Best JENNIFER HOBBS Podcasts (2025)

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#170, Building Schools That Last With Ty Fischer 54:15

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"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍." - 𝑻𝒚 𝑭𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 After 28 years as Head of School at Veritas Academy, Ty Fischer shares wisdom on building lasting educational institutions. From hiring teachers who "love Christ, love kids, and love their subject" to preparing the n…

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Frank X Walker, "Load in Nine Times: Poems" (Liveright, 2024) 1:24:30

7d ago1:24:30

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For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation. Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reco…

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#169, Building Student Connections with Erika Bare and Tiffany Burns 39:48

12d ago39:48

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"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏." - Tiffany Burns, Connecting Through Conversation "𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒉𝒔, 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕." - Erika Bare, Connecting Through Conversation 🔄 Transform your classroom through the science of connection! Join Erika Bare & …

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Carrie Helms Tippen, "Unpalatable: Stories of Pain and Pleasure in Southern Cookbooks" (UP of Mississippi, 2025) 1:17:09

14d ago1:17:09

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The cookbook genre is highly conventional with an orientation toward celebration and success. From glossy photographs to heartwarming stories and adjective-rich ingredient lists, the cookbook tradition primes readers for pleasure. Yet the overarching narrative of the region is often one of pain, loss, privation, exploitation, poverty, and suffering…

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Jennifer Lynn Gross, "Sisterhood of the Lost Cause: Confederate Widows in the New South" (LSU Press, 2025) 59:34

15d ago59:34

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Historians have thoroughly documented the vast devastation of the Civil War. In the attention they have paid to aspects of that destruction, however, one of the most obvious ramifications appears routinely overlooked—Confederate widowhood. Dr. Jennifer Lynn Gross’s Sisterhood of the Lost Cause: Confederate Widows in the New South (LSU Press, 2025) …

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#168, Dale Seabury: The Power of Storytelling in School Marketing 43:26

19d ago43:26

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"𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈." - 𝑫𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒚, 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝑳𝑪 🎙️ Discover how storytelling, transparency, and personalized communication can transform your school's marketing strategy! Join Dale Seabury on the School Success podcast. 🎧 Listen to the full episode now! #SchoolSuccess #SchoolSuccessMakers -- 𝑇𝑜…

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#167, Communication & Positivity: Dr. Chris Hobbs on Effective Leadership 42:56

26d ago42:56

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"𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠..." - 𝐷𝑟. 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝐻𝑜𝑏𝑏𝑠, 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 How do you make belief contagious? 🤔 Dr. Chris Hobbs shares his 25 years of Christian education wisdom, revealing how to build a mission-driven school culture. Get ready for real talk on leadership, from c…

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No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice 55:43

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When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Polarizing debates over their meaning have intensified into legislative maneuvering to preserve the statues, legal battles to remove them, and rowdy crowds taking matters into their own hands. These conflicts have raged for well over a century—but they've never been as intense as th…

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Frederick Knight, "Black Elders: The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 1:14:03

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Would there have been a Frederick Douglass if it were not for Betsy Bailey, the grandmother who raised him? Would Harriet Jacobs have written her renowned autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, if her grandmother, a free black woman named Molly Horniblow, had not enabled Jacobs’ escape from slavery? In Black Elders: The Meaning of Ag…

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#166, Empowering Students: Dr. Kevin Maxey on Building Trust and Curiosity 34:35

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"𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠." - 𝐷𝑟. 𝐾𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑥𝑒𝑦, 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 Unlock the secrets to nurturing curiosity in children! 🎓 Join Dr. Kevin Maxey as he discusses the importance of understanding the heart of …

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#165, Kyle Rapinchuk on Faith, Learning & Worship in Education 46:19

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"𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝐺𝑜𝑑." - 𝐾𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑅𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑘, 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑦 🎙️ How does faith shape education? From math & science to theology, Kyle Rapinchuk shares how learning leads to worship! Don’t miss this insightful episode! Listen now! #SchoolSuccess #SchoolSuccessMakers #ClassicalEducation -- 𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎…

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#164, Nurturing Young Minds: Charlotte Mason’s Approach to Education [Part 2] 39:47

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"𝑨 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏." - 𝑫𝒓. 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝑽𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒆𝒍𝒕, 𝑩𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 & 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 Charlotte Mason’s approach is rigorous, relational, and life-giving—reshaping education for homeschoolers and schools worldwide! 🏫✨ In Part 2 of the Schoo…

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Lesley J. Gordon, "Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War" (Cambridge UP, 2024) 41:47

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Those who fought in the Civil War were expected to overcome their fear of injury or death as they charged into a hail of bullets. Soldiers could expect erupting artillery shells or Minié balls to maim or tear their bodies apart. The 11th New York Fire Zouaves and the 2nd Texas Infantry were no different. They charged into battle with high, perhaps…

