S3E10: How math rehabilitated a murderer w/ Christopher Havens
When this podcast started, interviewing a convicted murderer - while he was still in prison, no less - was admittedly not on Vanessa’s “Math Therapy g...
Math Therapy
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Math Therapy is the podcast that works through your math trauma, one problem at a time! Each week, Vanessa Vakharia (aka The Math Guru) chats with a different guest about their relationship with math & offers a prescription to help them start living their best lives. Whether you think you’re a “math person” or not, you’re about to find out that math people don’t ACTUALLY exist - but the scars that math class left on many of us DEFINITELY do! And don’t worry - no calculators or actual math were used in the making of this podcast ;)
S3E09: I’m not a math person, don’t @ me w/ Bex
The year was 2020. A tweet went viral on the interwebs and Vanessa damn near lost her mind. Somewhere in the UK, Bex had tweeted that the best part of...
S3E08: There are no stupid questions w/ Roger Fischer
Alright teachers, this one’s for you! Today Vanessa chats with Dr. Roger Fischer, an educator from Montana who is not just a hardcore fan of the podca...
S3E07: Challenging stereotypes by fulfilling them w/ Abby Govindan
We all hate harmful stereotypes, but have you ever thought of breaking stereotypes … by simply fulfilling them?! Being an Indian woman who doesn’t lik...
S3E06: Why representation matters w/ Brittany Rhodes
Forget Uber Eats - get some math delivered to your doorstep! Yep, that’s a thing, and it’s all thanks to Brittany Rhodes, the founder of math-activity...
S3E05: How brands can use their power for good w/ Candace Borland
Late last year AT&T ran a full-page ad in the New York Times depicting a mother and daughter in despair over math homework, and Vanessa was NOT impres...
S3E04: Mathfluencers, Mean Girls & more w/ Esther Brunat
Yep, you read that right: mathfluencers are the future of education and today’s guest is leading the way! Esther Brunat and The Squadratics (think Mea...
Extra Credit: Spirituality & Science
This season's interviews were all done remotely over Zoom with our producer Sabina Wex and technical producer David Kochberg listening in, and th...
S3E03: Albert Einstein was a f*cking Pisces w/ Anthony Perrotta
If you follow Vanessa on Instagram, you may know that a) she has really gotten into astrology, and b) that is slightly controversial for an aspiring m...
S3E02: The math teacher that changed my life w/ Ewa Kasinska
It is no exaggeration to say that this podcast (and Vanessa’s entire career in math education) would not exist if she hadn't crossed paths with s...