Podcasts by Dig Deeper: Critical Thinking in the Digital Age
Dig Deeper: Critical Thinking in the Digital Age is a monthly podcast that examines issues related to critical thinking and digital literacy. Presented by MindEdge Learning, a leader in online learning technology, Dig Deeper seeks to spark a conversation about the abundance of false and misleading information on the Internet – and the need for today’s students to ask a lot more questions about what they find there. Interviews with journalists, academics, authors, and others who do research for a living will illuminate the challenges and rewards of looking for truth in the online world.
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Episode 9 - Tara Munro from 2019-04-01T16:59:11
A lot of people don’t consider business to be a particularly creative field, but Tara Munro would beg to differ. Munro, a public historian and former museum curator, is currently the storyteller-in...
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Episode 8 - Rex Jung from 2018-11-02T15:06:27
What do Leonardo da Vinci and LeBron James have in common? More than you might think. Rex Jung, assistant professor of neurosurgery at the Uniersity of New Mexico, joins us via the miracle of Skype...
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Episode 7 - Jennifer Ware from 2018-07-25T15:22:47
In this installment, Jennifer Ware – an instructor in philosophy at City University of New York and an editor at MindEdge Learning – discusses the ethical challenges posed by artificial intelligenc...
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Episode 6 - Chris Colbert from 2018-04-11T17:16
Chris Colbert, managing director of the Harvard Innovation Labs, talks with us about the difference between creativity and innovation, and the ways that schools and corporations can -- and can't --...
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Episode 5 - Lloyd Schwartz from 2018-02-28T14:59:43
In this installment, poet and Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Lloyd Schwartz argues that creativity is a skill that can -- and should -- be taught.
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Episode 4 - Ethan Zuckerman from 2017-08-29T20:39:45
Episode 4 - Ethan Zuckerman by MindEdge Learning
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Episode 3 - Larry Tye from 2017-06-07T19:59:32
This week we sit down with biographer Larry Tye, who has written extensively on icons like Bobby Kennedy, Satchel Paige, and Edward Bernays.
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Episode 2 - Dan Kennedy from 2017-05-30T16:17:43
In Episode 2, host Frank Connolly talks with Dan Kennedy, prominent media critic and associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University, about the results of MindEdge Learnings national p...
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Episode 1 - Robert J. Allison on "Fake History" from 2017-04-13T18:52:54
In the inaugural episode of Dig Deeper, Frank Connolly sits down with Suffolk University professor Robert J. Allison to discuss fake history.
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