PODCAST · education
Unstandardized English
by JPB Gerald
A podcast seeking justice for the racially, linguistically, and neurologically minoritized. Host JPB Gerald examines issues including whiteness, raciolinguistics, academia, capitalism, and sometimes pop culture.
Episodes
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E142: Book 3 is out! Readings of chapters 2 and 3
Please buy my newest book! It's actually funny this time!
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E141: Thoughts on Adult Education
The recording broke! Sorry!
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E140: GUESS WHO'S BACK/Galivant's Ferry Education
So, uh, what have I been up to? A lot. I'm back. And I will be here. I will bring the guests back. And you'll hear all about how I'm trying to support neurodivergent workers and students to avoid some of what I've experienced for the last 30 years.
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E139: Social Media Actually Mattered - So Now What?
In this brief episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks about the role social media once played in his life, how he's moved away from it, and his uncertainty as to what to do in the future.
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E138: Holes in my Head
A short story about the difficulties of ADHD and memory.
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E137: Dancing and Being Liked
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks about his love of dancing and his lifelong struggle with being liked.
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E136: Moving and Ezel
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks about a lot of places he's lived in his life, as well as his son Ezel and how he's similar to him. Join his substack at Pursuing MagLev
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E135: Jungles to Jungles and My Real Politics
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks about his attempts to shock himself into masculinity by encountering wild animals as well as where his current politics lie.
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E134: You're a Gatsby and Triple Play Baseball
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald recounts his experiences throwing parties to try and secure friendships as well as his history of using video game simulations to make himself feel athletic. Buy his book here. Sign up for the new substack here!
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E133: A Lifetime of Writing and Teaching
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald recounts his life as a writer and his career as a teacher. Buy his book here. Subscribe to his substack here.
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E132: Substacking and a brief preview of the future format
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald previews his new format, stories he's written about his experiences. It's short this time but will be longer in future episodes, and he hopes you enjoy the listening.
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E131: The American Dream and Its Relationship to White Parents' Belief Systems, with Elizabeth King
From the abstract: Parent beliefs regarding race and gender are interconnected and are influential to their parenting. In a sample of 107 White parents of toddlers and preschoolers, the current study explores relationships among parents’ beliefs about the causes of racial inequity and their...
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E130: What Makes a Good Presentation?
Buy Dr. Gerald's book here.
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E129: We Need to Teach People to Teach, with Elizabeth King
In this episode (with no intro music), Dr. Gerald speaks with Dr. Elizabeth King about why it's such a problem that people who teach adults (professors as well as adult educators/trainers) are not mandated to practice teaching before beginning to teach, and how this has a trickle down impact on...
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Go Get Your Cake (Elections Thoughts)
It's bad. But fuck them. They don't deserve to be the cause of our pain.
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E128: Yes I Know The Election Is Tomorrow
Just a brief check in while being very nervous about my impending second child. Will return to full episodes shortly. Buy the book!
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E127: Illiterate Laborers
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks on his family's past as illiterate laborers as well as his feelings about his imminent second son and his older son's growth. Buy his book here.
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E126: Some Thoughts on Pre-K and Being the Energizer Bunny
In this lowkey episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks on his reflections on suburban police, pre-k, "hard work," and being respected for the way he does things. Buy his book here!
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E125: On White Leftists
On this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald debates the fickle nature of white "leftists." Buy Dr. Gerald's book below.
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E124: Season 6 premiere - Not Serious People
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald welcomes people back to the show, recaps his summer and also discusses how academia, education, and other "helping professions" cause a lack of seriousness in practitioners that harms them and the field. BUY DR. GERALD'S NEW BOOK HERE.
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E123: EMBRACING THE EXCEPTIONS IS OUT!
In this brief episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald reflects on what led to the writing of his new book, which is out on the day this episode is released, August 29th, 2024. Buy the book here NOW.
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E122: Embracing the Exceptions Introduction
It's what it says - I read the book's intro. You should buy the book
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E121: Neurodivergent Armor
In this brief, somber episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald reflects on the armor he has constructed to protect himself as a neurodivergent person, its connection to his book (pre-order here!) and how it feels to have succeeded partially because of his success at building out these attributes.
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E120: Book Prologue Audio
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald discusses a few things he realized in writing his book, and reads the prologue of the book. You can buy the book here.
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E119: On American Fiction, and Sadness at Why People Like My Writing
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald discusses American Fiction and its parallels to his own experience as a Black author who writes "Black" books, and his hope that someday he can be recognized for his baseline skill with words. Pre-order Dr. Gerald's next book here.
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E118: How Did I Come to Not Hate Moving Out of Queens?
In this (short) episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald reflects on his recent move, admits his wife was right as she usually is, and examines why the very specific place he now lives actually works for him whereas a lot of other possible options would not have. Pre-order Dr. Gerald's next book here.
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E117: A Multilateral Mind and Conversation, with Brandie Cross
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks with Dr. Brandie Cross about her many varied pursuits, from DEI to cannabis research. It's fun! Pre-order Dr. Gerald's second book here!
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E116: Why Is Long Island (and also plane crashes)? with Sara Levine
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks to his friend and fellow podcaster Sara Levine about her home, Long Island, which he hates. And also plane crashes Pre-order Dr. Gerald's second book here! Here is the AI generated summary btw, lol: JPB Gerald and Unknown Speaker discussed the unexpected...
