stupid-smart: Recent Episodes
Juliet Dore
stupid-smart is a podcast that attempts to normalize being stupid-smart in academia to increase transparency and help reduce the stigma of always having to be “on” in a classroom setting.
Join me and our special guest, Geneva, as she shares her own funny stories about being stupid-smart.
This episode is all about the Zoomies! The zoomies is just another word for defining the anxiety one gets before, during, or after a zoom call.
This episode will be about the encyclopedia browns of the classroom, who they are, and how to spot them.
This episode is about what is speech disfluency, and why you should stop apologizing for it. I also left in all my speech disfluencies this episode to show you that it's natural and happens often!
Despite what your teachers say, there are in fact stupid questions, but I want you to keep asking them!
This episode is all about how to write an email without overcompensating with exclamation points or attempting to downplay your certainty. Stupid-Smart email etiquette is where it's at!
This episode is about the problems with ending a thought or presentation with common phrases like “So, um yeah that’s it” or “But I don’t know” and downplaying your certainty.
This episode is about the detrimental effects “popcorning” or cold-calling in the classroom can have on stupid-smart students and why I think we should discontinue that practice.
This episode is about imposter syndrome, what it is, and how often it manifests in students. It's about the fear of judgment and sounding stupid. Should I really be here? Is everyone smarter than me? Can they see I am just faking it until I make it?
Intro episode - I'm going to talk about myself, my background, some of the issues I’m going to tackle, and how fun it is to be stupid-smart