Best Photography Affirmations Podcasts (2025)

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Lexi Brown on travel photography, film vs digital cameras, and filmmaking 1:11:53

1d ago1:11:53

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Alexis (Lexi) Brown is a photographer, filmmaker, writer, and community builder. Lexi first was recognized nationally at age 12 for her photography, and has been creating ever since. She built her foundation in classical music, studying opera at Manhattan School of Music while simultaneously building a career in visual art. She’s worked with client…

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[4.] The Invisible Pattern That’s Blocking Your Business Growth (and What to Do About It) 26:39

2d ago26:39

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In this raw and revealing episode of The Regulated & Rich Photographer, Skye pulls back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood forms of self-protection: functional freeze. It’s the quiet, polished version of shutdown that often hides in plain sight—beneath the to-do list, the over-editing, the launch delay, the inbox avoidance. It looks like …

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[3.] Ghosting Your Business: Why You Disappear When It Starts to Work 23:49

8d ago23:49

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You say you want more visibility, more bookings, more ease. But the moment momentum picks up… you vanish. Not because you don’t care. But because something deeper is running the show. In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on a survival response most photographers don’t realize they’re stuck in—and why “procrastination” might actually be a…

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Emily Pavacic on fiber art, the intricacies of embroidery, and the meaning of hands in her art 1:15:32

8d ago1:15:32

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Emily Pavacic is a Queens-based visual artist, dancer, and educator whose artistic career has been shaped by her dual passions for the visual arts and dance. Her love of creating hand-stitched art began with an unconventional drawing assignment while studying at Adelphi University. Upon graduating, she decided to continue her studies and earned a M…

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[2.] Neutral Is the New Rich: Turning “Too Good to Be True” into Business-as-Usual 19:51

9d ago19:51

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Ever raised your prices, booked your dream client, or hit a new income goal—only to find yourself spiraling, stalling, or suddenly sabotaging? In this episode of The Regulated & Rich Photographer, Skye Edmonds unpacks the real reason that next level doesn’t stick. Spoiler: It’s not your mindset. If you’ve ever felt the high of a Stripe notification…

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[1.] Welcome to The Regulated & Rich Photographer 3:11

14d ago3:11

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Welcome to The Regulated & Rich Photographer—a podcast for ambitious women creatives who are done building their business on burnout. In this kickoff episode, host Skye Edmonds (photographer, educator, and nervous system strategist) reveals the real reason talented photographers stall out when it’s time to raise their prices, show up online, or fin…

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John Fabiano aka Wags Around the World on dog photography, global adventures, and pursuing a self-funded passion 59:10

15d ago59:10

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John Fabiano is the Founder of Wags Around The World, a photography project that explores the varying relationships between dogs and humans in different cultures. After working a career in sales, he left his 9-5 role to pursue his passion full-time. The project has taken him to 20 different countries to photograph dogs, including sled dogs in Green…

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Anika of Ooh Baby on starting her own fashion line, the advantages of being self-taught, and positive affirmations 51:07

22d ago51:07

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Anika Ignozzi is a self-made artist and fashion designer who launched Ooh Baby in 2018 at just 20 years old, after dropping out of college to pursue her vision. What began with a dream, naïve courage, and a clothing rack at a street market in Pittsburgh has evolved into a thriving brand rooted in creativity and self-expression. Each Ooh Baby collec…

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254: Dusting Off an Old Practice to Make Reading Fun Again 32:46

24d ago32:46

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As a life-long reader, English teacher Dan Tricarico wanted to bring the love of reading to his high school students, but the constant, irresistible presence of digital media made for tough competition. Rather than seeking out a high-tech solution, he brought back simplicity in the form of daily silent reading, and to his surprise, most of his stud…

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Jesse Kearse IV on fine art photography, movement as inspiration, and creating his own style 1:01:47

29d ago1:01:47

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Jesse Kearse is a photographer originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He’s a graduate of Morehouse College, and has photographed musicians such as Anderson .Paak and J. Cole, events, and much more. His first solo show, “Nu Narratives” premiered in Manhattan this past February. In this episode, we talk about finding inspiration from movement and music, w…

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EduTip 32: Don't put kids in Charlie Bucket situations. 5:54

1M ago5:54

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Although most teachers understand that not all students have the same home life, sometimes we forget how big those differences can really be, and how humiliating it can be for a student to be asked to publicly share details about their lives outside of school. In this EduTip we'll talk about some situations where this comes up, and what you can do …

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Ginn Choe of “Bobby’s Triple Threat” on what makes a good cocktail, taste and flavor inspirations, and the art of mixology 55:24

1M ago55:24

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Ginn Choe is a bartender on Food Network’s show “Bobby’s Triple Threat,” where she crafts new custom cocktails and mocktails for Bobby Flay and chefs Michael Voltaggio, Brooke Williamson, and Tiffany Derry. She has over a decade of experience in New York City’s hospitality, nightlife, and cocktail programs. Since launching nightlife venue Chapel Ba…

