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Neuroscientist and musician Daniel Levitin says we can trace beliefs about music's power to heal mind, body and spirit back 20,000 years, to the Upper Paleolithic era. But only recently have we had good science to explain how music affects us and how we can use it therapeutically. Not only to relax, uplift and bring us together, but as part of treatment of trauma, depression, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and more. Alexis Madrigal talked onstage with Levitin in collaboration with LitQuake, San Francisco's literary festival, running through October 26th. We listen back on their conversation and to Levitin's live musical performance. Guests: Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist, musician and author, "I Heard There Was a Secret Chord," "The Organized Mind," "The World in Six Songs" and "This is Your Brain on Music. He is also Dean of Social Sciences at the Minerva Schools in San Francisco.

Neuroscientist and musician Daniel Levitin says we can trace beliefs about music's power to heal mind, body and spirit back 20,000 years, to the Upper Paleolithic era. But only recently have we had good science to explain how music affects us and how we can use it therapeutically. Not only to relax, uplift and bring us together, but as part of treatment of trauma, depression, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and more. Alexis Madrigal talked onstage with Levitin in collaboration with LitQuake, San Francisco's literary festival, running through October 26th. We listen back on their conversation and to Levitin's live musical performance. Guest: Daniel Levitin, neuroscientist, musician and author, "I Heard There Was a Secret Chord," "The Organized Mind," "The World in Six Songs" and "This is Your Brain on Music. He is also Dean of Social Sciences at the Minerva Schools in San Francisco.

It's not every day you get to spend time with a highly decorated cognitive neuroscientist who's also an award winning musician who has done research on what happens in your brain when listening to music.  Since this is often our pursuit and our hope for you the viewer/listener, we were honored and humbled to have Daniel Levitin join our show for an amazing conversation around science and the love of music.BioDaniel J. Levitin is an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, and best-selling author. His research encompasses music, the brain, health, productivity and creativity. He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute, known as Minerva University since 2021, in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal. He is the author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, A Field Guide to Lies and Successful Aging. As a musician (tenor saxophone, guitar, vocals and bass), he has performed with Mel Tormé, David Byrne, Rosanne Cash, Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Victor Wooten and Tom Scott. Levitin has produced and consulted on albums by artists including Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and on the films Good Will Hunting and Pulp Fiction, and has been awarded 17 gold and platinum records.  In December 2021, Daniel released his second album, sex & math.Website: https://www.daniellevitin.com/YouTube ChannelSpotifyThank you to Carver Commodore, argonaut&wasp, and Blair Crimmins for allowing us to use their music in the show open and close. It makes everything sound so much better!If you'd like to sponsor our show or if you're a musician who'd like to come on the show, or if you have a recommendation for OUR next favorite band, hit us up on any of the social media platforms at @nextfavband, or visit our website at stereophilia.studio for more information and to contact us. Let's catch a live show together soon!#nextfavband #livemusic #music #musicinterview #musician #singer #guitar #song #newmusic #explorepage #instamusic #bestmusic #musicismylife #musicindustry #musiclife #songwriter #musiclover #musicfestival

Millions have been inspired by Dan Levitin's books, four of which were bestsellers, including "This Is Your Brain On Music," which has been translated into 27 languages. (His full bio is below) And even so…the celebrity neuroscientist and multi-million-book-selling author has a side hustle...making and producing music. Dan released his second full-length record - "Sex and Math" - in late 2021, following his own research which became the subject of his book "Successful Aging." Prior to being a world-renowned Neuroscientist focusing on how music positively affects the brain, Daniel was an award-winning musician and music producer. Dan has contributed to records by Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, and Stevie Wonder. Even the haunting, mega-hit song “Somebody I Used to Know” by Gotyé was mixed based on Daniel's creative input. He is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophone, bass, guitar and vocals), and has performed with Sting, Mel Tormé, David Byrne, Rosanne Cash, Neil Young, Rodney Crowell, Bobby McFerrin (with whom he co-wrote two songs), Victor Wooten, Tom Scott, and members of the Steve Miller Band. Mega Opera star Renée Fleming liked one of his songs so much that she asked him to sing it with her at a virtual Kennedy Center performance in 2020. Listen to the full interview here or watch the video interview on YouTube @ConnectedCarolineShow Links: W: Daniel Levitin FB: @Daniel.LevitinT: @DanLevitinIG: @DanielLevitinOfficialDan Levitin BioDaniel J. Levitin is an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, and best-selling author. His research encompasses music, the brain, health, productivity and creativity. Levitin has published more than 300 articles, in journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal. His research has been featured over 1800 times in the popular press, including 17 articles in The New York Times, and in The London Times, Scientific American, and Rolling Stone. He is a frequent guest on NPR and CBC Radio and has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, and CNN. His TED talk is among the most popular of all time. He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books: This Is Your Brain On Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind and Successful Aging (published in the UK as The Changing Mind), as well as the international bestseller A Field Guide to Lies (also published as Weaponized Lies). A popular public speaker, he has given presentations on the floor of Parliament in London, to the U.S. Congress, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He has consulted for a number of companies including Apple, Booz-Allen, Microsoft, the United States Navy, Sonos, Philips, Sony, Fender, and AT&T. Dr. Levitin earned his B.A. from Stanford in Cognitive Science, his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology with a Ph.D. minor in Music Technology from the University of Oregon, and and completed post-doctoral training at Stanford University Medical School and UC Berkeley in Neuroimaging and Perception. As a musician (tenor saxophone, guitar, vocals and bass), he has performed with Mel Tormé, David Byrne, Rosanne Cash, Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Victor Wooten and Tom Scott. Levitin has produced and consulted on albums by artists including Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and on the films Good Will Hunting and Pulp Fiction, and has been awarded 17 gold and platinum records. Levitin taught at Stanford in the Departments of Computer Science, Psychology, History of Science, and Music, and has been a Visiting Professor at Dartmouth, and UC Berkeley. He is currently the Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute, San Francisco, California, and James McGill Professor Psychology, Neuroscience and Music at McGill University.

This is Cognitive Revolution, my show about the personal side of the intellectual journey. Each week, I interview an eminent scientist, writer, or academic about the experiences that shaped their ideas. The show is available wherever you listen to podcasts.Stephen Kosslyn is a foundational figure in the field of cognitive science. It is only fitting that he is the final guest in my Cognitive Revolution interview series, before I transition into a new line of content which I’m calling “Against Habit.” I remember in my introduction to my introduction to cognitive science course—which helped set me on the track I’m on today—learning about the mental imagery debate between Stephen Kosslyn and Zenon Pylyshyn. Kosslyn argued that the mental images we can conjure in our minds are indeed pictorial. Pylyshyn argued they merely felt that way; in fact, they’re closer to linguistic descriptions. It was fun to talk to Professor Kosslyn about his experience in cognitive science, how he’s used his cognitive scientific experience to do more applied work in recent years, and how cognitive scientists should think about novels and fictional rendering of human behavior. Stephen is currently president of Active Learning Sciences, Inc. and has served as chief academic officer for cutting edge educational institutions such as Foundry College and Minerva Schools. He was previously the John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James and Dean of Social Science at Harvard University.Like this episode? Here’s another one to check out:I’d love to know what you thought of this episode! Just reply to this email or send a note directly to my inbox. Feel free to tweet me @CodyKommers. You can also leave a rating for the show on iTunes (or another platform). This is super helpful, as high ratings are one of the biggest factors platforms look at in their recommender system algorithms. The better the ratings, the more they present the show to new potential listeners. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

