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  • Season 6 Highlights, Part 1: The JFK Edition

    Special Guest Host Madeline Rose Lazar joins me to walk through some highlights from the front half of Season 6.

    Tamara recommended: Growth Mindset, The Little Book of Thunks, and Including Samuel.
    Dr. Curtis recommended:  Dies Irae and La Crimosa from Mozart's Requiem, Freude, Grosse Freude by Hammerschmidt, and Little Birds by Whitacre.
    Send Nate Calhoun gratitude and good luck at nate.calhoun [at] jfksberlin [dot] org

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    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

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    1 hr 13 min
  • Rachel Dickstein's Classroom is a Nazi Concentration Camp and a Stasi Prison (Rebroadcast)

    Rachel Dickstein is an educator and project developer and manager at Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen (Stasi Prison Memorial).

    Learn more about Histories2gther. Also Histories2gether on Insta and Facebook. 


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    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Dr. Bruce Field Does Good Things

    Dr. Bruce Field devoted 40 years to teaching an learning. Recently retired, he joins me to reflect on a multifaceted and distinguished career devoted to service.

    Bruce discussed The Groundbreaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City's Search for Justice. He also is seeking Tara Westover, author of Educated, to pen the epilogue to his memoir.  

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    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

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    1 hr 23 min
  • LGBTQ+ Youth Advocate Zach Lowe

    I'm proud to share a conversation between a distinguished New Jersey High School teacher and Zach Lowe, an advocate for LGBTQ+ youth.

    Kudos to Bob for a splendid conversation. Be sure to tune into Bob's Just Asking. 


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    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

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    1 hr 7 min
  • Transatlantic Connections with Dr. Berit Ebert

    Dr. Berit Ebert is VP of Programs at the American Academy in Berlin, where she fosters academic and cultural connections and promotes meaningful transatlantic discourse. 

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    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

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    1 hr 3 min
  • Shanti Chu Democratizes Philosophy

    Shanti Chu is a community college philosophy instructor. She raises challenging questions, grapples with biases, fosters critical thinking, and opens the marketplace of ideas. 

    Want more Shanti? How could you not?

    • Dive into her concise but challenging philosophy videos on her YouTube Channel. 
    • In this YouTube video, Shanti discusses her recent contribution to Philosophy for Girls. 
    • She also maintains an active vegan food blog over here...or follow her foodie goodness on Insta. 
    • Not enough Shanti? I gotcha. She and her partner make music as Evanti. Check them out on Soundcloud.

    Shanti recommends Sarah Ahmed's Feminist Killjoy. We both recommend Adichie's Feminist Manifesto in 15 Suggestions. 


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    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    1 hr 14 min
  • CA Teacher of the Year, Daniel Jocz

    Daniel Jocz might be the best high school social studies teacher in America. He's also a YouTube sensation and a fine fella.

    Keep up with Daniel on APUSH Explained. Learn from Daniel's YouTube Channel. Support him and his students here.

    Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
    Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    1 hr 32 min
  • Discovering Our Voices with Choral Director, Joseph Curtis

    Dr. Joseph Curtis is a veteran high school choir director committed to meeting students where they are, empowering them to find their voices, and creating harmony.

    Dr. Curtis endorses: Dies Irae and La Crimosa from Mozart's Requiem, Freude, Grosse Freude by Hammerschmidt, and Little Birds by Whitacre. 

    Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
    Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    1 hr 23 min
  • Coach Cal Teaches Life Lessons...and Sports

    Nate Calhoun is an elementary school physical education teacher who uses sports and games as vehicles to teach lessons that last a lifetime.

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    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
    Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    1 hr
  • Kate Creates Compassionate Communities

    Kate Mueller is an early years educator, deeply devoted to holistic instruction. She makes five-year-olds WANT to come to school.

    Dig our explorations of working lives? Please show your support at Patreon.
    Get in touch on Insta, Twitter, Facebook, or at podcastforaliving [at] gmail [dot] com.
    Please hit that follow button and share the pod with your people.

    As always, special thanks to Liv Hunt for logo design, Rotem Fisher for mastering audio, and Brian Trahan for music production and engineering.

    Our theme song is Nile's Blues by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons by an Attribution 4.0 License. 

    Be kind and stay healthy. Thank you for listening. 

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    1 hr 8 min

About For a Living

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Committed to empathic engagement, For a Living explores working lives. I am humbled by the support of my listeners and grateful to my guests, who have been vulnerable, reflective, and insightful.