and then what to do about it, and how to develop in that area because I think that, you know, and again, this is like when we teach you to know how to how to actively listen. The people who are like me and super chatty. You know we may be more extroverted and may get our ideas heard a little bit more than someone who is, is maybe just going to kind of wait, think about it before they chime in, and then it might be too late. So conflict is not necessarily not getting along, it's really how do I get along in the world of all these different ways of having different needs in terms of asserting ideas.    Katty: Yeah, I love that, because really what we're talking about is self-discovery really more than anything else is. And that's why I mentioned StrengthFinders, we don't use it for hiring. It's really more for communication. It's like, what are our communication styles? Are you high on communication? Are you high on empathy? Just having an understanding amongst one another. But surely, I think all of these assessments and Frameworks is a good benchmark just for us to learn a little bit more about who we are.    Sarah: Totally. Yeah absolutely and, you know, I think that you can find good assessments, just like you can find bad assessments online and so if someone is just dipping their toe in the water for the first time I would just look for something that's been validated and that's reliable like StrengthsFinder. You know if you're going to use Myers Briggs have someone who's qualified to deliver it and don't do an online assessment. You know, just that kind of thing I think a little of that goes a long way but I think you're absolutely right. It's more about self-discovery and, “Okay so this is what it is. And now what am I going to do about it?”   Katty: Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. Well, Sarah, I want to thank you for the time that you've taken to be here with us and share your insight about culture and core values, and the employee experience. I think all of it is just so powerful in terms of making sure that we're cultivating culture, in our companies whether it's in a remote setting or one day we'll be back in person. But I think that the key things of kind of really understanding that communication piece and that empathy piece is so valuable to hear about. Is there anything else you want to add before we part ways?   Sarah: No, I think that we've covered it. I think that you know, I would just reiterate that I guess-- Well yes, there is one thing. I guess I think about just the world of work, but it's really the world at large. You know how we're relating to each other as people. I think I'm starting to see evidence that there's a little bit of a turn happening where we're not so polarized. Maybe just a little bit of a peek of hope that you know again I think that empathy and understanding each other better and not as numbers and demonstrating curiosity I think for me is how we're going to get to healing, you know, whether it's you know, two people having conflict or country or different parts of the world. So I think it's just been great talking to you and it's been great to kind of reflect on this for myself so thank you very much.   Thank you for tuning in to this episode of The Artisan Podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Artisan Creative, a staffing and recruitment firm specializing in creative, marketing, and digital talents. You can find us online, at artisancreative.com or via social channels @artisancreative. We look forward to connecting.  

Once upon a time, there was an enchanted book filled with hundreds of little plots, applied examples and linear regressions — the prettiest creature that was ever seen. Its authors were excessively fond of it, and its readers loved it even more. This magical book had a nice blue cover made for it, and everybody aptly called it « Regression and other Stories »! As every good fairy tale, this one had its share of villains — the traps where statistical methods fall and fail you; the terrible confounders, lurking in the dark; the ill-measured data that haunt your inferences! But once you defeat these monsters, you’ll be able to think about, build and interpret regression models. This episode will be filled with stories — stories about linear regressions! Here to narrate these marvelous statistical adventures are Andrew Gelman, Jennifer Hill and Aki Vehtari — the authors of the brand new Regression and other Stories. Andrew is a professor of statistics and political science at Columbia University. Jennifer is a professor of applied statistics at NYU. She develops methods to answer causal questions related to policy research and scientific development. Aki is an associate professor in computational probabilistic modeling at Aalto University, Finland. In this episode, they tell us why they wrote this book, who it is for and they also give us their 10 tips to improve your regression modeling! We also talked about the limits of regression and about going to Mars… Other good news: until October 31st 2020, you can go to