Producer Jess
Creating Belonging
Are you ready to go back to school? More importantly, are you ready to get back to education and learning? Dr. Johnny and Producer Jess talk about all it takes to get back into a learning space where each learner feels valued, respected, and ready to participate. Dr. Johnny walks us through the most important […]
Thank goodness it’s Friday, that’s nothing trivial!
Goodness this week passed in a blink, and yet we covered SO MUCH! Thank goodness it’s Busted Pencils Friday, when we get to break it down. This week, we soaked in the radical joy that returned to politics with the Harris-Walz ticket. We talked professional ethics- this week’s anchoring lesson from On Tyranny– from classroom […]
Weekly Best of Busted Pencils for Aug 3
Wow, what a week! Did you miss our interview with Dr. Joe Gothard, or our coverage of the WPEN Summer Summit? Fear not! Catch up on all these educated educators talking education, and we’ll see you next week! Busted Pencils is part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 6-7 […]
TG- and I can’t emphasize this enough- IBPF
It’s Friday, and we’re all back together (virtually) again! Johnny rejoins Tim and Jess to wrap up a busy week of educated educators talking hella education. Wrapping up the week, we check in on our lesson, of 20, from the 20th Century on not obeying in advance. Next week, we’ll focus on lesson #5: remember […]
Being Human as a Human Being (things are important) (Hour 2)
Being a living creature conscious of being alive is downright spooky some times. So, we tell stories. We tell stories about the things that are important. Whether that’s through music, or food, or religion, it’s all storytelling. And it’s all important. So tell your stories, and keep room to hear others’ stories as well. And […]
The Stories We Tell (Hour 1)
Maggie’s away, and Fancy Bryan is on the host side with Jess on the board. Today we’re talking narratives. Stories. Storytelling unites us as humans as often as it divides us. But let’s focus on the uniting part for today, yeah? Whatever material “truth” exists, the stories we tell about that truth prevails- however we […]
Thank you President Biden. What’s next?
President Biden, thank you for being a patriot and modeling the power of humility in choosing to end your re-election campaign. Your choice to embrace change and listen to the voices of your constituents is democracy in action. So, now what? Are you feeling energized by Biden’s decision to step down, opening the field for […]