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0077 - 2025-26 Season Announcement with Josh Shaw 25:54

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Jennifer sits down with Josh Shaw to discuss POP's 15th Anniversary Season.By Pacific Opera Project

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#164, Dr. Deani Van Pelt on Charlotte Mason’s Legacy in Modern Schools [Part 1] 44:22

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"𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑'𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑." - 𝐷𝑟. 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖 𝑉𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑙𝑡, 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 & 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 Charlotte Mason’s ideas are shaping education worldwide today! 🌍 In Part 1 of the School Success Podcast, Dr. Deani Van Pelt explores …

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Megan Hunt, "Southern by the Grace of God: Religion, Race, and Civil Rights in Hollywood's American South" (U Georgia Press, 2024) 49:29

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On this episode of the New Books Network, Dr. Megan Hunt joins us to talk about her recent book, Southern By the Grace of God, which was published in 2024 by the University of Georgia Press. Lke the media coverage of the civil rights era itself, Hollywood dramas have reinforced regional stereotypes of race, class, and gender to cleanse and redeem t…

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#163, Dr. Max Lyons on Strengthening Biblical Worldview in Education 36:52

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"𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛." - 𝐷𝑟. 𝑀𝑎𝑥 𝐿𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝐹𝐴𝐶𝐸) Want to strengthen biblical education in your school? 🎙️ Dr. Lyons shares how Christia…

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Michael Vorenberg, "Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War" (Knopf, 2025) 1:12:13

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One historian’s journey to find the end of the Civil War—and, along the way, to expand our understanding of the nature of war itself and how societies struggle to draw the line between war and peace. We set out on the James River, March 25, 1865, aboard the paddle steamboat River Queen. President Lincoln is on his way to General Grant’s headquarter…

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#162, Jim McKenzie on 3 Common Mistakes Christian Schools Make & How to Fix Them [Part 2] 34:59

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"𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠: 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒." - 𝐽𝑖𝑚 𝑀𝑐𝐾𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑖𝑒, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 & 𝐸𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑡 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑧𝑜𝑔 𝐹𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 🚨 Part 2 is live! Jim McKenzie breaks down the 3 biggest mistakes Christian schools make & how to stand out with unique programs and clear vision. Don…

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#162, Positioning Your Christian School for Success with Jim McKenzie [Part 1] 30:52

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"𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛." - ⁠𝑱𝒊𝒎 𝑴𝒄𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒛𝒊𝒆⁠, 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝑬𝒏𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒕 ⁠𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒐𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 ⁠ Discover why publishing tuition online might not be the best strategy for Christian schools. 🎓 Tune into Part 1 of the Schoo…

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Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, "Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana" (UNC Press, 2023) 1:05:57

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Every year between 1998 to 2020 except one, Louisiana had the highest per capita rate of incarceration in the nation and thus the world. Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and Struggles for Abolition Democracy in Louisiana (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) is the first detailed account of Louisiana's unprecedented turn to mass incarceratio…

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"Steadfast Democrats" Five Years Later: A Conversation with Chryl N. Laird 1:04:26

3M ago1:04:26

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Today I’m speaking with Chryl Laird, Associate Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland College Park. We are discussing her co-authored book with Ismail White, Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior. Published in 2020, this book remains highly relevant for understanding American political beh…

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#161, Engaging Students in School Marketing: A Winning Strategy! [Unplugged Series Part 8] 12:42

3M ago12:42

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"𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑠. 𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙." - 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 🚀 Want to boost your school’s enrollment without breaking the budget? In the final episode of our Unplugged Series of the School Success Podcast, we reveal how Student Marketing T…

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Andrew C. Isenberg, "The Age of the Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limits of Manifest Destiny, 1790-1850" (UNC Press, 2025) 1:07:40

3M ago1:07:40

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Most US history textbooks contain a familiar map: shaded colors stretch across North America, clearly and neatly demarcating the extent of US expansion from 1776 thru the late nineteenth century. In The Age of the Borderlands: Indians, Slaves, and the Limites of Manifest Destiny (UNC Press, 2025), University of Kansas distinguished historian Andrew…

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#160, Simple Website Fix That Can Double Your School’s Inquiries [Unplugged Series Part 7] 13:29

3M ago13:29

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"If you're adding in the lead generator to your website, you're already going to stand out. And that's what we're wanting you to do in the grand scheme of marketing." - Mitchell Slater of School Success 🚀 Is your school’s website missing out on potential families? A simple lead generator can help double your inquiries 📈—without extra effort! Learn …

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Jeffrey Thomas Perry, "Law in American Meetinghouses: Church Discipline and Civil Authority in Kentucky, 1780–1845" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022) 45:24

