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Pulled Up Short

Stanton Wortham

This is a podcast that aims to create moments of being “pulled up short” -- experiences of surprise and curiosity when we encounter an idea, text, or experience that challenges our ways of thinking and deeply held assumptions about the world.Each episode features a different insight, with each one asking us to entertain the possibility of a different worldview and re-examine some of our presuppositions.
Episodes
Why isn't utopia ideal? (Micah Lott)May 01, 2023
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Does collaboration have a dark side? (Amy Shuffelton)April 24, 2023
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Can boredom lead to flourishing? (Kevin Gary)April 17, 2023
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Should teachers indoctrinate their students? (Douglas Yacek)April 10, 2023
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Have we ignored the individual in assessment? (Richard Lerner)April 03, 2023
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Does the medium override the message? (Michael Serazio)March 27, 2023
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Is the search for authenticity futile? (Lauren Bialystok)March 20, 2023
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What's the risk of avoiding risk? (Eduardo Duarte)March 13, 2023
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Can coding make us more human? (Marina Bers)March 06, 2023
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Is hope worth hoping for? (Kieran Setiya)February 27, 2023
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Do things happen for a reason? (Karin Nisenbaum)February 14, 2022
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Is individuality impossible? (Kenneth Gergen)February 07, 2022
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Have we forgotten about social class? (Andy Hargreaves)January 31, 2022
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Could dementia be a gateway to mystical experience? (Mark Freeman)January 24, 2022
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Is purpose both backward and forward-looking? (William Damon)January 17, 2022
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Where is the boundary between reality and fiction? (Constantine Nakassis)December 13, 2021
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Is expertise dangerous? (Marina McCoy)December 06, 2021
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Stop teaching? (Anna Stetsenko)November 29, 2021
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Are prisons separate from society? (Matt DelSesto)November 22, 2021
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What if we are not alone in the universe? (Andrea Vicini)November 15, 2021
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What if art and science aren't opposites? (Ellen Winner)November 08, 2021
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What is the complexity in simplicity? (Howard Gardner)November 01, 2021
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Have we lost touch with our most important sense? (Richard Kearney)May 24, 2021
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Does neuroscience indicate that humans have no free will? (Greg Fried)May 17, 2021
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Did school children learn more during the pandemic? (Rebecca Lowenhaupt)May 10, 2021
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