Nathan Holbert
@snowdaylearninglab.org
Learning Scientist. Maker and designer. Player of games and toys. Dad. Associate Professor @ Teachers College, Columbia University. Pop & Play host http://tc.edu/popandplay
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The Life of a Showgirl and Being a Swiftie
Podcast Episode · Pop and Play · 11/11/2025 · 38m
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Today we have the first Pop & Play "play date"! If you listened to "Life of a Showgirl," you'll enjoy our conversation with @brownellcassie.bsky.social about play with the Swiftie community. And join @haenyyoon.bsky.social, me, and Cassie on 11/13 @ 9:15pm ET at #popoff to keep the playdate going!
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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Top 5 movie genres
- put a lightsaber on it
- swarthy sword person questing
- these two hate each other, no wait they are best friends
- they should not have angered that hot person that is very strong
- extremely competent people doing science stuff
- put a lightsaber on it
- swarthy sword person questing
- these two hate each other, no wait they are best friends
- they should not have angered that hot person that is very strong
- extremely competent people doing science stuff
top 5 movie genres
- life is actually hell but at least people are funny
- war is fucking crazy, man
- something that reminds me of my own life but is at least preferable by comparison
- what if the only people in the world were versions of me but clearly inferior?
- just fucking go to therapy
- life is actually hell but at least people are funny
- war is fucking crazy, man
- something that reminds me of my own life but is at least preferable by comparison
- what if the only people in the world were versions of me but clearly inferior?
- just fucking go to therapy
Top 5 movie genres:
- It’s a musical but everyone’s sad.
- “Damn this infernal heat!”
- It’s a Christmas movie but everyone’s sad.
- Wise-cracking gangster but he’s doomed
- It’s a western but everyone’s sad.
- It’s a musical but everyone’s sad.
- “Damn this infernal heat!”
- It’s a Christmas movie but everyone’s sad.
- Wise-cracking gangster but he’s doomed
- It’s a western but everyone’s sad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Top 5 movie genres
- put a lightsaber on it
- swarthy sword person questing
- these two hate each other, no wait they are best friends
- they should not have angered that hot person that is very strong
- extremely competent people doing science stuff
- put a lightsaber on it
- swarthy sword person questing
- these two hate each other, no wait they are best friends
- they should not have angered that hot person that is very strong
- extremely competent people doing science stuff
Top 5 movie genres
- put a lightsaber on it
- swarthy sword person questing
- these two hate each other, no wait they are best friends
- they should not have angered that hot person that is very strong
- extremely competent people doing science stuff
- put a lightsaber on it
- swarthy sword person questing
- these two hate each other, no wait they are best friends
- they should not have angered that hot person that is very strong
- extremely competent people doing science stuff
top 5 movie genres
- life is actually hell but at least people are funny
- war is fucking crazy, man
- something that reminds me of my own life but is at least preferable by comparison
- what if the only people in the world were versions of me but clearly inferior?
- just fucking go to therapy
- life is actually hell but at least people are funny
- war is fucking crazy, man
- something that reminds me of my own life but is at least preferable by comparison
- what if the only people in the world were versions of me but clearly inferior?
- just fucking go to therapy
Top 5 movie genres:
- It’s a musical but everyone’s sad.
- “Damn this infernal heat!”
- It’s a Christmas movie but everyone’s sad.
- Wise-cracking gangster but he’s doomed
- It’s a western but everyone’s sad.
- It’s a musical but everyone’s sad.
- “Damn this infernal heat!”
- It’s a Christmas movie but everyone’s sad.
- Wise-cracking gangster but he’s doomed
- It’s a western but everyone’s sad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Top 5 movie genres
- put a lightsaber on it
- swarthy sword person questing
- these two hate each other, no wait they are best friends
- they should not have angered that hot person that is very strong
- extremely competent people doing science stuff
- put a lightsaber on it
- swarthy sword person questing
- these two hate each other, no wait they are best friends
- they should not have angered that hot person that is very strong
- extremely competent people doing science stuff
Reposted by Nathan Holbert
If anyone is interested in how the meaning of scientific research is transformed when it is communicated to the public, you might enjoy my latest article:
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Interpretative resources within interactions: the transformation of scientific research along a pathway of science communication
Misinformation about science is becoming increasingly common both through passive transmission and through active weaponization by bad faith actors around the globe. Science communicators and educa...
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November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If anyone is interested in how the meaning of scientific research is transformed when it is communicated to the public, you might enjoy my latest article:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Learning is about understanding--the ability not just to recall information but to build connections with it, use it to do new things, etc. Assessments of learning aim to document understanding. You can assess speed, recall, etc if those are relevant, but those aren't assessments of learning.
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Learning is about understanding--the ability not just to recall information but to build connections with it, use it to do new things, etc. Assessments of learning aim to document understanding. You can assess speed, recall, etc if those are relevant, but those aren't assessments of learning.