http://www.cambridge.org/wm-ecommerce-web/academic/landingPage/GoodBayesian2020 and buy the book with a 20% discount by entering the promo code “GoodBayesian2020” upon checkout! That way, you’ll make up your own stories before going to sleep and dream of a world where we can easily generalize from sample to population, and where multilevel regression with poststratification is a bliss… Our theme music is « Good Bayesian », by Baba Brinkman (feat MC Lars and Mega Ran). Check out his awesome work at https://bababrinkman.com/ ! Links from the show: Regression and Other Stories on Cambridge Press website: http://www.cambridge.org/wm-ecommerce-web/academic/landingPage/GoodBayesian2020 Amazon page (because of VAT laws, in some regions ordering from Amazon can be cheaper than from the editor directly, even with the discount): https://www.amazon.com/Regression-Stories-Analytical-Methods-Research/dp/110702398X Code, data and examples for the book: https://avehtari.github.io/ROS-Examples/ Port of the book in Python and Bambi: https://github.com/bambinos/Bambi_resources/tree/master/ROS Andrew's home page: http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/ Andrew's blog: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/ Andrew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/statmodeling Jennifer's home page: https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/people/jennifer-hill Aki's teaching material: https://avehtari.github.io/ Aki's home page: https://users.aalto.fi/~ave/ Aki on Twitter: https://twitter.com/avehtari --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/learn-bayes-stats/message

From the Mountains to the Cities A History of Buddhist Propagation in Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2018), written by Mark A. Nathan, is a history of P’ogyo (Buddhist Propagation) on the Korean peninsula from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st that switches its focus to South Korea beginning with the Post-Korean War period. Nathan’s history is woven with the themes of geography, law, and media, which serve to elucidate how Buddhism in Korea transformed from a religion that was geographically-isolated by law during the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392-1910), as well as perceived by Korean Buddhist reformers, such as Han Yong’un (1879-1944) as disconnected from the common people into a religion heavily organized in accordance with spreading it’s doctrines and practices to the masses in order to compete with various Christian and Buddhist traditions across the decades. Law is the most emphasized theme in this history. Nathan explains that the introduction of religion as a legal category during the late Chosŏn Dynasty, with propagation as one of its defining components was perpetuated by other laws across time, such as the Temple Ordinance (1911) of the Japanese Colonial period (1910-1945). He posits that these laws indicate why and how Korean Buddhist communities and institutions became what they are today. Spanning just over a century, his work includes a variety of other fascinating details, like the development and history of several media formats used to propagate Buddhism, the influence of presidents on Buddhist propagation, the development of international Seon centers, historical in-fighting among monastics over the issue of celibacy, and descriptions of the efforts made by outstanding Buddhist propagators, such as the well-known monk, Pomnyun (1953-present) and members of the Minjung Buddhist Movement (1980’s). Mark A. Nathan is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and director of the Asian Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at The State University of New York at Buffalo. In addition to F r om the Mountains to the Citie s, he also co-edited the volume, Buddhism and Law: An Introduction from University of Cambridge Press (2014). Trevor McManis is a recent graduate of the Geography Program at California State University, Stanislaus, and an aspiring Buddhist Studies Scholar. His research interests include Buddhist material and intellectual culture in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Mountains to the Cities A History of Buddhist Propagation in Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2018), written by Mark A. Nathan, is a history of P’ogyo (Buddhist Propagation) on the Korean peninsula from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st that switches its focus to South Korea beginning with the Post-Korean War period. Nathan’s history is woven with the themes of geography, law, and media, which serve to elucidate how Buddhism in Korea transformed from a religion that was geographically-isolated by law during the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392-1910), as well as perceived by Korean Buddhist reformers, such as Han Yong’un (1879-1944) as disconnected from the common people into a religion heavily organized in accordance with spreading it’s doctrines and practices to the masses in order to compete with various Christian and Buddhist traditions across the decades. Law is