We end 2023 with a wonderful conversation with Dr. Carter Berry discussing her work at her organization, Brownicity and her work as an author. We discuss her recent work, "Teaching for Justice and Belonging: A Journey for Educators and Parents" and how it lays down the steps for the "how-to" of implementing such initiatives in ones classroom. It wa…

Navigating the Ethical Horizons of AI with Prof. Casey Fiesler Join us in a thought-provoking conversation with Professor Casey Fiesler from the University of Colorado - Boulder, as we delve into the intricate intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, technology, and the world of education. We look into the role of AI in education and gain i…

We have our 5th Coffee Chat and part 3 of our conversation with Professor Stephen Mulkey. We chat about warming in the North Atlantic and its impact on ocean currents, changes in hurricane systems, geoengineering projects and why fossil fuel companies support them, how global agriculture will have to change in the face of our current climate crisis…

Check out our past episodes at: aoapodcast.com Here is part 2 of 3 of our Coffee Chat conversation with Professor Stephen Mulkey. We chat about the concept of degrowth and how it fits in addressing climate change, the current state of carbon capture technology, and end with the Amazon Rainforest. Be on the lookout for part 3 of 3! Some articles wer…

In this Coffee Chat we have a familiar guest back on, Professor Stephen Mulkey. We discuss current climate change issues, we work to clear up some confusion on 'wet bulb temperature' and dive deep into one of Professor Mulkey's new course: Communities and Climate Change. We discuss how climate justice and community-based initiatives play a vital ro…

My nemesis arrives!

The war against reality!

We have finally gotten around to sharing the second half of this wonderful conversation with professor and environmental scientist Stephen Mulkey. This is our second Coffee Chat (CC) and we are hoping to post more of these in addition to our episodes. We talk about divestment opportunities, teacher tips (really for all levels), and the future of sc…

Addressing food insecurity in schools was actually one of my main focuses as a first year teacher many years ago as an environmental educator. I was overly enthusiastic and naive about the promise of schoolyard vegetable gardens solving all food insecurity among the 10+ million children living in hunger in the US. Years later it is still a focus of…

THE THREE SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT AND THEIR TRUE ORIGINS We're back baby! Let me know what you think!

Baruch Spinoza and the reality of God!

John Locke defends kids!

WHY I LOATHE THIS SERIES! After I finished Blaise Pascal, I felt a near-bottomless boredom, rage and contempt for my entire series on the history of philosophers. Join me in an epic rant as I work out the source of my anger! In other words, sometimes I do a call-in show with myself... Do NOT try to all asleep to this!…

Blaise Pascal and dicing for God!

Welcome to the mental hell-scape of the father of modern philosophy! How the perversion of science leads to moral madness...

If people stop believing in the Divine Right of Kings, how do you get them to keep obeying the State? Enter Thomas Hobbes, champion of slave-on-slave violence!

One of my personal heroes, and arguably the greatest benefactors of mankind to have ever drawn breath!

William of Ockham and the simple path to truth!

THOMAS AQUINAS and the 5 PROOFS FOR GOD!

How far we have come from prehistory...

The great - and subtle - ontological proof for God!

The Problem of Evil... or How Christ Takes Down Plato!

The greatest - and most disappointing - of the ancient Greek philosophers...

Some lies burn the entire world to ash...

Every philosopher has to confront his intellectual father - how did I do?

I was first given Zeno's question about motion when I was 14...

THE POWER OF MADNESS! The pre-Socratics and Parmenides

The second in my series on the history of famous philosophers - let me know what you think!

The start of my series on the history of famous philosophers, starting with the Buddha - let me know what you think!

