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Heather and Delaney are BACK! After a few weeks off from recording due to holidays and illnesses, the kick-off episode of the year is just in time for Black History Month. Heather talks to Delaney about how people should focus their learning and observance of Black History Month.

In this last In Case You Missed It episode, Delaney and Heather dive deeper into the idea of the myth of every issue having a black or white, right or wrong, mutually exclusive standpoint. There is a power in being able to say “Yes, and…”

This is an important episode not to be missed from 2021! In this episode, Delaney interviews a friend about her experiences parenting a transgender child. The honesty, authenticity, and candid conversations about the myths and realities of what it is to be transgender is such an important gift to all through this recording. Please listen and share with anyone who has questions and cares about our transgender siblings.

I've chosen this episode to replay because so often we get stuck on the idea of extremes that oppose each other and forget that there is a lot of common middle ground. The idea is that yes, this can be true, AND there is also this co-existing truth. Since this episode aired, Heather and Delaney have used this saying many times in reference back to this episode.

In Case You Missed It: this week we are replaying the episode where Heather interviews a fellow educator about the Parents' Bill of Rights Act and the state of education in Missouri. We want to make sure that no one missed this very informative episode given the numerous controversial educational bills we are seeing in state legislation.

The whole IPES team discusses the past year of work we've done and what we are looking forward to in the year to come.

Katie joins Delaney and Heather this week to discuss the long cited war on Christmas and what they all do, and do not, see as problematic around the holiday season.

Heather Fleming interviews a Missouri educator, Cloe Telle, about the upheaval surrounding the proposed Missouri Parents' Bill of Rights and what she sees happening in the classroom every day.

Delaney and Heather discuss the difference between having your view and opinions being attacked versus being reviewed. This conversations starts centered around Christianity and then spreads to cover many current issues.

Delaney and Heather tackle the difficult nuances of differentiating between cultural appreciation, which is great, versus cultural appropriation, which should be avoided. It's a tricky subject with a lot of gray areas between right and wrong, but it makes for a great conversation.