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Hello Math therapy listeners.
It's David, Vanessa's producer,and I'm back with another bonus
episode and some big news forthe podcast.
It's been a year since wewrapped up season six, and it's
been six months since we shareda few bonus episodes around
Vanessa's book launch last fall.
Now, this may come as asurprise, but Vanessa doesn't
actually like to brag aboutaccomplishments, so I'll do it
for her.
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Math Therapy the book has had anincredible response, and I can
tell that it's just gettingstarted.
Teachers all over the map havebeen implementing her strategies
in the classroom, and she keepshearing about book clubs
discussing Math Therapy, whichis something she never expected.
Now, if you were listening backin season five, you'll recall a
bonus episode I put togetherfeaturing all of Vanessa's
awkward interview endings.
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That was the year she somehowforgot how to say goodbye at the
end of an episode.
I'll link that in this episodedescription if you want to
re-listen, because it washilarious.
So many listeners loved thatepisode that when we started
recording interviews for seasonsix, Vanessa decided that she
was now the producer, and thatthe end of season bonus episode
was going to be a compilation ofher guessing everyone's
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astrological signs.
And if you've listened to any ofthis podcast, I'm sure that none
of that sentence will come as asurprise to you.
Long story short, I never gotaround to release sifting
through them, but we randomlyrecorded a couple interviews
recently that we're going toshare this month.
So I thought this was a goodtime to revisit, and I
discovered that they were prettyamusing, mostly because she was
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rarely correct.
And finally, whether you're alongtime listener or a new
follower, if you've wondered whywe aren't popping up in your
feed every week, well Vanessa isgoing to have some exciting news
to share about that this monthas well.
Until then, here is Vanessatrying often quite loudly and
unsuccessfully to guess somestar signs.
Vanessa Vakharia (01:53):
I mean,
normally I would save this for
the end, but I kind of want tostart by guessing your
astrological sign.
Should I wait?
I'm going to wait.
I'm going to wait.
No, because I'm not, I'm notcertain yet, but I just, I'm
feeling such a good vibe fromyou.
this is not relevant at all.
So I'm going to wait and it'sgoing to come to me.
Okay, let us begin.
I really, really love this idea.
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And I completely lost my trainof thought.
So what was it?
Hold on.
Hold on.
I was like ready to ask you aquestion, but I got distracted
because I decided you were aCapricorn.
Am I right?
Are you a Capricorn?
Don't tell me.
I get the rest of the podcast.
Wow.
This has been so, I could talkto you forever, This has just
been such a lovely, hopefultalk.
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And I think I know yourastrological sign now.
Pamela Seda (02:40):
I don't think so
but go ahead
Vanessa Vakharia (02:41):
Pisces.
You're a Pisces.
You're a Pisces.
Pamela Seda (02:44):
Nope
Vanessa Vakharia (02:45):
you a Gemini?
Pamela Seda (02:46):
Nope.
Vanessa Vakharia (02:47):
Are you a
Cancer?
Pamela Seda (02:49):
No.
Vanessa Vakharia (02:49):
What are you?
A Libra?
Pamela Seda (02:52):
No!
Vanessa Vakharia (02:53):
Oh my god, and
now, this is really bad.
I'm not guessing anymore.
I'm almost halfway.
What?
Tell me.
Pamela Seda (02:59):
Taurus.
Vanessa Vakharia (03:01):
No way.
Pamela Seda (03:03):
I'm the bull.
Vanessa Vakharia (03:04):
David's a
Taurus.
David Kochberg (03:06):
I
Vanessa Vakharia (03:06):
could tell.
I could tell.
Could you?
Pamela Seda (03:08):
You were never
gonna guess.
Vanessa Vakharia (03:10):
I was not
going to get to Taurus.
I was not going to get there.
Okay, well, you know what?
You win some, you lose most.
Final two questions of thepodcast
Howie Hua (03:19):
like, you can't
divide by seven mentally really
well.
Like, you can't tell if a numberis divisible by seven readily
versus, like, all of the othersingle digit divisibility rules
are so easy.
Seven's just way too hard to domentally,
Vanessa Vakharia (03:31):
I've never
thought about it this way.
You're looking at like thefunctionality of the number.
Howie Hua (03:35):
Yeah
Vanessa Vakharia (03:36):
I'm looking at
like the aesthetic of the
number.
Like, seven is like a fuckingwild ride.
Oh my god, this reminds me thatI'm going to guess your sign.