the most emphasized theme in this history. Nathan explains that the introduction of religion as a legal category during the late Chosŏn Dynasty, with propagation as one of its defining components was perpetuated by other laws across time, such as the Temple Ordinance (1911) of the Japanese Colonial period (1910-1945). He posits that these laws indicate why and how Korean Buddhist communities and institutions became what they are today. Spanning just over a century, his work includes a variety of other fascinating details, like the development and history of several media formats used to propagate Buddhism, the influence of presidents on Buddhist propagation, the development of international Seon centers, historical in-fighting among monastics over the issue of celibacy, and descriptions of the efforts made by outstanding Buddhist propagators, such as the well-known monk, Pomnyun (1953-present) and members of the Minjung Buddhist Movement (1980’s). Mark A. Nathan is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and director of the Asian Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at The State University of New York at Buffalo. In addition to F r om the Mountains to the Citie s, he also co-edited the volume, Buddhism and Law: An Introduction from University of Cambridge Press (2014). Trevor McManis is a recent graduate of the Geography Program at California State University, Stanislaus, and an aspiring Buddhist Studies Scholar. His research interests include Buddhist material and intellectual culture in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Mountains to the Cities A History of Buddhist Propagation in Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2018), written by Mark A. Nathan, is a history of P’ogyo (Buddhist Propagation) on the Korean peninsula from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st that switches its focus to South Korea beginning with the Post-Korean War period. Nathan’s history is woven with the themes of geography, law, and media, which serve to elucidate how Buddhism in Korea transformed from a religion that was geographically-isolated by law during the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392-1910), as well as perceived by Korean Buddhist reformers, such as Han Yong’un (1879-1944) as disconnected from the common people into a religion heavily organized in accordance with spreading it’s doctrines and practices to the masses in order to compete with various Christian and Buddhist traditions across the decades. Law is the most emphasized theme in this history. Nathan explains that the introduction of religion as a legal category during the late Chosŏn Dynasty, with propagation as one of its defining components was perpetuated by other laws across time, such as the Temple Ordinance (1911) of the Japanese Colonial period (1910-1945). He posits that these laws indicate why and how Korean Buddhist communities and institutions became what they are today. Spanning just over a century, his work includes a variety of other fascinating details, like the development and history of several media formats used to propagate Buddhism, the influence of presidents on Buddhist propagation, the development of international Seon centers, historical in-fighting among monastics over the issue of celibacy, and descriptions of the efforts made by outstanding Buddhist propagators, such as the well-known monk, Pomnyun (1953-present) and members of the Minjung Buddhist Movement (1980’s). Mark A. Nathan is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and director of the Asian Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at The State University of New York at Buffalo. In addition to F rom the Mountains to the Citie s, he also co-edited the volume, Buddhism and Law: An Introduction from University of Cambridge Press (2014). Trevor McManis is a recent graduate of the Geography Program at California State University, Stanislaus, and an aspiring Buddhist Studies Scholar. His research interests include Buddhist material and intellectual culture in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the Mountains to the Cities A History of Buddhist Propagation in Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2018), written by Mark A. Nathan, is a history of P'ogyo (Buddhist Propagation) on the Korean peninsula from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st that switches its focus to South Korea beginning with the Post-Korean War period. Nathan's history is woven with the themes of geography, law, and media, which serve to elucidate how Buddhism in Korea transformed from a religion that was geographically-isolated by law during the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392-1910), as well as perceived by Korean Buddhist reformers, such as Han Yong'un (1879-1944) as disconnected from the common people into a religion heavily organized in accordance with spreading it's doctrines and practices to the masses in order to compete with various Christian and Buddhist traditions across the decades. Law is the most emphasized theme in this history. Nathan