Applied Psychology: Thinking Critically is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned psychologist and Founder, President and Chief Academic Officer of Foundry College.This wide-ranging conversation explores Kosslyn and his colleagues' extensive analysis of research results on the differences between what the top parts of the brain and the bottom parts of the brain do and what the implications of those results are for everyday life which led to a new theory of personality called the Theory of Cognitive Modes. In addition the discussion covers how pedagogical principles were applied in the real world of learning and teaching by establishing Minerva Schools at KGI. Howard Burton is the founder of the Ideas Roadshow, Ideas on Film and host of the Ideas Roadshow Podcast. He can be reached at howard@ideasroadshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Applied Psychology: Thinking Critically is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned psychologist and Founder, President and Chief Academic Officer of Foundry College.This wide-ranging conversation explores Kosslyn and his colleagues' extensive analysis of research results on the differences between what the top parts of the brain and the bottom parts of the brain do and what the implications of those results are for everyday life which led to a new theory of personality called the Theory of Cognitive Modes. In addition the discussion covers how pedagogical principles were applied in the real world of learning and teaching by establishing Minerva Schools at KGI. Howard Burton is the founder of the Ideas Roadshow, Ideas on Film and host of the Ideas Roadshow Podcast. He can be reached at howard@ideasroadshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/neuroscience

Applied Psychology: Thinking Critically is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned psychologist and Founder, President and Chief Academic Officer of Foundry College.This wide-ranging conversation explores Kosslyn and his colleagues' extensive analysis of research results on the differences between what the top parts of the brain and the bottom parts of the brain do and what the implications of those results are for everyday life which led to a new theory of personality called the Theory of Cognitive Modes. In addition the discussion covers how pedagogical principles were applied in the real world of learning and teaching by establishing Minerva Schools at KGI. Howard Burton is the founder of the Ideas Roadshow, Ideas on Film and host of the Ideas Roadshow Podcast. He can be reached at howard@ideasroadshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Applied Psychology: Thinking Critically is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned psychologist and Founder, President and Chief Academic Officer of Foundry College.This wide-ranging conversation explores Kosslyn and his colleagues' extensive analysis of research results on the differences between what the top parts of the brain and the bottom parts of the brain do and what the implications of those results are for everyday life which led to a new theory of personality called the Theory of Cognitive Modes. In addition the discussion covers how pedagogical principles were applied in the real world of learning and teaching by establishing Minerva Schools at KGI. Howard Burton is the founder of the Ideas Roadshow, Ideas on Film and host of the Ideas Roadshow Podcast. He can be reached at howard@ideasroadshow.com. 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

Applied Psychology: Thinking Critically is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned psychologist and Founder, President and Chief Academic Officer of Foundry College.This wide-ranging conversation explores Kosslyn and his colleagues' extensive analysis of research results on the differences between what the top parts of the brain and the bottom parts of the brain do and what the implications of those results are for everyday life which led to a new theory of personality called the Theory of Cognitive Modes. In addition the discussion covers how pedagogical principles were applied in the real world of learning and teaching by establishing Minerva Schools at KGI. Howard Burton is the founder of the Ideas Roadshow, Ideas on Film and host of the Ideas Roadshow Podcast. He can be reached at howard@ideasroadshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

The third episode in our series on the Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) of Applied Life Sciences, the 7th of the Claremont Colleges founded in 1998, features a discussion with Sheldon “Shelly” Schuster, KGI's 2nd President, and Jim Sterling, a founding faculty member who has held many leadership roles at KGI, including PhD Program Director. They describe the dramatic evolution and growth of the Institute, from a single program, the Master of Business and Science, with 45 students, to today when the have a wide and growing range of graduate degrees in the life sciences. Many of the initial expansions were natural outgrowths of the MBS, including a Master's in BioProcessing, a post-grad certificate for pre-meds, and one to prepare bioscience post docs to enter industry. More recently they have been adding highly regulated health science programs – i.e. PharmD, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant – but giving each an innovative KGI twist. They also discuss their innovative partnerships with Biocon Academy in India and serving as the host institution for Minerva Schools, the global undergraduate degree program that will be the subject of our next podcast. David Finegold is the president of Chatham University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The third episode in our series on the Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) of Applied Life Sciences, the 7th of the Claremont Colleges founded in 1998, features a discussion with Sheldon “Shelly” Schuster, KGI's 2nd President, and Jim Sterling, a founding faculty member who has held many leadership roles at KGI, including PhD Program Director. They describe the dramatic evolution and growth of the Institute, from a single program, the Master of Business and Science, with 45 students, to today when the have a wide and growing range of graduate degrees in the life sciences. Many of the initial expansions were natural outgrowths of the MBS, including a Master's in BioProcessing, a post-grad certificate for pre-meds, and one to prepare bioscience post docs to enter industry. More recently they have been adding highly regulated health science programs – i.e. PharmD, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant – but giving each an innovative KGI twist. They also discuss their innovative partnerships with Biocon Academy in India and serving as the host institution for Minerva Schools, the global undergraduate degree program that will be the subject of our next podcast. David Finegold is the president of Chatham University. 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

The third episode in our series on the Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) of Applied Life Sciences, the 7th of the Claremont Colleges founded in 1998, features a discussion with Sheldon “Shelly” Schuster, KGI's 2nd President, and Jim Sterling, a founding faculty member who has held many leadership roles at KGI, including PhD Program Director. They describe the dramatic evolution and growth of the Institute, from a single program, the Master of Business and Science, with 45 students, to today when the have a wide and growing range of graduate degrees in the life sciences. Many of the initial expansions were natural outgrowths of the MBS, including a Master's in BioProcessing, a post-grad certificate for pre-meds, and one to prepare bioscience post docs to enter industry. More recently they have been adding highly regulated health science programs – i.e. PharmD, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant – but giving each an innovative KGI twist. They also discuss their innovative partnerships with Biocon Academy in India and serving as the host institution for Minerva Schools, the global undergraduate degree program that will be the subject of our next podcast. David Finegold is the president of Chatham University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

No episódio de hoje nós falamos com Isabele Vitorio, estudante de Física e Ciência da Computação na Minerva Schools. Ela também é fundadora do STEM para as Minas, comunidade que visa empoderar e inspirar meninas a entrar nas áreas de Ciências, Tecnologia, Matemática e Engenharia. Quer saber mais sobre a Isabele e o projeto que lidera? Aperta o play! Redes sociais da Isabele: Instagram: @isalaisz | LinkedIn: Isabele Vitório Redes da STEM para as Minas: Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: @stemparaminas | LinkedIn: STEM para as Minas

