Ep. 182: Summer Sizzle: Books, Beats, and Beach Politics
EQ: What’s cooking this summer and how can we make the most of it?
Get ready for a sizzling summer with this silly episode. We're diving into fun in the sun, cold drinks, self-care, and social justice. From reading the latest books and curating your summer soundtrack to anticipating blockbuster movies and discussing summer fashion trends, we’ve got you covered. Plus, we'll share our thoughts on the political landscape ahead of the presidential election. Set a summer goal, support your local libraries, and join us for an unforgettable summer of enjoyment and empowerment!
Resources to Check:
Do Your Fudging Homework:
Annie: make a summer goal for yourself, either to have more adventures outside, get involved in a political cause, or drink more water. It doesn’t have to be anything crazy, just give yourself something to look forward to and something you’ll be proud of yourself for accomplishing.
Hope: to piggy back off that–if you’re someone who plans a million things for your kids or cats, do something for yourself as well.
Ep. 108: Hot Reader Summer
EQ: What can woke-aspiring individuals do to have a hot reader summer (hint: read books)?
Megan and Hope are joined by Lincoln High School Librarian, Kristen Sierra. They sit down to discuss all of the best reads and what has been at the top of their list. From easy vacation reads, books to read as a family, and books to push your thinking and learning, they cover it all in this episode! Check out a previous conversation with Kristen about Decolonizing Your Bookshelf.
Vacay Reads/Easy Reading:
Furia, Yamile Saied Mendez
Leviathan Wakes (Expanse Series), James A Corey
Rodney Scott’s New Cookbook - Rodney Scott’s World of BBQ
Roar, Cecilian Ahern. Short stories separate so something you can read and put down/pick up easily.
A Wicked Kind of Husband, Mia Vincy (romance)
The Lovely War, Julie Berry (highly recommend the audiobook on Libro.fm)
Firekeepers Daughter, Angeline Boulley
Patron Saints of Nothing, Randy Ribay
Young Adult:
Grown, Tiffany Jackson
White Smoke, Tiffany Jackson
Blackout, Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
Clean Getaway, Nic Stone
Dear Justice, Nic Stone
From Little Tokyo, With Love, Sarah Kuhn (silly YA Romcom)
Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas (especially the audiobook)
Emergency Contact, Mary Choi (YA romcom)
Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
On the Come up, Angie Thomas
Concrete Rose, Angie Thomas
Nonfiction Favs:
What Unites Us: The World Citizen Series, Dan Rather
(Several Channel 253 members recommended) How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America, Clint Smith
March, John Lewis
How We Get Free: Black Feminism & the Combahee River Collective, Keeanga Yamahtaa Taylor
Treatise on investing mutual funds. Stock picking is like picking a needle in a haystack with index fund investing, you buy the whole haystack: The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, John Bogle
Know my Name, Chanel Miller (was a #nerdfarmreads book)
Unrig, Dan G. Newman
Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws that Affect us Today, Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson
Caste: The Origins of our Discontent, Isabel Wilkerson
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, Marjane Setrapi, Mattias Ripa
After the Fall: Being American in the World We’ve Made, Ben Rhodes
Up From Slavery, Booker T. Washington
Yes Please, Amy Poehler
Bossypants, Tina Fey
A Promised Land, Barack Obama
Something You Can’t Help But Love
The Once & Future Witches, Alix E Harrow
The Pale Horse, Agatha Christie
Open Book, Jessica Simpson
Green Lights, Mathew McConnaghy
Something Every Teacher Should Read:
“These Kids Are out of Control: Why We Must Reimagine Classroom Management for Equity”, Milner, Cunningham, et al
We do this Till We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, Mariame Kabe (the science & art of organizing)
Kristen Sierra’s book “Core Values in School Librarianship”
Pillars of the Republic: Common Schools and American Society, Carl F. Kaestle
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, Ronald A. Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, Marty Linsky
Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work, Akila S. Richards
Silencing the Past, Michel-Rolph Trouillot
Things to Read as a Family:
I survived (series), Lauren Tarshis
Percy Jackson (series), Rick Riordan
Babysitters Club (newer series), Jordan Silver
Ep. 107: Hot Teacher Summer
EQ: What are you doing for YOUR hot teacher summer?
The 3 Interchangeable White Ladies are back together and in studio for the first time since pre-Covid times! Hope and Megan are joined by none other than the amazing Annie, who gives an update on her life and the major changes that have happened since the last time that she was on the Podcast. The ladies discuss how Covid provided time and space to reflect on your own happiness, and also learn how to honor the things that serve you and let go of the things that don’t. The back half of the episode is dedicated to celebrating the time honored tradition (can something be called a tradition if it’s the first time we are doing it?!) of Hot Teacher Summer! They talk about what they are doing to relax and unwind and have the best summer after a hellish year!
Champagne and Real Pain:
🥂Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
🥂Nurses and Doctors who are putting in all of the work
🥂People who are fighting hard to be empathetic coming out of Covid and people who are fighting to advocate for people experiencing housing insecurity
Do your Fudging HW:
Hope
Stakes Is High: Race, Faith, and Hope for America - Michael W. Waters
Reading While Black: African-American Biblical Interpretation As An Exercise in Hope, - Esau McCaulley
First Comes Like - Alisha Rai
Dial A for Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto
Legendary - HBOMax
Annie
The Space Between Worlds - Micaiah Johnson
This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Upright Women Wanted - Sarah Gailey
The Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon
Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line - Martha A. Sandweiss
Giddeon the 9th - Tamsyn Muir
The Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo
The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin - Colette Moody