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253: Fully Seen and Fully Known: Teaching that Affirms Disability 1:01:53

1M ago1:01:53

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Most special education efforts have focused on giving students with disabilities better access to the curriculum — but access alone isn’t enough. In this episode, I talk with Amy Tondreau and Laurie Rabinowitz, authors of the book Sustaining Cultural and Disability Identities in the Literacy Classroom, about disability-sustaining pedagogy, a framew…

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Emily Roemer on design, finding inspiration everywhere, and overcoming imposter syndrome at Amazon and The New Yorker 58:15

1M ago58:15

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Emily Roemer is a graphic designer whose work has been on the pages of magazines, totebags, food trucks, umbrellas, matchboxes, posters, and much more. She’s currently the design lead of lookbooks at Amazon, and previously was the senior designer at The New Yorker. She has a BFA in graphic design from Louisana State Univeristy and an MFA in design …

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EduTip 31: Be the first dork. 5:28

1M ago5:28

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If you want to have the kind of classroom where students do more than just sit and listen, it's likely that your plans may include activities that require some social risk-taking. One way to help your students get more comfortable taking these small social risks is for you to be the first dork, the first one to do the thing that no one else wants t…

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252: Where Discipline Reform Has Gone Wrong (in Some Schools) 1:27:59

2M ago1:27:59

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While the shift to restorative practices should be improving student behavior, that's not happening in every school. Some teachers say the discipline systems at their schools have completely broken down, creating an environment where students do whatever they want with no consequences. This has made teachers feel frustrated, angry, unsupported, and…

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Jack McGuire on songwriting, performing, and overcoming challenges while at Juilliard 1:08:16

2M ago1:08:16

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Jack McGuire is a songwriter, composer, and sound designer who produces music under the names Wet Hands, Ranch Hands, and FCTRYDRM. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music (2018) and is originally from Ohio. Jack has worked on many different interdisciplinary projects ranging from live scoring new dance pieces, film scores, and immersive …

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Claire Akkan on creative writing about NYC, staying disciplined, and designing vintage bags 1:12:30

2M ago1:12:30

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Claire Akkan (@claire.akkan) is a writer and designer based in New York. Claire has a background as a venture capital chief of staff and brand strategist. She is a Fulbright scholar and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Russian & Eastern European Studies and a B.A. in Humanities. She writes the Substack award-winning newsletter Cappuc…

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EduTip 30: Do something after formative assessments. 3:53

2M ago3:53

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If I give my students an exit slip to check their grasp of a particular skill, and a third of them don’t do well, just moving forward with my original teaching plan is a missed opportunity. Ideally, my next steps should involve some kind of targeted response. Let's talk about what that looks like. ------------------- Thanks to Studyo for sponsoring…

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Anjali Sundaram on creativity in cooking, experimenting with flavors, and food writing 1:14:15

2M ago1:14:15

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Anjali Sundaram (@cooking.4.1) is an NYC-based food writer and recipe developer, focusing on tips and methods for the solo chef. She loves to discover new flavor combinations and push the boundaries of home cooking, using her years of writing and videography experience to inspire people to love cooking for themselves. In this episode, we dig into h…

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251: Holding Students Accountable in the Age of AI 1:09:48

2M ago1:09:48

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Since ChatGPT's arrival in late 2022, the top concern I’ve heard from teachers is that students will stop doing their own writing and rely entirely on AI. While that worry is real, more teachers are recognizing that AI is here to stay and are looking for ways to work with it rather than against it. My guest today, Tony Frontier, offers one of the m…

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Emmanuel Dzotsi on his love of storytelling, finding inspiration, and embracing challenges 1:20:30

2M ago1:20:30

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Emmanuel Dzotsi (@newsmanual_) is an award-winning journalist, podcast host, and producer for This American Life. He’s reported stories on everything from backroom deals for political power, the strange phenomenon of white people sending Black folks venmo payments as reparations, to vast money-making phone scams hidden in plain sight. He co-hosted …

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EduTip 29: Build relationships with a spreadsheet. 4:50

2M ago4:50

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Lots of teachers give students some kind of questionnaire at the beginning of a school year to get to know them, but what do you do with that information after you get it? By putting responses into a spreadsheet, you'll have a relationship-building tool you can use all year. ------------------- Thanks to Studyo for sponsoring this tip. You can find…

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Miles of The Tea Stand on growing community, building connections, and serving free tea around NYC 1:18:01

3M ago1:18:01

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Miles is the founder of The Tea Stand, a community project which serves free tea at public parks, food distributions, and local events around Brooklyn. With The Tea Stand, Miles seeks to create spaces for folks to connect with themselves, one another, and the natural world. On this episode, we discuss switching careers to be more in alignment with …

