Radio Free School

By Randy Kay

A 30-minute show by, for, and about home-learners... more

· Education

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How many episodes does Radio Free School have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

Radio Free School episodes:

December 22, 2020 Winter View: oral history of winters in early 20th Century rural Ontario
First aired, December 25, 2002 on cfmu 93.3fm
Winter's view - oral history of winters in early 20th Century rural Ontario.
interview - Mary Margaret May Kay (b.1910 d.2007)
music - "River," Joni Mitchell, Blue
"1913 Massacre," Woody Guthrie, Hard Travelin'
"Maple Sugar," performed by Steve Fuller
tech - randy kay
...more
30min
November 04, 2020The Gift of Homeschooling
interviews:
Beverly Shepard, Diane Shepard
music
"To have and to have not" Billy Bragg, Back to Basics

"What did you learn in school today?" Tom Paxton, Best of Broadside
tech
beatrice ekwa ekoko
...more
31min
November 04, 2020The Sh*t Show
interviews
Ian Kerr-Wilson, curator Museum of Steam and Technology "Sitting Pretty: the history of the toilet"

Rodrigo Venturelli, Plan B Organic Farm
Music
"A piece of pie," The Frantics, Boot To the Head.

"The Faucets are dripping," Malvina Reynolds, The Best of Broadside.

"25th Floor," Patti Smith, Easter.
Poetry
"The Gardener" Shel Silverstein, Falling Up.
Tech
Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko, Randy Kay
Originally aired on CFMU 93.3FM 7/16/02
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...more
32min
November 03, 2020REBELS - young activists from the struggle for Red Hill Valley
"REBELS - young activists from the struggle for Red Hill Valley"
(Hamilton ON Canada)

interviews/vocal interventions
Rae Mitchell

Keisha Quinn

Brian Tammi

Julianna LaChance

Alex Patterson

Evelyna Kay & Hamilton Mayor Larry Di Ianni at the Mayor's new year levee recorded
by Gord Pullar

Bronwyn, Madeleine, Evelyna Kay. (Interviews by Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko)
music
Get on Board, Children, Willie Peacock, Voices of the Civil Rights Movement: Black American
Freedom Songs 1960-1966.

K.S.E. Promise Song, Raffi, Raffi on Broadway
tech - Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko, Randy Kay

"Take chances, make mistakes, get messy!"
Ms Frizzle (the magic school bus)

RADIO FREE SCHOOL an all-volunteer show by, for and about Un-schoolers/Home Learners.
ORIGINALLY AIRED Wednesday, January 28, 2004 on CFMU
...more
30min
November 03, 2020WALKING
interviews
Evelyna Ekoko-Kay(age 7) - walking sidewalks, walking trails.

Two people we met in town who had been hiking at Webster falls but now couldn't find their car (...we gave them directions).

Rebecca Solnit, author "WANDERLUST: A History of Walking"

Susan Thomas, letter carrier.
music
"Walking Blues" Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues Singers

"Mailman," Woody & Arlo Guthrie and the Guthrie Family, Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs
poetry
"Jerusalem," William Blake, Great Poets of the Romantic Age. Read by Michael Sheen.
movie review
"Pee Wee's Big Adventure," reviewed by Madeleine Kay (age 5).
tech
randy kay
ORIGINALLY AIRED Wednesday, June 11, 2003, on CFMU 93.3 FM
...more
32min
November 02, 2020 Take the power back! homeschooling experience
Take the power back! - homeschooling

interviews
Kelly, Amica (17) and Mich (14) Hilton, homeschoolers
music
"Take the power back" Rage Against the Machine.
"Save the World" composed and performed by Evelyna Kay (6)
review - Llewellyn, Grace. "The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to quit school and get a real-life and education" Lowrey House, Eugene Oregon, 1991. Review by Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko
Tech
Randy Kay
...more
32min
November 01, 2020the scary [hallowe'en] show!
the scary [hallowe'en] show!

spoken word:
"Cemetery Soup*" James Haskins, from MOANING BONES: African American Ghost Stories.

"Little witch's big night" by Deborah Hautzig, illustrated by Marc Brown (Read by Stoney)

"How jack-o-lanterns came to be*" adapted from Zora Neale Hurston, MULES AND MEN

"Hallowe'en [history]*" from Robin May, FESTIVALS: HALLOWE'EN

"Pumpkins for Peace?" Written by Richard Sanders, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) http://www.ncf.ca/coat (used with kind permission!) -(Read by Beatrice)
*read by Mr Scary P.Umkin
music
"scary improv music" - evelyna: piano, madeleine: violin, bronwyn: percussion and ooooos. beatrice: howls, yelps and screams. randy: occasional barks.

"Five little pumpkins" Raffi, SINGABLE SONGS FOR THE VERY YOUNG.

"Where did you sleep last night" Lead Belly, GOODNIGHT IRENE

"Hey dickwad/Snake in the Store" Mark Korven, CURTIS'S CHARM soundtrack.
tech
randy kay
originally aired Wednesday, October 30, 2002 on CFMU 93.3 FM
...more
32min
November 01, 2020Falling for leaves
LEAVES
interview
Bruce Duncan, Hamilton Conservation Authority
music
fall, Vivaldi

piney wood hills, Buffy Saint-Marie
tech
randy kay
...more
32min
November 01, 2020Winter's view: oral history of winters in early 20th Century rural Ontario
Winter's view - oral history of winters in early 20th Century rural Ontario.

interview
Mary Margaret May Kay (b.1910)
music
"River," Joni Mitchell, Blue

"1913 Massacre," Woody Guthrie, Hard Travelin'

"Maple Sugar," performed by Steve Fuller
tech - randy kay
Originally aired Wednesday December 25, 2002 on CFMU 93.3fm
...more
30min
November 01, 2020TALKING UN-SCHOOLING: what's it like to unschool?
TALKING UN-SCHOOLING

interview
Monique and Sean Atherton, Byron Zorzos, Kelly Hilton.
music
"The Laws of My Administration," Groucho Marx, from the film Duck Soup,

"What did you learn in school today?" Tom Paxton, The Best of Broadside.

"Swirling Leaves," Gordon A. McKinnon, performed by Evelyna Kay

"In taberna quando sumus," Carl Orff, Carmina Burana.

"Hello, I must be going," Groucho Marx, from the film Animal Crackers
book review
The Brothers Lionheart, Astrid Lindgren, reviewed by Evelyna Kay
tech
beatrice ekwa ekoko, randy kay.
Originally aired Wednesday, May 14, 2003 on CFMU 93.3 FM
...more
30min

FAQs about Radio Free School:

How many episodes does Radio Free School have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.