Irregular sleep schedules, smoking cigarettes, skipping meals, procrastination: common bad habits and vices can seem nearly impossible to break. “Quick fixes” to ending unhealthy cycles are rarely backed by scientific evidence, making the process of retraining your brain more difficult and frustrating. Neuroscientist Russell Poldrack, however, conjectures that the brain is a habit-building machine, and to curb unwanted behaviors, we must use evidence-based strategies to build healthy habits. In his new book Hard to Break, Poldrack offers an explanation of how habits are built in the brain, why they are so hard to break, and how evidence-based strategies might help us curb bad behaviors. Russell Poldrack is a professor of psychology at Stanford University whose research has focused on learning and memory, neuroinformatics and data sharing, and decision-making processes. He has gained recognition from the American Psychological Association and the Organization for Human Brain Mapping for his stellar research in the field. In his new book, Poldrack reveals how we can make the changes we desire, and why we should have greater empathy with ourselves and others who struggle to do so. Join us as Russell Poldrack gives us scientific tools for curbing bad habits and living a healthier lifestyle SPEAKERS Dr. Russell Poldrack Ph.D., Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology, Stanford University; Author, Hard to Break: Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick In Conversation with Dr. Daniel Levitin Founding Dean of Arts and Humanities, Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute; Author, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on May 13th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Irregular sleep schedules, smoking cigarettes, skipping meals, procrastination: common bad habits and vices can seem nearly impossible to break. “Quick fixes” to ending unhealthy cycles are rarely backed by scientific evidence, making the process of retraining your brain more difficult and frustrating. Neuroscientist Russell Poldrack, however, conjectures that the brain is a habit-building machine, and to curb unwanted behaviors, we must use evidence-based strategies to build healthy habits. In his new book Hard to Break, Poldrack offers an explanation of how habits are built in the brain, why they are so hard to break, and how evidence-based strategies might help us curb bad behaviors. Russell Poldrack is a professor of psychology at Stanford University whose research has focused on learning and memory, neuroinformatics and data sharing, and decision-making processes. He has gained recognition from the American Psychological Association and the Organization for Human Brain Mapping for his stellar research in the field. In his new book, Poldrack reveals how we can make the changes we desire, and why we should have greater empathy with ourselves and others who struggle to do so. Join us as Russell Poldrack gives us scientific tools for curbing bad habits and living a healthier lifestyle SPEAKERS Dr. Russell Poldrack Ph.D., Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology, Stanford University; Author, Hard to Break: Why Our Brains Make Habits Stick In Conversation with Dr. Daniel Levitin Founding Dean of Arts and Humanities, Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute; Author, Successful Aging: A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently hosting all of our live programming via YouTube live stream. This program was recorded via video conference on May 13th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 2020, Stephen Kosslyn published a new book called Active Learning Online: Five Principles that Make Online Courses Come Alive. The book draws on Kosslyn’s experiences at Minerva, but also his very long and impressive career in higher education. He is the founder, president emeritus, and chief academic officer of Foundry College, which provides high-quality, research-informed online education for working adults. He’s also the founder and president of Active Learning Sciences, a consulting group that help institutions adopt active learning principles in online education. Prior to that, he was founding dean and chief academic officer at the Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute. And that all came after an amazing career as a professor of psychology at Harvard University and Stanford University. We have a great interview with Stephen Kosslyn to share with you. He recently facilitated a virtual workshop here at Vanderbilt on his new book, and we took the opportunity to talk with him for the podcast. You’ll hear a new voice in this interview: Julaine Fowlin, the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching’s new assistant director for instructional design. Julaine helped organized Stephen’s workshop, and she had a lot of great questions to ask him about his book. Kosslyn goes through his five principles for active learning, offers practical strategies for implementing these principles in the virtual classroom, and speaks to the important role motivation plays in learning. Links • Active Learning Online: Five Principles that Make Online Courses Come Alive, https://www.alinealearning.org/kosslyn-active-learning-online • Active Learning Sciences, https://www.activelearningsciences.com/ • Foundry College, https://foundrycollege.org/ • Minerva Schools at KGI, https://www.minerva.kgi.edu/ • Derek’s sketchnotes on Stephen Kosslyn’s 2014 talk about Minerva Schools, https://www.flickr.com/photos/derekbruff/15360156349/ • Jigsaw infographic, https://www.flickr.com/photos/vandycft/32869991478/ • “From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education,” Robert Barr and John Tagg, Change Magazine, 1995, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00091383.1995.10544672 • Julaine Fowlin on Twitter, https://twitter.com/julaine_fowlin

Olena Nikitiuk is a FLEX Alumna '17-'18, a polyglot, an artist, and a business professional experienced within various American startups. Olena is now a sophomore at Minerva Schools at KGI majoring in Art & Humanities (with a concentration in Arts and Literature) and business (concentration in Venture Capital). She was a FLEX City Representative for Rivne. Her Instagram: @olena_nikitiuk

Show guest - Lucian Cosinschi - the regional director at Minerva Schools Europe. In this episode we focused on a recent book published by Minerva Schools which is called “Building the Intentional University” - the story and the philosophy behind the initiative to completely rethink elite higher education. Music credit: @My-Sleeping-Karma Show notes link --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/experimentq/message

Andriy Kashyrskyy, originally from Sudova Vyshnya in Ukraine, is a rising sophomore studying Computational Sciences (B.Sc.), Arts and Humanities (B.A.), concentrating in Data Science & Historical Forces at Minerva Schools at KGI, residing in the United States, South Korea, India, Germany, Argentina, the United Kingdom, and Taipei over the course of 4 years. He took part in the FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange Program) Scholarship funded by the U.S. Department of State in 2017-2018. He is passionate about building smart sustainable cities and forming effective decisions and policies in urban planning. Andriy is experienced in leading project management, using communication design, and creative writing. Other interests include: archery, x-country running, thrifting, sustainable fashion, creative nonfiction and vintage fonts. His LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriy-kashyrskyy/

This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #46. In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we welcome Dr. Stephen Kosslyn, President Emeritus & CAO, Foundry College. Foundry College has created programs that are future-proofed against technology, and through active learning in their "Forge" learning environment, students emerge skilled up and business ready. Dr. Stephen Kosslyn served on the Harvard faculty for many years but saw the lack of practicality in some of the curriculum as it related to the workforce. Hear how he transitioned from traditional to non-traditional education and why the future of higher ed includes more associates degrees, curriculum-to-job design, and an enriched ecosystem where competition will lead to greater differentiation. Dr. Stephen M. Kosslyn is the President Emeritus and Chief Academic Officer of Foundry College. He led a team of instructional designers in building the Foundry curriculum, and designing the teaching techniques, based on his decades of work in learning science. Most recently, Dr. Kosslyn served as the Founding Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute. He was previously the director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Prior to that, he was chair of the Department of Psychology, Dean of Social Science, and the John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of William James at Harvard University. He received a B.A. from UCLA and a Ph.D. from Stanford University, both in psychology. Thanks so much for tuning in. Join us again next time for another episode! Contact Us! Connect with the hosts - Elvin Freytes, Elizabeth Leiba, and Dr. Joe Sallustio ● If you want to get involved, leave us a comment or rate us! ● Join the EdUp community at The EdUp Experience! ● Follow us on Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube Thanks for listening! We make education your business!

