Advocacy Bites

By Save Our Schools NC

A Podcast about two accidental education advocates, what they've learned and how you can get involved in making your corner of the world a better place, whether you have one minute or one hour.... more

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The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.

Advocacy Bites episodes:

October 03, 2023 52 Five Ways to Spot Lying Candidates
Susan and Renee share five action items to help determine which candidates are untrustworthy.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/party-flippers-democrats-becoming-republicans-00110334
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26min
September 18, 2023 51 Voting This Fall
Info about accessible voting: Accessible Voting - DRNC (disabilityrightsnc.org) Info about anti-voter bills: 5 Things to Know About This Week in North Carolina Politics (Aug. 28, 2023) - YouTube Voter ID Info: Voter ID — You Can Vote
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29min
September 05, 2023 50 The Civility Trap
Susan and Renee celebrate their 50th episode with a discussion of how civility is weaponized to stop discourse and to protect bad actors.
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21min
August 22, 2023 49 Beyond NC
Renee and Susan highlight some education news coming from outside of NC, but that reflect trends we're either seeing here to expect to see soon.

Links:

Lawsuit aims to halt opening of St. Isidore, a Catholic charter school - The Washington Post

PragerU's whitewashing of Frederick Douglass is exactly how you indoctrinate children with falsehoods about Black history - TheGrio
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29min
July 24, 2023 48 And Now For Something Completely Different
Everyone needs a break once in a while, so Susan and Renee talk about the books, tv shows and podcasts that we use when we want some mental downtime.
Books Jesus and John Wayne: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation (Paperback) | Quail Ridge Books One Nation Under God: One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America (Paperback) | Quail Ridge Books The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town, 1922-1945, Revised Edition (Paperback) | Quail Ridge Books Worm Loves Worm: Worm Loves Worm (Hardcover) | Quail Ridge Books Birchers: Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right (Hardcover) | Quail Ridge Books A Libertarian Walks into A Bear: A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) (Paperback) | Quail Ridge Books Class Mom Class Mom: A Novel (Paperback) | Quail Ridge Books Television Star Trek Strange New Worlds: Watch Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Try for Free (paramountplus.com) Crime Scene Kitchen: Crime Scene Kitchen - Watch on FOX Podcasts Two Sides of the Spectrum on Apple Podcasts Bag Man: A Rachel Maddow podcast from MSNBC Maintenance Phase
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25min
July 10, 2023 47 I'll Be There
Susan and Renee discuss why just showing up can make a big difference.
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18min
June 19, 2023 46 The Free Market Isn't
In Part 4 of our series on privatization, Susan and Renee take on the idea of "competition" and why it can't work when applied to education. Plus, show notes, for once! Contact information for House Members, downloadable in Excel: House Member Information - North Carolina General Assembly (ncleg.gov) Contact Information for Senate Members, downloadable to Excel: Senate Master Directory - North Carolina General Assembly (ncleg.gov) The Book Susan mentions: The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back (Paperback) | Quail Ridge Books
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23min
June 05, 2023 45 Private Eyes Ain't Watching You
Our series on vouchers continues with an exploration of the very different meaning of "accountability" applied to private schools as opposed to public schools.
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22min
May 22, 2023 44 Arguing with God
In part 2 of our series on vouchers, Renee and Susan discuss why "school choice" really isn't for most families.
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27min
May 08, 2023 43 All About Vouchers, Part 1
Renee and Susan kick off a series of episodes diving into private school vouchers.
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25min

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How many episodes does Advocacy Bites have?

The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.

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