JPB Gerald

Unstandardized English

A podcast seeking justice for the racially, linguistically, and neurologically minoritized. Host JPB Gerald examines issues including whiteness, raciolinguistics, academia, capitalism, and sometimes pop culture.

Author

JPB Gerald

Category

Education

Podcast website

jpgerald.com

Latest episode

Dec 17, 2025

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Episodes

E142: Book 3 is out! Readings of chapters 2 and 3 17.12.2025

Please buy my newest book! It's actually funny this time!

E141: Thoughts on Adult Education 17.11.2025

The recording broke! Sorry!

E140: GUESS WHO'S BACK/Galivant's Ferry Education 28.10.2025

So, uh, what have I been up to? A lot. I'm back. And I will be here. I will bring the guests back. And you'll hear all about how I'm trying to support neurodivergent workers and students to avoid some of what I've experienced for the last 30 years.

E139: Social Media Actually Mattered - So Now What? 16.04.2025

In this brief episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks about the role social media once played in his life, how he's moved away from it, and his uncertainty as to what to do in the future.

E138: Holes in my Head 02.04.2025

A short story about the difficulties of ADHD and memory.

E137: Dancing and Being Liked 17.03.2025

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks about his love of dancing and his lifelong struggle with being liked.

E136: Moving and Ezel 03.03.2025

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks about a lot of places he's lived in his life, as well as his son Ezel and how he's similar to him. Join his substack at Pursuing MagLev

E135: Jungles to Jungles and My Real Politics 24.02.2025

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks about his attempts to shock himself into masculinity by encountering wild animals as well as where his current politics lie.

E134: You're a Gatsby and Triple Play Baseball 10.02.2025

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald recounts his experiences throwing parties to try and secure friendships as well as his history of using video game simulations to make himself feel athletic. Buy his book here . Sign up for the new substack here !

E133: A Lifetime of Writing and Teaching 27.01.2025

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald recounts his life as a writer and his career as a teacher. Buy his book here . Subscribe to his substack here .

E132: Substacking and a brief preview of the future format 13.01.2025

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald previews his new format, stories he's written about his experiences. It's short this time but will be longer in future episodes, and he hopes you enjoy the listening.

E131: The American Dream and Its Relationship to White Parents' Belief Systems, with Elizabeth King 16.12.2024

From the abstract: Parent beliefs regarding race and gender are interconnected and are influential to their parenting. In a sample of 107 White parents of toddlers and preschoolers, the current study explores relationships among parents’ beliefs about the causes of racial inequity and their gendered expectations for children’s emotions, as well as how the associations of parents’ beliefs relate to...

E130: What Makes a Good Presentation? 02.12.2024

Buy Dr. Gerald's book here.

E129: We Need to Teach People to Teach, with Elizabeth King 18.11.2024

In this episode (with no intro music), Dr. Gerald speaks with Dr. Elizabeth King about why it's such a problem that people who teach adults (professors as well as adult educators/trainers) are not mandated to practice teaching before beginning to teach, and how this has a trickle down impact on what people view as good education. Buy Dr. Gerald's book here.

Go Get Your Cake (Elections Thoughts) 07.11.2024

It's bad. But fuck them. They don't deserve to be the cause of our pain.

E128: Yes I Know The Election Is Tomorrow 04.11.2024

Just a brief check in while being very nervous about my impending second child. Will return to full episodes shortly. Buy the book!

E127: Illiterate Laborers 21.10.2024

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks on his family's past as illiterate laborers as well as his feelings about his imminent second son and his older son's growth. Buy his book here.

E126: Some Thoughts on Pre-K and Being the Energizer Bunny 07.10.2024

In this lowkey episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks on his reflections on suburban police, pre-k, "hard work," and being respected for the way he does things. Buy his book here!

E125: On White Leftists 23.09.2024

On this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald debates the fickle nature of white "leftists." Buy Dr. Gerald's book below.

E124: Season 6 premiere - Not Serious People 09.09.2024

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald welcomes people back to the show, recaps his summer and also discusses how academia, education, and other "helping professions" cause a lack of seriousness in practitioners that harms them and the field. BUY DR. GERALD'S NEW BOOK HERE.

E123: EMBRACING THE EXCEPTIONS IS OUT! 29.08.2024

In this brief episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald reflects on what led to the writing of his new book, which is out on the day this episode is released, August 29th, 2024. Buy the book here NOW.

E122: Embracing the Exceptions Introduction 08.07.2024

It's what it says - I read the book's intro. You should buy the book

E121: Neurodivergent Armor 24.06.2024

In this brief, somber episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald reflects on the armor he has constructed to protect himself as a neurodivergent person, its connection to his book ( pre-order here! ) and how it feels to have succeeded partially because of his success at building out these attributes.

E120: Book Prologue Audio 10.06.2024

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald discusses a few things he realized in writing his book, and reads the prologue of the book. You can buy the book here.

E119: On American Fiction, and Sadness at Why People Like My Writing 27.05.2024

In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald discusses American Fiction and its parallels to his own experience as a Black author who writes "Black" books, and his hope that someday he can be recognized for his baseline skill with words. Pre-order Dr. Gerald's next book here.

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