We're all aging, but what do we need to know about successful aging? I reached out to the person who wrote a comprehensive successful aging book, Daniel Levitin, a noted neuroscientist, musician, and author, to find out. I discuss with Daniel Levitin: What led him to write Successful Aging How he defines successful aging Common misconceptions about aging How our brains change as we age What older brains are better at than younger brains The roles personality and mindset play in successful aging What he learned from the Dalai Lama Why you should consider working longer, and even never "retiring" How music can be helpful in successful aging What steps you can take to start to age successfully ________________________ Bio Daniel J. Levitin is an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, and best-selling author. His research encompasses music, the brain, health, productivity and creativity. Levitin has published more than 300 articles, in journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal. His research has been featured over 1800 times in the popular press, including 17 articles in The New York Times, and in The London Times, Scientific American, and Rolling Stone.  He is a frequent guest on NPR and CBC Radio and has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, and CNN. His TED talk is among the most popular of all time. He is the author of four New York Times bestselling books: This Is Your Brain On Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind and Successful Aging, as well as the international bestseller A Field Guide to Lies. A popular public speaker, he has given presentations on the floor of Parliament in London, to the U.S. Congress, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. He has consulted for a number of companies including Apple, Booz-Allen, Microsoft, the United States Navy, Sonos, Philips, Sony, Fender, and AT&T. Dr. Levitin earned his B.A. from Stanford in Cognitive Science, his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology with a Ph.D. minor in Music Technology from the University of Oregon, and completed post-doctoral training at Stanford University Medical School and UC Berkeley in Neuroimaging and Perception. As a musician (tenor saxophone, guitar, vocals and bass), he has performed with Mel Tormé, David Byrne, Rosanne Cash, Sting, Bobby McFerrin, Victor Wooten and Tom Scott. Levitin has produced and consulted on albums by artists including Stevie Wonder, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell and on the films Good Will Hunting and Pulp Fiction, and has been awarded 17 gold and platinum records. Levitin taught at Stanford in the Departments of Computer Science, Psychology, History of Science, and Music, and has been a Visiting Professor at Dartmouth, and UC Berkeley. He is currently the Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute, San Francisco, California, and James McGill Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Neuroscience and Music at McGill University. __________________________ Wise Quotes On Personality Factors and Successful Aging "One of the big ones is conscientiousness. It's the biggest single predictor, much more so than socioeconomic status, of how your life is going to turn out at any age. Conscientiousness is a cluster of different things having to do with reliability, dependability exercising due caution, and rule-following, to some degree. A kid who's conscientious isn't going to cross against the light, and so, is less likely to get hit by a bus. An adult who's conscientious is less likely to end up in prison - and an older adult who's conscientious is going to see the doctor when something's wrong. They're actually going to do what the doctor tells them to do. My doctor friends tell me that, you know, 80% of their patients are non-compliant and, but a conscientious person is. So that's the role of personality in all of this.

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第69回 Podcast 12月14日(月) 1. 番組紹介 このポッドキャストは、三十路のおっさんと二十代の若者エンジニアが 雑談ベースで話すポッドキャストです。 2. 自己紹介 マーク(tetuo41) 36歳男性。既婚。一児の父です。 駿河(snowlong) 在宅社長 3. 話したこと オープニング 体調には気をつけてください テック界隈のYoutubeがいい感じ devaslife inkdrop メルカリ 開発ライブ実況 クラスメソッド リフォーム動画はBGMすると作業が捗る 【DIY】築45年空き家を20万円でセルフリフォーム！相続物件を劇的ビフォーアフター！ - YouTube 【DIY】築50年素人DIY総集編！予算50万円で一軒丸ごと劇的ビフォーアフター！japanese house self renovation - YouTube ミネルバ大学 新しい大学の形、ミネルバ大学とは 7つの国を渡り歩いて学ぶ大学「Minerva Schools」創業者インタビュー【連載：シリコンバレーってなんだ？】 Ryoga 梅澤 凌我 【ダイジェスト】吉見俊哉氏：コロナが再定義する大学とグローバル化の行く末 2021年の抱負 マーク 「自炊」 するが 「QOLを高める」 Cooking for Geeks 第2版 ―料理の科学と実践レシピ フェナステリドを飲み始めて一年がたった フィナステリド（フィンペシア） ミノキシジル（フォリックス） 初期脱毛 ヘビ毒を注射する男、新たな解毒剤開発の希望に エンディング いつもの宣伝

Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Paul Fain from Inside Higher Ed are inviting insight and experiences from presidents and chancellors of universities navigating the challenge in real-time. Today's guests are Michael Sorrell and Ben Nelson. Michael Sorrell is the president of Paul Quinn College, and Ben Nelson is the CEO and founder of Minerva Schools. "Sponsored in partnership with Inside Higher Ed. " Welcome to innovating together, a podcast produced by the University Innovation Alliance. This is a podcast for busy people in higher education who are looking for the “aha moments” that can propel their work forward. Innovating Together curates the best insights, research, and experts. To connect with us further, visit www.theuia.org. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/innovationalliance/message

In this episode, I interview Robin Goldberg, the Chief Experience Officer of Minerva Schools at KGI. Minerva started as a project to rethink undergraduate education in the US, and move it beyond the current stage when students spend a huge amount of money for what often amounts to poorly designed education. They have designed a whole new curriculum and pedagogical approach, that runs almost entirely online - an inspiration not just in the age of Covid. Apart from the state of undergraduate education and Minverva's proposed solution, we also discuss lessons learned in the process of starting a new educational endeavour, so this episode is well worth a listen. If you then want to learn more, check out the book published by Minverva's founder: Building the Intentional University. As always, if you have any comments, questions or suggestions for guests, I'd be happy to hear from you. Email me at lukas.wallrich@empower-training.de Theme music from https://filmmusic.io: "Zigzag" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY 4.0 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

For the second part of our reversing ageing series, my guest today is Dr Daniel J. Levitin. A neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics.Daniel is a thought leader in the field of ageing and neuroscience, he has read thousands of research papers on the brain through the ages and his new book draws on cutting-edge research from neuroscience and psychology to demonstrate the cognitive benefits of getting older. On the show today we talk about:The beliefs that surround the ageing processOur assumptions around memory loss and our focus on lifespan instead of 'healthspan'How our decision-making skills improve as we ageHow happiness improves in agePractical and cognitive enhancing tricks for everyone to follow during each decade of their lifeHow to age joyouslyWe also dive into Dan’s food preferences, flair for music and some incredible stories from his life’s workI would really recommend to check out Dan's book - The Changing Mind - it really is well worth a readAnd do check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and do check out all our other podcast episodes too!Guest Social Media LinksWebsiteTwitterFacebookInstagram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

我们在往期节目中聊过，很多问题都需要通过教育来解决。但教育是否真的能有效果？将它作为解决方案后又会遇到什么问题？ 本期节目其实聊得非常随意。两位嘉宾身为教育创新践行者，对教育革新却没有我想象中那么乐观。他们认为，优质教育是难以复制的稀缺品，而我们现在又恰好站在历史的转折点，迫切需要更多的优质教育。虽然他们也会强调“教育的核心是素养”，但这方面一般无法用简单的灌输和传授来实现；他们也会提到“教育是一种自我看见的过程，而不是自我评价的过程”，因此老师的定位就非常微妙，况且自身也需要很高的素养。 希望这期节目能给大家带来启发，都能成为有自驱力和专注力，内心丰盈的人。 【嘉宾】 * 申华章，一土集团 (https://www.etuschool.org/about-us-zh/#anc-co-founder)CEO，自媒体「奴隶社会 (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/mp/profile_ext?action=home&__biz=MzA3NDMyOTcxMQ==&scene=124#wechat_redirect)」创办人 * 王熙乔，探月学院 (https://moonshotacademy.cn/)首席探索官/北京学院院长，曾任北大附中成长中心副主任 【主要话题】 * [2:10] 在人类历史的变迁中，教育如何随之发生变化 * [7:10] 创立创新教育学校的初衷：为什么觉得当初的想法过于简单 * [13:00] 优质教育究竟是什么样的 * [20:20] 历史上的表象教育和底层教育 * [26:00] 成全式教育和阶级固化下的精英教育 * [32:13] 什么样的教育是最高效的 * [44:33] 教育的变化将如何改变人和社会 * [47:38] 美国的教育会如何变化 * [52:38] 中国式教育的问题和改变 * [1:02:02] 新型教育的创办过程是如何影响思维的 * [1:04:26] 一些自我和他人教育的Takeaways 【相关概念】 * Altschool (https://outschool.com/about)，总部位于硅谷，成立于2015年的针对3-18岁的实时在线教育平台。 https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/8/8dd8a56f-9636-415a-8c00-f9ca6778e511/tt944xYg.jpeg * [Minerva Schools at KGI](https://www.minerva.kgi.edu/），总部位于旧金山，是一所新型大学 https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/8/8dd8a56f-9636-415a-8c00-f9ca6778e511/UWP5VPKd.png 【音乐】 * Book Bag-E's Jammy Jams 【关于我们】 网站：etw.fm (https://www.etw.fm/) 新浪微博：声东击西ETW 邮件：etwstudio@gmail.com 支持我们：https://www.etw.fm/donation Special Guests: 王熙乔 and 申华章. Support 声东击西 Special Guests: 王熙乔 and 申华章.

