Before You Continue

Episode 10: Outsourced

beforeyoucontinue — Sun, 14 Jan 2018 13:41:31 -0400

Just some thoughts on the predicament of the modern life. What are things that we do for ourselves? How do we know what we know? Why do we trust other people?

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Music Credits:

Okey Dokey Smokey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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There's Probably No Time by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Almost A Year Ago by John Daley and the 41 Players

On YouTube Audio Library, no attribution required.

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Episode 9: Chapter 2

beforeyoucontinue — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 20:58:41 -0400

Chapter 2 of the GRE Vocab Storytelling.

Links:

Story: https://beforeyoucontinue.blogspot.com/2018/01/chapter-2.html

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Vocab in this episode:

Cogent

Intransigent

Disabuse

Resolve

Sanction

Revere

Partisan

Futile

Superficial

Luddite

Absurdity

Obscenity

Frivolous

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Music Credit:

Okey Dokey Smokey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Episode 8: Chapter 1 of GRE Vocab Story Telling (tentative name)

beforeyoucontinue — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 17:51:52 -0400

A new series in the light of studying for the GRE, I'm using these GRE vocabs to write a fictional story, both to help to study for the test and renew my past hobby of free writing, and to keep up with making the podcast.

Blog for full story text: https://beforeyoucontinue.blogspot.com/2017/12/chapter-1-gre-vocab-story-telling.html

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Vocabulary used:

Malingerer: A person who exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work.

Cacophonous: Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Insularity: Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.

Occlude: Stop, close u or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage).

Aberrant: Departing from an accepted standard.

Vituperative: Bitter and abusive.

Tangential: Relating to or along a tangent; hardly touching a matter; peripheral.

Extrapolation: The action of estimating or concluding something by assuming that existing trends will continue or a current method will remain applicable.

Latent: (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden; concealed.

Soporific: Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep.

Anthropomorphic: Having human characteristics

Paucity: The presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity.

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Music Credit:

Okey Dokey Smokey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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There's Probably No Time by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Episode 7: A Poetry Assignment

beforeyoucontinue — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 01:13:54 -0400

Reading poetry is something that not a lot of people do with their free time. It's understandable since most people's introduction to poetry was probably in a classroom, where it makes it pedantic and boring. Also, people probably have better more exciting things to do. But poetry is powerful. I'm not sure if I can convince you of that fact, but reading poetry has helped me find my direction in life. This episode I'll read parts of my final poetry assignment for the poetry seminar I attended last quarter. Enjoy.

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Poems:

Power by Audre Lorde: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53918/power-56d233adafeb3

Howl by Allen Ginsberg: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49303/howl

Gubbinal by Wallace Stevens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubbinal

It's Alright, Ma by Bob Dylan: https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/its-alright-ma-im-only-bleeding/

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Music Credits:

Okey Dokey Smokey by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Romance, S. 169 by Franz Liszt, played by Mauro Tortorelli, From MUSEOPEN.org

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Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op. 46 - II. Aase's Death by Edvard Grieg, Musopen Symphony, From MUSEOPEN.org

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E minor Prelude by Chopin from YouTube Audio Library

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Episode 6: Things We All Do

beforeyoucontinue — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:21:50 -0400

On the behalf of all my professors and lecturer, I ranted a bit about people talking during lecture. But the bigger question is, why do we do the small things that we know we shouldn't do, don't want it to happen to us, but do anyway. Mindfulness for the small things we do, can make a difference in our lives.

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Music Credit:

Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Gymnopedie No. 1 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Waltz (Tschikovsky Op. 40) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Episode 5: Rate Me, 1 to 5 Stars

beforeyoucontinue — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:54:06 -0400

If you haven't seen the TV series Black Mirror, you're missing out. This episode is inspired by one concept from that show. What if you can rate every interaction you had with anyone? Would the world be better or worse?

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Music Credit:

Sheep May Safely Graze - BWV 208 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, From YouTube Music Library

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Anxiety - Madness Paranoia by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Clair de Lune by Debussy, played from public domain score and self-recorded

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Episode 4: The Flipped Classroom

beforeyoucontinue — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:23:08 -0400

Several sources pointed to the effectiveness of the flipped classroom, but it still remains unpopular. Why is that? In this episode, we take a look at two examples of the flipped classroom, one done well, and one not so much.

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Music Credits:

Overture to William Tell by Gioacchino Rossini, United States Marine Band, From MUSOPEN.org

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Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Sheep May Safely Graze - BWV 208 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op. 46 - II. Aase's Death by Edvard Grieg, Musopen Symphony, From MUSEOPEN.org

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Episode 3: The Premed Funnel

beforeyoucontinue — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 13:03:11 -0400

What's the biggest obstacle to becoming a doctor? Residency? Medical school? One theory may surprise you. What approach do we take when we select the applicants?

Malcolm Gladwell's Getting In Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/10/10/getting-in

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Music Credits:

Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Overture to William Tell by Gioacchino Rossini, United States Marine Band, From MUSOPEN.org

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Gymnopedie No. 1 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Gavotte Burmester arr. by Jean Baptiste Lully, Thrax, From MUSOPEN.org

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Episode 2: Materialist/Minimalist

beforeyoucontinue — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 23:57:26 -0400

Minimalism is a new, global, lifestyle movement that revolves around focusing on the things that are important to you. But what if you're a materialist (like me)? How do we make that switch from loving things to minimalism? Here is some food for thoughts.

http://www.thisisinsider.com/inside-japans-extremely-minimalist-homes-2016-6

https://www.theminimalists.com/minimalism/

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Music Credits:

Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Cantata 112 Der Herr ist mein getreuer hirt - I by J.S Bach, European Archives, From MUSOPEN.org

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Prelude in C by J.S Bach. Self Played. Sheet music in public domain.

Episode 1: Undergraduate Years

beforeyoucontinue — Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:54:47 -0400

The United State treats medical school, law school, dental school, and other forms of professional school as graduate schools, that is, they require the students to attend and complete an undergraduate college education first. But a lot of countries do not treat medical school as graduate school, but rather students attend medical school directly out of high school. What are the benefits of both approaches? And what is the value of the undergraduate education really?

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Music Credit:

Hall of the Mountain King Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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Waltz (Tschikovsky Op. 40) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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