Episode 49: Not about Pornography, Eugenics or Psychopathy

04/08/2021 52 min Temporada 1

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode, we finish up our discussion of pedagogical content knowledge and examine the larger impacts (and unintended consequences) of measuring things. Along the way, we discuss several books and podcasts including:
Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/241363/weapons-of-math-destruction-by-cathy-oneil/)
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble (https://nyupress.org/9781479837243/algorithms-of-oppression/)
The Psychopath Test on This American Life (https://www.thisamericanlife.org/436/the-psychopath-test)
Things that bring us joy this week:
Ted Lasso, Season 2 on Apple TV+ (https://tv.apple.com/show/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy?ign-itscg=MC_20000&ign-itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019863_1-535101970941-c&mttnsubkw=106182847425__rdMG7cVq_&mttnsubplmnt=)
McCartney 3, 2, 1 on Hulu (https://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/hulu-and-paul-mccartney-come-together-for-original-documentary-music-series-event)
Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Legally_Blind)