Makes a great listen for a breezy Saturday jog!
And that's all for this first #popplaypod live chat! Thanks for joining team--super fun! And I you haven't yet listened, check out our playdate with @brownellcassie.bsky.social and let us know what you think.
The Life of a Showgirl and Being a Swiftie | Pop and Play | Episode 4
Welcome to Season 6 and our first “play date”! Listen along with Haeny and Nathan and guest and fellow Swiftie Dr. Cassie Brownell, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto to Life of a Showgi...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Makes a great listen for a breezy Saturday jog!
Reposted by Nathan Holbert
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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One thing that's abundantly clear: passing the SAFE Research Act would permanently end the United States' ability to be competitive in any area of advanced technology. Just straight up suicidal policy-making.
This has gotten surprisingly little attention — it's not even on the front page of @science.org right now — but it's really hard to describe what the SAFE Research Act would do to US science and scientists without sounding insane
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One thing that's abundantly clear: passing the SAFE Research Act would permanently end the United States' ability to be competitive in any area of advanced technology. Just straight up suicidal policy-making.
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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On the “strategy” of scholars changing language they use to get around censors: You will never win. They know where the ideas they hate hide, and they will take the next word and the next word and the next until you are left with the most impoverished language for the world’s most complex problems.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
On the “strategy” of scholars changing language they use to get around censors: You will never win. They know where the ideas they hate hide, and they will take the next word and the next word and the next until you are left with the most impoverished language for the world’s most complex problems.
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I am just so incredibly proud of this conference and of our Society and, of course, our field. Cannot wait to see so many friends/colleagues next week in AZ --
www.firearmresearchsociety.org
www.firearmresearchsociety.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I am just so incredibly proud of this conference and of our Society and, of course, our field. Cannot wait to see so many friends/colleagues next week in AZ --
www.firearmresearchsociety.org
www.firearmresearchsociety.org
This is what happens when you treat language as just a combination of words rather than a means of communication.
Apparently Oswalt has been banned for this. Not debating the virtues of this policy right now - just noting that Bluesky admins seem to be establishing a hard policy of banning people for death threats, whether folks think of those posts as jokes or not.
Just important to be aware of as you post.
Just important to be aware of as you post.
Will Bluesky ban Patton around Christmas? 🤔
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is what happens when you treat language as just a combination of words rather than a means of communication.
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lol...yes, but also it's lovely?? #popplaypod
and please forgive my spelling error as I spelled Hansen like the SnoBall place in NOLA, not the band which is Hanson:
open.spotify.com/album/1F8prl...
and please forgive my spelling error as I spelled Hansen like the SnoBall place in NOLA, not the band which is Hanson:
open.spotify.com/album/1F8prl...
String Theory
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
lol...yes, but also it's lovely?? #popplaypod
and please forgive my spelling error as I spelled Hansen like the SnoBall place in NOLA, not the band which is Hanson:
open.spotify.com/album/1F8prl...
and please forgive my spelling error as I spelled Hansen like the SnoBall place in NOLA, not the band which is Hanson:
open.spotify.com/album/1F8prl...
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and here we come full circle to #TheLifeOfAShowGirl and the #ErasTour, which are really just stories about coming of age! #popplaypod
a woman in a blue dress stands in the rain with her arms outstretched
ALT: a woman in a blue dress stands in the rain with her arms outstretched
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November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
and here we come full circle to #TheLifeOfAShowGirl and the #ErasTour, which are really just stories about coming of age! #popplaypod
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nirvana's unplugged album is a winner every time i listen to it.
zenyatta mondata will never disappoint.
i could listen to tracy chapman read the phone book, but i'll settle for a repeat listen of her titular album.
#popplaypod
zenyatta mondata will never disappoint.
i could listen to tracy chapman read the phone book, but i'll settle for a repeat listen of her titular album.
#popplaypod
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
nirvana's unplugged album is a winner every time i listen to it.
zenyatta mondata will never disappoint.
i could listen to tracy chapman read the phone book, but i'll settle for a repeat listen of her titular album.
#popplaypod
zenyatta mondata will never disappoint.
i could listen to tracy chapman read the phone book, but i'll settle for a repeat listen of her titular album.
#popplaypod
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and if forced to choose something from this century... robyn's 'dancing on my own' is a sure bet. you can't not bop to it. just try resisting its infectious beat and deeply human lyrics.
#popplaypod
#popplaypod
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
and if forced to choose something from this century... robyn's 'dancing on my own' is a sure bet. you can't not bop to it. just try resisting its infectious beat and deeply human lyrics.
#popplaypod
#popplaypod
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The first time I heard “man who sold the world!” Life changing. Bowie was a huge influence on my thinking about the positive possibilities being different held. #popplaypod
a man in a gap sweatshirt is playing an acoustic guitar on a stage .
ALT: a man in a gap sweatshirt is playing an acoustic guitar on a stage .