3M ago45:24

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Most Americans today would not think of their local church as a site for arbitration and would probably be hesitant to bring their property disputes, moral failings, or personal squabbles to their kin and neighbors for judgment. But from the Revolutionary Era through the mid-nineteenth century, many Protestants imbued local churches with immense au…

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#159, Simplify Your School’s Website to Boost Enrollment! [Unplugged Series Part 6] 12:47

3M ago12:47

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"𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎, 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛." - 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 Discover how to optimize your school's website to attract prospective families! 🏫 Tune in to the latest episode of the School Success Podcast …

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Benjamin Heber Johnson, "Texas: An American History" (Yale UP, 2025) 1:10:21

3M ago1:10:21

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There's more to Texas than hats, oil, and BBQ, writes Benjamin Johnson in his sweeping new synthesis, Texas: An American History (Yale UP: 2025) - though, those all matter too. The state's reach has traveled globally, Johnson argues, influencing everything from how people around the world eat, to how they pray, to the music they listen to. In his n…

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The Soundworld of Harriet Tubman 45:15

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Just in time for Black History Month, we share an episode we’ve been excitedly working on for a number of months now. Ethnomusicologist Maya Cunningham brings us “The Sound World of Harriet Tubman.” Maya Cunningham is an activist and jazz singer currently completing a Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in Afro-American studies with …

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#158, Listing Tuition Online: Smart Strategy or Missed Opportunity? [Unplugged Series Part 5] 14:26

3M ago14:26

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"𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠: 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑢𝑝 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛." -𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 💡 Should private schools list tuition on their website? It’s a BIG debate! Listing it could help—or hurt—your enrollment. Tune in to the latest School Success Podca…

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The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn 1:12:17

4M ago1:12:17

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Our book is: The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) by award-winning historian Dr. Amrita Chakrabarti Myers. Dr. Myers has recovered the riveting, troubling, and complicated story of Julia Ann Chinn (ca. 1796–1833), the enslaved wife of Richard Mentor Johnson. Johnson was the owner…

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#157, Flanking Your Way to School Success: Smart Marketing Tips [Unplugged Series Part 4] 12:40

4M ago12:40

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"𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡... 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 [𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠] 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑡." - 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠🎙 Are you focusing on what makes your school unique? Learn how to stand out with flanking strategies & avoid the pi…

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Hiroshi Motomura, "Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair, Realistic, and Sustainable Immigration Policy" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:08:09

4M ago1:08:09

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Immigration is now a polarizing issue across most advanced democracies. But too much that is written about immigration fails to appreciate the complex responses to the phenomenon. Too many observers assume imaginary consensus, avoid basic questions, or disregard the larger context for human migration. In Borders and Belonging: Toward a Fair Immigra…

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Anthony E. Kaye, "Nat Turner, Black Prophet: A Visionary History" (FSG, 2024) 53:04

4M ago53:04

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In August 1831, a group of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia, rose up to fight for their freedom. They attacked the plantations on which their enslavers lived and attempted to march on the county seat of Jerusalem, from which they planned to launch an uprising across the South. After the rebellion was suppressed, well over a hundred p…

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#156, Enrollment Made Easy: Leveraging Reviews for School Growth [Unplugged Series Part 3] 13:30

4M ago13:30

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"𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜, 𝑠𝑜 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙𝑠... 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛-𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟, 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑒𝑛𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑖𝑛𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑓𝑓." - 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 🎙️ Ready to boost your school's reputation? 🌟 This week on the School Success Podcast, we're d…

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Derek W. Black, "Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black Literacy" (Yale UP, 2025) 41:58

4M ago41:58

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Few have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway to freedom and, in some instances, a tool for inspiring revolt. And few governments tried harder to suppress literacy than did those in the South. Everyone understood that knowledge was powe…

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155, Defining Your School's Ideal Family for Enrollment Success [Unplugged Series Part 2] 13:02

4M ago13:02

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"𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚." - 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 What’s your school’s ideal family? 🤔 From surveys to target personas, learn actionable strategies to boost enrollment and build a thriving community. 🌟 Listen to the latest 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 episode now! 🎧 #Sch…

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Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, "America Under the Hammer: Auctions and the Emergence of Market Values" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 44:09

4M ago44:09

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As the first book-length study of auctions in early America, America Under the Hammer: Auctions and the Emergence of Market Values (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) follows this ubiquitous but largely overlooked institution to reveal how, across the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, price became an accepted expression of value. From the earlies…

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Leonne M. Hudson, "Black Americans in Mourning: Reactions to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" (Southern Illinois UP, 2024) 1:15:34

