Teaching Tangents

Willem van der Horst

School only takes you so far when it comes to tackling life’s big questions. Join psychology teacher James D’Souza and brand strategist Willem van der Horst as they go on wild tangents while delving into one of those complex questions in every episode. If you’ve ever asked yourself a question like “Is it pointless to aim lower than 100%?”, or “Do I need a purpose in life?”, and enjoy random inspiration, then this is for you.

  1. 12/12/2021

    Career season wrapper

    In this short episode, we wrap and conclude our third season on the theme of career and go over a few of the main things we talked about and learned over the course of this season's episodes. School only takes you so far when it comes to tackling life’s big questions. Join us on wild tangents as psychology teacher James D’Souza and brand strategist Willem van der Horst delve into one of those complex questions in every episode. If you’ve ever asked yourself a question like “Is it pointless to aim lower than 100%?”, or “Do I need a purpose in life?”, and enjoy random inspiration, then this is for you. Please send us any and all questions to Hello@jamesdsouza.com Listen and subscribe to the audio only episodes: https://anchor.fm/teaching-tangents Here are the four urls to the common media references mentioned in this episode, and for the season: - How to pick a career (that actually fit you), by Tim Urban in the Wait But Why blog https://waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html - What do you desire? - Alan Watts https://youtu.be/JCUFs2qJ1bs - The Sword Maker https://youtu.be/g2BLg756_4M - Yuval Noah Harari's advice on how to adapt with the 21st century https://youtu.be/dSz_qzX-t-g Follow James D'Souza:  https://www.jamesdsouza.com​​  https://www.twitter.com/jamesdsouza76​​  https://www.instagram/jamesdsouza76​​   Find more about Willem van der Horst and the Ice Cream for Everyone Podcast on the website: https://www.icecreamforeveryone.net​​  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Hippowill​​   Insta: https://www.instagram/Hippowill

    13 min
  2. SEASON 3, EPISODE 7 TRAILER

    Teaser: Why is it people change careers again?

    This is a Teaching Tangents Teaser Trailer, in the full episode we discuss the question:  "Why is it people change careers again?" (regular and discerning viewers might notice something about this episode's question) The theme for the 3rd season is "career." Please send us all your career related questions to Hello@jamesdsouza.com School only takes you so far when it comes to tackling life’s big questions. Join us on wild tangents as psychology teacher James D’Souza and brand strategist Willem van der Horst delve into one of those complex questions in every episode. If you’ve ever asked yourself a question like “Is it pointless to aim lower than 100%?”, or “Do I need a purpose in life?”, and enjoy random inspiration, then this is for you. Listen and subscribe to the audio only episodes: https://anchor.fm/teaching-tangents Here are the four urls to the common media references mentioned in this episode, and for the season: - How to pick a career (that actually fit you), by Tim Urban in the Wait But Why blog https://waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html - What do you desire? - Alan Watts https://youtu.be/JCUFs2qJ1bs - The Sword Maker https://youtu.be/g2BLg756_4M - Yuval Noah Harari's advice on how to adapt with the 21st century https://youtu.be/dSz_qzX-t-g Follow James D'Souza:  https://www.jamesdsouza.com​​  https://www.twitter.com/jamesdsouza76​​  https://www.instagram/jamesdsouza76​​   Find more about Willem van der Horst and the Ice Cream for Everyone Podcast on the website: https://www.icecreamforeveryone.net​​  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Hippowill​​   Insta: https://www.instagram/Hippowill

    3 min
  3. 12/05/2021

    Why is it people change careers again?

    In this episode we discuss the question: "Why is it people change careers again?" (regular and discerning viewers might notice something about this episode's question) The theme for the 3rd season is "career." Please send us all your career related questions to Hello@jamesdsouza.com School only takes you so far when it comes to tackling life’s big questions. Join us on wild tangents as psychology teacher James D’Souza and brand strategist Willem van der Horst delve into one of those complex questions in every episode. If you’ve ever asked yourself a question like “Is it pointless to aim lower than 100%?”, or “Do I need a purpose in life?”, and enjoy random inspiration, then this is for you. Listen and subscribe to the audio only episodes: https://anchor.fm/teaching-tangents Here are the four urls to the common media references mentioned in this episode, and for the season: - How to pick a career (that actually fit you), by Tim Urban in the Wait But Why blog https://waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html - What do you desire? - Alan Watts https://youtu.be/JCUFs2qJ1bs - The Sword Maker https://youtu.be/g2BLg756_4M - Yuval Noah Harari's advice on how to adapt with the 21st century https://youtu.be/dSz_qzX-t-g Follow James D'Souza:  https://www.jamesdsouza.com​​  https://www.twitter.com/jamesdsouza76​​  https://www.instagram/jamesdsouza76​​   Find more about Willem van der Horst and the Ice Cream for Everyone Podcast on the website: https://www.icecreamforeveryone.net​​  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Hippowill​​   Insta: https://www.instagram/Hippowill

    52 min
  4. SEASON 3, EPISODE 6 TRAILER

    Teaser: Why do people change careers?

    This is a Teaching Tangents Teaser Trailer, in the full episode we discuss the question: "Why do people change careers?"  The theme for the 3rd season is "career." Please send us all your career related questions to Hello@jamesdsouza.com School only takes you so far when it comes to tackling life’s big questions. Join us on wild tangents as psychology teacher James D’Souza and brand strategist Willem van der Horst delve into one of those complex questions in every episode. If you’ve ever asked yourself a question like “Is it pointless to aim lower than 100%?”, or “Do I need a purpose in life?”, and enjoy random inspiration, then this is for you. Listen and subscribe to the audio only episodes: https://anchor.fm/teaching-tangents Here are the four urls to the common media references mentioned in this episode, and for the season: - How to pick a career (that actually fit you), by Tim Urban in the Wait But Why blog https://waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html - What do you desire? - Alan Watts https://youtu.be/JCUFs2qJ1bs - The Sword Maker https://youtu.be/g2BLg756_4M - Yuval Noah Harari's advice on how to adapt with the 21st century https://youtu.be/dSz_qzX-t-g Follow James D'Souza:  https://www.jamesdsouza.com​​  https://www.twitter.com/jamesdsouza76​​  https://www.instagram/jamesdsouza76​​   Find more about Willem van der Horst and the Ice Cream for Everyone Podcast on the website: https://www.icecreamforeveryone.net​​  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Hippowill​​   Insta: https://www.instagram/Hippowill

    3 min

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School only takes you so far when it comes to tackling life’s big questions. Join psychology teacher James D’Souza and brand strategist Willem van der Horst as they go on wild tangents while delving into one of those complex questions in every episode. If you’ve ever asked yourself a question like “Is it pointless to aim lower than 100%?”, or “Do I need a purpose in life?”, and enjoy random inspiration, then this is for you.