• Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

  • By: Paul Kelly
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Teacher Talk with Paul and Jay

By: Paul Kelly
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  • Paul and Jay discuss literature and ideas from the perspective of their years in the high school classroom. Teachers and students alike will learn a great deal from their lively and insightful discussions. Join us for the discussions as we work to grow a community readers, writers, and educators. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paul-kelly05/support
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Episodes
  • The Problems of Diversity and Inclusion: Lessons from Zadie Smith's Defense of Fiction

    The Problems of Diversity and Inclusion: Lessons from Zadie Smith's Defense of Fiction
    Jul 27 2024

    Over a discussion of Zadie Smith's essay "Fascinated to Presume: In Defense of Fiction" (New York Review of Books, 2019), Paul and Jay discuss diversity, multiculturalism, inclusion and representation in high school English. The movement to correct real and perceived oversights of inclusion has been disastrous for the reading and teaching of literature. But in her essay, Zadie Smith shines a light in the direction of hope and recovery.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Reading with Jane Austen

    Reading with Jane Austen
    Jul 26 2024

    In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen illustrates four types of reading: 1. Reading as confirmation bias 2. Reading as performance art 3. Reading as escape 4. Reading as transformation Which sort of reader are you?

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    5 mins
  • Book 12: Reality, Destiny & Character

    Book 12: Reality, Destiny & Character
    Apr 22 2024

    Join Paul and Jay for book 12, the half way mark in Homer's Odyssey. The episode looks closely at Odysseus' character in some of the strangest events and spectacles in the book. Jay opens with a poem titled "Scylla and Charybdis" by Megan Fernandez.

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    59 mins
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