Backporch Education Podcast

Poem: “Ox Cart Man,” by Donald Hall  Statement of the Whole:  Amazing to think about, but Backporch Education Podcast is now beginning its fourth Season!  Jason and Steve take a few minutes to lean back and think about where we have been,

Poem: “Work without Hope” by Samuel T. Coleridge  Statement of the Whole:  Moving from the image of a car engine spread out on the back lawn to the inner workings of the inquisitive mind, Jason and Steve discuss how analysis and synthesis are both … Co...

Poem: “The Hippopotamus” by T.S. Eliot  Statement of the Whole: When we began a while back to separate our lives into various spheres, especially as we moved education in the schools away from any form of religion, a new set of questions were birthed.

Poem: “Sonnets from the Portuguese, #23” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning  Statement of the Whole: Would a teacher’s life be better or worse if Administrators disappeared from the Earth?  So begins a lively repartee between Jason and Steve,

Poem: “To a Critic” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge  Statement of the Whole: In this episode, an article sparks lively discussion between Jason and Steve on what it will take to revive the love of literature in our day.