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Podcast Agricultura
594 DDT, el insecticida premiado y prohibido

Podcast Agricultura

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2026 13:01


El DDT es uno de los compuestos químicos más estudiados y debatidos del siglo veinte. Se trata de un insecticida organoclorado que revolucionó el control de plagas agrícolas y la lucha contra enfermedades transmitidas por insectos como la malaria y el tifus.Fue descubierto por el químico suizo Paul Hermann Müller y le valió el Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina en 1948, tras demostrar una capacidad sin precedentes para eliminar poblaciones de insectos durante semanas con una sola aplicación. La historia del DDT atraviesa la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la explosión de la agricultura industrial de posguerra y el nacimiento del movimiento ambientalista moderno.Rachel Carson, bióloga marina y autora de Primavera Silenciosa, documentó en 1962 los efectos devastadores de este insecticida sobre la fauna silvestre, particularmente sobre aves rapaces como el águila calva, cuyas poblaciones colapsaron por la fragilidad inducida en sus cáscaras de huevo.Desde el punto de vista técnico, el DDT actúa bloqueando los canales de sodio en el sistema nervioso de los insectos, provocando parálisis y muerte. Su estabilidad química y su afinidad por los tejidos grasos generaron un fenómeno conocido como biomagnificación, mediante el cual las concentraciones del compuesto se multiplican a lo largo de la cadena alimenticia.La prohibición del DDT en Estados Unidos en 1972 marcó un antes y un después en la regulación ambiental global, aunque el Convenio de Estocolmo mantuvo excepciones específicas para el control de la malaria en regiones endémicas de África subsahariana.Esta historia combina agronomía, química, geopolítica y salud pública en un relato que revela cómo un mismo descubrimiento científico puede salvar millones de vidas y, al mismo tiempo, alterar ecosistemas enteros de manera irreversible.Suscríbete a El noticiero del agro:https://blogagricultura.com/noticias/Escucha Agricultura Profesional:https://open.spotify.com/show/2ZuOW2DhD7PK4SM33gtFWy?si=e33021063a114550--Créditos musicales:INTROMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-graham/53License code: 62TIV9S8Q1XCM65WOUTROMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/let-good-times-rollLicense code: KUSUTAITXDLYUTHQ--Fuentes consultadas:Müller, Paul Hermann. Conferencia Nobel 1948, Fundación Nobel, sobre el descubrimiento de las propiedades insecticidas del DDT.Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring, Houghton Mifflin, 1962.Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA), documentación histórica sobre la prohibición del DDT en 1972.Convenio de Estocolmo sobre Contaminantes Orgánicos Persistentes, Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente, 2001, anexo sobre excepciones para control de malaria.Organización Mundial de la Salud, informes sobre el uso de rociado residual en interiores con DDT para el control de la malaria en países endémicos.

Something Something Podcast - A Creative Podcast
Something Something about Salvador litvak

Something Something Podcast - A Creative Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2026 72:48


Sal was born in Santiago, Chile and moved to New York at age five. He attended Harvard, NYU Law, and UCLA Film. His latest movie is Guns & Moses, an action thriller about a beloved small-town rabbi who becomes an unlikely gunfighter after his community is violently attacked, starring Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Alona Tal, Christopher Lloyd and Dermot Mulroney.      Sal's first film was the Passover comedy and cult hit, When Do We Eat? starring Max Greenfield, Ben Feldman, Shiri Appleby, Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Lerner and Jack Klugman in his final role.    Sal directed Saving Lincoln, based on the true story of Abraham Lincoln and his closest friend & bodyguard Ward Hill Lamon. This epic indie features a new visual style called CineCollage, which places the actors within actual Civil War photographs. The film's Gettysburg Address scene has been incorporated into Houghton Mifflin's standard American history textbook, used by students across the country.     Sal wrote all these films with his wife, Nina, and produced them under the banner of his production company, Pictures From The Fringe.    Sal & Nina share Jewish wisdom, humor and history with over a million followers at Accidental Talmudist. He teaches a daily Talmud class to a diverse audience of thousands of people around the world. The project arose from Sal's faith journey to becoming an Orthodox Jew.     His first book, Let My People Laugh: The Greatest Jewish Jokes Of All Time!, published by Skyhorse, is an Amazon bestseller.    Sal's golf game needs work, but he coached the gold medal winning USA Masters golf team at the 2022 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

to know the land
Ep. 281 : Red-winged Blackbird Nest in Algonquin Park

to know the land

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2026 43:02


On a very cold day in February, while trailing a Algonquin Wolves (Canis lycaon) across the frozen Lake of Two Rivers, South of highway 60 running through Algonquin Provincial Park, a fellow tracker and I came across a nest. I took out my phone and quickly took some measurements and moved on. It wasn't too long, as it was -30°C (-22°F/243K) and my hands we're screaming at me, but this little discovery started itching my memory of the day and pestering me to figure out who it was. I did a little bit of research, through which I came to the conclusion that the nest may have been built by a Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). This is the story of that discovery and some of the readings which led me to a possible answer to an ageless question; whodunnit?To learn more : A Field Guide to the Nests, Eggs and Nestlings of North American Birds by Colin Harrison. Collins, 1978.Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds' Nests by Hal H. Harrison. Houghton Mifflin, 1975.Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests by Casey McFarland, Matt Monjello, and David Moskowitz. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.Bird Nest Finder by Dorcas Miller. Nature Study Guide Publishers, 2024.Inaturalist identifications of Red-winged Blackbirds in the area of the nestInaturalist identifications of Swamp Sparrow in the area of the nest

El Garaje Hermético de Máximo Sant
El CATACLISMO SENSORIAL al volante. ¿Realidad o invento de la DGT?

El Garaje Hermético de Máximo Sant

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 23:35


Como os he comentado, en este video no hay texto descriptivo, sino una “Bibliografía Técnica” y las fuentes de referencia. 1. Volumen de los contratos: Datos BOE y Plataforma de Contratación. El INTRAS no recibe una subvención a fondo perdido, sino que factura a través de contratos menores y procedimientos negociados sin publicidad (adjudicaciones directas por razones de exclusividad técnica). Convenios Marco: Solo en la última década, el Ministerio del Interior (vía DGT) ha firmado convenios con la Universidad de Valencia para el INTRAS por valores que suman varios millones de euros. Por ejemplo, es habitual encontrar partidas anuales de entre 400.000 € y 600.000 € destinadas exclusivamente a "asesoramiento técnico" y "análisis del comportamiento del conductor". Contratos Específicos: En el histórico de adjudicaciones, aparecen contratos para el diseño de cursos de recuperación de puntos o estudios sobre distracciones con importes que oscilan entre los 60.000 € y los 120.000 € por proyecto. 2. La "exclusividad" y el “blindaje” económico Muchas de estas adjudicaciones se realizan bajo la premisa de que "solo el INTRAS tiene la capacidad técnica" para realizarlos. Esto blinda al instituto frente a la competencia de otras universidades o consultoras privadas. 3. FESVIAL: La pieza clave del puzle Luis Montoro preside además FESVIAL (Fundación Española para la Seguridad Vial). Esta es una entidad privada que actúa como puente. FESVIAL recibe patrocinios y contratos de la DGT y de empresas privadas que viven de la seguridad vial (fabricantes de radares, señalización, etc.). 4. Bases de la Teoría del "Cataclismo Sensorial". Montoro, L., et al. (Luis Montoro y equipo) (2011). "Velocidad y Seguridad Vial: Un análisis de los factores de riesgo". Cátedra de Seguridad Vial de la Universidad de Valencia / FESVIAL. (Este es el documento donde se populariza el término y las gráficas del efecto túnel que usa la DGT). INTRAS (1998). "La influencia de la velocidad en los accidentes de tráfico". Instituto Universitario de Tráfico y Seguridad Vial. (Estudio base que sirve de cimiento a las normativas actuales). 4. Neurobiología de la Percepción y Atención Mackworth, N. H. (1948). "The breakdown of vigilance during prolonged visual search". Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. (El estudio fundamental sobre cómo la monotonía desconecta el cerebro; clave para tu argumento de los 110 km/h). Gibson, J. J. (1950). "The Perception of the Visual World". Houghton Mifflin. (Padre del concepto de "Flujo Óptico", que explica cómo percibimos el movimiento sin necesidad de nitidez periférica). Lee, D. N. (1976). "A theory of visual control of braking based on information about time-to-collision". Perception. (El estudio original sobre el Factor Tau que se menciona en el guion). 5. Seguridad Vial Comparada y Estadísticas BASt (Federal Highway Research Institute of Germany). "Traffic and Accident Data: Comparative analysis of Autobahns with and without speed limits". Informes anuales (2020-2024). (Fuente oficial para demostrar que la velocidad no es el factor determinante de mortalidad en Alemania). Pau, M., & Angius, S. (2001). "Do speed bumps really decrease traffic speed? An Italian experience". Accident Analysis & Prevention. (Análisis sobre cómo los límites artificiales afectan a la atención del conductor). 6. Factores Humanos y Aviación (Carga de Trabajo) Yerkes, R. M., & Dodson, J. D. (1908). "The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit-formation". Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology. (La Ley de Yerkes-Dodson, que explica el "estrés óptimo" necesario para que el cerebro rinda al máximo). Wickens, C. D. (2002). "Multiple resources and performance prediction". Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. (Sobre la carga cognitiva y cómo las pantallas táctiles son más peligrosas que la velocidad pura).

Podcast Lepiej Teraz
PLT #413 Jan Karski (Część 4): Misja przez okupowaną Europę i spotkanie z Rooseveltem

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 44:39


To czwarty i ostatni odcinek z cyklu o człowieku, którego uważam za najbardziej fascynującego bohatera II wojny światowej.Jan Karski – kurier Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego, świadek Holocaustu, człowiek, który w trakcie okupacji przedostał się na Zachód i rozmawiał z Rooseveltem.W poprzednim odcinku poznałeś historię jego wstrząsających doświadczeń w getcie warszawskim i przedsionku obozu zagłady w Izbicy Lubelskiej.Dziś opowiem ci, co stało się potem. I uwierz mi – to, co usłyszysz, jest najbardziej gorzką lekcją o ludzkiej naturze, jaką znam.W tym odcinku: → Przejdziesz z Janem Karskim przez okupowaną Europę – od Warszawy przez Berlin, okupowana Francję, Pireneje do Gibraltaru→ Usłyszysz, jak najpotężniejsi ludzie świata reagowali na prawdę o Zagładzie→ Zrozumiesz, dlaczego człowiek, który widział piekło, milczał przez 35 latTen odcinek jest dla Ciebie, jeśli: → Chcesz zrozumieć granice ludzkiej empatii→ Szukasz odpowiedzi na pytanie, czy jeden człowiek może zmienić bieg historii→ Wierzysz, że prawda musi być mówiona – nawet jeśli nikt nie chce słuchać Wesprzyj mój podcast: Będę wdzięczny za postawienie mi kawy → suppi.pl/lepiejteraz Zostań Mecenasem odcinka→ patronite.pl/podcastlepiejteraz(osobiście podziękuję Ci w podcaście)ŹRÓDŁA:Autobiografie i wspomnienia:„Story of a Secret State” – Jan Karski (1944, Houghton Mifflin; wznowienie Georgetown University Press, 2013) – pierwsza autobiografia, bestseller z nakładem ponad 400 000 egzemplarzy„Tajne Państwo” – Jan Karski (1999, Wydawnictwo Znak) – polska wersja rozszerzona i poprawiona przez autoraRelacja Karskiego z rozmowy z prezydentem Rooseveltem – archiwum Muzeum Historii Polski (karski.muzhp.pl)Biografie:„Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust” – E. Thomas Wood & Stanisław M. Jankowski (1994, John Wiley & Sons) – przełomowa biografia z przedmową Elie Wiesela„Jan Karski. Jedno życie” – Waldemar Piasecki„Emisariusz Karski” – Maciej KozłowskiWywiady i nagrania (dostępne online):Wywiad Claude'a Lanzmanna z Karskim (1978) – pełna transkrypcja w Mediatece Muzeum Historii Polski (mediateka.muzhp.pl) oraz w kolekcji USHMM; 39 minut wykorzystanych w filmie „Shoah” (1985), pełne nagranie trwa 8-9 godzin„The Karski Report” –-Claude Lanzmann (2010) – dodatkowy film dokumentalny oparty na niewykorzystanych fragmentach wywiaduPrzemówienie na Międzynarodowej Konferencji Wyzwolicieli, październik 1981Wywiad dla Yad Vashem (1979) – YouTubeŹródła instytucjonalne:US Holocaust Memorial Museum – encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jan-karskiYad Vashem – yadvashem.org/righteous/stories/karski.htmlPolscy Sprawiedliwi wśród Narodów Świata – sprawiedliwi.org.pl/en/stories-of-rescue/story-jan-karski-according-latest-researchŻydowski Instytut Historyczny – jhi.pl (artykuły o Izbicy i listach pożegnalnych Zygielbojma)Georgetown University Archives – Jan Karski CollectionJan Karski Educational Foundation – jankarski.netGoogle Arts & Culture – wystawa „Jan Karski: Humanity's Hero”Listy pożegnalne Szmula Zygielbojma:Żydowski Instytut Historyczny – jhi.pl/en/articles/farewell-letters-from-shmuel-zygielbojmFilmy dokumentalne:„Shoah” – Claude Lanzmann (1985)„The Karski Report” –-Claude Lanzmann (2010)„Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski” – film dokumentalny/teatralny z Davidem Strathairnem (2022)

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PLT #412 Jan Karski (Część 3): Wyprawa do Przedsionka Zagłady

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2026 62:46


To trzeci odcinek z cyklu o człowieku, którego uważam za najbardziej fascynującego bohatera II wojny światowej.Jan Karski – kurier Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego, świadek Holocaustu, człowiek, który w trakcie okupacji przedostał się na Zachód i rozmawiał z Rooseveltem.W poprzednim odcinku poznałeś historię jego zuchwałej ucieczki ze szpitala w Nowym Sączu, gdzie leżał po próbie samobójczej podjętej, by nie zdradzić towarzyszy pod torturami Gestapo.Dziś opowiem ci, co stało się potem. I uwierz mi – to, co usłyszysz, zmieni Twoje rozumienie ludzkiego okrucieństwa i ludzkiej odwagi.W tym odcinku: → Zobaczysz przedsionek piekła oczami naocznego świadka→ Poznasz mechanizmy, które tworzą antysemitów i umożliwiają ludobójstwo→ Zrozumiesz, dlaczego świat nie chciał słuchać prawdy o ZagładzieTen odcinek jest dla Ciebie, jeśli: → Chcesz zrozumieć, jak zwykli ludzie stają się narzędziami zła→ Szukasz prawdziwych przykładów moralnej odwagi w obliczu absolutnego horroru→ Wierzysz, że pamiętanie historii jest obowiązkiem wobec przyszłych pokoleńSłuchaj teraz i przekonaj się, że jeden człowiek może świadczyć przeciwko całemu systemowi zbrodni – nawet jeśli świat odmawia słuchania. Wesprzyj mój podcast: Będę wdzięczny za postawienie mi kawy → suppi.pl/lepiejteraz Zostań Mecenasem odcinka→ patronite.pl/podcastlepiejterazŹRÓDŁA:Autobiografie i wspomnienia:„Story of a Secret State” – Jan Karski (1944, Houghton Mifflin; wznowienie Georgetown University Press, 2013) – pierwsza autobiografia, pisana podczas wojny„Tajne Państwo” – Jan Karski (1999, Wydawnictwo Znak) – polska wersja rozszerzona i poprawiona przez autora„Emisariusz Witold” – Stanisław M. Jankowski (1991, Nowy Jork) – biografia oparta na wywiadach z KarskimWywiady i nagrania (dostępne online):Wywiad Claude'a Lanzmanna z Karskim (1978) – pełna transkrypcja w Mediatece Muzeum Historii Polski (mediateka.muzhp.pl) oraz w kolekcji USHMMPrzemówienie na Międzynarodowej Konferencji Wyzwolicieli, październik 1981Wywiad dla Yad Vashem (1979) – YouTube: „Jan Karski – Interview at Yad Vashem”Biografie:„Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust” – E. Thomas Wood & Stanisław M. Jankowski (1994, John Wiley & Sons)„Emisariusz Karski” – Maciej Kozłowski (biografia polska)„Jan Karski. Jedno życie” – Waldemar PiaseckiŹródła instytucjonalne:US Holocaust Memorial Museum – encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jan-karskiPolscy Sprawiedliwi wśród Narodów Świata – sprawiedliwi.org.pl/en/stories-of-rescue/story-jan-karski-according-latest-researchGoogle Arts & Culture / Muzeum Historii Polski – wystawa „Jan Karski: Humanity's Hero”Jan Karski Educational Foundation – jankarski.netArchiwum Georgetown UniversityWarsaw Institute – warsawinstitute.org/jan-karski-emissary-free-worldPolskie źródła regionalne:Twojsacz.pl – „28 lipca 1940: Akcja Szpital”Wojennysacz.pl – projekt historyczny „Wojenny Nowy Sącz”Sączopedia – lokalna encyklopedia historyczna

story dzi gestapo ciebie jedno twoje stanis chcesz jankowski john wiley yad vashem houghton mifflin poznasz wyprawa narod wesprzyj szukasz nowy jork zobaczysz us holocaust memorial museum georgetown university press jan karski wydawnictwo znak podziemnego
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PLT #411 Jan Karski (Część 2): Misja przez okupowaną Europę i ucieczka z Gestapo

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2026 41:27


To drugi odcinek z cyklu o człowieku, którego uważam za najbardziej fascynującego bohatera II wojny światowej.Jan Karski – kurier Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego, świadek Holocaustu, człowiek, który w trakcie okupacji wielokrotnie przedostał się na Zachód i rozmawiał z Rooseveltem.W poprzednim odcinku poznałeś historię jego zuchwałego przechytrzenia NKWD, by uniknąć nieznanego losu oficerów i w efekcie egzekucji w Katyniu. Zakończyłem na jego skoku z pędzącego pociągu. Dziś opowiem Ci, co stało się po tym jak nasz bohater uciekł z tego niemieckiego transportu jeńców wojennych w okolicach Kielc.W tym odcinku: → Dowiesz się, jak zwykły człowiek staje się kurierem tajnego państwa→ Poznasz metodę zapamiętywania, która pozwalała przenosić setki stron dokumentów w głowie → I zrozumiesz, dlaczego czasem jedynym wyjściem z piekła jest… wybór śmierciSłuchaj teraz i przekonaj się, dlaczego historia Jana Karskiego zmieni Twoje myślenie o sile człowieka.Wesprzyj mój podcast przez postawienie mi kawy → suppi.pl/lepiejteraz Zostań Mecenasem odcinka→ patronite.pl/podcastlepiejterazŹRÓDŁA:Autobiografie i wspomnienia:„Story of a Secret State” – Jan Karski (1944, Houghton Mifflin; wznowienie Georgetown University Press, 2013) – pierwsza autobiografia, pisana podczas wojny„Tajne Państwo” – Jan Karski (1999, Wydawnictwo Znak) – polska wersja rozszerzona i poprawiona przez autora„Emisariusz Witold” – Stanisław M. Jankowski (1991, Nowy Jork) – biografia oparta na wywiadach z KarskimWspomnienia Zbigniewa Rysia – „Wspomnienia kuriera” (2013)Wspomnienia Zofii Rysiówny – „Z przeżyć okupacyjnych”, Rocznik Sądecki, tom 9, Nowy Sącz, 1968Wywiady i nagrania (dostępne online):Wywiad Claude'a Lanzmanna z Karskim (1978) – pełna transkrypcja w Mediatece Muzeum Historii Polski (mediateka.muzhp.pl) oraz w kolekcji USHMMPrzemówienie na Międzynarodowej Konferencji Wyzwolicieli, październik 1981Wywiad dla Yad Vashem (1979) – YouTube: „Jan Karski – Interview at Yad Vashem”Biografie:„Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust” – E. Thomas Wood & Stanisław M. Jankowski (1994, John Wiley & Sons)„Emisariusz Karski” – Maciej Kozłowski (biografia polska)„Jan Karski. Jedno życie” – Waldemar PiaseckiŹródła instytucjonalne:US Holocaust Memorial Museum – encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jan-karskiPolscy Sprawiedliwi wśród Narodów Świata – sprawiedliwi.org.pl/en/stories-of-rescue/story-jan-karski-according-latest-researchGoogle Arts & Culture / Muzeum Historii Polski – wystawa „Jan Karski: Humanity's Hero”Jan Karski Educational Foundation – jankarski.netArchiwum Georgetown UniversityWarsaw Institute – warsawinstitute.org/jan-karski-emissary-free-worldPolskie źródła regionalne:Twojsacz.pl – „28 lipca 1940: Akcja Szpital”Wojennysacz.pl – projekt historyczny „Wojenny Nowy Sącz”Sączopedia – lokalna encyklopedia historyczna

story europ dzi gestapo przez jedno twoje stanis dowiesz zako jankowski john wiley yad vashem misja houghton mifflin poznasz narod wesprzyj nowy jork us holocaust memorial museum georgetown university press jan karski katyniu wydawnictwo znak podziemnego
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PLT #410 Jan Karski (Część 1): Geniusz, który oszukał NKWD

Podcast Lepiej Teraz

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2026 38:16


To pierwszy odcinek z cyklu o człowieku, którego uważam za najbardziej fascynującego bohatera II wojny światowej.Jan Karski – kurier Polskiego Państwa Podziemnego, świadek Holocaustu, człowiek, który w trakcie okupacji wielokrotnie przedostał się na Zachód i rozmawiał z Rooseveltem.Ale zanim stał się legendą, musiał przetrwać.W tym odcinku poznasz historię jednej z najbardziej zuchwałych ucieczek II wojny światowej.Odkryjesz technikę, która pozwoliła młodemu oficerowi i dyplomacie oszukać NKWD.I zrozumiesz, jak podejmować decyzje, gdy stawką jest życie.Ten odcinek jest dla Ciebie, jeśli:→ Interesujesz się historią Polski i II wojną światową→ Szukasz prawdziwych przykładów odwagi i sprytu w ekstremalnych sytuacjach→ Chcesz poznać praktyczne lekcje od ludzi, którzy przetrwali najgorszeSłuchaj teraz i przekonaj się, dlaczego historia Jana Karskiego zmieni Twoje myślenie o sile człowieka.Wesprzyj mój podcast: Będę wdzięczny za postawienie mi kawy → suppi.pl/lepiejteraz Zostań Mecenasem odcinka→ patronite.pl/podcastlepiejterazŹRÓDŁA:„Story of a Secret State” – Jan Karski (1944, Houghton Mifflin) – pierwsza autobiografia„Jan Karski. Jedno życie” – Waldemar Piasecki (2017, Insignis Media)„Tajne Państwo” – Jan Karski (1999, Wydawnictwo Znak) – polska wersja rozszerzona„Emisariusz” – Maciej Kozłowski (2010, Świat Książki) – biografia„Karski: How One Man Tried to Stop the Holocaust” – E. Thomas Wood & Stanisław M. Jankowski (1994, John Wiley & Sons)Wywiady i Nagrania (dostępne online):Wywiad Claude'a Lanzmanna z Karskim (1978) – fragmenty w filmie „Shoah”, pełne nagranie w Steven Spielberg Jewish Film ArchiveWywiad dla Yad Vashem (1979) – YouTube: „Jan Karski – Interview at Yad Vashem”Wywiad dla BBC (1984) – BBC ArchivesWywiad dla Radia Wolna Europa (1954) – Archiwum RWE onlineDokumenty Archiwalne:Archiwum IPN – teczka BU 0259/531 (zeznania świadków)Instytut Polski w Londynie – raporty kurierskie Karskiego 1940-1943Holocaust Encyclopedia USHMM – sekcja o Janie KarskimGoogle Arts & Culture – „Jan Karski: Humanity's Hero” (wystawa online)Filmy Dokumentalne (YouTube):„Karski i władcy ludzkości” – Claude Lanzmann (1985)„Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski” – reż. Derek Goldman (2022)

Stuff You Missed in History Class
Joseph Medill

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 38:55 Transcription Available


Joseph Medill was a powerhouse in 19th century journalism who made no attempt to conceal his bias when it came to political writing. He also had a fascinating second career due to a tragedy, when he became a politician. Research: Anderson, Jeffrey Justin. “JOSEPH MEDILL: HOW ONE MAN INFLUENCED THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION OF 1860.” Thesis. Roosevelt University. 2011. https://www.proquest.com/openview/6c0d810b769e5f18c08a028835deba88/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750 Britannica Editors. "Joseph Medill". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Medill Britannica Editors. "Chicago Tribune". Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Aug. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chicago-Tribune “Chicago History.” Chicago.gov. https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/about/history.html#:~:text=Incorporated%20as%20a%20city%20in,Hare%20and%20Midway%20International%20airports. Hughes, Frank. “Lincoln and the Tribune: A Great American and a Great Paper to Mold U.S. History.” Chicago Tribune. June 10, 1947. https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/169275545/ “Joseph Medill, Giant of Journalism.” Chicago Tribune. June 10, 1947. https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/370685102/?match=1&terms=Joseph%20Medill “Joseph Medill Is Dead.” Chicago Tribune. March. 17, 1899. https://www.newspapers.com/image-view/355009623/?fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM1NTAwOTYyMywiaWF0IjoxNzY1MjUwOTIxLCJleHAiOjE3NjUzMzczMjF9.T6Xs_g5fD6JZTwZSYECT73-0gILoXji25OQ_fIX1MI4 McKinney, Megan. “The Magnificent Medills: America's Royal Family of Journalism During a Century of Turbulent Splendor.” Harper Collins. 2011. Medill, Joseph. “Mayor Joseph Medill Inaugural Address, 1871.” https://www.chipublib.org/mayor-joseph-medill-inaugural-address-1871/ Moses, John. “Biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of the representative men of the United States : Illinois volume.” Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co. 1896. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/biographicaldi1271mose/page/12/mode/2up Smith, Richard Norton. “The Colonel: The Life and Legend of Robert R. McCormick 1880-1955.” Houghton Mifflin. 1997. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cloud 9fin
Syndication Nation — Education borrowers taken to task

Cloud 9fin

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 10:40


Private equity-owned education companies like Houghton Mifflin and Lakeshore Learning are learning a hard lesson in the US leveraged finance market this year as their loans and bonds have tumbled to trade at discounts.In this episode of Cloud 9fin, senior reporter Sunny Oh sat down with US managing editor Bill Weisbrod and discussed his story about how investors have taken a close look at this group of borrowers and asked what the future holds for them in a world where school districts have had to tighten belts and cut spending.Most notably, we talked about how the expiration of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program (ESSER) has hurt education borrowers who have struggled to fill in the hole left by the $190bn policy. Meanwhile, falling school enrollment and the global trade war has compounded issues in the sector.

this IS research
Nick's rules for a good PhD education

this IS research

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 50:36


We are together in South Bend and teach a class to PhD students in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Our joint teaching experience makes us wonder: What should all doctoral students learn or what should we all teach the next generation of IS students? We come up with Nick's rules for a good PhD education: First, understand what knowledge and inferences are. Second, learn different methods and then deep dive into a primary method. Third, pick a domain and learn its foundations and history. Fourth, develop a mindset of mastery to become the world's expert on your topic. And finally, develop and hone your writing skills.  Episode reading list Bacon, F. (1620/2019). Novum Organum. Anodos. Hume, D. (1748/1998). An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. In J. Perry & M. E. Bratman (Eds.), Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings (3rd ed., pp. 190-220). Oxford University Press. Popper, K. R. (1959). The Logic of Scientific Discovery. Basic Books. Yin, R. K. (2009). Case Study Research: Design and Methods (4th ed.). Sage Publications. Berente, N., Ivanov, D., & Vandenbosch, B. (2007). Process Compliance and Enterprise Systems Implementation. In: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Waikoloa, Hawaii, pp. 222-231. Castelo, N., Bos, M. W., & Lehmann, D. R. (2019). Task-Dependent Algorithmic Aversion. Journal of Marketing Research, 56(5), 809-825. Recker, J. (2021). Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner's Guide (2nd ed.). Springer. Mackie, J. L. (1965). Causes and Conditions. American Philosophical Quarterly, 2(4), 245-264. Gable, G. G. (1994). Integrating Case Study and Survey Research Methods: An Example in Information Systems. European Journal of Information Systems, 3(2), 112-126. Chalmers, A. F. (2013). What Is This Thing Called Science? (4th ed.). Hackett. Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2001). Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin. Taylor, F. W. (1911). The Principles of Scientific Management. Harper and Bros. March, J. G., & Simon, H. A. (1958). Organizations. John Wiley & Sons. Nelson, R. R., & Winter, S. G. (1982). An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change. Harvard University Press. 

Writerly Lifestyle
Literary Agent Lori Galvin Talks Going From Query to Deal: What Agents Need to See Before They Sign You

Writerly Lifestyle

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 22:13 Transcription Available


Send me a Text Message!Literary agent Lori Galvin reveals exactly what makes a query letter irresistible. She breaks down the specific elements that make agents request materials, and the common mistakes that lead to instant rejections. Whether you're crafting your first query or your fiftieth, this episode delivers the agent perspective that every fiction writer needs to hear.What You'll Learn:Why manuscript word count can kill your chances instantlyThe test some agents use to evaluate opening pagesHow to prove you're serious about writing in your bioClick here to learn more about Lori Galvin Guest Bio:  Lori Galvin, has been with Aevitas Creative Management since 2015 and represents a wide variety of bestselling, award-winning, and critically acclaimed writers of both fiction and nonfiction including Wanda M. Morris, Nishita Parekh, and Kwame Onwuachi. Prior to her agenting career, she was an editor at America's Test Kitchen as well as Houghton Mifflin. She has also worked as a restaurant cook and managed a bed-and-breakfast in coastal Maine. She lives in Massachusetts. Lori only accepts submissions through Query Manager: QueryManager.com/QueryLoriGalvinEpisodes I think you'll love...Get the list of 125+ Literary Agents who rep Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, and Crime Fiction Study the Opening Paragraphs of the Top Authors Writing Thrillers Right Now

rabbitHOLE Improv
Best of rabbitHOLE - Meet Sensei Ken

rabbitHOLE Improv

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 26:32


I asked the BIT Crew to nominate their favorite episodes for a special August replay while we are on hiatus.  I selected one of Thea's picks because it went back to season one - when we were all baby holers. She says, "Googlie Wooglie I like a lot because of Sensei Ken, the fun game with cool words, and just love Geoff's Keanu Reeves impersonation, and Keanu Reeves as Abraham Lincoln."   Episode Five has what I consider our best ending. We all break each other—even Billy Merritt. I dare you not to laugh. We'll be back on September 13th with a brand new hole!   ~~ In rabbitHOLE's fifth episode, the BIT CREW educates listeners about some critical issues, including: Googlie Wooglie Mc Dojo Grammar Police  Konrad takes a deep dive into the origins of the term GOOGOL (a one with a hundred zeroes). He starts the BIT CREW off on an improv adventure of surf lingo, organized crime involving unsuspecting UK co-eds, "re-imagining" history, and mispronouncing words. Episode five has our favorite ending so far…we all just lost it – we hope you laugh so much your sides will ache, and your heart goes pitter-pat. As always, rabbitHOLE is unscripted and inspired by the CREW's real-life rabbit hole adventures. If you enjoy rabbitHOLE, follow, rate, and share rabbitHOLE with your friends! APOLOGIES:  U.S. History (again), Felix the Cat, the Matrix franchise, McDonald's®, Keanu Reeves, Hippies, Japan, Karate, Jiu Jitsu, the FBI, Bert "The Machine" Kreishcer, cliques, Houghton & Mifflin, journalism, monks, legit dojos, and the witness protection program.   Credits: DIRECTOR/CREATOR:  Billy Merritt Producer/Editor: Hill Kane CAST:  Dean Aisles Konrad Andrew Terry Armstrong SKB Luke Bovard Hill Kane Deema Lazar Yuehan Liu Laura Powell Geoff Taylor Thea Marie Thorkildsen "rabbitHOLE" Improv is part of The BIT Comedy Network. Production Assistance, Audio Production & Graphics/Art by Hill Kane of Raising Kane Media + Marketing.  MUSIC: "Shark Bait" performed by Little Kahunas | Produced by Peter Miller © (RIP Pete 1959-2025) Hosting Platform: Libsyn.com Legal Notices: "The BIT" and "The BIT Comedy Network" are Trademarks owned by Billy Merritt © 2024-2025 Billy Merritt - All Rights Reserved Inquiries + Notices + Requests: TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com

to know the land
Ep. 270 : Rough Horsetail

to know the land

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 44:32


An ancient plant of the genus Equisetum, (the only extent genera of the family Equisetaceae, and only living member of the order Equisetales), Horsetails are some of the most primitive of fern species, being closely related to the Calamites of the Carboniferous era some three hundred million years ago. Inspired by a fun workshop I got to host, along with such an amazing history of evolution though incredible cataclysmic epochs, chock full of climate upheaval, I really wanted to learn more about these amazing plants. Many of the Equisetum genera are now extinct yet there are about 9 species in my area, and of the species which persist in the area, I will be focusing mostly on Rough Horsetail.I hope you enjoy the show.To learn more : Michigan Ferns & Lycophytes by Daniel D. Palmer. University of Michigan Press, 2018.Ferns, Spikemosses, Clubmosses, and Quillworts of Eastern North America by Emily B. Sessa. Princeton University Press, 2024.Peterson Field Guide to Ferns by Boughton Cobb. Houghton Mifflin, 1963.The Flora of Wellington County by Richard Frank and Allan Anderson. Wellington Historical Society, 2009.A Natural History of Ferns by Robbin C. Moran. Timber Press, 2004.

university rough natural history princeton university press ferns michigan press houghton mifflin eastern north america carboniferous timber press horsetail richard frank peterson field guide equisetum
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Mary Hunter Austin

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 45:16 Transcription Available


Mary Hunter Austin was a U.S. writer known for walking throughout the American Southwest. But her life of activism was far more complicated than brief bios usually mention. Research: "Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of the American West, edited by Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod, Macmillan Reference USA, 1996. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2330100082/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=6a4f821e. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025. "Mary Hunter Austin." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 23, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631008133/GPS?u=mlin_n_melpub&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ceca42e0. Accessed 26 Feb. 2025. #0840: Willa Cather to Mary Hunter Austin, June 26 [1926]. https://cather.unl.edu/writings/letters/let0840 Austin, Mary Hunter. “Earth Horizon.” Houghton Mifflin. 1932. Austin, Mary Hunter. “Experiences Facing Death.” Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1931. Blend, Benay. “Mary Austin and the Western Conservation Movement: 1900-1927.” Journal of the Southwest , Spring, 1988, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring, 1988). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40169782 Davis, Lisa Selin. “The Loneliest Land.” National Parks Conservation Association. Spring 2015. https://www.npca.org/articles/942-the-loneliest-land Egenhoff, Elizabeth L. “Mary Austin.” Mineral Information Service. November 1965. https://npshistory.com/publications/deva/mis-v18n11-1965.pdf Fink, Augusta. “I-Mary: A Biography of Mary Austin.” University of Arizona Press. 1983. Hoffman, Abraham. “Mary Austin, Stafford Austin, and the Owens Valley.” Journal of the Southwest , Autumn-Winter 2011, Vol. 53, No. ¾. Via JSTOR. http://www.jstor.com/stable/41710078 Lanzendorfer, Joy. “Searching for Mary Austin.” Alta. https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a8713/searching-for-mary-austin-joy-lanzendorfer/ Online Archive of California. “Austin (Mary Hunter) Papers.” https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c85t3ppq/ Richards, Penny L. “Bad Blood and Lost Borders: Eugenic Ambivalence in Mary Austin’s Short Fiction.” Richards, Penny L. “Disability History Image #3.” 8/30/2005. https://disstud.blogspot.com/2005/08/ Romancito, Rick. “The Image Maker and the Writer.” Taos News. 10/2/2024. https://www.taosnews.com/opinion/columns/the-image-maker-and-the-writer/article_7805f16a-8ab9-5645-9e84-4a189e18ac23.html Siber, Kate. “The 19th-Century Writer Who Braved the Desert Alone.” Outside. 1/22/2019. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/mary-austin-mojave-nature-writer/ Stout, Janis P. “Mary Austin’s Feminism: A Reassessment.” Studies in the Novel , spring 1998, Vol. 30, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/29533250 The Ansel Adams Gallery. “Visions of Taos: The Making of “Taos Pueblo” by Ansel Adams and Mary Austin.” https://www.anseladams.com/visions-of-taos-the-making-of-taos-pueblo/ Viehmann, Martha L. “A Rain Song for America: Mary Austin, American Indians, and American Literature and Culture.” Western American Literature , Spring 2004, Vol. 39, No. 1. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43022288 Wynn, Dudley. “Mary Austin, Woman Alone.” The Virginia Quarterly Review , SPRING 1937, Vol. 13, No. 2. Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26433922 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stuff You Missed in History Class
Gertrude Chandler Warner: ‘The Boxcar Children' and Beyond

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 39:50 Transcription Available


Gertrude Chandler Warner's most well known writing is "The Boxcar Children." But that series is far from the only professional writing Chandler did – she made a career as a writer while also teaching elementary school for decades. Research: Abate, M.A. Not Hoovervilles, But Hooch: Gertrude Chandler Warner’s The Boxcar Childrenand The Roaring Twenties. Child Lit Educ 47, 257–266 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-016-9275-5 Braccidiferro, Gail. “The Boxcar Children: A Museum Caper.” New York Times. June 20, 2004. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/20/nyregion/the-boxcar-children-a-museum-caper.html Crowe, Chris. “Young Adult Literature: Rescuing Reluctant Readers.” The English Journal, vol. 88, no. 5, 1999, pp. 113–16. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/821799 Ellsworth, Mary Ellen. “Gertrude Chandler Warner and the Boxcar Children.” Albert Whitman & Company. Morton Grove, Illinois. 1997. Lindberg, Mary Anne. “Survival Literature in Children’s Fiction.” Elementary English, vol. 51, no. 3, 1974, pp. 329–35. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41387166 Meese, Ruth Lyn. “MODERN FAMILY: Adoption and Foster Care in Children’s Literature.” The Reading Teacher, vol. 66, no. 2, 2012, pp. 129–37. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/23322722 Tolentino, Jia. “’The Boxcar Children and the Spirit of Capitalism.” The New Yorker. June 2, 2016. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-boxcar-children-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism#:~:text=The%20second%20time%20that%20Gertrude,and%20family%20and%20life's%20rewards. Warner, Gertrude Chandler. “The Box-Car Children.” Rand McNally. Chicago/New York. 1924. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/42796/42796-h/42796-h.htm Warner, Gertrude Chandler. “Good Americans: First Lessons for the Littlest Ones.” Educational Publishing Company. Boston. New York. London. 1926. Accessed online: https://books.google.com/books?id=gONow7KFCB0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Warner, Gertrude Chandler. “The House of Delight.” Pilgrim Press. 1916. Accessed online: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/62714/pg62714-images.html Warner, Gertrude Chandler. “Star Stories for Little Folks.” Pilgrim Press. Boston, Chicago. 1918. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/starstoriesforli00warn/page/8/mode/2up Warner, Frances and Gertrude. “Life’s Minor Collisions.” Houghton Mifflin. Boston and New York. 1921. Accessed online: https://archive.org/details/lifesminorcollis00warnrich/page/n9/mode/2up See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Southern Mysteries Podcast
Episode 160 Lincoln's Rebel Relatives: When Family Stood on Opposing Sides

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 33:02


Explore the surprising family ties that connected Abraham Lincoln to the Confederacy. While Lincoln fought to preserve the Union, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, had siblings who sided with the South—raising suspicions about her loyalty. Discover how these family divisions reflected the greater turmoil of a nation at war and uncover the personal struggles of the Todds and the political challenges they created for President Lincoln during the Civil War. Want more Southern Mysteries?  Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Instagram: @southernmysteries Email: southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com  Episode Sources Berry, Stephen. House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, a Family Divided by War. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Susannah J. Ural (2/26/2025) The War In Their Words: I Do Not Think of Peace. HistoryNet Retrieved from https://www.historynet.com/war-words-not-peace/. Gaton, K.B. (2010). Family Divided: The Todd Sisters Living in Selma During The American Civil War.University of Georgia. "Find a Grave", database, Find a Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 February 2025), memorial page for Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson (1829-189) "Find a Grave", database, Find a Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 February 2025), memorial page for Elodie Breck Todd Dawson (1840-1877) "Find a Grave", database, Find a Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 February 2025), memorial page for Martha Todd White (1833-1868) Life in Civil War America. National Park Service, Civil War Service. Retrieved from https://npshistory.com/publications/civil_war_series/4/sec1.htm  Scots in the American Civil War. James and Alexander Campbell: Brother against Brother at Secessionville. Retrieved from https://www.acwscots.co.uk/campbell.htm Feinauer, J.J. (4/20/2015) Brother against brother: The legacy of divided families during the civil war. Daily American. Retrieved from https://www.dailyamerican.com/story/lifestyle/family/2015/04/10/brother-against-brother-the-legacy-of-divided-families-during-the-civil-wa/116323338/ Episode Music Out of the Mines, courtesy of Ross Gentry, Asheville, North Carolina.

The Beat
Cassandra de Alba and Amy Lowell

The Beat

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 6:54 Transcription Available


Cassandra de Alba has published several chapbooks including habitats by Horse Less Press in 2016, Ugly/Sad by Glass Poetry Press in 2020, and Cryptids, which was co-authored with Aly Pierce and published by Ginger Bug Press in 2020. Her work has appeared in The Shallow Ends, Big Lucks, Wax Nine, The Baffler, Verse Daily, and others. Amy Lowell was born in 1874 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She was educated in private schools in Boston and at her home. Lowell's first significant poetry publication came in 1910 when her poem “Fixed Idea” was published in the Atlantic Monthly. Two years later, her book A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass was published by Houghton Mifflin. She went on to write several other books of poetry, and she was a key figure in the Imagist movement led by Ezra Pound. She wrote a major biography of the poet John Keats, which was published in 1925, the same year in which she died. Lowell's book What's O'Clock won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1926. Links:Cassandra de AlbaCassandra de Alba's websiteThree poems in Dear Poetry Journal"Self-Portrait with Rabbit Ears and Seventeen" at Verse Daily"Miniatures" in Ghost City"End Times Fatigue" at SweetAmy LowellBio and poems at Poetry FoundationBio and poems at Poetry.org

Knox Pods
The Beat: Cassandra de Alba and Amy Lowell

Knox Pods

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2025 6:54 Transcription Available


Cassandra de Alba has published several chapbooks including habitats by Horse Less Press in 2016, Ugly/Sad by Glass Poetry Press in 2020, and Cryptids, which was co-authored with Aly Pierce and published by Ginger Bug Press in 2020. Her work has appeared in The Shallow Ends, Big Lucks, Wax Nine, The Baffler, Verse Daily, and others. Amy Lowell was born in 1874 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She was educated in private schools in Boston and at her home. Lowell's first significant poetry publication came in 1910 when her poem “Fixed Idea” was published in the Atlantic Monthly. Two years later, her book A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass was published by Houghton Mifflin. She went on to write several other books of poetry, and she was a key figure in the Imagist movement led by Ezra Pound. She wrote a major biography of the poet John Keats, which was published in 1925, the same year in which she died. Lowell's book What's O'Clock won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1926. Links:Cassandra de AlbaCassandra de Alba's websiteThree poems in Dear Poetry Journal"Self-Portrait with Rabbit Ears and Seventeen" at Verse Daily"Miniatures" in Ghost City"End Times Fatigue" at SweetAmy LowellBio and poems at Poetry FoundationBio and poems at Poetry.org

Audible Anarchism
An Appeal to the Young by Peter Kropotkin

Audible Anarchism

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2025 56:35


For questions, comments or to get involved, e-mail us at audibleanarchist(at)gmail.com You can read the Appeal at https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-an-appeal-to-the-young  Addressed to young men and women preparing to enter the professions, An Appeal to the Young was first published in 1880 in Kropotkin's paper, La Revolte, and was soon thereafter issued as a pamphlet. An American edition was brought out by Charles H. Kerr in 1899, in the wake of the great Anarchist's first U.S. speaking tour; his Memoirs of a Revolutionist was also published (by Houghton-Mifflin) that year. A new edition in Kerr's “Pocket Library of Socialism” appeared in 1901; just after Kropotkin's second U.S. tour. (In Chicago, he had been introduced to a large audience by Clarence Darrow, a close associate of the Kerr Company.) Yet another Kerr edition in the 1910s went through many printings, and was still on the Kerr list well into the 1930s. Long unavailable in any U.S. edition, it is reprinted here in the standard English translation by pioneer British socialist H.M. Hyndman, whose lush Victorian prose ably captures the eloquence, fervour and charm of this celebrated revolutionary classic.     Revolutionary Classics     Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company     Established 1886

In Our Time
Italo Calvino

In Our Time

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 48:31


Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Italian author of Invisible Cities, If On A Winter's Night A Traveller, Cosmicomics and other celebrated novels, fables and short stories of the 20th Century. Calvino (1923 -1985) had a passionate belief that writing and art could make life better for everyone. Despite his parents being scientists, who dearly wanted him to be a scientist too, and his time fighting with the Partisans in Liguria in WWII during which his parents were held hostage by the Nazis, Calvino turned away from realism in his writing. Ideally, he said, he would have liked to be alive in the Enlightenment. He moved towards the fantastical, drawing on his childhood reading while collecting a huge number of the fables of Italy and translating them from dialect into Italian to enrich the shared culture of his fellow citizens. His fresh perspective on the novel continues to inspire writers and delight readers in Italian and in translations around the world.With Guido Bonsaver Professor of Italian Cultural History at the University of OxfordJennifer Burns Professor of Italian Studies at the University of WarwickAndBeatrice Sica Associate Professor in Italian Studies at UCLProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list: Elio Baldi, The Author in Criticism: Italo Calvino's Authorial Image in Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2020)Elio Baldi and Cecilia Schwartz, Circulation, Translation and Reception Across Borders: Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities Around the World (Routledge, 2024)Peter Bondanella and Andrea Ciccarelli (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel (Cambridge University Press, 2003), especially the chapter ‘Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco: Postmodern Masters'James Butler, ‘Infinite Artichoke' (London Review of Books, vol. 45, no. 12, 15 June 2023)Italo Calvino (trans. Martin McLaughlin), The Path to the Spiders' Nests (first published 1947; Penguin Classics, 2009)Italo Calvino (trans. Mikki Taylor), The Baron in the Trees (first published 1957; Vintage Classics, 2021)Italo Calvino, Marcovaldo (first published 1963; Vintage Classics, 2023) Italo Calvino (trans. William Weaver and Ann Goldstein), Difficult Loves and Other Stories (first published 1970; Vintage Classics, 2018)Italo Calvino (trans. William Weaver), Invisible Cities (first published 1972; Vintage Classics, 1997)Italo Calvino (trans. Patrick Creagh), The Uses of Literature (first published 1980; Houghton Mifflin, 1987)Italo Calvino (trans. Geoffrey Brock), Six Memos for the Next Millennium (first published 1988; Penguin Classics, 2016) Italo Calvino (trans. Tim Parks), The Road to San Giovanni (first published 1990; HMH Books, 2014) Italo Calvino (trans. Ann Goldstein), The Written World and the Unwritten World: Essays (Mariner Books Classics, 2023)Kathryn Hume, Calvino's Fictions: Cogito and Cosmos (Clarendon Press, 1992)Martin McLaughlin, Italo Calvino (Edinburgh University Press, 1998)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio Production

The Behavioral View
The Behavioral View 4.11: Psychology and ABA with Lauryn M. Toby, PhD., BCBA & Erica S. Ranade, SSP, NCSP, BCBA, LBA, LPP

The Behavioral View

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 59:00


This episode explores the historical relationship between psychology and behavior analysis, examining both the separation of the fields and current movements toward reconciliation. The discussion features experts with dual credentials in psychology and behavior analysis who share insights on how combining perspectives from both fields can enhance clinical practice. Topics include the importance of understanding child development, assessment practices, therapeutic skills, and creating person-centered treatment plans. The presenters emphasize the value of interdisciplinary collaboration and discuss ways to bridge gaps in current behavior analytic training and practice.  To earn CEUs for listening, click here, log in or sign up, pay the CEU fee, + take the attendance verification to generate your certificate! Don't forget to subscribe and follow and leave us a rating and review. Show Notes References: Chomsky, N. (1959). Review of Verbal Behavior by B.F. Skinner. Language, 35(1), 26-58.  Rogers, C. (1951). Client-centered therapy: Its current practice, implications, and theory. Houghton Mifflin.  Tobey, L., & Ranade, E. (2024). Psychology Essentials for Behavior Analysts.  Watson, J.B. (1913). Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It. Psychological Review, 20, 158-177.    Resources: Little Star ABA (Indianapolis autism center)  Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales  Parenting Stress Index (PSI)  ABA CARES Conference  Illinois State University School Psychology Program  Website and Social https://www.instagram.com/thepsychobabblebcbas www.thepsychobabblebcbas.com Book Links  Psychology Essentials for Behavior Analysts 1st Edition - Amazon Psychology Essentials for Behavior Analysts - Routledge

The Daily Poem
Amy Lowell's "Trades"

The Daily Poem

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 7:07


Today's poem is a particularly novel example of an ancient writerly tradition: writing about how hard it is to write. Happy reading.On February 9, 1874, Amy Lowell was born at Sevenels, a ten-acre family estate in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her family was Episcopalian, of old New England stock, and at the top of Boston society. Lowell was the youngest of five children. Her elder brother Abbott Lawrence, a freshman at Harvard at the time of her birth, went on to become president of Harvard College. As a young girl she was first tutored at home, then attended private schools in Boston, during which time she made several trips to Europe with her family. At seventeen, she secluded herself in the 7,000-book library at Sevenels to study literature. Lowell was encouraged to write from an early age.In 1887 Lowell, with her mother and sister, wrote Dream Drops or Stories From Fairy Land by a Dreamer, printed privately by the Boston firm Cupples and Hurd. Her poem “Fixed Idea” was published in 1910 by the Atlantic Monthly, after which Lowell published individual poems in various journals. In October of 1912, Houghton Mifflin published her first collection, A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass.Lowell, a vivacious and outspoken businesswoman, tended to excite controversy. She was deeply interested in and influenced by the Imagist movement, led by Ezra Pound. The primary Imagists were Pound, Richard Aldington, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), and Ford Madox Ford. This Anglo-American movement believed, in Lowell's words, that “concentration is of the very essence of poetry” and strove to “produce poetry that is hard and clear, never blurred nor indefinite.” Lowell campaigned for the success of Imagist poetry in America and embraced its principles in her own work. She acted as a publicity agent for the movement, editing and contributing to an anthology of Imagist poets in 1915.Lowell's enthusiastic involvement and influence contributed to Pound's separation from the movement. As Lowell continued to explore the Imagist style she pioneered the use of “polyphonic prose” in English, mixing formal verse and free forms. Later she was drawn to and influenced by Chinese and Japanese poetry. This interest led her to collaborate with translator Florence Ayscough on Fir-Flower Tablets in 1921. Lowell had a lifelong love for the poet John Keats, whose letters she collected and whose influence can be seen in her poems. She believed him to be the forbearer of Imagism. Her biography of Keats was published in 1925, the same year she won the Pulitzer Prize for her collection What's O'Clock (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925).A dedicated poet, publicity agent, collector, critic, and lecturer, Amy Lowell died on May 12, 1925, at Sevenels.-bio via Academy of American Poets Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Youth4Life
Social Media 4 Life with Rev. Trevor Sutton

Youth4Life

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 47:36


Like the episode? Let us know!Social media was created to connect us, to make communication easier. But one quick glance at X, Instagram, or Tik Tok, and we see how easily social media divides us. What are some best practices for engaging in life-affirming ways on social media? How can you be a Gospel-motivated voice for life? How can you be a witness of God's grace and goodness as you interact with others? Join us as we talk with Rev. Trevor Sutton, an expert author on the intersection between social media and Christianity, to discover some of the best ways you can uphold life in public and on-line forums.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rev. A. Trevor Sutton is Senior Pastor at St. Luke Lutheran Church, a multi-campus congregation with locations in downtown Lansing and Meridian Township, Michigan. Sutton began his path toward ministry with a soccer scholarship to play at CUAA. At CUAA, Sutton earned an English degree (2008), served as captain of the soccer team, and was a proud resident of Hannah dorm. Sutton went on to earn an M.Div. degree from Concordia Seminary (2012), an MA degree (Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing, 2017) from Michigan State University, and a Ph.D. (Doctrinal Theology, 2023) from Concordia Seminary.  Rev. Sutton has written several books including Redeeming Technology (co-authored with Dr. Brian Smith, MD, 2021), Clearly Christian (2018), Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World (co-authored with Dr. Gene Veith, 2017), and Being Lutheran (2016). Sutton's writing has appeared in Houghton-Mifflin's Best American Essays Anthology, the Washington Post, Relief Journal, Christian Century, Concordia Journal, Religion and Liberty - The Acton Institute, Faith and Leadership - Duke Divinity, and Religion New Service.  In addition to serving as pastor and writer, Sutton also occasionally teaches courses at Concordia University – Ann Arbor, Concordia Seminary, and Lutheran Theological Seminary in Twshwane (Pretoria, South Africa) and is a frequent speaker at conferences.  Rev. Sutton is married to Elizabeth Sutton and they have two daughters, Grace and Hannah. The Sutton family enjoys fly-fishing, hiking, literature, and dance parties in their living room. You can connect with Rev. Sutton through his website, www.atrevorsutton.com.Discover your Gospel-motivated voice 4 Life at Y4Life.org.

rabbitHOLE Improv
Googlie Wooglie | Mc Dojo | Grammar Police

rabbitHOLE Improv

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 25:55


In rabbitHOLE's fifth episode, the BIT CREW educates listeners about some critical issues, including: Googlie Wooglie Mc Dojo Grammar Police Konrad takes a deep dive into the origins of the term GOOGOL (a one with a hundred zeroes) and starts the BIT CREW off on an improv adventure of surf lingo, organized crime involving unsuspecting UK co-eds, “re-imagining” history, and mispronouncing words. Episode five has our favorite ending so far…we all just lost it – we hope you laugh so much your sides will ache, and your heart goes pitter-pat. As always, rabbitHOLE is unscripted and inspired by the CREW's real-life rabbit hole adventures. If you enjoy rabbitHOLE, follow, rate, and share rabbitHOLE with your friends!   APOLOGIES:  U.S. History (again), Felix the Cat, the Matrix franchise, McDonald's®, Keanu Reeves, Hippies, Japan, Karate, Jiu Jitsu, the FBI, Bert “The Machine” Kreishcer, cliques, Houghton & Mifflin, journalism, monks, legit dojos, and the witness protection program.   Credits: DIRECTOR/CREATOR:  Billy Merritt   CAST:  Dean Aisles Konrad Andrew Terry Armstrong Sabrina Kim Banes Luke Bovard Hill Kane Deema Lazar Yuehan Liu Laura Powell Geoff Taylor Thea Marie Thorkildsen "rabbitHOLE" Improv is part of The BIT Comedy Network. Production Assistance, Audio Production & Graphics/Art by Hill Kane of Raising Kane Media + Marketing. MUSIC: "Shark Bait" performed by Little Kahunas | Produced by Peter Miller ©  Hosting Platform: Libsyn.com Legal Notices: "The BIT" and "The BIT Comedy Network" are Trademarks owned by Billy Merritt © 2024 Billy Merritt - All Rights Reserved Inquiries + Notices + Requests: TheBitComedyNetwork@gmail.com

Storybounders
5. The 1936 Berlin Olympics

Storybounders

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 94:39


Join Jayme and Steve as they recount the inspiring stories of Jesse Owens and the University of Washington's rowing team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Despite immense adversity and political tensions, these athletes exemplified courage, resilience, and unity, triumphing on the world stage and defying Hitler's propaganda. Discover how their incredible journeys from humble beginnings to Olympic champions can inspire us to overcome our own challenges and strive for greatness. Highlights: The remarkable athletic feats of Jesse Owens and the Washington rowing team. The impact of mentors in shaping these athletes' journeys. Lessons on trust, perseverance, and unity amid political and social adversity. Reflections on the relevance of their stories to today's world. Tune in to hear how these legendary athletes' stories continue to inspire and uplift. Find your story and change the world with Storybounders! Sources: Brown, Daniel James. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Viking, 2013. Campbell, Joseph. The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Princeton University Press, 1949. Schaap, Jeremy. Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics. Houghton Mifflin, 2007. The Boys in the Boat. Directed by George Clooney, performances by Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner, and Jack Mulhern, MGM, 2023. Whitney, Orson F. Quoted in Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle. Deseret Book, 1972, p. 98. Race. Directed by Stephen Hopkins, performances by Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, and William Hurt, Focus Features, 2016.

Edtech Insiders
The Intersection of Video, Assessment, and AI in Education: BrainPOP's Vision with Scott Kirkpatrick

Edtech Insiders

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 48:24 Transcription Available


Send us a Text Message.Scott Kirkpatrick is CEO of BrainPOP, a leading brand in the U.S. edtech supplemental market whose learning solutions are beloved, trusted, and grounded in research and the science of learning. During his tenure, BrainPOP was acquired by KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand. Scott joined BrainPOP from General Assembly, where he served as president and chief operating officer. Under his leadership, General Assembly experienced exponential growth and was subsequently acquired by The Adecco Group, the largest human capital company in the world. Prior to GA, Scott served as president of The Princeton Review and successfully facilitated its acquisition by IAC. He also served as executive vice president of strategy and marketing and president of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's technology division, Riverdeep. Prior to Houghton Mifflin, he was a strategy consultant at The Parthenon Group and The Callidon Group (now Oliver Wyman). Scott holds a BS in economics & management from the United States Coast Guard Academy. After graduation, he served as an officer in the Coast Guard as a ship navigator, financial analyst, and an aide to former U.S. President Bill Clinton. After his military career, he went on to earn an MBA from The MIT Sloan School of Management.Recommended Resources:

Just Schools
Unlearning: Allison Posey

Just Schools

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 29:22


In this episode of the Just Schools Podcast, Jon Eckert interviews Allison Posey. The discussion covers the importance of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the role of neuroscience in education. Allison emphasizes the need for a shift from a deficit mindset to one that recognizes the variability and potential in all learners. Additionally, the conversation explores the challenges educators face, such as time constraints and the need for professional development that supports flexible and inclusive teaching practices. The Just Schools Podcast is brought to you by the Baylor Center for School Leadership. Each week, we'll talk to catalytic educators who are doing amazing work. Be encouraged. Books Mentioned: Unlearning by Allison Posey & Katie Novak Connect with us: Baylor MA in School Leadership Jon Eckert LinkedIn Twitter: @eckertjon Center for School Leadership at Baylor University: @baylorcsl   Transcription: Jon Eckert: We're excited to have Allison Posey in today. She is an amazing educator that, I just have to say this, I met in Paris just a week or so ago, and it was a great privilege to meet her at a UNESCO conference on inclusive education, how do we educate more kids around the world, which was a fascinating conference to be at. And so really excited to meet her and for you to meet her as well. So Allison, great to have you on today. Allison Posey: Thanks for having me. It's great to be here. Jon Eckert: Can you just give us a little bit of your journey that brought you to CAST and Universal Design for Learning, which we'll get into what that is in a little bit, but what got you to the position that you're in now? Allison Posey: Well, I started to jump back one step and then I went two steps back. So I was teaching at a really cool program called, actually I don't like the title of it, the Center for Talented Youth because what youth is not talented, but there is a certain measure that was used to assess students on a kind of talent, one kind of talent. And they would come to Johns Hopkins for the summer and study one thing really intensely. So I got to teach neuroscience for six weeks in the summer to really interested students. And when I say interested, we had to take the books away from them after seven hours of being in the classroom, so they would have to go socialize and do kind of the camp thing. So a lot of neuroscience, a lot of learning, gifted and talented. Right. Allison Posey: And I had a student one year who we were having these incredible conversations about learning in the brain. He basically had read the college level textbook in a week, and this was a high school student. And yeah, at first I was like, I don't know about that. But the more we started talking, I thought, wow, he really is making sense of all. It took me six years to get through this textbook. He's really making sense of it all. And when I went to score his first assessment, it was completely blank and he didn't complete any of his assignments. Allison Posey: And I found out from his parent at the meetings at the end with the families that he was failing four out of his five high school courses and was severely depressed and at risk of dropping out. And I was so upset by this one, because I didn't know it as his teacher. I'd been working with him for these six weeks and I didn't realize it was at that level. And two, I realized I didn't know how to teach. So ironically, here I am teaching about the brain and I didn't feel like I knew how to reach the humans who had the brains with all the stuff that I was teaching. So I went to graduate school. I will get to the answer to your question. Jon Eckert: No, I love this path. I did not know where you were going with this. But again, you first, you start off with every teacher's dream, kids you have to take the books away from after seven hours. And then that realization that I don't really know what I'm doing when it's not actually working or the way that curriculum's being implemented, at least in those four of those five classes, it's not working. What do I do? So love that start. Allison Posey: Yeah. Jon Eckert: Keep going. Allison Posey: And I was 10 years into my teaching about. So I'd been doing this for a while, just this feeling of I actually don't know what I'm doing. So Harvard had this amazing program called Mind, Brain & Education, and I thought, well, I know about the brain and I've been an educator. Let me check it out. And I was so fortunate to have as an advisor, David Rose, who is the founder of CAST and Universal Design for Learning. He was my advisor. It was just such a gift. So I learned about this framework. Well, actually let me take a little tiptoe back. The first article we read in this program was that the connection between neuroscience research and classroom practice is a bridge too far, that what we're learning in neuroscience labs that are isolated, maybe one individual at a time doing one task in very controlled environments are completely different from what we would do in a classroom with dozens of students and fire alarms and all this stuff. Allison Posey: And I don't know how you felt when you heard me say that, but I was angry. I absolutely was like these two fields need to be talking to each other. And I have really literally made it my profession to try to bridge the gap. And there are a lot of times when I'm having conversations with educators that I've noticed, I'm like, well, the gap may be a little too far between neuroscience and the bridge between neuroscience and education, but we need to keep having the conversations. So Universal Design for Learning is a framework that really is trying to make connections between the neuroscience of learning and the best high leverage practices that there are in order to reach each and every individual. So I think I finally got to the answer to your question. Jon Eckert: But what a great journey to it. You got there because of a need you observed as a teacher. And to me, that's the whole benefit of why we go back to grad school. So I always tell people that are looking at a Master's or an EDD or a PhD, wait until you've taught a few years because you'll have plenty of questions that you're trying to figure out. I thought this, but when I worked with kids, I realized this or I worked with other adults, I realized this. And so what a brilliant reason to go to UDL and CAST. So I guess let's do this. Allison Posey: Yeah. Jon Eckert: Tell us a little bit about Universal Design for Learning in case people don't know what that is. I will say at the UNESCO conference, everybody there from around the world seemed to know what UDL was. So it may be very few of you don't know what it is, but talk about that as a way to connect neuroscience in the classroom because we get this all the time. If you want to sell a book, it feels like in education, throw neuroscience in there and it's like, oh, there's neuroscience in there. It must mean something. But talk about how UDL is that practical bridge to make sure each kid's needs are met and the talents that they have can flourish in a classroom. Allison Posey: It was actually very exciting to see. UDL talked about a lot at UNESCO without CAST, the originators of UDL needing to say anything about it. I mean, I wasn't the one presenting on it. So it was amazing to get to learn from folks how this framework is helping. It is a teaching and learning framework. So if your school or district doesn't have a common framework for teaching, this is a great framework because it gives a common language for learning that is grounded in the brain. So I don't have to label students as having disabilities. I don't have to take a deficit mindset. I can use UDL to proactively plan an environment that anticipates the variability of learning that we know will have in our classroom. And there are nine different dimensions that UDL explores through our UDL guidelines. And then under each of those dimensions of learning, there are a bunch of our tried and true strategies. Allison Posey: So I don't have, UDL is not, I always, I'll say to educators, I wish I had a magic wand and it was like the tool that engaged each learner in the learning. I don't have that tool, but I have a framework that can help you think about the design and how it's meeting or not meeting the needs of all the students. And it is liberating to not have to feel like I need to label each and every student with a deficit of what they can't do. Instead, I just look to make a creative, flexible learning space. And that space might include the methods that you're using, the materials that are there, the goals and the assessments. Even the assessments. As much as we love our standardized tests here in the US, really thinking deeply about how the assessments are universally designed and flexible to make sure you're able to get at the constructs that you're wanting to measure in the assessments as well. So we look at UDL across those four dimensions of curricula. Jon Eckert: Well, what I love about that as a 12-year teaching veteran of what I call real teaching, I've been in higher ed now 15 years, and I feel like that's fake teaching. You get some of those kids that you have to take the books away from, which as a middle school science teacher, it's like, yeah, that wasn't really a problem for most of the kids I was teaching, but I had a few. What I love about it is when you think about the RTI or MTSS, Multi-Tiered System of Support, UDL is a tier one support for each kid. So you do that so that you don't have to start labeling and elevating kids and you're trying to meet each kid's needs through materials that make them really interesting to teach. Teaching's infinitely interesting, but it becomes overwhelming when we don't have the tools in place to help us do it. Jon Eckert: The same thing I wanted to say about UDL. I first became aware of it when I was writing test items. I wrote test items for seven different states for Houghton Mifflin's testing company Riverside. And one of the things we always had to do is we had to use UDL principles in all the items that we wrote or they wouldn't be accepted. So you got paid per item that made it through the screeners, so you paid really close attention to those pieces. And if it didn't hit the UDL standards. Now I don't know that I always achieved exactly what CAST would say would be a UDL standard because you're still doing multiple choice tests with an open response. It's challenging sometimes to do this. They also wanted us writing the top levels of Bloom's taxonomy with multiple choice items, which I still argue is impossible, but I would do my best. Jon Eckert: But I love that about UDL because it couples the instruction with the assessment and I, however, we're assessing, I get frustrated in the US and people say, Hey, we don't want to teach to the test. Then what are you teaching to? The key is, is the test a good test? We're always teaching to an assessment. If we're not teaching to an assessment, then we're just performing. And so UDL says, here's the way we're going to deliver instruction, and here's also how we're going to assess. Because any good teacher wants to teach to an assessment. It's just we don't want to teach the bad assessments. And that's where I appreciate the critique that, hey, if it's not a good assessment, then what am I doing? But if I'm not assessing what the student's doing, then how do I know I taught anything? Jon Eckert: And so it goes back to that great quote. I don't know if you got exposed to the seven step lesson plan from Madeline Hunter. It was how I got taught to teach and it was not UDL, but there were elements of UDL in it before UDL existed. But she said this, "To say you've taught when no one has learned is to say you have sold when no one bought." And so to me, UDL can be that nice through line between instruction and assessment. Am I overstating anything? Is there anything you'd push back on there or anything you'd want to add? Allison Posey: The thing I would push back on is the goal of UDL isn't to be able to achieve an assessment, but the goal is to be able to develop expertise around learning about whatever it is you want to learn about. So we call it expert learning. Now, I think I would say a lot of the language at UNESCO was around even student agency, being able to know what you need to know to do your best learning, and whether that's to take a test so that you can now learn how to drive and that's your goal, or whether it's to become a scientist, or a musician, or whatever it is that you're wanting to do, and be, and the joy you find in life that you're pursuing, that you know how to be strategic to get what you need. You know how to build your background and importantly, you know how to sustain effort and persistence so that you can engage in a way that's meaningful. Allison Posey: And in that sentence, I just used the three UDL principles. So those three principles really do align with what we know about learning and the brain and you have be engaged in order to even pay attention and build the background you need to be able to do what you need to do. So those three principles really are broadly aligned to this model and this way of thinking. So yes to the assessments, but yes to pushing on assessments to really be meaningful and what we need to do in the communities and in the society so that they're connected a little bit tighter. And the other thing you said that I really appreciate is that you're never done. It's never like, there is one thing where I'm like, wow, we did it. Check UDL off the list. There are always more ways of thinking about those assessment questions, your resources, your materials to make sure that they're accessible and that folks can engage and take action strategically with them. Jon Eckert: Well, and I really appreciate that corrective because I came to UDL through the assessment and that was the filter. And I thought it was sometimes a little artificial, but the idea that you're building student agency, you're building cognitive endurance so that they can do meaningful things, that's what we want. And so I like to think of assessment much more broadly as saying, hey, how do we know that you have that agency? What are the markers that show that? And I think that's a much broader perspective than what I came to it with. And so I appreciate that and it gives that, feeds that you're never done. And that's why we're always learning, as educators we're always learning, and our students are always learning and they're growing, but they have to have a passion for what they're doing. So you have to be able to know them, see them, do that, to tap into that cognitive endurance so it doesn't become a compliance culture. Jon Eckert: And I think we've done that in a lot of schools, and I think UDL pushes back on that. I'll give you one example that is a compliance culture for teachers. I still walk in classrooms. I'm like, oh, there's the learning target dutifully written on the board. Well, that's fine, but that doesn't mean anything meaningful is happening for kids. And it becomes a checklist thing to the point you made. And if UDL becomes, oh, we're using UDL check, it's like, no, that's not the point. And so I feel like there's that culture sometimes in US schools where we want to make sure it's being done. So that becomes a checklist. And it's like, well, if you have a really bad teacher, it's better to have a learning target on the board. It's better to use UDL than not, but that doesn't actually mean meaningful learnings happening. And so I think there needs to be a better onboarding of educators, a real time, here's what this looks like, feedback for them as they use UDL. How does CAST, if at all, how do you engage in that kind of training and support for educators? Allison Posey: Oh, you are talking to the right person. I have been thinking about this for years. Jon Eckert: Good, good. Allison Posey: There is no easy answer, but I was actually on the team that worked to really try to develop credentials around UDL. How do you look for and measure what's largely a mindset? Because I do use all the same tools. As I was saying, it's not like all of a sudden you have UDL and there's a magic tool that's different and the classroom looks differently. What's different is my mindset in my mindset of the high expectations for all learners. And if there's a barrier, the barrier is framed in the design of the environment and reduced because I've co-constructed that with my students, with my learners. That is really hard to get a video of, to take a picture of, to gather data around. And so our credential process has tried to identify a minimum. So we have a mindset credential, we have an analysis credential, and then we have an application credential because we realize you don't just all of a sudden shift your mindset and start doing everything differently. Allison Posey: You actually, and I've written again, told you, I think about this a lot. I wrote a whole book on unlearning, how you actually have to unlearn a lot of your tried and true practices that you went through school doing, you went through teacher prep maybe even doing in order to trade up for this really different mindset. I would argue, at least in my experience in the US schools and the little bit that I've been internationally, we still are largely a deficit-based approach where we have kind of a pre-made lasagna lesson that I like to call it. And if a student doesn't do it in more or less the same way, at more or less the same time, we think there's something wrong and we have to fix the student as opposed to saying, wait a minute, it's probably this pre-made lasagna lesson that assumes incorrectly that there is going to be an average student. Allison Posey: And one thing we know from brain science, mathematicians don't like me to say this, one thing we know from brain science is there is no average learner. When you look at brain scans across hundreds of individuals and you look at their average, it matches no one. It's an amazing thing. So in education, we might say, oh, well we have the high group, as I was telling you that that's who they thought they had. They were so much variability in those learners across. And I ended up using UDL to think about nine different dimensions of that variability to really kind of get at the complexity of what educators are tasked to do. And that's to educate each and every student. I mean, it's such an underappreciated profession because it is so hard to do. Jon Eckert: Right. Well, and I just pulled up your book, Unlearning, which is a great title for the book. And what we have to do that. The thing that I worry about, two things. We will take this and turn it into a scripted curriculum, which is taking at least elementary schools by storm in the United States because we have de-professionalized education to where we don't have highly trained people in the classroom where it's like, well, let's give them a script and if a student responds this way, you respond this way. Or we're putting in front of a screen which can be adaptive and can do some of those things. I have that concern. And the second concern I have is that we make teaching seem so complex that very conscientious, hardworking, intelligent educators will say, I just can't do this. This is too much. How does UDL get you focused on the right things without making it so it's a script, but it simplifies it in a way that it feels doable because that's what I hear about UDL. How do you see that playing out, if at all, or are my concerns valid? Allison Posey: No, you say it so well. I think one, we need UDL for educators as well. They are learners and they have brains and they are interacting in these school systems and often do not have the tools and resources and flexibility they need to be able to do their jobs well and they are not paid enough. I would love, love for teachers to actually make what they deserve in wages and to find the difference that that might make. Okay. So UDL for educators as well. Jon Eckert: Get on your soapbox. Okay. Allison Posey: See, I got so into that. I forgot my second point that I was going to make. Oh, descriptiveness of UDL. Here's the secret to UDL. We can provide options. Right. A grocery store has options. It has lots of options. And if I just walk into the grocery store and I'm like, I have options. I don't know what I'm buying, I get frustrated, I'm confused, there all these things you can do. That's like education. We have all these tools, all these things. Often what we're lacking is a very clear goal. You mentioned goals earlier and goals are different from standards, but it's really breaking down, like for this moment in time, here's what I really want my learners to know, do, or care about. And when you have such a clear vision of that, like I know that I'm going to go grocery shopping for the hockey team dinner, I'm going to be so strategic in a different way than I'm shopping for the UNESCO picnic that we're going to have. Right. Jon Eckert: Right. Allison Posey: So depending on the goal, you make such different choices. And so those goals are often in my work with educators, and I've been in the UDL world for 12 years, so it's been a while now. We really end up returning to what's the goal? And very often we hear, here's the activity, or we hear, what's this chapter of the book? And it's like, no, but what's the goal? And once you identify the goal, then you can better identify how to be flexible within that. So it takes more work on the front end. It does. People don't always like to hear. It takes more work on the front end, but it saves you work on the back end. And more learners are able to get to that goal because it's clear, we've reduced some of the hidden biases that are in our like, well, don't you already know how to do that? And why don't you have that private tutor? And it just makes the process so much more transparent. Allison Posey: But it's again, largely not what we're doing in our schools and classrooms now. So you actively have to unlearn. And that takes energy and is hard. So do it small, start small, have teams and people working together with you to build that culture where the flexibility is valued because you recognize that learner variability. Jon Eckert: Yeah. Allison Posey: And the number of times, yeah, go ahead. Jon Eckert: No, I was going to say that's the life-giving part of teaching, when you see kids doing things that they didn't think they could do. And so that's where it keeps you coming back and it makes it worth the effort. And so it's way more fun to put the effort on the front end where kids can be successful and trying to give them feedback on ways that you're like, I clearly did not set this up. We did not have a clear target, we didn't have success criteria. We didn't... And so totally 100% agree. The effort on the front ends, way more rewarding than trying to clean up a bad assignment on the back end. So yeah. Allison Posey: Yeah, just like a bad dinner party. It's so much to say. Everyone didn't like my one lasagna I gave them. What? Jon Eckert: Good example. So let me wrap us up with our lightning round. So given all your experience with UDL and some of the misapplication of some of the research and the neuroscience that you know, what's the worst piece of advice you've ever heard? It doesn't have to be related to UDL, but it could be. But worst piece of advice you've gotten as an educator. Allison Posey: Oh, one of them was don't smile the first half of the year. Jon Eckert: I need to go back. We've done about 40 of these podcasts and I think in about 30 of them when I've asked it, that's the worst piece of advice that comes up every time. Allison Posey: No kidding. Yes. Right. Jon Eckert: It's horrible advice because it dehumanizes teaching. Allison Posey: It's all about the relationships and the community. So why would you not have that from the beginning? Jon Eckert: Right. I do not know. I hope that advice is not, I hope it's just because I'm old, that that feels like advice,- Allison Posey: Oh, I have a different one maybe. Maybe here's another one. Check your emotions at the door. Jon Eckert: Oh, similar, right? Ridiculous. And you've also written a book on emotions, right? Allison Posey: Yes. Jon Eckert: Yes. Yes. Allison Posey: Yes. You are never without those emotions. In fact, if you check them at the door, there's a problem. Jon Eckert: Right. And part of decision making includes emotions. I think emotions have kind of gotten a little bit, they've gotten a bad rap and now there's kind of a corrective coming. So super helpful. All right. Best piece of advice you've ever received? Allison Posey: Oh, this will be for my mentor David Rose. Oh, she just came to mind, but I'll stick to one. Anything worth doing will probably not be achieved in your lifetime. Jon Eckert: Oh, wow. That's, okay. And then give me the second one too because you said you had two. Allison Posey: Teaching's emotional work. Jon Eckert: Ah. All right. No. Hey, that's a good reminder. And I just read the Same as Ever by Morgan Housel. And he had this thing, he came out in November of 2023. He said, "We don't celebrate incremental improvement enough." So if you look at heart disease and the way it's been managed since the 1950s, we've made a one and a half percent improvement every year since the 1950s. And you're never going to get a headline, hey, we made a one and a half percent improvement in heart disease treatment. Allison Posey: Right. Jon Eckert: But over time, that compounding interest is huge. And I think as educators, we need to remember it's not, and I've quit talking about solutions and I focus on improvement because I think solutions indicate that we think that there's some place that we arrive at, which we talked about earlier. We don't. We just keep improving. And so that's where... Super helpful piece there. Okay. What's the biggest challenge you see for educators? We can go worldwide or in the US. You pick your audience. What's the biggest challenge you see? Allison Posey: I mean, the biggest challenge I hear over and over is time. We just don't have time to do the curriculum adaptation that we need to do, to have the conversations, to do the one-on-one. So we do hear repeatedly that time is a barrier. But I will say from my perspective, it's the mindset. It's really, the deficit mindset is still so pervasive and we pass that on to students. So they think they're not science students or they're just not good at math. I mean, they have these raw generalizations that, again, from a neuroscience perspective, we know is not true, so. Jon Eckert: That's good. Allison Posey: Yeah, I think that deficit mindset's our biggest challenge right now. Jon Eckert: Well, and John Hattie's work on mind frames reinforces that as well. I mean, very similar kinds of framing. And I do think, well, and Ronald Heifetz work on adaptive challenges. He's a Harvard guy. Your degrees from Harvard. The idea that technical challenges are real, but adaptive challenges require a change in mindset because the problem and solution are unclear. And so many of the issues that we deal with in education are adaptive and not technical. As we keep slapping more technical band aids on adaptive challenges, teachers get cynical as they should. Allison Posey: They should. Yes. Jon Eckert: As they should. Allison Posey: Yes. Jon Eckert: Yes. So what's your best hope for educators as you look ahead? Allison Posey: I just hope they see the impact. It's such an important profession and we need the best people in it. I thank teachers all the time for doing the work they do, because one student at a time makes a difference and it has such opportunity to promote change and to make that difference. It's our future, it's our collective future. So it's such an important profession. Jon Eckert: It's a good word Allison. Good word to end on. Well, hey, thank you for the work you do. Allison Posey: It's more than one word. Jon Eckert: Yeah. Allison Posey: I'm rarely down to one word. Jon Eckert: Hey, that's all right. That's all right. You did better than I would've done. But thanks for what you do and thanks you for the time that you gave us today. Allison Posey: I appreciate it. Thank you so much for having me.

The Behavioral View
The Behavioral View 4.6: Parent Training

The Behavioral View

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 58:45


This episode of The Behavioral View focuses on parent training. It covers effective strategies for engaging parents in behavior-analytic interventions, improving collaboration, and tailoring techniques to meet the needs of families from diverse backgrounds. To earn CEUs for listening, click here, log in or sign up, pay the CEU fee, + take the attendance verification to generate your certificate! Don't forget to subscribe and follow and leave us a rating and review. Show Notes References and Resources:    Kazdin, A. E., & Rotella, C. (2008). The kazdin method for parenting the defiant child : with no pills, no therapy, no contest of wills. Houghton Mifflin.  Latham, G. I. (1994). The Power of Positive Parenting. P & T Ink  Brianna Weist on Self Care  CR Care Coordinator 

16:1
Examining the Effects of High-Stakes Standardized Tests on Learning Outcomes

16:1

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024 65:30


Education News Headline RoundupOver the past few weeks, there have been significant developments at the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS Ohio). On May 15, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost initiated an investigation into the allegations of a hostile takeover attempt of the $90 billion pension fund, which serves thousands of educators, by QED Systematic Solutions.Academic publishing is facing a crisis of credibility as journals close and thousands of retractions are issued in the wake of a glut of fake research papers. A study by Nature found that in 2013 there were just over 1,000 retractions compared to 2022 with 4,000 and then jumping to more than 10k in 2023. More than 8k of the retractions came from an Egyptian company called Hindawi, which is a subsidiary of Wiley; the Hindawi brand will be sunsetted and its properties absorbed into Wiley. Wiley has announced they will close 19 journals because of the rise of fake papers.A report by Spectrum News from May 14th alleges that millions of dollars in Texas taxpayer funds intended for a charter school in Odessa were diverted to support struggling Third Future charter schools network in Colorado, of which Houston Independent School District superintendent Mike Miles is founder and with whom he has recently maintained a consulting relationship.Examining the Effects of High-Stakes Standardized Tests on Learning OutcomesThis episode explores the history and impact of high-stakes standardized testing in the U.S., starting with a brief review of the No Child Left Behind Act and its legacy. Discussions include the educational goals of high-stakes tests (such as accountability and standardization), and the reasons why these tests often fall short of bettering educational outcomes for students, including curriculum narrowing and stress on students and teachers. We also delve into recent research, including a 2024 study by Maroun and Tienken, which highlights the significant influence of socioeconomic factors on test performance.Discussion QuestionsWhat are the consequences of "teaching to the test"?Why does the high-stakes testing system persist despite its criticisms?Can we design a system with standardized tests but without high-stakes consequences? What might this look like?What would it take to move school administrators and policy makers toward the idea that standardized tests should inform academic strategies instead of penalties or other punitive measures?How do we develop a system to hold educators accountable for serving students well that recognizes that a student's academic or standardized test performance is not always the best indicator of that student's learning? Would peer/student reviews play a part in this system?Sources & Resources:Ohio AG investigating alleged 'hostile takeover' inside teacher's pension fundMarch Board News | STRS OhioApril Board News | STRS OhioFebruary Board News | STRS Ohio EmployerAnswering viewer questions about Ohio's retired teachers' pension fund chaosHouston teachers union calls for Mike Miles' resignation after explosive reportHISD students plan walkout as investigation launches into state-appointed superintendent Mike MilesHISD's Mike Miles responds to 'spurious' investigation into charter school networkHISD superintendent Mike Miles accused of mishandling state education funds | CW39 HoustonHouston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles responds to allegations he diverted Texas school funds to his Colorado schoolsReport about charter schools founded by Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles prompts calls for investigationHISD Superintendent Mike Miles responds to report he funneled TX taxpayer money to Colorado | TEA commissioner, Third Future Schools also respondDisappearing Dollars: Texas public schools missing millionsFlood of Fake Science Forces Multiple Journal Closures - WSJWiley shuts 19 scholarly journals amid AI paper mill problem • The RegisterWiley to shutter 19 journalsEvolving our portfolio in response to integrity challenges | Hindawi‘The situation has become appalling': fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis pointSurge In Academic Retractions Should Put U.S. Scholars On NoticeScience's fake-paper problem: high-profile effort will tackle paper millsThe Pernicious Predictability of State-Mandated Tests of Academic Achievement in the United StatesStandardized Testing is Still Failing Students | NEAResearch Shows What State Standardized Tests Actually MeasureHistory of Standardized Tests - ProCon.org18 years ago, Mike Pence voted against No Child Left Behind. So did Bernie Sanders. Their reasons weren't the same. - The Washington PostEpisode 51 - Left Behind - 16:1 - An Education PodcastObama Calls for Major Change in Education Law - The New York TimesHistory of Standardized Testing in the United States | NEAPearson, ETS, Houghton Mifflin, and McGraw-Hill Lobby Big and Profit Bigger from School Tests | PR WatchHistory of Memorial Day | National Memorial Day Concert | PBS

Crazy Town
Escaping Capitalism: How to Replace the "Logic" of Psychopaths, Pharma Bros, and Private Prisons

Crazy Town

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 70:54 Transcription Available


Capitalism ruins SO many things, from key sectors like college sports all the way down to novelties like people's health and the environment. Jason, Rob, and Asher rely on their keen insight and otherworldly investigative talents to somehow unearth a few flaws of capitalism. But rather than wallow in the world of profiteering and privatization, they explore the solidarity economy and other alternatives to the "greed is good" way of running things.Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.Sources/Links/Notes:Wikipedia page “Nike and the University of Oregon”Joshua Hunt book: University of Nike: How Corporate Cash Bought American Higher Education.Erik Olin Wright, How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century, Verso 2019.Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty First Century, Harvard University Press 2014.Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers.Jeffrey Sachs, “Twentieth-Century Political Economy: A Brief History of Global Capitalism,” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 15, No. 4.Summary of End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes ActDavid Bollier, The Commoner's Catalog for ChangemakingLobbying to defeat bills that prohibit private prisonsMore lobbying in support of private prisonsIncredible drug price increase after hedge fund manager acquires itAnnual report of Weaver Street MarketDonnie Maclurcan's explanation of not-for-profit enterprisesRanking of the world's happiest countriesBoston Ujima ProjectAlfie Kohn,  No Contest: The Case Against Competition, Houghton Mifflin, 1992.B Corps and B LabDefinition of the solidarity economy from the New Economy CoalitionSupport the Show.