In this episode, Stian Håklev joins us to discuss what it was like getting his PhD, learning eleven languages, traveling the world, and helping to build The Minerva Project, an alternative to the modern university. Through the interview we dive deep into Stian's passions in linguistics, education, travel, personal knowledge management, software, and collaborative learning. Some Facts About Stian:Knows eleven languages (fluent in eight).  Is a RoamResearch power-user. Rode a bike from Eastern China to Iran. Lived in Wuhan, China for a year. If you would like to reach out to us, the best way to do so is on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.If you would like to reach out to Stian, the best way to do so is on Twitter.You can also check out Stian's Blog, his Github, or his Newsletter.If you would like to know more about the Minerva Project, you can do so here.Have some feedback you'd like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below!If you enjoyed this episode please share it with a friend.Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for "The Louis and Kyle Show."And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show.Thanks for listening!

Stephen Kosslyn joins Mike to explore the transformative power of synchronous learning as the world rapidly moves online. Countering the perception that online learning is asynchronous, Stephen outlines his experiences first as Dean at the Minerva Schools startup and most recently at Foundry College. In both cases, the curriculum and the technology that powers it is designed with synchronous and active learning as a central pillar in the instructional design. Stephen explains the power of teaching hacks and heuristics to adult learners at Foundry with the goal of advancing them in their careers while preparing them for the future of work. Humans will continue to thrive doing meaningful work that leverages our unique ability to understand emotion and context in ways that won't soon be automated. Foundry College exists to power this evolution. It's a fascinating discussion and we thank Stephen for his time and look forward to continuing the conversation in the future.

YouCan Podcast welcomes its first guest Adel Bilalova, NIS student, FLEX alumna and sophomore at Minerva Schools at KGI. We talked about her FLEX experience in the US and Kazakhstan, what is Minerva Schools. We discussed how a typical Minerva class looks like, how much does it cost to attend and much more. If there is one thing I want you to take away is Adel's message that you never know until you try, and by trying you are not loosing anything. Aidana Assylbekova https://www.instagram.com/aidana.assylbekova/ Adele Bilalova https://instagram.com/adelebilalova/ Minerva Schools at KGI https://www.minerva.kgi.edu

Alberto Arenaza is the co-founder of Transcend Network, a global fellowship for entrepreneurs focused on the future of learning and work. He was also a member of the Minerva Schools' first graduating class — a journey which took him from Buenos Aires to Berlin, and now back to San Francisco. Hear why Alberto thinks this experience is an unfair advantage in supporting ambitious founders around the world. [4:12]: Seeing 7 cities through Minerva's innovative model [6:02]: The unique perspective and unfair advantage that world travel provides [11:05]: Transcend's open theses [16:44]: Alberto's take on the future of US higher ed [19:35]: Why employers will shoulder the burden of upskilling and job retraining [23:50]: On being frequently mistaken for Adam Neumann [24:46]: Venture Stories, Origins and other recommendations Alberto's Twitter - https://twitter.com/albertoarenaza?lang=en Transcend Network website - https://transcend-network.com/ Transcend newsletter - https://transcend.substack.com/ Worth website - worth.carrd.co Recommendations - https://www.notion.so/book-podcast-recommendations-59abba1db1db4fc2b9b9a4e08edb0b24

Dr. Diane Halpern is an American psychologist and former president of the American Psychological Association. She is Dean of Social Science at the Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute and also the McElwee Family Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. She received her PhD from the University of Cincinnati.  She has received at least a dozen awards for teaching and research. She wrote a textbook called Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking.  She and I talk about heuristics, biases, probabilistic thinking, assessing sources of information and many other topics related to critical thinking.

Daniel Levitin PhD Daniel J. Levitin PhD is a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist and bestselling author. He is the founding dean of arts and humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco and professor emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the author of the books Successful Aging, The Changing Mind, This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and A Field Guide to Lies. Connect with Daniel Levitin: https://www.daniellevitin.com/books https://twitter.com/danlevitin https://www.instagram.com/daniellevitinofficial/?hl=en Daniel Levitin and Ben Folds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8obVXR0nL4 Daniel's music: https://open.spotify.com/album/4eiSpY9zXN1Cgd1vSym1mH Connect with Nick Holderbaum: Personal Health Coaching: https://www.primalosophy.com/ Nick Holderbaum's Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods (T): @primalosophy (IG): @primalosophy iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-primalosophy-podcast/id1462578947 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge

Show Notes & Relevant Resources James Genone at Minerva Schools - https://www.minerva.kgi.edu/people/james-genone/ James Genone on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgenone Building the Intentional University: Minerva and the Future of Higher Education (a book about Minerva, but also a guidebook for others who want to build something similar) -  https://www.amazon.com/Building-Intentional-University-Minerva-Education/dp/0262536196/

Diane F. Halpern is the Dean of Social Sciences, Emerita at the Minerva Schools at KGI, professor of psychology, Emerita at Claremont McKenna College, and a past president of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Teaching of Psychology. Diane has published hundreds of articles and many books including, Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking (5th Ed., 2014-- new editions coming soon), Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities (4th ed.), and Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family (co-authored with Fanny Cheung). She has two books coming out next year: The Cambridge International Handbook for Psychology of Women (co-edited with Fanny Cheung) and Critical Thinking in Psychology (co-edited with Robert Sternberg).

An exploration of why and how music can exert a powerful effect on our emotions. Why does one particular collection of notes make us want to get up and dance, and another calm us down? Edwina Pitman hears from record producer turned neuroscientist Daniel Levitin about how our brains process music and from psychologist Victoria Williamson about how we react to the memories that sounds trigger. Renowned Hollywood film composer Brian Tyler demonstrates how he creates music that reflects the many shades of emotional grey between happy and sad, and Emmanuel Jal, the South Sudanese-Canadian musician and former child soldier, reveals how music helped him come to terms with the trauma of his childhood. Guests: Bryan Tyler - film composer and conductor Dr Daniel Levitin - neuroscientist, and Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at The Minerva Schools at KGI and author of This Is Your Brain On Music Dr Victoria Williamson - Lecturer in Music Psychology at the University of Sheffield and author of You Are The Music Rob Wood - founder of Music Concierge Bibi Heal - opera singer Emmanuel Jal - singer and musician Presented and produced by Edwina Pitman Editor: Andy Smith

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Dr. Mark Sheskin is an assistant professor of social sciences at Minerva Schools at KGI and an instructor in the cognitive science department at Yale university. He’s also the co-leader of the Child Lab, where he’s working to harness the power of the internet to conduct studies with children online. In this podcast, we discuss his research focus on the origins of fairness motivations, how studies of prosociality are affected by research framing, as well as his involvements at Minerva, Yale, and the Child Lab. Notes: 8:00 - Tinbergen's four questions 11:00 - Paper on the slow emergence of fairness behaviors 19:50 - Article--is the Marshmallow test explained by reliability of authority figures? 27:06 - Vox Marshmallow article that "tells us s'more" 32:30 - The Child Lab 36:40 - Paper about income inequality 48:30 - Kim Scott's LookIt Lab 54:00 - Paper about best practices for online studies with children 1:02:00 - Building the Intentional University book