Because I was about to be like,I feel seven is a very Gemini
number.
Don't make a facial expression.
You're already doing it! Whatsign are you?
What sign are you?
Okay, just don't tell me.
You hate seven.
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I love seven.
I don't feel like you're aGemini, but now I'm like, are
you a Gemini?
Don't say anything.
Are you an air sign?
Are you a water sign?
You're not an earth sign.
You're not a fire sign, in myopinion.
I think you're an air sign.
I think you're a Gemini.
Are you a Gemini?
Howie Hua (04:16):
Do you want me to
answer?
Vanessa Vakharia (04:17):
Yes
Howie Hua (04:18):
No, I'm not a gemini.
Vanessa Vakharia (04:19):
Yeah.
Hold on.
Hold on.
Are you an Aquarius?
Howie Hua (04:22):
No.
Vanessa Vakharia (04:27):
Are you a
Libra?
Howie Hua (04:29):
I'm not a Libra.
Vanessa Vakharia (04:30):
What the fuck,
Howie?
What are you?
Howie Hua (04:32):
I'm a Leo.
Vanessa Vakharia (04:34):
No, you're
not.
I don't know what to say.
I did not see this coming,literally at all.
okay, fine.
I mean, I think Gemini, I thinka 7 is a very Gemini number, and
I feel like, what do you like,an 8?
Howie Hua (04:49):
What number do I
like?
Vanessa Vakharia (04:50):
Yeah
Howie Hua (04:52):
8?
8's nice.
out of like, any number, I think16 or 24.
I really like even numbers.
Vanessa Vakharia (04:58):
So 8, but
multiples of 8?
Howie Hua (05:00):
Yeah.
I would say that.
I'm an August birthday, so 8 isnice.
Vanessa Vakharia (05:04):
That's what
I'm saying, and the Leo card,
the Leo tarot card is an 8.
Howie Hua (05:09):
Oh, okay.
Vanessa Vakharia (05:11):
Would you let
me read your birth chart?
Zak Champagne (05:14):
Okay.
I, I'm going to show my cardshere.
I don't know what a birth chartis.
What, what is that?
Can
Vanessa Vakharia (05:19):
Do you know
your exact time of birth?
Zak Champagne (05:22):
Uh, I can think,
I think, I think my
Vanessa Vakharia (05:24):
So a birth
chart is like the astrological
snapshot of where the planetswere at the moment you were born
and it actually is like yourpersonality or like with the
predictions if you believed inastrology, so when you're like,
I'm a Leo, I'm like Zakwhatever, you're a Leo Sun.
The Sun was in Leo when you wereborn, but where was your moon?
Where was Mercury?
Where was Pluto?
What your Ascendant?
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Where is your Chiron?
It's like the full picture ofwho you are astrologically and
all I'm saying is Crystal let meread hers.
Zak Champagne (05:51):
Yeah.
She's better than me.
I get it.
I believe I agree.
And I agree with you.
Vanessa Vakharia (05:56):
Okay, you ever
want a reading though, let me
know.
I'm happy to do it.
I need to practice more onpeople.
Zak Champagne (06:00):
Ok.
Vanessa Vakharia (06:01):
I think that's
probably so relatable to
teachers.
And like, sorry, just pause.
Kyle, are you an Aries?
Kyle Pearce (06:08):
No, I'm a Pisces.
Vanessa Vakharia (06:11):
Huh.
Okay.
So my question is when you'relike in there and you're like,
okay.
Kyle Pearce (06:17):
Interesting.
Vanessa Vakharia (06:19):
Like,
Kyle Pearce (06:20):
Now I'm like going
to start Googling.
I'm a fact finder too.
So I'm going to try to figureout why the response there, what
Vanessa Vakharia (06:25):
Okay.
So, so,
Kyle Pearce (06:27):
I love it.
I didn't know that about me.
Vanessa Vakharia (06:29):
Well, now you
know that about yourself, the
Aries Pisces.
Okay, so before we get off,let's guess Jon sign just so you
don't feel left out.
I am, it's a tough one.
I'm getting, I'm getting maybeearth sign vibes from you, but
I, I actually really don't know.
I don't know what you are, butI'm going to, I'm going to go on
a limb and I'm going to guessTaurus.
Jon Orr (06:48):
That's correct.
Vanessa Vakharia (06:50):
Fuck off.
Yes.
Okay.
So 50%.
Okay.
That was loud.
Kyle Pearce (06:58):
That is amazing.
