Random Acts of Knowledge

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Episodes: 125

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Heartland Community College presents Random Acts of Knowledge, a podcast where we explore the worlds of continuing education. The goal of each episode is to learn something new. No matter the topic, we'll pick up some random knowledge from experts who can give us a short and interesting lesson about their field.

Episode Date
S3 Ep46: Lincoln's Lost Speech
Oct 02, 2024
S3 Ep45: Electric cars in the 50s? Looking at the forgotten history of electric vehicles
Sep 18, 2024
S3 Ep44: Artist uses trash to create 'An Unblighted Area'
Aug 30, 2024
S3 Ep43: The uneven impact of incarceration
Jul 11, 2024
43: Service Learning: Comparing Healthcare with South Africa
Jun 24, 2024
S3 Ep42: Poet reflects on motherhood, parental loss, and memory-making
May 13, 2024
S3 Ep41: Documentary examines mental health needs of farmers
May 01, 2024
S3 Ep40: The present and potential future of AI
Mar 04, 2024
S3 Ep39: Getting a start in amateur standup comedy
Feb 05, 2024
S3 Ep38: Sustainable Ag with an Edible Windbreak
Jan 29, 2024
S3 Ep37: Justice Denied - The story of Kristine Bunch
Oct 30, 2023
S3 Ep36: Supporting the Mental Health of College Students
Oct 10, 2023
S3 Ep35: How Bloomington, Illinois became entwined with the Circus
Oct 03, 2023
S3 Ep34: 'Albatross' examines lasting effect of pollution
Sep 28, 2023
S3 Ep33: Learning Cannabis Cultivation in College
Sep 26, 2023
S3 Ep32: Illinois Communication and Theatre educators tackle the post-COVID classroom
Sep 01, 2023
S2 Ep31: Integrated Humanities: a new approach to core curriculum
Jun 20, 2023
S2 Ep30: College students going ALL IN for democracy
Jun 06, 2023
S2 Ep29: College for students with intellectual or developmental disabilities
May 23, 2023
S2 Ep28: The plight of Afghan women shown in 'With This Breath I Fly'
May 08, 2023
S2 Ep27: News Literacy
May 04, 2023
S2 Ep26: Woodcut Printmaker Cathie Crawford
Apr 19, 2023
S2 Ep25: Incarceration and Motherhood
Apr 13, 2023
S2 Ep24: Connecting Japan to the Midwest
Apr 05, 2023
S2 Ep23: Native Bees and their Environment
Mar 30, 2023
S2 Ep22: Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Mar 24, 2023
S2 Ep21: Mental Health First Aid
Feb 27, 2023
S2 Ep20: Finding and Training the Nurses of Tomorrow
Feb 13, 2023
S2 Ep19: Working on the Railroad (in the 21st Century)
Jan 27, 2023
S2 Ep18: Virtual Reality in the Classroom
Dec 12, 2022
S2 Ep17: Iranian artist pushes for change
Dec 05, 2022
S2 Ep16: Recycling: behind the scenes
Nov 22, 2022
S2 Ep15: Training service dogs and your dog
Nov 07, 2022
S2 Ep14: Zero Waste Lifestyle
Nov 01, 2022
S2 Ep13: From Homebrew to Business - Lil' Beaver Brewery
Oct 27, 2022
S2 Ep12: 'In Between the Cracks' - sculpting with moss
Oct 24, 2022
S2 Ep11: Playing Hedwig
Oct 17, 2022
S2 Ep10: Writing Romance
Oct 13, 2022
S2 Ep9: What You Believe Matters - microaggressions and bias
Sep 21, 2022
S2 Ep8: Trauma-Informed Health Care
Sep 14, 2022
S2 Ep7: Knitting a cake
Aug 24, 2022
S2 Ep6: Author finds 'Mercy in the Madness'
Jul 25, 2022
S2 Ep5: San Isidoro, 2021 - A look at COVID life across in a Spanish school
Apr 20, 2022
S2 Ep4: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown
Apr 11, 2022
S2 Ep3: Humor in the workplace
Apr 08, 2022
S2 Ep2: 'They got the wrong guy' - Exonerations in Illinois
Apr 04, 2022
S2 Ep1: Being a woman (in Iran)
Feb 11, 2022
S1 Ep75: Painting midwestern spaces - artist Douglas Johnson
Nov 30, 2021
S1 Ep74: The unlikely lobbyist who created Illinois legislation while attending Pontiac high school
Nov 10, 2021
S1 Ep73: My COVID Year - Stitching 'Woolf Words'
Sep 28, 2021
S1 Ep72: My COVID Year - Photography and Family
Sep 21, 2021
S1 Ep71: Main Character Syndrome
Aug 04, 2021
S1 Ep70: Conscious Crafting: creative mindfulness for kids
Jun 23, 2021
S1 Ep69: From the farm to the classroom – Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Justin Rickard
May 05, 2021
S1 Ep68: Getting up to speed on equity in the workplace
Apr 12, 2021
S1 Ep67: Exercising at Home
