Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCara Fitzpatrick, "The Death of Public School: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America" (Basic Books, 2023)
Episode 211
America has relied on public schools for 150 years, but the system is increasingly under attack. With declining enrollment and diminished trust in pu…
2 years, 10 months ago
Kalani Adolpho et al., "Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries" (Library Juice Press, 2021)
Episode 13
In the library profession, and in the world as a whole, the experiences of trans and gender diverse people often go unnoticed, hidden, and ignored. T…
2 years, 10 months ago
Satish Kumar and Lorna Howarth, "Regenerative Learning: Nurturing People and Caring for the Planet" (Salt Desert Media, 2022)
Episode 210
Be The Change! Are you a policy maker? Parent? Teacher? Regenerative Learning: Nurturing People and Caring for the Planet (Salt Desert Media, 2022) i…
2 years, 10 months ago
Jennifer Keys Adair and Kiyomi Sánchez-Suzuki Colegrove, "Segregation by Experience: Agency, Racism, and Learning in the Early Grades" (U Chicago Press, 2021)
Episode 207
Early childhood can be a time of rich discovery, a period when educators have an opportunity to harness their students’ fascination to create unique …
2 years, 10 months ago
Renyi Hong, "Passionate Work: Endurance after the Good Life" (Duke UP, 2022)
Episode 209
In Passionate Work: Endurance after the Good Life (Duke UP, 2022), Renyi Hong theorizes the notion of being "passionate about your work" as an affect…
2 years, 10 months ago
Carl Van Ness, "The Making of Florida's Universities: Public Higher Education at the Turn of the Twentieth Century" (UP of Florida, 2023)
Episode 66
In The Making of Florida's Universities: Public Higher Education at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (UP of Florida, 2023), Carl Van Ness describes …
2 years, 10 months ago
Lauren S. Foley, "On the Basis of Race: How Higher Education Navigates Affirmative Action Policies" (NYU Press, 2023)
Episode 158
Diversity in higher education is under attack as the Supreme Court limits the use of race-conscious admissions practices at American colleges and uni…
2 years, 10 months ago
Keith A. Mayes, "The Unteachables: Disability Rights and the Invention of Black Special Education" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
Episode 207
The Unteachables: Disability Rights and the Invention of Black Special Education (U Minnesota Press, 2023) examines the overrepresentation of Black s…
2 years, 10 months ago
Academic Aunties: A Conversation with Dr. Ethel Tungohan
Episode 124
You’ve probably heard by now that there’s a hidden curriculum in academia. But it’s called hidden for a reason—only some [privileged] people are in t…
2 years, 10 months ago
Yoni Furas, "Educating Palestine: Teaching and Learning History Under the Mandate" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 226
Through the story of education and the teaching of history in Mandate Palestine, Yoni Furas reframes our understanding of the Palestinian and Zionist…
2 years, 10 months ago