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Dr. Diane Halpern is Dean Emerita of Social Sciences at Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute and former Emerita Professor of Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. She has won many awards for her teaching and research, including an Honorary Award in 2016 from the Federation for Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) for "scientists who have made important and lasting contributions to the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior" and the 2013 Association for Psychological Science James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to applied psychological research, the Outstanding Professor Award from the Western Psychological Association, the American Psychological Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Distinguished Career Award for Contributions to Education given by the American Psychological Association, and the California State University's State-Wide Outstanding Professor Award. She is also a past-president of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Teaching of Psychology. Finally, she's the author of books like Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities, and Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking. In this episode, we talk about sex differences in cognitive abilities, some issues we have to take into account, the biopsychosocial model, and the biological and social aspects of “gender”. We also refer to the gender wage gap, and striking a balance between one's professional and personal lives, and if the proposal of going back to same-sex schooling has any merit. Finally, we talk about critical thinking, the types of skills that it involves, how we can teach them to people (children and adults), and about creativity. Time Links: 00:58 Why should we know more about sex differences? 04:25 The correct way to think about cognitive abilities 09:57 Genetic and environmental influences 14:53 Biological aspects of sex differences 18:39 Aspects of socialization 21:51 The gender wage gap, professional and personal life 26:08 Does same-sex schooling have any merit? 32:34 Critical thinking skills 35:19 Do critical thinking skills transfer between different intellectual areas? 38:05 Why is it so difficult to acquire these skills? 41:54 About creativity 45:58 Follow Dr. Halpern's work! -- Follow Dr. Halpern's work: Website: https://tinyurl.com/y8t426zo Books: https://tinyurl.com/y72fsjb9 Articles on Researchgate: https://tinyurl.com/ydgsqvpg -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb

What is the state-of-the-art in higher education? Ben Nelson, the founder of Minerva Schools, joins Dirk and Jon to share his innovative approach to higher education and the unique experience offered by his institution. Even as the Internet and mobile computing technologies have remade our relationship with communication and information, the higher education experience has remained largely unchanged. Ben Nelson, the founder of Minerva Schools, joins Dirk and Jon to explain how he is planning to change that. Minerva blends a holistic view and pedagogical approach with the smart use of available technologies to offer a fresh and inspiring university experience.   Memorable Quotes "The fact of the matter is, if you take the Harvard student body and give it to Beacon Hill Community College, and you take the Beacon Hill student body and give it to Harvard, the outcomes will be exactly reversed, it will be with the students, not with the institution." "All of the students live together, but the professors are all over the world." "At Minerva, students live in seven different countries by the time they graduate." "The world isn't divided into physics in isolation from biology in most cases, or politics isolated from economics." "Study after study has shown that a typical test and lecture based class, within six months at the end of the semester, students have forgotten 90% of what they knew.” "Foundational concepts are things that are generative, things that once you learn, you can build off of in many different ways." "At any time, a professor can press a button and see how much time each student has spent talking in the class." "What we look for are professors that have very broad interests and high fluid intelligence.” "Imagine when you think about a person who is wise, the immediate image that you see in your mind is somebody who is old, because they've had decades of experience. Imagine if the world could produce students who had the analytical capabilities to make wise choices at 22, 23, that's transformational." "Without technology, you cannot track individual student progress and modify their personalized intellectual development in a classroom environment, you need to have the data." "The liberal arts were those disciplines that enfranchised citizens to enjoy the fruits of liberty." "It is the job of universities to make our society function."   Who You'll Hear Dirk Knemeyer, Social Futurist and Producer of Creative Next (@dknemeyer) Jonathan Follett, Writer, Electronic Musician, Emerging Tech Researcher and Producer of Creative Next (@jonfollett) Ben Nelson, Founder of Minerva Schools (@MinervaSchools)   Join The Conversation Website & Newsletter: www.creativenext.org Twitter: @GoCreativeNext Facebook: /GoCreativeNext Instagram: @GoCreativeNext   Sponsors GoInvo, A design practice dedicated to innovation in healthcare whose clients are as varied as AstraZeneca, 3M Health Information Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. www.goinvo.com Design Museum Foundation, A new kind of museum, they believe design can change the world. They’re online, nomadic, and focused on making design accessible to everyone. Their mission: bring the transformative power of design everywhere. You can learn about their exhibitions, events, magazine, and more. www.designmuseumfoundation.org BIF, As a purpose-driven firm, BIF is committed to bringing design strategy where it is needed most - health care, education, and public service to create value for our most vulnerable populations. www.bif.is

Nazar Yaremko is a freshman at Minerva Schools from Ukraine, interested in biology and chemistry. Fun fact: He has read all 7 Harry Potter books in 3 languages: Ukrainian, Russian, and English. Facebook ► http://bit.ly/NazarYFB LinkedIn ► http://bit.ly/NazarYLI ******* Simulation is rebirthing the public intellectual by hosting the greatest multidisciplinary minds of our time. Build the future. Architect the frameworks and resource flows to maximize human potential. http://simulationseries.com ******* SUBSCRIBE TO SIMULATION ► YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/SimYoTu ITUNES: http://bit.ly/SimulationiTunes INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/SimulationIG TWITTER: http://bit.ly/SimulationTwitter ******* FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/SimulationFB SOUNDCLOUD: http://bit.ly/SimulationSC LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/SimulationLinkedIn PATREON: http://bit.ly/SimulationPatreon CRYPTO: http://bit.ly/SimCrypto ******* NUANCE-DRIVEN DISCOURSE ► http://bit.ly/SimulationTG WATCH ALLEN'S TEDx TALK ► http://bit.ly/AllenTEDx FOLLOW ALLEN ► INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/AllenIG TWITTER: http://bit.ly/AllenT ******* LIST OF THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS ► http://simulationseries.com/the-list GET IN TOUCH ► simulationseries@gmail.com

Zixuan "Alicia" Wang is a freshman at Minerva Schools from China, interested in art & science. Fun Fact: She begged her parents for 14 years to get her a Border Collie dog. Facebook ► http://bit.ly/ZixuanFB Instagram ► https://instagram.com/purplxuan_w ******* Simulation is rebirthing the public intellectual by hosting the greatest multidisciplinary minds of our time. Build the future. Architect the frameworks and resource flows to maximize human potential. http://simulationseries.com ******* SUBSCRIBE TO SIMULATION ► YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/SimYoTu ITUNES: http://bit.ly/SimulationiTunes INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/SimulationIG TWITTER: http://bit.ly/SimulationTwitter ******* FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/SimulationFB SOUNDCLOUD: http://bit.ly/SimulationSC LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/SimulationLinkedIn PATREON: http://bit.ly/SimulationPatreon CRYPTO: http://bit.ly/SimCrypto ******* NUANCE-DRIVEN DISCOURSE ► http://bit.ly/SimulationTG WATCH ALLEN'S TEDx TALK ► http://bit.ly/AllenTEDx FOLLOW ALLEN ► INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/AllenIG TWITTER: http://bit.ly/AllenT ******* LIST OF THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS ► http://simulationseries.com/the-list GET IN TOUCH ► simulationseries@gmail.com