Tune into a fun conversation with author and professor Renee Hobbs. Renee first got on our radar with he recent book and winner of the 2021 PROSE Award, "MIND OVER MEDIA: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age." We discuss her book and how she first got into media literacy. This conversation helped reframe how I saw "screen time" and how my student…

We are happy to share with you an engaging conversation for your Thanksgiving Break! In this episode we had the privilege to chat with keynote speaker Principal Kafele. We cover how schools can better support their administrators, specifically their assistant principals, so they can better support their schools, what it means to push for equity in …

We are excited to kick off our second season of episodes with a conversation with author and lecturer Alfie Kohn. This was a shorter conversation but we covered a lot of ground. Like many of our other conversations here, I think everyone from parents to students, teachers to administrators, and activists to policy makers can get something out of th…

Here we wrap up our second Coffee Chat and the second half of our conversation with professor and environmental scientist Stephen Mulkey. We touched upon advice for both students and teachers in the environmental world, the uncanny beginnings to the International Center for Tropical Ecology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the plastic indus…

This is a fun conversation that touches upon Stephen Mulkey’s original motivation to pursue this path, how he has navigated academia in the face of climate-change denial, and how the youth can help shape the future of environmentalism—both as students and activists. Mulkey has been active in the environmental science realm in almost every aspect. T…

In this last episode of 2021 we end the year with internationally-acclaimed speaker Ken Shelton on the topic of technology in schools. We cover so many more topics and Ken provides us with several real-world examples that I think anyone in education can appreciate. Whether you are an administrator, educator, parent, or even student I think there is…

This was a fun episode as we got a chance to speak with someone who has been contributing to Age of Awareness for years. I actually discovered the insights and works of Sarah Mock on medium.com about five years ago. Now, she is a best-selling author with her recent book "Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm." This wa…

This 8th episode was really fun to do. As a Design and Tech teacher, I really enjoyed hearing about the design process, the creative freedoms, and then the impacts of the final products they are producing over at Microsoft Education. For the educators listening in to this episode; you will notice that it is clear that Microsoft makes it a priority …

We had the amazing opportunity to sit down with Lorena Germán and to discuss so many great topics about her work and about her journey to where she is now. Her new book, "Textured Teaching: A Framework for Culturally Sustaining Practices" is available for pre-order now and will be available in September. You may know her from one of her many other …

We had the privilege of chatting with one of the world's leading science communicators, Hashem Al-Ghaili. As a social media manager myself, I was just blown away by the numbers he was reporting: reaching 200,000,000 people each week just on Facebook alone?! Numbers that I couldn't even imagine seeing on the analytics boards. But we spoke about much…

How were some teachers able to thrive during their time teaching from home during a global pandemic? How were some able to pivot so easily and transition from in-person teaching to remote teaching? Well, for thousands of teachers around the world The Modern Classrooms Project might be the answer. In our fifth episode, we jump into a conversation wi…

Kids can be entrepreneurs, too. That is what Stephen and Sean discover in this episode of the show when they sit down with Rocket Club founder and CEO, Alex Hodara. Rocket Club is a program for kids that combines the disciplines of coding, robotics, and entrepreneurship to teach kids valuable lessons they will carry with them for the rest of their …

In our third episode we had the opportunity to talk with science communicator and celebrity Steve Spangler. You may know him from The Ellen DeGeneres Show or from his presence on various other platforms (TikTok | YouTube | Instagram) We get into engagement strategies with students, learning to teach in a virtual/online setting, starting and managin…

Yes this episode is about Scratch, one of the most well known programming language for kids, but it is about so much more. Join us as we talk with Scratch founder, Mitch Resnick, about bringing creativity back to the classroom. We dive deep into his time with his mentor Seymour Papert and into his creative process with his team in the MIT Media Lab…

In our first episode, hosts Sean Follin and Stephen Muskett sit down with Vidcode co-founder and CPO Leandra Tejedor. We explore the creation and foundation of Vidcode, how it is helping students around the world learn to code, the journey of managing an ed-tech startup, and much more.By Stephen Muskett

Hello! We are excited to announce that, due to popular demand, Age of Awareness is now offering a podcast! As the largest education reform publication on Medium and one of the fastest growing communities on the site we understand that our followers learn in many different ways. Our hope is that a podcast and video recordings on YouTube of these con…

Reflection on propaganda in journalism, education, activism and entertainment created at DW Akademietag 2018 in a workshop on Contemporary Propaganda with Renee Hobbs

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