Month: January 2022

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Time To Say Goodbye - Blaming teachers’ unions for Covid

Hello from pandemic year 3!

There seems to be a panic over school closures—and a backlash against teachers and their unions. But how many US public schools have had to “go remote” because of Covid? Are these physical closures reasonable? Why are people blaming educators for everything from “learning loss” to the downfall of the Democratic party? What “shock doctrine” tactics do we need to look out for?

Check out:

* Jay in The New York Times, on the value of public schools and a post-Hurricane Katrina cautionary tale

* A common, cynical take in The Atlantic

* Arguments for parent-teacher solidarity in The New Yorker and Jacobin

* An explainer on the teacher shortage and our stingy approach to public K–12 education, at Vox

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Everything Everywhere Daily - This History of the Bicycle

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It is one of the most simple machines that most people use, yet incredible amounts of engineering go into their design. 


They are used by billions of people around the world and it is one of the only forms of transportation available to children. 


They can make humans incredibly efficient and their development was in many ways surprising.


I am of course talking about bicycles. Learn about the history of bicycles and how the modern version came to be on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Insurers Cover Tests, Human Gets Pig Heart & Georgia Wins – Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

The news to know for Tuesday, January 11th, 2022!

What to know about ongoing security talks between the U.S. and Russia.

And how many at-home Covid-19 tests do insurance companies have to start covering each month.

Also, a first-of-its-kind surgery. Doctors hope a pig's heart will save a human's life.

Plus, the new college football champions, what happened on the NFL's so-called Black Monday, and why you may want to keep the change next time you get a quarter.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes for sources and to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Pod Save America - “Joe and the Giant Speech.”

Joe Biden takes on Republican voter suppression in Georgia, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler talks about Ron Johnson’s re-election announcement and saving democracy in the Badger State, and Ted Cruz grovels to Tucker Carlson after referring to violent insurrectionists as terrorists.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Language is power in ‘Beasts of a Little Land’

Juhea Kim's debut novel, Beasts of a Little Land, is about Korea's decades-long fight for independence and the lives it impacted. Kim wanted the novel to focus on people who often get overlooked, which is why one of the main characters in the novel is a courtesan, or a sex worker. Kim told NPR's Elissa Nadworny that "these characters show how we can live in a meaningful way, even when the world is falling apart, even when the sky is falling down."
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Read Me a Poem - “Winter Scene” by A. R. Ammons

Amanda Holmes reads A. R. Ammons’s poem “Winter Scene.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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