The Counter Narrative: Changing the Way We Talk (and think) About Education

By Charles Williams

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A podcast dedicated to changing the way we talk and think about education. We all know that the field isn't perfect but there is plenty of awesome work happening everyday. Listen in as I profile educators who are positively impacting their staff, students, and communities.

Episode Date
Episode 249: Pause to Ponder - The Hardest Episode Yet
May 30, 2025
Episode248: Interview w/ Eli Casaus
May 23, 2025
Episode 247: Interview w/ Dr. Amy Mathews-Perez
May 16, 2025
Episode 246: Interview w/ Melisa Hayes
May 09, 2025
Episode 245: Pause to Ponder - When Fairness Feels Like a Threat
May 02, 2025
Episode 244: Interview w/ Tara Bonner
Apr 25, 2025
Episode 243: Pause to Ponder - When Autonomy Meets Apathy
Apr 18, 2025
Episode 242: Interview w/ Mark Gibson
Apr 11, 2025
Episode 241: Pause to Ponder - Autism in Real Life
Apr 04, 2025
Episode 240: Interview w/ Lydia McNeiley
Mar 28, 2025
Episode 239: Pause to Ponder - Hey Batter Batter!
Mar 21, 2025
Episode 238: Interview w/ Julie Hasson
Mar 14, 2025
Episode 237: Pause to Ponder - When The Noise Fades...
Mar 07, 2025
Episode 236: Interview w/ David James
Feb 28, 2025
Episode 235: Interview w/ Ismael Jimenez
Feb 21, 2025
Episode 234: The 2025 Black History Month Special
Feb 14, 2025
Episode 233: Pause to Ponder - The Intersection of Progress and Patriotism
Feb 07, 2025
Episode 232: Interview w/ Maggie Broderick
Jan 31, 2025
Episode 231: Pause to Ponder - A Dream & A Contradiction
Jan 24, 2025
Episode 230: Interview w/Jose Moreno
Jan 17, 2025
Episode 229: Pause to Ponder - From Progress to Regression
Jan 10, 2025
Episode 228: Interview w/ Jennifer Abrams
Jan 03, 2025
Episode 227: Pause to Ponder - From Striving to Being
Dec 27, 2024
Episode 226: The 2024 Holiday Episode
Dec 20, 2024
Episode 225: Pause to Ponder - AI Beyond Academics
Dec 13, 2024
Episode 224: Interview w/ Holly O'Hern
Dec 06, 2024
Episode 223: Pause to Ponder - Defying Gravity
Nov 29, 2024
Episode 222: Interview w/ Dr. Chris Culver
Nov 22, 2024
Episode 221: Pause to Ponder - My Birthday
Nov 15, 2024
Episode 220: Interview w/ George Couros
Nov 08, 2024
Episode 219: Pause to Ponder - Leading by Example
Nov 01, 2024
Episode 218: Interview w/ Lead by Learning
Oct 25, 2024
Episode 217: Pause to Ponder - Can We Truly Quantify Knowledge?
