The MCAT CARS Podcast
By Ryan Gray, MD with Jack Westin
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The CARS section of the MCAT gives thousands of premeds nightmares every night. Whether you're an ESL student, lack confidence while reading, or are a slow reader like me, Jack Westin and the Medical School Headquarters are here to help you score higher in every section so that you can be confident you are ready to get the MCAT score of your dreams.
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121: Understanding Passage Structures and Interpreting Tone
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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120: Exploring Hypnosis in Comparison to Psych Experiments
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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119: How to Discern Facts, Assumptions, and Opinions in CARS
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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118: Practicing Empathy With MCAT CARS Passages
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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117: How to Critically Think When Reading Deep Passages
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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116: Taking MCAT CARS to Outer Space and Beyond
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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115: Experiments and Observations: Media Multitasking
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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114: Social Media Polarization, Influencers, and Echo Chambers
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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113: What's Up with App Users, Data Abuse, and Exploitation?
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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112: How to Deal With an Author's Questions Within a Passage
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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111: Voting Prediction: Finding Trends in an MCAT CARS Passage
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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110: Is Charity Crowdfunding Just A Game of "Would You Rather?"
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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109: Where to Find the Main Idea in an MCAT CARS Passage
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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108: How to Find Clues in the Details of an MCAT CARS Passage
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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107: How to Approach "Easy" MCAT CARS Passages
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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106: Does the AAMC Ask Polarizing Questions on the MCAT?
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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105: How Does Individual Adaption Contribute to Evolution?
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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104: Does Training Your Brain Help You in the Real World?
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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103: A Philosophical Passage About Memes and CAPTCHAs
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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102: Understanding an Article about Surveillance in Nature
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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101: How to Handle Words You Don't Know in a CARS Passage
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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100: The Importance of Contrast Words Like "However" in MCAT CARS
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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99: A Passage about Ideologic Bias
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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98: What To Do When You Get Lost in a CARS Passage?
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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97: A Passage About Ellen DeGeneres and Being a Nice Person
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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96: Picking Up Topics in the Passage You Do Not Know Much About
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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95: Beginner Level CARS Passage to Understanding Tone
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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94: Breaking Down an Article about Robots Taking Over
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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93: A CARS Passage about Clueless. Hopefully you won't be.
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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92: CARS Passage Breakdown: Glass vs. Porcelain
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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91: MCAT CARS Investigates Violence in Movies
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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90: MCAT CARS Asks: Who's Really Leading the Conversation?
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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89: MCAT CARS Asks: Accurate Portrayal or Cinematic Betrayal?
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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88: MCAT CARS: What Constitutes Identity?
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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87: MCAT CARS Asks: A Beautiful Synchrony or Lovely Loners?
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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86: MCAT CARS Asks: Fintechs: Friends or Foes?
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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85: MCAT CARS Asks: What's Driving U-Haul's Tobacco Policy?
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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84: MCAT CARS: Taking Control of the Natural World
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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83: MCAT CARS: Penetrating Radios and Podcast Passivity
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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82: MCAT CARS: Celestial Bodies and Mundane Afflictions
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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81: MCAT CARS Asks: Can Computers Learn Common Sense?
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May 27, 2020 |
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80: MCAT CARS: An Affectionate Nostalgia for Vines of Old
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May 20, 2020 |
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79: MCAT CARS: Chalking to Raise Awareness of Urban Flora
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May 13, 2020 |
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78: The New MCAT Format: What Does It Mean for Premeds Now?
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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77: MCAT CARS Asks: Does Power Illuminate Your Character?
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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76: MCAT CARS: Finding Folklore In Scary Stories
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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75: MCAT CARS Asks: Can Statistics Be Used to Predict Behavior?
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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74: MCAT CARS Asks: Are Human and Animal Emotions Similar?
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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73: MCAT CARS Investigates the Cultural History of First Words
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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72: MCAT CARS Asks: Is Nutrition Science Broken?
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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71: MCAT CARS: Power, Suspicion and Mystery in Mirrors
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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70: MCAT CARS: Would Working Less Reduce our Carbon Footprint?
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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69: MCAT CARS: Confronting an Infection of Desires
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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68: MCAT CARS: Shape-Shifting Across Time
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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67: MCAT CARS Unmasks the Comedy in Slaughterhouse-Five
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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66: How to Answer Vague Questions on the MCAT
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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65: MCAT CARS Asks: Are Inequality and Education Related?
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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64: MCAT CARS Dives Into the Legacy of Orwell's 1984
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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63: How to Tell Apart Opinion from Fact with MCAT CARS
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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62: MCAT CARS Compares Facts, Knowledge, and Beliefs
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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61: MCAT CARS Investigates How We Recall Information
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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60: MCAT CARS Learns How Keanu Reeves Stays Mysterious
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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59: Here’s Why You Should Never Skim a CARS Passage
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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58: Is 10,000 Steps The ticket to Good Health? MCAT CARS
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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57: MCAT CARS Asks: Is Online Retail Creating Overabundance?
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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56: Reproducing the Past in Pop Culture With MCAT CARS
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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55: MCAT CARS: International Relations and Game of Thrones
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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54: Testing Our Capacity for Empathy with MCAT CARS
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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53: MCAT CARS: Are Esports a Bubble, or Big Business?
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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52: MCAT CARS: What Shapes the Diagnosis of Mental Disorders?
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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51: The Subtleties of Paid Parental Leave With MCAT CARS
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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50: MCAT CARS: Is There Value in Sequels and Spinoffs?
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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49: Tracing the Genealogy of Words with MCAT CARS
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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48: MCAT CARS and the Economics of Paid Paternity Leave
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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47: MCAT CARS Asks: How Do Humans Perceive Giant Numbers?
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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46: Civil War History and Reconstruction with MCAT CARS
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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45: Self-Appointed Messiahs, Capitalism, and MCAT CARS!
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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44: MCAT CARS Ponders the History of the Meatpacking Industry
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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43: MCAT CARS Asks: Can Moving Make a Person Healthier?
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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42: How Capitalism Has Changed How We Work, with MCAT CARS!
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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41: MCAT CARS Examines The Preoccupations of Protagonists
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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40: MCAT CARS Looks Into Open Office Spaces and Productivity
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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39: The Expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe, a CARS reading!
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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38: MCAT CARS asks: Can Modernization Stave Off Disaster?
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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37: Celebs Attacking the Media Passage—Improve Your MCAT Score
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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36: Why is Gotham Everywhere? Using Our MCAT CARS Skills
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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35: MCAT CARS Skills—Our Comprehension of the Universe
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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34: Analyzing the Need for Fake Meat Using Our MCAT CARS Skills
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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33: Critically Thinking Through a Passage About Obesity
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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32: Are Parents a Problem in the Cafeteria? Using CARS Skills!
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May 29, 2019 |
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31: The Greatest Record Ever? Using Our MCAT CARS Skills!
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May 22, 2019 |
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30: Studying a Passage About the Importance of Old English Books
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May 15, 2019 |
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29: We Use Our MCAT CARS Skills to Analyze Storytelling
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May 08, 2019 |
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28: MCAT CARS Skills—The Problem With Perfectionism
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May 01, 2019 |
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27: Using Our MCAT CARS Skills to Analyze the Homework Gap
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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26: MCAT CARS Skills—The Impact TB had on Architecture
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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25: Analyzing a Passage That Uses Monsters as a Metaphor
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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24: MCAT CARS Skills—The Impact of Constant Interruptions
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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23: Do Charming People Still Exist? Using our MCAT Skills
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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22: Using Our MCAT Skills to Examine a Passage About Bananas
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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21: MCAT CARS—Analyzing A Vocab Heavy Passage About Democracy
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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20: Is Geoengineering Unavoidable? Using Our CARS Skills!
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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19: MCAT CARS Skills—Machine Learning in the Finance Sector
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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18: Analyzing A Passage About Transportation Using CARS Skills
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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17: MCAT CARS Skills—A Passage About Evolution and Technology
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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16: We Use Our MCAT CARS Skills to Analyze The Way We Eat
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Feb 06, 2019 |
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15: Finding The Link Between DNA and Privacy Using CARS Skills
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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14: MCAT CARS Skills—The Engines of Infatuation
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Jan 23, 2019 |
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13: Using Our MCAT CARS Skills to Learn About Hallucinating
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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12: AAMC MCAT Passage and Questions Review Breakdown
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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11: MCAT CARS and What's Happening to Scientific Research
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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10: We Use Our MCAT CARS Skills to Read About an Author
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Dec 26, 2018 |
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9: Do Longer Books Equal Better Books? Using Our MCAT Skills
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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8: CARS Skills to Learn if All Famous People Have Footnotes
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Dec 12, 2018 |
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7: How Can Beyonce Help Our MCAT CARS Reading Skills?
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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6: Using Our CARS Skills for a Passage About the Printed Word
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Nov 28, 2018 |
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5: MCAT CARS Skills—A Passage About Horror and Culture
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Nov 21, 2018 |
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4: Critically Thinking Through a Dry Passage about a Book
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Nov 14, 2018 |
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3: MCAT CARS Skills—Quantum Computers in a Hot Tub
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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2: MCAT CARS Passage Skills—Times Article Breakdown
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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1: Welcome to the MCAT CARS Podcast with Jack Westin
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Oct 23, 2018 |