4M ago1:15:34

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On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth carried out the first presidential assassination in United States history. The euphoria resulting from General Lee's surrender evaporated at the news of Abraham Lincoln's murder. The nation--excepting many white Southerners--found itself consumed with grief, and no group mourned Lincoln more deeply than people o…

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Greg Childs on Seditious Conspiracy (EF, JP) 34:39

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What a difference four years makes. Back in February 2021, still struggling to understand what had just happened at the Capitol, John and Elizabeth spoke with Brandeis historian Greg Childs. He is an expert in Latin American political movements and public space; his Seditious Spaces: Race, Freedom, and the 1798 Conspiracy in Bahia, Brazil is immine…

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#154, Improving School Success Through Family Feedback [Unplugged Series Part 1] 14:40

4M ago14:40

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"𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑥 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤." - 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑆𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 🎙️ Ready to boost enrollment success? On this episode of the School Success Podcast, you will learn powerful strategies for using surveys to retain families,…

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Andrew Gomez, "Constructing Cuban America: Race and Identity in Florida's Caribbean South, 1868–1945" (U Texas Press, 2024) 46:17

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How Black and white Cubans navigated issues of race, politics, and identity during the post-Civil War and early Jim Crow eras in South Florida. On July 4, 1876, during the centennial celebration of US independence, the city of Key West was different from other cities. In some of post–Civil War Florida, Black residents were hindered from participati…

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#153, The L.E.A.R.N. Methodology: Leadership and Life Lessons with Jim Carbaugh 44:54

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"𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡, 50% 𝑜𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑖𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 50% 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑚." - 𝐽𝑖𝑚 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡/ 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ/ 𝐶𝐸𝑂 𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑃𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝐿𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 In this week’s episode of the School Success Podcast, we sit down with Jim Carbaugh to dive into the transformative power of the L.E.A.R.N. approac…

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Jennie Lightweis-Goff, "Captive City: Meditations on Slavery in the Urban South" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 58:51

5M ago58:51

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Cities are fraught sites in the national imagination, turned into identity markers when “urban” and “rural” indicate tastes rather than places. Cities bring chaos, draining the lifeblood of the nation like a tick draws blood from its host, to paraphrase Thomas Jefferson’s anti-urban polemics, which might have been written during any election year—c…

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#152, Nate Hennessee on Classical Christian Education's Core Principles 36:49

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"How diseased we are as a country mentally. I think part of that is that we don't even know how truth is supposed to impact us anymore, and that is at the core of what it means to do classical Christian education." - Nate Hennessee, Headmaster of Legacy Academy 🎓 What if education could transform not just minds but souls? Join Nate Hennessee on the…

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Joshua D. Rothman, "The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America" (Basic Book, 2021) 49:55

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Joshua Rothman’s The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America was published by Basic Books in 2021, and tells a sprawling history of slave traders in America. Often presented as outcasts and social pariahs, slave traders were often instead wealthy and respected members of their communities. Rothman explores the lives and care…

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0076 - il conte Patrick Bessenbacher 22:07

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POPeracast host Jennifer Miller Hammel introduces tenor Patrick Bessenbacher, the devious Count Bandiera in POP's upcoming production of Antonio Salieri’s La scuola de' gelosi, to the POP family. La scuola de' gelosi Friday January 10, 2025 | 7:30PM Saturday January 11, 2025 | 7:30PM Sunday January 12, 2025 | 3:00PM Friday January 17, 2025 | 7:30PM…

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Carl Rollyson, "The Life of William Faulkner: The Past Is Never Dead, 1897-1934" (UVA Press, 2020) 1:02:00

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As a novelist, short story author, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate, William Faulkner looms large in modern American literature. Yet the very range of his work and the sources for his rich literary worlds often defy easy assessment. In The Life of William Faulkner: The Past Is Never Dead, 1897-1934 (University of Virginia Press, 2020), Carl Rollyso…

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Kent Michael Shaw, "Missiology Reimagined: The Missions Theology of the Nineteenth-Century African American Missionary" (Pickwick, 2024) 47:46

5M ago47:46

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In Missiology Reimagined: The Missions Theology of the Nineteenth-Century African American Missionary (Pickwick, 2024), Kent Michael Shaw I examines the lives and theology of early African American missionaries of the Antebellum and Reconstruction era. The enslaved and formerly enslaved constructed a hermeneutic and interpreted the sacred text thro…

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Randy M. Browne, "The Driver’s Story: Labor and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2024) 1:07:25

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The story of the driver is the story of Atlantic slavery. Starting in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, enslavers developed the driving system to solve their fundamental problem: how to extract labor from captive workers who had every reason to resist. In this system, enslaved Black drivers were tasked with supervising and punishing other enslaved…

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