Oct 18, 2024
Episode 216: Interview w/ Erik Francis
Oct 11, 2024
Episode 215: Pause to Ponder - Battling "Grubs" in Our School Culture
Oct 04, 2024
Episode 214: Interview w/ Daniel Wendler
Sep 27, 2024
Episode 213: Pause to Ponder - Emotional Hygiene & Pollution
Sep 20, 2024
Episode 212: Interview w/ Daniel Maxwell
Sep 13, 2024
Episode 211: Pause to Ponder - Back & Better
Sep 06, 2024
Episode 210: Pause to Ponder - Beyond Fomo
May 31, 2024
Episode 209: Interview w/ Jim Allan
May 24, 2024
Episode 208: Pause to Ponder - Yes to Less
May 17, 2024
Episode 207: Interview w/ Stephanie Tellis
May 10, 2024
Episode 206: Pause to Ponder - The Power of Priority
May 03, 2024
Episode 205: Interview w/ Chad Dumas
Apr 26, 2024
Episode 204: Pause to Ponder - Efficiency v Exploration
Apr 19, 2024
Episode 203: Interview w/ Jamie Brown
Apr 12, 2024
Episode 202: Pause to Ponder - "Unreformed" The Criminalization of Students
Apr 05, 2024
Episode 201: Interview w/ Dr. Brian Dinkins
Mar 29, 2024
Episode 200: Pause to Ponder - Kintsugi
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 199: Interview w/ Sawsan Jaber
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 198: Pause to Ponder - The Black Irish
Mar 08, 2024
Episode 197: Interview w/ Charle Peck
Mar 01, 2024
Episode 196: Pause to Ponder - Agreement & Alignment
Feb 23, 2024
Episode 195: Interview w/ Erin Glenn
Feb 16, 2024
Episode 194: Pause to Ponder - COVID Thoughts
Feb 09, 2024
Episode 193: Interview w/ Joe Brummer
Feb 02, 2024
Episode 192: Pause to Ponder - The Negro Leagues and School Desegregation
Jan 26, 2024
Episode 191: Interview w/ Dr. Don Parker
Jan 19, 2024
Episode 190: Pause to Ponder - The Busyness Myth
Jan 13, 2024
Episode 189: Interview w/ Meagan Baldwin
Jan 05, 2024
Episode 188: Pause to Ponder - Ins & Outs
Dec 29, 2023
Episode 187 - The 2023 Holiday Episode
Dec 22, 2023
Episode 186: Pause to Ponder - Winter Break
Dec 15, 2023
Episode 185: Interview w/ Tracie Chauvin
Dec 08, 2023
Episode 184: Pause to Ponder - A Response to "A Case for Color Blindness"
Dec 01, 2023
Episode 183: Interview w/ IntegratED
Nov 24, 2023
Episode 182: Pause to Ponder - The Allure of "Fun" In the Classroom
Nov 17, 2023
Episode 181: Interview w/ Natalie Vardabasso
Nov 10, 2023
Episode 180: Pause to Ponder - A Lesson Taught, A Lesson Learned
Nov 03, 2023
Episode 179: Interview w/ Dr. Teresa Sanders
Oct 27, 2023
Episode 178: Pause to Ponder - Coming Full Circle
Oct 20, 2023
Episode 177: Interview w/ Sofia Gonzalez
Oct 13, 2023
Episode 176: Pause to Ponder - Seeing Past the Surface
Oct 06, 2023
Episode 175: Interview w/ Barbara Gruener
Sep 29, 2023
Episode 174: Pause to Ponder - The Hidden Bias of Labels and Curriculum
Sep 22, 2023
Episode 173: Interview w/ Melody McAllister
Sep 15, 2023
Episode 172: Pause to Ponder - Examining Bias and Confronting Shame
Sep 08, 2023
Episode 171: Interview w/ Mike Rutherford
Sep 01, 2023
Episode 170: Pause to Ponder - The Crucible
Aug 25, 2023
Episode 169: Interview w/ Elijah Carbajal
Aug 18, 2023
Episode 168: Pause to Ponder - Pedagogy v Andragogy
Aug 11, 2023
Episode 167: Interview w/ Joshua Stamper
Aug 04, 2023
Episode 166: The Humbling Experience of The Lead Learner
Jul 28, 2023
Episode 165: Interview w/ Brandon Beck
Jul 21, 2023
Episode 164: Pause to Ponder - Maybe We Can Learning Something from this "New" Generation
Jul 14, 2023
Episode 163: Interview w/ Yaritza Villalba
Jul 07, 2023
Episode 162: Pause to Ponder - New Construction
Jun 30, 2023
Episode 161: Interview w/ The Core Collaborative
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 160: EduCelebrity or EduHero
Jun 16, 2023
Episode 159: Interview w/ Dana Goodier
Jun 09, 2023
Episode 158: Pause to Ponder - A Fresh Perspective
Jun 02, 2023
Episode 157: Interview w/ Sawsan Jaber
May 26, 2023
Episode 156: Pause to Ponder - Dear Teachers
May 19, 2023
Episode 155: Interview w/ Maxwell Roach
May 12, 2023
Episode 154: Pause to Ponder - The Hedonic Treadmill
May 05, 2023
Episode 153: Interview w/ CJ " Real Rap" Reynolds
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 152: Pause to Ponder - Dashboard Warning Lights
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 151: Interview with Andre St. George
Apr 14, 2023
Episode 150: Pause to Ponder - The '89 Land Run
Apr 07, 2023
Episode 149: Interview with Sarah Said
Mar 31, 2023
Episode 148: Pause to Ponder - All Brown All Around
Mar 24, 2023
Episode 147 - Interview With Barbara Bray
Mar 17, 2023
Episode 146: Pause to Ponder - What is Equitable Grading
Mar 10, 2023
Episode 145: Interview with Rosalba Rodriguez
Mar 03, 2023
Episode 144: Pause to Ponder - Should African-Americans (and others) be Offered ELL Programming?
