The MCAT CARS Podcast

Latest Episodes:

61: MCAT CARS Investigates How We Recall Information Dec 17, 2019

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What's the best way to review and retain information? We'll cover this, plus a practice passage delving into the same topic as our discussion!

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Full Episode Blog Post

Meded Media

Jack Westin (free daily MCAT CARS passage)

Link to article:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/what-was-this-article-about-again/551603/

60: MCAT CARS Learns How Keanu Reeves Stays Mysterious Dec 10, 2019

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Follow along with this challenging passage, where we talk about the news cycle and how to stay as mysterious as Keanu Reeves in an age of social media.

Links:

Full Episode Blog Post

Meded Media

Jack Westin (Text CARSCOUPON to 44222 and get a link to the $100 off)

Link to article:

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/keanu-reeves-is-too-good-for-this-world

59: Here’s Why You Should Never Skim a CARS Passage Dec 03, 2019

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This passage features different points of view about the nature of the U.S. president’s power, and whether it resembles a monarch’s authority.

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Full Episode Blog Post

Jack Westin (Save $100 off his course by going to medicalschoolhq.net/jackwestin.)

Meded Media

58: Is 10,000 Steps The ticket to Good Health? MCAT CARS Nov 26, 2019

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This MCAT CARS pacrtice passage takes on the conventional wisdom around health and wellbeing. Is 10,000 the magic number when it comes to step count?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/executive-power-doesnt-mean-much/590461/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

57: MCAT CARS Asks: Is Online Retail Creating Overabundance? Nov 19, 2019

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Follow along with the practice passage featured in this episode. We'll ask: do online retailers create more variety at the expense of value?

56: Reproducing the Past in Pop Culture With MCAT CARS Nov 12, 2019

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Whether you enjoy a CARS passage or not, you have to get used to the discomfort! Here, we dive into visual culture, smartphones, and resurrecting the past.

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Full Episode Blog Post

Jack Westin

free daily CARS passages

Link to article:

https://productivityhub.org/2019/05/30/hanging-on-the-telephone-real-life/amp/

55: MCAT CARS: International Relations and Game of Thrones Nov 05, 2019

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This passage draws connections between European history and Westeros. Not a Game of Thrones fan? Remember: don't spend too much time on any one paragraph!

Links:

Full Episode Blog Post

Meded Media

Jack Westin

Link to article:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/23/ir-theory-and-game-of-thrones-are-both-fantasies/

54: Testing Our Capacity for Empathy with MCAT CARS Oct 30, 2019

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If there is such a thing as the in-group and the out-group, can we expect to have absolute empathy for everyone? We tackle this big question with MCAT CARS.

http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/no-you-cant-feel-sorry-for-everyone