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250: Nine Easy Ways to Add Retrieval to Your Lessons 1:02:59

3M ago1:02:59

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Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test or using flashcards instead of just looking at, rereading, or reviewing the information. When we study with retrieval, we learn and remember things much better than we do by other review methods. So how do we add more to our classr…

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Laura Lorena Barbosa on navigating the media industry, mental health, and powerful storytelling 1:21:41

3M ago1:21:41

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Laura Lorena Barbosa is an accomplished TV/film producer with over 12 years of experience at networks such as NBC News, Telemundo, CNN, and Al Jazeera. As the founder of The Creative Power Agency, Laura inspires others to reclaim their creative potential, crafting narratives that foster inclusivity and illuminate the beauty of humanity. We discuss …

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Rachel of Rachel Off Duty on finding fulfillment, working while traveling, and changing corporate culture 1:09:34

3M ago1:09:34

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Rachel is a career & travel expert, and the founder of Rachel Off Duty – a website for ambitious women seeking more adventurous lives. Based in Los Angeles but often workcationing around the globe, Rachel also works as a Travel Storytelling Consultant in the advertising space. We talk about finding fulfillment outside of corporate America, creating…

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249: A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning 1:19:15

3M ago1:19:15

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We talk a lot about differentiating instruction, measuring growth, and preparing students for the real world, but how do you actually do that in a system still driven by grades? Maybe you need a new model altogether. In this episode, we're exploring an approach to school called competency-based learning. I’m joined by three educators — Susie Bell, …

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Eva Reign on career highs and lows, learning on set, and blending acting and journalism 1:17:16

3M ago1:17:16

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Eva Reign is a Peabody and GLAAD Award-winning Brooklyn-based actress, writer and artist from St. Louis, Missouri. She is the star of Billy Porter’s directorial debut Anything’s Possible from Amazon Studios and MGM’s Orion Pictures. Her writing has appeared in Vogue, Vice, Them, The Cut, Byrdie, PAPER and Highsnobiety. On this episode, we chat abou…

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Alice Lemee on writer's block, making changes in her career, and creator gravity 1:15:56

4M ago1:15:56

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Alice Lemee is a self-taught writer who left her budding career in the music industry to pursue writing full time. She’s a writing coach and newsletter ghostwriter for seven-figure business owners, award-winning YouTubers, and TV anchors. We talk about making changes to be happier – whether that’s changing careers or changing services within her wr…

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248: Why grammar instruction stinks, and how we can change that 54:32

4M ago54:32

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Grammar has never been an especially popular area of study, and teaching it has frustrated many English teachers throughout time. It seems like no matter how hard we try, the concepts just don't stick as well as we'd like them to. In this episode, I'm talking to Matthew Johnson, author of the new book Good Grammar: Joyful and Affirming Language Les…

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Ryan Herrera on creative writing, balancing time, and beating writer's block 1:18:39

4M ago1:18:39

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Ryan Herrera is a creative writer who is pursuing his Masters in Writing at Johns Hopkins, and works in ad tech for his 9-5. He has experience writing across a wide variety of genres including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, humor writing, and journalism. He hopes to start writing his first novel upon graduating in 2026. We tal…

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EduTip 28: Add gestures to strengthen learning. 4:30

4M ago4:30

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Research shows that adding physical or hand gestures to a learning experience, especially ones that have some meaning to them, can significantly boost how well students understand and remember the content. ------------------- Thanks to Class Composer for sponsoring this tip. You can find written and video versions of these at cultofpedagogy.com/edu…

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Patrick Thomas on creativity in business journalism, why running leads to the best ideas, and writing a book 1:01:54

4M ago1:01:54

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Patrick Thomas writes about agriculture and the food industry for The Wall Street Journal. He covers meatpacking companies, supermarkets and how American food is grown. He joined the Journal in 2018 writing about corporate breaking news and is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. He joins this episode of Version 1 to talk about what makes business journali…

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247: Five Listening Skills That Will Improve All of Your Relationships 27:08

4M ago27:08

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This episode is for everyone and anyone. In it, I'll share five techniques that will encourage any person you’re talking to to go a little more in-depth, share a little bit more, and most importantly, feel seen, heard, and understood. Thanks to Boclips Classroom and EVERFI for sponsoring this episode. For a written version of this episode, visit cu…

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Eva Recinos on navigating rejection, creative nonfiction, and building a freelance career 1:02:53

4M ago1:02:53

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Eva Recinos (@evaiswriting) is an arts and culture journalist and creative non-fiction writer based in Los Angeles. She is the creator of Notes from Eva, a free monthly newsletter featuring opportunities for creatives. In this week’s episode, we talk about how she got her start freelance writing, how her career took a turn when she was rejected fro…

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EduTip 27: Get Better Participation with Icons 3:36