Feb 24, 2023
Episode 143: Interview with Marcus Belin
Feb 17, 2023
Episode 142: Pause to Ponder - Black Mental Health
Feb 10, 2023
Episode 141: Interview w/ Black, Brown, & Bilingue Podcast
Feb 03, 2023
Episode 140: Pause to Ponder - Love + Work
Jan 27, 2023
Episode 139: Interview with Matthew Woods
Jan 20, 2023
Episode 138: Pause to Ponder - 10 Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew
Jan 13, 2023
Episode 137: Interview with Jonathan Alsheimer
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 136: Pause to Ponder - Live 2023 PURPOSEfully
Dec 30, 2022
Episode 135: 2022 Student Holiday Special
Dec 23, 2022
Episode 134: Pause to Ponder - How Do We Heal Our Educators?
Dec 16, 2022
Episode 133: Interview with Bethany Hill
Dec 09, 2022
Trailer
Dec 03, 2022
Episode 132: Pause to Ponder - Crafty Conservatorships
Dec 02, 2022
Episode 131: Interview with Marlena Gross-Taylor
Nov 25, 2022
Episode 130: Pause to Ponder - Wakanda Worries
Nov 18, 2022
Episode 129: Interview with Connie Hamilton
Nov 11, 2022
Episode 128: Pause to Ponder - Lacoste ... Black or No?
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 127: Interview with TaRael Kee
Oct 28, 2022
Episode 126: Pause to Ponder - Principal Appreciation 2022
Oct 21, 2022
Episode 125: Interview with Starr Sackstein
Oct 14, 2022
Episode 124: Pause to Ponder - It's All Relative
Oct 07, 2022
Episode 123: Interview with John Whalen
Sep 30, 2022
Episode 122: Pause to Ponder - Where Have All the Folktales Gone?
Sep 23, 2022
Episode 121: Interview with Shaun Woodly
Sep 16, 2022
Episode 120: Pause to Ponder - The Duality of Resiliency
Sep 09, 2022
Episode 119: 7 Mindshifts for Educational Leaders
Sep 02, 2022
Episode 118: Pause to Ponder - O say can you see...
Aug 26, 2022
Episode 117: Interview with Dan Wolfe
Aug 19, 2022
Episode 116: More than Cliches?
Aug 12, 2022
Episode 115: Interview with Vernon Wright
Aug 05, 2022
Episode 114: Pause to Ponder - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Jul 29, 2022
Episode 113: Interview with Jed Stefanowicz
Jul 22, 2022
Episode 112: Pause to Ponder - Tell Your Story
Jul 15, 2022
Episode 111: Interview with Rabia Khokar
Jul 08, 2022
Episode 110: Pause to Ponder - The NY Yankees and Teacher Retention
Jul 01, 2022
Episode 109: Interview with Zachary Korth
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 108: Pause to Ponder - My Hopes for Juneteenth
Jun 17, 2022
Episode 107: Interview with Carmen Daniel
Jun 10, 2022
Episode 106: Pause to Ponder: Race-Based Grading
Jun 03, 2022
Episode 105: Podcast Collaboration with Conceptually Speaking
May 27, 2022
Episode 104: Pause to Ponder - Be A Man!
