
Random Acts of Knowledge
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 abou
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S2 Ep22: Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Globally, 1 in 5 people is neurodivergent. Yet many ...
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Mar 24 2023 23m
S2 Ep21: Mental Health First Aid
Fundamental first aid and CPR courses are widely ava...
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Feb 27 2023 21m
S2 Ep20: Finding and Training the Nurses of Tomorrow
Nursing is one of the most in-demand professions in ...
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Feb 13 2023 21m
S2 Ep19: Working on the Railroad (in the 21st Century)
What does it mean to work on the railroad in the 21s...
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Jan 27 2023 23m
S2 Ep18: Virtual Reality in the Classroom
With everything from online instruction to digital t...
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Dec 12 2022 17m
S2 Ep17: Iranian artist pushes for change
2022 has been an eventful and violent time in Iran. ...
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Dec 5 2022 31m
S2 Ep16: Recycling: behind the scenes
Most of us don’t know what happens to the bottles, p...
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Nov 22 2022 25m
S2 Ep15: Training service dogs and your dog
Dogs evolved along with humans to be helpers. As a ...
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Nov 7 2022 21m
S2 Ep14: Zero Waste Lifestyle
How much material are you putting in the landfill?
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Nov 1 2022 23m
S2 Ep13: From Homebrew to Business - Lil' Beaver Brewery
Toying with beer recipes at home, Chad Bevers founde...
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Oct 27 2022 31m
S2 Ep12: 'In Between the Cracks' - sculpting with moss
With an exhibit on display at Joe McCauley Gallery, ...
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Oct 24 2022 15m
S2 Ep11: Playing Hedwig
The innovative rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inc...
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Oct 17 2022 18m
S2 Ep10: Writing Romance
From first-time crushes to enemies-turned-lovers, th...
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Oct 13 2022 21m
S2 Ep9: What You Believe Matters - microaggressions and bias
If one has not experienced prejudice, discrimination...
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Sep 21 2022 22m
S2 Ep8: Trauma-Informed Health Care
Equity across the healthcare industry doesn't end wi...
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Sep 14 2022 23m
S2 Ep7: Knitting a cake
Sculptor Emma Oliver makes knit and crochet techniqu...
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Aug 24 2022 13m
S2 Ep6: Author finds 'Mercy in the Madness'
Author and sociology professor Cristina Prestin-Bear...
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Jul 25 2022 13m
S2 Ep5: San Isidoro, 2021 - A look at COVID life across in a Spanish school
The documentary film 'San Isidoro 2021' shows a typi...
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Apr 20 2022 19m
S2 Ep4: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown
Approximately 400,000 individuals are buried at Arli...
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Apr 11 2022 29m
S2 Ep3: Humor in the workplace
Joking around at work might not sound like it would ...
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Apr 8 2022 17m
S2 Ep2: 'They got the wrong guy' - Exonerations in Illinois
Between 1977 and 2011, 298 men and women were senten...
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Apr 4 2022 29m
S2 Ep1: Being a woman (in Iran)
Artists often use their work to create a conversatio...
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Feb 11 2022 24m
S1 Ep75: Painting midwestern spaces - artist Douglas Johnson
Landscape painter Douglas Johnson's exhibit "A Sense...
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Nov 30 2021 21m
S1 Ep74: The unlikely lobbyist who created Illinois legislation while attending Pontiac high school
Not many Heartland Community College freshman are ve...
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Nov 10 2021 14m
S1 Ep73: My COVID Year - Stitching 'Woolf Words'
The art exhibit My COVID Year presents work inspired...
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Sep 28 2021 15m