The Silent Teacher – A Conversation with Aaron Fried
TAPP Radio Episode 29
Quick Take
0:43 | Why is this podcast loud? 3:56 | AAA now funds episode transcripts 5:58 | The TAPP app & your homework assignment 11:50 | Featured: The Silent Teacher (the human body donor)
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1 | How Loud Should a Podcast Be?
3 minutes
This podcast may sound a bit louder (maybe a lot louder) than some other podcasts. The reason is that it’s required for some podcast outlets. And for those of us who are hearing impaired, it works better because a low-volume podcast sometimes can’t be turned up enough for us to hear it.
2 | AAA Supports Transcripts for This Podcast
2 minutes
The American Association of Anatomists (AAA or “triple-A”) is now sponsoring the searchable transcripts available with episodes of this podcast. I’m a member of AAA, why don’t you join me?
anatomy.org (AAA’s website, where you can explore resources and check out the membership options)
3 | The TAPP App and Your Homework Assignment
6 minutes
The TAPP (The A&PProfessor) app has many features:
Car/bike mode that rotates your screen to display larger playback controls while driving
Streaming access to play episodes from anywhere
Always updated with the latest episodes—and an archived back catalog
Playback resume (when interrupted by a call, a student drops by, or other distraction)
Quick access to all the contact methods for the show like call, email, web, Facebook, and Twitter (but not carrier pigeon)
Playback controls like continuous play, Speed Control, Repeat On/Off, and Sleep Timer
BONUS content, such as sample handouts and other resources
It’s a great way to share this podcast with colleagues. Just ask them to go to their device’s app store, which everyone knows how to do—even if they don’t know how to access a podcast. Plus, they get the great functionality of the app!
Your homework assignment: share this podcast with ONE other A&P colleague before the next episode arrives.
4 | The Silent Teacher—A Conversation with Aaron Fried
25 minutes
Aaron Fried, A&P faculty at Mohawk Valley Community College and national speaker on human body donation and anatomists in Nazi Germany, joins Kevin for a lively discussion of the value of “the silent teacher”—the human body donor—in teaching human structure. This chat touches on the value of respect and appreciation of human donors, proper implementation of human remains such as skeletons in A&P courses, and how that respect should extend to reproductions of human specimens.
This is the first of two conversations with Aaron Fried. The next episode (Episode 30) will delve more deeply into the anatomy illustrations produced by anatomists in Nazi Germany and the many ethical questions surrounding their continued use in anatomy labs around the world.
Host Kevin Patton previews the content of The Nazi Anatomists, featuring another chat with Aaron Fried.
There’s more…including a small bit of bonus content to make the full episode more meaningful to listeners…including a recommendation from The A&P Professor Book Club.
This preview is an experiment. Do you like having a preview? Do you like the “bonus content” that goes beyond a simple preview? Or has it ruined your life?
Let me know: 1·833·LION·DEN
(1·833·546·6336) podcast@theAPprofessor.org
