Jul 16

TOP TEN LIST #4: The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey

Can you believe it? Book Club for Kids began ten years ago in the summer of 2015. And we’re celebrating by counting down our top ten most listened to episodes over the past decade. This week, just in time for the second installment in the Bad Buys series is the graphic novel that ... Show More

19m 46s

Jul 2

TOP TEN LIST: #5 New Kid by Jerry Craft

We continue our celebration of ten years of podcasting by looking back at our most popular episodes. This week, it's number 5 on our top ten list: New Kid. How do you fit in at a new school? Readers from Randle Highlands Elementary School in Washington, D.C. discuss the Newbery A ... Show More

20m 15s

Jun 18

TOP TEN LIST: #6 The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Do you have a relationship with the robot in your life? You'll fall in love with "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown. 4th graders from Flora Hendley Elementary School in Washington, D.C. discuss artificial intelligence and their own favorite robotic devices. U.S. Congressman Scott Pe ... Show More

23m 32s

Dec 2023

How to Inspire Your Kids to Love Reading

When we first began the podcast, our main goal was to inspire more folks to read. But we also talked about how we might offer content to help parents inspire their kids become life long readers. It isn’t easy, and there is no magic bullet, but we have some of the best of the best ... Show More

31m 41s

Aug 2024

S1E38: The Tiger, the Pig and the Jackal丨India Folk Tale丨 Fairy Tales Around the World

🐷🐯🦊What do you do when a pig meets a tiger in a cage? 😮 Well, let's just say things get a little... wild! 🐾 Join us for a tale of talking tigers, tricky choices, and one very clever jackal who’s got a few tricks of her own! 🎩✨ Sometimes, brains beat brawn, and today’s story ... Show More

7m 3s

Jan 2014

Jungle Deep - Episode 28 Tigers Forever

How do camera traps work? How has poaching changed over time? How many tigers are left in the wild? What is the greatest need for saving tigers from extinction? Science and nature writer, Sharon Guynup, and National Geographic photographer, Steve Winter, answer these and many mor ... Show More

32m 37s

Sep 2024

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

A memoir about parenting very badly and then getting weirdly defensive when anyone asks you about it.Where to find us: Peter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources:Effects of Authoritative Parental Control on Child Behavior, Child Development ... Show More

55m 37s

Jun 2023

Haters & Fighters

Hour 3 of A&G includes a teacher's advocacy for pro-trans policies, rooting for a celebrity cage fight, a major editorial correction regarding a Rosanne Barr comment from the previous hour and more...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

37m 7s

Apr 2023

America at the Point of No Return? A Conversation with Michael Anton

Is America still a democracy? What is at stake in the 2020 presidential election? Michael Anton, Lecturer at Hillsdale College and Senior Fellow at the Claremont Institute, joins the show to answer these questions and discuss his new book, The Stakes: America at the Point of No R ... Show More

50m 59s

Aug 2020

How to Rise with Former Rep. Katie Hill

Samara chats with the California congresswoman who resigned in November—about how to actually run for office, the politics of politics on Capitol Hill, and what it was like to weather a very public shaming—and how to write and deliver a speech in the midst of it. With lots of swe ... Show More

59m 28s

Jun 2021

Kate’s Got A Tally And She’s Checking It HEAPS

We kicked off the show with Kate deciding to keep a tally of all the times Tim makes fun of her during the show… It’s going to be a looong tally. The we ask ‘What Do You Wish They’d Stop Asking?’ after Jennifer Aniston opened up about people always asking her if she was pregnant. ... Show More

45m 45s

Nov 2024

Advanced | 虎妈教育方式的的利与弊-Tiger Mom（1/3）

Are you a Tiger Mom? Do you know anyone who is? Is being a Tiger Mom a good thing or a bad thing? Let us know what you think! The shorter dialog section contains helpful explanations. We hope you enjoy this lesson. 您同意虎妈式教育其实是中国传统教育方式的美国延续，是一种新型的教育方式，属于中西合璧的产物吗？虎妈式教育，坚持从小严格管教，多加 ... Show More

26m 25s

Dec 2022

Jennifer Down on why we need to read about trauma

The winner of the 2022 Miles Franklin Award, Jennifer Down, had only one rule when she set out to write about a fictional survivor of child sexual abuse: do no harm. But she tells Jane Lee she still worries about the ethical questions involved in publishing and winning the presti ... Show More

51m 9s

The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo