If you were luck to be in Kendall Tobin's history class you would have seen a large fish talk at the back of the class.But few have realized that his passion for fish--he sponsors an Aquatic Club at school-- takes him to Alaska every year on a dangerous mission to catch salmon. Last year his crew picked up 8,000 pounds of fish. Tobin is also a football coach. On this podcast you'll hear how he got into being a history teacher, woven into the Alaskan experience.

In May 2025, a week before the end of the school year, we caught up with Matt Evangelista, math teacher, who now moves on to medical school.

Mr. E was once a student at Benjamin Franklin High School. In fact he was in the Franklin school system since 5th grade. In this podcast he explains his path from Grade school to High School to Med school.

A documentary-styled podcast recorded in the new ceramics class at Benjamin Franklin High School. Coach Shannon Petersen who teaches art and ceramics in a conversation with hosts Marc Beasley and Chase Smith.

Our guest is sophomore Madi Oliver, in a conversation with assistant athletic director Marc Beasley, and coach Jace Smith. In March 2025, Madi won D2 State Championship in Girls Wrestling. She talked about how she landed in this sport almost by accident, and what it takes to compete in wrestling.

Women's wrestling, considered the fastest growing sport for young women in in the US, is an NCAA sport, and has been an Olympic sport since the 2004 games in Athens.

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Though they work in tandem as history and english teachers Amy Severson's and Beata Botham's paths to teaching couldn't have been more different. In this episode you'll hear how the magnetic pull of education brought them here to Benjamin Franklin High School.

How do we talk about elections, without getting 'political'? Why is civics so important, especially during the run up to elections? We wanted to unpack this as teachers, and come up with ideas as to how students could be more civic minded, even when making different choices. A tough topic indeed, but Victoria Tracy and Don Meyer took it on, a few days before the US elections.

September, being filled with Homecoming events, we wanted to give you give you a sense of what 'coming home' means to students who recently graduated. My guests, Emily, Drayton and Lincoln sat in the computer lab they once graced in seventh grade, and shared some poignant thoughts on the impact of Benjamin Franklin High School: The musicals they were in, the teachers they will never forget, their hobbies, and the school no-cellphone policy.

Sure, students love movies. But why would they spend their lunch recess in a classroom watching old movies? "Klicker's Classic Movie Club" is actually a club at Benjamin Franklin High School. They come here to explore various genres of movies. From "Gone with the wind," to "Princess bride" and everything in between.

In this podcast hosted by history teacher Jason Klicker, you'll hear from two seniors, Grayson and Leslie, about why they enjoy this activity and what they get out of classic movies.

His on-ramp was data science and geochemistry, but there are many other hats Dr. David Collings wears at Benjamin Franklin Charter Schools. Born in England, his career took him to South America and Africa before he came to the US. Before he departs on another exciting sojourn--Mongolia!--we wanted to catch up with someone who has always felt the pull of the Franklin magnetic field.

Coaches Dan Norris and Jace Smith discuss a powerful book, Extreme Ownership,' by two Navy Seals, Jocko Willink, and Leif Babin.

In this podcast you will hear how lessons learned on the battlefield could be applied to business and life. The coaches then go on to explain why Trust and Accountability are so crucial to their own leadership styles at Benjamin Franklin High School.