The Dark Side of School Safety Funding | Safety Doc Podcast #72 with Dr. David Perrodin
PODCAST-The marketing of school safety is making headlines. Bulletproof whiteboards and clipboards. Bulletproof wall panels. Bulletproof backpack inserts. Bullet “resistant” window film. Specialized locks. Training that turns the emergency lockdown, “shelter in place” response on its head. Money is again available for “school safety” grants and corporations see dollar signs. DIRECT LINK to MP3…
Read MoreWhat Does ‘Pareidolia’ Mean and Why is it Dangerous? | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #71
PODCAST-Pareidolia can be dangerous when it gets religious or political: Jesus on toast may be one thing, but what if a rusty sacred water stain dripped down the front facade of your public county courthouse and believers came flocking? DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP71-MP3 IN THIS EPISODE What Does ‘Pareidolia’ Mean & Why…
Read MoreWhat is the Rubric for Good? | Safety Doc Podcast #70 | Dr. David Perrodin, PhD
PODCAST-Good exists independent of being filtered and shaped by humans. It endures context and situation and has superb inter-rater reliability. Yet, “good” is overwhelmingly subjected to external positionality – or to exist per the characteristics and conditions of what others deem must be present for something to be considered good. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of…
Read MoreSafe Rooms & Cry Rooms | Welcome to College with Author Ann Sterzinger | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #69
PODCAST-Misanthropic author Ann Sterzinger and host David Perrodin attempt to gain philosophical understanding of the epistemological foundation for post-secondary institutions of learning proliferating safe rooms and cry rooms across campuses. Initially the guise of art, such rooms shed temporary labels and are rooting in libraries, lecture halls, and dorms. Not invasive. Welcomed. DIRECT LINK to…
Read MoreSeven Reasons to Stop Making & Taking Surveys | SAFETY DOC PODCAST 68 with Dr. David Perrodin
PODCAST-“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple” (Dr. Seuss). Dr. Perrodin centers this episode to the seven reasons he loathes surveys and lays out a vastly better alternative for gathering relevant input to inform decision making. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP68 WHAT IS A SURVEY – THE NUTS AND BOLTS…
Read MoreBurning Building Bathroom Blues | My Hot Water Needs Heating | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #67
PODCAST-This is the LAST May in 2018 – disheartening news as David apparently overlooked the other Mays of 2018. Perhaps he should unfollow the Mayan calendar? In this episode, Dr. Perrodin flies solo and revolves anecdotal stories to touch upon agency, purpose and situational awareness. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP67 TWO-ALARM FIRE AT…
Read MoreSimplifying the Equation of Podcasting Success | Author Larry Roberts on SAFETY DOC EPISODE #66
PODCAST-Simplifying the Equation of Podcasting Success… “When I started podcasting, I read so many different books and watched so many different videos that I ended up confused and overwhelmed to the point that I went out and bought equipment that I still haven’t even used! It’s outdated tech. Don’t tell my wife. She still thinks I’m…
Read MoreSAFETY DOC PODCAST 65 | How Mantras Crush Intentions and Mission Statements
PODCAST-The word mantra can be broken down into two parts: “man,” which means mind, and “tra,” which means transport or vehicle. In other words, a mantra is an instrument of the mind. At the end of the day, the mantra is meant to bring you back to simplicity. We live in such a complex world…
Read MoreSAFETY DOC PODCAST 64 – Browse Without Being Tracked | Security Analyst Trip Elix
PODCAST-Trip Elix has worked as an investigator and associated with business leaders along with the computer underground. He has been a computer forensic technician; security consultant, administrator, programmer, and system analyst, who has used or owned almost every version of every operating system since the 1980’s. He currently attends security conferences held by the computer underground…
Read MoreSAFETY DOC PODCAST #63: Rituals Make Us Stronger | Interview with TJ Martinell
PODCAST-Author/Writer/Reporter/Outdoorsman TJ Martinell appraises routines, rituals and experiences versus accumulation of “stuff”. Embracing an authentic, minimalism-grounded lifestyle from his svelte-outfitted cabin, TJ suggests that finding yourself begins with reconnaissance and locating the empirical origins of both ancestry and philosophical epistemology. Making the world perceptible, TJ describes his pilgrimage to view the US Constitution or stand upon the…
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