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Today we take stock of the 2024 election in the USA and its potential impact on education. What will a second Trump presidency mean for schools and universities? With me, is the renowned curriculum scholar, Michael W. Apple.

Michael W. Apple is the John Bascom Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I spoke with him on November 18.

In the aftermath of Trump sweeping to power, I thought it would be valuable to return to an interview I conducted with Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire in the aftermath of the 2020 election. In that conversation, we looked back at education under the first Trump presidency and looked ahead to education during the Biden administration. This will be good context to remember as we prepare for Trump 2.0. Next week I’ll return with a new interview with Michael Apple about what a second Trump presidency might mean for education over the next four years.

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Today we take stock of public education in the United States after the 2020 election. With me are Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire. You may know Jack and Jennifer from their education podcast called Have You Heard, which you should definitely check out. They’ve also recently co-written the book A Wolf at the schoolhouse door: The dismantling of public education and the future of school, which traces the war on public education in America. They argue that we should be watching the changes at the state level after the recent election.

Jack Schneider is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and Jennifer Berkshire is a freelance journalist. They co-host the podcast Have You Heard.

Citation: Schneider, Jack & Berkshire, Jennifer, interview with Will Brehm, FreshEd, 220, podcast audio, November 9, 2020. https://freshedpodcast.com/schneider-berkshire/

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Today we take a look behind the curtain of the FreshEd Flux episode entitled “I am Karen,” which was created by Suwandee Thatsanaprai, who is known as Beaw. If you haven’t listened to Beaw’s Flux episode yet, hit stop now and go find it in your podcast feed.

Beaw is a Thai-Karen education development practitioner currently working with the Southeast Asia Spark Fund initiative at the Global Fund for Children. She recently completed her master’s at the University of Bristol. She is a Season 3 Flux Fellow.

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Today we launch the next and final episode of Flux for Season 3. In this episode, Suwandee Thatsanaprai, known as Beaw, shines a light on the Karen ethnic minority in Thailand. She shows the structural effects of colonization and the affective dimensions of racism. And she ponders the connections between language and identity.

Beaw is a Thai-Karen education development practitioner currently working with the Southeast Asia Spark Fund initiative at the Global Fund for Children. She recently completed her master’s at the University of Bristol. She is a Season 3 Flux Fellow.

If you’re curious about the final song, you can read an English translation on our website.

https://freshedpodcast.com/flux-beaw/

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Today’s episode was created, written, and produced by Suwandee Thatsanaprai.

Johannah Fahey was the executive producer. Brett Lashua and Will Brehm were the producers.

Special thanks to Beaw's mother for helping write the S’gaw Karen script; Wut for inviting Beaw to his school and for his help pushing her bike on the muddy roads; and Beaw's grandmother for sharing a different perspective that helped her learn more about her and her identity as a Karen woman.

Voices:

Voice of the 'expat expert': Ian Hendry

Original Voices of karen students at the school: Seij hpo, Hsaj hti, La hsgij, Hpaw moj la.

English Voice over for karen students at the school: Oscar- Seij hpo, Cleo - Hsaj hti, Archie - La Hsgij, and Khum Hom - Hpaw moj la

Original Voices of Karen adults: Hpaj se da, Tij ywa, Toj lwij, K’ Li, Hsaj hpaw, Nauj shi.

English Voice Over for Karen adults : Elliot - Hpaj se da, Jeff- Tij ywa, John - Toj lwij, Kyaw - K’ Li, Por - Hsaj hpaw, Som - Nauj shi

Music:

Kho Due Doe by P'Chi (used with permission)

Kla Kla Chi Klu Ngu by P'Chi (used with permission)

ปว่าเก่อญอก็มีหัวใจ Ver.เตหน่ากู by P'Chi (used with permission)

Thai National Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v86OlB4f2QY

High Anxiety by Phillip Mount (from Soundstripe)

Grim History performed by Lost Ghosts (from Soundstripe)

Celebrated Life performed by Lost Ghosts (from Soundstripe)

Wise Decision performed by Lost Ghosts (from Soundstripe)

Sweet Collapse by Matthew Grossman

Raindrops performed by Moments

Sound Effects:

Forest Rain Wind Light (from Soundstripe): https://app.soundstripe.com/sound-effects/6608

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Today we look behind the curtain of Peter Browning’s FreshEd Flux episode entitled “Listening to the Soundosphere.” If you haven’t listened to his Flux episode yet, hit stop now and go find it in your podcast feed. Our conversation today will make much more sense once you listen to his Flux episode.

Peter Browning is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies at University College London. He was a Season 3 Flux Fellow.

https://freshedpodcast.com/browning/

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Today we air the next episode of Flux, a FreshEd series where graduate students turn their research interests into narrative based podcasts. In this episode, Peter Browning explores the power of the Soundosphere. His meta-engagement highlights the importance of sound in creating immersive experiences, the emotional and embodied aspects of ethnographic research, and the political and social implications of podcasting.

Peter Browning recently graduated with his PhD from the Institute of Education at the University College London, where he is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies.

https://freshedpodcast.com/flux-browning/

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Today’s episode was created, written, and produced by Peter Browning.

Johannah Fahey was the executive producer. Brett Lashua and Will Brehm were the producers.

Special thanks to Complicité not only for granting permission to use their material, but also for kindling Peter's interest in sound and storytelling. Also, a big thank you to Johannah Fahey, executive producer of FreshEd Flux, for her ongoing encouragement, for helping Peter to move beyond his comfort zone, and for finding humour in the absurd.

Characters Played by:

Narrator - Peter Browning

Will Brehm - Will Brehm

Brett Lashua- Brett Lashua

Johannah Fahey – Johannah Fahey

Dorothy – Siobhán Maycraft

Teacher - Rommy Anabalón

Simon McBurney from Complicité – Simon McBurney from Complicité

Jon Holmes from The Skewer – Jon Holmes from The Skewer

Complicité Soundscape “Courtesy of Complicité”:

Ways of Listening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAvi0oI9fiI

The Encounter Simon McBurney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cxnzcsHuKM&t=153s

Voices in the Guided Meditation (in order of appearance):

Uta Papen

Luis Enrique (Kike) Vanegas

Brett Lashua

Suwandee Thatsanaprai

Johannah Fahey

Will Brehm

Ijaz Jackaria

Miguel Pérez Milans

Jon Holmes

Simon McBurney

Chundou Her

Full list of sounds used can be found at https://freshedpodcast.com/flux-browning/

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Today Chundou Her joins me to talk about their FreshEd Flux episode entitled "Hmagical Girl Academy: Confronting racism through collective healing." I recommend you listen to their Flux episode before you continue with this one. You’ll find it in your podcast feed.

In today’s interview, we discuss Hmong student experiences on college campuses and what it was like to put together a podcast with their cousins. Chundou Her is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Season 3 FreshEd Flux Fellow.

https://freshedpodcast.com/her/

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Today we air the next episode of Flux. Chundou Her’s research is on Hmong student experiences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It’s significant that UW-Madison is a predominantly white institution in the Midwest of the United States because the Hmong student experiences that Chundou explores is of racism in all its forms – from stereotypical ideas about model minorities, to its links to sexism, and to the many microaggressions common on campus.

In this episode, Chundou imagines multiple, parallel worlds where layers of universes simultaneously fold into each other. This may be interpreted as a form of dissociation, but it could also be understood as a space for collective healing.

https://freshedpodcast.com/flux-her/

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Today’s episode was created, written, and produced by Chundou Her.

Johannah Fahey was the executive producer. Brett Lashua and Will Brehm were the producers.

Special thanks to Ruth Her, Leah Her, and Isabella Her for their support in creating the magical girl world as well as lending their voices to bring the story to life.

This episode is dedicated to all cousins out there, whether you are biological or found. May your imaginations be magical and may your real worlds be joyful.

Voices:

Main narrator, “monster” voices, Magical Girl Blue: Chundou Her

Ruth, Magical Girl Minoa: Ruth Her

Leah, Magical Girl Lucy: Leah Her

Isabella, Magical Girl Sweet Pea: Isabella Her

Music:

“ADVENTURE”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

“Quirky story music”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

“Transformation Sequence”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

“Teamwork”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

“Finale”... An original composition by Chundou Her. Composed on the open source application, MuseScore 4.

Happy Music (loop1) by AudioCoffee

Spooky strings by Victor_Natas

Corporate Business Presentation (loop ver.2) by AudioCoffee

Sounds:

Phone Ringing #4 by AUDACITIER

Answer machine beep - generated by vestibule-door

crowd in hall medium reverb by theplax

Loose Classic Bike Bell, Triple Ding 1 by manofham

Bamboo, Pluto and Gregorian wind chimes at Sharp Tor, Teign Gorge by Philip_Goddard

Half second kitchen clock ticks by nightcustard

Dialup by lintphishx

Group_laugh_long_exaggerate by thanvannispen

Sci-fi Laboratory Ambience by qudodup

Heartbeats 61 by patobottos

Off-Hook tone by NuclearTape

Thailand jungle morning crickets, birds echo +water drops on plants7 woodpecker cleaned by kyles

Office Ambience Mix by kwahmah_02

Ccc_applause_short by uair01

Crowd Wow Surprise People by dersuperanton

Breath_group_shocked11 by thanvannispen

Harp Glissando Up by Cunningar0807

Light Magic - [RPG] by colorsCrimsonTears

Magic spell heal bright bell brid reverb by ryusa

Thunder by AudioPapkin

23_Miss_hit by Juaner_

Horror Ghost sound by HaraldDeLuca

Shattering Glass (Small) by Czarcazas

FX_Footsteps_Echo01 by PeteBarry

SFX Player Action: Phone Pick Up by trullilulli

Spell explosion by Bertsz

Sound Effect: Twinkle/Sparkle by ShidenBeatsMusic

Cartoon Slide Whistle Down 1 by floraphonic

Bongo Drum Roll 1 by floraphonic

Crash Cymbal Hit by UNIVERSFIELD

Supernatural Explosion by Pixabay

Fairy_sound by Pixabay

Power Charge by Pixabay

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Today Ijaaz Jackaria joins me to talk about his FreshEd Flux episode entitled "In the realm of the in between: An ode to ethnography in Mauritius." I recommend you listen to his Flux episode before you continue with this one. You’ll find it in your podcast feed.