Vanessa Vakharia (06:59):
Thank you so
much.
I'm, I'm
Kyle Pearce (07:00):
I have to go read
my horoscope now.
Cause I'm like, I'm like, Idon't know what it means
Vanessa Vakharia (07:04):
Well, Pisces
is like, super flowy, really
easy going, likes to try newthings, like, Jon's a little
more like, slow and steady,like, takes some time to come to
it, you
Jon Orr (07:14):
You've described us.
Vanessa Vakharia (07:16):
Okay, well,
we'll talk about this more
later.
I have to guess.
Are you a Leo?
Dr. India White (07:21):
No.
Vanessa Vakharia (07:22):
Wait, then
hold on.
I have one more guess.
I have one more guess.
Aries.
Dr. India White (07:25):
Gemini.
Vanessa Vakharia (07:27):
No way! So am
I!
Dr. India White (07:29):
Really?
Vanessa Vakharia (07:29):
A fellow
Gemini.
Dr. India White (07:33):
yes, yes.
Vanessa Vakharia (07:34):
I didn't see
it.
Wow.
Okay.
Dr. India White (07:37):
It's
interesting you saw Leo, I
didn't see that.
Vanessa Vakharia (07:39):
Because your
sun sign is like your core
essence, like, do you, do youhave a birth chart?
Like, have you ever looked intothis?
Dr. India White (07:45):
I haven't
looked into it.
Vanessa Vakharia (07:46):
I would bet,
do you know your exact birth
time?
Dr. India White (07:50):
Nine o'clock a.
m.
Vanessa Vakharia (07:52):
Can I look
right now?
I bet you your rising sign is,it's Leo or Aries, like I, I, I
just, I want to see your risingsign is how you present to the
world.
So your sun sign is like whatyou know, like your Gemini, it's
like your core thing, but yourrising sign is how you present.
Okay.
So hold on.
Free birth chart.
I just, I need to look this up.
Cause I need to know.
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I really need to.
Okay.
Okay.
So birth chart.
Okay.
So India.
David Kochberg (08:19):
We do have
another interview coming up.
Vanessa Vakharia (08:21):
Hold on, we're
almost done.
I'm not, I just want to see yourrising sign.
Okay, here we go.
What?! Hold on everyone.
I need to like just give me asecond.
We do have time!
David Kochberg (08:33):
We actually
don't.
Vanessa Vakharia (08:34):
When's the
next interview?
David Kochberg (08:36):
In 20 minutes.
Vanessa Vakharia (08:37):
20 minutes.
Fuck.
Okay.
Hold on one second.
David Kochberg (08:40):
And I gotta make
sure that this uploads.
Vanessa Vakharia (08:41):
We will, we
will I just I really want to see
where what we're where just i'mso close to look to seeing the
circle of the chart.
Just one sec Just one sec Indiai'm so sorry.
I know you have to okay.
Here it is.
Here it is.
Here it is was right! I wasright! Leo Rising! I knew it!
Very excited for you
Dr. India White (09:03):
Rock star.
Vanessa Vakharia (09:04):
This is a huge
deal! Okay, fine, you can go.
Love you! Do you believe inastrology?
Do you believe in destiny?
Dan Finkel (09:10):
I do not.
But,
Vanessa Vakharia (09:12):
oh, okay.
Dan Finkel (09:12):
but that's okay.
Vanessa Vakharia (09:14):
Okay, but I'm
gonna guess your sign anyway.
I'm guessing by the way we'reinteracting,
Dan Finkel (09:18):
Uh huh.
Vanessa Vakharia (09:20):
I want to say
Libra or Aquarius.
Dan Finkel (09:23):
Pisces.
But good good guesses.
Vanessa Vakharia (09:28):
I'm not
shocked.
Like if you were like, a Virgo,I'd be like, no you're not.
Okay.
Dan Finkel (09:34):
Water sign.
Vanessa Vakharia (09:35):
Yeah, water
sign.
Pisces is like one of myfavorite signs.
They're just go with the flow.
They are, Pisces are always upfor anything.
Dan Finkel (09:43):
Oh, good.
Well, there we are.
That fits.
Pamela Seda (09:45):
I wrote a
dissertation and I still hate
writing.
the only thing I like to writeis my name on the back of a
cheque.
I don't mind.
Vanessa Vakharia (09:55):
that is the
most Taurus thing you could have
said, by the way.
Taurus ruled by Venus, money,okay.