14: “A Bowl Full of Kittens” with Jon Brammer

Dr. Jon Brammer joins the show to discuss contemplative pedagogy, the foibles of meeting culture, and problems both blender and trolley.

Show notes for this episode:

• Blue Yeti microphone
• Shure Beta 87a
• Shure SM7B
• Shure MV7+
• Lesley University
• Contemplative education
• Comparative religion
• The Bear
• Tutoring and Academic Success Center | CT State Three Rivers
• Philosophy
• Cosmology
• Eastern philosophy
• Ethics
• Trolley problem
• David Hume
• Top Gun
• CSI
• Ernest Hemingway
• Hyphens and Dashes | Practical Typography
• Signs of AI writing | Wikipedia
• Join or Die
• Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
• Third place
• Turing test
• Christianity
• Islam
• Fear of missing out
• Montessori education
• Sous-chef
• Foodie
• Rooster Fighter
• Bass guitar
• Krav Maga
• Villari's Martial Arts