explains that the introduction of religion as a legal category during the late Chosŏn Dynasty, with propagation as one of its defining components was perpetuated by other laws across time, such as the Temple Ordinance (1911) of the Japanese Colonial period (1910-1945). He posits that these laws indicate why and how Korean Buddhist communities and institutions became what they are today. Spanning just over a century, his work includes a variety of other fascinating details, like the development and history of several media formats used to propagate Buddhism, the influence of presidents on Buddhist propagation, the development of international Seon centers, historical in-fighting among monastics over the issue of celibacy, and descriptions of the efforts made by outstanding Buddhist propagators, such as the well-known monk, Pomnyun (1953-present) and members of the Minjung Buddhist Movement (1980's). Mark A. Nathan is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and director of the Asian Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at The State University of New York at Buffalo. In addition to F r o m the Mountains to the Citie s, he also co-edited the volume, Buddhism and Law: An Introduction from University of Cambridge Press (2014). Trevor McManis is a recent graduate of the Geography Program at California State University, Stanislaus, and an aspiring Buddhist Studies Scholar. His research interests include Buddhist material and intellectual culture in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

From the Mountains to the Cities A History of Buddhist Propagation in Korea (University of Hawaii Press, 2018), written by Mark A. Nathan, is a history of P’ogyo (Buddhist Propagation) on the Korean peninsula from the late 19th century to the beginning of the 21st that switches its focus to South Korea beginning with the Post-Korean War period. Nathan’s history is woven with the themes of geography, law, and media, which serve to elucidate how Buddhism in Korea transformed from a religion that was geographically-isolated by law during the Chosŏn Dynasty (1392-1910), as well as perceived by Korean Buddhist reformers, such as Han Yong’un (1879-1944) as disconnected from the common people into a religion heavily organized in accordance with spreading it’s doctrines and practices to the masses in order to compete with various Christian and Buddhist traditions across the decades. Law is the most emphasized theme in this history. Nathan explains that the introduction of religion as a legal category during the late Chosŏn Dynasty, with propagation as one of its defining components was perpetuated by other laws across time, such as the Temple Ordinance (1911) of the Japanese Colonial period (1910-1945). He posits that these laws indicate why and how Korean Buddhist communities and institutions became what they are today. Spanning just over a century, his work includes a variety of other fascinating details, like the development and history of several media formats used to propagate Buddhism, the influence of presidents on Buddhist propagation, the development of international Seon centers, historical in-fighting among monastics over the issue of celibacy, and descriptions of the efforts made by outstanding Buddhist propagators, such as the well-known monk, Pomnyun (1953-present) and members of the Minjung Buddhist Movement (1980’s). Mark A. Nathan is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and director of the Asian Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at The State University of New York at Buffalo. In addition to F r om the Mountains to the Citie s, he also co-edited the volume, Buddhism and Law: An Introduction from University of Cambridge Press (2014). Trevor McManis is a recent graduate of the Geography Program at California State University, Stanislaus, and an aspiring Buddhist Studies Scholar. His research interests include Buddhist material and intellectual culture in Korea, Vietnam, and Japan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we talk to Peter Muir of Melbourne, Australia. Peter is currently an MYP coordinator but he also has extensive experience with CAS - that’s Creativity, Activity, Service - a key component of the Diploma Programme core.We focus on the role of CAS in developing the Diploma student’s awareness of themselves beyond their academic capabilities and more on developing those characteristics which will make them lifelong contributors to a better and more peaceful world. Even if you don’t work with the Diploma Programme you will hear the key role CAS plays in the final development of IB students. By the way, we have created a webpage for this podcast which organizes all of our 35 episodes by topic and by programme so they can be more easily located. please use the link in the podcast notes to find the website.Peter referenced a textbook he had a part in developing. Here is a link to that book from Cambridge Press.Please find all our episodes by visiting the new IB Matters webpage. We have all the episodes arranged by topic and/or Programme.

