Battling Pickle Podcast

BP 59 - Studying for Midterms 13.10.2025 7:45 ↓

An effective three part study method that hits on deeper understanding of material

BP 58 - Bias! 29.09.2025 12:14 ↓

Bias is absolutely essential to survival and yet we try to ignore it and don’t analyze it.

BP 57 - Learning Across Classes 15.09.2025 9:14 ↓

Applying what was discussed in one class to what others are doing in another.

BP 56 - Fall 2025 08.09.2025 13:23 ↓

My kickoff to the fall 2025 semester podcasts

BP 55 - State of the Industry 14.10.2024 8:56 ↓

a bit about why you always need evidence

BP 54 - Functional Fixedness 23.09.2024 8:54 ↓

In today's episode we talk about how everyday items can have more than one use!

BP 53 - Learning Styles and Organizing Information 10.09.2024 14:02 ↓

In this episode I talk about how to organize thoughts! https://www.dcc.edu/documents/academics/communication/writing-center-handouts/essay-structure-handout.pdf is the PDF I mention regarding essay structure!

BP 52: Fall Kickoff and Motivational Thoughts 23.08.2024 16:16 ↓

In this episode, I talk about how to get started in EPY 601 and about motivation

BP 51 - Remove the Safety Tethers, Keep The Mat 22.07.2024 14:51 ↓

What do I mean by removing the safety tethers and keeping the mat? Well, I mean it's about muscle development, obvious right?

BP50 - On Precision of Language 16.07.2024 11:42 ↓

In this podcast I talk about linguistic differences between the real world and Science / Psychology / Education.

BP 49: On Check-Ins and Term Papers 08.07.2024 9:11 ↓

A little bit about the check-in due this week and term paper topics!

BP 48 - Welcome to Summer II! 01.07.2024 18:22 ↓

A welcome podcast for my Summer II (July 2024) students!

BP 47: On Lesson Plans 17.06.2024 14:51 ↓

In this episode I talk about lesson plans, give a little bit of tech advice, and hopefully get rid of some worries regarding the term paper's embedded lesson plan!

BP 46 - Dr. Westfall, Can You Give Me More To Do? 13.06.2024 18:22 ↓

An interesting request I get regularly, that we can unpack in educational contexts!

BP 45 - Term Papers & Constructivism 07.06.2024 15:52 ↓

In this I talk a little about the EPY 601 Term Paper and Constructivism in the classroom.

BP 44 - Writing a Structured Essay (Aka Avoid The Stream Of Consciousness!) 03.06.2024 7:55 ↓

In this short episode, I talk about writing a structured essay, and test out a new way to record my podcast!

BP 43 - Welcome to Summer I 2024 23.05.2024 26:49 ↓

In this podcast I welcome new students to Summer I 2024 and go over the requirements to be successful in class!

BP 42: Quantitative Data Analysis 01.04.2024 12:19 ↓

A by request topic from an EPY 601 student!

BP 41: Term Papers and Academic Writing 04.03.2024 18:08 ↓

An episode spent talking about the podcast and begging you to think about academic writing structure

BP 40 - Failures part 2 15.02.2024 7:10 ↓

Not many people decided to share their failures, so I share one that I see with a lot of well intentioned, students.

BP 39: The Failure Episode, Part 1 01.02.2024 7:31 ↓

A student and I share our biggest failures teaching and encourage everyone else to contribute. Let’s all learn from each other’s mistakes!

BP 38: Fear of Failure, Check-in 1, and Prompt Feedback! 29.01.2024 19:29 ↓

In this episode, we listen to some listener feedback,we talk about some feedback on the prompts and the check-ins

BP 37 - The dirty word: Evidence-Based 23.01.2024 11:21 ↓

In this podcast, I talk about evidence based practices, and why they can be a dirty word

BP 36: Creativity and Technology 13.10.2023 13:44 ↓

Integrating two prompts together on creativity and technology!

BP 35: Little Episodes of Experience 18.09.2023 11:55 ↓

Sometimes you do need to sweat the small stuff!