Battling Pickle Podcast

A podcast by Dr. Jon Westfall that is used primarily for the student’s he’s currently teaching in class, but all are welcome to listen! Topics are broadly based in psychology and higher education.

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Update frequency: every 10 days
Average duration: 14 minutes
Episodes: 56
Years Active: 2021 - 2025

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BP 56 - Fall 2025

My kickoff to the fall 2025 semester podcasts

00:13:23 | Mon 08 Sep 2025

BP 55 - State of the Industry

a bit about why you always need evidence

00:08:56 | Mon 14 Oct 2024

BP 54 - Functional Fixedness

In today's episode we talk about how everyday items can have more than one use!

00:08:54 | Mon 23 Sep 2024

BP 53 - Learning Styles and Organizing Information

In this episode I talk about how to organize thoughts! https://www.dcc.edu/documents/academics/communication/writing-center-handouts/essay-structure-handout.pdf is the PDF I mention regarding essay s…

00:14:02 | Tue 10 Sep 2024

BP 52: Fall Kickoff and Motivational Thoughts

In this episode, I talk about how to get started in EPY 601 and about motivation

00:16:16 | Fri 23 Aug 2024

BP 51 - Remove the Safety Tethers, Keep The Mat

What do I mean by removing the safety tethers and keeping the mat? Well, I mean it's about muscle development, obvious right?

00:14:51 | Mon 22 Jul 2024

BP50 - On Precision of Language

In this podcast I talk about linguistic differences between the real world and Science / Psychology / Education.

00:11:42 | Tue 16 Jul 2024

BP 49: On Check-Ins and Term Papers

A little bit about the check-in due this week and term paper topics!

00:09:11 | Mon 08 Jul 2024

BP 48 - Welcome to Summer II!

A welcome podcast for my Summer II (July 2024) students!

00:18:22 | Mon 01 Jul 2024

BP 47: On Lesson Plans

In this episode I talk about lesson plans, give a little bit of tech advice, and hopefully get rid of some worries regarding the term paper's embedded lesson plan!

00:14:51 | Mon 17 Jun 2024

BP 46 - Dr. Westfall, Can You Give Me More To Do?

An interesting request I get regularly, that we can unpack in educational contexts!

00:18:22 | Thu 13 Jun 2024

BP 45 - Term Papers & Constructivism

In this I talk a little about the EPY 601 Term Paper and Constructivism in the classroom.

00:15:52 | Fri 07 Jun 2024

BP 44 - Writing a Structured Essay (Aka Avoid The Stream Of Consciousness!)

In this short episode, I talk about writing a structured essay, and test out a new way to record my podcast!

00:07:55 | Mon 03 Jun 2024

BP 43 - Welcome to Summer I 2024

In this podcast I welcome new students to Summer I 2024 and go over the requirements to be successful in class!

00:26:49 | Thu 23 May 2024

BP 42: Quantitative Data Analysis

A by request topic from an EPY 601 student!

00:12:19 | Mon 01 Apr 2024

BP 41: Term Papers and Academic Writing

An episode spent talking about the podcast and begging you to think about academic writing structure

00:18:08 | Mon 04 Mar 2024

BP 40 - Failures part 2

Not many people decided to share their failures, so I share one that I see with a lot of well intentioned, students.

00:07:10 | Thu 15 Feb 2024

BP 39: The Failure Episode, Part 1

A student and I share our biggest failures teaching and encourage everyone else to contribute. Let’s all learn from each other’s mistakes!

00:07:31 | Thu 01 Feb 2024

BP 38: Fear of Failure, Check-in 1, and Prompt Feedback!

In this episode, we listen to some listener feedback,we talk about some feedback on the prompts and the check-ins

00:19:29 | Mon 29 Jan 2024

BP 37 - The dirty word: Evidence-Based

In this podcast, I talk about evidence based practices, and why they can be a dirty word

00:11:21 | Tue 23 Jan 2024

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