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November 14, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The first time I heard “man who sold the world!” Life changing. Bowie was a huge influence on my thinking about the positive possibilities being different held. #popplaypod
And that's all for this first #popplaypod live chat! Thanks for joining team--super fun! And I you haven't yet listened, check out our playdate with @brownellcassie.bsky.social and let us know what you think.
The Life of a Showgirl and Being a Swiftie | Pop and Play | Episode 4
Welcome to Season 6 and our first “play date”! Listen along with Haeny and Nathan and guest and fellow Swiftie Dr. Cassie Brownell, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto to Life of a Showgi...
share.transistor.fm
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
And that's all for this first #popplaypod live chat! Thanks for joining team--super fun! And I you haven't yet listened, check out our playdate with @brownellcassie.bsky.social and let us know what you think.
Reposted by Nathan Holbert
GAH! I could also listen to Tracy Chapman read the phone book (do kids these days know what phone books are?!)... #popplaypod
a black and white photo of a car with the words " you got a fast car "
ALT: a black and white photo of a car with the words " you got a fast car "
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
GAH! I could also listen to Tracy Chapman read the phone book (do kids these days know what phone books are?!)... #popplaypod
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Ok. The kids are not “boppin” this but Charlie Crockett can get it. Scooter Jennings produced the last album and it reminds me of old school, actual Outlaw Country (Cash, Jennings, kristifferson, Nelson, etc) #popplaypod
youtu.be/moayjIh56C8?...
youtu.be/moayjIh56C8?...
Charley Crockett - Bad Company (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Charley Crockett
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Ok. The kids are not “boppin” this but Charlie Crockett can get it. Scooter Jennings produced the last album and it reminds me of old school, actual Outlaw Country (Cash, Jennings, kristifferson, Nelson, etc) #popplaypod
youtu.be/moayjIh56C8?...
youtu.be/moayjIh56C8?...
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Oh my gosh. That reminds me...The Reality Bites Soundtrack is full of bangers. I remember thinking how cool #Ethan Hawke and #Winona Ryder were in that movie, dreaming about what it would be like when I came of age. Coming of age, unfortunately was not as cool as theirs #popplaypod
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Oh my gosh. That reminds me...The Reality Bites Soundtrack is full of bangers. I remember thinking how cool #Ethan Hawke and #Winona Ryder were in that movie, dreaming about what it would be like when I came of age. Coming of age, unfortunately was not as cool as theirs #popplaypod
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the leo/clare R&J soundtrack was excellent. garbage - perfection.
#popplaypod
#popplaypod
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the leo/clare R&J soundtrack was excellent. garbage - perfection.
#popplaypod
#popplaypod
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Why, on the #popplaypod last question, did I remember that most of my teen years were spent listening to soundtracks?!
Top two:
1. 10 things I hate about you
open.spotify.com/playlist/2pK...
2. (the leo and claire) romeo and juliet
open.spotify.com/playlist/3k7...
Top two:
1. 10 things I hate about you
open.spotify.com/playlist/2pK...
2. (the leo and claire) romeo and juliet
open.spotify.com/playlist/3k7...
10 Things I Hate About You FULL SOUNDTRACK
open.spotify.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Why, on the #popplaypod last question, did I remember that most of my teen years were spent listening to soundtracks?!
Top two:
1. 10 things I hate about you
open.spotify.com/playlist/2pK...
2. (the leo and claire) romeo and juliet
open.spotify.com/playlist/3k7...
Top two:
1. 10 things I hate about you
open.spotify.com/playlist/2pK...
2. (the leo and claire) romeo and juliet
open.spotify.com/playlist/3k7...
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My dissertation was on hip hop, education, critical literacy, and democratic practices in schools.
I learned how to produce music, press vinyl records, write graffiti, etc.
I have made my peace that My grandkids will think my music is essentially big band music. Even “Shoop” #popplaypod
I learned how to produce music, press vinyl records, write graffiti, etc.
I have made my peace that My grandkids will think my music is essentially big band music. Even “Shoop” #popplaypod
a man sitting at a table with his arms outstretched in front of a late night show
ALT: a man sitting at a table with his arms outstretched in front of a late night show
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
My dissertation was on hip hop, education, critical literacy, and democratic practices in schools.
I learned how to produce music, press vinyl records, write graffiti, etc.
I have made my peace that My grandkids will think my music is essentially big band music. Even “Shoop” #popplaypod
I learned how to produce music, press vinyl records, write graffiti, etc.
I have made my peace that My grandkids will think my music is essentially big band music. Even “Shoop” #popplaypod
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different speeds, tones, moods for reading, writing, cooking, doodling, being, and generally putting up with it all.
#popplaypod
#popplaypod
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
different speeds, tones, moods for reading, writing, cooking, doodling, being, and generally putting up with it all.
#popplaypod
#popplaypod