Ep. #112: A Curious Crew: Curiosity & the Community College Initiative

03/18/20 • 29 min

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It takes a certain amount of courage and curiosity to travel around the world to study for a year. Four NOVA students in the State Department's Community College Initiative talk about how curiosity has contributed to their year. A delightful, insightful conversation with Mercy Adhaya, Oscar Iván Barrera, Willy-Jefferson Y. Kouakou and Aninda Nurul Hadijah. Theme music by Sean Balick. "Peacetime" by Tiny Tiny Trio, via Blue Dot Sessions. Join us next time when Arlington Presbyterian Church pastor Ashely Goff explains how she and APC use curiosity to (re)create community.

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Ep. #111: Network Systems: Connecting the Dots with Dani Bassett

Danielle Bassett is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where they study biological, physical, and social systems by using and developing tools from network science and complex systems theory. They work at the intersection of basic science, engineering, and clinical medicine -- and now they are taking on curiosity itself. How do we connect our curiosity dots? Network theory will out! The latest in our Curiosity Studies series. Theme and other music by Sean Balick.

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Ep. #113: (Re)Creating Community, with Ashley Goff

How does a community use curiosity to create -- or re-create -- itself and its relationships? Arlington Presbyterian Church pastor Ashley Goff joins me to explore the power of humble inquiry. Theme music by Sean Balick. ”Turning to You” by Landsmen Duets via BlueDot Sessions. Photo by Aimee Custis Photography. Join us next time when brain scientist, author and public speaking inspiration Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor explains how we're wired to be resilient and brave, especially now.