Struggling Academics is a bi-monthly educational podcast for everyone interested in ideas, intellectual life and academic pursuits. At Struggling Academics, we deliberately venture into areas to which none of the hosts necessarily claim expertise. In each episode Dr. Andrasi (linguist), Dr. Clinnick (archaeologist), Dr. Pedersen (philosopher) & Dr. Vladescu (anthropologist/philologist) will discuss a particular topic with an uplifting and positive twist ranging from singular human experience ...
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Ep 008 - On Summer Reading
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The Struggling Academics, Tudor Vladescu, Jan Pedersen, Diana Andrasi, and David Clinnick, discuss what they have been and what they will be reading over this summer (2021).Door Struggling Academics
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Join the Struggling Academics, Tudor Vladescu, Jan Pedersen, Diana Andrasi, and David Clinnick, as they discuss mistakes, big mistakes, little mistakes, their own mistakes and misstatements, and how to live with and learn from mistakes.Door Struggling Academics
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Ep 006 - On Overconfidence
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Join the Struggling Academics, Tudor Vladescu, Jan Pedersen, Diana Andrasi, and David Clinnick, as they explore what it means to be overconfident, their personal follies, and finding the balance between hubris and humility.Door Struggling Academics
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This time on Struggling Academics we discuss the peculiar notion of ‘Dog Heads’ - a species of dog-headed humanoid creatures.Door Struggling Academics
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Ep 004 - On Neanderthals
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In part two of our discussion, the Struggling Academics, Jan Pedersen, Diana Andrasi, Tudor Vladescu and David Clinnick, explore how Neanderthals relate to us and our understanding of the evolution of human society.Door Struggling Academics
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Ep 003 - On Neanderthals
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In the first of a two-part discussion, the Struggling Academics, Jan Pedersen, Diana Andrasi, Tudor Vladescu and David Clinnick, explore how Neanderthals relate to us and our understanding of what it means to be human.Door Struggling Academics
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The Struggling Academics, Dr. Andrasi (linguist), Dr. Clinnick (archaeologist), Dr. Pedersen (philosopher) & Dr. Vladescu (anthropologist/philologist) lament over the books they haven't read and the language barriers that prevent them from fully accessing some great works.Door Struggling Academics
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A little preview of what's rolling out on Struggling Academics over the next few weeks.Door Struggling Academics
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The Struggling Academics discuss experts, their interactions with experts, their own degrees of expertise and society's need for experts.Door Struggling Academics
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