Sadid Bin Hasan is an aspirational freshman at Minerva Schools interested in entrepreneurship, education, data analytics, and policy advocacy, aiming to create better opportunities for people in Bangladesh & worldwide. https://linkedin.com/in/sbhasan https://facebook.com/CrossRoadsCollegeConsulting ******* Simulation is rebirthing the public intellectual by hosting the greatest multidisciplinary minds of our time. Build the future. Architect the frameworks and resource flows to maximize human potential. http://simulationseries.com ******* SUBSCRIBE TO SIMULATION ► YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/SimYoTu ITUNES: http://bit.ly/SimulationiTunes INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/SimulationIG TWITTER: http://bit.ly/SimulationTwitter ******* FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/SimulationFB SOUNDCLOUD: http://bit.ly/SimulationSC LINKEDIN: http://bit.ly/SimulationLinkedIn PATREON: http://bit.ly/SimulationPatreon CRYPTO: http://bit.ly/SimCrypto ******* NUANCE-DRIVEN DISCOURSE ► http://bit.ly/SimulationTG WATCH ALLEN'S TEDx TALK ► http://bit.ly/AllenTEDx FOLLOW ALLEN ► INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/AllenIG TWITTER: http://bit.ly/AllenT ******* LIST OF THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTIONS ► http://simulationseries.com/the-list GET IN TOUCH ► simulationseries@gmail.com

In today’s episode, we chat with Corey Orndorff, one of two students from the Minerva Schools at KGI who participated in a summer research experience at KGI in 2018. A New Mexico native, Corey talks about her experience in the Minerva program and also the time in the lab she spent helping KGI Assistant Professor Travis Schlappi and his research team.

On this week’s episode of the KGI Podcast, we turn the mic over to a pair of talented researchers with Assistant Professor Travis Schlappi and PhD student Tochukwu Dubem Anyaduba. As they ask each other questions, this is a great opportunity to learn about their cutting-edge research and also hear Dubem describe his career aspirations. --- Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) was founded in 1997 as the first higher education institution in the United States dedicated exclusively to education and research related to the applied life sciences. KGI offers innovative postgraduate degrees and certificates that integrate life and health sciences, business, pharmacy, and genetics, with a focus on industry projects, hands-on industry experiences, and team collaborations. A member of The Claremont Colleges, KGI employs an entrepreneurial approach and industry connections that provide pathways for students to become leaders within healthcare and the applied life sciences. KGI consists of three schools: Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the Minerva Schools at KGI. More information about KGI is available at kgi.edu.

This is the first episode of Ikigai - a student-let podcast where students from Minerva Schools at KGI share a topic that they love and know quite a bit about, hosted by Julia Minichello (class of 2020). In this first episode, Julia talks with Olaf (Class of 2020) about cause prioritization. Wanna know more about the podcast? Read here: http://bit.ly/IkigaiPodcast Want to be the next guest or recommend someone as a guest? Fill this form: http://bit.ly/ParticipationFormIkigai Resources recommended by Olaf: • 80,000 Hours -- cause prioritization applied to career (https://80000hours.org/); • Center for Effective Altruism -- cause prioritization applied to donations and philanthropy (https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/); • Give Well -- organization that ranks charities based on how much impact they objectively have (https://www.givewell.org/); • Doing Good Better -- book on cause prioritization (https://www.amazon.com/Doing-Good-Better-Effective-Altruism/dp/1592409660 ). • Future of Life Institute (https://futureoflife.org/), and • Foundational Research Institute -- long term theoretical discussion on ethics of cause prioritization (https://foundational-research.org/). Olaf’s Medium post on cause prioritization (https://medium.com/@Olafvanderveen/making-informed-decisions-the-value-of-cause-prioritisation-46ee80fcff27). Feedback? If you are interested in giving any feedback on how can I improve in this new podcast life, feel free to email theminervaquest@gmail.com

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“If your child needed to have brain surgery, you would not take them to the hospital that makes other people think highly of you. You would take them to the best hospital you could find. Well, education is brain surgery. It rewires your brain.” In this episode of Nat Chat, I’m joined by Ben Nelson, founder of Minerva and Minerva Schools at KGI. I’ve been excited to have Ben on the show from the beginning, since Minerva is one of the few education startups out there that’s truly changing and competing with the existing university system. They’ve taken a completely fresh look at how to run a university in the 21st century, and their results have been incredible, which we get into right as the episode starts. If I were in high school, Minerva would be more appealing than Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, or any prestigious university you typically think of. To find out why, you’ll have to hear Ben explain their process. We covered a wide range of topics, including: How we learn and how we can improve it Making educational choices based on value rather than prestige Major flaws in today’s universities What an optimal university system looks like The importance of learning real-world skills And much more. Please enjoy, and reach out to Ben on Quora! If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more about the college system, you’ll want to check out my episode with William Deresiewicz and my episode with Thomas Frank, where we talk about student learning, university flaws, advice for students, and more. You’ll also like my episode with Darwish Gani, where we talk about different university systems, finding your passion, networking, and more. Find Ben Online: Linkedin Minerva Quora Reddit Mentioned in the show: Minerva [2:05] KGI [2:05] CLA [5:33] Far-Transfer [12:47] Scientific Method [18:51] Renaissance Gardens of Italy [23:50] Victorian Gardens of England [23:50] Phillips Exeter [31:08] Choate [31:10] Walt Disney [35:58] Olin College of Engineering [52:52] Quest in Canada [52:54] Books mentioned: Building the Intentional University [1:29] The Elements of Critical Thinking [1:00:57] Thinking Fast and Slow [1:02:10] People mentioned: Diane Halpern [1:00:57] Eric Mazur [1:01:05] Daniel Willingham [1:01:10] Maimonides [1:02:35] Benjamin Franklin [1:02:40] Thomas Jefferson [1:02:45] 1:57 - Intro to Ben, some information on the Minerva schools of KGI, why it’s the most effective university in the country, and some issues that most learning systems have. 8:45 - How Minerva teaches students more efficiently compared to other universities. 12:45 - The issue with far-transfer and how Minerva corrects this issue by contextualizing and recontextualizing concepts for the student. 16:07 - How Minerva’s online communicational teaching aspect works and how Minerva teaches creative thinking. 20:09 - Important and key elements that Minerva leaves you with after graduation, that other universities do not. 21:30 - Minerva’s pragmatic and efficient teaching style and its highly effective, personalized style of courses. 27:21 - How large Minerva’s current classes are, some info on it having the lowest acceptance rate in the country, and why their admission system is strictly based only on merit. 33:46 - Minerva’s unique global campus aspect and the incredible value of teaching students some of the skills necessary to live in the real world. 39:23 - The problem with going to universities based on reputation, rather than what you can learn from them. 43:04 - The issues Minerva faces with students who want to get involved and with obstinate parents. 45:11 - Ben’s thoughts on primary and secondary education, some more issues with university classes, how Minerva finds professors who actually want to teach. 52:21 - When Ben first received the idea for Minerva and the problem with other types of newer institutions. 55:47 - Some of the major iterations and learnings Minerva accomplished had so far. 58:33 - Ben on the science of learning and some information on Building the Intentional University. 1:00:47 - Some other books Ben recommends, some of his favorite authors, and inspirations. 1:03:26 - Some last thoughts from Ben and some information on applying to Minerva. 1:05:26 - Where to find Ben online and wrap up.If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe at https://nateliason.com/podcast “The fact of the matter is that almost no one believes that education matters because people believe that the credential matters.”

Brian Stout, Assistant Professor at the Minerva Project, based in North Stonington, CT, talks about deliberate practice and 10,000 hours of deep work in value investing. He also touches on fascinating aspects of learning math and how mathematics applies to life. Brian is joining Minerva Schools from the U.S. Naval Academy. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Mathematics from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center in 2013 and 2011, respectively. After finishing his Ph.D., he joined the U.S. Naval Academy as an Assistant Professor from 2013 to 2016. Professor Stout researches in arithmetic dynamics, a confluence of number theory and discrete dynamical systems, where he has had several publications in journals such as Journal of Number Theory and Acta Arithmetica. Professor Stout has taught a broad array of Mathematics and Statistics courses at CUNY and the U.S. Naval Academy. He has also supervised several undergraduate research projects in number theory and dynamics. Professor Stout views mathematics as a quantitative framework that assists in problem solving in wide contexts.