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(Emergency): The things the neurotypicals think about us, with Elise Preisser
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald has an emergency episode with Elise about another podcast episode that's about neurodivergence from an uninformed and harmful perspective.
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E115: The Whole Mental Health Journey
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald goes over how he got his mental health to the stability and positive space it's in right now, from his school experiences to how he got into therapy to the present. Check his work out at jpbgerald.com.
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E114: Catching Up with Dr. Green the Language Queen
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald catches back up with his friend and former guest Dr. Caitlin Green, who has made a name for herself in the language social media space, about language and social media fights and parenting. Thanks for listening to the show!
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E113: Using Neurodivergence and Mental Illness as an Excuse for Racism
In this episode, Dr. JPB Gerald explores the troubling phenomenon where people who get in trouble for saying racist things use mental illness and/or neurodivergence as excuses for why they did the thing, and how this trend is harmful to the mentally ill and neurodivergent (and people of color).
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E112: The Problem, and Possibility, of Pop Science, with Seth Ligo
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald chats with his college friend, Dr. Seth Ligo, about pop science, its power and pitfalls, and the tightrope between speaking to the public and uninformed pontificating,
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E111: ADHD and Emotionality, with Elise Preisser
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald re-teams with his friend and soon-to-be recurring co-host Elise Preisser to further explore underdiscussed aspects of ADHD and emotionality. Check out Dr. Gerald's work on his website, jpbgerald.com
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E110: White Allyship and White Virtue, with Jennifer Delfino
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks with Dr. Jennifer Delfino, a race and language scholar who has analyzed, among other things, white allyship language on Facebook and in other spheres. We discuss this topic along with how it might have evolved in the years since the data was collected....
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E109: Conflicted Accomplishments
On this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald reflects on how the negative events of the past four years have coincidence with his success and concludes that he has to make his work matter accordingly. Support the show on patreon here.
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E108: Conference Challenges, with Karla, Ahlyssa, and Jacky
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks with a group of students about their experiences being dismissed at a conference when talking about racism in language education. Enjoy!
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E107: Book #3!
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald explains his goals for his third book, "Fifteen Shades of White," which will follow directly on the heels of his second book. Support the show on patreon here.
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E106: Book #2!
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks about his recently-contracted second book, and what he's hoping will come of it. Yay! Support the show on patreon here.
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E105: Small Classroom Victories (and also AI) - with Kelly Webb-Davies
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks with Kelly Webb-Davies about the ways that teaching can still push equity forward in everyday work. Support the show on patreon here. Read the rest of Dr. Gerald's work here.
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E104: Refugee Resettlement and Racialization - with Irene Routté
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald reunites with an old college friend, doctoral candidate Irene Routté, to discuss her research on refugee resettlement and racialization (and also academia). If you would like to support the show on patreon, here's the link! Thanks for listening!
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E103: Teachers’ Beliefs about Racism and Gender - with the homie Elizabeth King
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald talks about his friend Dr. Elizabeth King's recent research on teachers' beliefs about race and gender and how it impacts the work they do. Important stuff. Support the show on patreon here. Check out Dr. Gerald's work here.
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E102: Fixing the Fixing of Kids - with Rafi Feliciano
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks with his friend Rafi Feliciano about her work in speech "disorders." All my work, including my book, can be found at jpbgerald.com. Please support the show on patreon at https://www.patreon.com/unstandardized.
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E101: Mormon Whiteness - with Elise Preisser
In this episode, kicking off season 5, host Dr. JPB Gerald discusses the ways that the tenets of Mormonism reinforce white supremacy with (ex)Mormon Elise Preisser. Buy Dr. Gerald's book here!
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EPISODE 100 (S4E25)
In this episode, Dr. JPB Gerald reflects on the first 99 episodes of the show, one by one. If you like the show, support it on patreon here. And buy Dr. Gerald's book here.
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Social Justice and the Language Classroom, with Deniz Ortactepe Hart (S4E24)
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald interviews scholar and author Dr. Deniz Ortactepe Hart about her new book, Social Justice and the Language Classroom. It's basically exactly what this whole show is about! Buy Dr. Hart's book here. Buy Dr. Gerald's book here. Support the show on patreon here.
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Black Mental Health (non)Access, with Ceouna Hegwood (S4E23)
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks with incoming doctoral student Ceouna Hegwood about her research and future goals in tackling the massive issue of Black access - or lack thereof - to mental health services and treatment. Support the show on patreon here. Buy Dr. Gerald's book here.
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The Latinization of Indigenous Students, with Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo (S4E22)
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks to Dr. Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, a returning guest who has written book with the same title as the episode, concerning an underexplored region of Central Florida, close to where she grew up. A fascinating book with a context usually ignored, the...
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Reclaiming Jane, with Emily Davis-Hale (S4E21)
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks with guest Emily Davis-Hale about their podcast, Reclaiming Jane, and the project of challenging orthodoxy. Link to their show. Link to Dr. Gerald's book. Link to this show's patreon. Please support if you like the work!
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Like, Literally, Dude, with Valerie Fridland (S4E20)
In this episode, host Dr. JPB Gerald speaks to author Dr. Valerie Fridland about her recently-released mass-market linguistics book, Like, Literally, Dude, which you can buy here. Buy Dr. Gerald's book here. Support the show on Patreon here.
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A podcast seeking justice for the racially, linguistically, and neurologically minoritized. Host JPB Gerald examines issues including whiteness, raciolinguistics, academia, capitalism, and sometimes pop culture.
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