Be a Better Ally: critical conversations for K12 educators
By Tricia Friedman
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A podcast for educators reimagining what allyship looks like in classrooms, staff rooms, and communities. Host Tricia Friedman, global educator, coach, and Director at Shifting Schools, guides dynamic conversations at the intersection of education, identity, and digital humanities.
Each episode brings together practitioners, authors, and thought leaders exploring how schools can cultivate belonging, through curriculum, culture, and critical reflection. With an eye toward digital culture and justice, this show asks: How might we be better listeners, advocates, and co-creators in an interconnected world?
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What Evidence-Based Health Actually Means with Dr. Michael Greger
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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How to Talk to Young People About Substance Use (What Actually Helps)
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Can Scientists Succeed Where Politicians Fail? A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Peter Agre
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Co-Creating Wonder: The Making of Interactive Stories with Sandra Magsamen
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Using Trivia to Inspire Writers: Lessons from Brian "Uncle John" Boone
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Redefining Family with Scott & Mark Hoying: Creativity, Parenthood, and Representation
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Tami Charles on Picture Books, Fear in Creativity, and Teaching Unity Through Stories
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Teaching Creativity: Alan Gratz on Storytelling, Curiosity, and Collaboration
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Narrative Justice: The Future of Climate Justice with Shilpi Chhotray
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Can we befriend the dark?
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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The Creative Process of Ryan La Sala: Writing Fear, Joy, and Queer Resilience
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Claribel A. Ortega on Why Monsters Matter: Writing Hope and Friendship in Dark Times
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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On the future of Higher Education
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Raghad's Second Chance Story
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Karam's Second Chance Story
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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242: Abraham's Second Chance Story
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Step up for Second Chance this September
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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240: Planning from hope with Ruchira Gupta
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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239: The future and the present world of interspecies communication
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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238: Vibe Coding for Community
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Why we need to talk Companion AI in schools
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Inventing the World: with Dylan Thuras & Jennifer Swanson
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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The Vision Behind Brownkind With Drs. Desai
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Creativity can be taught with Tiffany D. Jackson
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Screens, Spies & Student Privacy: Gordon Korman's Snoop for Digital Literacy
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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232: Boba, Books & Belonging with Joanna Ho
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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231: Cultivating Awe with Homa Tavangar
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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230: Erin Entrada Kelly on Reclaiming Hidden Histories for Young Readers
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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229: Coaching the Person, Not the Problem with Reem Labib Tyson
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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228: Bellen Woodard brings the perspective we need
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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227: How Schools Make Race with Dr. Chávez-Moreno
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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226: Kickstart Pride with Kyle Casey Chu (Panda Dulce)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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225: Cultivating Inner Excellence with Jim Murphy
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May 29, 2025 |
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224: Pop Culture's possibilities for Gender Studies
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May 21, 2025 |
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223: Of My Own Making with Daria Burke
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May 15, 2025 |
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222: The Transformative Power of Comics with Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
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May 08, 2025 |
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221: The attention we give each other
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May 01, 2025 |
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220: How are boys doing? with Sharon G. Flake
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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219: Rethinking masculinity one story at a time with Francesca Cavallo
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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218: plant trees and plant questions
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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217: Wash Day Love with Tanisia Moore
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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216: Nature as a Source for Creativity with Rosanne Parry
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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215: Exploring dyscalculia in middle grade fiction with Hope Larson
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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214: Building Bridges with Marla Hunter
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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213: Masculinity can look like that
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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212: The Power of Fantasy in Addressing Bigotry with TJ Klune
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Special bonus song episode: the forty
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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211: Fight Club, But Make It AI: Rehearsing Conflict With a Bot Buddy
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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210: The always critical role of creativity in progress
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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209: The ABC'S Of Women's History with Rio Cortez
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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The future of work is neuroinclusive with Max Simpson
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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207: Finding your balance with Companion AI with Professor Neil McArthur
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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206: The significance of supporting Queer-owned businesses
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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205: How can you chase change in 2025?
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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204: What will you cook up in 2025? with April Remfrey
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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203: Remaking the Space Between Us with Diana McLain Smith
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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202: The future of neuroinclusion with Pasha Marlowe
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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201: Our shared responsibility to shape joy
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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200: Why Fiction Needs More Asexual Representation
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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199: The Story of Second Chance with Joan Liu
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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198: Get in the Garden with Christy Mandin
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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197: Learning to Relearn is finally here!
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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196: Aaron Blabey on what it means to start with one reader in mind
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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195: The Brightness Between Us with Eliot Schrefer
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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194: What our celebrations say about our school
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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193: Radically reimagining meaningful apprenticeships
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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192: What's At The Heart Of Heartstopper?
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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191: People Are Experts Of Their Own Lives With Daryl SInclair
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Mitigating Misinformation With Agents Of Influence
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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189: It starts today, let's get Banned Together with PLP!
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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188: Turning the tables, Tricia gets interviewed
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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187: What's changing about the university experience?
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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186: Telling Ourselves The Story Of Ourself
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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185: Classrooms of care with Kwame Sarfo-Mensah
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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184: Building better futures with games
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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183: Getting on board for play that changes lives
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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182: So nice I had to talk about it twice
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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181: Brewed With Love with Shelly Page
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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180: The way you leave speaks to your leadership
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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179: What does it really mean to build community?
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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178: Play as catalyst for community
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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177: Dear Mothman: Middle Grade Fiction for Creative and Complex Themes
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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176: Take yourself as a starting point
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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175- We're Not One Thing
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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174: What Does Allyship Mean To You?
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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173: The Value In Stories With Michael Leali
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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172: A Powerful, Practical Opportunity For Pride (and Beyond)
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May 30, 2024 |
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171: An Abundant Mindset for Service Learning
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May 23, 2024 |
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170: Our story evolves with Amy G.
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May 16, 2024 |
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169: The power of non-linear paths with Maymouna Sakho
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May 09, 2024 |
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Episode 168: Latimer AI is reminding us what true innovation really is
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Episode 167: The Way Forward is With Each Other
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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166: Your Power To Push For More Inclusive Media
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Episode 165: Theatre as an engine for critical thinking
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 164: A Significant Study Of Schitt's Creek
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Episode 163-Curiosity as a critical tool today with Jennifer LaGarde
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 162: Supporting the mental health of students with The Jed Foundation
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Episode 161: How a movement gets made with ODIS co-founders
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Episode 160: Inclusion, Algorithms And Media Literacy
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Gratitude for great questions
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Meet the US Principal of the Year!
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Episode 159: Researchers As Change Makers
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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158: A Very Important Book Birthday!
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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157: News Literacy Matters Now More Than Ever...
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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156: How can I engage our GSA With AI Literacy?
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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155: The perfect anthology for Halloween!
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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154: Why school leaders passionate about inclusion need to learn more about esports
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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153-Listen to Bridget Todd on the Power of Listening
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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152: Airi Sano Prankmaster General with Zoe Tokushige
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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151: The Book I Needed To Write With Hannah V. Sawyerr
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Episode 150: Five Practices For Equity-Focused School Leadership with Dr. Gooden
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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149: One Conversation Is Not Enough with Don P. Hooper
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Episode 148: Illustrating For Conversations We Need with Angel Chang
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Episode 147: Is your team avoiding discussions about conflict?
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Episode 146: Starting My New Year With Stargazing
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Episode 145- Does your learning community need a common bookmark?
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Episode 144: AI Literacy In Your GSA Group?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Episode 143: Too Much! with Jolene Gutiérrez
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Episode 142: Demarginalizing Design with Dee Lanier
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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141: Might esports help foster belonging?
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Episode 140: What do you want your relationship with social media to feel like this summer?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Episode 139: Engendering a capacity to understand
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Episode 138: Center Community Care with AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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137 Queerness Isn't A Monolith with Shelly Page
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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136: Belonging is not stable with Vox Jo Hsu, MFA, PHD
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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135: Pride In Student Leadership
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Episode 134: It Begins with an Idea with Zackary Grady
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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133: Respect Children with Lindz Amer
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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132- Doing What I Love with Professor Marla Hunter
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May 25, 2023 |
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Episode 131: Gender, Sex, and Tech with Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows
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May 18, 2023 |
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130: Proactive For Pride
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 129: Really truly deeply listening with Shonagh Reid
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May 04, 2023 |
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Episode 128: If Tomorrow Doesn't Come with Jen St. Jude
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 127: Being Listened To With Bridget Todd
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Episode 126: Emotional Labor with Rose Hackman
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Episode 125: Students are leading, are we listening?
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Episode 124: The Wishing Flower with AJ Irving
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Episode 123: Behind the Scenes with BIPOC Credits
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Episode 122- Talked With Not Just About with Carolyn Kiel
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Episode 121: Learn more with #TransRightsReadathon this March
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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Episode 120: Strategic, Informed and Inspired to Make Change
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Episode 119: Tell Kids The Truth with Tameka Fryer Brown
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Episode 118: About Abundance with Danielle Desir Corbett
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Episode 117: Door By Door with Meridth McKean Gimbel
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Episode 116: Love And Accountability with Margaret Park
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Episode 115: Leading Inclusion with Dr. Gena Cox
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 114: Moving From Why To How with Dr. Jennifer Williams
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Episode 113: Courage In Her Cleats With Kim Chaffee
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Episode 112: The influence of the NFL with Cyd Zeigler
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Episode 111: My Secret Joy with Rajani LaRocca
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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What Do We Mean When We Say 'collaborative'?
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Episode 110: Whose perspectives inspired you in 2022?
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Episode 109: Performing Arts As A Vehicle For Transformation
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Episode 108: Productive Discomfort with Angeline Aow and Dr. Sadie Hollins
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Episode 107: Find Our Voice In The Conversation with Vernon A. Wall
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Raymond, Kelly, Daniel, Derrick, Ashley
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Episode 105: The More We Listen with Shehla Faizi
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Episode 104: A Heart Book with Vicki Johnson
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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What is the legacy we hope to co-create? (Bonus Episode)
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Episode 103: Grief is Love with Marisa Renee Lee
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Episode 102: Lean into your voice with Jas Hammonds
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Episode 101: Becoming a Totally Inclusive School with Dr. Sadie Hollins and Angeline Aow
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Episode 100- Can We Launch A Multimedia Club?
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Episode 99: A Space To be In Community Together with Dr. Saffista
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Episode 98: Widening Definitions with Lauren Flans
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Our Stories are Necessary with J.P. Der Boghossian
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Episode 96- The Author's Journey With Kacen Callender
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Episode 95: Queer Ducks (and other animals) with Eliot Schrefer
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Call To Amplify- Bonus Episode
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Episode 94: What Motivates Folks With Melissa Ryan
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Episode 93: Sobriety Journeys with Emily Zien
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Episode 92: Real Solidarity with Michelle MiJung Kim
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Episode 91: Advance the agenda of joy with Rebekah Macden
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Episode 90: For Queer Armenians with Taleen Voskuni
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Episode 89: A Wider Audience with Wryn
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Episode 88: The Power and Potential of Podcasts with Arielle Nissenblatt
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Episode 87: The Summer Halftime Show
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Episode 86: Where our Power Is with Sabrina Joy Stevens
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Episode 85: Breaking Ground one Panel at a Time with Rebecca Burgess
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Episode 84: Uplifting Authors with Dahlia Adler
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Episode 83 - Stand On Your Story
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Episode 82: Us As Readers
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Episode 81: Incremental Steps
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Episode 80: The Benefits Of Boundaries
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Episode 79: Reset, Reclaim, Remind
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Episode 78: Playing a Narrative that is yours
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Episode 77: The next step for growth
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Episode 76: It Spans Generations
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Episode 75: Marrying Mediums
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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Episode 74: Who Leads Learning
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Episode 73: To Think About Pride
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Episode 72: A Note to School Leaders
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Episode 71: Commit to Change
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Episode 70: Tap into our feelings
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Episode 69: The Lead Up to Pride
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May 30, 2022 |
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Episode 68: This Space
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May 28, 2022 |
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Episode 67: Fully being in our research
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Episode 66: The power of partnerships
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Intentional Conversations
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Episode 64: Introducing the Learning2 Podcast
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Episode 63: Just Listening
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Episode 62: The Start of a Saga
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Episode 61: Nurturing our Network
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Episode 60: The more I trust myself
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Episode 59: They have the answers
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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Episode 58: With community, for community, in community
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Episode 57: A United Front
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Episode 56: License to Challenge
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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Episode 55: Refill the Well
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Episode 54: The Work of Future Building
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Episode 53: One book at a time...
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Episode 52: The Disruptive Edge
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Episode 51: What if we...
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Episode 50: Let's Cultivate Queer Wisdom
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 49: The Need for Queer Spaces
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Episode 48: We know so much
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Episode 47: Action Sparks Joy
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Episode 46: Find Your Roller skates
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Episode 45: Queer Rights Are Human Rights
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Episode 44: From Experience Not Judgement
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Picture Books to Broaden Perspectives
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Episode 42: Small Signals, Massive Steps
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Jul 17, 2021 |
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Episode 41: Just Get Started
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Episode 40: Tackling Tropes
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Episode 39: Something Fun and Queer
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Episode 38: Beyond Pride
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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Episode 37: Recognizing Roadblocks
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Episode 36: Being Humble and Vulnerable
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Something Important Enough
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Something Needed To Be Done
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Safety is Advocacy
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Students Listen to Students
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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What Student Agency Is About
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May 19, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Unconditional Love in Schools
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Leverage the Library
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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Episode 28: They are here
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Episode 27: Building up my Bandwidth
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Episode 26: Conversations for Change
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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Episode 25: The Capacity To Ask
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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Episode 24: Vulnerability with students and peers
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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Episode 23: Necessary Tension
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Episode 22: Challenging the Bystander Default Mode
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Episode 21: The difficult conversations I didn't have...
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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Episode 20: Learned discomfort
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Where they begin to learn
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Episode 18: Building A Wave
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May 11, 2020 |
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Episode 17: An Affirming Space
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Mar 07, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Hold the door open
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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Episode 15: Kickstart change one conference at a time
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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Episode 14: We are ready
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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Episode 13: What do welcoming schools do?
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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Episode Twelve: Elicit more profound change
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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Episode 11: Diversity is the rule
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Episode Ten: Building Networks with Diana Young
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Episode Nine: Design for Allyship
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Episode Eight: How can you foster an awareness of healthy relationships?
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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Episode Seven: This is a club for everyone
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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Episode 6: We Learn Best In Increments
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Oct 12, 2019 |
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Episode Five: Talking about conflict and risk with Dr. Liza Talusan
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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Episode Four: Do it with dignity
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Episode Three: Redefining Inclusivity with Sabia Prescott
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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Episode Two: Educate, educate, educate.
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Episode One: We Are What we Read
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May 25, 2019 |