  ©Peter Prato Please Support The Show With a Donation   This week we talk to Daniel Levitin Daniel Levitin is an award-winning scientist, musician, author and record producer. He is the author of three consecutive #1 bestselling books: This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs and The Organized Mind. He is also the James McGill Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal, where he runs the Laboratory for Music Cognition, Perception and Expertise. Dr. Daniel Levitin earned his B.A. in Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science at Stanford University, and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Oregon. He has consulted on audio sound source separation for the U.S. Navy, and on audio quality for several rock bands and record labels (including the Grateful Dead and Steely Dan), and served as one of the “Golden Ears” expert listeners in the original Dolby AC3 compression tests.  He taught at Stanford University in the Department of Computer Science, the Program in Human-Computer Interaction, and the Departments of Psychology, Anthropology, Computer Music, and History of Science. Currently, he is a James McGill Professor of Psychology, Behavioural Neuroscience, and Music at McGill University (Montreal, Quebec), and Dean of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI. His latest book is called Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era    In This Interview, Daniel Levitin and I Discuss... His new book,Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era Evidence-based thinking Critical Thinking The myth that the MMR vaccine causes autism The difference between correlation and causation Belief Perseverance The danger of adopting a belief before all of the evidence is in That we tend to make decisions emotionally rather than based on evidence Persuasion by association How important it is to question the status quo Information overload His book, The Organized Mind What's wrong with multitasking The effect of multitasking Rapid task switching Decision fatigue The benefits of restorative time for the brain His book, This is Your Brain on Music The 6 songs Daniel Levitin gave his friend who didn't really get rock 'n roll The songs he would add to that list now The role of music in our brains How music and the arts can regulate our mood The power of the arts to re-contextualize things for us Music therapy vs Music and emotion The role of opioids in experiencing musical pleasure     Please Support The Show with a Donation      

Show #144 | Guest: Dr. Daniel Levitin is a leader in his field, Dean of Social Sciences at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and a faculty member at the Center for Executive Education in the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. There is no question Big Data has become a dominant theme of our culture, or that there is more information available to us than ever before oftentimes used to deceive, misdirect, and obfuscate. Dr. Levitin shows us how to sharpen our critical thinking skills so that we can critically evaluate claims that charlatans, the media, and politicians would have us swallow without a second thought. | Show Summary: Dan Levitin: A Field Guide To Lies. The New York Times bestselling author of The Organized Mind and This Is Your Brain on Music brings us a primer to the critical thinking that is more important and necessary now than ever. There’s no more perfect time than election season to join us for an event that asks us not to passively accept statistical data and faulty arguments, not to dangerously repeat it, and certainly not to make decisions based upon it without first checking the plausibility and reasoning of the information.

If you could create a college from scratch today what would it look like? Minerva Schools at KGI has done just that, building an accredited, four-year undergraduate program that has an inaugural class in its sophomore year. Hear Jonathan Katzman, chief product officer at Minerva, explain how students use the latest video technology to actively learn from all around the world.

Stephen M. Kosslyn is Founding Dean of the Minerva Schools at the Keck Graduate Institute and he argues, “Forget left brain/right brain, it’s really all about top brain/bottom brain”. Kosslyn was Director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and chair of the Department of Psychology, Dean of Social Science, and John Lindsley Professor in Memory of William James at Harvard. Dr. Kosslyn has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received three honorary doctorates, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the National Academy of Sciences Initiatives in Research Award. He has published more than 300 scientific papers and 14 books. His most recent Top Brain/Bottom Brain (with G.W. Miller), posits a new theory of cognitive modes — different thinking styles­­ — that affect how we each approach the world and our interactions with others. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Does Santa Exist? A Philosophical Investigation (Dutton Books) A humorous philosophical investigation into the existence of Santa--from a co-executive producer of "The Big Bang Theory," the #1 sitcom on television. Metaphysics isn't ordinarily much of a laughing matter. But in the hands of acclaimed comedy writer and scholarEric Kaplan, a search for the truth about old St. Nick becomes a deeply insightful, laugh-out-loud discussion of the way some things exist but may not really be there. Just like Santa and his reindeer. Even after we outgrow the jolly fellow, the essential paradox persists: There are some things we dearly believe in that are not universally acknowledged as real. In Does Santa Exist? Kaplan shows how philosophy giants Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein strove to smooth over this uncomfortable meeting of the real and unreal--and failed. From there he turns to mysticism's attempts to resolve such paradoxes, surveying Buddhism, Taoism, early Christianity, Theosophy, and even the philosophers at UC Berkeley under whom he studied. Finally, this brilliant comic writer alights on--surprise--comedy as the ultimate resolution of the fundamental paradoxes of life, using examples from "The Big Bang Theory," Monty Python's cheese shop sketch, and many other pop-culture sources. Finally Kaplan delves deeper into what this means, from how our physical brains work to his own personal confrontations with life's biggest questions: If we're all going to die, what's the point of anything? What is a perfect moment? What can you say about God? Or Santa? Praise for Does Santa Exist? "Eric Kaplan's Does Santa Exist? is the funniest book of philosophy since...well, ever."--Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons" and "Futurama "and author of "Life in Hell" "If you can put this book down, you should see a doctor. Kaplan's message burrows into the mind, beats up a few beliefs and then leaves with a triumphant bang."--Michael Gazzaniga, Professor of Psychology University of California Santa Barbara, Director of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind, and Founder of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society "Exceptionally interesting, rigorous and I found it not only weirdly funny but deeply moving."--Hubert Dreyfus, Professor of Philosophy, University of California Berkeley, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences "This is truly a book that I wish I had written. Eric brings great clarity of thought to some of the deepest questions of the mind and our understanding of the world. And he's really funny." --Daniel Levitin, New York Times Bestselling author of This is Your Brain on Music, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience at McGill University, Dean of Arts and Humanities, Minerva Schools at KGI "Eric Kaplan is more than a talented comedy writer. He is a deep soul, an intellectual master, and a brilliant communicator of the subtleties of the intersections between faith and logic. He will have you laughing, thinking harder than you've ever thought, and falling in love with the process of intellectual exploration all over again. A masterpiece."--Mayim Bialik, PhD (neuroscience, UCLA), actress known for her roles as Blossom Russo in "Blossom" and Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler in "The Big Bang Theory" Eric Kaplan is a co-executive producer of (and writer for) the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Previously he wrote for The Late Show with David Letterman, Futurama, and Flight of the Concords. Kaplan graduated from Harvard and is currently completing his dissertation in philosophy at UC Berkeley.

Higher education, like so much else in education is beginning to change.  While the American higher education system is the envy of the word, it still needs some modernization. Just like other form of education, it has remained pretty much the same throughout the 20th Century and into the 21st.   Think about it.  100+ years of creative destruction has impacted virtually every aspect of society, but University education has not fully adapted.It has started to. First by addressing that we live in confusing times.  Our personal connections and our world is becoming both more bifurcated and more interdependent, both a the same time.  We need to understand each other better, but we also need to understand the wider world much better. So what kind of higher education do we need to try and square this circle?Former US Senator and former head The New School, Bob Kerrey, is a key part of the new Minerva School at KGI.  My conversation with Senator Bob Kerrey: