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078: Ep74 – Outdoor Education

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

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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Photo Gallery From Our Trip

 

 

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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?”

Let us know what you think! Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, or by commenting here below.

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The Philosopher Within You

One-sheet for SOPHIA Conversations

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One-Sheet in Adobe PDF.

SOPHIA is grateful for permission from Dr. Andrew Pessin to share with you the following excerpt, “The Philosopher Within You,” from his book The 60-Second Philosopher. Leaders of the Lexington SOPHIA Chapter got together to prepare for our next chapter meeting, read over Pessin’s essay, and drafted some guiding questions for our newest one-sheet document. These documents are meant to make the facilitation of fun, meaningful conversations easy.

The authors of the questions include Caroline A. Buchanan, Erik Jarvis, James William Lincoln, and Eric Thomas Weber. Click on the adobe logo on right or on the image of the one-sheet here to open a printable, Adobe PDF version of the one-sheet, which we plan to print front and back (keeping it on one sheet…).

This is an image of the One-Sheet document SOPHIA has created based on Andrew Pessin's 'The Philosopher Within You.' This image links to the printable, Adobe PDF version of the One-Sheet.

For a printable Adobe PDF of the One-Sheet, click on this image or on the Adobe logo above.

Dr. Andrew Pessin.Thanks to Dr. Pessin for permission to use this excerpt! We plan on prepare a number of one-sheets based on short essays from his book.

 

Cover image of Dr. Andrew Pessin's book, The 60-Second Philosopher.SOPHIA chapters interested in a copy of Pessin’s book can request one from SOPHIA by emailing Eric Thomas Weber at etweber@gmail.com. Anyone interested is encouraged to get a copy of the book too: Andrew Pessin, The 60-Second Philosopher (London: One-World Publications, 2013).

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067: Ep63 – Democracy and Public Exposure

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

Dr. Mark Sanders.In this 63rd episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, Eric Thomas Weber and Anthony Cashio interview Dr. Mark Sanders on “Democracy and Public Exposure.” We ask Mark about democracy and public philosophical engagement, including some of the special projects that he runs in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Photo of a streaker at a soccer game, playing on the sillier sense of 'public exposure,' when we really mean public engagement, of course.

Mark specializes in American Pragmatism and social and political philosophy. He is very involved on campus; he is a Faculty Associate with the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics and the Faculty Co-Advisor of the Philosophy Club. Mark has recently written and published articles in Human Affairs and the Review Journal for Political Philosophy. The focus of his recent work has been on the intersection of deliberative democracy, pragmatic pluralism, and citizenship. Mark also has interests in phenomenology especially the views of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty.

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 1 mins)

 

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Notes

  1. Albert Camus, The Myth of Sysiphus (New York: Vintage Press, 1991).
  2. The story of Sysiphus.
  3. The New College of Florida.
  4. The Web site for Campus Compact, and the Charlotte, North Carolina Chapter.
  5. Jana Mohr Lone and Michael Burroughs, Philosophy in Education: Questioning and Dialogue in Schools (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016).
  6. Lynx Light Rail of Charlotte, NC.
  7. James Fishkin on deliberative polling and the Center for Deliberative Democracy.

 

 

You Tell Me!

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

“Not to promote excessive drinking, but: Do you think that there ought to be a drinking game to go along with the Philosophy Bakes Bread podcast?”

Proposed examples: When you hear “I like that,” “Right on,” “Indeed,” Eric’s out-of-date pop-culture references, or “This is correct!”

Let us know what you think! Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, or by commenting here below.

 

 

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065: Ep61 – The Future of Community College Education

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

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?”

Let us know what you think! Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, or by commenting here below.

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056: Ep 52 – Against the Common Core

Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show & podcast

Dr. Nicholas Tampio. In this fifty-second episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Nicholas Tampio, author of Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy.

A snippet of the cover for Tampio's book, 'Common Core,' featuring the letters of the title in bubble format, as if each letter were an answer on a multiple choice test.

Nicholas is Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University. In addition to his forthcoming book, he has also authored a book titled Kantian Courage, and another titled Deleuze’s Political Vision. More recently, he has authored a number of essays for popular audiences for such venues as the Huffington Post, Aeon, and CNN.com.

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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Notes

  1. Nicholas Tampio, Common Core: National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018), available for pre-order.
  2. Nicholas Tampio, “In Praise of Dewey,” Aeon, July 28, 2016.
  3. Nicholas Tampio, “Why Common Core Tests Are Bad,” CNN.com, April 24, 2014.
  4. Lindsay Layden, “How Bill Gates Pulled Off the Swift Common Core Revolution,” The Washington Post, June 7, 2014.

 

You Tell Me!

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

“Should America have national education standards, and why or why not?”

Let us know what you think! Via Twitter, Facebook, Email, or by commenting here below.

 

 

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