Music lovers and researchers alike have long been fascinated by the story of Ludwig van Beethoven who became profoundly deaf as an adult and could not hear some of his most famous compositions including the Ninth Symphony. Many people have written about Beethoven's deafness and speculated how he might have been able to compose despite his disability. Robin Wallace, however, is the first musicologist to write about Beethoven's life and music who has had an intimate experience with deafness. Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery published by University of Chicago Press in 2018 pairs a new consideration of the effects of Beethoven's deafness on his life and music with a loving memoir of the last years of Wallace's first marriage after his wife, Barbara, suddenly lost her hearing. Written for a general audience as well as musicologists, in Hearing Beethoven, Wallace applies what he learned from Barbara's experiences to Beethoven's life. Wallace focuses on three main areas: Beethoven's social life, the technology he used to help him hear speaking voices and music, and his compositional method and music. While providing new insights into Beethoven's biography and compositions, Wallace also undermines some of the most enduring myths about Beethoven. He reminds us that neither Beethoven nor his wife Barbara overcame the challenges presented by their deafness, instead they strove to find “wholeness by learning to live within them.” Robin Wallace is a Professor of Musicology in the School of Music at Baylor University. He has published widely on the critical reception of Beethoven's music including his first book, Beethoven's Critics: Aesthetic Dilemmas and Resolutions During the Composer's Lifetime (University of Cambridge Press, 1986). In addition to his scholarly publications, Wallace is the author of an introductory music textbook from Oxford University Press titled Take Note: An Introduction to Music through Active Listening. Kristen M. Turner, Ph.D. is a lecturer at North Carolina State University in the music department. Her work centers on American musical culture at the turn of the twentieth century and has been published in several journals and essay collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music lovers and researchers alike have long been fascinated by the story of Ludwig van Beethoven who became profoundly deaf as an adult and could not hear some of his most famous compositions including the Ninth Symphony. Many people have written about Beethoven’s deafness and speculated how he might have been able to compose despite his disability. Robin Wallace, however, is the first musicologist to write about Beethoven’s life and music who has had an intimate experience with deafness. Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery published by University of Chicago Press in 2018 pairs a new consideration of the effects of Beethoven’s deafness on his life and music with a loving memoir of the last years of Wallace’s first marriage after his wife, Barbara, suddenly lost her hearing. Written for a general audience as well as musicologists, in Hearing Beethoven, Wallace applies what he learned from Barbara’s experiences to Beethoven’s life. Wallace focuses on three main areas: Beethoven’s social life, the technology he used to help him hear speaking voices and music, and his compositional method and music. While providing new insights into Beethoven’s biography and compositions, Wallace also undermines some of the most enduring myths about Beethoven. He reminds us that neither Beethoven nor his wife Barbara overcame the challenges presented by their deafness, instead they strove to find “wholeness by learning to live within them.” Robin Wallace is a Professor of Musicology in the School of Music at Baylor University. He has published widely on the critical reception of Beethoven’s music including his first book, Beethoven’s Critics: Aesthetic Dilemmas and Resolutions During the Composer’s Lifetime (University of Cambridge Press, 1986). In addition to his scholarly publications, Wallace is the author of an introductory music textbook from Oxford University Press titled Take Note: An Introduction to Music through Active Listening. Kristen M. Turner, Ph.D. is a lecturer at North Carolina State University in the music department. Her work centers on American musical culture at the turn of the twentieth century and has been published in several journals and essay collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music lovers and researchers alike have long been fascinated by the story of Ludwig van Beethoven who became profoundly deaf as an adult and could not hear some of his most famous compositions including the Ninth Symphony. Many people have written about Beethoven’s deafness and speculated how he might have been able to compose despite his disability. Robin Wallace, however, is the first musicologist to write about Beethoven’s life and music who has had an intimate experience with deafness. Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery published by University of Chicago Press in 2018 pairs a new consideration of the effects of Beethoven’s deafness on his life and music with a loving memoir of the last years of Wallace’s first marriage after his wife, Barbara, suddenly lost her hearing. Written for a general audience as well as musicologists, in Hearing Beethoven, Wallace applies what he learned from Barbara’s experiences to Beethoven’s life. Wallace focuses on three main areas: Beethoven’s social life, the technology he used to help him hear speaking voices and music, and his compositional method and music. While providing new insights into Beethoven’s biography and compositions, Wallace also undermines some of the most enduring myths about Beethoven. He reminds us that neither Beethoven nor his wife Barbara overcame the challenges presented by their deafness, instead they strove to find “wholeness by learning to live within them.” Robin Wallace is a Professor of Musicology in the School of Music at Baylor University. He has published widely on the critical reception of Beethoven’s music including his first book, Beethoven’s Critics: Aesthetic Dilemmas and Resolutions During the Composer’s Lifetime (University of Cambridge Press, 1986). In addition to his scholarly publications, Wallace is the author of an introductory music textbook from Oxford University Press titled Take Note: An Introduction to Music through Active Listening. Kristen M. Turner, Ph.D. is a lecturer at North Carolina State University in the music department. Her work centers on American musical culture at the turn of the twentieth century and has been published in several journals and essay collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music lovers and researchers alike have long been fascinated by the story of Ludwig van Beethoven who became profoundly deaf as an adult and could not hear some of his most famous compositions including the Ninth Symphony. Many people have written about Beethoven’s deafness and speculated how he might have been able to compose despite his disability. Robin Wallace, however, is the first musicologist to write about Beethoven’s life and music who has had an intimate experience with deafness. Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery published by University of Chicago Press in 2018 pairs a new consideration of the effects of Beethoven’s deafness on his life and music with a loving memoir of the last years of Wallace’s first marriage after his wife, Barbara, suddenly lost her hearing. Written for a general audience as well as musicologists, in Hearing Beethoven, Wallace applies what he learned from Barbara’s experiences to Beethoven’s life. Wallace focuses on three main areas: Beethoven’s social life, the technology he used to help him hear speaking voices and music, and his compositional method and music. While providing new insights into Beethoven’s biography and compositions, Wallace also undermines some of the most enduring myths about Beethoven. He reminds us that neither Beethoven nor his wife Barbara overcame the challenges presented by their deafness, instead they strove to find “wholeness by learning to live within them.” Robin Wallace is a Professor of Musicology in the School of Music at Baylor University. He has published widely on the critical reception of Beethoven’s music including his first book, Beethoven’s Critics: Aesthetic Dilemmas and Resolutions During the Composer’s Lifetime (University of Cambridge Press, 1986). In addition to his scholarly publications, Wallace is the author of an introductory music textbook from Oxford University Press titled Take Note: An Introduction to Music through Active Listening. Kristen M. Turner, Ph.D. is a lecturer at North Carolina State University in the music department. Her work centers on American musical culture at the turn of the twentieth century and has been published in several journals and essay collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music lovers and researchers alike have long been fascinated by the story of Ludwig van Beethoven who became profoundly deaf as an adult and could not hear some of his most famous compositions including the Ninth Symphony. Many people have written about Beethoven’s deafness and speculated how he might have been able to compose despite his disability. Robin Wallace, however, is the first musicologist to write about Beethoven’s life and music who has had an intimate experience with deafness. Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery published by University of Chicago Press in 2018 pairs a new consideration of the effects of Beethoven’s deafness on his life and music with a loving memoir of the last years of Wallace’s first marriage after his wife, Barbara, suddenly lost her hearing. Written for a general audience as well as musicologists, in Hearing Beethoven, Wallace applies what he learned from Barbara’s experiences to Beethoven’s life. Wallace focuses on three main areas: Beethoven’s social life, the technology he used to help him hear speaking voices and music, and his compositional method and music. While providing new insights into Beethoven’s biography and compositions, Wallace also undermines some of the most enduring myths about Beethoven. He reminds us that neither Beethoven nor his wife Barbara overcame the challenges presented by their deafness, instead they strove to find “wholeness by learning to live within them.” Robin Wallace is a Professor of Musicology in the School of Music at Baylor University. He has published widely on the critical reception of Beethoven’s music including his first book, Beethoven’s Critics: Aesthetic Dilemmas and Resolutions During the Composer’s Lifetime (University of Cambridge Press, 1986). In addition to his scholarly publications, Wallace is the author of an introductory music textbook from Oxford University Press titled Take Note: An Introduction to Music through Active Listening. Kristen M. Turner, Ph.D. is a lecturer at North Carolina State University in the music department. Her work centers on American musical culture at the turn of the twentieth century and has been published in several journals and essay collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music lovers and researchers alike have long been fascinated by the story of Ludwig van Beethoven who became profoundly deaf as an adult and could not hear some of his most famous compositions including the Ninth Symphony. Many people have written about Beethoven’s deafness and speculated how he might have been able to compose despite his disability. Robin Wallace, however, is the first musicologist to write about Beethoven’s life and music who has had an intimate experience with deafness. Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery published by University of Chicago Press in 2018 pairs a new consideration of the effects of Beethoven’s deafness on his life and music with a loving memoir of the last years of Wallace’s first marriage after his wife, Barbara, suddenly lost her hearing. Written for a general audience as well as musicologists, in Hearing Beethoven, Wallace applies what he learned from Barbara’s experiences to Beethoven’s life. Wallace focuses on three main areas: Beethoven’s social life, the technology he used to help him hear speaking voices and music, and his compositional method and music. While providing new insights into Beethoven’s biography and compositions, Wallace also undermines some of the most enduring myths about Beethoven. He reminds us that neither Beethoven nor his wife Barbara overcame the challenges presented by their deafness, instead they strove to find “wholeness by learning to live within them.” Robin Wallace is a Professor of Musicology in the School of Music at Baylor University. He has published widely on the critical reception of Beethoven’s music including his first book, Beethoven’s Critics: Aesthetic Dilemmas and Resolutions During the Composer’s Lifetime (University of Cambridge Press, 1986). In addition to his scholarly publications, Wallace is the author of an introductory music textbook from Oxford University Press titled Take Note: An Introduction to Music through Active Listening. Kristen M. Turner, Ph.D. is a lecturer at North Carolina State University in the music department. Her work centers on American musical culture at the turn of the twentieth century and has been published in several journals and essay collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music lovers and researchers alike have long been fascinated by the story of Ludwig van Beethoven who became profoundly deaf as an adult and could not hear some of his most famous compositions including the Ninth Symphony. Many people have written about Beethoven’s deafness and speculated how he might have been able to compose despite his disability. Robin Wallace, however, is the first musicologist to write about Beethoven’s life and music who has had an intimate experience with deafness. Hearing Beethoven: A Story of Musical Loss and Discovery published by University of Chicago Press in 2018 pairs a new consideration of the effects of Beethoven’s deafness on his life and music with a loving memoir of the last years of Wallace’s first marriage after his wife, Barbara, suddenly lost her hearing. Written for a general audience as well as musicologists, in Hearing Beethoven, Wallace applies what he learned from Barbara’s experiences to Beethoven’s life. Wallace focuses on three main areas: Beethoven’s social life, the technology he used to help him hear speaking voices and music, and his compositional method and music. While providing new insights into Beethoven’s biography and compositions, Wallace also undermines some of the most enduring myths about Beethoven. He reminds us that neither Beethoven nor his wife Barbara overcame the challenges presented by their deafness, instead they strove to find “wholeness by learning to live within them.” Robin Wallace is a Professor of Musicology in the School of Music at Baylor University. He has published widely on the critical reception of Beethoven’s music including his first book, Beethoven’s Critics: Aesthetic Dilemmas and Resolutions During the Composer’s Lifetime (University of Cambridge Press, 1986). In addition to his scholarly publications, Wallace is the author of an introductory music textbook from Oxford University Press titled Take Note: An Introduction to Music through Active Listening. Kristen M. Turner, Ph.D. is a lecturer at North Carolina State University in the music department. Her work centers on American musical culture at the turn of the twentieth century and has been published in several journals and essay collections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A village terrorized by a man eating tiger and a state struggling to implement possibly the largest social security program in the world coalesce in this wonderful ethnography of bureaucracy by Nayanika Mathur. Paper Tiger: Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India (Cambridge University Press, 2015) is a detailed account of paper that reveals the unintended consequences of reforms, the problems with implementing new programs and the inability of state officials to act when faced with crises. Rich, lively, and theoretically compelling Paper Tiger pushes us to rethink how the state operates in India and beyond. Ian M. Cook is a social anthropologist whose research focuses on small cities, rhythms and everyday life in south India. His publications can be accessed at ceu.academia.edu/IanCook. He can be reached at ianmickcook@gmail.com.

A village terrorized by a man eating tiger and a state struggling to implement possibly the largest social security program in the world coalesce in this wonderful ethnography of bureaucracy by Nayanika Mathur. Paper Tiger: Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India (Cambridge University Press, 2015) is a detailed account of paper that reveals the unintended consequences of reforms, the problems with implementing new programs and the inability of state officials to act when faced with crises. Rich, lively, and theoretically compelling Paper Tiger pushes us to rethink how the state operates in India and beyond. Ian M. Cook is a social anthropologist whose research focuses on small cities, rhythms and everyday life in south India. His publications can be accessed at ceu.academia.edu/IanCook. He can be reached at ianmickcook@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A village terrorized by a man eating tiger and a state struggling to implement possibly the largest social security program in the world coalesce in this wonderful ethnography of bureaucracy by Nayanika Mathur. Paper Tiger: Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India (Cambridge University Press, 2015) is a detailed account of paper that reveals the unintended consequences of reforms, the problems with implementing new programs and the inability of state officials to act when faced with crises. Rich, lively, and theoretically compelling Paper Tiger pushes us to rethink how the state operates in India and beyond. Ian M. Cook is a social anthropologist whose research focuses on small cities, rhythms and everyday life in south India. His publications can be accessed at ceu.academia.edu/IanCook. He can be reached at ianmickcook@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A village terrorized by a man eating tiger and a state struggling to implement possibly the largest social security program in the world coalesce in this wonderful ethnography of bureaucracy by Nayanika Mathur. Paper Tiger: Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India (Cambridge University Press, 2015) is a detailed account of paper that reveals the unintended consequences of reforms, the problems with implementing new programs and the inability of state officials to act when faced with crises. Rich, lively, and theoretically compelling Paper Tiger pushes us to rethink how the state operates in India and beyond. Ian M. Cook is a social anthropologist whose research focuses on small cities, rhythms and everyday life in south India. His publications can be accessed at ceu.academia.edu/IanCook. He can be reached at ianmickcook@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A village terrorized by a man eating tiger and a state struggling to implement possibly the largest social security program in the world coalesce in this wonderful ethnography of bureaucracy by Nayanika Mathur. Paper Tiger: Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India (Cambridge University Press, 2015) is a detailed account of paper that reveals the unintended consequences of reforms, the problems with implementing new programs and the inability of state officials to act when faced with crises. Rich, lively, and theoretically compelling Paper Tiger pushes us to rethink how the state operates in India and beyond. Ian M. Cook is a social anthropologist whose research focuses on small cities, rhythms and everyday life in south India. His publications can be accessed at ceu.academia.edu/IanCook. He can be reached at ianmickcook@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Virtually every discourse in the medieval period was constructed around the ideal of balance. In my recent book, A History of Balance, 1250-1375, published this past spring by Cambridge Press, I show that preoccupations with balance lay at the core of medieval economic thought, medical theory, political thought, and natural philosophy, but one could apply the same analytic focus on balance to a host of other disciplines. And yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the concern with balance (or perhaps because of its utter ubiquity), it was almost never the subject of discussion in itself in the medieval period. For this reason modern historians, too, have failed both to recognize balance as a subject crucial to the history of ideas, or to imagine it as having a history – as changing in form over historical time. In my presentation, I will argue that an analysis of the forms of balance that were assumed and applied in the medieval period – and, in particular, an analysis of the change in the modeling of balance that occurred between 1280 and 1360 - are crucial both to the opening up of striking new vistas of imaginative and speculative possibility within scholasticism and to the scholarly comprehension of this many-faceted intellectual development.

In this special episode, BYU History Professor Dr. Michael MacKay share a 1 hour presentation exploring science, evolution, religion, and the LDS Church with Dr. Michael Ruse, one of the world’s leading experts in the philosophy of science, and author of the book: Can a Darwinian be a Christian? The Relationship between Science and Religion, published by the University of Cambridge Press in 2001.