DJO English Round Table Podcast

Episode 65: A Streetcar Named Desire Student Panel #2 Tennessee Williams (1947) Running Time: 25:38 This Week's Guests: Cary Beam Alejandro Di Napoli Julie Ngyuen Che Nicholls Rose Sloate A Streetcar Named Desire is a pressure cooker of human drama, and Mr. Meehan's English classes have a LOT to sound off on about the subject! As Tennessee Williams pulls back the curtain on the personal lives of the Kowalski family, things are bound to get heated. So this week, we invited a second group of American Literature students into the podcast studio for another round of discussion regarding Blanche, Stanley, and (of course!) STELLAAAAAA!!!! (And yes, we made this same joke in last week's blurb). Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 64: A Streetcar Named Desire Student Panel #1 Tennessee Williams (1947) Running Time: 26:46 This Week's Guests: Victoria Gordon Claire Griffen Mireya Lopez Lorena Meruvia Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning A Streetcar Named Desire opens with the rather unceremonious arrival of Blanche DuBois at the New Orleans home of her sister and brother-in-law, Stella and Stanley Kowalski. Tensions mount in the sweltering heat of the Louisiana summer, and long-held secrets threaten to destroy everything that this once-prominent Southern family holds to be true. This week, students from Mr. Meehan's Honors American Literature classes stop by the podcast studio to make sense of this explosive drama, so join us as we discuss Blanche, Stanley, and (of course!) STELLAAAAAA!!!! Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 63: Death of a Salesman Student Panel #2 Arthur Miller (1949) Running Time: 26:46 This Week's Guests: Isabell Baltimore Leah Hammes LaDan Nemati Luis Ozuna Sophia Price Martha Stevens Last week's Death of a Salesman conversation was just so good that we simply had to dive right back into Arthur Miller's fanfare for the common man for a second Salesman podcast. Join Mr. Meehan and a second group of students from the Bishop O'Connell Honors American Literature class as we explore the lives, lies, and longings of the Loman family. Death of a Salesman is a poignant, humbling glimpse into the everyday faults and failures of the "low man" in society -- and this week's podcast group delves even deeper into the mind of the story's protagonist, forever doomed by the inescapable truth that "he had all the wrong dreams." Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 62: Death of a Salesman Student Panel #1 Arthur Miller (1949) Running Time: 23:25 This Week's Guests: Jordan Harris Ariann Garner Holly Eldridge Ariana Darui Gianni Snidle In 1949, Arthur Miller set out to prove that "a small man can be just as exhausted as a great man," and he wrote the stage tragedy of a traveling salesman, Willy Loman, to illustrate exactly how this sort of thing can happen. Join Mr. Meehan and a crew of students from the Honors American Literature class as we go inside the everyday lives and lies of a working class American family. Death of a Salesman may not be the story of larger-than-life "leaders of men," but the "dime a dozen" characters who populate this drama are equally complicated, compelling, and timeless nonetheless.  Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 85: Students Sound Off on "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Running Time: 18:37 This Week's Guests: Katharine Colclough Serena Davis Zacharias Muleta Nikolas Rocha Jessica Seager Our greatest hits of Ernest Hemingway continue this week, as Mr. Meehan welcomes five students from the eleventh grade Honors American Literature course to discuss Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. So many questions to tackle in this week's episode: Is there heroism in fighting a losing battle? What does it mean to be a hero? And is "Papa Hemingway" a misogynist? Check out this week's episode for another spirited look at life and literature through the eyes of students at O'Connell High School. Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 84: More Students Sound Off on "In Another Country" Running Time: 19:36 This Week's Guests: Christopher Chehade Thomas Cook Christopher Ho Wake Wildman What happens when you get another room full of high school guys together in a room to talk about one of the all-time "man's men" of American Literature? More students sounding off on Ernest Hemingway! This week, Mr. Meehan welcomes four of O'Connell's fine young men for a second round of philosophy and literature analysis as we discuss Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country." Check out this week's episode for another spirited look at life and literature through the eyes of the fine young men of O'Connell High School. Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 83: Students Sound Off on "In Another Country" Running Time: 18:43 This Week's Guests: Daniel Danenberg Keenan Murphy Christopher Niland Michael Santos Seth Viani What happens when you get a room full of high school guys together in a room to talk about one of the all-time "man's men" of American Literature? Episode 83 of the DJO English Round Table podcast, of course. This week, Mr. Meehan welcomes five guys from the Honors American Literature class to the podcast studio for the ultimate "bro-down" as we wax philosophical on the finer points of manliness as depicted in Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country." Check out this week's episode for a spirited look at life and literature through the eyes of the fine young men of O'Connell High School. Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 82: Students Sound Off On The Moviegoer Walker Percy (1963) Running Time: 22:56 This Week's Guests: Abigail Dinegar Jennifer Joseph Kirsten Knauf Hannah Pin Sophia Stalnaker Eighty two episodes in and counting, and O'Connell's English Department Round Table continues to be a real hit with our student body! So this week, we're turning the microphone over to small groups of real, live DJO students as we wax philosophical and try to make deeper sense of Walker Percy's The Moviegoer, the 1962 winner of the National Book Award. Part expert panel and part 21st century study guide (with a splash of Catechism thrown in for good measure!), these special episodes are a fascinating, spirited look at life, faith, and literature from the perspective of an O'Connell student. Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 81: Collaborative Learning Running Time: 21:35 This Week's Guests: Mrs. Lewicki Mr. Meehan Mrs. RimesTeamwork makes the dream work! And in the information age, this old adage has never been more true. Twenty first century classrooms, colleges, and employers are embracing the power of idea-sharing and small group collaboration -- and teachers at Bishop O'Connell High School are providing increased opportunities for students to learn from one another as they take increased ownership of their education. Join Mr. Meehan and our expert "team" of English teachers in this week's podcast as we discuss a handful of strategies you can use to take full advantage of opportunities for student-centered dialogue. Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.

Episode 80: Annotation 101 Running Time: 18:52 This Week's Guests: Mr. Meehan Mrs. Swaim Mrs. WentzelTaking notes while your reading is a time-tested strategy, but it can be pretty overwhelming to establish a meaningful system of note-taking that works for you. So what does it mean when teachers ask students to "annotate a text?" And how can you develop an annotation strategy of your own? Join Mr. Meehan and Mrs. Wentzel as they welcome Mrs. Swaim to our DJO English Department Podcast family for the first episode of the new school year! Your browser does not support this audio Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! And we'll see you again next week.