Deconstructing The Problem of Free Will and Determinism
Release Date: 11/06/2019
Stepping Into a New Paradigm: Enhancing Dialogue on Race and Injustice Part I
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Communities worldwide have been pushing for systemic change and transforming our social structures toward justice. Conversations about race and injustice can be transformative, liberating and hostile. This episodes includes a panel conversation on the nature of these conversations and how to enhance how we can have more productive dialogues on race and justice.
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Life Design: A Theory of Career Construction
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Dr. Julie Hill Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling at Auburn University talks about theories of career development that suggest how we fit work into our life design rather than our lives into our vocation. Empowering clients to author their career narratives, career construction theory offers fresh perspectives into the relationship of the self to the world of work.
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The Gendered World of Work
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Dr. Christian Chan joins us to discuss the dynamics of gender in career development. Dismantling social structures that foreclose what career experiences are most suited for whom is a chief task of career counselors. Dr. Chan is an assistant professor of counselor education at the University of North Carolina Greensboro and a scholar of multicultural issues in counseling.
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Authenticity and Spoken Word: Uplifting Youth Voices With Hip Hop
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Friend of the Podcast Dr. Ian Levy returns to continue our dive into Hip Hop and Spoken Word Therapy. We discuss the relevance of hip hop culture and craft in hearing the voices of youth and promoting expression and self development. Dr. Levy is a New York City Native and Assistant Professor at Manhattan College.
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The Philosopher's Toolbox for Self Development
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Dr. Lou Marinoff is a philosophy professor the City College of New York, Founding president of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association, and author of renown works such as Plato Not Prozac. In this episode we discuss philosophy as means of self development and value of dialogue as a mode of personal growth.
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Nonviolence and Civil Unrest: A Narrative of Resilience from The Civil Rights Movement Part II
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In this two-part episode Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. talks about the philosophy of nonviolence. As a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC in 1960 he helped organize the sit ins in Tennessee and the Freedom Rides. He applied the principles of nonviolence in organizing the movement for voter registration and civil rights in Selma Alabama.
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Nonviolence and Civil Unrest: A Narrative of Resilience from The Civil Rights Movement Part I
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In this two-part episode Dr. Bernard Lafayette talks about the philosophy of nonviolence. As a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC in 1960 he helped organize the sit ins in Tennessee and the Freedom Rides. He applied the principles of nonviolence in organizing the movement for voter registration and civil rights in Selma Alabama.
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How to Think About Positivity and Happy Lives
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On this episode we meet Dr. Micheal Bishop, a philosophy professor at Florida State University and author the the book The Good Life: Unifying the Philosophy and Psychology of Wellbeing. We discuss Dr. Bishop's origional theory of happiness and unpack the complexities of sustaining happiness.
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From Disruption Comes Change: Nurturing Sociopolitical Action With Youth
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On this episode we meet Dr. Carlos Hipolito-Delgado an associate professor of counseling at the University of Colorado Denver. We discuss how to foster sociopolitical action with youth. We talk about how to make purposeful use of social tension and take critical perspectives of our society that leads to action.
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AHC Fireside Chat IV: What Is The Good Life?
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This is a bonus episode of the podcast brought to you in collaboration with the Association of Humanistic Counseling. Fireside Chats are, spontaneous, free form conversations where counselors gather and discuss topics relevant to this year's theme; "raising the question of what it means to be human." Tonight's dialogue attempts to answer the question "What is the good life?"
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