Mar 30, 2021
S1 Ep66: True Crime podcasters offer tips
Feb 02, 2021
S1 Ep65: Intro to Welding: from hobby art to in-demand career
Jan 25, 2021
S1 Ep64: Retirement and the pandemic
Jan 15, 2021
S1 Ep63: Voter suppression in the past and present
Oct 26, 2020
S1 Ep62: Mental techniques for runners
Oct 16, 2020
S1 Ep61: Planning for travel during the pandemic (and saving money doing so)
Oct 01, 2020
S1 Ep60: Sprucing up for sale - tips for staging a home
Sep 24, 2020
S1 Ep59: Introduction of Ayurveda
Sep 18, 2020
S1 Ep58: Seed Science and the Monarch Butterfly
Sep 14, 2020
S1 Ep57: Spotlight on First Generation College Students
Aug 21, 2020
S1 Ep56: The sometimes-conflicted battle for women's suffrage
Aug 13, 2020
S1 Ep55: Behind the Marvel Method
Aug 07, 2020
S1 Ep54: Hair Care and Different Cultures
Jul 08, 2020
S1 Ep53: Men and mental health
Jun 22, 2020
S1 Ep52: Healthcare barriers and living with HIV
Jun 11, 2020
S1 Ep51: Building coaching skills
May 26, 2020
S1 Ep50: Better creative writing through quarantine
May 18, 2020
S1 Ep49: Mental health in the age of COVID-19
May 11, 2020
S1 Ep48: Helping vets heal through art – Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Richard Casper
May 06, 2020
S1 Ep47: From C.N.A. to M.D. - Distinguished Alumni Award recipient Dr. Seshanand Rao
May 04, 2020
S1 Ep46: Using vision boards to picture your goals
Apr 27, 2020
S1 Ep45: Keeping kids engaged at while sheltering at home
Apr 08, 2020
S1 Ep44: Work/Life Balance (while working from home)
Mar 30, 2020
S1 Ep43: Living organ donors
Mar 12, 2020
S1 Ep42: Opening educational doors with braille
Feb 24, 2020
S1 Ep41: Segregation and education in Festus, Missouri
Feb 21, 2020
S1 Ep40: Two artists build a wall
Feb 14, 2020
S1 Ep39: Race, equity and education
Feb 07, 2020
S1 Ep38: Fat Tuesday food and traditions
Feb 03, 2020
S1 Ep36: Taking a non-diet approach to health
Dec 16, 2019
S1 Ep35: Handling difficult conversations in the workplace
Dec 09, 2019
Heartland Q&A: Chris Miller
Dec 02, 2019
S1 Ep34: Training wild dogs to be guard dogs in Uganda
Nov 20, 2019
S1 Ep33: Finding a work/life balance
Nov 06, 2019
S1 Ep32: The magic of music in the movies
Oct 28, 2019
Heartland Q&A: Barb Glover
Oct 25, 2019
S1 Ep31: Lunacy: how the Moon affects things on Earth
Oct 21, 2019
S1 Ep30: Decoding the hidden language of cemeteries
Oct 14, 2019
S1 Ep29: Bats and wind turbines
Oct 07, 2019
S1 Ep28: Archaeologists take to the skies with drones
Oct 01, 2019
S1 Ep27: Building a bridge across the language divide with ESL
Sep 27, 2019
S1 Ep26: What you don't know about the Sun
Sep 16, 2019
S1 Ep25: How to keep good employees from jumping ship
Sep 12, 2019
S1 Ep24: Thinking analog with darkroom photography
Aug 27, 2019
Heartland Q&A: Joshua Crockett
Aug 19, 2019
S1 Ep23: Defeating fear in dogs
Aug 07, 2019
S1 Ep22: Breaking the barriers to LGBTQ+ healthcare
Aug 01, 2019
Heartland Q&A: Cross Country Coach Ty Wolf
Jul 25, 2019
S1 Ep21: The resurrection of the alligator snapping turtle
Jul 22, 2019
S1 Ep20: Thinking about what you buy (and how you buy it)
Jul 09, 2019
S1 Ep19: Helping writers find perspective
Jul 01, 2019
S1 Ep18: What we've forgotten about Lincoln's death
Jul 01, 2019
S1 Ep17: Apollo 11 and a return to the Moon
Jun 20, 2019
S1 Ep16: The growing workplace of aerial drones
Jun 07, 2019
S1 Ep15: Caring touch for cancer
Jun 07, 2019
S1 Ep14: A Safe Zone for LGBTQ+ students
Apr 24, 2019
S1 Ep13: The Global Art Project
Apr 22, 2019
S1 Ep12: Training Therapy Dogs
Apr 22, 2019
S1 Ep11: Poems found and typed
Apr 09, 2019
S1 Ep10: Poems from the La Brea Tar Pits
Apr 02, 2019
S1 Ep9: Demystifying your tax questions
Mar 27, 2019
S1 Ep8: Turbine Talk - Powering a College with wind
Mar 08, 2019
S1 Ep7: Mini Therapy Horses
Feb 22, 2019
S1 Ep6: Spring Break after the hurricane
Feb 15, 2019
S1 Ep5: Getting a handle on your life on paper
Jan 15, 2019
S1 Ep4: The secrets of truck driving
Dec 05, 2018
S1 Ep3: It's a bird, it's a plane.... no, it's a bird
Dec 05, 2018
S1 Ep1: The death of Viola Liuzzo
Nov 21, 2018
S1 Ep2: Why can't I stay fit? (Other than my love of pizza)
Nov 21, 2018