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091: Ep87 – Going to College in the Sixties

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In this 87th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. John Thelin, University Research Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky and author of Going to College in the Sixties. NOTE: Dr. Thelin will be holding a book talk on Tuesday, March 5 @ 5pm at the Boone Center at the University of Kentucky – More info here.

Dr. John Thelin, present day and when he was in college in the Sixties.

Dr. John Thelin, today and in the sixties.

John is an historian and author of many books, including his widely read and studied A History of American Higher Education. He was honored in 2004 with a Great Teacher Award and in 2006, he received the University Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2007, the American Educational Research Association conferred on him the Exemplary Research Award on Post-secondary and Higher Education Research. John’s further books have included Games Colleges Play, Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education, as well as a textbook on American Higher Education.

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Thelin YouTube interview.Notes

  1. Biography of Clark Kerr.
  2. John Thelin, Going to College in the Sixties.
  3. Colloquium series event featuring Dr. John Thelin on Tuesday, March 5 at 5pm at the Boone Center at the University of Kentucky.
  4. Interview on the book with InsideHigherEd.com.
  5. YouTube video interview of Dr. Thelin on the release of his new book (2mins).

 

 

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, John asked the following question in this episode:

“What is the relationship between higher education and jobs?”

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078: Ep74 – Outdoor Education

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This 74th episode of Philosophy Bakes Bread was recorded on Apeiron Expeditions‘ Philosophy Bakes Bread canoe trip, which ran from July 29th to August 1st of 2018, and in it Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Ben Vockley, Seth Walton, and Dr. Alejandro Strong about “Outdoor Education.”

Anthony Cashio paddling on the Upper West Branch of the Penobscot River in Maine in late July of 2018.

Ben is an instructor with Outward Bound. Seth is a high school teacher and a registered Maine guide. And Alex runs Apeiron Expeditions. Ben, Seth, and Alex have a lot of experience with outdoor education and in this episode they are representing only their own points of view, not

Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.


(1 hr 8 mins)

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Notes

Map featuring the Penobscot River in Maine.

Map featuring the Penobscot River in Maine.

  1. Apeiron Expeditions and the AE PBB Canoe trip.
  2. Outward Bound.
  3. Northland College‘s outdoor education program.
  4. Registered Maine guides.
  5. Alex Hutchinson, “How Trees Calm Us Down,” The New Yorker, July 23, 2015.
  6. Florence Williams and Aeon, “Why Fractals Are So Soothing,” The Atlantic, January 26, 2017.
  7. Peter Lambrou, “Fun with Fractals? Why Nature Can Be Calming,” Psychology Today, September 7, 2012.
  8. Situational Ethics.
  9. Astronaut and U.S. Navy Commander Reid Wiseman’s missive about expeditionary behavior.

 

 

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Ben, Alex, and Seth asked the following questions, respectively, in this episode:

“What was the most impactful experience you’ve had in the outdoors?”

“What makes a good road trip partner?”

“Do you want to come up to Maine and talk about fractals together in a beautiful natural environment?”

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065: Ep61 – The Future of Community College Education

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Dr. Cliff Harbour.In this sixty-first episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, the second that aired in 2018, co-hosts Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Cliff Harbour on “The Future of Community College Education,” the theme of his 2015 book, John Dewey and the Future of Community College Education.

The front of a community college building, on which the words were edited to read: 'The Future of Community College Education.'

Chemeketa Community College, Creative commons license.

Cliff is Professor of Counseling and Higher Education at the University of North Texas, which he joined in 2017. From 2008 until this move, he taught at the University of Wyoming, and before that at Colorado State University. He has an impressive philosophical background, having majored in Philosophy as an undergraduate, before studying the law. After that, he headed to Duke University for his master’s degree in Philosophy, and then completed his doctorate in education at North Carolina State University.

Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.



(1 hr 5 mins)

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The cover of Cliff Harbour's book, 'John Dewey and the Future of Community College Education,' featuring John Dewey. Notes

  1. Cliff Harbour, John Dewey and the Future of Community College Education (London: Bloomsbury Academic Publishers, 2014).
  2. Richard Field, “John Dewey,” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  3. “Fast Facts on Completion Rates,” the National Center for Education Statistics.

 

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Cliff posed the following question in this episode:

“Where do you see philosophy reflected, displayed, exhibited in the arts, like literature and film?”

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049: Ep45 – Experimentation in Art and Law

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Dr. Brian Butler.In this forty-fifth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Brian Butler of the University of North Carolina Asheville. We talk with Brian about two applications of the idea known as “democratic experimentalism” that have been at the heart of his work. One application concerns Constitutional law. The other involves the history of Black Mountain College, an experiment in democratic experimentalism applied to higher education, where art was central to education in the college.

Sue Spayth (left) and unknown student in front of the Lee Hall, Blue Ridge Campus, 1938.

© Western Regional Archives, States Archives of North Carolina. This and other photos available at Metalocus.

Dr. Butler is the Thomas Howerton Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at the UNC Asheville. He recently published his book, The Democratic Constitution: Experimentalism and Interpretation, with the University of Chicago Press. He was also the Project Director in 2010 for a large grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’s “We the People” Grant program, which focused on “Black Mountain College: An Artistic and Educational Legacy.” Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 in North Carolina as was an experimental college with a central role for art in liberal arts education. John Dewey’s philosophy of education was a fundamental inspiration for the college.

Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

 

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Notes

  1. Entry on H. L. A. Hart at Oxford Legal Philosophers.
  2. Ronald Dworkin’s obituary in The New York Times.
  3. Brian Butler, The Democratic Constitution: Experimentalism and Interpretation (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2017).
  4. A brief introduction to the history of Black Mountain College.
  5. Martin Duberman, Black Mountain: An Exploration in Community (Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 2009).
  6. Mary Caroline (M. C.) Richards, a former faculty member at Black Mountain College.
  7. The Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center.
  8. State Archives of North Carolina.
  9. Visit Black Mountain College.

 

You Tell Me!

For our future “You Tell Me!” segments, Dr. Butler posed the following questions in this episode:

“How does democracy relate to evidence? What type of evidence should be allowed in a democracy and what kind of evidence should be excluded?”

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