S 2, E 7: The Mind Polluters

ON SATURDAY, OCT. 19, JOIN CHRISTINE AND JESSICA AT THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY! Stay tuned for the end of the episode for all the details about Saturday's "Freedom to Read Day of Action Rally," and see if one of the other 300 events that day throughout the country is happening near you!

This episode is a little different: inspired by last week's episode with Courtney Gore, Jessica tells Christine about "The Mind Polluters," a documentary that originally inspired Gore's path to joining the Granbury ISD school board, where she found that there was not, in fact, an insidious plot lurking in public schools threatening kids--and changed her mind. Taking the advice of friend of the pod, Maureen Corrigan, who talked this summer about the value of actually engaging with the things you might disagree with, Jessica learned so much about how we reached the point as a society where "Social and Emotional Learning" is viewed as a dirty word and librarians are being yelled at for being "groomers"--this discussion is a RIDE.

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Join us next week as Christine and Jessica read The 1619 Project!

Episode 7 links: 

• "The Mind Polluters," by Mark and Amber Archer of Fearless Features (we are not suggesting you watch it, but it's there if you want to see for yourself for $4.99!)
• Mark Archer's IMDB page
• The actual history of Social and Emotional Learning
• The Leader in Me by Stephen Covey (featured in the film)
• Information about Alfred Kinsey (featured in the film)
• Further reading about sowing distrust in public schools from ProPublica

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