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121: Understanding Passage Structures and Interpreting Tone
Mar 30, 2021
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120: Exploring Hypnosis in Comparison to Psych Experiments
Mar 23, 2021
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119: How to Discern Facts, Assumptions, and Opinions in CARS
Mar 16, 2021
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118: Practicing Empathy With MCAT CARS Passages
Mar 9, 2021
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Mar 3, 2021
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 3/30/21 | 121: Understanding Passage Structures and Interpreting Tone | Tone provides a deeper sense of one's attitude. Understanding tones and structures in a CARS passage will help you get a better sense of the passage and author.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://reallifemag.com/more-than-a-feeling/ | — | ||||||
| 3/23/21 | 120: Exploring Hypnosis in Comparison to Psych Experiments | If you want more free practice for MCAT CARS, visit jackwestin.com. Today, Jack and I focus on learning as we read this passage about hypnosis. Listen now!Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hypnosis-experts-cast-doubt-on-famous-psychological-experiments/ | — | ||||||
| 3/16/21 | 119: How to Discern Facts, Assumptions, and Opinions in CARS | Today, we talked about the difference between facts and opinions/assumptions that sounds factual. Understanding the differences can help you score high in CARS.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/oct/28/first-winged-reptiles-were-clumsy-flyers-research-suggests | — | ||||||
| 3/9/21 | 118: Practicing Empathy With MCAT CARS Passages | In this episode, Jack and I discuss how to find article passages that are similar to MCAT CARS passages.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack Westinaldaily.comLink to the article:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2020/oct/28 | — | ||||||
| 3/3/21 | 117: How to Critically Think When Reading Deep Passages | MCAT passages are all about giving a message. You don't have to understand everything, but you can't make just assume or predict things that aren't there.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/roots-reality | — | ||||||
| 2/23/21 | 116: Taking MCAT CARS to Outer Space and Beyond | The recent landing of the Mars Perseverance rover reminds us that our universe is vast, as are opinions on the MCAT. What are my thoughts? Listen to find out!Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/10/rogue-planets-milky-way/616897/ | — | ||||||
| 2/16/21 | 115: Experiments and Observations: Media Multitasking | Experiment-based passages are found all over the MCAT. Today, we focused on following the details of the passage, and keeping track of the different ideas.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/media-multitasking-disrupts-memory-even-in-young-adults/ | — | ||||||
| 2/9/21 | 114: Social Media Polarization, Influencers, and Echo Chambers | We all think of the world in specific ways. However, success in CARS requires you to keep an open mind. Leave your biases at the door and question everything.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-social-media-makes-us-more-polarized-and-how-to-fix-it/ | — | ||||||
| 2/2/21 | 113: What's Up with App Users, Data Abuse, and Exploitation? | This week, we look at the consequences of using apps that exploit user data. We discuss how to determine the author's tone from keywords throughout the passage.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://reallifemag.com/subscriber-city/ | — | ||||||
| 1/26/21 | 112: How to Deal With an Author's Questions Within a Passage | Today, we discuss how to approach questions within MCAT CARS passages. Don't insert your own answers! Let the author convince you with evidence and examples.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/10/gas-stoves-are-bad-you-and-environment/616700/ | — | ||||||
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| 1/19/21 | 111: Voting Prediction: Finding Trends in an MCAT CARS Passage | Today we look at trends in the author's voice and context specifics. Join us as we dive into this passage on elections and voting outcome predictions.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://reallifemag.com/what-the-chart-wants/ | — | ||||||
| 1/12/21 | 110: Is Charity Crowdfunding Just A Game of "Would You Rather?" | Does charity crowdfunding create similar choices to "Would You Rather?" That's what Jack and I discuss in today's thought-provoking MCAT CARS practice passage.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://reallifemag.com/mercy-markets/ | — | ||||||
| 1/6/21 | 109: Where to Find the Main Idea in an MCAT CARS Passage | Finding the author's main point in an MCAT CARS passage takes practice. Today, we'll give you a few tips for how to sift through the details to find it. Join us!Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://harpers.org/archive/2020/10/reason-not-the-need-self-storage | — | ||||||
| 12/29/20 | 108: How to Find Clues in the Details of an MCAT CARS Passage | Today, we examine an MCAT CARS practice passage about Google Earth and discuss the importance of reading a passage and paying attention to the details.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://reallifemag.com/springtime-everywhere/ | — | ||||||
| 12/22/20 | 107: How to Approach "Easy" MCAT CARS Passages | What should you pay attention to when you come across straight-forward passage on the MCAT? Jack gives us tips for how to tackle deceptively-easy passagesLinks:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2046694228515/pleasant-dreams | — | ||||||
| 12/15/20 | 106: Does the AAMC Ask Polarizing Questions on the MCAT? | Our passage today is about a topic that might be considered controversial—QAnon. Will you see these types of passages on the MCAT? Listen and find out. | — | ||||||
| 12/8/20 | 105: How Does Individual Adaption Contribute to Evolution? | Today we talk about assumptions and the connections we make as we tackle this MCAT CARS passage about adaptability and evolution. Join us!Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://theconversation.com/chimpanzees-in-volatile-habitats-evolved-to-behave-more-flexibly-it-could-help-them-weather-climate-change-143125 | — | ||||||
| 12/1/20 | 104: Does Training Your Brain Help You in the Real World? | Today's passage is all about brain training. Maybe it will help you with your MCAT CARS prep! Don't forget to read the text first and then come back and listen.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinEmail jack@jackwestin.comLink to the article:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-brain-training-actually-work/ | — | ||||||
| 11/17/20 | 103: A Philosophical Passage About Memes and CAPTCHAs | What do memes and CAPTCHAs have in common? That's the question we hope to answer in today's MCAT CARS passage. Follow along!Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://reallifemag.com/camera-traps/ | — | ||||||
| 11/10/20 | 102: Understanding an Article about Surveillance in Nature | We practice our critical reading skills with an article about surveillance in nature and rural areas. Listen as we break down the author's perspective!Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://reallifemag.com/camera-traps/ | — | ||||||
| 11/3/20 | 101: How to Handle Words You Don't Know in a CARS Passage | We read a passage about how language and culture are commonly conflated. And we discuss what to do when you're confronted with words you don't know!Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaLink to the article:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/were-french-people-born-to-speak-french | — | ||||||
| 10/27/20 | 100: The Importance of Contrast Words Like "However" in MCAT CARS | Today we read a passage about England that exemplifies the importance of contrast words like "yet," "but," and "however" in MCAT CARS passages.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200724-colonial-countryside-facing-up-to-britains-murky-past | — | ||||||
| 10/20/20 | 99: A Passage about Ideologic Bias | Dr. Gray and Jack Westin unfold a passage about ideological corruption and contemporary science. Join us in dissecting this CARS passage. | — | ||||||
| 10/13/20 | 98: What To Do When You Get Lost in a CARS Passage? | As we dive further into CARS prep, this passage is a doozy. We get down and dirty with a philosophical passage and how to breakdown a confusing passage.Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://reallifemag.com/issue-positivity/ | — | ||||||
| 10/6/20 | 97: A Passage About Ellen DeGeneres and Being a Nice Person | In the CARS Practice Passage, Dr. Gray and Jack Westin unfold this passage about Ellen Degeneres and always having to be a "nice person."Links:Full Episode Blog PostMeded MediaJack WestinLink to the article:https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/ellen-degeneress-relatability-crisis | — | ||||||
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