Ep. 3: Dear K&K (pedagogy edition)

In this episode, we ask and answer pedagogy questions in the spirit of becoming better teachers, sharing ideas, and best supporting students! Questions include:

(1) I have great content but my students are drooling on themselves. What do I do? 

(2) It's 2025 and I'm embarrassed that my syllabus still has so many dead white male composers. (AKA I'm taking over this syllabus from someone else.) Where do I start to diversify my teaching? See our blog at from-the-margins.com for resources! 🎉 

(3) I have a difficult relationship with a professor. What do I do? 

(4) I’m new to teaching and I’m feeling stressed and nervous. How do I start?

Stay tuned for our next episode about vocal timbre and identity!

This episode features clips from the Vitamin String Quartet's "bad guy" (original by Billie Eilish), Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club," and Doechii's "DENIAL IS A RIVER."

Chapters

• 0:00 🎶 Jingle + Intro
• 1:05 The GRAMMYs Debrief
• 5:50 Office Hours: addressing these topics outside of academia 📚
• 20:45 Q1: Engaging Students
• 42:38 Q2: How to Start Diversifying Curricula
• 52:34 Q3: I Have a Difficult Relationship with a Professor: What do I do?
• 1:03:11 Q4: New to Teaching, Feeling Stressed and Nervous
• 1:12:35 TL;DR: Summarizing All Of Our Pedagogy Thoughts in the Last 3 Minutes
• 1:15:18 Outro 🎶