Get the politicians out of the classroom w/ David Kochberg

Math Therapy

If you're a fan of the podcast, you've often heard Vanessa mention our producer "David" in reference to him getting mad at her for yelling into the mic or hitting the mic or generally doing things that impact the quality of this AUDIO medium. And if it isn't apparent, this is actually David typing, because I also handle publishing the episodes, so I'll stop referring to myself in the 3rd person because it's weird!
In September we released an episode in which I interviewed Vanessa about her career and about her new book Math Therapy, a resource for teachers to bring strategies in the classroom to help students build a better relationship with math. (After a little digitial mix-up, it is now shipping on Amazon/Kindle so go grab it!)
Afterwards, she decided to interview me about my own math journey, what I enjoy about working on the pod, and what I really think as an outsider about how intense the "math wars" debate has gotten.
About David:
In addition to producing/editing this podcast, I work as a mechanical engineer (3D CAD modelling and drafting) and play guitar & sing in the band Vanessa and I started in 2011, Goodnight Sunrise. I don't have any personal social media links but I'm usually the snarky one behind our Twitter, so connect with Vanessa at the usual places below!

• Vanessa Vakharia: @themathguru (Insta, Twitter, TikTok)
• Math Therapy: @maththerapy (Twitter)
• Math Therapy the book is out now - buy from Corwin Press or Amazon
• David interviews Vanessa (from September 2024)

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Meet our producer David (00:01:34)

3. How he got roped into this podcast (00:03:57)

4. David has math trauma too! (00:06:23)

5. His thoughts on "the math wars" (00:13:59)

6. Talking with people you don't agree with (00:25:11)

7. What it's like working with Vanessa (00:27:57)

8. Q1 (00:32:13)

9. Q2 (00:33:02)

10. Outro (00:33:23)

11. Outtake - are we recording?! (00:34:40)