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Let’s continue on with our speed reading mini-series! In the first video in this series, we covered the science of how the reading process works – both how your eyes move and fixate on text, and how your brain constantly pauses to process the incoming information. This week, I want to look at three commonly touted […]
This week’s podcast episode is a replay of a live stream I did a couple weeks ago on the topic of, “how to become an adult.” Joining me in the stream were Simon Clark and Jamie Miles, two YouTuber friends of mine who live in the UK. Simon is a current Ph. D. student in […]
Questions have piled up in my inbox and now I’m answering some of them. One of the more interesting questions I received recently was, “Can you explain the process you go through to create podcast episodes (including getting guests?)” I think the process of creating the episodes themselves is pretty interesting, but even more interesting […]
Hey guys! I’m massively excited about this episode and want to let you jump right in, so I’ll make this summary brief; today I have the huge honor of talking with Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, on the podcast. Secretary Duncan’s main message throughout our conversation? Graduate, graduate, graduate. He is laser-focused on […]
I’ve done a lot of research on speed reading in the past couple of weeks. Coincidentally, so has my friend Zach Sexton (who was on the show back in episode 28) – though, as it turns out, we’ve been coming at it from opposite angles. Zach has been trying to read more books, so he’s […]
The idea that you can learn to “speed read” – that is, learn to drastically increase your reading speed and plow through more books than you ever thought possible – has been around for a long time. You’ll probably see a flyer on campus at some point during college advertising a speed reading seminar, making […]
In this episode, we delve into my dark past and do battle with my inner demons. Queue up the Evanescence. …nah. Today we be diving into my past, though. Specifically, we’ll look at eight different things I regret not doing – or not doing better – in college. While I think my college experience was great overall, there […]
It can be hard to know if you’re on the right path. You go to class, study, join clubs, and network, but how do you really know if you’re taking the right steps to achieve your goals? One of the best ways is to find a mentor, and in this episode, recent Tufts University graduates John […]
What does it take to become a tenured professor? Actually, scratch that for a second… what does it take just to get into grad school? As someone who has only scaled the towers of formal education far enough to gracefully descend with a bachelor’s degree as my parachute, these aren’t questions I cover very often on College […]
The start of a new semester is a time of transition. Usually, this transition is accompanied by high levels of motivation; you’re excited to start your new classes, meet new people, and be done sitting in a cubicle during your summer internship. A few weeks down the road, though, it’s just as Agent Smith said: […]