BustED Pencils

By Tim Slekar

BustED Pencils; Fully Leaded Education Talk is a half-hour talk show dedicated to public education. It is the only talk on the radio about education by educators. BustED Pencils is known for its com... more

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How many episodes does BustED Pencils have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.

BustED Pencils episodes:

April 19, 2017 Episode 32: Dystopian Reality Check
Feature Interview: James Howard Kunstler: Schools after the Collapse. As society continues to exploit cheap energy what type of living arrangements will help public schools survive in the future.
Blogger/Activist of the Week: Monty Fowler: Making America Great, Again. A huge “truth bomb” about being nice to teachers
What Would Matt Damon’s Say about “Free Lunches?”
The Schools Our Children Deserve: James Howard Kunstler take 2.
Tending News and a Moment of Zinn,
Let’s Bust some Pencils!
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36min
April 19, 2017 Episode 32: Free Lunches make America nothing but a Cluster #$%@
Feature Interview: James Howard Kunstler: Schools after the Collapse.
Blogger/Activist of the Week: Monty Fowler: Making America Great, Again.
What Would Matt Damon’s Say about “Free Lunches?”
The Schools Our Children Deserve: James Howard Kunstler take 2.
Tending News and a Moment of Zinn,
Let’s Bust some Pencils!
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36min
April 05, 2017 Episode 31: The “Choice” is Clear: It’s A Backpack Full of Cash!
Feature Interview: Sarah Mondale and Vera Aronow. Film makers for A Backpack Full of Cash.
Blogger/Activist of the Week: Rebel Teacher on the “Business of Choice.”
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Jesse “The Walking Man” Turner
Matt Damon’s Mom on why Matt decided to narrate Backpack Full of Cash
Trending News and a Moment of Zinn.
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36min
March 22, 2017 Episode 30: The American Way: Choice or Justice?
Feature Interview: America’s superintendent—John Kuhn—explains how public schools and not choice is an American value!
Activist of the Week: Hayley Breden of the Caucus of Today’s Teachers talks about Denver’s new social justice caucus.
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Dr. Ricardo Rosa spells it out.
Trending News and Matt Damon’s Mom take on politicians hell bent on killing academic freedom.
And of course your Moment of Zinn.
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32min
March 08, 2017 Episode 29: Book Banning, Nazi Resistance and Choice
Feature Interview: Rivera Sun joins us to talk about the Norwegian Teacher Resistance to the Nazi Occupation of 1942.
Matt Damon’s Mom surprise visit.
BustED Pencils VIP: Denisha Jones of DEY talks about what Early Childhood Centers in American can tell us about the future of school choice.
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Hayley Breden
Two Trending News Stories and of course A Moment of Zinn.
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36min
February 22, 2017 Episode 28: Are you a “Reformer” or an “Innovator?”
Feature Interview: Angela Engel joins us to discuss the difference between reform and innovation in public schools.
Matt Damon’s Mom explores the possibility that Donald Trump might make education great again.
Blogger of the Week: Ron Giordan talks about his new blog democracydestroyed.com and his take on Betsy DeVos and IDEA.
Troy LaRaviere on the Schools Our Children Deserve.
Trending News If Trump makes punk rock great again what can we expect for education?
And of course a Moment of Zinn.
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31min
February 08, 2017 Episode 27: Education Deans are on the “EDJE” of Justice and Equity
Feature Interview: Dr. Kathy Shultz talks to Tim about a group of Education Deans that are ready to kick some… Let’s just say these Deans are fighting for Justice and Equity.
Matt Damon’s Mom explains the semantics of “charter” schools.
Blogger of the Week: Paul Thomas has some Radical Eyes for Equity.
Founder of Education Deans for Justice and Equity Dr. Kevin Kumashiro provides insight into the Schools Our Children Deserve.
Trending News surprise. Is that really Tim singing?
And of course a Moment of Zinn.
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30min
January 25, 2017 Episode 26: A Poet Who Really Didn’t Know “It.”
Feature Interview: Sara Holbrook. Two of her poems were used on a standardized test in Texas. First, she didn’t know her poems were being used and then she didn’t know the answers to questions about her own poems. How does that happen?
What does Matt Damon’s Mom think of pedal desks?
Activist of the Week: Rebel Teacher.
The Schools Our Children Deserve.
Trending News and of course A Moment of Zinn.
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28min
January 11, 2017 Episode 25: Education Reform Resistance: He Writes the Songs!
Feature Interview: He writes about writing. He speaks about speaking. He sings about singing. He’s Barry Lane!
Does Matt Damon’s Mom have a favorite Barry Lane song?
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Next week’s feature interview. Poet Sara Holbrook
Trending News and a Moment of Zinn.
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24min
November 10, 2016 Episode 24: You Want High School? Show Me the Money!
Feature Interview: Erie, PA Superintendent Jay Badams. Will he open high school next year? Good Question.
Activist of the Week: BustED Pencils Blogger Dr. Todd Lilly.
What Would Matt Damon’s Mom Say about “fast track” teacher preparation?
The Schools Our Children Deserve: Andrew Waity of Madison Teacher’s Union
Trending News and a Moment of Zinn.
Let’s Bust some Pencils!
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24min

FAQs about BustED Pencils:

How many episodes does BustED Pencils have?

The podcast currently has 95 episodes available.