Like previous episodes, this one is an eclectic mix of stories and thoughts. But, there was a theme - strange customs and awkwardness. For example, You flip someone off by mistake. Why is there no hand symbol for retracting that? I mean, they think you're an idiot, but they also don't know that you might think that of yourself too -- if, perhaps, it was done too quickly. And why does everything have to be so definitive? Normal people require some time to reach a decision, except in the case of an umpire, who has to know exactly what happened in a split second. Is this person all knowing?

Other questions arising in Episode Four:

What if someone tells you something and there is no correct response? Nothing. 

If you are in another country as an employee and are challenged by your boss to play a game of basketball, can you win or is that a social mistake? 

You have a chance to empower students in China. You want them to come up with their own ideas. Will it work?  

Yes, it's an odd mix of things. But, I hope you enjoy it. 

Special thanks to the very talented musician Paul Ewald for composing and performing the intro theme music.

Many thanks also to Dune Thomas. He is a great person to bounce ideas off of, as well as a superb comedic bantering partner. Dune helped with sound engineering and gave me special privileges in the podcast booth, a.k.a. "the bathysphere."

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Strange Customs and Awkward Encounters

GliderCell is a mashup of thoughts, ideas, projects, plans and music. It's also a new term to describe creativity arising out of chaos. It's about the unexpected, and new combinations. Think of this show as your "mobile think tank."

GliderCell is hosted by Lee Chazen. You can read his latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QYBR5BM  

More about Lee below:

Lee Chazen is an educational content developer and writer who does consulting work under the name GliderCell. Chazen studied political science at Colorado State University, also receiving a minor in history and concentration in Russian and East Central European Studies. In the months following Hart’s presidential campaign, Chazen became a campaign manager for a California state assembly race where he simultaneously helped to coordinate a trade mission of Silicon Valley executives to the former Soviet Union.  

Chazen moved on to a career teaching high school world history, U.S. government and speech and debate. Work in his early teaching career resulted in the formation of a “bottom up” teaching methodology where students would have a hand in creating their own learning experience. The Global Challenge Project continued for seven years and formed the basis for Thriving on the Edge of Chaos: An Argument for a Complex Adaptive Theory of Education. In this paper, Chazen argues for game-based learning environments where students progress through a course in the form of constructive game playing.  

As a French horn player since the age of 7, Chazen has played with various symphony orchestras, wind ensembles and brass quintets. Chazen’s hobbies include running, hiking and disc golf. 

Author of: 

Could Chaos Theory Provide us Some Answers to Our Divided Political System? 
The Connection Between Creativity and Mental Illness
What is Consilience?

Interesting Diversions:

The formation of a hiking and brainstorming group called HikeStorming. See Episode One of the GliderCell podcast for an example of a HikeStorming session.  

Experimental music, combining French Horn with electronic dance music, e.g. The French Horn EDM / House Music Experiment 

Contact: theglidercell@gmail.com