May 20, 2022
Episode 103: Interview with Dr. LaQuanta Nelson
May 13, 2022
Episode 102: Pause to Ponder - Star Wars & Mental Health
May 06, 2022
Episode 101: Interview with Anurupa Ganguly
Apr 29, 2022
Episode 100: Pause to Ponder - Are We Developing Dependent Learners?
Apr 22, 2022
Episode 99: Interview with Debbie Tannenbaum
Apr 15, 2022
Episode 98: Pause to Ponder - April Fool's Day
Apr 08, 2022
Episode 97: Interview with Lee Hole
Apr 01, 2022
Episode 96: Pause to Ponder - Shifting from Discourse I to II
Mar 25, 2022
Episode 95: Interview with Lissette Jacobson
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 94: Pause to Ponder - Subconscious Stress
Mar 11, 2022
Episode 93: Interview with Alycia Worthy
Mar 04, 2022
Episode 92: Pause to Ponder - Building Background Knowledge
Feb 25, 2022
Episode 91: Interview with Lindsay Titus
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 90: Pause to Ponder - Remember the Alamo
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 89: Interview with Ryan Tibbens
Feb 04, 2022
Episode 88: Grace & Accountability - A Delicate Balance
Jan 28, 2022
Episode 87: Interview with Rick Holmes
Jan 21, 2022
Episode 86: Pause to Ponder - MLK Day: A Time for Remembrance
Jan 14, 2022
Episode 85: Interview with Cale Zuiker
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 84: Pause to Ponder - Three Questions for 2022
Dec 31, 2021
Episode 83: 2021 Holiday Episode
Dec 24, 2021
Episode 82: Pause to Ponder - Return to Remote?
Dec 17, 2021
Episode 81: The 2020 Holiday Special
Dec 10, 2021
Episode 80: Pause to Ponder - Drunk Shakespeare
Dec 03, 2021
Episode 79: Interview with Katie Kinder (part 2)
Nov 26, 2021
Episode 78: Principal Voices from the IPA Conference (part 2)
Nov 19, 2021
Episode 77: Interview with Sandra Donague
Nov 12, 2021
Episode 76: Principal Voices from the IPA Conference (part 1)
Nov 05, 2021
Episode 75: Interview with Trelane Clark
Oct 29, 2021
Episode 74: Pause to Ponder - Care & Candor
Oct 22, 2021
Episode 73: Interview with Jillian DuBois
Oct 15, 2021
Episode 72: Pause to Ponder - Principal Appreciation Month
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 71: Interview with Chuck Moss
Oct 01, 2021
Episode 70: Interview with Darrin Peppard
Sep 17, 2021
Episode 69: Pause to Ponder - Leadership Lessons from Ted Lasso (part 1)
Sep 10, 2021
Episode 68: Interview with Cristobal Saldana
Sep 03, 2021
Episode 67: Interview with Jennifer Haston-Maciejewski
Aug 20, 2021
Episode 66: Pause to Ponder - My Block, My Hood, My City
Aug 14, 2021
Episode 65: Interview with Santiago Meza
Aug 06, 2021
Episode 64: The Dallas Event
Jul 30, 2021
Episode 63: Interview with Alfonso Mendoza
Jul 23, 2021
Episode 62: Pause to Ponder - Last Night's Dream
Jul 16, 2021
Episode 61: Interview with Traci Nicole Smith
Jul 13, 2021
Episode 60: Pause to Ponder - America's Independence Day
Jul 02, 2021
Episode 59: Interview with Melinda Arnost
Jun 25, 2021
Episode 58: Interview with Matthew Joseph
Jun 12, 2021
Episode 57 - Deconstructing Curriculum
Jun 04, 2021
Episode 56: Interview with Christine Ravesi-Weinstein
May 28, 2021
Episode 55: Pause to Ponder - School to Prison Pipelines
May 23, 2021
Episode 54: Mental Health Awareness Month with Cait O'Connor
May 14, 2021
Episode 53: Pause to Ponder - The Anniversary Episode
May 07, 2021
Episode 52: Interview with Hedreich Nichols
Apr 30, 2021
Episode 51: Interview with Debbie Furgueson
Apr 16, 2021
Episode 50: Pause to Ponder - Perspectives Not Problems
Apr 09, 2021
Episode 49: Interview with Michael Weingarth
Apr 02, 2021
Episode 48: Pause to Ponder - Equal Expectations
Mar 26, 2021
Episode 47: Interview with Livia Chan
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 46: Pause to Ponder - Women's History Month
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 45: Interview with Clement Townsend
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 44: Pause to Ponder - Do We Need Black History Month?
