Episodes
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GFADAF 18 - Logical Fallacies in Tap Dance
Episode Notes: GFADAF EP18 - Logical Fallacies in Tap Dance Some errors in reasoning are so common that they have their own names. These logical fallacies, when practiced, give one a built in B.S. (Chorus) - O - Meter that enables one to spot poor arguments. Insults, popularity, outrageous...
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GFADAF EP 17 – Learning To Die Daily; Tap Dance and Bipolar Disorder
Episode Notes GFADAF EP 17 - Learning To Die Daily; Tap Dance and Bipolar Disorder Sometimes people say the most reprehensible things, but is what they say really what they mean? When it comes to conversations in text, it can be very difficult to ascertain a person's true intention. There could…
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GFADAF EP 16 - An Origin of Whiteness / Books From A Dying Art Form: David Roediger and “Wages of Whiteness”
Episode Notes GFADAF EP16 - The Origin(s) of Whiteness / Books From A Dying Art Form: David Roediger and the “Wages of Whiteness” Sure, we're all aware of the various harmful stereotypes placed upon non-white people, but what about white stereotypes? Where do they come from and how have they been...
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GFADAF EP 15 - Tap Dance Patriots; Emma Lazarus and "The New Colossus"
Episode Notes GFADAF EP 15 - Belated 4th of July Spectacular! According to many, the United States' greatest strength is that we are a proud nation of immigrants. So why do so many people demonize immigrants? Every patriot is no doubt familiar with the famous lines "Give us your poor, your tired,...
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GFADAF EP 14 - Books From A Dying Art Form: "Five Points" by Tyler Anbinder
--Episode Notes GFADAF EP 14 - Books From A Dying Art Form: "Five Points" by Tyler Anbinder Imagine living in a room no larger than a walk-in closet, sleeping shoulder to shoulder with strangers, it's pitch black, no windows, no ventilation, you might miss a stair step in the inky darkness and...
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GFADAF EP 13 - Paulo Freire and the Pedagogy of the Oppressed Tap Dancer
GFADAF EP 13 Paulo Freire and the Pedagogy of the Oppressed Tap Dancer Who wants an episode on the philosophy of education? Too bad, you're getting one anyways! On this episode, host Tristan Bruns dives into the philosophy of Paulo Freire, the famed Brazilian educator who taught hundreds of...
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GFADAF EP12 - "Dominated By Homosexuals" (Correcting the Record in "Jazz Dance")
If you've read the book "Jazz Dance" then you may have been surprised at one part in particular, the epilogue, which begins with an argument against the emasculation of male dancers. (I know!) Most damning of all is a quote attributed to Gene Kelly, where he claims that the dance industry is...
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GFADAF EP 11 - NOPE!; or, When Tap Dancers Share Antisemitic Propaganda
Episode Notes Antisemitism is trending in 2022. I regret that it has reached tap dancers. This episode is about trying to convince this person that what they are doing is in poor taste, and extremely dangerous, and also to provide some tools for listeners to identify antisemitic and other types…
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GFADAF EP 10 - Hart & Sole (The Hidden Histories of Tap Dance Histories Part 4)
Tap dance history and philosophy from across the pond! Host Tristan Bruns reviews the book "Teach Yourself Tap Dancing" (2007) by Derek Hartley and compares it to other books in the "Hidden Histories of Tap Dance Histories" series—A meta analysis of syllabus-style, at home, DIY instruction books...
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GFADAF EP 9 - Color-Blind Tap Dance (The Hidden Histories of Tap Dance Histories Part 3)
Episode Notes Following the U.S. Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, the language about how we talk about race (and tap dance) changed. In the new era of color-blind speech, one must navigate a slippery slope of semantics to uncover the racial subtext underneath. Host Tristan Bruns takes…
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GFADAF EP 8 - Interview: Jim Siegelman, Author of "The Book of Tap" (1977)
Episode Notes What do Kurt Vonnegut, Noam Chomsky and Donald Trump have to do with tap dance? You might be surprised... On a very special episode, host Tristan Bruns interviews Jim Siegelman, who co-authored 1977s "The Book of Tap" with tap dancer Jerry Ames. If you've read other tap dance…
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GFADAF EP 7: "The Book of Tap" by Jerry Ames and Jim Siegelman (The Hidden Histories of Tap Dance Histories, Part 2)
Episode Notes We begin Part 2 of The Hidden History of Tap Dance Histories series with a look at "The Book of Tap" by Jerry Ames and Jim Siegelman. Host Tristan Bruns takes a thorough look "TBoT (minus the instruction part) which covers such topics as the "death" of tap, the tap dance "revival,"...
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GFADAF EP 6 Tap Dance Syllabi from 1971-2003 (The Hidden Histories of Tap Dance Histories, Part 1)
Episode Notes Tap dancers often complain that there is not enough written about tap dance—especially its history. But what if I told you that there is more written down about tap then you may realize. . . and some of it is pretty gross (by today's standards). Host Tristan Bruns takes a look at...
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GFADAF EP 5 - Interview: Bril Barrett of M.A.D.D. Rhythms
Episode Notes A rare Gasps interview with the co-founder and current director of the M.A.D.D. Rhythms dance company and the non-profit Making A Different Dancing Organization—Barrett is also the Executive Producer on the Gasps podcast. Host Tristan Bruns talks with Barrett about the new M.A.D.D....
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GFADAF EP 4 Books From A Dying Art Form: "What The Eye Hears" by Brian Seibert
Episode Notes In this episode, host Tristan Bruns reviews Brian Seibert's "What The Eye Hears"—a popular, somewhat controversial history of tap dance—and takes a look at some of the reviews of the book that came out shortly after its publication; also, get some input from the author himself from…
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GFADAF EP 3 - The Structure of Tap Dance Revolutions
On episode three of the GFADAF podcast, host Tristan Bruns uses tap dance to understand the revolutionary text The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by scientific philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn. On this episode, find out where the term paradigm shift comes from and what it actually means; also…
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GFADAF EP 2 - The Long Legacy of International Minstrelsy
Episode Notes A lot of people think that tap dance is related to European dance styles because they look so darn similar, but what if it was really the other way around? Join host Tristan Bruns as he reports on the worse-than-you-thought history of international minstrelsy in England, Ireland,...
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GFADAF EP 1 - If Tap Dance Is Dying, Then What Is It Dying From?
Episode Notes People often say “you know, tap dance is a dying art form”, but they never mention why it is dying, or from what. Has tap dance been wounded in some way? Poisoned? Could it be…sabatogey! Old cartoon references aside, there are many theories about the decline of tap dance from it’s...
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Join host Tristan Bruns as he explores the histories and philosophies of the great art form of tap dance.
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