Teaching Texas
32 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★ - 161 ratingsIn 1961, Norma and Mel Gabler were a quiet couple living in Hawkins, Texas. One day, they noticed some factual errors in their son's school book. What began as a small complaint morphed into a multi-decade crusade to shape what children of Texas — and therefore the country — read in their textbooks. In an election year with raging debates around education, this audio documentary charts how Texas dictated American education over the last sixty years and examines how the fight over our childrens’ classroom has only intensified today.
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Bonus from The Amendment: Keeping Democracy Intact with Nikole Hannah-Jones
April 03, 2024 10:00 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBWe’re bringing you an episode of a new podcast we think you’ll love: The Amendment. A new podcast about gender, politics, and power from The 19th News and Wonder Media Network, The Amendment is hosted by award-winning journalist and 19th editor-at-large Errin Haines. Each week, Errin sits down with people who have fresh perspectives on the state of our country – and asks questions that center the voices of women, queer folks, and people of color. The Amendment adds much needed asterisks to ...
BONUS: Words to Win By: Protecting Our Freedoms
January 30, 2024 11:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBToday, we’re bringing you another podcast from Wonder Media Network that we think you’ll love: Words to Win By. Hosted by renowned communications researcher and campaign advisor Anat Shenker-Osorio, this season unpacks real-world narrative shifts that led to real-world victories, from Brazil to Ireland to here in the United States. In the 2022 Midterms, Americans defied polling, pundits and precedent to stave off the predicted Republican “Red Wave” takeover. Despite significant challenges,...
Live from Texas Tribune Fest!
October 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBSince Teaching Texas wrapped last fall, the state has been embroiled in a debate over school vouchers, climate change education and district takeovers. But flying slightly under the radar – though equally consequential – is House Bill 1605. In a discussion recorded live at Texas Tribune Fest, Grace is joined by Rep. Gina Hinojosa and State Board of Education Chairman Keven Ellis to dive into how the bill re-allocates power, impacts teachers, and charts a new future for Texas public education.
BONUS: Introducing...As She Rises Season 3: The Colorado River Basin
May 22, 2023 09:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBHey listeners! We've sharing the first episode of another podcast we think you'd love: As She Rises. On the latest season, we're traversing the Colorado River Basin – understanding water through a new lens and centering stories of resilience in the face of the drought. Hosted by Leah Thomas, eco-communicator, author, and founder of the non-profit Intersectional Environmentalist, each episode focuses on a different corner of the basin, beginning in the river’s reservoirs on the borders of Ari...
Chapter 8: How We See Ourselves
November 15, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBEach year, Texas public school students learn the story of their state’s origin: the battle for the Alamo. The story has become a rallying cry throughout the ages for Texans, and Americans – It’s an underdog tale of sacrifice. But, it’s also not very historically accurate. In the series finale, Grace explores the danger of teaching myths as though they’re fact. Teaching Texas is a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America’s latest c...
Chapter 7: Collision Course
November 08, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBThis fall, for the first time in 12 years, the Texas State Board of Education was due to review the Social Studies TEKS. In doing so, they attempted to answer the question: how should we teach U.S. History? Against the backdrop of outrage over CRT and a midterm election that will likely bring a more conservative board to power – what did the SBOE decide? Teaching Texas is a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America’s latest culture w...
Chapter 6: Who Draws the Line?
November 01, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBLibrary books aren’t required reading like textbooks are, but they can play a big role in a child’s education. As activists and politicians bring book banning back into the education debate, one group of Texas parents are fighting back. They want their kids to read stories that center diversity – and in the case of one contentious book, they won. Teaching Texas is a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America’s latest culture war. WM...
Chapter 5: The Latest Bogeyman
October 25, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBCritical race theory. It’s the latest rallying cry for people attempting to disrupt trust in public education. What do we lose when parents vilify educators? To find out, Grace pays a visit to the Texas suburb at the center of the national conversation. Teaching Texas is a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America’s latest culture war. WMN on Twitter: @wmnmedia Grace Lynch on Twitter: @gracelynch08
Chapter 4: What Sleeping Rocks Dream Of
October 18, 2022 06:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBNowadays, standards known as TEKS dictate what every Texas student needs to learn. The State Board of Education is in charge of approving these standards. So, when a creationist dentist gained control of the board, those standards started to reflect his beliefs – for better or worse. Teaching Texas is a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America’s latest culture war. WMN on Twitter: @wmnmedia Grace Lynch on Twitter: @gracelynch08
Chapter 3: The Pilgrimage to Longview
October 11, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBWhen the Gablers’ protégé, Neal Frey, gained control of Educational Research Analysts…he took a different approach. Grace journeys to Longview, Texas to meet the man himself and witness the last vestige of the Gablers’ enterprise.
Chapter 2: The More Sex You Teach...
October 04, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBBy the 80s, Norma and Mel had gained real traction in the textbook industry. And with their newfound power, they start dictating what goes into textbooks. They threaded their conservative Christian beliefs into textbooks across the nation, with little regard for separating fact from opinion. Teaching Texas is a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America’s latest culture war. WMN on Twitter: @wmnmedia Grace Lynch on Twitter: @gracel...
Chapter 1: Under God
September 27, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBOn the outskirts of Hawkins, Texas, a couple found a problem in one of their kids’ school books. They didn’t have a background in education, but because they lived in Texas, their concern ignited a national movement and several decades of influence over what the rest of the country learned. Teaching Texas is a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America’s latest culture war. WMN on Twitter: @wmnmedia Grace Lynch on Twitter: @gra...
Introducing: Teaching Texas
September 15, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.75 MBIntroducing Teaching Texas, a new audio documentary from Wonder Media Network that uncovers the surprising history behind America’s latest culture war. WMN on Twitter: @wmnmedia Grace Lynch on Twitter: @gracelynch08
Introducing: I Was Never There
June 09, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 2.96 MBNamed a 2022 Tribeca Festival Official Selection for audio storytelling, Wonder Media Network is proud to introduce its first true crime podcast: I Was Never There. Thirty-four years ago, Marsha “Mudd” Ferber vanished without a trace from Morgantown, West Virginia. Mother-daughter duo Karen and Jamie Zelermyer are going back to the land to figure out what the hell happened. I Was Never There is as much true crime show as it is an ode to Appalachian countercultural movements of the 1970s and ...
Introducing Season Two of As She Rises
April 15, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBStraddling the border between the US and Canada, the Skagit Watershed is a haven for sea creatures. The “Magic Skagit” is in peril: the ways of life it has sustained for the communities along its shores are faltering under years of settler disruption, and upstream, its headwaters originate in a pool of unprotected land threatened by extractive industries. Still, there’s hope in numbers: a cross-border coalition of federal, Tribal, and political leadership on all levels, dedicated to saving t...
Introducing: As She Rises
September 28, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBGrace is back with a new show tackling the greatest challenge of our time: climate change. Each week, As She Rises connects the power of poetry with the work of local activists to create an intimate portrait of climate change. This episode of As She Rises visits the land currently known as Louisiana. Poet Jerika Marchan reads from her collection “SWOLE,” recounts living through Hurricane Katrina, and tells us why she'll stay in Louisiana as long as it will let her. Colette Pichon Battle, f...
Bonus: Introducing Gravity
June 03, 2021 16:00 - 3 minutes - 3.02 MBIntroducing WMN's newest original podcast, Gravity, a show about what becomes possible when we look at hardships differently, hosted by Dr. Lucy Kalanithi. Join us to explore transformations around loneliness, the myth of the ideal nuclear family, climate crisis, and more. Follow and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Bonus: White Picket Fence
December 03, 2020 11:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBSubscribe to White Picket Fence anywhere you listen to podcasts. WMN on twitter Julie Kohler on twitter Grace Lynch on twitter Thanks for listening!
Forward
November 10, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBIn our series finale, Grace examines what happened on election night and where Wisconsin goes from here. Read Dan Kaufman's article in The New Yorker, Will Trump's Broken Promises to Working-Class Voters Cost Him the Election? An analysis of Wisconsin's election results from Craig Gilbert at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is our Executive Prod...
Winning Wisconsin: Forward
November 10, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBIn our series finale, Grace examines what happened on election night and where Wisconsin goes from here. Read Dan Kaufman's article in The New Yorker, Will Trump's Broken Promises to Working-Class Voters Cost Him the Election? An analysis of Wisconsin's election results from Craig Gilbert at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is our Executive Prod...
Closing Arguments
October 27, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBTo win Wisconsin, campaigns can't solely rely on turning out their base of supporters, they need to persuade voters. Read FiveThirtyEight's analysis of how Trump's gaining support with young Black and Hispanic men and losing support among white women in suburbs . Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is our Executive Producer. Dana Munro contributed reporting to this episode. WMN on...
Winning Wisconsin: Closing Arguments
October 27, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBTo win Wisconsin, campaigns can't solely rely on turning out their base of supporters, they need to persuade voters. Read FiveThirtyEight's analysis of how Trump's gaining support with young Black and Hispanic men and losing support among white women in suburbs . Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is our Executive Producer. Dana Munro contributed reporting to this episode. WMN on...
Winning Wisconsin: Milwaukee's Fight
October 20, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBThe city blamed for Hillary's defeat is home to some of the starkest racial disparities in the country. Four years later, the citizens of Milwaukee are in a fight for the vote, for their health, and for racial justice. Read Joseph O'Neill's article in The New Yorker, "How Milwaukee Could Decide The Next President" Learn more about BLOC and their work in Milwaukee Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Fol...
Milwaukee's Fight
October 20, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBThe city blamed for Hillary's defeat is home to some of the starkest racial disparities in the country. Four years later, the citizens of Milwaukee are in a fight for the vote, for their health, and for racial justice. Read Joseph O'Neill's article in The New Yorker, "How Milwaukee Could Decide The Next President" Learn more about BLOC and their work in Milwaukee Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Fol...
America's Dairyland
October 13, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBFour years after overwhelmingly supporting President Trump, Wisconsin's dairy farmers are struggling to stay afloat. Read Dan Kaufman's article in The New Yorker, "How Suffering Farmers May Determine Trump's Fate" Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer. WMN on twitter Grace Lynch on twitter
Winning Wisconsin: America's Dairyland
October 13, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBFour years after overwhelmingly supporting President Trump, Wisconsin's dairy farmers are struggling to stay afloat. Read Dan Kaufman's article in The New Yorker, "How Suffering Farmers May Determine Trump's Fate" Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer. WMN on twitter Grace Lynch on twitter
Winning Wisconsin: Divide and Conquer
October 06, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBHow Governor Scott Walker's attack on labor transformed Wisconsin into ground zero for divisive politics. Read The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics by Dan Kaufman Read How The Right Lost Its Mind by Charles Sykes Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer. WMN on twitter Grace Lynch on tw...
Divide and Conquer
October 06, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBHow Governor Scott Walker's attack on labor transformed Wisconsin into ground zero for divisive politics. Read The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics by Dan Kaufman Read How The Right Lost Its Mind by Charles Sykes Winning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer. WMN on twitter Grace Lynch on tw...
Winning Wisconsin: The Tipping-Point
September 29, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBWinning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer. Background reading: FiveThirtyEight's tipping-point analysis. WMN on twitter Grace Lynch on twitter
The Tipping-Point
September 29, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBWinning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It's created by Grace Lynch, and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer. Background reading: FiveThirtyEight's tipping-point analysis. WMN on twitter Grace Lynch on twitter
Introducing: Winning Wisconsin
September 28, 2020 07:00 - 2 minutes - 2.08 MBWinning Wisconsin is a Wonder Media Network production. It is created by Grace Lynch and produced by Grace Lynch and Maddy Foley. Jenny Kaplan is the Executive Producer. WMN on Twitter: @wmnmedia Grace Lynch on Twitter: @gracelynch08
Introducing Winning Wisconsin
September 22, 2020 01:39 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBIntroducing Wonder Media Network's new original, Winning Wisconsin.