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Compound Sentences
Compound Sentences explores compound sentences by combining pairs of independent clauses with coordinating conjunctions to make compound sentences.
All Ears English
2059 - Should You Take a Ride on Someone's Coattails?
Has anyone ever helped you get a leg up in life? In today's episode, our listener asks us what the term ride someone's coattails mean. Plus, we touch on culture and society when it comes to becoming successful in your life and your career.
All Ears English
2055 - Harvard Professor Todd Rogers on 3 Ways to Write Well for a Busy World
Writing well is for school, but writing effectively is for LIFE- in today's episode our guest Todd Rogers from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, gives us his evidence-based tips on how to write WELL. not for school but for life,...
Brave Wilderness
We Lost A Legend. (Justin Schmidt's Final Interview)
It is with great sadness that I let the Coyote Pack and Brave Wilderness universe know that we lost our Yoda this past weekend. Entomologist Justin Schmidt passed away Saturday evening from Parkinson’s Disease and transcended into his...
Brian McLogan
Simplify the logarithms with different bases
In this video we will discuss how to simplify logarithms when we have different bases. We can't apply logarithmic properties unless we get the base to be the same first. ⭐️ Evaluate using multiple logarithmic properties - • Evaluate...
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Main Sentence Types
Main Sentence Types practices identifying the three main sentence types by deciding if sentences are simple, compound, or complex.
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Writing with Adverbs
"Writing with Adverbs" models how to compose sentences using adverbs.
Learn German with Herr Antrim
Special Phrases of the Dative Case in German
Certain phrases in German require the dative case. The reasoning for this may not be immediately clear. In this video I explain what the special dative phrases are and how you can use them in your own German sentences.
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Dancing for Fitness
Dr. Algae explains that dance can be a rigorous form of aerobic exercise and fun, too. He describes the many benefits of exercising through dance.
Music Matters
Writing Two-Part Canon - Writing Canon
Learn how to go about composing a strict canon at the unison or the octave in two parts. This lesson explains the most useful technique for constructing a strict canon bar by bar, in such a way that the melodic line has shape and...
Music Matters
Using Suspensions to Harmonize a Descending Bass - Music Composition
Here's an idea for writing a sequence based on using a chain of suspensions above a descending scale in the bass line. Descending scales in the bass can be awkward to harmonise satisfactorily without generating parallels. This pattern...
Music Matters
How to Write a Crab Canon - Writing Canon
Learn the meaning of ‘crab canon’ then proceeds to compose an example so you can see how to do it. In a crab canon, one part works forwards while a second part simultaneously works the same music in reverse. This means that one part has...
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The Message and the Messenger
University of Michigan business professor Andrew Hoffman describes how his research investigates the cultural aspects of climate change, focusing on the question, What comes to people’s minds when they hear the words “climate change”?
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Rediscovering Buddhism
Award-winning author Pankaj Mishra describes how many people educated in the Western tradition, himself included, have only recently come to appreciate the intellectual significance of many aspects of Buddhist thought.
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Predicting, Badly
Tufts University philosopher Brian Epstein describes how his experiences as a management consultant giving completely incorrect predictions of many key features of the social world gave him a deep appreciation of how deceptively...
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Our Need For Ritual
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue describes how we all share the need for ritual.
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Neuroscience and Self-Incrimination
Legal scholar Nita Farahany (Duke) describes how she uses neuroscience as a lens to better examine the original purpose of a law.
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Population Effects
Karl Gerth, Professor of History and Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies at UC San Diego, discusses the impact of China’s burgeoning population on its history.
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The Role of Philosophy
Philosopher Scott Soames (USC) passionately speaks of the importance of philosophical thinking.
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Mysterious Mountain Man
Author and independent scholar Matthew Stewart recounts his puzzlement when first confronted with Ethan Allen’s 477-page philosophical tract.
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Investigating Corruption
Tufts University philosopher Brian Epstein describes how carefully developing a model of bureaucratic corruption can lead to identifying key factors that traditional social science models will necessarily overlook.
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Knowing the Way
Marine biologist Edie Widder at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association laments that “we’re destroying the ocean before we even know what’s in it”.
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The Decline of Political Rhetoric
Intellectual historian Quentin Skinner (QMUL) argues that both American and British political rhetoric have declined considerably in the modern era.
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Honey Honey
Honey discovers honey is the best medicine as Penny helps Izzy overcome her fear of bees.