HistoryBoiz
Marie Curie

HistoryBoiz

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 224:59


Marie Curie was a revolutionary scientist discovering a previously unknown state of matter, as well as two elements on the periodic table. She was first woman to win the Nobel Prize and first person to win in twice (not to mention in different scientific fields). Join us for the incomparable Marie Curie! Sources: Curie, Eve, and Vincent Sheean. Madam Curie. Mass., Houghton Mifflin, 1963. Editors. “Marie Curie.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 11 Mar. 2024, www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Curie. Goldsmith, Barbara. Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie. Paw Prints, 2008.

Beyond the Seas
The Twilight Realms

Beyond the Seas

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 47:25 Transcription Available


Grand tidings! On this week's episode, we explore four of mythology's most elusive and mysterious realms only just beyond our sight and reach--though they exist more closely to our world than we think...Instagram: @beyondtheseaspodcastPodcast website: https://beyondtheseas.buzzsprout.com/More info: https://www.kierandanaan.com/beyond-the-seasSubscribe for all the mythological and folkloric episodes, posted weekly.This week's book: The Eagle and the Raven, by Pauline GedgeSources-“Everything you need to know about Tír na nÓg.” Celtic Titles, 10 February 2022. celtictitles.com/blog/tir-na-nog-Grey, Orrin. “The Lost World of Agartha and The History Behind the Myth.” The Polarist, 2 March 2023. www. theportalist.com/lost-world-agartha. -Hill, Bryan. “Hy-Brasil: The Legendary Phantom Island of Ireland.” Ancient Origins, www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/hy-brasil-legendary-phantom-island-ireland-003608. Accessed 15 January 2024. -McAnally, D.R. Irish Wonders. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1888. -Strom, Caleb. “Avalon: A Real Island Obscured by Legend, or Just a Legendary Island?” Ancient Origins. www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/avalon-real-island-obscured-legend-or-just-legendary-island- 007685. Accessed 15 January 2024. Music"Irish Mountains" by Ben Winwood"Aisling" by Hans Johnson"Wee Folk" by Ian Post"A Daydream About Spring" by Mark Tyner, 2018 - Creative Commons LicenseCheers,Kieran

The 7am Novelist
Bonus! Spitballing with Michael Lowenthal

The 7am Novelist

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2024 32:49


What is spitballing? A way to open up new ideas and possibilities in response to a writer's story in a way that brightens their imagination and allows them to “steer into the curve,” making the story truly their own. Michael Lowenthal, who teaches a similar workshop method with the Story Lab at Lesley University, gives us some pointers about how to make the process work and what to avoid.There's still time to register for our live webinar, beginning tomorrow. Email me at 7amnovelist.substack.com if you want to take part. You can also watch the recordings here on our SubStack page or listen to the podcast on your favorite podcast platform. Subscribe to our Substack page for updates.Want “spitballing” help for one of your own writing obstacles? Subscribers can email a one-minute-or-less recording (Wave, MP4, or M4A format) detailing “What's Holding You Back?” to 7amnovelist@substack.com. If making a recording seems impossible, submit your responses in writing (under 200 words).Michael Lowenthal is the author of four novels: The Same Embrace (Dutton, 1998); Avoidance (Graywolf Press, 2002); Charity Girl (Houghton Mifflin, 2007), which was a New York Times Book Review “Editors' Choice” and a Washington Post “Top Fiction of 2007″ pick; and The Paternity Test (University of Wisconsin Press, 2012), an Indie Next selection and a Lambda Literary Award finalist. His short stories and essays have appeared in Tin House, Ploughshares, the Southern Review, Guernica, True Story, and the Kenyon Review, and have been widely anthologized, in such volumes as Lost Tribe: Jewish Fiction from the Edge, Bestial Noise: The Tin House Fiction Reader, and Best New American Voices 2005. He has also written for the New York Times Magazine, Boston Magazine, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Out, and many other publications. His first story collection, Sex With Strangers, was published in March 2021. Lowenthal lives in Boston. Since 2003, he has been a faculty member in the low-residency MFA program at Lesley University. Thank you for reading The 7am Novelist. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 7amnovelist.substack.com

The Healthcare Policy Podcast ®  Produced by David Introcaso
David Ropeik Discusses His Just-Published Book, "Curing Cancer-Phobia, How Risk, Fear and Worry Mislead Us"

The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 48:17


In part because there are over 10,000 known human diseases and symptoms thereof may have numerous possible explanations, frequently diagnostic tests can be in-determinative or less informative than observing (termed: watchful waiting) a suspected disease's clinical course over time.  Because of diagnostic complexities population level diagnostic errors represent a significant public health problem.  Nevertheless, despite the progress made in treating cancer - as Ropeik writes in his introduction two-thirds of nearly 200 types of cancer are either treatable as chronic diseases or entirely curable - cancer today remains the emperor of nosophobias that in turn leads to over-screening, over diagnosis and false positives, over treatment, potentially harmful side effects, death and excessive healthcare budgeting and wasteful spending.  As one reviewer of the book wrote, “Ropeik details how the gravity force of cancerphobia warps risk perception, leading to personal and societal harms and legislative misdirection.”  During this interview Mr. Ropeik begins by clarifying the book's discussion is at the population level, disputes the belief cancer always needs be diagnosed as soon as possible and describes the US Preventive Services Taskforce's (USPSFT's) work upon which his book is based. He next discusses USPSTF's (evolving) mammography screening recommendations for breast cancer, the prevalence of associated false positive diagnoses particularly related to DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ). He discusses his chapter regarding environmental agents as cancer agents or contributing to the fear of cancer, the lack of a relationship between federal funding and the burden of disease, e.g., breast v pancreatic cancer funding. He concludes by discussing policy solutions that can simultaneously reduce cancer phobia and improve the effectiveness and cost cancer care. Mr. David P. Ropeik is a retired Harvard University Instructor, author, and international consultant on risk perception, risk communication, and risk management. He worked as a television reporter for WCVB-TV in Boston from 1978 – 2000 specializing on environment and science issues, wrote a science column for The Boston Globe, taught journalism at Boston University, Tufts University, and MIT, was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT and a member of the Board of Directors of the Society of Environmental Journalists. Mr. Ropeik previously published “How Risky Is It, Really? Why Our Fears Don't Always Match the Facts,” (2010, McGraw Hill), and co-author of “RISK, A Practical Guide for Deciding What's Really Safe and What's Really Dangerous in the World Around You,” (2002, Houghton Mifflin). Mr. Ropeik has also authored more than 50 articles, book chapters, and other essays on risk perception and risk communication published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Scientific American, The Atlantic Monthly, Health Affairs, Issues in Science and Technology and elsewhere. He writes a blog for Psychology Today and blogged at Big Think and The Huffington Post. Among numerous awards Mr. Ropeik is a two time winner of the DuPont-Columbia Award and seven regional EMMY awards. Information on “Curing Cancer-Phobia” is at: https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12956/curing-cancerphobia. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

Keen On Democracy
A Graphic Diary of the War in Ukraine: Nora Krug on the contrasting realities of a Ukrainian journalist and a Russian artist in the first year of Russian invasion

Keen On Democracy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2023 37:03


EPISODE 1824: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Nora Krug, author of DIARIES OF WAR, about the contrasting realities of a Ukrainian journalist and a Russian artist in the first year of the Russian invasionNora Krug is a German-American author and illustrator whose drawings and visual narratives have appeared in newspapers, magazines and anthologies internationally. Her illustrations have been recognized with gold and silver medals by the Society of Illustrators and the NY Art Directors Club. Krug is a recipient of fellowships from Fulbright, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Maurice Sendak Foundation, and others. Her books are included in the Library of Congress and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University. Krug was named Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year and 2019 Book Illustration Prize Winner by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her visual memoir Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home (Scribner, 2018, foreign edition title Heimat), about WWII and her own German family history, was chosen as a best book of the year by the New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, Kirkus Review, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Boston Globe. It was the winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, the Art Directors Club gold cube and discipline winner cube, the Society of Illustrators silver medal, and the British Book Design and Production Award, among others. Her collaboration with historian Timothy Snyder, a graphic edition of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (Ten Speed Press, 2021), was named a Best Graphic Novel of 2021 by the New York Times, a New York Times Editor's Choice, one of Germany's Most Beautiful Books of 2022 and won a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators. Diaries of War, her Pulitzer Prize-nominated book of graphic journalism that chronicles the contrasting experiences of a Ukrainian journalist and a Russian artist, both grappling with the realities of Russia's renewed invasion of Ukraine in 2022, won the Oversea's Press Club's Best Cartoon Award runner-up citation. Her visual biography, Kamikaze, about a surviving Japanese WWII pilot, was included in Houghton Mifflin's Best American Comics and Best Non-Required Reading, and her animations were shown at the Sundance Film Festival. Krug is Associate Professor of Illustration at the Parsons School of Design in New York City. Prior to her professorship at Parsons, Krug served as a Professor of Illustration at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel, Germany. She holds a B.A. Honours degree in Performance Design from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, a Diplom in Visual Communications from the University of Arts Berlin, and an M.F.A. in Illustration as a Visual Essay from the School of Visual Arts in New York.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.

Rumors of Grace with Bob Hutchins
Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc- President of SNHU- How Our Social Systems are Failing Us and How We Can Fix Them

Rumors of Grace with Bob Hutchins

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 52:19


Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc is President of Southern New Hampshire University, the nation's largest nonprofit provider of online higher education. Under his leadership since 2003, SNHU has grown from 2,800 to over 220,000 learners. He has served as Senior Policy Advisor at the Department of Education and currently serves on the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity. An immigrant and first-generation college student himself, Dr. LeBlanc holds degrees from Framingham State, Boston College, and UMass. He directed a tech startup for Houghton Mifflin and was President of Marlboro College before coming to SNHU in 2003. We discuss his new book, Broken: How Our Social Systems are Failing Us and How We Can Fix Them . We also talk about technology and artificial intelligence as it affects social systems.

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast
Inspiration Takeover: No Exercises with Michael Collier

The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 15:25


Do you hate writing exercises? Do you feel they are contrived and a waste of time? So did Robert Frost and Poet Michael Collier, who believed a writer's whole nature must be in everything he writes. But Michael shows us how writing exercises can build community via a Three Goat Story in this Inspiration Takeover, a series of mini-episodes with different writers who offer us a little dose of inspiration. Michael Robert Collier is an American poet, teacher, creative writing program administrator and editor. He has published five books of original poetry, a translation of Euripides' Medea, a book of prose pieces about poetry, and has edited three anthologies of poetry. From 2001 to 2004 he was the Poet Laureate of Maryland. As of 2011, he is the director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, a professor of creative writing at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the poetry editorial consultant for Houghton Mifflin (now Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

TILT Parenting: Raising Differently Wired Kids
TPP 333: David Marcus on Post-High School Alternative Paths for Differently Wired Kids

TILT Parenting: Raising Differently Wired Kids

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 39:44 Transcription Available


We're talking about what we often call in the neurodivergent space, long runways, for our emerging young adults, specifically alternative paths for differently wired students who are graduating high school but may not either be ready for a “typical” college experience or for whom college isn't part of the plan.We do get a little update from Dave on the admissions landscape, but most of the this episode is dedicated to considering other options for students, including gap years, apprenticeships, taking a few classes at a community college, and most importantly, slowing the whole “launching” process down to support kids who would really benefit from extra time to develop and grow, recover from mental health challenges, destress, and more. About my guest:David L Marcus is a college admissions coach who loves helping students and parents find balance and joy. He has been a journalist, author and teacher – as well as a writing coach for CEOs.David wrote a book about college admissions, Acceptance (published by Penguin Books). He also wrote a book about struggling teens, What It Takes to Pull Me Through (published by Houghton Mifflin). He has appeared on the Today show and NPR's Morning Edition; he has spoken about education at conferences, schools, churches, and synagogues across the U.S. David is an honors graduate of Brown University. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. But he says classes at a community college changed his life.Things you'll learn:What has changed for students who are college bound now that we are through the pandemicHow the decision-making and admission process has changed for students and for collegesWhy gap years can be such a good option for some students and the different ways a gap year might lookWhy community college might be a good starting point for neurodivergent kidsOther options for kids who don't want to take the college route after high schoolAdvice for parents with kids close to the end of high school on how to support them after they graduateResources:David Marcus' websiteAcceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges–and Find Themselves by David MarcusWhat It Takes To Pull Me Through: Four Troubled Teenagers And Fourteen Months That Transformed Them by David MarcusCollege Vetting, Admissions, & Accommodations for Differently Wired Students (Tilt Parenting Podcast)Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities by Elizabeth HambletGap Year AssociationCollege Autism SpectrumSupport the showConnect with Tilt Parenting Visit Tilt Parenting Take the free 7-Day Challenge Read a chapter of Differently Wired Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram

Gathering The Kings
Scaling Businesses & Knowing When to Exit: Greg Davis

Gathering The Kings

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 42:46


Join us for episode 262 of Gathering The Kings Podcast, featuring our guest, Greg Davis, the CEO of Bigleaf Networks. Rising from a restaurant tragedy to tech titan, Greg pivoted his career with a unique twist, pouring his operational prowess into the tech space, laser-focused on human safety. With five high-impact tech ventures to his name, he's a powerhouse in business strategy and a master at rallying teams towards crystal-clear goals.Get ready to be blown away with Greg's fresh takes on universal business processes, strategic decision-making, and value creation. You'll get an insider's look into how he navigates large operations, leans into his gut instincts, and even the story behind "Hunger Rush", a nod to his family roots. Greg, the perfect blend of super-smart and super-relatable, will ignite your business thinking. So, brace yourself and hit that play button – this is a must-listen episode!During this episode, you will learn about;[01:13] Introduction to Greg Davis and his business[05:11] Greg's burning desire that keeps him pushing[10:43] A good decision that Greg has made in his career [18:39] Greg reflects on what causes bad decisions[23:57] Greg's decision making process[26:59] How and when to trust your gut to make decisions[29:43] One KPI Greg would track if he had to choose only one?[32:09] Greg's book recommendations[35:12] How Greg obsesses over work and family [38:29] What advice would Greg give to his younger self?[40:13] How to connect with Greg Davis[41:18] Info on Gathering The Kings MastermindNotable Quotes"Greed is compelling, and it's available all the time." - Greg Davis"My lesson to everyone else is: when the boat leaves the dock, you want to be on the dock waving." - Greg Davis"You can burn a lot of calories chasing things that don't necessarily make sense." - Greg Davis"Great ideas that you can't execute are a waste of time." - Greg Davis"I waited way too long to start making big-boy decisions in my life." - Greg Davis"There is a whole skillset that a woman has, especially in the way she thinks, that I don't have. That's the part I'm always trying to pick from." - Chaz Wolfe (Host)"Go be all that you're meant to be. Make bold decisions." - Chaz Wolfe (Host)Books and Resources Recommended:Bissinger, Buzz. Three Nights in August. Houghton Mifflin, 2005.Three Nights In August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager: Bissinger, Buzz: 9780618710539: Amazon.com: BooksLencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Jossey-Bass, 2002.The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable: Patrick M. Lencioni,Patrick Lencioni: 9788126522743: Amazon.com: BooksHorowitz, Ben. The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers. HarperBusiness, 2014.

Smart Dating Academy - The Podcast
75: Messy Love - And How to Make it "Mighty Gorgeous!"

Smart Dating Academy - The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 70:21


This episode is amazing, and Bela chats with the brilliant, prolific author Amy Ferris (author of "Mighty Gorgeous, A Little Book About Messy Love).   Amy's life has been the most incredible journey, from watching her father get arrested (and then acquitted),  leaving home at 15 years old to go live on a commune (Jewish girls did NOT do that back in the day), lots of bad men along the way, and the connection to the RIGHT one (during the filming of a movie she wrote, directed by Anthony Minghella, and starring half a dozen Hollywood icons).    Amy is a fierce advocate for women, and for helping us to love EVERY SINGLE PART of ourselves.   You'll hear her best, grooviest advice, her love lessons, why people-pleasing is so detrimental, how to "Own Your Life", why "Self Love is Good Love is Grand Love is Love", and why we shouldn't waste time. You can pre-order her book here (releases 10/23):  https://amzn.to/3qiOZQ6 About Amy Ferris: Amy Ferris is an author, editor, screenwriter and playwright. Her memoir, Marrying George Clooney: Confessions from a Midlife Crisis (Seal Press),was adapted into an Off-Broadway play in 2012. As a screenwriter, she co-wrote the film Mr. Wonderful and was nominated for a Best Screenplay Award (BET, Black Reel Award) for her adaptation of the film Funny Valentines. Her YA book a greater goode was published by Houghton Mifflin. As an editor, she curated Shades of Blue: Writers on Depression, Suicide, and Feeling Blue (Seal Press) and co-edited the anthology Dancing at The Shame Prom (Seal Press). She recently co-authored the book Old School Love (HarperCollins) with Rev Run of Run-DMC fame. In 2019, she was named one of Women's eNews's “21 Leaders for the 21st Century,” and in 2021 she was a recipient of NextTribe's, “Women of the Year.” Amy is a co-founder of the Milford Readers and Writers Festival.  She makes her home in Pennsylvania. Download this episode, share it on social, and sign up for our free newsletter by filling out any contact form on our site (www.smartdatingacademy.com).  Follow us on Instagram as well @smartdatingacademy! Follow us on Instagram at @smartdatingacademy Schedule your consultation with us here!   We are on a waiting list, and would love to help you!  https://www.smartdatingacademy.com/11-coaching/coaching-call-with-bela

Beyond the Breakers
Episode 103.4 - "Lest you fall upon the island of Ireland...": The Spanish Armada, Part 4

Beyond the Breakers

Play Episode Play 60 sec Highlight Listen Later May 20, 2023 66:51


Here we wrap up the main sequence of the Spanish Armada story. As all hope of a rendezvous with Parma has been lost, Medina Sidonia has no choice but to bring his ships north around Scotland and Ireland, and then back on the long journey south back to Spain. We bid farewell to Drake, Recalde, Frobisher, the Valdes cousins, and all of the other friends we've made along the way. Sources:Allingham, Hugh. "The Spanish Armada: A Spanish Captain's Experiences in Ulster in 1588: A Reminiscence (With Notes)." Ulster Journal of Archaeology, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 178 - 194. Flanagan, Laurence. "The Irish Legacy of the Armada." Archaeology Ireland, vol. 2, no. 4, Winter 1988, pp. 145 - 149Hanson, Neil. The Confident Hope of a Miracle. Knopf, 2003. Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982.Jensen, De Lamar. “The Spanish Armada: The Worst-Kept Secret in Europe.” The Sixteenth Century Journal, vo. 19, no. 4, Winter 1988, pp. 621 - 641.Kelleher, Connie. "La Trinidad Valencera - 1588 Spanish wreck: results of the Underwater Archaeology Unit's work at the site 2004-6." The Journal of Irish Archaeology, vol. 20, pp. 123 - 139.Lowth, Cormac F. "Finds of the Spanish Armada." Dublin Historical Record, vol. 57, no. 1, Spring 2004, pp. 24 - 37. Mackie J.D. "Scotland and the Spanish Armada." The Scottish Historical Review, vol. 12, no. 45, Oct 1914, pp. 1 - 23. Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada. Houghton Mifflin, 1959.Parker, Geoffrey. The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road: 1567- 1659 2nd Edition. Cambridge, 2004.Thomas, Hugh. World Without End: Spain, Philip II, and the First Global Empire. Random House, 2014.Check out our Patreon here!Support the show

Longform
Episode 534: Tracy Kidder

Longform

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 38:58


Tracy Kidder is the author of eleven books, including The Soul of a New Machine and Mountains Beyond Mountains. His latest is Rough Sleepers. “I do think it's an interesting challenge to try to write about virtue, with all that's always mixed with it. Some writers have said it's virtually impossible … but it's not impossible. … People who are really trying, struggling against the odds, I think they're worth writing about.” Show notes: tracykidder.com Kidder on Longform Kidder's Atlantic archive 01:00 “‘You Have to Learn to Listen': How a Doctor Cares for Boston's Homeless” (The New York Times • Jan 2023) 06:00 “The Good Doctor” (New Yorker • July 2000) 06:00 Mountains Beyond Mountains (Random House • 2009) 19:00 Good Prose (Kidder and Richard Todd • Random House • 2013) 21:00 House (Houghton Mifflin • 1985) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Otherppl with Brad Listi
837. Anne Elizabeth Moore

Otherppl with Brad Listi

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 79:08


Anne Elizabeth Moore is the author of the essay collection Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes, available from The Feminist Press. It is the official May pick of the Otherppl Book Club. Moore was born in Winner, SD. She is the author of Unmarketable (2007), the Eisner Award-winning Sweet Little Cunt (2018), Gentrifier: A Memoir (2021), which was an NPR Best Book of the Year, and others. She is the founding editor of Houghton Mifflin's Best American Comics and the former editor of Punk Planet, The Comics Journal, and the Chicago Reader. She has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Ragdale Foundation. She is a Fulbright Senior Scholar, has taught in the Visual Critical Studies department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and was the 2019 Mackey Chair of Creative Writing at Beloit College. She lives in the Catskills with her ineffective feline personal assistants, Taku and Captain America. *** Otherppl with Brad Listi is a weekly literary podcast featuring in-depth interviews with today's leading writers. Available where podcasts are available: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, etc. Subscribe to Brad Listi's email newsletter. Support the show on Patreon Merch @otherppl Instagram  YouTube TikTok Email the show: letters [at] otherppl [dot] com The podcast is a proud affiliate partner of Bookshop, working to support local, independent bookstores. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beyond the Breakers
Episode 103.3 - "It was the most fearful day in the world...": The Spanish Armada, Part 3

Beyond the Breakers

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2023 53:36


In Part III of our Series on the Spanish Armada, it's showtime! We cover the engagements at Portland Bill, the Isle of Wight, and Gravelines. We discuss flyboats, fireships, and timebombs. We finally criticize our boy Medina Sidonia. This episode really has it all. Sources:Hanson, Neil. The Confident Hope of a Miracle. Knopf, 2003.Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982.Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada. Houghton Mifflin, 1959. Parker, Geoffrey. The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road: 1567- 1659 2nd Edition. Cambridge, 2004.Thompson, I. A. A. “The Appointment of The Duke of Medina Sidonia to the Command of the Spanish Armada.” The Historical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1969, pp. 197 - 216.Check out our Patreon here!Support the show

Education Evolution
156. Maximizing the Value of Summer School with Sari Factor

Education Evolution

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 37:49


In years past, summer school has been used as a way to punish kids who were falling behind, putting them into remedial classes where there was a lot of rote memorization and dry reading crammed into a short space. While those days aren't fully over yet, many organizations and schools are working hard to create summer school programs that are engaging and allow students to succeed on their own terms.   Imagine Learning is one such organization. Through technology, teachers can personalize learning for students and try out new modalities in summer school. And students can grow leaps and bounds in smaller classes with teachers who are more focused on their needs.   This week on the podcast, Sari Factor of Imagine Learning is sharing more about the benefits of summer school, why we shouldn't be afraid of technology, how we can use summer school as a way to address inequity in learning, and so much more.   If you're an educator or parent who is wondering about the value of summer school, it's time to listen in!   About Sari Factor: Sari is the Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer at Imaging Learning.   She began her career as a mathematics teacher but soon thought of much bigger ways to impact students. Recognizing that technology could greatly transform the way students learn, she made a career move into education technology and has been working to leverage technology to help students, teachers, schools, and districts ever since.   Sari joined Imagine Learning in 2011 and has held leadership positions at successful educational publishing and learning technology companies, including Kaplan, McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, and Everyday Learning Corporation. “I knew that I could fulfill my vision to combine technology with research on learning to make education truly student-centered.”  Jump in the Conversation: [1:39] Where transforming education began for Sari [2:42] - A tech upside to the pandemic [3:59] - First response to tech is to feel threatened [4:57] - You can't separate school work from work at large [5:25] - How Imagine Learning is maximizing student learning [6:35] - In summer school in particular, you can personalize learning in a way you can't during the regular school year [8:26] - Teachers can focus better in summer school [9:45] - Personalized intervention comes into play for mastery learning [12:54] - The gift of mastery based learning [14:40] - Making a positive impact on test scores [17:50] - How administrators can address burnout of year round schooling and support teachers and students [21:21] - Summer classes can address inequity in learning [24:48] - What learners and educators can feel less daunted about summer school [27:36] - Turbo Time [32:48] - Sari's Magic Wand [34:00] - Maureen's Takeaways Links & Resources Imagine Learning Connect with Sari on LinkedIn Email Maureen Maureen's TEDx: Changing My Mind to Change Our Schools The Education Evolution Facebook: Follow Education Evolution Twitter: Follow Education Evolution LinkedIn: Follow Education Evolution EdActive Collective Maureen's book: Creating Micro-Schools for Colorful Mismatched Kids Micro-school feature on Good Morning America The Micro-School Coalition Facebook: The Micro-School Coalition LEADPrep  

Ask Win
E: 24 S: 15 Win Charles interviews Lissa Warren on being a literary publicist

Ask Win

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 24:22


Ask Win: http://ask-win.weebly.com. Ask Win sponsor: https://melodyclouds.com. Please donate to Ask Win by going to Payment Venmo Win1195 at https://venmo.com/. Win Kelly Charles' Books: https://www.amazon.com/Win-Kelly-Charles/e/B009VNJEKE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1. Win Kelly Charles' MONAT: https://wincharles.mymonat.com.   On Ask Win today (Friday, December 30, 2022), Best-Selling Author, Win C welcomes Lissa Warren. Lissa has been a literary publicist for more than twenty-five years. She began her career at the legendary Boston publishing house David R. Godine, and went on to work at Houghton Mifflin, Perseus Publishing, and Da Capo Press, where she served as Vice President, Senior Director of Publicity and Acquiring Editor for two decades, seeing it through its acquisition by one of the “Big 5” houses, the Hachette Book Group, where she worked until 2019 when she launched her own company, Lissa Warren PR, which specializes in publicity for books and authors. To learn more about Lissa visit https://www.lissawarrenpr.com.

The Story Behind Her Success
Anita Silvey: The Fairy Godmother of Children's Literature -216

The Story Behind Her Success

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 24:20


As long as love infuses everything I do, I'm in the place I want to be. -Anita Silvey Armed with a firm belief that children's books change lives, Anita Silvey has spent her entire career in children's literature as an editor, a literary critic, and as an author. Raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Anita recalls being one of those kids whose idea of heaven involved a cozy chair and a pile of books from the local library. The daughter of a college-educated teacher and the former head of communications during the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, Anita graduated from the University of Indiana with a degree in education and soon made her way to Boston in an old VW bug with her boyfriend and her cat. It wasn't long before she landed a job in the children's department at Houghton Mifflin where she would launch her legendary career as the fairy godmother of children's literature. In this interview, Anita shares many stories about famous authors she has worked with as well as the mindset a great children's book author or editor must have: “We have a very high memory of our childhood. We remember the feelings of our childhood, and inside us are all the layers of our lives. “ The author of many books including Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book, The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators, 100 Best Books for Children, 500 Great Books for Teens and Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger, Anita Silvey is a national treasure. For a tutorial on how to make it in the world of children's literature, just hit that download button. #childrensbooks #publishing #hougtonmifflin #library

Backlisted
The Springs of Affection by Maeve Brennan

Backlisted

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 69:55


There can be few writers more deserving of Backlisted's attention than the Irish writer, Maeve Brennan. An adopted New Yorker, Brennan died there in 1993 and was by that time so thoroughly forgotten in her native land, that she received no obituaries in any Irish papers. We are joined by the writers Sinéad Gleason and David Hayden to discuss her collection, The Springs of Affection – subtitled ‘stories of Dublin' – which was first published posthumously by Houghton Mifflin in 1997, although all but one of these first appeared in the New Yorker, where Brennan was a staff writer for twenty-seven years. It was the enthusiastic praise from other writers including Alice Munro, Edna O'Brien and Mavis Gallant among others, that helped get The Springs of Affection the kind of international attention that the two collections published in Maeve's lifetime failed to achieve. Since then, Maeve Brennan's reputation has grown steadily, and her stories are now regularly and favourably compared to those of Joyce, Chekov and Colette. In Ireland, in particular, she has won the admiration of a new generation of women writers, who in Anne Enright's phrase, see her as ‘a casualty of old wars not yet won.' This episode also features Andy revisiting the Linda Nochlin's classic 1971 essay, Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? while John is impressed by Orlam, P.J. Harvey's dark and brooding verse novel, written entirely in Dorset dialect. Timings: 08:44 - Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? by Linda Nochlin 16:16 - Orlam by P.J. Harvey 22:46 - The Springs Of Affection By Maeve Brennan * To purchase any of the books mentioned in this episode please visit our bookshop at https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/backlisted where all profits help to sustain this podcast and UK independent bookshops. * For information about everything mentioned in this episode visit www.backlisted.fm * If you'd like to support the show, receive the show early and get extra bonus fortnightly episodes, become a Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/backlisted