4M ago3:36

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If you're doing an activity that requires students or participants to volunteer to participate, this is a fun way to choose them. ------------------- Thanks to Class Composer for sponsoring this tip. You can find written and video versions of these at cultofpedagogy.com/edutips.By Jennifer Gonzalez

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246: How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack 27:31

4M ago27:31

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Recent executive orders have launched an attack on teaching for diversity, equity, and inclusion. How do you teach at this precarious time in history when so much work has been done to weave these values into so many of our materials and practices? The more I think about it, the more I think you may not have to change as much as it might seem. When…

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John Guilyard on failure as part of the process, finding confidence, and life as a fine artist 1:12:55

4M ago1:12:55

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John Guilyard (@mynameisgilly) is a multitalented artist and UX designer at Google. He shares how failure plays a role in his creative process, not getting into his university’s art program, imposter syndrome, and the role of AI in art. Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.insta…

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245: A System for Meeting Absent Students' Needs 35:04

5M ago35:04

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You can create the most spectacular lesson plans, but if all of your students aren't in the room when those plans are executed, catching them up can be kind of a nightmare. And despite the fact that this has been a problem for generations, few teachers have ever figured out a foolproof plan for solving it. My guest today has an approach that can he…

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EduTip 26: Give lots of quizzes. 5:06

5M ago5:06

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One of the best-kept secrets in teaching is that frequent quizzing leads to better learning. If you can incorporate more ungraded or low-stakes quizzes into your instruction, there's a good chance your students will start remembering more of what they're learning. Learn about the research behind this phenomenon in this EduTip. ------------------- T…

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244: Three Ways You May Be Cognitively Overloading Your Students 40:18

5M ago40:18

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When we make certain choices, often without even realizing it, we can turn a teaching moment from one that should be clear into one that's confusing. Luckily, these choices are pretty easy to spot and fix once we know what to look for, and cognitive science can help us understand what's going on. In this episode I'm going to talk about three of the…

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EduTip 25: Use neutral language to keep things cool. 4:28

5M ago4:28

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In a classroom that is emotionally "cool," no one is preoccupied with any kind of anger, hurt feelings, anxiety, or fear, and this frees them up to concentrate on academics. One way to make that happen is by using neutral language: By choosing words that are less judgy and more neutral, we keep things professional, calm, and cool. -----------------…

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243: Small Changes to Make Your Classroom More Neurodiversity-Affirming 1:09:56

5M ago1:09:56

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As our understanding of the human mind gets more sophisticated and nuanced, we're learning how to identify neurodivergence, how to appreciate it, and how to help those who fit under that umbrella navigate the world better. In this episode I'm joined by Emily Kircher-Morris and Amanda Morin, authors of the new book Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools. …

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EduTip 24: Use "I" statements to promote your teaching ideas. 3:26

6M ago3:26

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As you move through your career, you'll discover new ways of doing things that you're excited about — so excited that you want to share them with colleagues and convince them to try them, too. But trained professionals aren't always open to changing the way they work, and we don't want to come off as the know-it-all telling everyone what to do. So …

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242: How to Do a Close Reading Lesson in Any Subject Area 50:11

6M ago50:11

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To become skilled readers, our students need reading instruction in all of their classes, not just English language arts. But if other subject-area teachers don't know how to support readers, how can they do this? In this episode, literacy expert Jen Serravallo walks us through the steps of a close reading lesson, one of nine re-usable lesson struc…

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EduTip 23: Calm an out-of-control class with a notebook. 3:57

6M ago3:57

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When student behavior starts driving you bananas, and you feel like you're going to yell, this simple notebook technique can regulate your nervous system and calm your class down fast. ------------------- Thanks to Grouper for sponsoring this EduTip! You can find full written versions of these tips at cultofpedagogy.com/edutips. -------------------…

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241: Six Tech Tools to Try in 2025 56:04

6M ago56:04

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It's our annual round-up of tools for educators, and this time along with it, we're announcing the launch of the online version of our Teacher's Guide to Tech! This year we're talking about three new AI tools, a platform for creating interactive lessons, a video editor, and a tool that makes text more accessible to everyone, plus a replacement for …

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240: When Your Classroom Management Goes Off the Rails 32:26

7M ago32:26

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It can happen to the best of us — classroom management deteriorating over time. Don't despair! By figuring out where the problems are, you can turn things back around. My guest is Claire English, who runs an incredible platform called The Unteachables, where she shows teachers how to manage their classrooms with confidence and calm. We talk about t…

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239: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Multitasking in School 29:19

8M ago29:19

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Multitasking isn't great for our brains, it compromises our mental health, and ultimately it doesn't even work, but that doesn't stop many of us from trying to do it all the time. What we may not realize is that it also sneaks into our classrooms and interferes with learning, and it's happening in ways you may not even notice. In today's episode, I…

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