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 43: Interview with Katie Kinder
Feb 19, 2021
Episode 42: Pause to Ponder - What's In A Name?
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 41: Interview with Cait O'Connor
Feb 05, 2021
Episode 40: Podcast Collaboration with Dr. Sam Fecich of EduMagic
Jan 29, 2021
Episode 39: Interview with Dawn Harris
Jan 22, 2021
Episode 38: Pause to Ponder - MLK
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 37: Interview with Dustin Pearson
Jan 08, 2021
Episode 36: Pause to Ponder - 2021
Jan 01, 2021
Episode 35: The Christmas Special
Dec 25, 2020
Episode 34: Pause to Ponder - Wrapped 2020
Dec 18, 2020
Episode 33: Interview with Craig Randall
Dec 11, 2020
Episode 32: Pause to Ponder - Walk Your Talk
Dec 04, 2020
Episode 31: Interview with Andre Daughty
Nov 27, 2020
Episode 30: Pause to Ponder - Thanksgiving
Nov 20, 2020
Episode 29: Interview with Tracy Scott Kelly
Nov 13, 2020
Episode 28: Pause to Ponder - You Have the Power to Create Change
Nov 06, 2020
Episode 27: Interview with P. Sloan Joseph
Oct 30, 2020
Episode 26: Pause to Ponder - Reimagining Education
Oct 23, 2020
Episode 25: Interview with Kwame Sarfo-Mensah
Oct 16, 2020
Episode 24: Pause to Ponder - Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes
Oct 09, 2020
Episode 23: Interview with Aviva Levin
Oct 02, 2020
Episode 22: Pause to Ponder - The Achievement Gap
Sep 29, 2020
Episode 21: Interview with Carly Spina
Sep 18, 2020
Episode 20: Pause to Ponder - Our First Week Back
Sep 11, 2020
Episode 19: Interview with Chey & Pav
Sep 04, 2020
Episode 18: Pause to Ponder - Nice White Parents
Aug 28, 2020
Episode 17: Interview with Casey Jakubowski
Aug 21, 2020
Episode 16: Pause to Ponder - Principal Permissions
Aug 14, 2020
Episode 15: Interview with Jennifer Appel
Aug 07, 2020
Episode 14: Pause to Ponder - Do One Thing
Jul 31, 2020
Episode 13: Interview with Suzanne Dailey
Jul 24, 2020
Episode 12: Pause to Ponder - The Current State of Education
Jul 17, 2020
Episode 11: Interview with Joshua Buckley
Jul 10, 2020
Episode 10: Pause to Ponder - The Myth of the Absent Parent
Jul 04, 2020
Episode 9: Interview with Lisa Gaede
Jun 26, 2020
Episode 8: Pause to Ponder - 5 Tips to Combat Racism
Jun 19, 2020
Episode 7: Interview with Jeffrey Millner
Jun 12, 2020
Episode 6: Pause to Ponder - Aspiration, Access, & Advocacy
Jun 05, 2020
Episode 5: Interview with Tara Desiderio
May 29, 2020
Episode 4: Pause to Ponder - Serenity, Courage, Wisdom
May 22, 2020
Episode 3: Interview with Elijah Carbajal
May 15, 2020
Episode 2: Pause to Ponder - The Brain's Response to Perceived Threats
May 08, 2020
Episode 1: Interview with Heather Shaw
May 01, 2020
Trailer
Apr 12, 2020
Three Enlightened Minutes - The Staffroom Podcast
Apr 05, 2020