In today’s interview we discuss the combination of science, philosophy, and theology as well as Ijaaz’s process of putting together his Flux episode.

Ijaaz Jackaria is a recent graduate of the University of Edinburgh and a Season 3 FreshEd Flux Fellow.

https://freshedpodcast.com/jackaria/

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Today we start season 3 of Flux, a FreshEd series where graduate students turn their research interests into narrative based podcasts.

To kick things off, Ijaaz Jackaria’s episode is an ethnography of Mauritius and its colonial past, where he creates his own Southern epistemology by bringing together cosmology, philosophy, and Islamic theology.

Let Season 3 of FreshEd Flux begin.

https://freshedpodcast.com/flux-jackaria/

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Full Credits

Voices:

Narrator, Monologue in field recordings, Translator of Quranic verse: Ijaaz Jackaria

Dad: Mohammad Yousouf Jackaria

Reader of Ibn Arabi’s texts: Parween Taleb-Jackaria (mom)

The voice of Carl Sagan is “a gift to this site by Cosmos Studios. Carl

Sagan’s audio from Pale Blue Dot, originally by Brilliance 2017. Copyright © 1994 by Carl Sagan. Copyright © 2006 Democritus Properties, LLC. All rights reserved.”

Boaventura De Sousa Santos

Link: https://youtu.be/UzecpSzXZOY

University of Chicago Professor Yousef Casewit with permission from University of Chicago Divinity School.

Link: https://youtu.be/q0Kcb8A1fd0

Muslim Preacher 1: Shaykh Dr. Haitham al Haddad.

Link: https://youtu.be/3Pb52xeVnpE?feature=shared

Muslim Preacher 2: Nouman Ali Khan

Link: https://youtu.be/aEfOqSC7WB8?feature=shared

Haram Beats Composers: Brett Lashua & Ijaaz Jackaria

Original Voice in Haram Beats:

Shaykh Dr. Haitham al Haddad. Link: https://youtu.be/3Pb52xeVnpE?feature=shared

Quran Reciter 1: Shaykh Sudais

Link: https://archive.org/details/SurahAlImranLast10Verses

Quran Reciter 2: Salim Bahanan

Link: https://youtu.be/uD7tnXhFpss?feature=shared

Poem Reciter: Tina Rahimi

Link: https://youtu.be/ob-lGpx45V0?feature=shared

Tajweed instructor

Link: https://youtu.be/teuC1DUrFAE?feature=shared

Hifz instructor and student

Link: https://youtu.be/fsb-CY1IrXs?feature=shared

Sufi Chants

Link: https://youtu.be/xsTDHk2B8Bg?feature=shared

Music and Sounds from YouTube Creative Commons:

Sounds from Interstellar Space

Link: https://youtu.be/RgAC0cs0oNg?feature=shared

Waves

Link: https://youtu.be/xyVm9XW8VoY?feature=shared

Shrinking SFX

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Av0LSyv-U

Growing SFX

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2hbx00p70

French Baroque Music

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hxYlGrJt3k

British Grenadiers

Link: https://youtu.be/Kh1xPhisJb4?feature=shared

Sufi Flute 1

Link: https://youtu.be/xEuZhvm9YVo?feature=shared

Sufi Flute 2

Link: https://youtu.be/_O3RXAGB-7k?feature=shared

DJ Scratch

Link: https://youtu.be/DoQKO2zaaNc?feature=shared

Rewind

Link: https://youtu.be/Q84kTMsfo68?feature=shared

Whispering Sound

Link: https://youtu.be/s5M9Zhwa0_k?feature=shared

Music and Sounds from Soundstripe:

Catacombs

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/6310

Sci Fi Cosmos Sequence

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/72694

Hypnotic Pad Tone

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/70417

Sundaze

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/16702

Choir Male Descending

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/40584

Tibetan Synth

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/68198

Gravel Walk:

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/7408

Shrub Tiny Leaves

Link: https://app.soundstripe.com/sfx/14411

Music and Sounds from Bandlab:

Anger Rhodes

Link: https://www.bandlab.com/sounds/search?query=Anger_Rhodes_160_F#m

Oriental Accent

Link: https://www.bandlab.com/sounds/search?query=oriental

Special Thanks:

Special thanks to Dr. Lindsey Horner and Dr. Fatih Aktas from the University of Edinburgh for their academic guidance. A big thank you also to Johannah Fahey, executive producer of FreshEd Flux, for her unrelenting support and supervision throughout the production of my episode.

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